Themes, layouts and inspirations
Follow this detailed tutorial to master faux calligraphy! You can get that lovely hand drawn look, even though you don’t like your handwriting. It just takes practice, and most importantly going slowly until you master the concept.
You’ll be able to use this skill for scrapbook page titles, typographic art for your home and so much more.
Source: Faux Calligraphy Tutorial, Step by Step – Perennial Joy
I love interactive elements on a scrapbook layout, they are so fun to create and so fun for others to play with when flipping through your album! Nathalie created this wonderful Lilypad Gate using a variety of products and techniques to go over top of a stunning outdoor photo.
The base of the two arches were die cut using rainbow shaped dies from white and green cardstocks with scored hinge flaps that adhered behind the photo. The Lilypads were created with a dry embossing folder ran through a die cut machine and then she used coordinating dies to ink blend on the beautiful colors. Inside the flaps are other elements too like another photo and a softer stenciled scene with some sentiment strips scattered all around.
Visit the Altenew blog for her tutorial.
-Heather
