Here are the layouts from episode 13 of Paperclipping. These layouts are harder to photograph and the parts of the titles don’t stand out well in the photo (although, it does it person). You can click on these photos and then click on “all sizes” to see a larger view.
And if you haven’t watched the video yet, definitely go
This is what the backside of the layout looked like after I covered the staples.
Here is the backside after I scrapped it.
The only things I hid were the staples and the back of the original photo. I then worked within the solid space to be sure that nothing I added would peek through to the other side.
I decided to let the title on the first side show through to the back. You might be tempted to back the title with paper or a swipe of paint to prevent backward letter stickers from showing through to the other side. That would be fine, but I decided to put the title directly on the transparency as a design element for the backside.
How do the backward letters work as a design element? We’ve all used patterned paper where part of the pattern is text that we don’t actually read. It’s just there for added texture and design. That is the idea I had for the lettering that shows through to this side.
Here is the duplicate I made of the front cover layout of the Jul/Aug issue of Simple Scrapbooks (it is a duplicate except in color and title).
Did you notice the flower on the first side whose petal hung off the layout? I used the back of that petal as a spot to add an embellishment that would balance the red on the other side.
How Will It Look With The Next Album Page Behind It?
Tami Young mentioned a concern that I had wanted to address in the video. Here is what she said in a comment:
You’re so creative! I still am hesitant, though, because couldn’t the next page in the album destroy the beautiful look? I’ve always put a solid color behind the transparent, but I love what you’ve done… so I guess I’m saying I’m still on the fence, but still love how creatively you made the pages!
Yes, the next layout in the album does show through. In my opinion, it adds a bit of interest, making you want to see what it is on the other side. I see it as a page-turner. All you have to do is lift the page to get the full effect of the transparent layout by itself.
Try putting your transparent layouts in the protectors without a cardstock backing and see how you like it. Everybody’s taste is different, so you may not care for it. I think it looks pretty cool.
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Inside Your Head
8.5×11 layout
Products used: Transparency (Hambly); Cardstock (Bazzill); Letter stickers (Creative Memories); Word strips (cut out from Wired magazine); Pen (Creatie Memories); Paint (Grumbacher); other (staples, date sticker unknown source).
Make Me Proud
8.5xll layout
Products used: Transparency (Hambly); Cardstock (Bazzill, Creative Memories); Patterned paper (Basic Grey, Creative Memories); Letter stickers (Creative Memories, E.K. Success); “You” stamp and ink (Stampin’ Up); Journal spot (Heidi Swapp for Advantus); Rub-on (K.I. Memories); Brads (Making Memories); Pen (American Crafts).
T
almost an 8.5×11 layout
Products used: Cardstock (Stampin’ Up); Flower embellishment (cut out by tracing a K&Co. flower sticker); Rub-on (American Crafts); Brads (Making Memories); Metal tag and string (source unknown).
Artist
almost an 8.5×11 layout
Products used: Cardstock (Stampin’ Up); Patterned paper (Creative Memories, other source unknown); Stamp and ink (Stampin’ Up); Rub-on’s (7 Gypsies, K&Company, Basic Grey, Daisy D’s, My Mind’s Eye); Circle sticker (Creative Imaginations); Pen (American Crafts).
