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This easy layout was done using stickers, 2 different colors of cardstock, and at least 9 photos...all in a birthday theme.  Very easy to recreate using many different themes, colors or whatever you can find to go with the cardstock and stickers that you use.  Or easy enough to recreate using punches and your own embellishments too.   

In this layout, the stickers came together in one pack, with the Happy Birthday saying, stars, presents and cupcake stickers.  The photos were cut to the same size for each of the two sizes.  The borders with the sayings were matted with a red to bring out a bit of the sticker color. 



Supplies needed: 

Birthday stickers
2 sheets of colored cardstock
2 sheets of white cardstock
Cardstock to matt photos with
2 eyelets (optional) can change for brads instead






Step one:  Decide photos you are going to use for this project, and figure how many you need to fit on the layout.  You can either do both sides like side 1, with the title at the top, or like this as I have done. 
Step two:  Get the stickers and cardstock you need for this project, put it all together. 
Step three:  Cut your photos (or trim if you have a trimmer) so that 6 of the photos are the same size, and 4 of the photos are also the same size. 
Step four:  To create the borders with the happy birthday saying, cut or trim white cardstock to fit on the top or bottom of the page.  Trim a bit smaller than the sides of the page to allow for the bottom color.  The red cardstock is 2" in the width, so you will want the white cardstock to be smaller than that.  Add the stickers to each side of the border.
Step five:  Matt your photos as you see above, allowing for the place to put your stickers.
Step six:  Put together each of the 2 sides, using white cardstock as the background, and trimming the blue cardstock 1/4" on each of the 4 sides, to allow for a bit of the white background to peak through.  If you are following the layout above, put the 2 eyelets or brads at the top of one of the pages. 
Step seven:  Start to place your title across the first page, and across the second page.  Do not place the adhesive down, just start to place the embellishments. 
Step eight:  Start to place the photos as well, making sure the placement looks good.  Place final adhesive to your pages. 
Step nine:  Finish it all up by placing the final stickers down, adding the tails to the balloons, or other final pieces and you are done! 

This along with other layouts I do, are cheap and easy to finish and recreate.  Tweak to be YOUR perfect layout! 

Thanks for visiting,
Lynda Jeffs
The Scrapbook Lady!~