Step-By-Step: Birthday Boy

"Birthday Boy" is a layout that can be easily adapted for a single photo or for multiple cropped photos.  While the design is perfect for using scraps, I chose to use a coordinating collection of Cosmo Cricket patterned papers.  All supplies are available at Scrapjazz.com or you can use your own products to create this layout.

Supplies:

• Bazzill green cardstock
• Bazzill white cardstock
• Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine Collection, Hula Hoop
• Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine Collection, Blowing Bubbles
• Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine Collection, Clover
• DCWV Scalloped Cardstock
• American Crafts Journaling Stickers
• pop-dots
• 1 1/8" circle punch
• 1 ¼" circle punch
• 1 3/8" circle punch
• 1 ½" circle punch
• Zig journaling pen, black
• black chipboard alphabet

Instructions:

1. Trim a ½" x 8" strip from the edge of the black scalloped cardstock and adhere 1" from left side of the green background cardstock.
2. Cut four coordinating patterned paper strips, 1¼"  x 12" each, and adhere to the background cardstock at 1/8" intervals.
3. Trim a 6¼"  x  8¼" photo mat and adhere to the layout overlapping the scalloped strip.
4. Adhere a title using black chipboard letters.
5. Punch three large and three small circles and use pop-dots to adhere the small circles to the larger circles.
6. Arrange the circle embellishments to the layout as desired.
7. Use a journaling sticker for journaling and adhere to the layout.
8. Add photos.