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Tag Team by Jodi Amidei
Materials Needed
  12 x 12 sheet medium blue cardstock
  12 x 12 sheet lighter blue cardstock
  12 x 12 sheet corrugated light brown cardstock
  12 x 12 sheet corrugated rust cardstock
  12 x 12 sheet brown cardstock to match corrugated sheet
  12 x 12 sheet cream cardstock
  7 round, metal-rimmed tags
  Piece of string or cord approximately 14” long
  Brown chalk
  Colored pencils
  Foam dots
  Ruler
  Pencil
  Scissors
  Pen for journaling
  Acid-free adhesive
 
Instructions
  1. Trim lighter blue cardstock to 11 ¼” x 11 ¼” and layer and adhere to 12” x 12” sheet of medium blue cardstock leaving a ¼” border. Cut a piece of the light brown corrugated cardstock into a strip 3 ½” x 11 ¼”. Tear along one edge of strip. Adhere strip along bottom edge of light blue cardstock with torn edge up.
  2. Crop and mat photos as desired using blue, brown, and cream cardstock to double or triple mat photos. Cut various size strips of corrugated cardstock and tear along one edge. Adhere photos onto page as desired using corrugated strips as accents to edges of matted photos.
  3. Create title strip by cutting a strip of rust corrugated cardstock into a strip 2 ½” x 11 ¼” and tear along one edge. For the tags, write each letter of the title on a tag with black pen and an open letter style. Color in letter with colored pencil and chalk around edge of tag. String tags onto cording in the proper order and place over title corrugated strip. Wrap edges of string around to the back of the strip and adhere string to strip. Space tags out and adhere to strip with foam dot. Adhere title strip to bottom edge of light brown corrugated strip. Journal with pen or use computer font.
Sponsor: © Memory Makers 2002



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