Good day Quick Quotes fans!
Neva here today to share with you a layout that tells one story AND
includes a hidden story! There are times
when the story behind an event is not something to be shared with everyone who
might sit down to look through your scrapbooks.
There are other times where it is an important part of the event, BUT
you don’t want to make it the focus.
This layout is intended as the opening page for a trip my husband and I
made to Germany in the spring of 2016. You
can glimpse the gist of the renewing the passport story in the following
photos. Suffice it to say, don’t let
your passport be within 3 months of expiration and try to travel internationally!
I wanted the focus to be about the flights we took and the
cool photo I had of the map projected to the seat-back screen. What a great way to show the flight!
This is the layout with the hidden section extended that
tells the behind the scene story that it took to get on our flights, a day
late!
I designed the basic layout and determined the area I had
available for an extendable pull tab section. I started with Far and Away 101
and trimmed it to 12” x 8 ½”, I wanted the plane section to be part of the
layout without being covered by photos so
I used an Exacto Knife and carefully cut around the nose section of the plane
and part of the engines. Next I used a
mustard colored strip from Far and Away 105, and a quote from Far and Away 500
in the same color, as well as a quote from Far and Away 600. All the elements were inked with Cool Grey. With those embellishments selected, and the
photos backed the Far and Away 104 (inked with Deep Sea) I was ready to start working
on the hidden panel.
To create the hidden panel, I trimmed Far and Away 100 to 6 ½”
x 8”. After composing and designing my journaling
in MS Word I printed a test copy to check for spacing and alignment. (Truth be told I printed this one about 5
times because I wanted the journaling to align with the photo!) Once satisfied I used temporary adhesive to
adhere the Far and Away 101 to the test copy and printed it out.
I find that when the width is less than 8 ½" I
get better results with this method and I avoid printer jams.
Using an envelope punch board, I punched notches 2 1/8” from
each edge.
The remaining outside sections are trimmed away to create a
perfect pull tab. All the edges are
inked in Powder Puff Chalking Ink in Cool grey.
A second sheet of Far and Away 101 is the base of the
layout. I placed the slider 3” from the
outside edge with the other side 4 ½” from the outside edge. It is drawn in using a black marker for
clarity, normally I use pencil. An Exacto Knife and metal ruler is used to cut the slider.
Using an Exacto Knife and a ruler two notches ½” apart and centered
at the bottom of the hidden panel. As you can see my cuts are not precise but will work well.
The slider is inserted through the notches and secured with
an additional section of cardstock. This
also is adjusted to allow the hidden panel to not slide too far behind the main
layout. All the parts of the layout are adhered in to place. The top edge of the pocket for the hidden
panel is adhered to within ½” of the panel. I did make a slight adjustment to the top of the slider as the panel needed to extend a bit farther. It is better to make the slider longer AFTER the layout is put together as it is easier to make this correction than to make it shorter!
The title “Berlin Bound” is die cut from white cardstock
that has been inked with Cool Gray. This
is a close-up of the title and selective trimming of the airplane to accommodate
the edge of the photo.
Now you are ready to create your own behind the scenes
journaling hidden panel! It takes a
little planning ahead of time, but is a great way to add a fun element of
surprise to a layout. Thanks for
stopping by today!
Neva
Quick Quotes Products
Far and Away 100, 101, 104
Other
Envelope Punch Board by We R Memory Keepers
Star Mini font by Quickutz
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