My Summer Abroad
By Tracy Morse

Materials: Brilliance Platinum Planet, Lightning Black, Mediterranean Blue, Pearlescent Yellow and Pearlescent Ivy 12” x 12” dark blue scrapbook stock 8 1/2” x 2” trimmed piece of vellum deep blue piece of paper to 5” x 2 1/2” 12” x 12” light brown piece of paper Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber plain vellum rust paper alphabet stamps large white tag small gold brad green ribbon   Stamp Credits: PSX, Hero Arts, and Love to Stamp

Instructions: • Trim 12” x 12” light brown piece of paper 1/2” on two sides • Stamp “Large passport” stamp to cover background using Brilliance Platinum Planet • Adhere this page to a piece of 12” x 12” dark blue scrapbook stock • Trim rust piece of paper to 7 1/2” x 2 1/2”, this will be the back layer for the header • Mount rust piece on top portion of page with adhesive • With the alphabet stamps, stamp words “My Summer Abroad” using Brilliance Mediterranean Blue onto 8 1/2” x 2” trimmed piece of vellum, mount on top of rust piece, using brads to attach it on each of its corners • Trim deep blue piece of paper to 5” x 2 1/2”- set aside • Stamp “Postcard” image using Brilliance Lightning Black onto large white tag, • Tear 1/8” off the tag along the right edge, then using a Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber dab the edges with Brilliance Lightning Black and Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy for accent • Mount tag onto trimmed deep blue piece of paper, adhering with a small gold brad and embellishing with green ribbon, mount this below title using adhesive • Trim plain vellum to 8” x 4” and mount at bottom of page using four gold brads • Stamp “Postage” image onto piece of olive paper trimmed to 1” x 3/4” using Brilliance Pearlescent Yellow • Trim rust piece of paper to 2” x 1 1/2” and mount olive paper on top of rust piece, adhering to large vellum strip using small gold brad • Apply photo to the left.