Life & Me #4

Happy Valentines day and welcome to Life and Me prompt 4.
Thanks for joining us again. If you want to share your work somewhere other than here then why not join in this thread on UKScrappers or upload a pic to our facebook page here.
So this week:

Topic: My Love


Technique: Paper & Ribbon Tabs

Here is my finished layout

Topic
As today is Valentines Day the topic is therefore love. If you have a partner or children then you can create you page about them, or maybe you want to choose something a bit different; an animal, food, object, cuddly toy etc that you love. It's up to you!

Technique
The technique we are doing today is fairly simple and great for using up those scraps of paper, ribbon and fabric.
Firstly take your photo and trim to size. Using some old cardboard packaging, tear a piece off that is slightly longer than your photo but not as wide. Stick in the middle of your background paper (but don't glue right to the edges so that you will be able to slide bit underneather later) and add your photo on top with one edge hanging off the cardboard.

Now take a selection of leftover papers, ribbon, lace etc and cut into small pieces and fold in half to create tabs, glue the ends togther.
Now you want to start arranging the tabs around your background. Slide bits just under the cardboard and the edge of the overhanging photo. Try to mix up patterns and textures. It works best if you start at the bottom and layer the tabs over each other working your way to the top. I tend to arraging a section of tabs and then stick them down when I am happy with how it is looking.

Finish covering your background in tabs, add a title to the cardboard underneath your photo, doodle a little on the edges (or you might want to do this before you stick all your tabs on, or if your tabs go right to the edge of your paper then you need not worry!) and your done!

I used a selection of offcuts from my own stash and some bits of paper and lace from the Which Crafts? February Embellish Kit - Love notes - which can be seen in the shop here and ribbons from the Pink and Red Mini Ribbon Kit here.

Thanks for coming by and we hope you will share your creations if you join in :)

Hugs and Periwinkles
Maxine