scarlet seasons

BasicGrey supplies:
Scarlet’s Letter patterned papers, mini monogram
letters, diecut tags and letter stickers; chipboard mini
monograms; wholy cow rub-ons
Other supplies:
charcoal and brown chalk ink
2 sheets white cardstock
pop dots
1 sheet black cardstock
black waxy flax
1 sheet med. grey cardstock
black paint
1 sheet dk. grey cardstock
1 sheet reddish-brown cardstock
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scarlet seasons
CREATED BY  › Kelly Goree
All I Want For Christmas
FEATURING  › BasicGrey Scarlet’s Letter collection
[Note: you will need three horizontal photos measuring 4.5”x3.5” each]
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Mount your favorite three photos onto Recognition leaving a
1/8” border all around.
Mount all three photos onto of 5.5”x12” column of Repose.
Punch 1.5” circle punch on the right side where photos two
and three meet as shown.
Mount Repose column onto 6.5”x12” column of Revelation,
with the stripes going horizontally.
Place 1.25” circle of Recognition into space left by 1.5” circle
punch. Add date with white pen.
Mount entire Repose column onto 12x12 sheet of medium grey
cardstock 1.25” from the right edge.
Cut 4”x10” strip of white cardstock and tuck at an angle under
the right side of the Repose column as shown.
Punch out the die-cut monogram overlays to spell “want” in the
colors shown. Mount the “n” die-cut to the “n” chipboard
monogram.
Using alpha stickers and the pre-punched die-cut pieces, spell
the title “All I Want” on the white sheet and “for Christmas”
along the left side of the page as shown.
Draw journaling lines with black pen on the white section, then
add the black numbered rub-ons on each line. Journal
Christmas list in black pen.
Embellish with black Flourish rub-ons as desired.
SCARLET SEASONS  › continued
Ornaments
[Note: you will need three 3”x4” vertical photos with black borders around each photo]
Because You Love Me
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Cut 9.5”x12” block of In the Forest and mount to 12”x12”
sheet of reddish brown cardstock, ½” from right side.
Cut 1”x12” strip of Pious (with stripes going horizontally) and
adhere to the left side of In The Forest block.
Cut ½”x12” strip of Among the Ruins and mount over the strip
of Pious, centering it.
Cut two 9.5”x¾” strips of Pious with stripes going vertically and
set aside.
Mount photo block 2” up from the bottom of sheet of In the
Forest. Place a strip of Pious above and below block.
Using alpha stickers, spell “rnaments” along the top strip of
Pious.
Using oval tag and ribbon, string link an ornament before the
alpha title, raising it on pop dots.
Cover chipboard “o” with green die-cut and mount in center
of the tag.
Cut 7”x1.5” block of white cardstock, drawn journaling lines
and journal on it. Place under photo block on the left side.
[Note: you will need one 7”x5” horizontal photo]
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Cut sheet of Beauty in half along the heavy, diagonal grey line
that runs across the page. Place just over Repose and adhere.
Trim sheet to 9.5”x8.5” block, rounding the corners.
Mount photo onto block, ¼” from top and right side.
Draw 2 columns of journaling lines under the photo.
Cut ½” scalloped strip of Repose. Place with scallops facing the
right ½” from the right side of 12”x12” sheet of Confession.
Round all corners of Confession.
Mount 5.25”x12” piece of Revelation along straight edge of
Repose.
Mount photo block onto layout, 1” from bottom of page and
centered left to right.
Place a 1¼” circle of Recognition at bottom right of photo
block. Write date with white pen.
Place title with alpha stickers as shown.
Finish with ½” strip of Among the Ruins ½” from left edge of
photo block and add some faux stitching with black pen.
SCARLET SEASONS  › continued
Smitten
Ninja
[Note: you will need one 7”x5” horizontal photo]
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Cut sheet of Love Letters to 10”x10.5” and mount onto a
12”x12” sheet of Rapture.
Mount photo onto 7.5”x5.5” block of Night.
Cut 9.5”x7.5” block of Recognition and tear the bottom edge.
Mount Recognition block 2.25” from the top of the Love Letters
block and center left to right.
Mount photo block onto the Recognition/Love Letters block,
centered left to right and ½” from the top.
Cut 9.5”x1” strip of Among the Ruins and place under the
photo block. Faux stitch with black pen, if desired.
Cut 2.5”x5” tag from Desire and mount to the left of the photo
as shown.
Cut one large and one small heart from Recognition and set
aside.
Punch out chipboard alpha letters to spell “smitten.” Paint all
letters but “e” black. Cover “e” with cream die-cut overlay.
Place title along the edge of Among the Ruins as shown.
Place small heart to dot the “I” and larger heart overlapping tag
and photo.
Finish up with journaling on the tag and white Flourish outline
rub-ons as desired over the title.
[Note: you will need one 5”x8” vertical photo and one 5”x3.5” horizontal photo]
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Cut 12”x12” sheet of Pearl to 11”x11” and center mount onto
black solid cardstock.
Cut ½”x11” strip of Pious and place vertically on the Pearl, 4¾”
from the left side.
Mount vertical photo to 5.5”x10” piece of Fare Thee Well,
centered top to bottom but flush with left side. Mount entire
piece to the left of the Pious strip, centering top to bottom.
Cut a half circle out of Recognition (with a 3” radius), being
sure to cut close to the edge to conserve paper needed later.
Place circle along the left side of the Pious strip.
Place small photo 1.5” up from the bottom of the page, overlapping the large photo and part of the circle (as shown).
Cut title font from piece of Night. The font is called Gingko and
can be found at www.dafont.com. Apply along the curve of the
circle.
Apply rub-ons from the Black Flourishes pack as desired.
Finish with journaling strips cut from Repose.
SCARLET SEASONS  › continued
Impish
[Note: you will need four 3”x3” square photos]
You
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Cut sheet of Fate to 11.5”x12”. Using a 1.5” circle punch,
punch out a portion of a circle on the left edge, 3.5” from the
bottom.
Cut 1” strip of Repose and place under the left side of the Fate
sheet to make the sheet 12”x12” again.
Referring to photo and starting ½” from the right edge, place
three of the four photos; one at the top edge and two at the
bottom (stacked). Place the last photo in the 2nd position so
that it is more to the right than the others and only ½” of the
right side meets the other photos (as shown).
Cut a 2.5” circle from Repose and Recognition. Tuck Respose
circle under the second and third photos on the right and the
Recognition circle under the same photos to the right as shown.
Punch out the tags shown and set aside. Using the Grey polka
dot tag as a template, cut the same tag shape out of Night.
Layer the tags as shown, adding string, flax or ribbon as desired.
Using charcoal ink, ink the ampersand sign (&) and adhere it to
the red Recognition circle.
Finish the title with alphabet stickers, rub-ons from the black
flourishes pack and some journaling in white pen.
Add a couple of “Who” and “What” journaling strips on the left
side of the page under the punched out circle using the back of
any scrap.
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Cut strip of Letters to the World to 5”x10”. Mount 1” from right
side edge and centered top to bottom on solid sheet of charcoal
grey cardstock.
Cut six 1.5”x1.5” blocks of Letters to the World and set aside.
Cut two strips of Letter to the World, one measuring 1.5”x8.25”
and one measuring 1.5”x6-5/8”. Set aside.
Taking the longer strip, mount it next to the large block of
Letters to the World, starting from the top but leaving a 1/8”
margin between them (as shown). Below that strip, place one
of the 1.5” blocks.
Left of that column, do the same for the 1.5”x6 5/8” strip with
two 1.5” blocks below.
The last column closest to the left margin has three 1.5” blocks
at the ottom of the column only.
Mount photo 1” in on the top and right margins from the edge
of the Letters to the World big block as shown.
Cover chipboard letters spelling “you.” With the corresponding
die-cuts and mount in the blocks as shown.
Finish with a hand drawn mat of black pen and some journaling
strips.
[Note: you will need one 5”x7” vertical photo]
SCARLET SEASONS  › continued
A is for Apples [Note: you will need three 2.5”x4” vertical photos with white borders]
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Draw an apple shape (approximately 2.5”x2.75”) on the back
of a scrap of Recognition (by this point, that’s about all you
have left of that paper!). Cut out and set aside.
Cut out leaf shape from scrap of Repose and place on the apple
shape.
Cut 9”x6” block of Night and mount photo block to it, ¼” from
top and sides (leaving extra room at the bottom).
Cut 1.5”x11” strip of Desire and adhere to solid sheet of
12”x12” white cardstock 1” from the right side, centered top to
bottom.
Cut ½”x6” strip of In the Forest and mount on the strip of
Desire, slightly overlapping it on the right side.
Mount photo block 1.75” from the top and right side as shown.
Cut 12”x½” strip of Pious (with stripes running down) and
place directly under the photo block going from edge to edge.
Tear strip of Love Letters and place under strip of Pious and
adhere.
Cut block 4”x1” block of Repose and attached 1” from right
side, overlapping the Night block and strip of Pious as shown.
Place Apple shape on top of the strip of Repose using pop dots.
Using alpha stickers, spell “apples” along Pious strip as shown.
Cover chipboard alpha letter “a” with corresponding die-cut
and finish off the title as shown using white opaque pen.
Add a bit of journaling in the empty section of Night as shown.