Rhinestone Scrapbook Page

Hello, hello - Karen here with a layout I made using the utterly gorgeous and very sparkly Silhouette rhinestones.

STEP 1 - Making the rhinestone template - NOTE: It is vital that rhinstone templates are not resized as this will alter the size of the holes and will therefore affect the final design.

• I started by choosing a scalloped rhinestone border from the set I had downloaded.  To do this I Ungrouped all the borders, dragged a box around the scalloped border and then grouped this. 

 

•  I then chose Select All, deselected the scalloped border and deleted the rest.  I now had one scalloped border.  

 

•  In the Replicate window I chose Mirror Left and moved this to the left side of my page.  I then chose Rotate One Copy,  then I chose Mirror Below to get my four sides.  I lined them up as shown below. 

 

• Next I deleted all the 'dots' that I didn't need by Ungrouping each side, deleting the surplus dots and then Grouping again. I then centered it to my page. 

•  I added my title. Once I had added my title I decided that I wanted to change the small gem at each point of the scallop to a larger one so copied one from the Princess title and used this to replace them.  I also coloured the dots the colours I wanted to use on my design to help me when I placed the gems.  

• Finally I used a piece of 12 x 12 card, one I knew I wouldn't use for anything else, to cut out my design.

STEP 3  - Adding the journaling.

• I temporarily added my frame to the page to enable me to work out the spacing for the text and found a quote on the internet that perfectly matched my photograph.  I used Georgia Peach Sketch Font, size 48 and changed the line spacing to 60.  I then removed everything but the text from the page and used my Silhouette and a white sketch pen to write the journaling. 

• Next I cut the butterfly frame from a piece of white card.

STEP 2 - Setting the rhinestones.

• I used temporary adhesive (Herma) to attach my template to a piece of black cardstock I had journalled on.  I used the rhinestone brush to fill the holes with rhinestones. This is a good video showing how it works.  I used the 'Picker' tool to remove the ones I didn't want to be small and clear and replaced them with the desired colour and size.
• I used the rhinestone setting tool to fuse them to my page.  
• Once I was satisfied they were adhered I carefully removed my template. I then added my photo and frame.

I really loved the finished project as it perfectly fitted with my chosen photograph.

 

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