Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014 - (Page 46)

It's trendy... Geo tags In recent months, geo tags, usually reserved for geographical maps, have been appearing in our scrapbook layouts. Stamps, chipboards, papers, here are some illustrations. by Gaëlle Fauglas, Loredana Bucaria, Marianne Sterchi and Mylen Chartier The Ambassador's journey incognito! In 1787, Thomas Jefferson, in office in Paris, announced he would « take the waters » in Aix-en-Provence (1), and left alone, with a carriage and a coachman, on a « Journey to Southern France and Northern Italy », which lasted four and a half months. Declared purpose: to heal his rheumatic wrist. Secret purpose: to gather the maximum of data on anything that might be useful and adaptable in the temperate zones of the young United States... This man of many skills - an architect, an agronomist but also a lawyer and an enthusiast of music and 46 HISTOIRES DE PAGES - LET'S TALK LAYOUTS MARS 2014 ISSUE 2 art - was the best man to carry out this task. One can find, in the account he left of his journey, the geographical or social pointers he gave in the contents. Among others: in the Beaujolais area, a statue by Slodtz; in Vienna, a «pyramid»; in Marseille, a mill in the « Polish » style; in the Plain of the Po, the rice fields... And many more... Go on read it, without fail! (1) Aix then was the parliamentary capital of Provence and had been famous since Roman times for its sulfur waters.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014

Cover
Editor's note
CONTENTS
Ideas
One layout, three options - It's your choice
Back to basics - Rediscover brads
Volume on our layouts - 3D effects and superimpositions
Honors go to the square - DT challenge
Anti-crisis scrapbooking - Time for toys
Mail Art - Make your talent travel
Discoveries
Meet the artists - Nina, Stephanie and Nina
It's trendy - Geo tags
Scraptherapy - Layouts which soothe the mind
Our furry friends - in the spotlight
Meet the artists - Our new European recruits Valérie, Julie and Elena
We have tried out for you
Rendez-vous
Are you a begginner - Then this page is for you !
Rendez-vous - on the blogosphere
Meet us on the net
Readers' Idea Gallery - Life in blue - Back from holidays
Tale of a Sketch #1 - An effective page setting
Tale of a Sketch #2 - A geometric layout
Winter File
Winter is a promise
Zoom on the snowflake - A seasonal motif
A winter with - energising colors
It's on trend - Wood on our layouts
Scrapping in escape mode - Journey to Canada and the Arctic
A mini-album with labels
Color File
Let's tame color - Second part
Different color combinations
Life in Yellow - The emotional power of color
Let's play with color - Fire and ice
Techniques
Focus on the ombre effect - Decoration, fashion and scrapbooking
Finnabair's secrets - Meet designer Anna Dabrowska and learn her techniques
A background page in 9 steps - #1: Masking and cropping
A background page in 9 steps - #2: Gently splodging
A background page in 9 steps - #3: Texture and transparency effect

Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014