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Julie's Article
Julie Kramer
Julie Kramer
THINK GREEN
The color green symbolizes: life, nature, fertility, and well being. Grass green is the most restful color. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don’t know what color to use anywhere use green.
Currently green is the most popular decorating color. People waiting to appear on TV sit in “green rooms” to relax. Hospitals often use green because it relaxes patients. The color green contains the powerful energies of nature, growth, and desire to expand or increase.
The Crayola Company started with 8 colors of crayons available in 1903. Today they have 120 core colors available with over 400 different colors being introduced in their nearly 100 year history. Out of those 120 core colors, 27% of those are greens. The colors range from Blue Green, Tropical Rain Forest, Caribbean, and Screamin’Green to Inch Worm Green.
As my trees in the yard begin to bud out and the wintering plants are surfacing, I’m beginning to be surrounded with green. My lawn furniture is out of storage so now I can sit and relax and watch as my yard turns many different shades of green.
The following layouts are dedicated to my favorite color … green.
Green Trivia:
It is said that green is the most restful color for the human eye.
Green has great healing power. It can soothe pain.
People who work in green environments have fewer stomach aches.
Green is beneficial around teething infants.

Put some green in your life when you want:
A new state of balance.
Feel a need for change and growth.
Freedom to pursue new ideas.

Protection from fears and anxieties connected with the demands of others.
Project 1: AROUND THE YARD
Supplies:
  • Funky Garden Creatable by Leere’ Aldrich
  • Behind the Scenes Creatable by Carolee Jones
  • Tagged Alphabet by Lettering Delights
  • Green grass background paper (source unknown)
  • Cardstock, green, white
  • Color Box Pigment Brush Pad, Fresh Green
  • Popsicle stick
  • Eyelet hole tool
  • Pop Dots by All Night Media
  • Sewing Machine (optional)
Instructions:
  1. Open up a workspace, I use Microsoft Word, copy and paste the sage green background graphic from Behind the Scenes and print a full sheet. Trim any white edges and cut on a diagonal about 2” down from the horizontal corner to the opposite corner. Edge with green brush pad and attach to layout. Sew the edges with a straight stitch and zig zag.
  2. Mat photo onto white cardstock that has been edged with the green brush pad. Mat onto green cardstock with one end left wider and torn. Stitch the white mat onto the green using a straight stitch and a zig zag on the torn edge side.
  3. Copy and paste the title using assorted capital and small case alphabets and size to 1”. Copy and paste the scarecrow girl, butterfly and bumble bee from the Funky Garden Creatable. Size all to fit layout, print and cut out. Cut the wooden stick from the scarecrow girl and replace with a Popsicle stick. Using the eyelet hole tool, add holes to the title tags. Adhere graphics to layout using Pop Dots.
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Project 2: SPRING AT THE ZOO
Supplies:
  • Backgrounds 2 Creatable by Gina Jane Johnson

  • With All My Heart Scrapable by Lori Gardner
  • Green cardstock by Bazzil
  • White cardstock
  • African Design Pack Cardstock by Miss Elizabeth’s
  • Green Eyelets by Making Memories/li>
  • Collage Alphabet Stamps by Stampin’ Up
  • Whimsy 3” Lettering Stencil by Deja View
  • ¼” green gingham ribbon by Offray
  • Green Spiral clip by Creative Impressions
  • Square punch by Creative Memories
  • Sewing Machine (optional)
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste the lime background from Backgrounds 2 Creatable to a workspace. I use Microsoft Word. Size to a full sheet and print 2 onto white cardstock. Copy and paste Bunny Tag02, size to 2”x3”, print and cut out. Mat onto green cardstock and tear the bottom. Place a green eyelet at the top.
  2. Cut a piece of lime background paper to 10”x7 ½” and adhere to the bottom left of a 12”x12” piece of the Bazzil green cardstock. Cut a 12” green patterned strip from the African Designer pack and place to cover the right side vertically of the layout. Sew a zig zag along the edges to adhere to the layout.
  3. Place a tied length of ribbon 1” from the top of the layout.
  4. Cut out the title with the second sheet of lime background using the stencils.
  5. Mat photos with green cardstock and arrange on layout.
  6. Stamp the rest of the title using the alphabet stamps.
  7. Embellish the layout with spiral clips, ribbon and squares with eyelets in the middle.
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Project 3: HEMINGWAY’S TYPEWRITER
Supplies:
  • by Gina Jane Johnson
  • Antique Keepsakes Creatable by Jeff Goodsell
  • Green Cardstocks by Bazzil
  • Patterned green paper (source unknown)
  • White cardstock
  • Antique Brass Brads by Stampin’ Up
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste Lichen Block background to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word. Size to 8” and print onto white cardstock. Trim the white edges off. Print a sheet of Lichen Rock, the Map border and compass in landscape format. Also print the plate01 and plate02 from Antique Keepsakes to the workspace and add a transparent text box with a border and add titles.
  2. Adhere a 4” wide patterned strip of paper on the right side of the green cardstock layout. Mat photos and journaling with a darker green cardstock.
  3. Adhere the Lichen Block to the top right corner of the layout 1” from the top and side.
  4. Cut a 1” strip of Lichen Rock and place 1” from the bottom. To make it the width of the layout, make a cut at 2” and leave a space, do the same with the map border and adhere over the lichen border. Place the compass over the opening in the border and adhere with a brad in the center.
  5. Arrange photo(s) and journaling to layout and adhere.
  6. Embellish with plates, strips and squares adhered with brads.
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Project 4: TRAVEL
Supplies:
  • Earthscapes Creatable by Gina Jane Johnson
  • Cardstock, sage greens, white
  • Circle punch by Creative Memories
  • Paper punch
  • ">¼” sage green satin ribbon by Offray
Instructions:
  1. Copy and paste Mountain Block background to a workspace, I use Microsoft Word, and size to 10” wide. Print in landscape format. Copy and paste the Mirror Lake border and size to 10” wide. Add title or journaling to the border. Print in landscape format. Trim edges and cut the background paper 5 ½” and the border to 4 ½” high.
  2. Punch three holes in the right edge of the border and tie ribbons onto each hole. Mat the background and border onto dark sage green cardstock leaving a wider border on the left edge.
  3. Mat photo(s) with white and dark sage cardstock. Tie ribbons onto photos and mat creating a tag effect.
  4. Punch circles with the circle punch to create a tag and add a title or date.
  5. Arrange and adhere photos and tags to layout.
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