Let’s talk layouts - Issue #2 - March 2014 - (Page 52)

Layouts which soothe the mind Anguish, worries & fears - we all have them. They are difficult to exteriorise but they are an integral part of us and, without any doubt, the expression of our own personal experiences. Some hide themselves in work or sport or even reading to escape. Others confront them face to face to get rid of them once and for all. And what if scrapping helped us do this? Thanks to the importance it gives to the written work and the images, is it not an ideal instrument to face up to our emotions? by Catherine Labeeu The topic of scraptherapy is so vast that we wanted to go back to it again in this edition. After the act of scrapping as a therapy, we will, this time, talk about scraptherapy as an outlet for confronting our distress which is the result of traumatic events. We repeat that we are neither doctors nor therapists and we are not looking to replace any medical opinion. We are using the term "Scraptherapy" with a very light touch because it seems to us to be the most appropriate terminology. This summer will be different, by Paloma Riera This summer will be different. Don't feel like palm trees or journeys with a predictable or unknown destination. No hotel nor any seaside apartment, nor any guest house or an imaginary caravan either. This summer will not be like the others even if it is warm, the sky is blue and the sun turns up on the horizon. No, this summer will not be like the others. It will be Different. My program can only be focused around such words as HUMILITY before life, RECOGNITION of what was made, SERENITY in the face of such an ordeal, ACCEPTANCE of the change which will be coming soon... Because my Mom is ill and because she is very slowly writing the EPILOGUE of her life, I am going to join her so as to be close to her, look after her, love her, tell her that I love her, and especially to let her go as soon as she is ready. My summer, this summer, will be different. My future too. 52 HISTOIRES DE PAGES - LET'S TALK LAYOUTS MARS 2014 ISSUE 2

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