Just because a sticker is made one way, doesn't mean you have to keep it that way. I fell in love with the Doodlebug Day at the Beach stickers the moment I saw them. The colours are just gorgeous, but I wasn't too keen on the border sticker. Rather than wasting it, I transformed it into a new border.

This layout was created using It Takes Two Orange fibre paper for the background, Paper Garden Baby Wide Lines paper, blue cardstock, yellow cardstock and Doodlebug Day at the Beach stickers.

To create the border on the left, first cut out the tags from your border sticker. Tear a strip of blue paper and a strip of green paper (I used Paper Garden Baby Wide Lines Paper for this, but you could use any blue and green cardstock). Make sure both edges of each strip is torn. Glue them to your page and arrange your stickers on top. 

Instead of placing a second border on the opposite page, try balancing it with a different arrangement of stickers. Tear another strip of blue and another strip of green paper. These only need to be about 12cm long, but again, make sure they are torn along both edges. 

Place the blue strip in the top right-hand corner of your page. It should be about 2cm from the top edge of your page and right up against the side edge. Arrange your three Sun, Sea and Sand stickers on top. Your green strip should be placed in the bottom left-hand corner of your page and mirror the blue strip (ie, it should be about 2cm from the bottom and up against the left edge). Decorate this strip with your 'Sea' stickers. 

To finish off your page, mat your photos on yellow cardstock and arrange on your page. Decorate with your remaining stickers. I also placed a piece of blue cardstock horizontally behind my first photo. This was to enhance the photo and help it stand out from the others. 

And voila! You now have a bright summery layout for your album!

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