The easiest way to make a layout quick is to keep it simple. Minimise the number of supplies you are using and stick to a straight-lined balanced page. This will help you create a sophisticated layout quickly and easily. This layout shows you one way to achieve this.

This layout  was created using Scenic Route Charlotte Hill Stripe Paper, Scenic Route Charlotte Brown Floral Paper, three shades of brown cardstock, brown ink and small brown alphabet stickers.

Take your darkest shade of brown cardstock and adhere your 5x7 photo in the top right rand corner leaving a border of at least 3mm around it. Adhere a vertical, smaller photo directly beneath it on the right side, as shown in the layout above. Cut the cardstock so you end up with a large brown rectangle featuring your photos. The border around the photos should be at least 3mm.

Turn you Scenic Route Charlotte Hill Stripe Paper over to give your background. Adhere your rectangle towards the right side of your page. 

Cut a piece of your lightest shade of brown cardstock to fit in the bottom left corner of your rectangle. Make sure it is not too high (you have to fit other pieces above it). Add your journaling and adhere in position.

Take your middle shade of brown cardstock. Cut five rectangles measuring approximately 3cm by 5cm. Cut the shape of a letter out of the middle of each to make the large word of your title. You may wish to position your letters towards the bottom of each rectangle, as shown in the layout above. To draw your letters, try using a template or printing them from your computer. Place your lighter shade of brown cardstock behind each rectangle so the colour comes through the letters you have cut out. Adhere your title across your page underneath your large photo, as shown in the layout above. Use small brown alphabet stickers to add other words to your title (for example, I have added the word 'The' above my large letters).

Measure the gap between the bottom of your large photo and the top of your journaling piece (mine was 3.2cm). Subtract around 6mm from this measurement (gives me 2.6cm). Now measure the length your large letters have taken (mine was 16.7cm). You now have the dimensions for the strip of Scenic Route Charlotte Brown Floral Paper that you need to cut. Once you have cut it out, ink the edges with brown ink and adhere directly underneath your large letters. And voila, you're done!

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