Tutorial: Using Tags on a Layout | Kelly Noel

I love using tags on my projects. I find they're a great way to get a design started and the perfect place to house photos and/or journaling. For my layout, I used three large tags with the basic design in mind. I planned to use each tag for a square photo of each of my boys and then a little journaling about them right now.

To start, I printed out my photos to fit the tags. These particular tags are large, so I printed my photos to 2.5x2.5". Now, I was ready to print my journaling.I measured the space underneath the photo on the tag to see how much room I'd have. Then, using the rulers in Photoshop, I kept my typed journaling within those dimensions. I adhered the tags to a piece of printer paper and ran them through my printer to print out the journaling.

Once I had the journaling printed, I adhered each photo with foam adhesive (to give them some dimension) and lined them up on my layout.

I added my title with some letter stickers and a few embellishments add detail to the right hand side of layout.

There was some space between the journaling and photos on my tags, so I added some stamped phrases underneath each photo for more detail.

This was a super simple layout that came together really fast with the tags as the base of my design. I hope you'll give tags a try on your next project!

Supplies used | Pop Art Scrapbook Kit, Hockney Add-on Kit, Pop Art Project Life kit; other - tags