Tutorial: Using the Lollipop Guild Documenter Kit with Geralyn Sy

Hi everyone! The Lollipop Guild kits have such a fun and playful color scheme, and I was excited to dig right in. I made a few pocket page spreads with the Documenter kit already but still have some leftover pieces that I love. Today, I’m sharing with you how I used these leftovers to make a layout.

I started by printing out some photos that I cropped into 2.5” squares. I trimmed them out with my paper trimmer, leaving a white border.

I decided on a grey cardstock base and played around with the placement of the photos on it. I also sorted through my cards and picked two that I thought worked well with my layout.

Once I figured out the general placement of my photos and cards, I removed them so that I could add some stamping to my cardstock base. I used the large star and starburst stamps with Grey Area Color Theory ink to add some tone-on-tone stamping to my background.

Then I laid out my photos and cards again, adhering them on my cardstock with foam adhesive (for the photos) and regular adhesive (for the cards).

From the same stamp set, I chose the smaller star and starburst stamps to add more stamping to my background. This time, I used a darker grey – Clean Slate Color Theory ink – so that there would be a bit of contrast.

To add pops of color to my layout, I added washi tape strips and the rubber stars from the Documenter kit to the sides of my photos.

My final step was to adhere a rubber banner to the top of my layout and add a sprinkling of enamel dots. I like grouping things in odd numbers so there are three clusters of stars and enamel dots, forming a visual triangle on my page.

I hope this gives you some ideas on how you can incorporate the cards and embellishments from the Documenter kits on layouts as well! Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies: Lollipop Guild Documenter Kit – cards, washi strips, enamel dots, rubber stars; Lollipop Guild Scrapbook Kit – cardstock; Tin Man – stamp set, rubber banner; ink – Versafine, Color Theory