Geometric prints, modern stripes, big florals, polka dots: They're so beautiful that scrapbookers just have to buy them. What to do next is the problem. Beginners, & many intermediate, scrapbookers struggle with incorporating these gorgeous patterns into their layouts. In this book, Angelia Wigginton shows readers how to make the process of using & combining papers simply. Readers will be introduced to ways to use various patterned papers (from one or two patterns at a time to five or more) & in many different ways (layered, as accents, or in titles). Thorough explanations of the whys-behind-the-designs & 15 step-by-step instructions (for techniques like making title treatments & photos frames) are included along with 140 layouts.