Beach Layouts 2

Blogger is weird. I can't figure out why it decides that some pictures need to be turned that don't, but I don't have time to spend on it. My son's nap time is a precious commodity! I will not waste it! Here are some of the beach pages I've been working on. For page #1, I used stickers to make a border. I also matted a clear title sticker on paper and gave it some seahorse stickers.

Page #2: I liked how the blue bubble paper went with the kiddie pool and my daughter's bathing suit. I didn't like covering up all those bubbles, so I used vellum to make some semi clear bubbles and a journalling block. I took the bubble theme one step further by cutting out several bubbles from the paper and decorating my daughter's close up with it. I actually did this because I used a piece of paper to mat her close up that I had previously punched holes in for a page I did last year! I needed to cover up the holes in the green paper, so I did that with bubbles. I loved how the green matched the piping on her bathing suit. *sigh* It makes me happy when everything goes together!

Page #3: Because I had 3 vertical photos, I had to make them look OK with the page. I double matted the photo of my kids and made a photo border for the page with 2 strips of orange paper. I cut the sunshine from a sheet of paper and made it a "setting sun". I found the title sticker and excitedly put it right on top of the sun. It matched perfectly! Sweet!

I made this title by using the oval cutter to make the purple background, dotting it's border with a pen, putting a clear title sticker on it, and adding a flower sticker and a paper flower. I punched out little hearts with a punch and bordered them with the pen. I then layered them and cut out a bit of yellow paper for the center.

I was excited about page #4! Mimicking the pool, I made a pool of my own to journal on. The beach ball is a sticker. I almost always mat the photos I want people to notice. Especially with that cute pool on the page, I felt I had to make my fave pics stand out!

I don't know about you, but I'm ready to go to the beach!

Scrap Happy!

Beach Layouts

I know it might be a little early for beach pictures, but I am this far behind in my daughter's album, and this is what I'm working on now. So be prepared for more layouts over the next few weeks. Catch a Wave! This page has room for journaling which I'll add later. I used the paisley punch to imitate water droplets. I don't use the paisley punch very often, as it's hard to know what to do with it sometimes!

To the Beach! This is the opening page, which is always a big deal for me. I like to capture my kid's expression when they see the beach for the first time.

Fot this page, I chose to sepia the picture of my daughter looking down. I have no idea why I did this, I just knew it would look better. I also had the photo of her walking to the waves enlarged. I took a whole bunch of pictures and then chose my favorites. Of course I have another page from the same day, but it is only 2 photos. I wanted to have a lot of room to write the story of our getting to the beach.

My embellishments are actually modified Christmas stickers! I really wanted flip flops, but I wanted them to match my page. I also wanted them to have some texture, or look like they had some texture. These flip flops were easy enough to make. I cut the sticker below out because the bird didn't fit on the page where I wanted it when it was in a circle of blue. Using the left over blue, I made the flip flops. I folded the blue together and cut out the flip flop shape. Then I cut little slivers of yellow, stuck them on and folded the ends around the back. Ta Da! They are a little asian looking, but I loved them! Asian works for us anyway!

Here is a close up of the bird. I made the title by doing the outline in blue and filling in the inside with copper. The paper is from a jewel summer paper pack.

The second best thing to being at the beach, is scrapping about the beach!

Scrap happy!