We recently came back from a trip to the beach so I choose to tackle the Shoreline collection they gave me to create with first! My daughter had a blast searching for seashells. She probably spent a good 45 minutes just walking up and down the beach collecting as many as she could and naturally, I snapped a few photos.
Journaling reads: This handful of seashells was just the start of the many you collected in your bucket.
Creative How to: I started both these pages with one thing in mind - the title! I wanted to use She Sells Seashells by the Sea Shore. I was going to put it all on one page but I decided to break it up so I could of course showcase the photos but also get a bit creative with the title. For the first page, I cut the word "Seashells" out of the yellow & white background paper using my CAMEO and tossed the letters but keeping the negative space. I then added the blue & white paper, which I think resembles shells, behind the negative space so that it shows through the paper. I could have just cur the letters from the blue paper but it actually looks nice and "negative-like" in person. Then I added the Thickers for the rest of the title.
For the rest of the 1st page, I simply layered a variety of distressed, punched and even wonky cut papers and then added stickers and other elements behind it, adding a bit of doodling and faux stitching. I finished it off by adding the paper flowers.
That page can be viewed as a standalone page or together with this one.
Supplies - American Crafts Shoreline collection: Oceanside Paper (35727) – Shoreline, Coronado Paper (35728) – Shoreline, Ventura (35731) – Shoreline, Edgewater Paper (35739) – Shoreline, Pacific Beach Paper (35737) – Shoreline, Neptune Paper (35729) – Shoreline, Carpinteria Paper (35721) – Shoreline, Vero Paper (35719) – Shoreline, Malibu Paper (35722) – Shoreline, Sea Isle Paper (35732) – Shoreline, Black (53360) – Thickers, Flamingo (42249) – Remarks Book Accent & Phrase Stickers, Surfboard (85584) – Delights Paper Flowers, Solid Adhesive Runner (61719) – This to That, Foam Dots (61709) – This to That, Black (62311) – Precision Pen 03.
Journaling reads: You were on a mission to gather all the shells you could find.
This page can be seen as a standalone page but when you put the two pages together, like in an album, you see the entire story. And I love that the background papers aren't the same. I think it adds zest!
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Holy moly, I'm on the American Crafts design team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8 comments:
Such fresh and pretty pages, Heather! You definitely captured a fun time at the beach. My daughter loves to collect shells too. :)
WONDERFUL! I REALLY like the layering bits--AWESOME! I feel the SAME way--I'm on the American Crafts design team!!! EEEK! :)
so bright and eyecatching, I love this collection!
I always wondered how much material u were given to start with that could be overwhelming! Great job on your layouts.
Perfect papers and colors for those cute pics.
Fabulous layouts!! Great job! :)
Love these layouts, summer already seems so long ago lol
These are gorgeous!! I loveeeeeeeeeee the colors and the layers!!!
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