Throw Back Thursday!

 TBT! and that it is as June 2015 is around the corner and my younger (not so young anymore) son is off to his 5th Surf Camp as Photographer/Chef.  Surf Camp is a time away where young people get to surf, hangout, form new friendships,enjoy sports, laughs and late fireside nights all whilst sharing the Word of God and taking in the Beauty of His Creation.

This is a layout that I completed quite a while ago, but it remains one of my favourite sketches. All you need are 12 photos, a border punch, a paper collection that works well together, a ruler to ensure that your two rows of photos are straight and you can get lost in your creativity as you mat and embellish each photo.

I used the 'Graphically Speaking' Cricut Cartridge to cut the waves at the top of the page but this sketch could be used for any theme.  All you would need to do is style it accordingly, but the sketch would remain the same. See the picture below for some of the detailed matting etc.

Until next week xoxo

Beach Pages

Summer Vacation

Fun in the Sun 

Monday has come and gone and I am only popping in to say "Hi!" now, but hang around "you'all' cause there are more than one "look ins" from me today! As I am the luckiest gal to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, surrounded by the sea, I have many "Fun in the Sun" pages to share with you. As I am a Scrapbook Shopaholic (she who dies with the most supplies wins!), I have plenty stash dating way back when and this Fabulous sheet of patterned paper below comes from my stash of FABSCRAPS Paper.  FABSCRAPS is the biggest designer and supplier of "addictive Scrapbook goodies" in South Africa and is now also a supplier in the USA!

 Check out their range @  www.fabscrapsusa.com

 

Usually I would design a Beach page layout running along the page but because I only had a few photos (each from a different outing), I designed the layout running down the page, each drop a different day!
When I covered the frames, I embossed the paper with vertical lines and then sanded up and down the lines bringing out the distressed white lines on the frames, thereby enhancing the lines in the print of the paper and also adding to the distressed look of the Beach!  Note the slicing of the photos in the second length, adding width and dimension to the more scenic shots.
Get Happi Scrappin'..............

BEACH PAGES

                      A WALK ON THE BEACH

                                               Sheer Delight

Footprints in the sand, the frolicking of the water as it washes to and fro on the edge of the sand, the whispers in the wind, the boldness of the crashing waves, the echoes of forgotten worlds in the shell pressed against your ear, the peace and solitude and yet the connectivity of burying your toes together in the sand, the territorial seagulls, the sheer possibilities as you breathe in the beauty of Our Creator's Magnificent Work.

What's not to Scrap!