Just Add Water

We're enjoying a beautiful Indian Summer here in North Carolina and we made one last beach trip before the season turns to Fall. While at the beach, my toddler loved playing with the boogie board most of all. He spent a lot of time at the beach either tugging it along behind him in the sand or sitting on it at the ocean’s edge. He never did get the hang of standing on it and riding the waves, but he’s just 2. Next year...
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I used the colors in my toddler’s swim trunks to guide my paper choices. I used a mix of Echo Park lines: orange from Splash, yellow from Victoria Gardens and green from Sweet Summertime. 

I knew I wanted to have a surfboard, so I drew one on cardboard and cut it out as a template. I cut a surfboard from the same yellow paper under the photos. I painted it white with acrylics, then used a swirl border as a mask. I misted over the mask with yellow and blue mist and inked the edges of the paper and added some stitching. Then I sewed on a big wave sticker to anchor and balance the page.

For the title spot, I used a journaling card, a phrase sticker (“just add water”) and some alphas, To finish the layout, I added a little photo tab on the top picture and a border sticker down the length of the photos.

Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Echo Park (Victoria Garden, Splasy, Sweet Summertime, Country Drive)

Stickers: Echo Park (Splash)

Alphas : Webster's Pages, Echo Park

Country Drive: journaling card

Paint: Ranger

Ink: Ranger

Mists: Tattered Angels

Sewing Machine: Bernina

Thread: Craft supply