The Beach

By Stephanie Barnard

The Beach

Materials

  • Krylon Make It Stone!® Textured Paints - Charcoal Sand (#18202)
  • Krylon Stained Glass Color - Blue (#9021)
  • Krylon Spray Adhesive - Clear (#7011)
  • Krylon Preserve It!® Digital Photo & Paper Protectant - Clear (#7026)
  • 22 Gauge Wire Non-Tarnish Gold
  • Nylon Jaw Pliers
  • Round Nose Pliers
  • Wire Cutters
  • Gold Fish Charms
  • 2 inch Dot Alphabet Die Cuts
  • Cardstock
  • Mini Glue Dots
  • Memory Glue Dots

Instructions

  1. Spray Make It Stone!® onto one 12" × 12" sheet of tan cardstock, according to directions on the can. Let dry.
  2. Tear into strips for bottom border, photo bottom and title bottom.
  3. Spray Stained Glass Blue onto a transparency. Let dry.
  4. Cut transparency in the shape of waves for the bottom of the layout and the title.
  5. Carefully cut off charm shanks with wire cutters and adhere fish to the bottom of the layout with Mini Glue Dots.
  6. Adhere transparency to layout using Spray Adhesive. Add the small piece to the title block.
  7. Using a diecut machine, cut title out of Make It Stone!® Sand cardstock. Adhere letters to blue cardstock and mat with white cardstock.
  8. Create the title by bending wire by hand.
  9. Adhere small piece of blue transparency and torn sand.
  10. Adhere to blue cardstock using wire staples. Mat with white cardstock.
  11. Add title to the layout.
  12. Computer journal on blue cardstock and add three fish to the bottom of the journaling block. Mat with white, blue and another white piece of cardstock and adhere to layout.
  13. Spray photo with Preserve It!® Gloss Finish. Let dry.
  14. Mat photo with blue and white cardstock. Adhere to layout.