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It was so much fun to go to the beach in October.  We headed to St. Simon's Island for Fall Break and even though it was overcast the entire weekend, we had a great time.


I bought the entire Sunny Days collection and thought it would be perfect for this layout.  I combined it with some older My Mind's Eye patterned paper that I had in my stash.  The colors of both paper collections coordinated perfectly.


It has been a long time since I have done a double page layout.  I decided to take it one page at a time.  I took the plaid paper and cut the frame shape using my Cricut machine.  I cut this shape into 2 pieces and used the larger piece of the page pointing downward on the main page and the smaller piece pointing to the right on the second page.  I only had small strips of the Sunny Days mermaid scales paper and gold glitter cardstock.  I used these strips along with a strip of the Indie Chic Forest paper and layered them next to the plaid paper. I also cut a circle using my Cricut and placed half the circle on the main page above the strips of paper and used the other half on the side of the second page.


I used the Fun Stampers Journey Banner Parade Dies to cut some banners out of Sunny Days patterned paper. I layered these banners on the main page, popping up the top banner with some foam tape.  I used a Sizzix Thinlits alphabet die set to cut my date and location out of the Sunny Days gold glitter cardstock.  The location was glued to the banner on the main page and I placed the date near the bottom of the second page.


I was so excited to finally be able to use the shell patterned paper from the Sunny Days collection. This is my favorite paper out of the entire collection and since we spent most of our time on the beach searching for shells, this was the perfect embellishment for the pages.  I fussy cut the gold foiled shells that coordinated well with the strips of gold glitter cardstock.  I made a visual triangle with the shells on both pages and finished the page with some stickers and ephemera from the Sunny Days collection along with some chipboard Thickers.


I don't normally create double page layouts, but the coordination of the Crate Paper and My Mind's Eye patterned papers made these two pages flow together nicely.

Relax Unplug
Supplies:
  • Paper
    • Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Sunny Days Project Pad, 12x12 Paper Pad, Project Pad, and 6x8 Paper Pad
    • My Mind's Eye
      • Miss Caroline by Jen Allyson (2012) Howdy Doody "Happy" Beach Stripe Paper
      • Miss Caroline by Jen Allyson (2012) Dolled Up "Favorite" Madras Paper
      • Indie Chic (2012) Citron "What A Day" Forest Paper
  • Fun Stampers Journey Banner Parade Die Templates
  • Sizzix Thinlits Alphabet Set by Emily Tootle
  • Sizzix Thinlits Alphabet Label by Tim Holtz
  • Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Sunny Days Clear Sticker Book
  • Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Sunny Days Ephemera
  • My Mind's Eye Indie Chic (2012) Nutmeg "Hanging Out" Label Stickers
  • American Crafts Thickers Chipboard Phrase Stickers - Blessed
  • Cricut
    • Tag #M804E1D0
    • Circle #M369879
  • Foam Tape

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