Official Beach Bum

Tropical Trends And Paper Scraps

Hi scrappers! Welcome back to my page! I stopped being lazy and finally put together another layout. I feel like I went into hyperdrive making pages last year when we were all locked down in quarantine. I was experiencing a little bit of scrapbook burnout, but finally got motivated over the weekend to put a page together.

These photos were taken pre pandemic in Laguna Beach on a day when the water was especially clear and not freezing cold. I had just gotten a new swimsuit from CupShe and wanted to try it out! These days the beaches are usually way too crowded on nice days to risk visiting, plus the water is absolutely frigid this time of year. I’m dreaming of summer, but with summer comes crowds so I don’t know when I’ll get to be a beach bum again.

I had his piece of tropical print paper from Authentique’s Utopia stack picked out for a while but just hadn’t found a page to use it on yet. The whole stack features vintage tropical prints so I knew a beach photo would fit the theme perfectly. This paper is actually double-sided and I found a large scrap in my scrap collection of the same paper so I was able to feature both prints. This is why I always save my scraps! You never know when they will come in handy.

Speaking of scraps, all of the solid colored papers are from my scrap stash as well. I cut small strips and layered them along with some pink paper banners from Simple Stories Vintage Coastal Bits & Pieces. The starfish and pineapple with plumeria flowers comes from this collection too. A small paper fan from Echo Park’s Summer Fun collection matched the color scheme as well.

This page was made for the Sketch N Scrap February challenge. This layout was practically made for double sided paper so it worked really well with what I had. I coordinated the rest of the layout’s colors to match with the floral print so everything looked cohesive.

Thank you for visiting everyone! I’ll see you next time.