Sand Dollar Scraps

The designers at Outdoors and More have decided to start a new series of entries called "Scraps" where they will display fun creations they have done with Outdoors and More scraps, but haven't found a scrapbook page these scraps can call home yet.

The first one is a row of sand dollars on a patch of sand paper.

It uses Outdoors and More's Beach Bum Quick Cropper and Sand Paper.

For this fun strip, it uses just the sand dollars from the Beach Bum Quick Cropper. They are placed on a 2" strip of the Sand paper. Brads are placed in the center of each sand dollar, and on the bottom example, a piece of twine is twisted around each brad.

Quick and easy, and it uses just a few scraps leftover from another project. Hope we can find a page they will look great on, and hope this has given you some ideas on what you can do with your Outdoors and More scraps.

Happy Scrapping!

Beach and Lake Fun

Beaches are one of my favorite places - I love the sound of the waves, the feel of warm sand on my feet, being buried in sand, the thrill of bodyboarding on wave after wave, constant sand blowing in my food making it crunchy, and watching my brothers forgetting to use sunscreen turning into lobsters by the end of the day who complain about the burns for the next week as how "It wasn't my fault I got so burned."

So, for those great memories, here is a beach layout that can also be used for fun on a lake. As you notice in one of the pictures, there is a seadoo and in another are a couple of ski boats, so I bet these were taken at a lake.

This layout uses Outdoors and More's Beach Accents and Beach Scene paper.

The Beach Scene paper was torn just below the blue ocean, so it includes just the beach part of the paper. I love this paper and it's too bad they tore off the ocean part, but because this is a layout for fun at a lake, palm trees and the sign saying "Beach" don't really fit, so that is why they did it this way. I think what they did was very ingenious to use the paper to fit their own needs. Good Job!

From the Beach Accents sticky-back die-cuts, they used the "Swimming," Sun Bathing," "Snorkling," and "Sand Castle" and stacked them in the bottom left corner under a heading that reads "What we did:". You can tell sand castles were a big part of their trip because they are trying to turn somebody into a giant sandcastle by burying him in the sand.

They also use the "Fun in the Sun" Beachball from the Beach Accents in the top left corner.

They framed their pictures, and added a couple of corner holders to one of the pictures and turned another picture into a tag with some ribbon through the tag hole.

This is a very nice layout, and it looks like they had a lot of fun. I wish I could give credit to where it is due, but this was sent to me with no name attached to it. When you send pictures, please include your name, where you are from, and a short description of what you did if you don't want to read my ramblings.

Thanks to whomever sent me this!

Hope this gave you some fun ideas about scrapping fun at the beach and lakes!

Happy Scrapping!

Beach Layout With Hidden Pictures - Part 2

With summer comes visits to lakes and oceans. Here the second of a two part article on a fun beach layout that you can insert A LOT of pictures onto a single scrapbook page and not loose the fun of adding embellishments or cover all the artwork on a favorite scrapbook paper.

This layout requires Outdoors and More's Beach Snapshot Boarder Paper #2 and a package of Portrait Foto Flaps.

This layout requires absolutely no cutting, so it is very quick and very nice looking, but holds a fun surprise. On the left side are three full 4"x6" photographs. On the center photo, we added a little journal about our experiences at the beach on a semi-clear paper. You now are basically done!

Now comes the easy part. Many scrapbookers like to add lots of embellishments, but still want to add a lot of photographs, while many other scrapbookers don't want to cover up all the artwork on their favorite scrapbook paper. Here is a quick and easy way to solve both problems:

Outdoors and More's Foto Flaps are an easy way to add photographs and not loose space to embellishments or cover paper artwork. Simply add a Foto Flap onto the protective cover of you scrapbook album, insert some 4"x6" photos, and flip it up to expose your embellishments and paper artwork beneath.

As you can see from this view, we added a Portrait Foto Flap to the page over the cool beach and ocean artwork of the paper. It is too much fun to cover up with a photograph, but we wanted to have more photos on this page.

Foto Flaps have been so much fun to work with! I hope you enjoy them too, and please let us see what type of creations you come up with.

Happy Scrapping!

Beach Layout With Hidden Pictures - Part 1

With summer comes visits to lakes and oceans. Here the first of a two part article on a fun beach layout that you can insert A LOT of pictures onto a single scrapbook page.

This layout requires Outdoors and More's Beach Snapshot Boarder Paper #1, Beach Alphabet, and a package of Landscape Foto Flaps.

As you can see, the layout is not very difficult. Spell out "Surf Sand Sea" with the Beach Alphabet Lettering as shown on the example, and write or attach "and" across the "s" on "Sea".

Attach several beach photos as shown on the example. One 4"x6" photo is layed landscape across the paper, and two smaller photos are attached below. Your layout is now pretty much finished.

Now comes the fun part. Insert your layout into the protective sheet in your scrapbook album. On the protective sheet, and over the 4"x6" picture, attach several Landscape Foto Flaps as shown in the examples below. Insert several pictures, and you now have a bunch of "hidden" pictures that children love to look at and flip open.

The patent pending Foto Flaps are a quick and easy way to add pictures to any scrapbook page, journal, or photo album. They create an instant “hidden door” that can instantly create fun for children, women and even men when they relive those precious memories.

Happy Scrapping!