Jamaica Tropical Fun

Ahhhh!  Summertime!  This is the third layout from my Jamaica scrapbook.  We were hanging out on the beach, sipping on some Jamaican rum and groovin' to some reggae music.  Pretty relaxing, huh?  The paper is, once again, DCWV Citrus with a few scraps of On the Beach from Paper Studio.

The chipboard embellishments are K & Company.  Other stickers are from Me & My Big Ideas and JoAnn Essentials.  I used We R Memory Keepers eyelets and the Crop-a-Dile II Big Bite, then threaded ribbon through the eyelets.  This created a framing effect. 

The blue border is Fiskars Threading Water border punch, which I thought was appropriate.  The pink paper accent background was cut from the Cricut Storybook cartridge.  I used one of the Marquees from the cart and cut in half lengthwise.  I just love the colors on this layout.  It is soooo summery!  Hope you like it!

On the Way to the Beach! Jamaica Style!

This is a 2-page layout of the travels to Beaches Resort in Negril, Jamaica.  I wanted the pages to blend, but to stand alone, if needed.  Not that I can think of a reason why they would be separated.  I used DCWV Citrus paper again, but went BOLD with the design.  I figured, what the heck, it's my first scrapbook, go crazy!  I also wanted to try using the gromlets that I got (really cheap at TJ MAXX) and the Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite.  You can see them lining the bottom of the blue circle on the first page.  Speaking of the circle, I actually traced a luncheon plate and hand-cut it out.  My mother laughed and said, "Why don't you use the Cricut?"  Well, there is something to be said about hand-cutting.  I feel like I'm really crafting...old-school.  Plus sometimes it just seems faster.  Especially for a big circle like this.

I did use the Cricut Expression to cut out the lettering and the scalloped frames.  The letters were a combo of Lyrical Letters fonts and Life is a Beach--I used the graphic with the swim trunks that were attached to the word "BEACH"--then cut off the trunks.  I wanted the letters to be connected (no, I don't have a Gypsy).  The scalloped frames were from the Winter Woodland cartridge--I think they were a background for a snowflake.  Perfect for what I needed!

I stuck some paper flowers together with some brads and played around with the layout for a while.  I was pretty happy with how it turned out.  It is vibrant, fun and colorful.  This layout took some time, well, most of my layouts do.  I am not a fast scrapper AT ALL!  I have to rearrange at least 5 or 6 times...then I take a break from it, sometimes for several days.  Then it all seems to come together in the end.  I don't commit with adhesives unless I am really sure I like it.  It drives my mother CRAZY!!  Ha!