Giant Etch A Sketch

Inspiration: March 2023 Page Maps Sketch + Tic Tac Toe #209 (Patterned Paper + Free + Anything but a Card)

Seaside Summer is one of my favorite collections that Doodlebug has come out with in recent years. I have been sitting on it for a while and finally pulled out some pictures from our trip to Wasaga Beach to pair with it. My niece had seen us write Wasaga Beach in the sand and she wanted to to that herself as well. She was going on 5 at the time and starting to learn how to spell and write, so we see her mom in the pictures spelling the word to her and showing her how to trace the letters. 

It took me a long time to finish that page. I got the page set up following the sketch and then the result felt a little boring (and it was getting late), so I had to put it aside and revisit it later. I think I finally landed in a place where I'm happy with the design. Adding sticker tabs to the folder piece at the top helped give it more colour and interest, and I also layered a torn paper piece underneath the main picture for a bit of texture.

I wasn't sure where to place the second part of my title and I tried a green banner, which I kept moving around. Once I realized the palm tree enamel shape was just the right height to put on its left side, I liked how it hid the seam and I was able to fit the whole word using Elle's Studio puffy stickers. The first word was die-cut out of yellow sparkly textured cardstock using the Tall Skinny alphabet dies from Scrapbook.com. I love this alphabet, as the tall letters fill in the space on a 12" x 12" page, but the fact that they are narrow still allows space to fit a longer word, like we can see here with the 11 letters total.

The chipboard umbrella is actually from the Crate Paper pack I pulled apart recently, and so is the coral banner at the top. The colours were matching nicely, so I jumped on the opportunity to put those pieces to good use. I added a little lifesaver from the enamel shapes over it to dress it up. Underneath, we have a pocket that was done with a Elizabeth Crafts die out of patterned paper.

I auditioned different elements from the die-cut pack and the stickers for the bottom of the page, but I was really drawn to the little beach houses and the die-cut ones were too big, so I used the Icon stickers ones instead.

For the journaling, I could have put a tag in the pocket and added my journaling there, but I wanted the journaling to be visible when the page would be in the protector, so I drew lines with a grey pen and handwrite my text with a teal gel pen. I had found some coral sticker letters from a Simple Stories collection that matched nicely, so I used the numbers to add the date, squeezed in the center of the journaling and I added the little "summer" cardstock stickers from the collection pack. I added a little enamel dot from the Shape Sprinkles.

 

 

 

Supplies
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist (Stampin' Up!); Seaside Summer Cardstock Pack (Doodlebug Design);
Fruit Punch, Aquarium and Buttercup (Martha Stewart)
Patterned Papers, Icon Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Cardstock Stickers: Seaside Summer (Doodlebug Design)
Patterned Papers: Basics Kit - Woods (Simple Stories)
Dies: Tall Skinny Alphabet (Scrapbook.com); Curved Library Pocket, Sidekick Essentials 16, General File Folder
Set 2 (Elizabeth Craft Designs); Banners (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Summer Assortment Sprinkles, Seaside Summer Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Design);
Grey LePen (Marvy); Teal Sarasa Gel Pen (Zebra); Coral Puffy Alphabet Stickers (Elle's Studio);
Chipboard Pieces (Crate Paper)

 

 

Comments

[Elizabeth Stewart]

Cindy... the "etch-a'sketch" is fabulous! What a wonderful design. I am pulled in with all the wonderful elements and papers. Thanks so much for joining and sharing at TicTacToe this week.

[Karren]

This is fabulous! Beautiful elements and such great memories, I'm sure. Thanks so much for joining us at Tic Tac Toe.