Day at the Beach - #10 on my 365 page layout challenge for 2019

Hey there Newbies, 

I'm here working on my 365 Page Layout Challenge.  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

This layout started out awesome...in my head.

Starting out it was, well, kinda disastrous

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I LOVE the Ink Road Stamps collection SALTY AF!  The little mermaid is to die for and the sayings are awesome!  I had this vision of what it would look like but the beginning stages didn't look like what was in my head...at all!
                  

I saw a YOUTUBE video (by NancyStamps) the other day and it showed some unique stuff you could do with Versamark.  I have several Versamark containers in my box of inks and stamps...AND here comes lesson #1 - Versamark makes more than just one kind of stamping pad as in for embossing, WHITE, etc, make sure you know which one you are suppose to be using BEFORE stamping your layout.  I pulled one out not paying attention to the word ULTIMATE WHITE PIGMENT on it.

The look I WAS going for was a watermark.  Which from what I hear, that is what Versamark was originally designed for.  So the technique was to put down the stamp with regular Versamark and eventually in an hour or so it would dry darker leaving a "watermark" effect on the paper.  After stamping the entire page I realized this was not going to get darker, but I kinda liked it so I went with it.

After I let it dry I started adding Glass Bead texture with a circle stencil I had.  It reminded me of bubbles and what better way to have a mermaid underwater than with bubbles!  But the more I did the less I liked.  It does take quite a while to dry so you can't be in  a hurry for this type of layout. It did take me several times of coming back and stenciling the glass beads only because my stencil was a 4x6 square and I didn't want it to look like a box of bubbles. 

I left it over night to dry, mean while I pulled all my stash out and went through everything I thought I might want to use.  I fixated on this coral color and couldn't get enough of it!  I even painted the LOVE THIS words and the flamingo with a water marker to match.  I had a lot of this color in my stash so I was super excited!

After I let it set over night,  I started to work on my layout with the stash I pulled.  I put the photo at the top and backed it with parchment paper, a coral stock paper and a foam backing to make give it some dimension since most of the embellishments have dimension to them I didn't want the picture to look flat.   I also put a sticker on it with a beach saying (I've had that in my stash for a long time and have no idea where I got it, except that it was in Florida somewhere).

This was only the second time using the glass bead technique that I saw Missy Whidden do on her YouTube channel.  I'm not going to lie, it takes a bit to get this technique down but it is pretty awesome!  I'm still have issues working with it but I do love the effect!  This is my finished layout.  I hope you like it!  Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think.

ITEMS USED:

1. Epoxy Flairs - Scrapping Happy Studio
2. "Love This" foam writing - Amy Tangerine (love, love, love these.  They come white but you can color them any color you want to go with your layout!
3. Salty AF Mermaid Stamp collection - Ink Road Studio
4. Versa Color - Ultimate White Pigment 80
5. "Positive Mind" chip board sticker - American Craft Thickers "ESCAPE THE ORDINARY" collection
6. Parchment paper/coral stock paper/adhesive foam - to back photo
7. Foam dots for the Flairs and heart
8. "Living It" puffy sticker - PinkFresh Studios "BE YOU" collection
9. "My Favorite" puffy sticker - Bella Blvd "MAKE YOUR MARK" collection
10. Pink Flamingo Brad - Bo Bunny (Hobby Lobby)
11. Day at the Beach, rub on - American Crafts Mini Marks "CURL PHRASES" collection (HL)
12. Coral/pink glitter dots - Doodlebug Design "GLITTER SPRINKLES" collection
13. Camera and paper heart - PinkFresh Studio
14. "Lasting Memories" and " Right here right now" sticker - Dear Lizzy "ACCENT & PHRASES (61) collection
15. Bubbles - Glass Gel by Galeria (Amazon.com)

Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge 2019 that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!

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Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly