FabScraps Beach Affair - Peaceful Beach Art

FabScraps New Release - Beach Affair

Beach Affair is one of the new releases for FabScraps. Anything featuring the sea is a big hit with me.  This is no exception.  The images in this collection will make any sea loving person happy. 

The journal cards included as well as the chipboard pieces were the focal point of my projects since they are absolutely fabulous in person. 

For this project, I used the following from the collection:
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection - Lighthouse paper C72005
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Journal Die Cut pack MC72001A
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Seahorses Lobster Crab Chipboard  DC72010
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Under the Sea 2 paper - C72004 

You can find a full set of instructions down at the end of this post. 


I added a lot of molding paste and texture creams - I added them to the paper background as well as covered my chipboard sea horses. 

I also had some cool mesh ribbon that I wound about the journal cards and made very dimensional. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Instructions:

1.        Your page will have several layers.  The bottom layer will be  FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Under the Sea 2 paper - C72004.  

2.   Next layer will be a piece of cardstock with 1/4in trimmed off  all edges.  Distress the edges with a distressing tool or scissors. 

3.   3rd layer is a piece of yellow butterscotch colored cardstock and trim even smaller, distressing the edges as well.  

4.  Top layer is FabScraps Beach Affair Collection - Lighthouse paper C72005  - trim to fit and distress edges. 

5.  Roll the corners inward on each layer and glue in place.  Do this to top left and bottom right corners. 

6.   Lightly ink a diagonal strip on FabScraps Beach Affair Collection - Lighthouse paper C72005 with blue ink and then add modeling paste and crackle paste.  This will add texture. Let dry. 

7.  Choose three journal cards from FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Journal Die Cut pack MC72001A and mat them onto the blue and yellow cardstock.  Distress edges of the cardstock.  

8.  Rip a piece of cardboard approx 10inches long and make sure some of the corrugation is showing,  Add some modeling paste and crackle paste to the corrugation. 

9.  Glue the journal cards to the cardboard.  

10.Weave a piece of mesh between the journal cards on a diagonal and glue to page.  

11. Paint  small seahorses from FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Seahorses Lobster Crab Chipboard  DC72010 with white paint or gesso.  Top with crackle and molding paste.  Add crystal beads while the paste is wet so the beads stick. 

12.  Lightly ink the edges of the seahorses with brown ink and a little blue ink. Glue to page.

11.  Embellish page with fish net, crystals, rolled flowers, mica, beads or your choice. 

Products:
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection - Lighthouse paper C72005
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Journal Die Cut pack MC72001A
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Seahorses Lobster Crab Chipboard  DC72010
FabScraps Beach Affair Collection  -Under the Sea 2 paper - C72004 (12x12 sheet)
Viva Model Cream Champagne
Prima Art Extravagance Texture Paste - White Crackle 961503
Prima  Cigar Box SIIC 576196
Prima Art Ingredients Glass Beads Butter 961701
Art Ingredients Gold Leaf Mica 961756
Clear Snap Donna Salazar Mixd Media Inx - Blue Jay
Brown ink
Fish Netting
Cardstock - light blue and yellow butterscotch  ( 2 - 12x12 sheets each color)
Mesh
Trim
cardboard
Wallpaper tape.
Pearl Berries