I have been sharing this in stages, rather than having one big “how to” post. It was very fun to do, though I can’t say it saved me any time! Hopefully they’ll start going faster, it took me several evenings and a naptime to get these two pages done.

But now I have my journalling workflow figured out. I purchased these “filed photo frames” by Katie Pertiet. (She must be my new favorite digital designer because I have picked up a lot of her stuff the past few weeks.) I filled in the hole meant for a photo with white and then stamped a ruled notebook paper design also by Katie on a new layer. I had to do some stretching an manipulating of the lines and the folder so it would fit my layout. I wish her frame had been in layers, that would have made it easier, but I still got it to work just fine.

Next came distressing and assembly. With a dry brush, I painted a very thin layer of white under the edges of my photo block to anchor it into the design. I didn’t want to work very wet, for fear of buckling the scrapbook page. The paint also helped with accenting the words Maui and Kahului to make them pop off the page. The photo paper, patterned mounting paper, and journal block were distressed with Tim Holtz’s walnut brown distress ink.

After adhering all of the elements I doodled around the waves to create a surfy mood. Finally, I added a photo taken on the Cruise ship in port and embellished the layout with some flowers and rhinestones.

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