Solstice Summer: Time of Our Lives

My husband and boys recently returned from their annual fishing trip to Canada; 

 quite the jaunt for some guys from Texas, but they literally catch hundreds

 of fish and look forward to the trip months in advance. I sent my old point & shoot

 camera with them as was thrilled at some of the 

scrapbook-page-worthy photos that they captured! 

While thumbing through the 12 x 12 papers, the ombre side B of the 

Maui Patterned Paper caught my eye and reminded me of water as it gets deeper.

 I cut the paper down to 11 x 11 and centered it onto a sheet of white cardstock 

before machine stitching around the edge. Next, I decided on the journal card, 

“The time of our lives”, and used a 3.5″ circle die to cut it out. 

I stayed with the circle theme and proceeded to cut a large, yellow mat from the

 Trunk Bay Patterned Paper; I used a 9″ plate as the template. Next, 

I used the remainder of the journal card pattern to cut out smaller 1.5″ circles. 

 For the title, I cut apart the “Hello Summer” Puffy Sticker and attached

 it around the contour of the round journal card. 

I placed the smaller circles in a fashion to resemble bubbles and accented 

with several shapes from the Gold Foam Shapes. Finally, I used a ruler and 

thin-tipped black pen to draw on lines for journaling at the bottom. I love the 

versatility of the “Solstice” Collection and how you can fashion it around any 

Summer activities whether it be a trip to the beach, camping or a fishing trip to Canada :)

 To download the complete step by step instruction sheet, click the image below!