Hello everyone – for my project today I played with the bookstand to create this fun beach scrapbook picture display.
For today’s project you will need the 8 x 8 bookstand and the Sand Dollar and Fan Shells Chipboard Embellishments from the Clear Scraps store. You will also need an 8 ½” x 8 ¾” and 3 ¾” x 5 ¾” pieces of white, 4” x 6” piece of navy, and a 2 ½” x 8 ½” piece of tan cardstock, acrylic paint - in the colors of light teal, light pink, tan, and white, a foam brush, a stencil brush, light blue and medium blue ink, cloud stencils, ink blending tools, post-it notes, foam adhesives, and a strong adhesive.
Take the 2 shells you are using on your display and paint them white. Set aside to dry. When dry paint the back side of the shells. I used 2 coats for the front and 1 coat for the back.
While the shells are drying, take the post-it notes and add them in a line across the white cardstock just slightly above middle. Use the cloud stencil to add light blue ink to the top portion of the cardstock forming clouds.
Flip the post-it notes around so you are covering up the edge of the clouds making sure the edge of the clouds are just under the post-it notes. Take the tan cardstock and tear 1 long edge of the paper. Tear it unevenly as this will be the sand on your beach. Use this to see how far down you need to go with the medium blue ink which is your water. Apply medium blue ink to the middle portion of the cardstock to form the sea. Make sure to start just off the post-it notes and blend the ink down onto the cardstock. By always starting at the top and working down the water will be darker at the top and lighter closer to the bottom. This will give your picture some depth and distance.
Once the ink is dry, glue the tan piece of cardstock to the bottom of the picture. Use a palette knife and some white texture paste to add along the shore line (tan cardstock) to mimic the waves crashing on the beach. When adding the paste use a dabbing motion to give it the look of waves rolling over each other. See photo below.
Before the paste dries, take some Ultra Fine sparkly glitter and lightly sprinkle on top of the texture paste. This will give your waves some sparkle Turn the card stock over and knock off any glitter that has not attached to the texture paste. Set aside to dry
Take the painted sand dollar and on the front use a stencil brush and some tan paint to highlight the center flower shape. You will use a dry brush method with very little paint on the brush. I goggled what a sand dollar should look like and used that to determine where to put the paint. I only did the front as the back will not be seen. Set aside to dry.
Take the fan shell, a stencil brush and blue, pink, and tan paint. I added some tan paint randomly on the shell, Then use the pink to add some pink on the sides of the shell. Finally add some blue to the top center of the shell. Again use a dry brush method with very little paint on the brush so the white shows through also. I again googled shells and found one that looked like the shell and used it to add the color.
Create a photo mount for your picture by attaching the white smaller panel to the navy panel. Use foam adhesives to attach the photo mount to the center of your beach panel.
Take the bookstand and remove the plastic sheet on the front of the stand. Use a strong adhesive to glue the shells to the stand. I only applied a small amount of glue in the corner where the shell would go so I could change out the beach page if I wanted to. If you don’t want to change it out, add your beach page to the front of the bookstand and glue the shells over top in the corner. Set aside for the glue to dry.
When dry, remove the plastic sheet from the back of the bookstand and display your scrapbook page for your visitors to see.
I hope this project has inspired you to display your treasured beach photos for your guests to admire.
Have a great day!
Robbie