I’m playing along with the Festive Friday Mother Ocean Day challenge today, and I pulled together a few elements from their inspo list to guide this one.
I leaned into the beachy feel, using a mix of ocean blues for my patterned squares, paired with a brown base and sentiment panel. I also brought in pearls and some simple sea-themed die cuts—coral, seaweed and a sand dollar—all in white.
The layout comes from my Cardmaking With Scraps Challenge 2. This time, I wanted to loosen it up a bit. Instead of using the same patterned paper across all the squares, I went digging through my stash and pulled anything that felt “ocean-like.” Some of the pieces weren’t even square to begin with—I just pieced them together as I went.
I was also thinking about the white layering I used in last week’s project, and tried translating that idea into this layout by adding thin white frames around each square. It keeps everything feeling soft, but still gives each section a bit of definition.
To finish it off, I added a strip of Bermuda Bay and white ribbon from my stash. It’s quite thick, but it really leans into that relaxed, beachy feel.
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I also filmed this process while I was making it, so I’ll pop the video in here once it’s live later this week.
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