Monday, July 21, 2025

SUMMER FUN - SUMMER TIME SHAKER LAYOUT | with Brianna

Hey friends! Brianna here today and if you know me, you know my favorite season is summer! So of course you can imagine my excitement as soon as I saw the new Summer Fun collection! It's bright and happy and it will be the perfect collection for all of your favorite summer moments. Here's my page: 

When I was going through this beautiful collection, I saw the new coordinating Shakers and was immediately inspired to create a shaker element on my layout. So that's exactly what I did! I took the Lily White cardstock from the Cardstock Assortment set and trimmed a 3x10 rectangle out of it. I wanted my shaker element to be a large focal point on my page so I made sure to have it take up a lot of real estate on  it. Next, I turned over the cardstock and backed it with the new Catch A Wave Acetate. This acetate is gorgeous and it was the perfect piece to create my shaker window!

I then took some foam tape and adhered it right on top of the acetate and applied it around the entire perimeter of my rectangle. This provided a place for all of the adorable Shakers to go. I carefully poured in a bunch of the Fishies and Bitty Bubbles Shakers and then sealed it with another piece of white cardstock. I flipped it back over to the front to see the shaker itself and I was in LOVE! The fishies, the bitty bubbles and the waves on the acetate just all go together so well!!

Next, I matted my photos using a few papers from the 6x8 Paper Pad and adhered them right on top of my shaker. Not only was my shaker a fun, interactive and focal point on my page, but it also provided a great grounding point for my photos and title. I chose a phrase from the Chit Chat pack for my title and adhered it right next to my photos. This collection has so many bright and bold pieces! I love how my title really pops on this page.


I started to add more embellishments around my page and pulled in a few adorable sea animal pieces from the Odds & Ends pack and scattered them around the page. I even chose that cute Donnie Dolphin Doodle-Pop and he fit perfectly on the left side of my page!


I thought that my page needed a little more pattern, so I grabbed the Summer School 12x12 paper and trimmed out two pieces at a diagonal. I adhered one to the top and one to the bottom of my layout and it really pulled everything together. The fishies on the paper match the fishies in my shaker and I think it's so cute! Here's one last look: 


Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way! Have you created a large shaker element on your projects before? If not, you should give it a try! They're so fun and really add that extra something to your pages. See you next time friends!


BLOG INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8943 summer fun textured cardstock assortment pack
8930 summer school patterned paper
8902 donnie dolphin doodle-pop
8925 summer fun paper pad
8921 odds & ends pack
8923 bits & pieces pack
8922 chit chat pack
8905 shakers fishies
8904 shakers bitty bubbles
8928 catch a wave acetate
8907 puffy stickers icons
8894 summer school shape sprinkles


No comments:

Post a Comment

Pin It button on image hover