Cool Pool Dude - a SID sketch

It's Fri-YAY!

I hope you are planning a relaxing, Father-lovin' weekend.

I'm bringing you another cruise vacation layout today using an awesome sketch from the wonderful Stick It Down blog.

Here is the original sketch:

I had so much fun with this!

I loved how the paper seemed to fade on the original sketch, so I tried to recreate that a bit.]

I gessoed my patterned white paper in a faded way and placed a transparency over the gessoed portion. Then I used gesso again along the seam and used HS Metallic Texture paste with a triangle pattern (to match the boy's bathing suit). I love how it turned out!

I've been working on remembering my pop dots lately!

I also used this fab mood board from my Paper Issues friends:

I just loved how BRIGHT it is, so I totally went with it with this pink/orange paper I've been hoarding for years. I was also influence by the popsicles, our current family obsession!

He is such a cool pool dude! :)

and we for sure had

Thanks for looking!!

Supplies:

Pink/orange paper - Doodlebug

Diamond paper - Pink Paislee

transparency paper - American Crafts

Ephemera -  Pebbles

Chipboard - me and my big ideas

Texture Paste and stencil - Heidi Swapp

Green alphas - Amy Tangerine

Yellow alphas - Fancy Pants

dude alphas - Sassafrass

Pink cloud sticker - Studio Calico