Scrap Africa Sketch #13: Bubblologist

I had so much fun playing with Sketch #13 from Scrap Africa!  I started with some cute photos of my son blowing bubbles, and I let the carefree feeling of the photos guide my design choices.  Did you know that blowing bubbles can be quite a science?  Well, to my son it is.  That's why I named this layout "Bubblology."  :)

Supplies: patterned paper by October Afternoon; alphabet stickers by Authentique; epoxy stickers by EK Success; bottle cap by Bottle Cap, Inc.; orange flower charm by Trinket Foundry; metal flowers from Olla Podrida; watercolor paint by Angora; acrylic paint by Plaid Enterprises; pen by Zig.

I recently received in the mail a package that was padded with oversized bubble wrap.  I used this bubble wrap to print a bubbly background with watercolor paints.  Not only did I reuse this bubble wrap as a scrapbooking tool, but I washed it after I was done painting, so that I can use it again another time.

I also used my watercolors to add freestyle borders and journaling lines to my page.  Then I used the string printing technique with acrylic paint to add some brighter orange lines (in the places on the sketch where the zigzag lines are).  I also used acrylic paint to define the edges of my photos.

Journaling: "Mixing just the right combination of bubble solution is lots of fun.  It's like chemistry, but safer, since it's just soapy water."  :)

When it came to embellishing the layout, I added playful bits and pieces in a variety of textures: epoxy stickers, a bottle cap, and metal flowers.  The flowers are eco-friendly: the orange one was made from recycled metal by a Minnesota artist at Trinket Foundry, and the other flowers are vintage pieces from an etsy seller called Olla Podrida.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today to view my layout.  I hope that the cute photos and playful energy in this scrapbook page brought a smile to your face.

ETA:  I just realized that I posted about Sketch #13 on the thirteenth day of 2013.  Ooh--cosmic!  :)