Scrapbooking Technique – Beach Clay Seals Layout

by Lisa West

If you are looking for a great scrapbooking technique to embellish your beach pages this is it. This scrapbooking technique is used to create clay seals in a beach theme to create an appealing element for your page. The following is a step-by-step guide to creating this great page. All you'll have to do is add a photo or two of your own choice.

Materials Needed:

• Clay mold
• Clay (Makin's brand is recommended)
• Walnut Ink
• Cheesecloth
• Cardstock
• Rubber stamp(s) and ink
• stones, beads and shells (optional)
Start by creating a watercolor effect on your card stock embellishment, press a large square stamp into 2-3 colors of ink. Stamp your card stock then spray the stamp with water to stamp the paper again. Repeat 1-2 more times for the desired effect. If the first stamping is too dark, use scrap paper for your first stamping before spraying with water. Tear the paper and edge with walnut ink. These pieces are then mounted to your card stock layout background.

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Create the fishing net on the layout by cutting out a piece of cheesecloth in the desired size. The cheesecloth is cut and sprayed with walnut ink. (Running a stamp pad over the cloth would also work.)

Next you will create your faux clay seals. Condition your clay and form a ball. Flatten and press into a clay form, see picture above. Metallic paint was used on the two colored seals, and then highlighted with copper ink. The white starfish was made from imprinting a star from an old butter stamp. I used the round cap of a hairspray bottle, also pictured, to cut the circle around the starfish. I use Aleene's paper glaze to seal in the color. I have been having fun using many techniques to create faux clay seals. Have fun finding things to imprint into your clay. Makin's clay air dries and I find it easy to use.

For the beading effect, mini beads are "glazed" to the letters and picture corner. A small string of beads on wire adorns the "fish net".

Embellishments are adhered with the paper glaze and hold held very well. I have also used zots to help adhere these types of embellishments in the past. E-6000 is really strong adhesive.

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