As soon as I saw this paper from The Paper Trail store,I knew I wanted to do a layout highlighting sand and sea! Since this week's challenge is shapes, I decided to incorporate a design element that I learned at a recent photography class - the use of lines. Notice that two points of the star point to the lighthouse. I also made a point(no pun intended!) of choosing photographs that were composed using leading lines - the pier on the bottom picture and the boardwalk on the top). Since these two pictures show the lighthouse from a distance, I used round "page pebbles" to highlight them. The two lighthouses and the star create a triangle (a design trick that's used by photographers and scrapbookers!). The My Mind's Eye journaling block echos the shape of the frame around the highlighted photo(another tip - if you use echoing shapes, balance them so that they complement each other). Circle tags (Life's a Beach Cricut cartridge)attached to a playful ribbon with brads provides a balance to the wavy border at the bottom of the page - I love the way the circles at the top echo the scallops at the bottom - sort of a positive/negative image.And I like the way the bottom border mimics waves. A Fancy Pants button is sewn to the journaling block, and a Jenni Bowlin ticket showing the date is stuck under the button. The rub-on title is by Making Memories.

Thanks for looking - and feel free to post a link to your own shape-inspired layout!