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Scrapbooking a mermaid theme


Please note, I use affiliate links at the bottom of this post. I am affiliated with AliExpress.com. I receive a percentage of the sale price if you make a purchase. 

What I will show you today is the process I use for scrapbooking with a twist. Instead of scrapbooking into an album, I am going to scrapbook into my A4 notepad. This gives me a bit more freedom in space to create what I want. Honestly, the bigger the space the more creative I can be. I can use bigger scrapbooking pictures as well. 

Today, I decided to do a mermaid theme. Mainly because I thought I had heaps of mermaid supplies in all categories, scrapbooking paper, stickers and washi tape. The frustrating  part was when I got to the part of decorating with stickers, I only had Aerial the mermaid Disney stickers. As much as I love Aerial, I didn’t want her to upset my balanced mermaid scrapbooking paper. 

So unfortunately I didn’t have heaps of mermaid stickers but I did find under the water materials, so I used that instead. 

So before you start a scrapbooking theme, check or even take out all the scrapbooking supplies you want to use. So you can feel confident that you can complete the project. 

And you wouldn’t believe it, as I was tidying up I found even more under the sea pictures which I could have cut up and used for the scrapbooking art page. But that’s ok. The end result is meant to be. 

So let’s begin. 

Start with a blank page, no matter how big or small. And if you have lined paper and not blank, don’t worry you can still use it. Because it will get covered anyway. 

Now, choose your scrapbook paper or coloured card board and glue to your page. Or if you prefer, use washi tape to hold the papers down on the page.



I have a 12 pack of mermaid washi tape. So I added a few different types. On the sides, I couldn’t remember which way the mermaid tail washi tape goes, so one each side of the mermaid I have it two different ways. I think the right side is the correct way. 

Then I added my paper cut outs and stickers. 



This is the end result. It’s fairly simple but keeps to the mermaid theme. I like using the word stickers as well. But you have to know when I bought these packs, they don’t always have inspirational or motivational quotes, some are a bit not nice. So I just look for the nice quotes, because I like my quotes to say something nice and meaningful. 

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