Sweltering, sizzling temperatures, spritzers on ice in the cooler and sunshine aplenty, summer is such a good time. And that calls for a pool party to cool down! Do so with this summer scrapbook layout!

To create this layout you will need:
- Sweet Summer Paper Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Sweet Summer Variety Mat Pack or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Sweet Summer Embellishments or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- 12-inch Trimmer or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Micro-Tip Scissors or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Tape Runner or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Repositionable Tape Runner or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Foam Squares or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Black Dual-Tip Pen or (Shop Canada | Shop Australia)
- Pencil

Step 1: Use a piece of white sand dots paper as the base for this layout.
Step 2: Cut a 12” x 4-3/4” strip with water waves paper. Using a pencil, trace a laser-cut embellishment border on the top. Cut out and adhere on the bottom of the layout. Top with the embellishment border. Cut a 12” x 1-1/2” strip with water waves paper. Trace the other laser-cute embellishment border on the top, cut out and adhere on the bottom of the layout. Top with the laser border.
Step 3: Trim the “Sunkissed” variety mat to 3-7/8” x 5-7/8” and mat on a 4” x 6” piece of suns paper. Adhere on the layout. Crop two photos to 3” x 3” and one photo to 6” x 3”. Adhere all on the layout, as shown. Cut a 1/4” x 6” strip with suns paper and tuck behind the right side of the photos.
Step 4: Cut a 4-1/2” x 6-1/2” ruled mat in half. Tuck in the waves as shown. Journal as desired.
Step 5: Add embellishments, popping some up with Foam Squares for added dimension.
What are your pool party plans? What do you think of this summer scrapbook layout?
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