More Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC
These Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts below are all from the South Carolina Aquarium located in Charleston, South Carolina. They depict almost every gallery at the Aquarium and most of the journaling is taken directly from the information provided at the Aquarium.
All of the layouts in this album were
12 x 15 inch pages, so there are many uses of photos developed in Panoramic format, 4 inches x 12 inches. I used these large photos quite often to take up the extra 3 inches at the top or the bottom of the page so that I could still
use the traditional 12 x 12 scrapbook paper.
In some cases, I
pieced together paper and card stock to cover that extra space so you may see some piecing involved on some of the pages. Fortunately, the piecing does not show as much in real life.
As always, feel free to copy any of the ideas or layouts you see
These two S C Aquarium Layouts above represent the
title pages for the entire SC Aquarium Scrapbook Album. The Title
letters were hand cut from some aqua blue metallic paper with adhesive on the back that I found in my stash, purchased years ago from QVC in a bundle of unusual papers.
The 2 photos on this page were actually
post cards purchased at the Aquarium Gift Shop mounted on top of a
fish design printed on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet.
The
fish were liquid and glitter filled embellishments purchased at A. C. Moore several years ago.
The photos on the right side are
metallic art work representing sea life and can be found on the outside of the building and covering the ceiling of the Great Hall just inside the building.
Mattes are made from Aqua Mulberry Paper torn in the shape of the photos. Embellishments are
glittered stickers found at the Aquarium Gift Shop.
March of the Penguins Scrapbook Layouts
These two Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts show the
Penguins from the new exhibit. The basis for this was a plain light blue background with a Black Die Cut from Dillon's Laser Designs that I picked up at the Scrapbook Expo in Atlanta July 2009.
I had the Penguins going in one direction for the left page and turned over the Die Cut page to have them waling in the other direction for the right page.
Aside from cropping the photos of Penguins to fit behind the laser cut squares, I used some
Large Metal Penguin Brads that look like Pewter. I picked these up from
Scrap Your Trip.com.
They are each about 1 to 1 & 1/4 inch high in 2 designs.
To see more of Dillon's Laser Cuts see our page on
Die Cut Kits.
Ocean Tank Scrapbook Layouts
These next layouts in the SC Aquarium Scrapbook show
various and colorful fish in the Great Ocean Tank are done on the white background paper.
Borders were hand drawn with a curved edge ruler and a wide point marker pen.
Various fish and
sea life stickers were used on the border and a
marker pen dotted the white space from the border the edge of the paper.
Shark Scrapbook Layouts
The Aquarium Scrapbook Layout pages of the
Sharks use a number of
photos and post cards of various sizes.
Background papers are Club Scrap "By the Sea" kit. The dark teal
Coastal Netting was from Magic Scraps and is attached with gold brads.
The
Glittered Shark stickers were purchased at the Aquarium Gift Shop.
Journaling was done from the information provided from the tour and was done on the computer in the same font as the letter squares.
Tidal Creek Scrapbook Layouts
The SC Aquarium Scrapbook
Tidal Creek layouts uses 2 post cards as well, letter squares and paper from Club Scrap "By the Sea" kit.
The embellishment under the word "Tidal" is a
shaker box with very tiny shells and actual beach sand. Both the shells and the sand were purchased from Magic Scraps.
Salt Marsh Scrapbook Layouts
The Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts of the
Salt Marsh area use background paper from the Club Scrap "By the Sea" kit as well as the letter squares for the title. The
letter squares are glued to small squares of coordinating paper to make them easier to align.
As I was getting these pages ready to scan, I discovered that I had some journaling still on a post-it note that goes on the left hand page to tell about the
Snowy Egret.
I have
cropped the two photos on the left to remove signs that were prominent in the photos.
Swamp Scrapbook Layouts
The S C Aquarium Layouts about the
Brown-water and Black-water Swamp exhibits are very interesting and these Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts tell the story through
2 large journaling blocks. The journaling describes why the water is the color it is and the large number of swamp and coastal plain inhabitants and is done in the same computer font as the rest of the Album.
Post cards were purchased to use for the photos on the left.
Coastal Plain Scrapbook Layouts
The SC Aquarium Scrapbook
Coastal Plain and American Alligator scrapbook layouts represent two additional galleries in the South Carolina Aquarium.
Embellishments of
turtle stickers and gold sand dollar brads are mixed with page corners of
sandy textured papers and brown fibers.
Again, Titling is done in the
letter squares from the Club Scrap "By the Sea" monthly kit and the
computer journaling is done in the same font and printed on an
ivory vellum attached with gold scallop shell brads.
I used my photos, in addition to a
post card and an few small photos from the Aquarium brochure.
The Great Hall & Coral Tank
Scrapbook Layouts
These Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts above are of the
Great Hall just inside the Aquarium and the
15,000 gallon Coral Tank as well as the floor of the hall which is a
replica of the South Carolina coastline and two very popular
Parrots who inhabit the Great Hall.
The Great Hall is the beginning of the journey through the South Carolina Aquarium which provides the visitor a view of
all aspects of South Carolina wild and sea life from "the Mountains to the Sea".
Journaling and Titling are both done in the font that came with the Club Scrap "By the Sea" kit.
River Otters Scrapbook Layouts
The
River Otters were spectacular, but so fast that there were very difficult to photograph, so this layout involved several trips to the aquarium and purchasing
post cards, the patch, and photos and as you can see
reproductions of their paw prints.
The
journaling was done from the information provide on the backs of the post cards and from other information learned at the exhibit.
The Mountain Bog Scrapbook Layouts
These Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts of the
Mountain Bog & Mountain Forest, represent the North Western part of South Carolina along the eastern flank of the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
This part of the state has the wonderful
waterfalls, rocky areas at the foot of the mountains and
tall pines all of which are represented in this layout with
die cuts and panoramic photos.
The Great Ocean Tank Scrapbook Layouts
The Great Ocean Tank! For these S C Aquarium Layouts, I used a lot of
stickers of fish and shells. Across the top of both is a
border strip of the waves coming into the beach.
The
journaling is taken directly from the information provided at the Aquarium. It is done on the computer in the same font as the rest of the album.
The Amazing Seahorses Scrapbook Layouts
The Seahorses Aquarium Scrapbook Layout was a difficult one to do as the Seahorses were very
hard to photograph. The tank they were in was round and the camera just couldn't get good photos. After trying with 5 different cameras, I finally ended up with some
small cropped photos.
In my research about the Seahorses, I learned that the males carry the babies. On the right page, I used a
Seahorse die cut from my local Scrapbook Store and used several
small Seahorse punches of a contrasting color on the larger die cut.
Also on these layouts are a number of
fibers to resemble the seaweed in the photos in purple, green and gold with more
seahorse punches intermingled.
Tributaries Scrapbook Layouts
These two Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts above both showcase individual photos. These
photos are not mine, but were the cover photos on the Aquarium Newsletter called Tributaries. They were such good representations of the Stingray and the Shark, I decided to include them in my scrapbook.
Each page has a patterned 8 & 1/2 x 11 sheet in the center of the larger solid color background sheet. Since the photos were relatively small, lots of embellishments were used.
Embellishments include the
fiber with the old coin replicas, resembling buried treasure finds from Club Scrap and the
Coastal Netting from Magic Scrap. The Tags were made from left over pieces of the background card stock, with
colorful stickers of ocean creatures and inked edges.
Front Cover of Aquarium Scrapbook
This page is actually the
cover page to my album.
What is it? besides an interesting collage of fish silhouettes in the shape of the State of South Carolina?
Well, I must confess, it is the
design on the shopping bag that you get when you purchase items at the Aquarium store! I just couldn't let it go to waste, so it now adorns the cover of my South Carolina Aquarium Scrapbook Layouts Album!
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