Summer Vibes
Jinny Newlin • September 11, 2026

Hey, y'all!  It's Jinny here today with a page inspired by our September Scraplift Challenge (Scroll down to see the goods.) and some oldies, but goodies, from the Hey Summer Collection.  Weatherwise, it hasn't taken a turn for fall yet in my neck of the woods; so, I'm still holding onto summer.

I started this page by adding a smear of white gesso, near vertical center but just left of horizontal center, of the Summer Love 12x12 background print.  I then splattered everything with Folkart Ballet Pink, Lemonade, Pure Black, and Titanium White acrylic paints, as well as Ceramcoat Paradise acrylic paint.  Once everything was dry, I anchored pieces of a couple of prints from the 6x9 Paper Pack, as well as a scrap of the Sunny Days 8x8 print, with silver-threaded, straight, machine stitching, over the splatter-painted white gesso and topped them with my photo, which was matted with white cardstock and backed with a snippet of cheesecloth for texture.

My photo itself was then crowned with a collection of goodies, including a Summer Label Die Cut; Blue Skies Die-Cut circle phrase, popped up with foam tape, and label, etched with the handwritten date; "FUN" Summer Adventure Die-Cut Tag; "hey SUMMER" Beach Bits Die-Cut banner, popped up with more foam tape; and a Salt Air Word Die-Cut sun, once again, popped up with foam tape.

 and embellished with a "SUMMER DAYS" Beach Bits Die-Cut rainbow on the right.

It was then grounded with a perfectly color-matched Bella Blvd acrylic "HAPPY"; "SUNNY DAYS" Salt Air Word Die Cut; Summer Label Die Cut, etched with a little handwritten journaling...

"summer vibes" Salt Air Word Die-Cut title, popped up with foam tape; Beach Bits Die-Cut "CURRENTLY" phrase, popped up with more foam tape; and an "EVERYDAY MOMENTS" Summer Memories White Word Sticker.

A hand-cut, from a Vitamin Sea Journaling Card, "just chill" beverage, popped up with foam tape and given a hint of shimmer and shine with Recollections fine white glitter, completes the look.

And here's that gorgeous September Scraplift Challenge that inspired it all.  We'd love to see what y'all come up with, too; so, don't forget to tag us on social media.

I sure hope that it's cooling down where you live; but just in case it's not, I've got one more Hey-Summer-Collection-inspired project coming your way in just a couple short weeks.  Until then, thanks so much for humbling us with a visit and have a fabulously creative weekend!

Jinny Newlin
My name is Jinny Newlin. I am a wife, homeschool mom, and teacher at heart, living in El Paso, Texas. From cooking/baking to gardening, photography, and even home design/remodeling, I have always been creative; but scrapbooking, especially with my three musketeers and our family zoo as the subject matter, has held a very special place in my heart now for almost 25 years.