Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii 6×8 Scrapbooking Layout


Hanauma Bay is a sheltered spot that’s ideal for snorkeling. It’s one of the best places I know of to view incredibly beautiful, colorful tropical fish.


One of my dear friends serves in the United States military, and he was lucky enough to be stationed on the island of Oahu for a couple of years. The week that he and his now-ex-wife were married, the couple invited all their friends to join them on the island for a magical beach house wedding and a week of sun, fun, beachgoing, snorkeling and barbecues. That week we spent in Hawaii was one of the most magical, fun times I have ever experienced.


Here you can see one of the 6″x8″ scrapbooking layouts I made to document our fun Hawaiian vacation.


Craft Supplies You Will Need for Creating a Similar Hawaii Vacation Scrapbooking Layout:

  • Patterned Papers: I used multiple patterned papers to create this project. The hexagon shapes are from a 12″x12″ patterned paper by Bo Bunny from the “Willow and Sage” collection. The aqua patterned paper is by Simple Stories from the Coastal collection.
  • Heavy Cardstock or Mixed Media-Friendly Paper: To create a layout with inky mixed media layers like the ones you see pictured, you’ll need cardstock or paper to use with your mixed media supplies. It’s ideal if you can use a thick, hefty paper that can stand up to sprays and inks. If you don’t have any idea what to use for this purpose, I recommend Strathmore Bristol Board, although it isn’t what I used on this page; I used ordinary cardstock, but I had to flatten it under a stack of books before I could use it.
  • Kraft Cardstock
  • Inks, Sprays and Mixed Media Supplies: To create the inky-looking, artsy splotched frame like the one you see in the center of this page, you’ll need sprays or inks to use for creating the ink blends. I also used a Tea Dye Distress Ink pad by Tim Holtz / Ranger Industries to ink around the frames and papers on this page, which makes them stand out and gives them a bit of emphasis.
  • Tools: We R Memory Keepers Frame Punch Board — This tool makes it sooooo quick and easy to make frames like the ones you see layered on this page. You can accomplish the same task using a ruler and X-Acto knife, but it will take you many hours to do it that way.
  • Enamel Dots: I normally don’t use or recommend adding plastic embellishments to your scrapbooking pages. Back in 2006 – 2008, I had some bad experiences with epoxy stickers that yellowed and got really ugly over time. However, I succumbed to the enamel dot trend in this case because I couldn’t resist adding a bit of focus to the center of the polygons in the upper border of this page. If you decide to make a page similar to this one, beware and use the idea at your own risk, because there is no guarantee that plastic embellishments will hold up well as your project ages.
  • Alphabet Letter Stamps — I used Prima’s “Romance Novel” cling stamp set to create the text that says “Hanauma Bay” toward the center of this scrapbooking layout.
  • Alphabet Letter Dies — I used Altenew’s Simple Alphabet Die Set to create the text that says “Hawaii” on the bottom right-hand side of this scrapbooking layout.
  • 6″x8″ Pocket Page Protector: I housed this pocket page scrapbooking layout in a 6″x8″ page protector by Echo Park, but you have many excellent options for 6″x8″ page protectors you could use.
  • 6″x8″ Album: My layout is pictured in a 6″x8″ Sn@p Binder by Simple Stories. You have many options for 6″x8″ albums and binders you can use for storing your layouts.

I haven’t posted a step-by-step photo tutorial for how to make this scrapbooking layout, because if you look at the supply list of items I used, you can see that there isn’t much mystery about how all the elements on this page came together. I used standard paper crafting techniques like die cutting and stamping to make the page. However, please feel free to leave a comment if you are trying to make a page like this, and you get stuck; I’ll do my best to answer any questions you might have if any part of the crafting process doesn’t seem intuitive to you.


Thanks so much for taking a look at my project; I appreciate your interest!

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Posted By: Amy Solovay


This page was last updated on 5-20-2023.