Via Casino Avalon California 6x8 Scrapbooking Layout
Via Casino Avalon California 6×8 Scrapbooking Layout

My husband, Mike, and I lived aboard sailboats for about 5 years. During the first couple of years of that time, we lived and cruised aboard an historic vintage sailboat Called Typhoon. In those days, we cruised the Channel Islands and the California Coast. Pictured above, you can see a photo of Avalon Harbor, a spot where we stayed frequently. I took this photo of Avalon’s Via Casino / Casino Way on October 29, 2010.


Our cruising days have come to an end, and I am reliving the adventures by making scrapbooks with pictures of all our travels. I made this 6″x8″ pocket page scrapbooking layout using a journaling card and patterned papers by Pinkfresh Studio, plus washi tape by The Happy Planner / Me & My Big Ideas.

Craft Supplies to Use for Creating a Similar 6″x8″ Pocket Page Scrapbooking Layout

  • Patterned Scrapbooking Papers: I used a couple of the 12″x12″ patterned papers from Pinkfresh Studio’s Happy Heart Collection to create this pocket page. One side of the “Keep Growing” patterned paper is a lovely blue and white tile pattern that is quite lovely, and it is ideal to use for documenting Catalina Island photos, because tile designs are an integral part of the scenery around Catalina Island — particularly in Avalon. If you stroll all the way down Via Casino, you’ll encounter a series of spectacular tilework murals depicting scenes from around the island. This is one of my all-time favorite places to view and enjoy public art; I find the tilework in Avalon, California positively enthralling.



  • Journaling Card: Journaling cards make it quick and easy to complete the journaling on your scrapbooking layouts; you simply write down your memories on the journaling card and then stick it in one of the pockets of your page protector. It’s also possible to adhere your journaling cards to your base paper, like I did in the example you see pictured above. To make this page, I used a journaling cards by Pinkfresh Studio; the cards are cut-aparts that are included on one of the 12″x12″ patterned papers from the “Happy Hearts” collection.



  • Washi Tapes: To make the border designs above and below the photo, I used narrow green patterned washi tape by The Happy Planner / Me & My Big Ideas along with wider (but still not that wide) blue solid-colored washi tape by Jen Hadfield for American Crafts.



  • Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Tim Holtz for Ranger Industries: I used a Rustic Wilderness ink pad to ink around the edges of the papers and journaling card I used on the page to make them stand out and give them more visual emphasis.



  • Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Markers or Other Pretty Colored Pens and Markers: I used a dark green Fudenosuke marker to write the journaling for this page. I love this marker because the green color is bold and deep enough to stand out and be readable even on a colored journaling card. However, you can use pretty much any pen or marker to do your journaling.



  • 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.

So there you have it: Those are the supplies I used to create this 6″x8″ pocket page scrapbooking layout.


I didn’t create a step-by-step tutorial for how to make this scrapbooking layout, because if you look at the supply list of items I used, you can see that it’s pretty straightforward how everything on this page came together. I didn’t use any out-of-the-ordinary techniques to make this scrapbook page; it’s a truly easy paper crafts project, all things considered. 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 paper crafts project; I appreciate your interest!

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