I had so much fun making this layout.  It's hard to photograph shimmers and sparkles.  (* sigh *)  So it may be hard to tell with the photo of the final layout, but I used our Create-A-Shade paint liberally throughout to give the entire project a gorgeous shine.  It's speckled on the background (with an old toothbrush), mixed with coordinating reinkers and painted on the fun foam shells and back of the clear buttons and even painted on the dimensional elements.   Lovely!

 

We had a wonderful family vacation in Florida, and I just adored this photograph of my daughter.  The journaling reads:

 

 

I wish we were back in Florida now!  (* smile *)