Vacation photos

We were lucky enough to escape the Fort St John winter for a couple weeks this Spring Break.  We came home with hundreds of photos and so many memories to document. 

I spent the first week home going through my photos and selecting the ones I wanted to scrap.  I uploaded them to Unforgettable Memories photofinishing and picked them up the next morning.  While I was in the store I selected papers and embellishments for my layouts.

Next I spent some time going through the photos grouping them. Over the past couple of weeks I've been putting together papers and embellishment to go with each group of paper and writing up the journaling. 

Now I'm ready to scrap my photos.  My first layout is below.

The right page is from a Fancy Pants line called "summer's end" and is from their fall line, but I loved the frames down the side where I put my journaling and one of my photos.  I used my exacto knife to cut around part of the frame and tucked my photo through the slits. 

The back side of the Fancy Pants paper is a pretty yellow pattern which went so well with what I was wearing that day, so I've used it for matting and a border on the left edge.

I found my inspiration at a South African challenge board ~ Scrap Around the World. Love the turquoise and, of course, the butterflies. I also used the words in the top left corner (minus the 'it').  My title is 'Don't overthink, just let go' which is pretty much how I felt as I was dropping over the edge.  I wasn't nervous watching my family go over, but when it was my turn I started freaking about the time I had to fall backwards over the cliff.

I've used Simple Stories "Urban Traveller" line for matting and stickers.

Check out the travel words I've used above and below the three photos of me dropping into the jungle. There are lots more of these words on the sticker sheet by Simple Stories.  On the same sheet are four different alphas, two of which I used for my title.  

Love my butterfly punch.  It is like a border punch but cuts out both sides so you end up with a lacey strip of butterflies.  Check out the punch section for more neat designs.

Here I've used a little texture paste and one of my Tim Holtz stencils. I drizzled turquoise paint and sprayed some gold mist through the stencil after the paste had dried.  I love the rough texture against the delicate vellum leaves I punched.  I also love that wood camera