I wanted to use the fun Pack Your Bags papers from Carta Bella I recently got from my local store. I knew they would work great for my London trip pictures, and I decided to make a layout about London landmarks. I usually do my titles in French, but I was not too found of the possible equivalents, which didn't have the same punch, so I decided to stick with the English. The layout was inspired by a June 2018 Page Maps sketch, which I modified slightly to fit my needs. The globe paper had little globes showing landmarks from around the world, and I made sure to handcut the one showing London and add it to the bottom of the right page as an ornement. It just happens that all three landmarks shown in the globe are in my pictures as well.
On a side note, you see those little gold corners I added to some of the pictures? They were recently found at my parents' house as we were purging stuff from their basement. I believe they were given as a wedding gift to my parents, along with a beautiful linen album, for them to put their wedding pictures in. My mother was never good at putting pictures in album (most of the pictures that we have organized in albums were done by me - see, scrapbooker in the making!) so it was left unused. What cracks me up is that you can guess how old the package is based on the fact that it states "60 corners for 10 cents" on it. I've seen gold corners at a local craft store, those packs are close to ten bucks now!! Mind you, my parents have also shared with me that they lived on $3K salaries back in their days, so I guess you had to be able to buy stuff for 10 cents if you wanted to be able to live on that revenue. Anyway, those corners are still like new and they're actually better than the ones I've seen, as they have a beautiful shiny gold foil finish to them. Prepare to see them pop up some more in my future layouts!
Supplies
Stamps: Detour (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Soft Sky (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Bazzill; Soft Sky, Island Indigo (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Pack Your Bags (Carta Bella)
Dies: Tasteful Trims Bigz (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: You Are Here New Bradz (Simple Stories); Dotties Blue (Queen & Co);
Say It in Crystals (Prima); White Boho Chic Tiny Alphas (Making Memories);
Treasure Thickers (Dear Lizzy)
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