A Traveler's Notebook for extra pix

 I started this TN (I did the outside long time ago and it just laid about). So watching some vids on this I decided I needed a place for "reject" or "double" or "wrong sized" pictures to go because why waste them. So I'm putting them in this album AND I'm trying to do it without pop dots. I KNOW. So far so good but its early yet. 🤣 And it kind of turned into "mixed media" but I have to be careful because the paper is thin.

Working on doing things a bit different but

a style is a style.

I'm also not needing to do a bunch of journaling because

I have journaled these photo in my Travelogue album

and sometimes its just not needed.

When trying to not use pop dots which is seriously tough

for me as I love dimension, stamps and 

stencils can be a friend.

Working on my layering of stamps and stencils.

Homemade project life card

Because I do have limited supplies and storage, 

I don't have a lot of room for pre-made project life cards.

And I love them.

However, making my own and customizing them

is a lot more fun and I've gotten so much

better at making them.

This is a Sissix thinlet die that has a bunch

of sea creatures on it.

I use it a lot.

As you may know if you read my other posts

I have a love/hate relationship with

those dies that have ITTY BITTY pieces.

Like a puzzle 😐

I am not fond of puzzles.

Oh that "stitching around is a Technique Tuesday stamp.

They have 6 different ones - A fav!

I found because of the way I do things that 

whacking everything out all at once

and then trying to figure out 

where everything goes.

That is not a plan you want to employ.

When I made these I cut ONE CRITTER at a time

AND THEN,

I actually put it together RIGHT THEN.

Of course you have the packaging close at hand to

check out the photo of more than occasionally.

IT WORKS WWAAYY BETTER.

And don't get me started on those itty bitty little dies. 😐🤣🥸

 

The beginnings of Vol 2 of my Travelogue Album

Fortunately I purchased a couple of these albums ahead of time

and it paid off as noted in this post.

This is a 6x8 chipboard album that I get at Hobby Lobby.

HL is reducing their scrapbook products sadly and

I'm hoping they continue these.

It comes with page protectors and of course extras

that can be purchased.

I do gesso the entire album prior to slapping paint on.

So I happen to be a fan of Susanne Rose Arts and she

does alot of journals, artist cards, mixed media, stamping, etc.

So I looked up acrylic paints and she

does some really cool things finger painting it on.

So I did.

I used every paint color I had.

🤣

And I love the results.

Well now, it needed something BIG and COLORFUL.

Thankfully, I didn't give up some of the 4x4 Quickutz dies

because I was going SMALL.

Anyway I'm glad I kept this flower and swirling thing.

I also did some stamping on the background and sploshed it

with white flecks using the toothbrush method.

I love the look but it is quite messy because it goes EVERYWHERE.

I also decided on the front cover to use go with two flowers

I did each flower a different way - one I used

the die cut remains as a "stencil" which went well

BUT

I am not the best painter and it was hard to stay in the stencil,

so I decided to trace the cut out and still

had the same problem staying in the lines.

I decided not to put a flower on the back, but just use some

reandom stamping.

I really LOVE the '70's psychedelic vibe.

I also made an opening page - using the tag

to journal that this is part 2.

I really wanted Oregon to complete the first album,

but it would make it too bulky so

now its Oregon part 2.

 

Travelogue Vol 1

Another one in the books while on the road - it's just getting

way too fat.

It has also come to my attention that maybe I should name

my albums.  I do name the albums in photos so I can can track

by state and this one is named

 The Aspen Trees in Bloom Tour

because hubby wants to see them. 

I'll be adding that to the album cover.

I got bored with using the same page protectors - so I 

purchased some different ones.

At first this 12 2x2 page baffled me until

I found those cute calendar 2x2s - coming

from a baby 6x6 pad I purchased.

How cool is that.

I also purchased some 6x8 page protectors but I

really didn't use them much.

I need to change that.

I also love making my own project life cards.

Keeping ephemera - such as the maps they give

you at the campgrounds so you can find your spot.

Also has lots of cool information too.

New baby grandson ❤️

And in that envelope is a recipe for pickled

beets in my dad's handwriting.

Favorite youngest son was married in Vegas.

Like mama like son.

🤣

We had a bit of mishap on the road when our tow bar broke.

It could've been so much worse- we were blessed

because we were only a couple hundred miles from

the Blue Ox headquarters where we were invited

to come hook up spend the night and left

with a brand new tow bar - free of charge.

Sturgess was fun - and we went off biker season because

that would've been a hot mess.

OH and that South Dakota PL is actually their state flag.

My hubby purchased a new purse for me.

I love it!

And sometimes the photos need to go in sideways.

I am learning to do portrait instead of landscape all the time.

Learning curve.

OR

I print them 4x6 and most of them look okay trimmed to 3x4.

And then favorite youngest son managed to 

get flung over a the handlebars of a scooter and

ended up in the hospital with a traumatic front lobe

brain injury.

He is doing very well now. 

Still needs rehab - but he's alive.

Love cruising the towns and coast and take lots of picures

every now then a cool lighthouse or deer

jumps in the camera lens.

I also found the 12 2x2 page protector

can hold a bunch of pictures 

that keep the bulk down to a mild roar.

Mostly.

Favorite youngest son, while recovering came with

his wife to camp with us in Oregon (that was scheduled

to happen the day after he had his accident.

We had a lovely celebratory time.

We did walk a couple miles each day around the marina

and it was such a wonderful time. 

Chatting.

Because Coos Bay was special I decided

to end that part of the album because

we motored on up to Waldport and they

went home for more recovery.

Love how this album turned out and I am

in the process of creating a new one.

I love this size - it's easy to roll with when we're

on the road. 

Hopefully HL will keep making these chipboard albums.

I just need to find different inserts to keep

it from getting boring and stale.