Travelogue Album Vol 2 in the books

It picks up when we settle in Oregon for about 6 weeks.

I picked up extra 6x8 page protectors and 

hardly ever use them.

I save a lot of ephemera too and I love to

drop into different churches - so I save 

their bulletins if I can so if

we're in the area again I can pop on in.

I also save the packets from the campgrounds we stay

because it has a map of the grounds and

we can figure out if we want to go back or not.

Made a project life card 

I love it.

And another PL card that I made.

I also decided that my journaling didn't

have to explain a lot of things

especially the self explanatory ones.

OOOO and I bought these 2x2 page protectors oh a whim

and hated them and loved them.

Its fun putting random pix out there OR ones you have

a bunch of but don't need to be big.

Another couple of homemade PL cards.

I do love the 3/4 sized page protectors

and tend to use them a lot.

In fact, I'm running out and I need a HL soon.

Anyway - instead of adding another sized page 

protector and leaving gaps

I cut a 4x6 into 2 3x4 size matching

the middle.

I really like doing that.

Oh and THEN I found these 4x4 pages with 2x2 on them.

I'm kinda having a love hate relationship too

only because what to put there LOL.

Used a tag

 and another homemade PL card.

And then there's the 4x6 - 2 to a page.

And then there's the fold over 3x4 page protectors.

I KNOW!!!

You can really tell a story like that if

you have a lot of pix for it.

Another homemade PL card.

Isn't it fun - had to try and match the backside up

that lays over the front side the wrong way 🤣

And the 2 3x4 and 4x6

always a fav too.

I also embellish the pamphlets because why not.

And some don't need it .

Keeping receipts.

And journaling on the backside.

And the END.

Did some journaling about the battle on the dock

between a blue heron and a bunch of river otters.

It was too funny to watch.

 

Jump up jellybean

Used to say that to my kids

when I needed them to jump LOL.

Very fun pages to do. 

I think I finally used a pop dot - on the rainbow

it has a few, I took one off the back

but I like it for the layers.

So.....I really got a lot of pages in there w/o popdots.

Go me. 😊

I also made the background paper using leftover

paint when making my 3rd travelogue album

I used stencils for the background on the tree.

Using a lot of stash in my junk box. 

 

Favorite Yosemite Pix -You need to go!

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Using a lot of rubons on a chipboard album.

I really love creating my own album covers, and

each time I do it, I think that I won't be able to think of anything.

Well I did have to ponder for a bit and its the

reason I do the inside first - figuring it wouldn't be

to glaring if a cover up is required.

Experience. 🤣

I didn't use as much paint on the inside as I do the outside and

the colors are happier.

I used stencils, stamps and masks.

I did screw up on the moon page because I used

ink that was staz-on like so when

I modge podged it sort of smeared and I had redo it.

The cover was a lot of overthinking on my part.

Once I painted it took a couple days of ignoring it

because rifling through my stash wasn't

cutting it.

So. On a night as I was rifling I did a better job

where all my things I look for on every page is stashed there.

And lo and behold RUB ONS jumped

right in my hand.

The big numbers are Creative studio - they sell at the Dollar stores

and let me tell you they rubbed on like a pro

and 2 packages of Tim Holtz.

Well, it was really fun and I used the all the big numbers

rubons and one package of TH.

Then of course white splatters that I got carried away

mostly because I'm blaming it on bad lighting.

🤣