Find joy in the ordinary page - Traveler's Album

 Created this page for my traveler's album.

It's a photo of a flower at the Vistor's center in Dawson Creek. 

TH die, sissix die, stickles, bo bunny 6x8. 

Those adorable butterflies are from Little Birdie and there's really awesome flowers too. 

Assorted stamps, w/TH vintage distress ink.

1790 Travelogue Album

Love how the covers turned out. 

It was a stampathon with ink tossed in.

There's a 1790 in there somewhere.

Rolled with a title page. 

I use a mix of paper in my stash-the camera paper is Bo Bunny.

Who doesn't love Bo Bunny.

Somewhere around I found the "explore" sticker and there's 

others in the pack with different words - it was at a nat'l park somewher

...sorry lol.

Something different this year was my hubby's

idea - to take pictures of our rig in the site at the

campgrounds and write a blurb if we

like it or never return.

It's always fun exploring and finding

whale tales on a mountain.

I do try to keep pamphlets also.

We don't have coffee a lot so I try to keep

tabs on ones we do get so we can return.

I did do some filler pages every now and then

to break out from the PL pocket pages.

I use envelope every now and then for extra journing.

That one happens to be blank 🤣

Also I purchased a different brand of inserts

so I can do 6x8's. It's a refreshing to have that choice.

Oh I also keep menus and receipts too.

I did have issues with adhering embellishments

on the outside of the inserts.

I finally gave up and stapled them. 

I need to figure something out - but nothing I have

worked.

Shout out if you have a glue that works.

I also keep lables and tags too.

I found this sticker at a resturant we dined at

and won't be going back. 

I use my sea animals alot. 

I ran out of photos *gasp* I know.

But I try to use them to tell a story and these

are also bunched by State and by dates.

Dates are more or less LOL.

And the back. 

These were oxides and I did add gel over top

because my book is near the kitchen counter

and sometimes it gets a little wet.

So I love how it turned out.

 

Tag booklet complete - the backside

I finished this baby fast.

You can see the start and additions of the booklete here and here.

I was making the tags and the majority are mixed media

and therefore, a lot of bleeding going on the backside.

Therefore, a solution was required more or less.

I was still out on the fence because mixed media is supposed

to messy, however.

There's messy cool and messy messy.

So my pals Holli and Brooke convinced me that maybe the

backside needed some cover.

(as if a normal scrapper couldn't figure that one out)

LOL.

 

I could've covered with mixed media and/or plain ole

pattern paper.

Where's the fun in that. 

So....I decided that embellishing would be 

great fun and it was.

Not necessarily in any particular order because blogger

is a pain in the ass about that.

Heaven forbid they actually upload in the order

I went to great pains to do.

But I digress.....It turned out to be a lot of fun

and I did all the pages in one night

and doesn't that prove the fun.

Using a bit of this and that from PebblesWoodland Forest.

That paper bad is soooo cool and I felt it

complimented the mixed media I was using on

the tags.

Got to use a lot of stash.

I think the deer is Bo Bunny but I can't swear to it.

I have a bad habit of tossing packages and

tossing everything into one tub.

Sadly, my head is like I can remember it and

my memory is like - yeah no.

It was a great play and I got brave and started

splatting some mists and nuvo around.

I love that lady - it's TH - a stamp and die.

OOOOO and I love those fauna and flowers

and decided that the bold colors

would be rather pretty.

I love that sentiment.

Love the Christmas cheer and I think I 

need to add a few splats as I look

at this photo.

I got to use some washi tape.

I have issues with using it - it just doesn't look right

when I plop it down.

This actually worked out.

Love my tag booklet and I'll be making a few more.

For some reason I flung out a lot of creativity

that I would normally stifle on other projects

because I have a set thing in my head

that screams you can't do that.

Well I did it.

And I'm gonna do it again.

Happy New Year!

 

Travelers Notebook as in the "pre-made" booklets.

I found a traveler's notebook - with faux leather cover 

and blank inserts and since I had nothing going on at the moment 

I decided to play around and decorate the covers. 

Front and Back - mostly the same. 

Using a stencil and stamps

 I also wanted the challenge of using this more or less 

as a diary and to not use dimension 

- or just a tiny bit.

  LOL! 

As if, however, I'm gonna roll with that - 

so the first page I decided to make a "filler" page to get things rolling, 

using a roller stamp 

I hadn't used it like forever, and that library card..... 

Swoon. 

Remember when they were really popular? I was all over them.

Except for the buttons, there is noooooo dimension going on.

However, there are still a bunch of pages that are

waiting to be made. 

I want to try and do better on the journaling instead of the

fluffy stuff I add now. 

I used to have a bit of "color" in my journaling and somehow

I got away from it soooo...maybe if I practice

where no one is looking......