Dover Favorites

Aaaannnd...I'm back with some more for my England 8x8 Mini book. The album I purchased came with these sweet manila page dividers, so I used one as the basis for a page.

There will be no blank spots in this mini album!

It was a super simple quick and easy page, just a few strips of patterned paper, a red label stamped & heat embossed with Rouge Zing and some quick and easy journaling.

I love that the shape and sheen of the heat embossing on this label is vaguely reminiscent of the iconic telephone booth.

And onto a 2 page vintage spread that I love! It features some goodies from the Mind the Gap SC kit (brown patterned paper and greenish tinged buttons).

I had no idea that there were these secret tunnels built under Dover Castle in WW2. Since Dover is just across the way from Calais in France, it must have been a prime location for them back in the day.

They still had everything set up as if the war was still going on. It was pretty awesome to see and explore.

And I finally got use the "Keep Calm & Carry On" stamp...and in the correct context!!!

Only 2 more pages left for this section of the mini book. I'll update soon with all of Dover pages.

xxbesos

Mind the Gap

More Scrap & Yap layouts!! I adore how this mini is turning out. I totally just went for it at this crop, didn't plan a thing.

This was my first layout of the day. But it didn't always look like this. It didn't have the border punched strip or the gray on top. But it was missing something up there, so I cut a strip of the blue off of the bottom, flipped it over (it was double sided) and anchored it with the Kraft backed by this awesome geometric print from the Mind the Gap kit.

Oh, and I added an Ali Edwards digital element to the photo before I printed it out. Just to give it something extra, ya know?

This was the view of the city from the top of the castle. The sad fact is, I don't even remember it. But I'm so glad I have this photo now! I do remember how windy it was out there, and I remember talking with my friend Josh. Sigh...it was a good day. I miss having friends around!

But onwards and upwards,

So I really love circles, in case you haven't been able to tell. And by love I mean obsessed!! It seems like all of my pages feature some kind of circle design.

For this page, I punched a bunch of 2 in circles out of scrap paper and used them as masks, layered them on a sheet of paper that came with the album, and hit it with Mister Huey in Barnwood (which btw, you all know how much I love gray. I officially have my second favorite color, after white of course!) and then filled in the circles with photos and punched patterned paper, stamps and even did some heat embossing.

It was a fun page and an easy way to combine a bunch of random photos. And I have to add, I love this color scheme! In case you weren't able to tell ;)

Cheers, bye!

xxbesos