Yellowstone Geysers Layount

First of all, I realize the pictures on this layout are not all actually "geysers," but that was a much better title than "geothermal areas," don't you think?

Anyway, I copied this layout pattern from Linda Rodriguez's layout titled "Tea Party" in the Creating Keepsakes book Fast Scrapbooking with 4x6 Photos.  I used the CTMH paper pack "Buzz and Bumble" because I thought the colors brought out the colors of the minerals in the photos.

The left page is pretty simple.  I used a zip strip from one of the papers and then cut a couple more strips the same size from another of the papers in the pack.  The flourish is from CTMH.

 

(That's Tom on the walkway.)

I used a CTMH alphabet stamp set that must have came with a special offer, because I can't find a name for it.  I can tell you it was not fun to cut out the letters.  Why didn't I use my Cricut for the title?  Because I'm not that smart.  I just don't use my Cricut that much, and the thought never occurred to me until I was half done cutting out the stamped images.  argh.

 

The journaling element idea was also taken from Linda Rodriguez's layout.  I used three tags and glued them together.   Then, I wrote across all three tags.  I altered my handwriting to make it look a little more vintage.  (I wrote short letters and stretched out the space between them.)  I distressed the tags with brown ink.  I didn't really have anything to journal about, so I described the different geothermal areas at Yellowstone.  I hope Wikipedia's info was accurate.

Another Yellowstone Park Layout

I love looking at all my pictures from Yellowstone.  I used black cs as my base for this two-page layout, and then layered it with a blue b&t paper from the CTMH retired "Lucky" paper pack.

 

I stamped the bottom of the blue b&t with black ink and a stamp from the Tim Holtz Visual Artistry collection.  It's the same stamp all the way across the bottom; I just stamped it at different angles and heights to make it look different.  The sentiment is from CTMH's retired "Happy Journey" stamp set.  The ribbon and butterflies are also CTMH.  The black bling flourishes are from Recollections.

 

I used dimensional adhesive on the sentiment to pop it up.  The butterflies are only glued down the middle so their wings pop up for extra dimension.

 

 

(I'm so glad we were lucky and saw a bear!)

The second page has some CTMH New England Ivy and Chocolate cs pieces. 

 

It's partially hidden, but I stamped a mountain scene with CTMH's retired "Beautiful Things" on the cs piece on the upper right.  I colored it with water color pencils and added just a little bit of sparkle with a Spica pen.  The white flower and black embellishments on this page are CTMH.  The grey centers of the flowers are from Recollections.

Yellowstone Park Layout

Although not exactly the same, my inspiration for this layout came from LeNae Gerig and THIS layout, which I originally saw on Pinterest.  I used papers from CTMH's retired paper pack, "Victory."  I stamped trees from CTMH's retired stamp set, "Relax" across the bottom of the green B&T paper, and I used another retired set, "Beautiful Things" for the trees silhouetted against the blue paper, then added extra long trunks with a brown Copic marker.  The photos are all matted on CTMH Chocolate cs, and everything is distressed with brown around the edges.  The tag is straight from the office supply store, and I inked it up and added a twine tie.