First Day in Holland

 

Page #1 (above): This page was quite a challenge.  There was SO much that I wanted to put on it!  2 maps, 7 pictures, as well as quite a bit of journaling & a large title.  With a bit of prior planning to figure out what size to print the pictures, I think it turned out REALLY well.  I used a filmstrip stencil to create the "filmstrip" at the bottom of the page.  The title was the top part of a scrapbook paper that I had.  As you can see, I used similar dark blue to mat the journaling, and then just added the rest of the pictures.

Page #2:

Once again, I had lots of pictures I wanted to use - as well title, journlaling, and some pretty scrapbook paper that seemed particularly appropriate.  As you can see, I matted the focal picture on white, then yellow, then white before adding it to the square of pretty scrapbook paper I had adhered to the upper left-hand corner of the page.  After adding the journaling & title, I added the rest of the photos around the two edges as you can see.

Pages 3 & 4:

Next up is a dual page layout - an introduction to the place that will take the next several pages in my scrapbook.  Below is a closer look at each of these pages:

Page #3:

This lovely tulip pattern is actually the back of piece of paper that was left when I cut off the title on the first page I posted about here.  Behind the picture of the couple, is a vellum box envelope that holds the visitor's brochure.  I added a velcro-closure clasp because the brochure easily fell out otherwise!  As you can see, I printed the pictures, title, and journaling & matted all with green card stock.  Before gluing everything together, though, I used a rectangular cutting die to remove the tulip pattern from behind the large picture, saving it for the next page.

Page 4:

The title is the 2nd half of the one on the page we just looked at.  I wanted to bring more of that patterned paper to this page, but all I had was the piece I had cut from behind the large photo.  I cut it into strips, glued them to green mats, then added the photos between before gluing to the page.  I scanned in a portion of the map and printed it to add to the bottom of the page.  Then printed a 2nd copy and used a regular paper punch to remove the numbered dots to make my "key" around the map.

Page 5:

These pages were pretty quick.  After determining my layout, I printed the pictures, journaling, and titles, found some decorative paper that I thought would be a good color with them, and sliced it to create borders top and bottom.  I had a bit of an "oops" between the two pictures on the right, so added a strip of dark red paper to hide it.

Page #6:

This page uses the rest of that decorative paper.  It is actually two 6" wide pages that form a gate fold for more pages inside when you open them up.

Pages 7 & 8: And here's the inside of that gatefold:

Close up of center page:

The little windmill embellishment is fussy cut from a digital book about paper piecing that I got a long time ago from HOTP.

Close up of outer two pages (saw mills and flour mill):

Page 9:

The embellishment on this one was a die cut that I picked up in a scrapbook store.  The title & journaling were printed on white glossy photo paper and colored with Distress inks.

Page 10 (actually the front of a gate fold spread):

Pages 11 & 12 (inside of gate fold)  For some reason, I didn't get closeups of this layout. 

The left-side fold out includes a vellum pocket that holds a brochure about "The Cat" color pigment windmill.  The background paper is "hand made" paper I got at Costco years ago.  The journaling was again printed on white photo paper & then colored with Distress ink.