Thailand Pages 10-12

Today I have 3 more scrapbook pages for my book about our trip to Thailand.   

Page 10: (above) - I think the hardest part of creating these pages is choosing and printing the pictures.  It takes a lot of planning to decide which pictures to print, so by the time that's done, I'm pretty close to having the page completed!   Sometimes, however, I guess wrong about picture size.  I did that for this page.  The little pictures along the bottom were printed the same size as the little embellishment photos by the focal photo.  That was just too small!  I found that by overlapping them strategically, I could get the same number of photos even though printing them in a larger size.  I printed my title and journaling block, so the only work to put the page together was finding the water background paper & some blue card stock to go with it for matting. Done!

Page #11:

I was so pleased with the way this page turned out.  I used black paper for matting, and a red/gold paper from the DCWV Taj Mahal set.  I made a special pocket for my ticket to Wat Pho with an acetate window so I could use the ticket as my title.  Unfortuantely, the combination of lighting and reflective acetate used in the window made it impossible to see it in the photo!  So, I took my time getting the lighting just right for a closeup and was able to do so - even though the page was already in the album sleeve:

After cutting and scoring a pocket from black paper that was just the right size, I found a cutting die I could use to cut an opening in the front of the pocket (Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles).  Then I glued a piece of acetate to cover the opening before gluing the pocket together and then to the scrapbook page.  Then I took a small scrap of the black paper and wrote the word "TICKET" using a gold Sharpie before gluing it in place in the lower right corner of the pocket.

Page #12:

I've had this paper for forever it seems.  It's from an old HOTP set of patterned papers that I realized might work well for my Thailand book.  I created a focal from a combination of title, photo, and journaling by double matting them on brown card stock, and then white card stock.  Once again, title and journaling were printed along with the photos.