Thailand Pages 8 & 9ABCDE

 

Today I FINALLY got back to working on my Thailand scrapbook.  I was able to complete the layouts for Erawan Falls before moving on with my day.  Above is what you see when you turn to this page.  What is less apparent is that the right hand page is actually in two pieces because it is a GATE FOLD page!  In a minute, I'll show you what you see when you open the gate fold.  For now, here's a closer look at the pages you see above.

Page 8:

When creating pages about our travels, I often like to use pictures of signs as my title.  That's what I did here, fussy cutting the sign as you see above.  I have three patterned papers on this page - something I've had a hard time learning to do, but I think it works well here.  As you can see, I cut a swirly pattern with wavy edges to put on the left and right edges of the background paper.  I then glued Washi tape along those wavy edges.  And YES, I said "glued".  That was the only way to make sure it stayed in place as it kept wanting to come off.  I decided that even though the largest picture was of the waterfall, the one with people in it stood out as much or more, so I decided to make that one focal by matting it - first with patterned paper, then white - and placing it at an angle on the page.

Page 9 A & B:

As mentioned, this page is actually split in half to form a gate fold.  Again I used patterned paper and washi tape to make the background more interesting.  Then I simply arranged my pictures and glued them in place.

Page 9 CDE:

This is what you see when you open that gate fold.  It consists of two flaps and a 12 x 12 page.  Let's take a closer look at them.

Page 9 C & E:

This is a closer look at the outer flaps.  If you look closely, you can see that I again used 3 patterned papers - one for background, one for decorating that background (borders), and one for making embellishments.  I can't decide if I like the embellishments or not - might be better if I put captions in those circles. 

Page 9D:

For that central 12 x 12, I had a lot of little photos, but found they worked well if they were scattered into a frame-like shape.  So, I decided to make my journaling the focal point and let the pictures frame it. 

It sure feels good to be making some headway on this scrapbook!  I've sure got a LONG way to go to finish it!