Ghent

Today I have 3 dual-page layouts about our time in Ghent.  You can see the first double page spread above.

Page #1:

These pages use 3 different papers from my stash - the dark color, the yellow, and the patterned one.  Again I printed the pictures, the title & subtitles, and the journaling block.  I added some narrow blue border stickers.  I finish the pattern by using a circle punch to cut out pieces of the patterned card stock and scattering them around.

Page #2:

The 2nd page is a loose mirror image of the 1st.

Next Dual Page:

Page #3:

The background page is from a DCWV Stack called Once Upon a Time.  I liked the colors and style for the castle background, but there were a couple problems with it.  First, across the top of the page are the words "They Lived Happily Ever After" - which doesn't go with the subject matter of the page.  Secondly, the tans go well, but I need to tie the grays in a bit better.  So, I pulled a strip of striped paper and a border piece from my stash to form a border.  I also added washi tape to the border on the left (to match what I needed to do on the accompanying page).  Again I printed the pictures & title.  I die cut a gold frame for the focal photo - and decorated it with washi tape (which again helps tie tan & gray together).

Page #4:

This background page was identical to the previous one - which was a bit of a problem because I wanted the border on the left, but don't want all the crowns upside down!  So, I cut it off & taped it to the other side - using washi tape to hide the join.  The border was made the way it was on the accompanying page.

Third Dual Page:

The background papers were water prints from my stash - to which I added some red card stock.

Page #5:

As you can see, I cut a mat and border from the red card stock.  The pictures & title were printed from Microsoft Word.  I finished the page with a couple of stickers.

Page #6:

This accompanying page was made similarly to the previous one.