Animal Kingdom - Part Four

Thanks for joining me for the fourth and last part of my Animal Kingdom layout share. First up, a page about taking a break to relax and unwind.


Drinks

I have been very inspired by the Crafty Jen Schow You-Tube series, Use It or Lose It, as well as the Facebook group of the same name, and this page is a result of that inspiration. I used pieces of a kit from Elle's Studio, which I think I bought either last summer or the summer before. I cut several of the 3x4 and 4x6 cards from the kit into circles with my circle dies, and used a journaling card, along with some other die cuts from the kit. The letters were cut with dies from white card stock, and I added a few puffy stickers and enamel dots. The colors are happy and vibrant, and the page makes me happy.


Goodnight, Animal Kingdom

Last, another calendar page as background, which I love, love, love. For me, the highlight of Animal Kingdom was mostly The Lion King and its characters, so it seemed fitting to use this particular background as the end of the Animal Kingdom story. I used some stickers from the Photoplay collection, We Bought a Zoo, letter stickers from Thickers by American Crafts, and added just a few small embellishments to finsh off the page. It makes me smile every time I look at it.


So, those were some pages from our first Animal Kingdom adventure during the week of my birthday in 2018. Next, I'll be working on pages from our first ever Universal Studios adventures, including the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and also pages for my 2017, 2018, and 2019 yearbooks, using lots and lots of items from my stash.

And if we're lucky, we might start seeing some sunshine!

Animal Kingdom - Part Three

(I mention often that it's really difficult for me to get good photos of my pages, especially with the nearly constant Michigan gloom, but if I waited for perfect (or even great) photos, I'd never post anything, so...I'm practicing some acceptance, here.)

Welcome back to my Animal Kingdom layout share. Let's get started with a page about the ride we found kind of disappointing.


Kali River "Rapids"

So, the ride was disappointing--we barely got splashed at all, and it was definitely NOT rapid!--but I absolutely love this page. A few years ago, Daniel gave me a wall calendar containing 12 Thomas Kincade Disney pictures, and I have so enjoyed using those as backgrounds to tell Disney stories. I chose background for this story simply because it had a river with some rapids in the background, and the colors were quite compatible with the photo. I stuck with simple embellishments because there's so much going on in the background, and I was able to use up a package of stickers. The turtle on the bottom of the page is meant to hint at the slowness of the ride.


Let's Go Again

This page about riding Expedition Everest a second time is composed mostly of supplies from an Ali Edwards kit called Adventure. I added a couple of Pinkfresh Studio stickers, some enamel dots, and REALLY old Basic Grey letter stickers that had to be reinforced with extra adhesive, along with the background patterned paper from Photoplay. I love how this page turned out, and I like that I was able to use something that's been in my stash awhile in a bit of an unexpected way.


One more installment of Animal Kingdom layouts tomorrow!

Animal Kingdom - Part Two

Welcome to Part Two of my Animal Kingdom layout share. Here are two more layouts from our day at Animal Kingdom in the summer of 2018.


Rain

I had so much fun creating this two-page layout. The page on the left is part of a poncho we bought during torrential rain that started just as our roller coaster train ascended the first rise on Expedition Everest. I love including memorabilia on my scrapbook pages, and I had the perfect piece of patterned paper to serve as the backdrop.

For the page on the right, I created a title with Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock, die cut with very old (and infinitely useful) dies from a now-defunct company called QuicKutz. I used two colors of Distress inks to color the letters to match the cloud and rain drop chipboard embellishments that were given to me by a friend, and I also used the same grey ink to turn the felt cloud embellishments by Jolees the color of rain. Another thing I love to do is use "white" space on a photo for journaling, and that turned out really well here, I think.


Coffee Love

For this page about waiting out the rain at a Starbucks, I did a fair amount of fussy cutting. I had a scrap of patterned paper with several images of clouds, which I put to good use as embellishments, adding die-cut coffee cups and some enamel dots, puffy hearts, and gem raindrops. The final touch was droplets of Heidi Swapp Color Shine in teal (I think?), which finishes off this fun page nicely.


Tomorrow, more Animal Kingdom pages, including one about a ride that didn't quite live up to its name for us.

Animal Kingdom - Part One

When Daniel and I moved to our house last year, much of my scrapbook stash found its home on shelves in our basement, due to lack of storage in the area I wanted to set up my creative space. Late last year, we bought a Kallax shelf from Ikea, which Daniel put together for me, and I moved as much of my scrapbooking supplies onto that shelf as I could, the things I didn't use as often being stored in the guest bedroom closet.

The result? I've been scrapbooking a LOT. Having all my scrapbooking stuff available without a journey into the basement has been a game-changer for me. I've been getting so much done, especially from our vacation to Orlando in the summer of 2018, particularly Disney's Animal Kingdom, and I'm sharing a couple pages today.

Back to the Tree

Now, if I'm being honest, this isn't one of my favorite pages, but I'm sharing it because I was able to use stamping, my favorite technique in scrapbooking. The stamp I used is from a Stampin' Up! set called Lovely as a Tree, and I just love how it looks.


We Are SO Doing This

This IS one of my favorite pages from this trip, and I used a Simple Scrapper sketch, which I flipped to make it work for me. I also used four 4x6 photos, rather than a single 8x12, and I relocated the title. I've had the map tags for quite awhile, and I was happy to get those used on a page.


I've got a few more Animal Kingdom scrapbook pages to share in the next few days, so be sure to check back.

Currently - February 17

I have a few minutes before I'm on my way to the Monday lunch date with my sweetheart, and I thought I'd share what's currently going on with me.

Watching: Counterpart on Amazon Prime, a riveting drama about what happens if the world splits into two identical worlds. I highly recommend, though it is a little hard to keep all the narrative elements straight if you're not paying attention.

Reading: French subtitles. Daniel and I are trying to learn French, and one of the tools we're using is watching TV shows we know with French subtitles to learn more vocabulary. We've also been watching a French show on Netflix, Bonfire of Destiny, in French AND with French subtitles. I don't know if it's helping, but we're enjoying it.

Listening: Mostly to the radio, or the usual podcasts.

Making: Scrapbook pages of our visit to Animal Kingdom in the summer of 2018.

Planning: Content for this blog. :)

Loving: The promise of spring's arrival in a little over a month.

What's up with you currently? Don't forget to check out my friend Kristin's Currently list on her blog right here.