Ring of Kerry layout

I've been working on more layouts for the 2016 Ireland album (my husband's trip).  I wanted to show a visual record for this one, as I changed my mind off and on about certain elements during the process of putting it all together.  The photo below shows what I started with for this page.  It was pretty much just the background cardstock, a branding strip I had from a piece of patterned paper, and a map my husband saved that specifically showed the Ring of Kerry.



As you can see in the next photo, I switched the map to the left side.  I'm not sure why, but the curve at the bottom just didn't look right on the other side.  Once I had it placed along the left side, I wanted to add some washi to both sides, to bring in some other colors.  I thought some contrast was needed, given the intense green in the map.  I also added the compass bit at the top, which came from the same map.  I put some red rhinestones in a visual triangle, to bring out the red markers on the map.


Once I added those items, there were still some blank spaces around the page.  Since the Ring of Kerry is filled with gorgeous views, I figured a camera stamp was appropriate.  I knew that my husband will also likely want to say some things about his time there, so I included a 3x4 journaling card doe him to fill out later.  I also decided to add the small red heart sticker on the lower right hand side, also to bring out a bit more of the red.



I still felt that the layout was missing something, so I decided to do more stamping.  Since my husband was on a tour, I thought a bus image would be in keeping with the trip.  I added another strip of washi, for a little more color, and then added the label with the word "explore", as that was definitely appropriate!  Once that was all added, the layout finally felt complete.


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