Scrappy Girl Around the World

I am back from my break, ready to post some info on my latest layout.  I'm working steadily on my photos from the trip I took to NYC in December of 2017, so this layout again features some of those shots.  These photos are from Grand Central Terminal, which was my first major stop once I was in the city.  The photo below is the left-hand page, which features a phrase label/sticker, a little strip of patterned paper, sequins (from Felicity Jane ), and some stamping (stamps by Kelly Purkey ).    The right-hand page uses the awesome gold foil patterned paper I found when I was shopping at Paper Presentation in Chelsea.  I love the Art Deco look of it!  I also added a cork piece I had in my stash and a bit o washi to give definition to the borders of the photo. The last photo here shows the back of an insert I used between the two pages.  That NYC sticker is from the Paper House booklet I bought (also at Paper Presentation).  ...

On Sunday, I decide to take break from Facebook, maybe just for a few days, maybe for a week (maybe longer).  I've decided to include my blog, too, as I feel like I just need less screen time for a while.  I work in front of a computer all day, so adding even more time on my laptop every day has taken a toll.  I'll be back in a bit, hopefully with more energy and excitement for what's to come in 2018.

Work has been kind of crazy in the past week or so, so I fell behind on my blogging here.  In that time, I've published several process videos on my YouTube channel, so I figured I'd recap them here.  As I stated in my last post, I finished my Iceland album, woo hoo!  I did two flip-thru videos of it, since I give some travel anecdotes in addition to all of the scrappy-related details.  I've linking Part 2 here, since I posted that on January 6th, right after my last entry here. Once the Iceland photos were done, I moved on to start my NYC album.  This is kind quick for me, as I just took that trip in early December!  I'm excited to be working on it so soon after being there; my enthusiasm at this point is very high.  In this first process video, you'll see that I've used some fun pocket cards, letter stickers, a good plane photo, and a cool NYC-related stamp.

Now that my Iceland album (from trip in April of 2017) is completed, I made some flip-thru videos for it.  I decided to break it in half, as otherwise the video would probably run 40 minutes!  The first half of the layouts feature photos from my flight, my airport arrival, shuttle bus, the hotel I stayed in, a typical Icelandic breakfast, Hallgrimskirkja , a map, and some random photos from wandering the streets of Reykjavik.  Travel is my favorite topic to scrap, so I really enjoyed reliving my memories from the trip while putting these pages together.