It's been a long time since I spent an afternoon shirking chores to scrapbook. What better day to do that than on my birthday?
September 19 marked 15 years of marriage for Scott and me. To celebrate, our family went to Disneyworld. Upon returning, I needed to recover from my "Disney hangover" and then solve my angst-ridden Disney album dilemma before I felt up to starting some Disney layouts. This first layout (actually 2 co-ordinated layouts that happen to be side-by-side in the album) shows us passing the time in Buffalo, both in our hotel and at the airport before heading to Orlando.
Most of the stickers, embellies and patterned papers are from Simple Stories' Say Cheese collection. I bought it as soon as my LSS had it in stock especially for this trip, at least a couple of weeks before we left. The green polka dot strip (that originally only said 'adventure') was from another collection, I believe by Carta Bella.
This next layout is Scott, as we waited in line for our bus to the resort. He'd taken some meds to make him more (ahem) manageable during the flight. This layout shows him trying to shake out the cobwebs as we waited in line for the Magical Express (that's Disney-talk for airport shuttle bus).
And that's what I did the afternoon of my birthday, while everyone else was at school or work! 3 pages in one sitting. I haven't accomplished that much at once in years! Happy birthday to me!
This last page is one I did today. It's possibly the first picture taken of me on our trip. Cole and I are on the Magical Express, waiting to leave Orlando airport and giddy with anticipation. I used the cover of our M.E. booklet and the transportation tickets inside as a title and embellishments.
I've yet to do any journaling on any of my Disney pages. I think I may finish the layouts first for the sake of flow and getting down all the info I want to share without missing or repeating anything. Ok, and I'm also hoping that by the time I'm done creating the layouts, my writer's block will be gone! There's so much to share about this trip, I just don't know how to begin describing it!
7 comments:
Wow! These are great Disney pages! Thanks for sharing them. :-)
Awesome Court! I love them :) Your pics are always so great in your los!
Wow! You were on a roll! Doesn't it feel great when they just flow.
Your pages are great, and I love that you made one of Scott and his cobwebs! I see stitching on the page, and guessing you did it. I really like all your layers and the punches you used, and washi! Can't wait to see more.
Thanks, everyone! I'm really happy with how this album is coming together so far.
Lisa, some of the stitching is pre-printed as part of the Say Cheese collection, some of it I drew by hand. And no washi, that's also part of the collection. The one set of stitched arrows seen over the journaling box is a transparency. This collection, however, has me wanting to work with some washi!
Congrats on getting to scrap on your b-day. And 3 layouts to boot! Well done! Don't you wish it was your b-day every day? LOL
WHOOT WHOOT to you! First for getting some scrapping done, and second for the very cool album that you are putting together to document this "magical" trip.
LOVE the layers of border punching! I'm going to scraplift that for sure!
I love Disney, wanted to name BA Disney but Bill said no, only for a dog, ha ha.
Love the layouts and Scott. The kids are growing so much, the pictures are priceless. Great job court!
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