Hello NYC

A page with a variety of photos of famous New York landmarks on this layout.

More use of old stash, the NYC map on the background paper is probably around 7 or 8 years old at least.

The embellishments are cut from Passport patterned papers.

I was happy to get these random photos onto a layout and not just being left to rattle about in an old shoe box

Times Square.

Hannah and her fiance visited Times Square at night during their trip last summer.

Because of this, the photos were not great quality.

 To get around this problem,  I cut up a couple of the postcards they bought to add to the layout, along with the single good picture they took in the centre.

The papers are from an old Tim Holtz paper pad, with lots of Ali Edwards stamps cut out to embellish the page.

Making use of poor photos

Whilst in New York, Hannah and Chris borrowed an Instax camera to take additional snaps.

Although the photos are immediate, the quality isn't great, so I just added them all to one page, good, bad and indifferent to make a feature of them.

 The title and embellishments are about the camera too.

Central Park

I made a pocket on this pa

ge behind the photos to include the map of the park that Hannah and Chris used.

The papers are mainly Maggie Holmes Carousel with an old Kaisercraft backing paper.

I cut the title using the Sizzix Deco XL die from green fun foam with paper from the pad glued on top.
I had the 12x12 chipboard sheet, along with a pack of die cut picked up in the sale, so (for once) I didn't have to fussy cut my embellishments.

Just Before...

A photo taken at the top of the Rockefeller Center of Hannah and Chris.

It was taken just before he proposed,  so I think that's why he's looking a little nervous!

The backing paper is very old, I thought is was ideal as it was an 'answer sheet'.

I made the title from a PL card, part brush script, part Thickers.

More NYC pages

I spent Mother's Day last month pleasing myself...scrapbooking!

I spent time catching up with Hannah's scrapbook completing some of the photos she took in New York last summer. 

This page is about the 9/11 Memorial Museum that they visited at the end of their visit.

As Hannah was at home on Mother's Day, she told me all about it so I could journal accurately.

Empire State Building.

I've been busy scrapbooking the photos my daughter and her fiance took on their trip to New York last summer.

I used a Tim Holtz die to cut the word 'explore', the papers are from old stash, I also tucked their tickets behind the photos.

The title is die cut from glittered fun b foam in gunmetal that I picked up in Hobby craft.

Still lots more NYC pages to make.

The Empire State Building.

Last August, my eldest daughter got engaged whilst on a trip to New York.

These photos and tickets are from their visit to the most famous skyscraper.

The papers are from the Passport range, along with an older paper pad in the background.

I cut the title using a Sizzix XL die (Deco) and some pewter glitter foam I bought in Hobby craft.  Great for making titles.
I made a pocket behind the page to slide tickets into too.

Remember

A layout about the 911 memorial museum in New York visited by my daughter and her fiance back in August.

The papers are on of the last ranges by Basic Grey (Second City); I cut out the skyline from one paper and popped a layer up on foam over some of the buildings stuck flat to the page.

The journalling card is a 3x2" cut apart, and the title is cut from the back of the paper using the Tim Holtz cut apart script die.

NYC Wrestling

My daughter's fiance is very keen on wrestling, so she bought him tickets to see it live when they were in New York.

I used Paige Evans Turn the Page paper for the background of my layout, and the stripe paper is by Shimelle, as are the cameras.

The title Thickers are also by Shimelle Go Now Go, ideal for a travel page.

NYC

One of my favourite photos of Hannah in New York.  She was sitting in a window of the Empire State Building with a great view of the city behind her.

Once I knew she was going to New York, I bought a few papers especially, these from the Carta Bella Passport range are perfect for the layouts.

When this paper arrived, I thought I wouldn't be able to use it as it was soo lovely... but by putting the photo in the bottom left corner with a few embellishments around it, the 12x12 really shines! 

The letters are from a Varsity set of Thickers that I must have had for at least 10 years.  Nice to get them on a page, and for them not to look dated.

The Nintendo Shop

I am addicted to my Nintendo Switch, before that it was the Wii, SNES and even Pokemon Go.

So when my daughter and her fiance returned from the States having visited the Nintendo Shop, I was seriously jealous!

I made the layout using a Dovecraft travel range of papers, Docrafts washi tapestickers from Amy Tan Sticker book and letters cut from a Tim Holtz paper pad.

I even made use of a piece of New York wallpaper (I know, not acid free!) to add to the page.

She Said Yes!

Back in August my eldest daughter got engaged while visiting New York with her boyfriend.

I used Simple Stories Reset papers and a Close Knit heart backgound paper to make the layout along with flowers cut from a WRMK Tiffany paper (ancient!!)

The word 'Love' was cut from a 3x2" cut-apart, as was the bingo card.

The title 'yes' is cut from fun foam topped with papers from the Reset cards using a Tim Holtz scrpt die.