Week Eight - Australia

 And our last leg brings us back to the place we love... 'down under'! 

Australia boasts some of the world's most beautiful natural wonders such as the Great Barrier Reef - the world's largest coral reef system, the Heritage Listed Ayers Rock (Uluru), the Bungle Bungles in Western Australia, the Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road. Man-made icons include the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. *

I was very lucky to have grown up travelling around our gorgeous country I may not have really appreciated that as a kid, but now looking back, I'm very grateful for the experiences.  We travelled mostly up and down WA and trips across the Nullarbor to visit family on the other side, so when I think of Australia, I think of wide-open space and the wonderful splattering sound of rain on tin, and red dirt.

And here's my page.  I'm scrapping a day trip we had to a big rock back in 2019... yes I'm just a bit behind!!

Kaisercraft papers, torn and layered to add interest.... Splatters of my very favourite gold paint

Chipboard from the kit, colour with Art Alchemy Metallique Wax

I've tucked everything under the photo to keep the negative space on my page.

Have fun creating!
Donna

* Australian explore

Week Seven - China

 Heading north east now...

China has a lot going for it, culture, production, animals and tourism.

But what really grabs me is their food ...

Symbolism of Chinese Food

Here is my food layout "Don't get Hangry"

I've started with this pineapple paper and torn it into strips. Then I've layered the strips over the top and distressed the edges.

I knew I wanted to add some colour to the white background so I've prepped my paper with gesso

I've then used Colour Blast Shimmer Dust to add some colour to the background. 

A little bit of stitching in a circle to draw in the black.

I've created my own title by cutting the word "Hangry" three times with my Silhouette Cameo and layered them on top of each other. 

I've used some sequins and Rhinestones for bling.

Here is the process video:

Can't wait to see your creations.

Happy Scrapping

Week Six - India

Heading south now...

Today we are starting week 6 of our Around the World in 8 Weeks challenge 

A few points of interest.

The population of India in 2019 was 1.366 Billion. In 2019 China's population was 1.398 Billion and Australia's was 25.63 Million.

The Taj Mahal is the No. 1 tourist destination in India

There are more than 19500 languages or dialects spoken in India as mother tongues

The Indian government has announced it will spend $1.4 billion on it's first manned space mission.

On to scrapbooking now....

The bright colour I have chosen to use is the bright pink cardstock. I have a 1/4" strip at the top and bottom of my layout, the photo is matted on it and the title is cut from it.

The yellow is quite bright in real life too.

All of the papers on the page have had the edges inked with Versa Colour black Ink

I cut Cocoa Vanilla Daydream - Sunshower paper to 8" x 12".

Uniquely Creative's Gums & Roses - Rosebud Border paper was cut to 4" x 12"

These were attached to a piece of white cardstock with the Sunshower at the top and the Rosebud Border at the bottom.

Two 1/4" strips of the bright pink were attached to the layout, one at the top and one at the bottom.

Along side of the pink, I  ran a row of 1/4" double sided tape. I then rubbed Gold Fab Foil on top of this tape so the foil would attach to it giving me a foiled strip along the top and bottom of my layout.

My photo is 5" x 7" and had a white border around it. I trimmed the border to 1/8" all around then matted the photo onto more of the bright pink cardstock with a 1/8" border all around except for the bottom which is torn on a slight angle.

I tied the ribbon from the optional kit to the left hand edge of the photo.

I mounted the photo onto some craft foam before attaching it to the layout.

Lots of fussy cut flowers from Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream - Garden Variety paper were used to embellish along the join of the two patterned papers.

The final step was to cut the title from the bright pink cardstock using my Kaisercraft DD735 Uppercase Alpha dies

Here is the process video if you would like to watch it

I have loved seeing all of your great layouts so far in the competition and I am looking forward to seeing what you create this week too.

Hugs

Julie