Pages from Åndalsnes

Åndalsnes was the third port of call on our Norwegian cruise last summer, but it's the last to be scrapped as I don't work in order. This means I'm coming to the end of the project, but I still need a title page and I'll be reviewing everything else to see what's missing or where I can add more pieces to use up my kit. In particular, after I've made the title page, I will have an odd number of pages so I will need to make one more to even them up.

8. Åndalsnes

My usual sub-title page, which should be familiar to you by now: a strip of stamp-print paper, a vertical title cut on my Silhouette and a big block of photos with journalling. 

9 & 10. To Nebba & Back

We'd planned to get the cable car to the top of Nesaksla (the mountain on the page above) and walk back down but poor weather meant we cancelled that and instead walked up the mountain as far as the first viewpoint, called Nebba.

Shimelle's Page

11. Byparken

I've already made a page with this title for Ålesund, but Norwegians seem to take a very straightforward approach to naming their parks: by=town, park=park and en=the - so The Town Park. My page is a loose scraplift of one of Shimelle's December YouTube pages rotated, with two photos of the park and a journalling box below them.

 

Amy's Page

12. The Train Chapel

This is one of the pages I made for Week 2 of the Winter Challenges at Scrapbook Challenges - UK, where I scored points for using yellow with two or more photos plus bonus points for scraplifting a previous challenge page from Amy Kattenbelt. 

My photos are from the Train Chapel at Åndalsnes station which is a converted train carriage with an altar made from railway sleepers.

Supplies: Cardstock - Craft UK; Paper - Simple Stories Happy Travels, My Mind's Eye Market Street, Photoplay Anchors Aweigh; Letters - Hobbycraft, Creative Devotion, Maggie Holmes, KaiserCraft; Stickers - Simple Stories; Die-Cut - Vicki Boutin; Washi Tape - Hobbycraft; Enamel Shapes - Simple Stories, 49 and Market, Paige Evans, My Mind's Eye, Papermania

Oh Christmas Tree

It's time for another DT page for  Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files, and I'm scrapping six  photos of Christmas trees from around London.

I used Oh Christmas Tree 2 as the title for my page, and took inspiration for my photo placement from another cut-file, Christmas Tree, with its tree made up of small frames.

I used a 49 and Market paper with a subtle pattern as my background and added stencilling and stamping in a rough triangle. I arranged my photos in a tree shape with a woodgrain paper as a 'trunk' and a star at the top, then nestled in my cut-file against it.

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Paper - 49 and Market Tranquillity, Basic Grey Mon Ami, Simple Stories, Stickers - Studio Calico

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 7 for 2026)

At the Hurn and Spoon

Another page for my 2025 album, and I'm combining challenges. First up was this month's sketch from For the Love of Pretty Paper, then the second week of challenges from Scrapbook Challenges UK had us scoring points for using a three word title or longer, sequins or gems, ribbon or lace, triangles, and balloons.

I started from the balloon requirement and picked a Christmas party photo, but I then struggled to actually include them. I managed the title, gems and triangles, but my ribbons are printed cardstock laser-cut pieces so I'm not sure they count.

Supplies: Paper - Elle's Studio Live Laugh Love, Pebbles Welcome Christmas; Letters - Tim Holtz; Baubles - Unknown; Laser-Cut Ribbons - 49 and Market; Stickers - Studio Calico, American Crafts; Gems - Hobbycraft, Love to Craft

(Page 6 for 2026)

Parkrun Pages with Jenny Wren Cut-Files

I'm sharing a couple of 8x8 pages for my parkrun album today, both made with Jenny Wren Cut-Files as my DT projects for Twilight Crafts this month.

I used Numbers Background on the first page to celebrate my husband's 200th parkrun in October. It's not an official milestone so a guy called Gary Davies made a t-shirt for his own 200th run and now he lends it out every week with everyone signing it after they've worn it. I cut the numbers from dull brown cardstock and backed all the openings with the same blue patterned paper.

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Paper - Kanban Industriana, Shimelle Glitter Girl; Letters - American Crafts; Stickers - Studio Calico, Jillibean Soup; Pearls - Scrapberry's

Secondly, I used Triangle and Squares Background to mark me running new PBs three times in September, after setting my previous best time way back in 2019. 

I flipped the cut-file over, filled three squares with photos and added my title to a fourth. I originally imagined journalling in the last box but I had too much to write so it ended up on strips on the right of the page.

Supplies: Cardstock - Unknown; Paper - Scrapbook Magazine Freebie; Letters - American Crafts, Violet Studio; Washi Tape - Shimelle; Enamel Dots - Carta Bella

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(I count 8x8 pages as half-pages in my count for the year, which is now on five.)

Pages from Ålesund

Ålesund was the sixth and last port of call on our Norwegian cruise this summer. We'd been here three times before so my husband and I made separate plans for the day there.

(The numbers are my page counts for 2025 and 2026.)

117. Ålesund
Starting with a sub-title page which splits the album into sections for each port. These have all had a strip of stamp-print paper then a vertical title then a large block of photos in a variety of sizes with a journalling block at the bottom-right.

118 & 119. Sunnmøre Museum

A double page for my visit to an outdoor museum where they have collected together old buildings from across the region. I put two general views on the left side and a grid of individual buildings on the right side.

120. To Hessa and Back

Meanwhile, my husband went for a run round the island of Hessa, including the climb to its summit. I split the page in two for this, with a large photo of Hessa from the port in the top part and a collage of hexagons from his run in the bottom part.

4. Byparken

We both visited the Town Park (by=town, park=park & en=the) separately after our other activities, including the statue of Rollo the Viking (who is my many times great-grandfather so we always go to visit him). 

Supplies: Cardstock - Craft UK; Paper - Simple Stories Happy Travels, Simple Stories Safe Travels, Heidi Swapp Hello Today, Alchemy Hearts Out & About 2025; Numbers - Dear Lizzy; Stickers - Simple Stories, Jillibean Soup; Die-Cuts - Vicki Boutin; Puffy Stars - Bella Boulevard; Enamel Dots - Simple Stories, 49 and Market, Paige Evans

Portsmouth

Over the next few weeks, I'm taking part in a series of challenges from the Scrapbook Challenges UK group on Facebook where we compete in teams to score points each week. The first week we were asked to use white (excluding white backgrounds), thread or twine, three or more layers, circles and (bizarrely) a warm drink. There were also bonus points available for using this month's Freaky Fast Formula from The Scraproom Blog with the other items.

I started from the Formula and picked a trio of photos  from Portsmouth that I thought would work with the paper sizes. This is a companion page to Great South Run so I used papers from the same collection, including an arrows print, even though I don't have any left of exactly the same papers. I picked white for the title letters, have plenty of layers, used circles with bundles of thread in my embellishment clusters, and even squeezed in a couple of warm drinks.

Supplies: Cardstock - Docrafts, Bazzill; Paper - My Mind's Eye Market Street, Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays; Letters - Doodlebug; Stickers - Heidi Swapp, Studio Calico, Elle's Studio, Jen Hadfield, Shimelle; Washi Tape - Unknown

(Page 3 for 2026)

Pages from Lofoten

Moving on to the Lofoten Islands now, which was the fourth stop on our Norwegian cruise this summer. Out itinerary gave Leknes as the port of call, but we moored in the bay between Leknes and Gravdal and went ashore in the ship's tenders. There was a shuttle bus to Leknes but we'd been there before so we decided to explore the countryside on a circular walk which took in Gravdal instead.

(Numbers are a mixture of my page counts for 2025 and 2026.)

115. Lofoten

The usual sub-title page, with two strips on the left and then a block of photos and journalling.

1 & 2. Let's Go Exploring

I'd reserved all the postage-stamp paper strips that I needed for sub-title pages and that gave me two left which have found their homes on the opposite sides of this double page with 11 photos from our walk. The title is a sticker that I otherwise probably wouldn't have used, and I've added 'Haugheia' (the hill we climbed) as a sort of subtitle running vertically on the left. It blends in to the background, but I don't mind that and I'm happy to repeat these alpha stickers which have only appeared on one other page so far.

116. Buksnes Kirke

Finally a page for Gravdal's main church which was built in the 'dragon style'. It's on a slight hill and visible for miles around.

Supplies: Cardstock - Craft UK; Paper - Simple Stories Happy Travels, Simple Stories Summer Snapshots, My Mind's Eye Market Street; Letters - Basic Grey, Tim Holtz; Die-Cut - Paige Evans; Journalling Cards - Project Life; Washi Tape - Vicki Boutin, Stampin' Up!; Enamel Shapes - Simple Stories, 49 and Market, Papermania, Studio Calico, Altenew