Pages from Gibraltar

Back to the cruise album now and our first port of call, which was Gibraltar. 

5. Gibraltar
This is my subtitle page for this section, using a 6x8 photo of The Rock from Grand Casemates Square, and lots of torn papers for the 'Torn' challenge from For the Love of Pretty Paper.

6 & 7. Europa Point
I had originally planned to avoid double pages in this album, and squeeze every subject onto a single but this proved impossible for Europa Point, the most southerly part of Gibraltar, which has a series of landmark buildings and memorials.

8. Botanic Gardens

I used three large photos in a row again on this page, but made them a bit smaller than 4x6 and angled them rather than a straight row. I also cut the smaller photos into circles along with the title and journalling, to do something a bit different.

9. Trafalgar Cemetery

I scraplifted myself for this page, with four 3x4 photos. The orientations differed this time though, which led to me moving the title, journalling and embellishment compared with the original.

10. The Rock

Last page, with two 4x6 photos of the Rock as we sailed away from Gibraltar, for which I used an old sketch from Shimelle Laines's Sketch to Scrapbook Page series.

Supplies: Paper - Heidi Swapp Set Sail, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Heart & Home, Photoplay Travelogue, Craft Sensations Dreamy Pastels, My Mind's Eye Now and Then, 49 and Market; Letters - American Crafts, Pretty Little Studio, Cocoa Vanilla Studio; Stickers - Heidi Swapp, Photoplay, Studio Calico; Filmstrips - 49 and Market; Washi Tape - Vicki Boutin, Little B; Puffy Hearts - Cocoa Vanilla Studio; Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye, Simple Stories, Twilight Crafts, Hey Little Magpie

Pages for 2024

Pausing the cruise pages now, to catch up with the end of 2024. I have a few gaps to go back and fill in, but these pages cover most of November and December. Facebook group For the Love of Pretty Paper recently celebrated their tenth birthday with 10 challenges and I've covered a few here.

(The numbers are my page count for this year; I'm aiming to beat the 105 that I managed in 2024.)

1. Delicious Moments

My first DT page of the year for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files, which satisfied the 'Circle' challenge from FTLOPP. I cut two of Leaf Wreath and layered them up over a stamped circle of leaves. The photo is from our Christmas lunch in a local pub.

Supplies: Paper - 49 & Market, Kit 'n' Craft; Rub-Ons - 49 & Market; Gems - Papermania, Unknown Stars

2. Penguin Parade

Twelve photos from a penguin statue trail in London, perfect for the 'Repeat' challenge from FTLOPP as they are all basically the same shape. Having chosen a suitable background, I picked out an assortment of ancient stash to go with it.

Supplies: Paper - Echo Park Reflections Christmas, Fancy Pants Winterland, Heidi Swapp No Limits; Washi Tape - Dovecraft, Unknown; Puffy Stickers - MAMBI; Stars - Sheenanigans; Pearls - Mark Richards, The Hobby House; Paint - Golden

3. Christmas Lights
My second January DT page for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files uses an older cut-file, the word Christmas, as part of my title and I included machine-stitching for the 'Stitched' challenge from FTLOPP. The photos are from a Christmas Lights Run that one of the members of our running club organised.

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill, DCWV; Paper - Simple Stories Jingle all the Way, Carta Bella Hello Christmas; Letters - Studio Calico, We R Memory Keepers; Laser-Cut Baubles - 49 & Market; Sticker - Shimelle; Enamel Dots - Carta Bella

4. Parkrun Tourism 2024

I used to make a 12x12 pages in my annual albums for each parkrun we visited, but they were getting too numerous and duplicating the 8x8 pages in my parkrun album, so I've just done a single roundup page for 2024, using another Jenny Wren Cut-File - 2024 Stacked. Eleven photos for the '3 or More Photos' challenge from FTLOPP.

Supplies: Cardstock - Stampin' Up!; Paper - Sokai SO'BB, My Mind's Eye Jubilee, Simple Stories; Puffy Stars - Rosie's Studio 

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

Other Cruise Pages

A couple of pages now that are from events on board the ship rather than any of the ports we visited.

104. Battle of the Bartenders

This was one of my December DT pages for Twilight Crafts using the Cocktail Glass cut-file, with photos from a cocktail-making competition. I cut the whole shape in white cardstock, then cut the straw in black and the lemon in yellow at a slightly smaller size to layer over the top. I backed the lemon with a lighter yellow and the drink and the glass with layers of vellum.

105. You & Me

I used a Scrap Squad scraplift for this photo of us on Formal Night. The title and people stickers come from Jillibean Soup, an ancient sheet that I am aiming to use up; I have 'smile' and 'today' left.

Supplies: Paper - Heidi Swapp Set Sail, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Heart & Home, Photoplay Travelogue, Pinkfresh Studio Simply the Best; Stickers - Maggie Holmes, Jillibean Soup, Heidi Swapp; Glitter Tape - The Works; Puffy Hearts - Rosie's Studio; Enamel Dots - Twilight Crafts

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

Pages from Ajaccio

I'm moving on from Olbia now to the next day of our cruise and the port of Ajaccio in Corsica. There was a bit more to see here and it runs to six pages:

(The numbers are my page count for last year.)

98. Ajaccio

This is my sub-title page which divides the album into sections for each place we visit. I used a panoramic shot of the port, which I printed as two 4x6 photos then cropped and overlapped them.

99. Au Marché

I went with a French title for a page from a French island, and used the December sketch from the 1 Sketch : 3 Ways Facebook group for my page with a column of smaller photos from the market. The fish print paper is one I didn't think would use from the Set Sail pad, but is just about on theme here.

100. Maison Bonaparte

Ajaccio is the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, and his family home is now a museum. I chose six photos in a mix of sizes and orientations, then laid them out on a grid in the centre of the page.

101. Citadelle d'Ajaccio

This old fortress was recently opened up as a public space, and I printed five photos for my page, but only four made the final cut - a view across the inner courtyard and three of the ramparts. 

102. Catedrale Santa Maria Assunta

Three photos of the cathedral on this page, and my initial thought was to put them in a column overlapping a vertical panel of paper. However that would have been getting repetitive and I wanted some variety; I pushed a few papers around until I hit on a grid of eight patterned papers, something I haven't done before but it will be easy to repeat in different sizes and patterns.

103. Place d'Austerlitz

Last page from Ajaccio, with photos of Napoleon's statue in the Place d'Austerlitz. My page is a version of the March 2011 4x6 Photo Love prompt from Shimelle Laine.

Supplies: Paper - Heidi Swapp Set Sail, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Heart & Home, Photoplay Travelogue, Craft Sensations Dreamy Pastels, Maggie Holmes Sweet Story; Letters - American Crafts, Doodlebug; Die-Cuts - Heidi Swapp; Stickers - Heidi Swapp, Studio Calico, 49 & Market; Filmstrips - 49 & Market; Tickets - 49 & Market; Washi Tape - October Afternoon, Vicki Boutin, Little B, Stampin' Up!; Enamel Shapes - Shimelle, Heidi Swapp, Simple Stories, Cocoa Vanilla Studio, 49 & Market, American Crafts, Pink Paislee, Twilight Crafts, Hey Little Magpie