I'm leaving the cruise pages for this post, and turning my attention to my annual albums. Of course, I've made my usual resolution to keep on top of my 2025 pages as we go along (let's see how long I can keep that up!) but I still have a few gaps from last year to fill in (where I didn't quite keep last year's resolution).
I've also ticked off the last two of the 10th Birthday Challenges from For the Love of Pretty Paper and I'm rather pleased with myself that I got them all done.
(The numbers are my page count for the year.)
11. Hadleigh 10 Miles (2024)
One from last year, and the design was completely inspired by the FTLOPP challenge 'Splatter' - I cut a large star on my Silhouette and used it as a mask while I splattered the page with mists. The droplets weren't really dense enough to show the star shape so I went round the edge afterwards with distress ink.
Supplies: Paper - Carta Bella All Aboard, DCWV Romantic Life, My Mind's Eye Chalk Studio; Letters - Doodlebug; Acrylic Star - Sheenanigans; Washi Tape - Tesco; Gems - Papermania
12. Victoria Park Half Marathon (2025)
My husband's first running event of this year, as he builds up to a full marathon in April. The weather was awful, so I started with the raindrop paper from Cocoa Vanilla Studio to make a half-and-half background then added all my stray CVS branding strips (from three collections) and a cardstock circle that I cut for another project and didn't use.
Supplies: Cardstock - DCWV, Stampin' Up!; Paper - Cocoa Vanilla Studio Daydream, CVS These Days, CVS Heart and Home; Letters - Violet Studio; Enamel Stars - Altenew
13. Let's Do the Time Warp (2025)
13. Let's Do the Time Warp (2025)
This one was for the FTLOPP 'Stencil' challenge. I cut a square and a rectangle from scrap paper and used them as masks to make four zones on the page to hold my photos and title (from a theatre visit to see The Rocky Horror Show). I also used a Heidi Swapp stencil for all the stars.
Supplies: Paper - 49 & Market Spectrum Gardenia; Letters - American Crafts, Maggie Holmes; Ephemera - 49 & Market; Phrase Stickers - Tim Holtz; Stars - Paperchase
