Pages from Cartagena

Cartagena was the second place we visited on our Mediterranean cruise last year, but I'm not working in order and it's the last but one to be scrapped. I'm running low on full 12x12 papers now and have pulled in a few new ones but the fact that I  do scrap out of order means they won't suddenly appear towards the end of the album. Having used them here for port two, I can repeat them for Palma (Majorca) which was port seven and I may also be able to tuck a few scraps into other pages when I review the whole album.

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

41. Cartagena

My normal sub-title page, which divides the album into 'chapters' for each port. Just one 4x6 photo for this one, which gave me the space to show plenty of this background paper. I've tried to use it a few times but you can't 'read' the three rays if you cover up too much of the page.

42 &43. Teatro Romano de Cartagena

Our main aim in Cartagena was to visit the Roman amphitheatre which, like the one in Cádiz, was buried for centuries and recently rediscovered. This one was originally smaller than Cádiz but much more has been excavated and it's far more impressive. I chose to go large with the photo here, printing it at A4, but then cropping rather than reprinting when one side didn't print properly. 

I used four smaller photos on the facing page, which I didn't intend to be a double, and it doesn't quite flow as one, but I didn't give this half a separate title and it has all the journalling for both.

I added a couple of strips of the blue paper to the sides of the first page after I took these photos so that now runs across the full 24" width.

44. Villa Garden / Augustus

A page of two halves, with two sub-titles. The top is for a small garden near the amphitheatre which is intended to resemble those of Roman villas, with typical planting and trompe l'oeil painted scenery. The bottom has a trio of statues of Augustus: the original from the museum, a copy from a plaza and a painted version from the garden above.

45. Parque Arqueológico del Molinete

The Cerro del Molinete was once the boundary of the city with fortifications that have been excavated in what is now an archeological park. We also saw two old windmills (molinete), bits of ruined city walls  and the bases of a Roman temple and a Punic shrine, all perched on a hill surrounded by the modern city.

46. Parque Torres

This is an area of gardens that surround the Castillo de la Concepción, a 13th century castle on a hill. I put a 4x6 photo of the castle taken from Cerro del Molinete in the top half of the page and a row of garden photos below it. I took these on my phone which was on full screen mode so they are all tall and thin, and I decided to leave them that way rather than cropping them down. I also printed a smaller peacock photo which I cut to a circle and layered over some of the empty space.

 

Supplies: Paper - Heidi Swapp Set Sail, Photoplay Travelogue, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Heart & Home, OneCanoeTwo Creekside, Heidi Swapp Sun Chaser, Cocoa Vanilla Studio These Days, Craft Sensations Dreamy Pastels, Cocoa Vanilla Studio These Days, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm; Letters - American Crafts, Cocoa Vanilla Studio, Doodlebug, Tim Holtz, Martha Stewart, Creative Memories; Die-Cuts - Heidi Swapp; Washi Tape - Little B; Enamel Shapes - Cocoa Vanilla Studio, Altenew, Simple Stories, Hey Little Magpie, My Mind's Eye, 49 & Market, Carta Bella