GONDOLA RIDE

I really don't like heights... love flying but me and gondolas ready aren't the best of friends... Jeff & Kylie thought it was fun... I just grimaced as we made out way up the hill side....

I love the sketch over at My scraps & more sketches

 

and used it to document these photos.... Kylie thought it was fun to move from one side of the gondola to the other... I was not impressed... but at least we got photos together....

I have been trying to use up some of my retired Stampin up DSP... slowly working my way through it!

NEW BRIGHTON

Kylie loves to take photos on "self timer".... and here is another one of those photos.

I have used the sketch from Sketch n Scrap (my 3rd use of their sketches today :) )....

 

 

As part of our Sunday drive around Christchurch and the surrounding area... we called into the New Brighton Wharf.... there were lots of people around but we managed to get a "selfie" without a person in sight.... it was a different story out on the wharf itself.

SILO STAY

I love "funky" accommodation.... and this rates right up there.... when driving back from Akaroa to Christchurch..... we came across this Silo accommodation at Little River....

I have used a sketch over at Sketch n scrap to document this info for a later date...

 

Loved the Polar Bear with the shopping trolley at the cafe next door to the accommodation...

 

For this sketch I have fun with texture paste, washi tape & stamping... adding a few embellishments to finish it off.

FEEDING THE GULLS

Gosh time has disappeared again this month.... since I have stopped working and have started up my own business I have been busier than ever and have had very little time for scrapping... but I have managed to get this one done and have now finally taken a photo of it to get it up on my blog...

This is for the "twist back" sketch over at Sketch n scrap....

 

The theme was to use out side photos..... I took these photos back in July 2014 of our daughter feeding the seagulls on the water front in Akaroa....

FORMAL NIGHTS

I just love getting all dressed up... don't you?   And unfortunately people don't do it as often as they should these days...

When on our Alaskan cruise we had two formal nights ..... and yes I had an outfit for each one...

I have used the great "twisted sketch" over at Sketch n scrap to present you with our formal (and informal photos)

 

The larger photo was taken as part of the "formal photos" on formal night two and the smaller photo is a photo a friendly fellow passenger took for us from formal night one.......

I am very pleased with how it all came together.... the back ground is a lot busier and blingy than I would normal do... but it has worked

COOKIE TIME

I enjoyed doing this layout from My scraps & more sketches

 

 

I have had this cookie paper for a very long time.... in fact it was one of the original papers I purchased when I started scrap booking approximately 11 years... it is a Karen Foster Design.... every time I have clean out this one has been saved and kept in a safe place... took me a while to find it tonight...... I am really pleased with the way it has all come together.

FUN TIMES

Needing a bit of a break from travel layouts.... I did a layout based on a sketch from Lets capture our memories

 

 

We recently had a great few days over at Waiheke Island with my cousin, his partner and son Jay.... I had been given a "selfie stick" and we were having fun trying to get it to work.... hence the face pulling and odd angles... we did finally get it working and got some great photos... but I still love these ones....

I had fun with a sewing machine to add detail to this otherwise simple layout.

GLACIER VISIT

I love being able to put lots of photos on a layout.... and doing double layouts... the one over at Scrap much was perfect for this layout...

 

When in Juneau.... Jeff was able to be part of a canoe trip so they got up close and personal with the Glacier..... it is an amazing part of nature.

ALL ABOARD

Exciting.... we have boarded our cruise for Alaska.... and yes we have the "must have" boarding photo...

I used the sketch over at Stuck sketches for this layout

 

 

I am loving these Kaiser craft papers and embellishments for  completing my travel pages.

LOVELY DAY

For a cruise ...... yes we are aboard the Golden Princess, drink in hand and cruising..... this next layout is based on a sketch from My creative sketches

 

 

it was a pleasant start to our Alaskan Cruise....