Sunday, September 5, 2010

Road Trip

I hadn't seen this week's challenge on Fantabulous Cricut till last night.  When I did, I was so excited because I had actually sketched a layout of my road trip while on my road trip!  It was saved in my Gypsy (I so love my Gypsy!!), see...


So last night, when I got to my scrapbooking room, I started looking for the papers to make this layout happen.  I found the perfect paper of a road map in an old K&Co stack that I had used for my cruise album 2 years ago.  I started printing pics as my cricut was making the cuts (gotta love those layers on the gypsy!).  I love that I can use a variety of cartridges and have them cut all together.  On this layout I used a bunch of cartridges, particularly Summer Vacation (lots of great stuff on there!), Going Places, and Everyday Paper Dolls.
Here is the final product:


Left page close up...

Right page close up...

I'm really into embossing lately, so all my titles were cuttlebugged!




I wrote in the price of gas that we paid to keep record of it because gas prices have changed so dramatically through the years, I want it documented in my scrapbook!


This cut started out as just an embellishment.  Then it took on a life of its own as I put dots for our stops and then decided to include all the journaling on there, too.  Luckily for me, I can make my handwriting fit in pretty much any space (some of my friends hate me for it, LOL!) and so I did.  I really love to journal and in my own handwriting because I think its important.


I had fun making this layout and I hope you like it too!  Be sure to leave a comment - I love those! Thanks for stopping by!

9 comments:

  1. That is so cool. I gotta figure out to do those Gypsy sketches. What size of cricut mat did you use?
    KarenR

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  2. Fantabulous layout my friend....you're definitely on a roll...keep it going...love the journal idea...but my favorite is the gas pump and the fact you put the price on it was super.

    Hugs, Lissette D.

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  3. This is such a wonderful layout!! I love how the road extends across the two pages - and all your cuts with their details are just fabulous!! Great, great job!!
    Thanks for playing along at FCCB!

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  4. Ingenious journalism. The LO is totally great!!!!
    Thanks for joining us at FCCB

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  5. I really like your layout! My favorite part is the map with the journaling and also the gas pump with the added price. Great Job!

    Treava

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  6. Oh my goodness, what a super fun layout. All of your details are fantastic. The map with your journalig is very cool! Thanks for joining us at FCCB:)

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  7. Wonderful LO... I love all the layers and dimension.

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  8. This is AWESOME! I especially like the journaling on the map!

    Lauren

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  9. OMG, I just found your blog this morning and can't stop reading it! You rock the Cricut & Cuttlebug embossing folders! Your blog is one of the best I've come across in a long time. Thank you for all the inspiration.

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