When I finished the travel journal, I had a pile of duplicate photos laying on my desk. (Don't ask how that happened!) I've been wanting to use this Sunday Sketch from the Studio Calico blog for a long time now, and these photos worked perfectly. All the supplies except the alphabet (also Studio Calico) came from the June Studio Calico kit.
Here's the sketch:
I followed the sketch almost exactly, changing only the size of the layout to a 12 X 12.
One thing I've forced myself to do recently is to cut up sheets of patterned paper for layouts. I used to hesitate to do that but I think it was Shimelle who encouraged using the papers you love as you need them. This time to save as much as I could I cut the 12 X 12 sheets down to 8.5 X 11 so I have a another base for a layout if I want it, and then cut the strips.
I started with a sketch for the next layout as well. One from Lisa Day's class at BPC called "28 Days of Sketches." It was one of many courses that I wasn't able to keep up with, but I printed all the sketches and put them in a notebook to use later.
The journaling which talks about the bond Caleb and Matt made during their first visit is on a journaling card tucked behind the right-hand photo. All the supplies here came from various Studio Calico kits, most from May and June. It feels good to make use of these kits in a timely manner.
Once I finished the layout, I had some scraps laying on the table, and got a birthday card for a friend (male) completed. I still have some more scraps, so you are likely to see another similar card soon.
The card base is a ready-made Hero Arts card. The rest is from Studio Calico except the twine and the sentiment (both Papertrey Ink.)
