Anything Goes Travel Journal Page

Hi there Bloglanders

Do you keep a travel journal?? I'm sure you do because it's lots of  fun to look back to revisit your FAVE trips and outings. Today I'm sharing a GOODIE.

It's all about camping, good friends and having a wonderful time. I'm SO glad I stumbled upon the "Rate It" stamp in the SimonSaysStamp shop. You will see a lot more of him - in my journals as well as on Project Life pages.

And some close-ups of my travel notes:

Above you can see where I've hidden my "not so great" handwriting and personal journaling. Got it??

Thanks for looking at my blog today! I'm submitting my project to the SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - ANYTHING GOES. Hop over there and see what the rest of Blogland did!!

I'm off to rate our European holiday. If you have a "Rate It" stamp you can just as well USE it!!

Have a GREAT day!

Out of Africa Travel Journal part 2

Happy Sunday everyone!!

I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day. We had. Both the boys and our daughter-in-law came home for the weekend and we loved having them around.

After everyone left and all the dishes were in the washer, I had some time to finish my second "Out of Africa" Travel Journal page.

Once again I used the Africa stamp from Studio Calico, a collage picture and some bits and bobs from my stash. While at it, I made some more of my magic mini alphas which I do with my Silhouette. More about that later this week.

As South Africa is SO far from everything, we do travel a lot. Not only locally but all over the world. I do have a "local" as well as an international bucket list. On my local one is to visit all Sunny South Africa's national parks and as my husband is a HUGE camper, my dreams may come true sooner than later. My travel journal keeps track of all that.

Let's do some close-ups:

Sunny South Africa marked with a puffy star.

We have a green caravan called MOTTY (short for MOTLAPPER - my son did not know the difference between a moth and a butterfly so he combined the words in Afrikaans and called the all Motlappers MOT = MOTH; SKOENLAPPER = BUTTERFLY) See, now you can speak Afrikaans as well!! Whenever I do a camping page in my Travel Journal or Project Life album, I add one of these diecuts. You will see lots of them on my projects.

One of the lions we saw and more of my Magic Mini Alphas.

And a camera die cut and "Ek heart dit = I love it" to finish my page.

There you have it!! My second "Out of Africa" Travel Journal page. Hop over to the SimonSaysStamp Monday challenge to see where the rest of Blogland travelled this week. The challenge this week is WORLD TRAVELER.

Have FUN and thanks for looking at my bloggie today.

Out of Africa Travel Journal

Happy weekend Bloglanders

I got up very early this morning to get this post up as both my boys are coming home for Father's Day and I want to spend every available second with them. Of course I'll share some pic's after the weekend!!

Today I brought a Travel Journal page to share:

A few weeks ago I joined Wynand on a business trip and we extended our stay to visit 2 of Sunny South Africa's National Parks - Augrabies Falls and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. I showed you the mini book I made here.

BUT, I also keep a travel journal that joins me on every trip I do. Do you know that Sunny South Africa has 22 National Parks? Wynand and I plan to visit them ALL.  We only have 5 to go!! Want to read more about it? Just click here.

As you can see - we saw LOTS of animals including 5 lions!!  I had this stamp set from Studio Calico that I used on another page and as it was out, I stamped and coloured the 5 lions and the giraffe that we saw. A few pictures and bits and bobs from my stash and it was done.

I still have to add my journaling. Normally I add the website, rate the experience, note the kilometres we drove and what it cost. When I have a bit of free time over the weekend, I'll add it. Also included in this stamp set is a map of Africa. I'm using this on another Travel Journal page which I will share next week. Just check back and all will be revealed.

I think my other "travel stamps" are from Ali Edwards and I just HAD to add the quote from Nelson Mandela (it's also part of the "Africa" stamp set) "it always seems impossible until it's done". 

I do a travel journal every year and this one is nearly full. We still have 2 more trips planned for later this year and of course, I expect the unexpected - hopefully my journal will be full this year.

Someone asked me about the "mini alpha's" on my layouts and journals. I'll show you exactly how I do them in another post.  As we don't get the nice goodies down under in Sunny SA, I improvise. I do them with my Silhouette but you can print them on an ordinary office / home printer and cut it out by hand as well. Check back and I'll show you how.

That's it!! I'm off to get beds made, buy food and have an early morning cup of coffee on my "stoep". While you are here - hop over to the SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge of the week - ANIMAL MAGIC. I bet nobody else saw 5 lions! (genuine ones out in the wild!!)

Thanks for looking at my bloggie. Have a GREAT weekend!!

 

Travel Journal 2016

Hi there Bloglanders

Did you try out my ideas about "scrapping" with your phone? If you missed out, scroll down and give it a GO!!

Today I'm sharing a page from my Travellers Notebook. Down under in Sunny SA it's summer - hot and dry. Therefore, we spend most of our time out of doors camping and having alfresco dinners. And ice cold West Coast Sauvignon Blanc - of course!!

This is what my page looked like before I added the photos and embellishments.


I don't use Copic markers but have a few in my stash - used every single one that I own on this page. Around the edges is a bit of Navy Simply Kelly ink.

And here it is:

Once again I edited, collaged and journalled with my phone, printed 1x 6x4 picture, cut it apart and added a few embellishments. They are all "home made" and part of my PL stash for 2016. My quest is to streamline my process, spend less money and hoard nothing.

The second page has most of my notes and a map.

 And a few close-ups:

I use this embellishment a lot. It's from an Amy Tangerine stamp set. I made it into a print and cut file for my Silhouette as my stamping skills are awful. This way, I add one whenever I do a Silhouette project and have some space left on my page.

That's it. Another project done and dusted. Everything recorded in one place. Should I want to check back for info or pic's - it's all in my Travel Journal.

Thanks for looking at my blog today. Have a GREAT weekend and please come back to play!

Sunday Summery Week 10/2015

Hi there Bloglanders

Another week went by and I had heaps of crafting fun. My mum is very sick so I went to the beach house to be with her for a few days. I hate her being so sick but I had a lovely time at the coast. It was full moon and worth the 800 kilometre drive!

I did another one of the Amy Tangerine handbook exercises  - #2:

You should really try it. One of her ideas is to sit down and doodle, scribble, journal and paint for 10 minutes every day. I have tried it for the past 2 weeks and you wouldn't believe the increase in creativeness! Here is a page from my planner.

I printed some of Wilna Furstenberg's images and had a go at painting and colouring them.

And I went to my friend's birthday brunch. I did the home made muesli from a recipe I inherited from my mother-in-law. I totally loved how it turned out and would sit down and eat it out of the jar with a spoon - the whole lot. The muesli is in the first picture, in the second one you can see the beautiful fruity ice cubes and on the right the ice cream Cassata that we had for dessert.

And not only did I make the muesli - I tried my hand at "no carb bread"!  This version turned out very nice and it actually looks and tastes like bread - still a bit "eggy" for my liking but that's just because I'm not big on eggs.

Get the link from my Pinterest board here.

And when I packed my stuff for the West Coast this was my colour scheme:

I just love it!! Still summery but also a bit of punch and class.

I still have things to show but this post is getting longer than anticipated so I'll just have to fill you in at some other time. Watch this space and all will be revealed! I'm off to have a glass of cold white wine outside. What's not to love about summer down under in Sunny SA?

Thanks for visiting my blog today. Please come back to play and remember to try something new - TODAY!!