Outside inside

Hello campers 

I hope you are all keeping well in these strange times.

This week I've been using Heidi Swapps Storyline range to create pages feature outdoor photos from home and away.

The range includes the lovely 'Lost' paper which is a grid map of New York.  I have been meaning to scrap this cracking skyline shot I took while I was at a food market in Williamsburg.  I wanted to use the map paper with a twist so I cut 5 sections of the paper in various lengths and widths.  

I added in some sections and strips from the "Daily Dose' and 'Sunnyside' papers and laid in a a skyline formation across the page.  I rounded the top corners of some of the strips and over unlaid the strips for variety.  I chose the weekdays strip but used the friday - monday sections as we were there for a long weekend.

I mounted the photo onto the pink side of 'Daily dose' and positioned in place with foam pads.  I cut and rounded the top corner of the tag from the 'weekender' paper and layered just to the right of the photo.

I added my title using these fab shiny 'Cinnamon' thickers with a little red heart as I nod to the I love new york t shirts.  I used some spare dots to add accents to the skyscrapers.  I also used thickers from the 'Wander' range to add in some arrows and map pins.  

As a final touch I added some white lines to the left of the skyscrapers - I wanted to give a nod towards the stylised art deco feel of the empire state building.

The second layout was based around some photos a little closer to home.  Luckily for us we have a Ghost town near us and in the run up to isolation being implemented we took the opportunity to use the remote nature to get some much needed exercise.  

I loved the smooshy painty effect of 'Market fresh' and it definitely was a good match for these pictures of me getting stuck in the mud :)

I partially mounted my photo onto the pink side of 'Daily dose and then used the coloured tag section from the other side of "Daily dose' to complete the mount.   

 I then cut the ledger paper and lime green floral bordered section from 'weekender' and then mounted as below.  I also cut the grey lined sections and cut down to just the lined part of it. As a nod to the town part of our walk I cut a circle from the 'Lost' paper.  There is a circle mapped ou but a large mug or circle cutter will do the job.

I arranged the photos, mats, journal spot and title spot in place and added the title - I used thickers 'Apartment' in Coffee 

For a final touch to the outdoors I cut the flowers from 'Weekender' and shaped them to create a bit of texture.  I then attached them using a mixture of double sided and foam pads.

Don't forget if you do your version of any of of our layouts don't forget to pop it into our Facebook gallery for the chance to win a prize!!