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[chezp]

I love that Kilimanjaro Safari layout - what great shapes of the photos, it really brings those pages alive.

[Mouseketeer]

Colleen, cute pages - I really like the title letters and border on your safari page.

[Marv]

Colleen, I love that background paper for the horseback riding! Cool pages.

[Marv]

I just printed these from our DCL trip to Mexican Riviera. Here's my pages from the boys dolphin swim in Cabo San Lucas. The colors aren't great here, it's prettier in real life. The chipboard says "dolphin swim", in epoxy letter bubbles. I painted it in a metallic baby blue but that doesn't show up. On second page, the little epoxy letter bubbles say my sons name and the name of the dolphin. The water droplets are also chipboard painted with the same metallic blue.

Pages 3 and 4 have dolphins that have a little glitter and they are raised with pop dots for dimension.

[stretch2864]

Those turned out great, Michelle! It looks like the boys had a great time with the dolphins!

[chezp]

Those are great - I love the way the colour of the photos contrasts with the background paper you used.

[Mouseketeer]

Beautiful pages, Michelle! The colors in the background paper are perfect with your pictures. The dolphin accents are too cute.

Now are those epoxy letters stick on letters or something you made yourself? I also like how you painted the chipboard for the title. I'm trying to venture out into using chipboard one of these days - I bought some packs with different shapes at the Scrapbook Expo last year and haven't used any of it yet! My only venture with chipboard so far is a small album I made for my niece and nephew and that was part of a kit with detailed instructions (mainly painting pages of the book to match the papers in the kit).

[Marv]

Originally Posted by Mouseketeer

Now are those epoxy letters stick on letters or something you made yourself? I also like how you painted the chipboard for the title. I'm trying to venture out into using chipboard one of these days - I bought some packs with different shapes at the Scrapbook Expo last year and haven't used any of it yet! My only venture with chipboard so far is a small album I made for my niece and nephew and that was part of a kit with detailed instructions (mainly painting pages of the book to match the papers in the kit).

Those are little epoxy letters that I bought at JoAnn a long time ago. I'm trying really hard to use up the embellishments I have vs. buying new things! I did have to buy the dolpin embellishments though. I looked at JoAnn and Michaels's and could find nothing and finally broke down and went to Archiever's. They were a hot spot item though and I had a coupon for a free hot spot item, so I didn't have to pay anything for them, ha! I bought an album and a couple of other little hot spot things, had a 3.00 off anything coupon, the free paper coupon, and had a 30% off coupon I used for a 12 X 12 ring album (can't find those many places anymore), and another coupon I can't think of. My bill of a little over 30.00 was less than half the amount-so saved more in coupons than my total price. The saleslady said she'd never seen such good use of coupons!

I've had these chipboard pieces in a set I bought over a year ago!! I've never painted chipboard before. I've used one item from the set, but inked it. The painting really wasn't that hard and I just used some old t-shirt paint that I had on hand and used a little sponge I had. Probably not acid free paint, but it's not next to any photos so I should be o.k. I thought it would be more time consuming but it wasn't. I'd do it again.

[DawnDenise]

Lynda: Love both pages!! The "Got Treats" page is great. Gonna keep that in mind when I do my pages on my fur baby!

Colleen: Wonderful pages. I love the distressing lok on the Ft. Wilderness pages and the different shapes used on the pictures on the Safari pages. I need to learn that it is okay to use squares and circles togerther.

Marv: Very impressive pages. Love the carry over of the designs on the two layouts. I love how the lettering blends but still pops. Love it!

[Nala]

Wow! Everyone has posted such great pages. Love them all!!

[Cam22]

Such awesome pages by everyone! Great ideas for scraplifting.

I finally have some layouts to share as I just finished my Animal Kingdom pages yesterday.


Because of my birthday pin we got to ride in the very front, getting some cool views as the guide pointed out animals.


My pictures of the giraffe were obscured by the tree and I do the giraffees.


I'm really proud of my picture of the elephant who was running as it had begun to storm.


But my absolute best shots were of the rhino who had blocked the road for the previous jeep and then hung around the trail right as our jeep went by. Later when I looked at how close he was to me and my camera, I was shocked. I think I probably could have reached out and touched him.

[chezp]

Great pages Cam!

[Mouseketeer]

Nice pages, Cam - you got some really good pictures with the front row safari seat!

[Shell_of_the_South]

Wow - what great pages - we may need another month on this challenge!

Cheryl, that was a neat way to position the zebra border in the middle of the page! I like the variety of colors/papers.

Lynda, I really love the dog bone paper you used! And the Tigger paper coordinates perfectly with the border!

Colleen - I really like your safari border on the top of your layout! The Fort W. letters are nice - did you chalk the edges?

Michelle - I the dolphin pages! Great pictures! And wouldn't have thought to use a yellow shade of paper, but it looks great!

Cam - awesome giraffe print paper! The corner design on the elephant page is interesting. The 3 photos on the bottom of your 3rd layout make it feel like it's one panoramic photo.

[LilMarcieMouse]

Wow you guys had fun with this one. But it is time to bring it to a close.

Great job everyone.