adventure - a kerri bradford studio layout

today, i have a kerri bradford studio layout to share. we're finishing out the "happy" theme for the month. creating layouts about things that make us happy.

i have never been a big traveler, and our family has never taken a real vacation. so it's been a big change for me, as i've been doing quite a bit of traveling over the last two years, all for scrapbooking related work. i'll be totally honest with you. i'm NOT a big fan of traveling. i think i have been on about 22 airplanes, over the past two years. i find that just getting to and from the events, completely wears me out and it takes me days to recover.

 

BUT. the reason i put up with the traveling, is that once i get to where i'm going, i have so much fun. i love being able to teach other's about scrapbooking and to be surrounded with scrapbookers that share that same passion as i do for paper and glue. so while the actual traveling doesn't make me very happy, what i am traveling too makes me very happy. and to be totally honest again. seeing as i work at home, taking care of infants and toddlers ... every now and then, it's good for me to get out and be surrounded by big people, that can hold big people conversations with me ;)  

 

this map pattern paper from little yellow bicycle is what started this entire layout. i found it in my stash a few months ago, and pulled it out, with the intention of doing a layout about the places that i have gone. once i started working, and pulling out more products (all from little yellow bicycle), and deciding on which of kerri's going places shapes i wanted to add, the second page just sort of happened.

 

the green brad marks where all my trips have started. from home. i guess i could have put the brad up by "sacramento", since that's where the airport is. but i put it where i live, which is an hour away. the brown brads mark the places i have gone too. and i did add a few orange brads, to some common layover cities that i seem to end up in.

 

i thought it would be fun to map out all my flights, including the layovers. but i realized the strings would all get criss-crossed, and wouldn't make much sense. plus, i had a few cities that i've traveled too, but that i also had layovers in. and two of these locations (utah and los angeles), i have flown to a few times each, for different things.

 

i used my silhouette to cut the "take a look" piece, from two pattern papers and some cardstock. i love that i can cut the entire piece from one paper (here, i used brown). and then when i cut the individual pieces, from other papers, i can layer them directly over the top of the original cut piece. makes it really easy to get everything lined up perfectly.

 

once i decided to go to a two page layout, i figured i'd have lots of room to journal. because i did have a lot to say. since i tend to leave my journaling for last, there's times where i simply run out of room. or i find that i don't have a good enough spot to add it. so, i thought it was pretty funny when i ended up with this little journaling block, on a two page layout, with NO photos. lol!

 

i wanted to cut out the title and airplane fairly large. which is one of the reasons i added the second page. i was going to include my journaling on the bottom of this page. but i thought the boarding pass card would be nice to include, and then i pulled out another journaling block. these just kind of landed on the bottom of this layout, and i lost my journaling spot.

 

i used my silhouette to cut the airplane, from green pattern paper and from brown cardstock. i offset the green plane just slightly, and adhered it using pop dots. the "adventure" was cut from brown cardstock and orange pattern paper. i also punched some clouds from coordinating pattern papers, and pop dotted a few of them. i know there's always lots of clouds up there, when i'm in the planes.

 

so, there you have it. my first two page, no photo layout. it turned out NOTHING like i planned, when i sat down to create it. i think part of it was the fact that i hadn't scrapped a single thing in weeks. i was out of my zone, and just started tossing stuff on the pages. lol! i might even add some more journaling on the back of the layout, or add a smaller page protector in between the pages that can include more journaling and maybe some memoriabilia. we'll see. truth be told, i'll probably just toss it in my album, and call it done ;)

Comments

[Michelle]

This is so fun!!! I like how you strung out the places you have been. Love the swirly orange piece and Kerri's cuts!! She has so many fun things to cut!! I don't like to fly. I have been out your way, once. 14 yrs ago. Flew into the Frisco airport. Hung out on the wharf for the day. Drove to Sacramento and spent a few days there. Then up to Chico for six days. Back down to Santa Rosa over night with a trip to Bodega Bay then back to Frisco. Watched 4th of July fireworks off the Golden Gate and flew home on the red eye. 10 days in Cali. We even drove up to Mt. Lassen and went hiking during our 6 days in Chico. It was a fun 10 days.

[Jen Day]

This is sooo COOL! I have a none picture layout brewing in my head and now you inspired me to go for it!

[jen shears]

it turned out awesome!! :)

[Emily]

This is really creative and so fun to look at!! I love this, thanks for sharing!!

[Carolyn]

OMG Love Love this.

[Leslie]

Very cool! Love the brads and string going to the places you've been and that plane rocks!!

[Jennifer O.]

I really like this. And before you remarked that it didn't have any photos, I hadn't even noticed. Brilliant!

[Yvonne]

love, love, LOVE the map with the strings and destinations!!! Great photo-less layout!!

[Becky Williams]

That is so cool, and I love how you used the string to pinpoint locations on the map!

[lauravegas]

Thanks Becky :)

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[Diana Waite]

what an ABSOLUTELY cool layout--seriously!!

[Carla]

OMG I'm in love with this!!! So many cute ideas and I love the string...it looks so pretty since its all going to the right and down...and WOW, that's a very long string to Chicago and NC :)
What great cuts this are from Kerri, super cute!!!

[Laurel S]

Wow, I love this layout!

[{vicki}]

Perfect!

[Natalie (QSOgirl)]

This layout is so cool! And the type-A in me just LOVES that you color-coded the brad city markers :)

[Sara Rossi]

Seriously my friend, you never fail to amaze me! This has so much technique & the most amazing thing of all is the 2 pg non photo part! This is just too cool....if I did something like this my strings would mostly be to FL! LOL!!

[dawn]

OMG you totally rocked this layout laura!! I agree with Sara above in that you NEVER FAIL TO AMAZE ME!! What a cool idea to show all your plane trips. This is sooooo clever and fun!!

Now if only you could fly out to my coast and teach some classes, would love love to see you.

[Laura T.]

What a great idea for a layout! Love it. You need to make one of your stops to NYC or New Jersey.