Inhale Courage, Exhale Fear

One Big Photo and Double-Sided Paper

Hi everyone! This week I bring you a layout with a very special photo that was taken in Death Valley, California. On this particular day, there was a little bit of water left in the Badwater Basin that reflected the sun. Combined with the salt that accumulates in crystals, it can look like snow and ice in the middle of the desert.

I’ve been practicing yoga for several years and thought it would be fun to strike a pose in such a unique location. The photo that resulted is one of my favorites!

I started with some super pretty, double-sided paper from Prima Marketing’s Midnight Garden stack. I bought this on clearance months ago from Hobby Lobby but then never got around to using it. Oops. Does that happen to anyone else? I finally cracked it open for this page and loved the feather print paper with metallic accents. However, I felt that the page would be too busy if it was the primary background. Since the paper is double sided, I cut a strip that featured the feathers and then used the opposite side of the paper at the top and bottom of the page. The pale blue color and distressed texture went well with my chosen photo.

This page was created for the Creative Embellishments March challenge which was a really cool sketch. I used stickers from the Happy Planner Wild & Free sticker book for the title and some of the tags. Other embellishments came from Prima Marketing’s Golden Desert Ephemera. I didn’t have 3 photos that were that tall and narrow so I just used one big one instead. I added some cross stitching with some dark red embroidery floss.

That’s all for this time! Thank you for visiting!