Safari Travel Album

Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend and got some crafty time. Leo is still not completely recovered from his latest cold, so he had to take it easy this weekend, while Anton got to do some fun things. It is Monday and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge we have an Explore the World theme.

Be sure to also check out our talented Designer Spotlight guest for October, Nikki Acton.

I made an album this week, for some of my wildlife and nature photos from South Africa. I have a lot of such photos from different trips over the years, and I thought I would combine some of them into an album. It will be a mix of photos from different national parks and from other trips, almost like a summary of all the natural wonders of the country. I think it will also be nice for the boys to look through. The inside is not finished yet, but I added some photos just to give you an idea. I still need to add more and to write journaling. When it comes to pretty large projects such as this one, I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand and then add photos and journaling to a couple of pages now and then. It makes it easier than to do everything in one go.

I used an Echo Park My Storybook 6 x 8 in Photo Journal as my base. Its a great album and you can fit a lot into it. There are also a whole bunch of different pocket page folders available for it. The papers and stamps used come from Graphic 45 Safari Adventures.

The album was covered with papers from Graphic 45's Safari Adventure 8 x 8 papers. I also used stamps from the three coordinating stamp sets. The stamps were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and watercoloured with Prima's watercolour paint.

The main image on the cover is a vintage map of Africa, which I love. I stamped some of the small silhouette animal images on the patterned paper. The hearts were die cut from burlap with the Tiny Shapes die.

 I die cut the title from patterned paper, using the Block Talk alphabet die.

 I just love these animal stamps, and they are featureed in the album on photos taking in the wild.

There are also some sentiments stamped on the cover, and of course the animal king himself.

 At the spine, I added a small image from the patterned paper pad.

I tied some Prima cord around the cover and there is an Adornment camera and a Typed Token hanging from the string in a Swivel Clasp. I've been saving that camera for the perfect project.

The back and inside covers were also covered with papers. Isn't this Zebra paper cool? The Safari Adventures papers and stamps would be great for documenting a visit to the zoo too.

I haven't finished the inside. There will be more photos and of course journaling. I will also add stamps from the three sets here and there. I really like the size of this album and it is so easy to move page pockets around. For more inspiration, check out my Summer Memories album from earlier this year.

I cut up a bunch of papers from Safari Adventures 8 x 8, Safari Adventures 6 x 6 papers (containing background papers), and Cityscapes 8 x 8 papers and added to the pockets. This makes it easy to just add more photos and journaling.

There is a mix of pockets in the album, and quite a lot of 4 x 6 ones, since most of my photos are in that format.

There are also two page folders with 2 x 2 in pockets, filled with leftover papers, from cutting down the papers for the other pockets. I'll add journaling to these, and stamping.

 The colours of the Safari papers work really well with safari photos.

I will probably change the order of the photos and patterned papers before the album is done, but that is quick and easy, especially when everything is all ready in there.

I also added some 6 x 8 photos. I've been wanting a good photo of a Lilac-breasted Roller for a long time, and this is the best one so far, I couldn't zoom in enough though since it was sitting far away (this one is too heavily cropped). It's one of my favourite birds.

I hope you will join us in our Explore the World challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

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Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Graphic 45 SAFARI ADVENTURE 8 x 8 paper pad	Graphic 45 SAFARI ADVENTURE 6 x 6 paper pad	Graphic 45 CITYSCAPES 8 x 8 Paper Pad	Graphic 45 SAFARI ADVENTURE 1	Graphic 45 SAFARI ADVENTURE 2
Graphic 45 SAFARI ADVENTURE 3	Tim Holtz Sizzix BLOCK TALK LOWERCASE	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY SHAPES	Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook Photo Journal TEAL DOT	Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook 6X8 POCKET
Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook 4X6 POCKETS	Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook Pocket Page COMBO PACK	Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook Pocket Page 4X6	Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook Pocket Page 4X6 AND 3X4	Echo Park 6 x 8 My Storybook Pocket Page 3X4 POCKETS
Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK	Tim Holtz TEXTURED SURFACES	Prima Flowers THE CLASSICS Watercolor Confections	Prima Flowers DECADENT PIES Watercolor
Prima Flowers TROPICALS Watercolor Confections	Prima Flowers ESMERALDA Gypsy Cord	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SWIVEL CLASPS	Tim Holtz SOUVENIR Adornments	Tim Holtz TYPED TOKENS
Tim Holtz Idea-ology 75 JUMP RINGS	Hero Arts SMALL BLOCK TRIO CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCKS	Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 3 by 3	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Tim Holtz Sizzix BASE TRAY	Sizzix CUTTING PAD XL Pair	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Tim Holtz SANDING GRIP

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