Aviation Museum

The first summer our boys were home from Russia we took a road trip to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the annual EAA Airventure convention.  We've been many times since, but this layout hold particular joy as my young son was so enthralled with all the interactive exhibits related to aircraft and piloting.  You can just see his amazement in the photos.  

The bright orange in his shirt was great to match the All About a Boy collection by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park. 

• Matching Blue cardstock is used for the base layer.
• Super hero is trimmed to 9 1/2" x 12", split to 5" on the left and 7" on the right.  The corners are rounded.   
• Games is trimmed to 7" x 7" on the left, and 5" x 7" on the right.  
• Curious is trimmed to 1 1/2" x 7"on the left and 1 1/2" x 5" on the right and layered below Games.  
• Various embellishments are selected from the collection Sticker Elements, Alpha Stickers, and Chipboard Accents and added to complete the layout.  
• Journaling on the journal card is completed in Zig Writer Blue.  

Sometimes using one collection really simplifies putting together a great layout, and Echo Park collections are great for this purpose.  Both A and B sides are all coordinated and the patterns repeat in the embellishments. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and know that your comments are appreciated!

Hello!

I recently played along with a challenge that required using scraps from the layout I had just completed.  This is the companion to the Cousins layout posted yesterday.  It also occurred  the next day in our return trip from Wisconsin.

I used the Fancy Pants Design collection My Family and featured the cut apart cards as journaling elements and embellishments.  I also used the backside of the previous layout as the cardstock base, so the blue-grey still matches perfectly!

• 1/8" strips are trimmed to frame the layout.  
• The striped strip is trimmed to 3/4" and then punched with Fiskars scallop punch taking care to line up the holes and scallops. 
• The focal photo is matted with patterned paper trimmed to 4 1/2" x 6". 
• The title is Echo Park's Hello sentiment die punched twice to provide a bit of depth.  
• The layout is adhered together with the paper mitered at the corners to create a clean lines.   
• The journaling is completed with a Zig Writer in Steel Grey.

Thanks for checking in here at Finding Snippets of Time to Craft.  Recently it really has felt like I've only had snippets to sit in my newly re-organized craft room.  Do leave a comment, I appreciate knowing that this may have inspired you to do some of your own crafting.