Today is challenge day at Simon Says Stamp & Show and this week's theme is TRAVEL.
But first, some exciting news! For the second year in a row, Simon Says Stamp and Show & The Simon Says Stamp Challenge are joining forces to bring you a SUPER hop and treasure hunt to celebrate the approaching fall and winter holidays. Be sure to come back on August 31st to start the hop. It will run through September 5th. Simon Says Stamp is offering some great prize packages, and there will be other opportunities to win some blog candy, too!
Now for this week's challenge. As some of you know, I previously spent 30+ years in the travel industry. So this theme is one of my favorites!
I started this project with an five panel 8x8 fold-out. Each chipboard panel was wallpapered using papers from Graphic 45. The first panel is covered with papers from A Proper Gentleman. Adding rubber stamps from Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490's Art Parts, Ticket To Ride and Mail Art seemed the perfect addition to accompany the Graphic 45 embellishments.
Here are some details of each panel:
Love the Graphic 45 Proper Gentleman papers. The cars began this theme of Travel where I could showcase various means of transportation. The only thing I added were Journaling Tickets, a couple of gears, a philosophy tag hanging on a hitch fastener. I love to use arrows and pointy things when dabbling in travel projects so I stamped Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 arrows across the page.
The next 4 panels documented some of my favorite places on earth with more means of transportation. This panel was dedicated to France with papers from Graphic 45 Transatlantique and Curtain Call. The little truck is one of Tim Holtz stamps titled Old Car. Lots of cut-outs and layering on this panel!
The third panel celebrates the train and cruise ships with more countries I love. The background paper is from Graphic 45's Curtain Call. The train and tags are from Graphic 45's Transatlantique All Aboard! Found the perfect stamp for this page in one of Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490's Ticket To Ride - it's a train ticket! (PS: You can get the train ticket in the set or by itself here. But I gotta tell ya - that background stamp on the Ticket To Ride is one of my faves.) I hung one of the small train tags on the front of the train and secured it with game spinners.
Wanting some common ground throughout all five panels, I decided to use Graphic 45's Transatlantique All Aboard! The back or *B* side of this paper is tiny circles and squares of railroad logos. I cut the logos and popped them up and layed them end-to-end across each of the five panels.
Ahhhhh, a few of my favorite places in the States. The background is Graphic 45 Transatlantique with cut out and popped up images. That pointing hand is from Wendy Vecchi/Studio 490 Mail Art. The NYC Taxi tag and San Francisco/TWA stamp are old stamps I collected years ago. Had to have that SFO/TWA stamp as that's how I started my travel career - at good ol' TWA.
The last panel . . . well, it just had to celebrate home. Because no matter how far or how long one travels, it's always good to be home. Graphic 45 Transatlantique took the prize on this one with help from Tim Holtz Hanging Sign die and Graphic 45's Magic of Oz 2 stamps.
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Fabulous piece, love love all the papers and images, a real vintage feel to this piece and beautifully embellished. Tracy x x
Posted by: Tracy Evans | August 22, 2011 at 07:59 AM
Nancy...this is just beautiful! You've done such an amazing job of layering and mixing papers. I love each page but I have to admit, I am with you...I love the US page the best! <3 Candy
Posted by: Candy Colwell | August 22, 2011 at 08:05 AM
Gorgeous and stunning pages, Nancy! I love the way you made pieces POP and what gorgeous paper!!
*mwah*
Steph
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Posted by: Stephanie | August 22, 2011 at 06:56 PM
Wow, Nancy, this is so detailed and involved. All those travel icons are just fabulous and I really love the way you strung the railroad logos across the top of each page.
Posted by: Linda Coughlin | August 23, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Wow these are so beautiful. I love this kind of art
hugs June x
Posted by: june | August 23, 2011 at 05:29 AM
Just savouring every page of your wonderful book Nancy - you really are in your element with travel and design papers. I love your colour pallet and composition on each one...each mood so beautifully put together... just want to look at it all day! Really a great creation!
Posted by: Sarah (Sasa) | August 23, 2011 at 05:39 AM
Love your style, Nancy! This is a killer project. You had me at "Not all who wander are lost."
Posted by: Marjie Kemper | August 23, 2011 at 03:54 PM
These are so cool!
TFS~
Posted by: alexandra s.m. | August 28, 2011 at 11:13 AM
What a great travel book, you always have the best ideas. When we travel, when my husband and I walk in the door we always say "there's no place like home" I would have loved seeing a lot of the places you got to visit with your job, but I will have to settle with looking at your designs. W Wish I had these samples in my hands so I could see and feel every layer.
Posted by: Dianna Schneiderjohn | September 01, 2011 at 10:41 AM