After watching the movie and exploring the exhibits in the visitor center, we ventured outside (into the heat again) to see the structure. Though it has stood for many years, the NPS is working on protecting it, hence the canopy over the top to protect it a bit from rain and to decrease erosion.
I had thought that I followed a border sketch to create the border across the top of the page. Perhaps I just followed my instincts! The base is plain yellow. The next layer is a strip of the same paper that is featured across the bottom. On top of that are 2 rectangles of blue/orange paper that you've seen on some other pages. The title letters are from a set of 2 punches my mother and I bought at a scrapbook yardsale. I have to say, it looked like a good idea at the time but they were actually rather difficult to use to create the few letters I needed. However, they WERE the right size!
This has been a tourist site much longer than it has been in the National Park Service, and consequently, there is some defacement. Though as that happened in the 1700s and 1800s even that, in some sense, is historic.
This is ALMOST wallpaper. It's 2 pieces of 6x12 paper. The burst at the top reminded me of sunrise/sunset. That set the mood for the sienna tone across the bottom. I wish I had let more of the landscape show. I used a few photo corner stickers on the upper right photo. They do NOT help adhere the photo to the page. They just give that old-fashioned look. Do you like putting stickers on your photos? CM materials are safe for photos so it won't do them any harm.
I don't remember buying a punch. The history is interesting. Whole layout is quite appropriate to the subject.
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