Rocking MLK

We are approaching the end of the 2021 NPTC convention in DC. In the last blog, we concluded the bus tour with a visit to the Old Stone House in Georgetown. The bus dropped us off at the hotel, and then my group made a mad dash for the Tidal Basin. We had signed up for the last Golf Cart Night Tour and needed to be at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial for our Ranger talk. Although I've visited this monument several times, I always find something new. This time, I found a medallion set in the concrete, indicating that the time capsule buried there is to be opened on the 50th anniversary of the memorial. That's August 28, 2061, for anyone who wants to put it on their calendar (I'll be 92, so I'll see you there!)

This layout is based on two different pins. First, I chose this sketch (which I flipped left-to-right). I saw the large title border and chose this pin from CM. I had to click through to this page to get the directions for creating the sunburst effect. To boil it down, you cut 2 strips of paper. One piece is cut into strips diagonally, but reassembled on the other strip so that it still appears to be a solid piece of paper. I recommend a lot of repositionable adhesive on the back. Then, simply pull off every other strip and discard it. Trim the edges for a clean edge or layer a border along the edge.

Once that border was completed, I finished the layout with more scraps of red, white, and blue. The Land of the Free title block is from Eastern National. The "Let Freedom Ring" is a vellum accent from Old CM. I used an old CM star punch to make layered blue and red stars to "emerge" from the starburst design. That flowed into the smaller blue and red stars on the left page, almost as if they were getting smaller the further they got from the border. 

After the Ranger talk ended, we boarded our golf carts.

You might remember this layout from my stint as a Lasting Memories Guest Designer in September. You can click here to read all about this layout.