Following Their Footsteps

Jim and I reached the beach! It's not a popular spot for sunbathing so there were many pristine areas. I found a few different sets of animal tracks in the sand. We had the option to do a "loop" for the return trip and we did. Along the way, we saw some interesting trees or perhaps it's early driftwood?

This layout uses paper from Sweet Summer and a sketch from the CM 101 Sketches book (a promo from earlier this year). I can't show you the sketch, but if you have the book it is on page 45. You can see from the photo below that there is an 8 1/2 x 11 pocket page between the 2 pages of the layout. While I used the same background pages, the topics were slightly different, so I didn't mind separating them. The wavy borders are one laser-cut piece that I snipped to the length of the column. The seashells are a border punch from CM. I punched them on ivory-toned paper and then inked them with a bit of brown ink on a dauber to give them some texture. The stickers on the pocket page are from the Eastern National scrapbook kit

While there I took time to complete the Junior Ranger book. Below is a photo of me being sworn in by the rangers.

Because the background paper was so scenic, I chose only to add a couple of stickers from the Junior Ranger sticker book (available at most national park gift stores). The reason I needed the pocket page was the size of the junior ranger book and certificate. 

The Road Least Traveled

While in Rehoboth, Jim and I took a day to drive down to Assateague Island National Seashore. I thought I had been to this park before, and likely I had visited the visitor center, but apparently, most of my time had been spent at Chincoteague. I don't ever recall seeing so many of the native horses, nor of them being so close to the car!

We hiked to one of the beaches along a trail. At one point, they were trying to build a resort in the area and there was residual macadam from the roadway that was to be used to enter the site. The idea was abandoned but the road, or bits of it, remain. You can walk on some parts of it--indeed it is the bulk of the trail we chose. 

This layout is based on a sketch from the CM 101 sketches book (page 104). The sketch calls for a series of diamonds on the left side and when I saw the print on this paper, I knew it was the perfect fit. I believe the background pages are old CM. I didn't purchase them though--my sister and I had taken all of our unused scrapbook supplies to sell at a specialty yard sale earlier this year. This paper didn't sell so I took it for my own stash (I think it was my sister's though it could have been my mother's). I liked the way the blue pulled out the sky and our clothing in the photos. A touch of green matched the grasses as well. There is a 2nd paper that forms the mats for the right side of each page. It keeps a bold pattern from becoming overwhelming. The "Road Trip" die cut and horse sticker are from the Eastern National scrapbook kit.