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Showing posts with label Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2020

50-States Album part 19--Oklahoma

I've just had one trip to Oklahoma--my first HPN conference. We visited the memorial during our trip--several people in the group knew one of the victims which made for a very emotional tour. I also went to Chickasaw as well as the State Fair. Luckily I got a selfie with one of the weird characters walking around.

This layout is based on this image. The background paper has a leathery look to it and I found denim, bandana and some red houndstooth to make the layers. I used a tearing tool to get the rough edges. It gives it a  bit of a rustic look. I thought cutting the shape of the state from Denim helped tie the top and bottom of the page. I also like that I just used the state abbreviation instead of writing out Oklahoma.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Tatanka!

On Saturday, after my conference, I chose to visit the Chickasaw NPS unit. I spent the day there and was able to earn my junior ranger certificate. I also got to see bison! (Hence the reference to the Dances With Wolves name). I took a great many photos, but frankly you only need one to tell the story! So my kick-off page highlights the bison even though that was actually the last thing I saw.

This is a wallpaper page, and of course I bought the paper specifically for this trip. The bison in the background provide a nice base for my photo and the little sticker from the Eastern National Scrapbook kit.

Below is my main focus of the trip--I visited the natural springs in the area and completed the junior ranger booklet.

This photo is to show the way that I mounted the junior ranger book (turned, of course, to the certificate). Because I wanted to show the 2-page layout, I edited the photos to make a composite as seen below.

This layout is taken from a Club Scrap idea. Here is the link to the idea page (scroll to layouts 7 and 8). I didn't buy the entire kit, just a bunch of random papers, so I had to modify the left page and only use red on the top. Still, I think the brown works fine on the bottom and I really liked the stack of cards along the right edge.