Day: July 23, 2022

Life Is Better at … the River | Leben ist einfach besser … am Fluss

EnglishWe went out e-biking, and the road took us to the riverside park nearby campus where we plopped ourselves in the grass and enjoyed the view. And enjoyed watching all the swimmers ignore the signs everywhere that say: No swimming! DeutschWir sind mit den Rollern losgezogen und es hat uns zu dem Park am Fluss gezogen, wo wir uns im Gras niederließen. Und es gab viel zu sehen. Nicht nur einen tollen Ausblick. Auch all die Schwimmer, die geflissentlich alle Warnschilder, die besagen, dass schwimmen verboten ist, ignorieren, bieten interessante Abbwechslung.

Traveler’s Notebook Layout: Winter Time

Anzeige (Enthält Produktempfehlung) / Advertisement (Contains product recommendation) EnglishI have another page that I want to share with you today. This one was a lot of fun to make, but if you look for making pages that aren’t too bulky, I recommend you don’t make a page like this that utilizes clothespins. Anyhow, I started by creating the various elements that would get added to this page. For the picture frame, I started with white cardstock that I painted lightly with watercolor, and cut to create a frame, then ran that through one of my embossing folders. The banner (which holds everything together) I created from various patterned papers that come with the paper pad “Winter Forest.” Then I arranged everything across the page. Because I needed to cut the banner in half in the middle, I used my hot glue gun to stick down the ends on each sides of the banner. This page is part of an album called “Winter 2022.” You can watch a flip through of this album here: DeutschHeute möchte …