Hi everyone! This time I’ll be sharing pages about our recent trip to Malaysia. For this project, I used mostly cards from the Me & My Big Ideas Travel Themed pack that I got from our local scrapbook store last year. (Last year!! Yey I’m finally using my supplies now)
(Note to self: fill in the missing N on the Explore The Unkown card, hehe)
Left Page:
Right Page:
Tip#1- Have a starting point
In every project, the hardest part is getting started If you have a lot of cards and can’t decide which color scheme to use, look around you – your memorabilia stash, magazines, scrapbook products, patterned paper, bedsheet etc. — you’ll find something that will inspire you, for sure. In this spread, my “starting point” was this cute postcard that I got from the The Arch Kuala Lumpur Gift Shop @ The City Gallery. I looked through my travel cards and found designs that coordinate with it
Tip#2- Don’t forget to buy postcards!
Postcards make perfect title cards for a travel-themed layout.
Tip#3 – List down your itinerary
Since my layout is limited to only one spread per country/place, I can’t print every photo of all of the places that we went to… I just wrote a list so I won’t forget the details.
Tip#4- Collect lots of travel memorabilia
Always bring a journal/notebook with you, it can serve as temporary storage for the stickers that you got from each tour. Also, if you’re traveling to a different country, don’t forget to bring home foreign currency! I always save bills (with the lowest denomination) for my scrapbook, hehe.
Tip#5 – Cut regular 12×12 paper!
You can still use traditional scrapbook supplies for PL! I got this travel-themed 12×12 paper from October Afternoon’s Travel Girl series. At first I thought that the labels were just dummy text, until a friend of mine pointed out that it’s a map of France (totally unrelated haha!)
Tip # 6 – Bring home 2 or more copies of brochures and maps
I think I have about 10+ map illustrations of Malaysia (cut from brochures, guides, magazines), good thing there’s an Orange one that matches my layout!
Tip # 7 – If you don’t have enough 4×6 cards, make your own card with washi tape and a blank index card
I got this tip from Life Documented Manila. I never knew that blank index cards existed til I read their post! I was only familiar with the lined ones that we used in school.
The FLY card was a freebie — again, I can’t remember where I downloaded it (I download way too much freebies) and I’m not sure if the link has not expired yet. Will get back to you. )
Tip # 8: For Manila-based scrapbookers, buy your materials at the following stores:
- Me & My Big Ideas (Themed cards – travel)
- WRMK Albums Made Easy Photo Sleeves
- WRMK 12×12 Classic Leather Album (Black)
- Travel Girl paper (map)
National Bookstore
- Corona White Blank index cards (4×6)
Muji
- Colored gel pens
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