vacation Archives - The Brae-er

If you are at all like me, you seek inspiration for your scrapbook pages, especially when you are in a rut OR when you feel an album dragging on. That was my recent feeling about my last vacation album. I had a wonderful vacation and was looking forward to re-living it through my album but I could just… not… get… it… done. In response, I have made my album a vacation scrapbook inspiration post so that I can help others who may be afflicted with this (and if anyone has some inspiration for my other incomplete albums please let me know LOL).

Feel free to pin the above graphic so you can easily find this post again.

Now, let’s get on to the good stuff! The inspiration and fun of a vacation album. Now a quick note: all product used is CTMH. Some product is now retired (it has taken me some time to finish this book) but I may have some tucked away so message me if you are interested in anything.

Love this cover page- this one was designed by CTMH art department. As part of earning a trip, we also receive the supplies, directions and pre-cut pieces for part of an album. It is one of the parts I look forward to most when a trip is coming up! This page has little folded squares that add a fun touch to the cover. Nestled among the squares are some of the photos from our trip.

The above three photos are actually ONE layout. I added one of our page protectors intended for pocket scrapbooking as a middle page in order to extend my layout. I made sure to tie it in with colours and embellishments so that it fit the overall look and feel of the layout. This is perfect for when you want too many photos together. You will see a few other options for adding more photos in a post later this week where I will share the remainder of this album.

The history teacher in me LOVED this experience as well. My kids also thought it was pretty cool- they spent a lot of time looking up though (we could hear monkey’s in the trees but they were hard to spot).

I may have documented this part of our trip twice but it was THAT MUCH FUN! If you are ever in Mexico and can experience Xcaret and the caves then DO IT! We loved it and hope to go back as that park had lots to see and do and we only scratched the surface.

How fun are these circles?! I just love how they look and the punch of colour they add to my layout.

It is important for me to not just document the port fun on my trip- this restaurant experience is one of our faves and this time we were able to share it with our family. I wanted to make sure I documented that as well. Cricut cuts here are all from CTMH cartridges.

I hope you find some inspiration- feel free to scraplift any ideas that may help you out and if you have questions just comment below. I am happy to help!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Our trip to the wonderful Disney Aulani Resort in Hawaii is fading but thankfully I will have my albums to remind all of us of the fun we had! I love getting to relive the moments and memories as I create my albums but even better is seeing the reaction of my family when they get to go through the whole album the first time- that will be very soon as I only have two more pages to complete!

Want to see some of what I have so far??

This sunset cruise layout is one of my fave’s- I love how it came together with the Chalk it out Paper and PML cards!

I wish you could see some of these layouts in person- the picture does not always do it justice. The Art and Culture one is a good example- it has a lot of flip flaps on it which is why it is in the protectors. Each photo has a number that corresponds to my journaling – the journaling shares the history behind the piece. The Disney resort is the second largest hold of Hawaiian art! This tour showed us only a small portion and all I can say is WOW!