A Trip to Far Far Away

The title is the emboss 'China' on the paper

I chose this beautiful Best Creations 'China' paper

to help me document our trip. Some years

ago we were lucky enough to be able to travel with

the school band to China. 'The Wall' moments

were for me a once in a lifetime experience.

         China Glitter was my base paper

Hanhgzou Glitter   I only used the very top

of this beautiful paper . I hand cut the bamboo

leaves out and placed them on my photos.

The long shot photo of the wall is actually

two identical photos that I cut 'the wall' out of

in layers and then pop dotted over the base photo

to add dimension to the layout.

I used Black Gesso to stamp and distress

the edges of this layout. I will  create something

with the bottom of this soon. I mean I only took

about 1000 photos in China.

The black silk in the bottom corner is a piece

off a yard goods I purchased at a market. I cut the edge

to also echo the shape of the stairs on the wall.

The chopsticks and the journal paper are also

 ephemera and trinkets from the trip.