Hold the Phone - I scrapbooked!

It was good to get back to scrapbooking, I've been wanting to for a few weeks now, but with the craziness of the holidays, it's been hard to focus on layout since they tend to take me a while longer.

I'm hoping to do a better job this year with my scrapbooking, and thought I would start with another vacation layout from our trip to Hungary/Romania two years ago.



I used Basic Grey's Carte Postale collection, and kept things very CAS.  I like to take 'panoramic' shots of travel locations, although the one in the right I did a poor job of because for whatever reason the the zoom on all the photos is different.  I thought about trimming it down so that the sides were square, but I kind of like the organic look when it doesn't all fit together perfectly.



As to where this is, it's an amphitheater just outside Budapest proper.  We were on our way to the Aquincum ruins which are quite well known, but our guide stopped here as well and it's a good contrast to the heavily restored and curated ruins that we would see in just a bit.

Growing up in the US we have a very different view of what is old and what needs to be conserved.  Conservation is important in Europe too, but if they had to abide by our rules they would not be able to build anywhere.  So I was kind of amused that there is this amphitheater surrounded on three sides by apartment buildings and open to any old person who wants to hang out there.  Further along as we were driving to Aquincum, probably only about 5-10 minutes away, there were old columns/parts of walls fenced off in the highway median.

Anyway, it was good to get back to scrapbooking, and hopefully it will be a more regular part of my crafty routine this year!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  BG - Carte Postale Collection; CTMH - White Daisy Cardstock
Other:  BG - Carte Postale Flair and Tape Strips, Capture Waterfall Theme Pack and Library Pockets, American Crafts - Black Journaling Pen; Tombow - Mono Adhesive