Final smash pages, from Sri Lanka and Luxembourg

Completely random and nowhere near each other. Here are my pages from Sri Lanka and Luxembourg:

Travel Smash Book: Cities in Europe beginning with B

My Smash Book is my must have travel item (check out my travel blog for more creative travels). You can 'smash' anything really, it's like scrapbooking only easier! Here are a few examples with 3 pages from European destinations that begin with B: Baltics, Budapest, Bratislava...

Travel Smash Book: Western Europe pages

Gosh, I'm running out of titles for all these travel smash book pages. Today I've got pages from Champagne, Bruges and Andorra.

Travel Smash Book: Portugal

I absolutely loved Porto in Portugal, and I loved smashing the pages from my trip just as much...

 

And I also spent some time in the Algarve with friends afterwards...

Other Spain smash book pages

Do you have a scrapbook or Smash Book - it's my must have travel item (check out my travel blog for more creative travels). You can 'smash' anything really, it's also easier than scrapbooking IMO!

I've already shared Granada and Jerez smash pages from Spain, with you here. So today I'm sharing, Seville, Costa Blanca and Leon.

Arizona, Vegas and Grand Canyon smash pages

The next lot of pages from the now completed Travel Smash book are from Arizona, Vegas and the Grand Canyon...

See more from my trip to Arizona here

See more from my Vegas trip here

Grand Canyon... in the snow! See trip details here

Smash pages from London

As promised, today I have the first of the remaining pages from my now completed Travel Smash book to share with you.

London has really surprised me in recent years, and it's also now where I live!

Tomorrow I've got my pages from the US, to share... so check back then

Finally finished my Travel Smash book

Ok, so I have been rubbish at regularly posting here so far this year. Mainly just haven't had a chance to get the craft stash out much, and have been busy finishing my Travel Smash book :).

I'm so excited that it's virtually complete, subject to a couple of  photos that I need to get printed and add.

It was almost becoming too big to complete, but thankfully I didn't have to rebind or take any pages out.

Here's one of the last pages from my recent trip to Cuba in December...

So, although I have shared quite a few of my smash pages previously, there appear to be plenty that I haven't posted pictures. Therefore I'll be spreading them out over the next few posts in case you want to bookmark my blog here or facebook page and follow along for the next few days.

If you want to check back through my posts for previous posts I've tagged them with '1 travel smash'.

I'd love to hear what you think?

Smash pages from Bled, Slovenia

I have another couple of pages from my smash book to share with you today. From my trip to Bled for my birthday. 

If you would like to read more about my visit here, head over to my travel site here.

I just have a few pages left to complete my travel smash book now :).

Smash pages from Malta

I've been catching up on some of my recent travels smash book pages so thought I would share a few with you. Last month I was in Malta...

And here's a close up of the unfolded first page:

A smashing visit to Amsterdam

I have some more smash book pages to share with you today... my book is almost full up now :).

There is certainly a lot of food featured here - yum!

Planning a trip to Amsterdam or want to see what I got up to there - check out my travel blog here.

Smash pages from a visit to Dublin

Wow, I am so far behind on sharing my crafty endeavours with you! These pages date back to a visit to Dublin in May, although I didn't get around to smashing them until last month...

There's lots to do there other than drinking, honest!

If you are interest in seeing what I got up to in Dublin or planning a trip there yourself, then check out my travel blog post: Dublin: Beautiful day(s) in a city of culture and tasty tipples.

Smashing from Copenhagen,Denmark

Wow July has flown past and I feel like I have barely had any time to craft. More scheduled posts to come this month as I have a few projects to share with you, including some smashbook pages. In fact my travel smashbook is almost complete so even more of an incentive to get crafting.

So here are the pages from my visit to Copenhagen. If you are interested in visiting the city at all, please do check out my posts over on my travel site here.

I'd love to here what you think of my pages?

Smashing with Sycamore Street

Sale-A-Bration may end today, but I'm going to be using the gorgeous Sycamore Street DSP pack for sometime yet!

I'm slowly working through my Smash book creating pages from my recent travels... in fact I got so side tracked playing that I've almost forgotten that I still have travel blog posts to finish - oops ;)!  Anyway here's a few of the pages featuring the lovely papers... ooh and links to my travel blog posts, where I had a couple of unfortunate incidences, which may help you out when planning a trip to Spain.

Jerez, Spain - sherry tour and car break in :(

Granada, Spain - the Alhambra and almost robbed!

Scrapbooking my trip



With just 3 full days in Lake Garda over the weekend (check out my travel blog for more details), I was desperately collecting bits and pieces for my travel scrapbook (or Smash book), and on my return was able to finish it off with some of the new stamp set's from the new Stampin' Up! main catalogue...



I've used the Occasions Alphabet stamp set for the lettering on both pages, inked in Pacific Point onto Whisper White card and then punched out using a 1/2 inch circle punch and mounted on a 3/4 inch circle of Pacific Point card.

Of course I had to carefully ink with my Stampin' Write markers to avoid introducing the rest of the sentiments on each stamp :).  Here's a close up:

I have then also inked and stamped a couple of the images from the For the Birds stamp set, which has 8 brilliant choices... I stuck to the romantic looking ones to depict Verona and Romeo and Juliet...

I love the way the Stampin' Up! colours co-ordinate with the papers in the Smash book, more luck than anything else... but the circle punches make it so easy to create quick embellishments.  I will definitely be using this idea for my cards.

If you would like to get your hands on either of these stamp sets or anything else from the current Stampin' Up! catalogues just contact me to place your order.

Smashing birthday

If you are a regular follower of my blog you will know that I celebrated my birthday last week.  I was in Krakow in Poland and spent the day sightseeing, walking and then had a meal at a Mexican to finish.  It was a really lovely day and after recent birthdays being some what melancholy that is a really big thing for me. 

I was also overwhelmed by the messages and cards that I received, thank you everyone x

Yesterday I was surprised by friends with a cake and presents by way of a late celebration over a Raclette (Swiss cheese meal), so that was lovely too...

So of course must share some of the cards with you along with my Smash book pages (as promised)...

Featureing the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies of course :).

I'm now up to date with my travel Smash book, with just a few snippets to add when time.  I have lots of other bits and pieces that I am looking forward to 'Smashing' into my general Smash book, but have yet to properly start it. 

Of course, I have used a few Stampin' Up! products, can you spot them?  Here's a close up to help:

I've used one of the label stamps from the Apothecary Art stamp set (excluding the flowers) to make a record of my day and also included one of the sentiments from the same set inked in Chocolate Chip onto Melon Mambo to co-ordinate with the lettering on the left hand page.

Here are a few of the handmade cards that I received too...

A gatefold card from Pam, beautiful.

Birthday cupcakes from Vicki, she's getting the bug!

I've saved the cards made with Stampin' Up! products for other posts, as I have been away and not had time to make much and am struggling a little for post content!  So, check back to see these later this week.

Smashing travels

Just to let you know that if you want to place an order and live close to me (GU16) you can save on postage this week, as I will be putting an order through, so just email me with details.  And, don't forget the great offer this month if you spend £60 - you can get the Reason to Smile stamp set for FREE (RRP £14.95/18.95).  See further details here.

I got back from Poland yesterday.  Krakow to be exact, where I have spent the last week after a couple of days spent in Berlin, Germany.

However my summer break is not yet over, as I am off to the Lake District later this evening to hang out in the rain no doubt!  But first I wanted to share with you something from my travels... because the crafting bug is now with me everywhere I go :).

You may have seen a Smash book before (?!).  In fact I positively recommend that you check out this to see what it's all about if you haven't as it's totally addictive and an alternative to journalling or blogging. 

I've been compiling mine for a while, specifically for keeping all those little bits and pieces I pick up whilst travelling around.  And of course there is the odd 'ickle bit' of Stampin' Up! loveliness that sneaks in along the way...

For those of you that are familiar with the products... you will see that I've used the 'coffee mug' image from the Every Little Bit stamp set in the main catalogue, to create little beer mugs.  And of course the lettering for 'Berlin' is cut using the Stampin' Up! Timeless Type Junior Alphabet dies which I absolutely love.

If you want to read more about the finer details of my latest adventures then check out my travel blog for 2012 (from Berlin to Krakow). 

I will hopefully be able to share the Krakow pages with you from my Smash book soon, along with some of the lovely birthday cards that I received last week so keep checking back.

In the meantime, I would love to see any ideas of your own that you have come up with for this addictive way to journal...