I took advantage of this challenge to get started on my Spain album. This is the title page. I considered giving it a subtitle: "Gold Flake--What Was I Thinking?" LOL! It was hell to work with, though I'm mostly satisfied with the look I managed to achieve on the frame. The journaling (below) explains the picture.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Materials used:<BR><BR>Blue & red cardstock (I handcut the title: "España")<BR><BR>Gold vellum (I made those gold circular decorations with a punch)<BR><BR>Stucco looking background paper: by EK Success Nostalgiques<BR><BR>Motifica Clay Pattern paper: by Basic Grey<BR><BR>Magic Metal gold flakes: by Magic Scraps<BR><BR>Gold decorative photo corners: by Scrap Arts<BR><BR>Gold acrylic paint: by DecoArt<BR><BR>"Fountain of Fun" Paper Shaper Corner Adorner<BR><BR>Making Memories gold square mini brads<BR><BR>transparency (for journaling)--painted on the back with gold paint to make it a bit more visible<BR><BR><BR><BR>Journaling reads:<BR><BR>During Easter Week in 1984, Mom took me on a 10-day tour of Spain. That was 21 years ago now. Because I was only 16, I didn’t take many pictures. Recently Mom and I found the slides she took while we were there and I had a bunch of them made into prints. I’m amazed at how her pictures brought back some of the memories of the trip. And probably also because I was only 16, I realized I never thanked Mom for that trip. At 37, the age she was when we took that trip together, I understand now the sacrifices she must have made in order to allow us that trip. And I appreciate her understanding of the importance that Spanish had in my life then and to this day. I didn’t say it then, but I’m saying it now. <BR><BR>Thanks, Mom!<BR><BR><BR><BR>Thanks for looking!<BR><BR>