CSI-challenge #259

September last year my husband and I took my mother in law on a trip to Paris. Going there was something she had dreamed about for a long time.

We bought a 2-day ticket on a sightseeing bus, Hop on – Hop off, which was a perfect way to explore the city.

A lot of pictures were taken and most of them ended up in my Project Life album. But I wanted to document the route of the bus and the stops we made.

The map we got from the bus company was so boring.

Then I found this great paper from October Afternoon. It was a city map over Paris and includes many of the stops we made. I bought it many years ago and I found it among the papers, “Good to have”.

Maybe I could use this and a lot of small pictures to document our trip with the bus.

Then I ran out of inspiration. I couldn´t decid which color to use and how to make my LO.

So after several month of non-existing plans this challenge turned up and solved it all.

The colors were perfect for my grey map.

So here is my contribution to the CSI-challenge #259 

I liked how it turned out. It was so much more fun than this boring map.

And here is case that I solved:

Three of the colors in the case (powder blue, bright sky blue and medium muted orange) can be found in the words PARIS and Hop on – Hop off. I used 2 different alphabet dies to cut them out. 

I draw a "bright sky blue" line to show the bus route. I also used the colors to cut 

out arrows to point out the locations and in my journaling and decorations. 

I used white acrylic paint on wood weneers and let it dry.
After that colored them with distress ink.

The black and white colors I used as a background for my pictures.

The evidences are:

- Map pattern – the background paper

- Speech bubbles – wood weeners I painted white, bright sky blue and medium muted orange.

- Transportation - the whole layout is about transportation

- Solid white background – on the pictures

The testimony is:

- Topic: Document a trip, vacation, getaway

Best regards Marit