We have finally come to the last post I have for my Paris Scrapbook. It has taken more time to post these spread out over 2 weeks or so then it did for me to create the album. Can you believe that? It is true. I am an addict and I wanted my book completed as quickly as possible so I did it in about 4 or 5 days.

These pages are some of my favorite memories pictures I have from the trip. The first layout I created at a CTMH album retreat last year so that was easy to put pictures on.


This page below is just a level 1 layout.. I did not do much too. I added a title, embellishment and some journalling.

This layout below are two of my absolute favorite pictures of the last sunset in Paris for us. It truly was so it was fitting to end the book with these pictures. The paper is something I got from Making Memories I believe. I really didn't have to do much I think the pictures talked for themselves.

Thanks for viewing I hope you enjoyed the layouts.

Now to the resons that we went to Paris. Like I have previously posted my host sister from when I was an exchange student in 1997 got married. I was only an exchange student for 8 weeks but my "sister" and I have kept in contact and have now visited eachother 3 times since then. I decided since this was the focal point of our trip to Paris that this event should be in different paper than the travel paper. Not to mention a wedding just doesn't seem to fit travel paper.


This is were the reception was held. I was about an hour into the french countryside at a great little chaetue called La Butte Ronde.

I turned the following pictures into black and white for two reasons. One I dont' normally print in B&W and I thought it would be fun. Two the pics were various colors with disco lights going that I wanted make them have some kind of semblance.

Finally since the whole wedding was in Versailles or the vicinty that of. I grouped our trip to the Palace in the wedding set. The pictures of on this page I love. I got a bit creative with the angles in the garden.

Here are some of my favorite layouts. The first are views from the top of the top of the Eiffle tower. I even made my Fabebook Profile Pic the bottom left photo. We went to the Eiffle Tower with our tour group and got to go to the second level. Then we paid the extra 5Euros each to go to the top. It was pretty neat to go up and see the city from an entirely different view.

Here is another layout that I loved. I guess I love these pages since they showcase Paris. The various buildings and their rich history and stories behind them all were pretty neat to see and hear. We heard a lot about the city on a boat tour we took on the Seine River. That was totally worth it.

The title is done in chip board and I used a lot of Flip Flaps from CTMH on this layout. I don't know if you can see the circle embellishment on the right surrounded by little brads but it is highlighting th word Paris in this great travel paper that CTMH used to sell. That way my title says Buildings of Paris.

The bridge layout was one that definitely took me out of my element. I see designs like this in Creating Keepsakes and I always thought they looked nice. So I decided to try. I think it turned out pretty good. The title is cut from the cricut and I found information on some of the famous bridges that cross over the Seine River. I like this page for its variety in the book.

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These layouts are some more I came up with using Cherish and Imagine.. which for me is a lifesavor with scrapbooking. The Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees. The Arc is at the head of the famous street Champs Elysees where all the major stores are. Love it.

Today's post is Notre Dame. This layout is what CTMH is using for the Christmas Jingle Paper WOTG so I totally stole it for my Notre Dame page. I loved the way the title pops using the new Circle Dimensional Elements that CTMH sells.


The following two are the same layouts but just a "close up" of different aspects to the famous church. Did you know it is free to go into Notre Dame? Also it is really a home parish for people. That just amazes me. Check out the close up of the gargoiles (sp).

My third post starts with random pictures of the modes of transportations we used to tour Paris. I thought it was perfect to also use a map I got of the city as my background paper. There are also some tickets on the page just to hold on too.


The following pages are of the Louvre. I love the layout it is no peaceful looking which is how I would describe the Louvre. I used Flip Flaps on this page as well. I took so many pictures that those Flip Flaps from CTMH came in so handy on almost every layout. If you zoom in you can read the information I have on some of the peices in at the Louvre.

Here is part 2 of my Paris Scrapbook.. Don't worry there is like another 10 more parts to go. I will share a few pages a day. This is one of my favorite pages and layouts from Cherish in this first layout. It is all on the Eiffel Tower. I love these photos they are perfect.


In this page below there are just random pictures of us with my Host Sister Julia and her new husband Nicolas.

Food!! need I say more. Oh but I will say check out the wine glass in the top picture on the left page. Do you see the reflection on Notre Dame in it? One of my favorite pics that I took by accident.

So I finished my Paris album and here it is. I will post it in over the next week or so. My mother gave me this CM scrapbook which was perfect for the trip. However I forgot how much I didn't like the pages having to be permanant in the book.
This is our opening page for the album. I made this at the CTMH album retreat and I love it!!
I used the Vintage Travel paper by CTMH for most of the spreads in this book. However the metal tiles I used for the title I got at a scrapbook convention. This spreads shows the hotel in which we stayed and the view from our room of the Eiffel Tower. We were 5 blocks from it in a quiet neighborhood. It was a great place to stay if you are going there.

So I have been busy scrapbooking Paris and I am done. It is by far my best completed themed album I have ever made. I am not just saying that...it truly is!!! I will share photos but not this weekend. I have my nephews wedding and the chaos has already started. My sister in laws for the East coast came in last night and we were up at my house till 10:30pm talking. Then I (the only one) had to get up and go to work today at 6:30am so I am dragging a bit. But it should be a great weekend hanging out with family. I will post pics next week of the scrapbook.

JEN