Let's scrap

Here is this month's lets scrap sketch.
I've decided to use the left hand side page buy slightly changed it as I used 3 portrait photos.

I had a challenge on Paper Issues to use 2 things that rhyme on a layout eg bold and cold or punch and lunch.
I wanted to do these photos from the Empire State building so chose tower and flower.
This explains how this layout grew.
I used vellum as my strip across the centre.(the one in my kit with the curves)
I edged it with zigzag washi tape.
Next I double matted the main photo, the second mat featured stars which matches the yellow on the vellum. I placed this photo on my page and did my 3 button flags at the top.(Used scraps from my kit)
The other 2 photos were too tall to mat so they went directly on to the page.
My title and subtitle also came from my kit.
The background paper is from the recollections range and is named Blue marble.

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Next another layout for Paper Issues where we are asked to repeat a shape.

Again I used 3 photos. This time it was the flat iron building in New York.

I layer matted my main photo using vellum, kraft and a pink motif.

The 2 border strips are from my kit.

I'm finishing up the red letters so can only spell flat. The iron part I write myself.

I punched flowers from navy cardstock and scattered them on my page. Nice contrast I thought.