Flying Ace

When I was asked to complete a project with a flight motif for Get it Scrapped, I never realized I would have so many options. I had photos of my son on a paratrooper carnival ride. I also had a photo of him from a few years back as we were flying on a plane. It was hard to choose. I finally settled on these photos. They are probably not what you think of when you think of " flight" themed pictures. My son is playing a flight simulator at an arcade. While the pictures certainly  fit the assignment, I wanted to add something to the page that also conjured images of gaming. 

Supplies: Cardstock: Colorbok; patterned paper and trim: Webster's Pages; buttons: Basic Grey; other: miniature playing cards, jeweled stars, die cut alphas; glossy accents

While sorting through some Webster's pages paper, I came across a sheet which had little playing cards on it. Several of the cards had planes. Perfect! After cutting those out, I paired them with aces from a deck of miniature playing cards. I received the deck of cards as part of a scrapbook kit quite awhile back. Once again, I have found myself using an item I never thought I would ever find a use for. Another reason for me not to purge my supplies.

The patterned paper block is composed of two sheets of 6x6 papers. I love 6x6 papers! They were just enough of what I needed for this page. There is a little bit of each color in the game machine my son was playing on. Very subtle, but a nice plus for my page. I actually realized this after the fact though I am sure it played into my choice in paper. I even managed to chop off about an inch from one sheet. I will save that for a border on another page. I hid the seam from the two sheets by placing the photos over it.

I save more scraps than I probably should. In this case, it did come in handy. The plane is the backing of a chipboard sticker. It can be a little tricky to adhere something so glossy. A little bit of glossy accents did the trick and the silhouette of the plane is perfect for this page.

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