The tumbleweed story (continued)

This week at Lasting Memories our theme is My Country, and the challenge is to scrap a layout about a place you love to visit in your country.  Last month I made a layout about the tumbleweeds we encountered on our driving holiday to Lightning Ridge.  I have made a companion layout to tell the full story (click to enlarge and read the journalling):



The journalling is a bit more detailed than my blog post was.  The last line of my journalling reads:  I love that there is so much that I have yet to learn about our country. 

My layout design was inspired by Sketch #272 at Creative Scrappers.  It was a challenge for me to do a layout without pictures, but I was quite happy with the result.  It has made me realise that for ALL of my layouts, I need to get back into the habit of doing much more journalling.

Materials:
K&Company Mira - Chocolate Rose patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg - Autumn patterned paper
Basic Grey Sublime - Cinnamon patterned paper
WorldWin Colormates - Orange cardstock  
Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder
Portacraft paper flowers - orange
Bazzill Basics Bitty Blossoms - Arroyo satin flowers
American Crafts Thickers - Niki Riki glitter alphabets
Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type alphabet stickers