This card is for the Alpha Challenge E. I am enjoying these challenges as they are taking me down memory lane. I am being literal with my take on the locations but whenever I think of a letter I always lean towards a place we have visited.
Ah Egypt. When I turned 50 I was going through many challenges and focusing on other things than my own self care. Someone asked me what I wanted to do when I turned 50. My reply was to visit Egypt. When I was small I always wanted to be an archeologist. I watched the movie Desert Song so many times with my mum and I dreamed of being whisked across the desert LOL. I never did follow my childhood dream but I do love history and artefacts.
So there I was 50 years old and we could not afford to go to Egypt, but we did. We managed to find the funds and did a wonderful Insight Vacation tour starting in Cairo; a cruise on the Nile; high tea at The Cataract Hotel where Agatha Christie stayed and sailing on a felucca on the Nile. The highlight of the trip was a day tour of Abu Simbel. I cannot describe how wonderful the whole trip was, and although we have travelled to many countries since, this was definitely a trip of a lifetime for me.
My page will probably go into an album on Egypt which I still have to create. I created the BG using tape, paste, ledger paper and stencilling. It originally was coated in TH distress inks but did not quite capture the look I wanted, so I painted over it in black and gold.
The stickers are from a book I have had for years. I do have books on Egypt but could not bring myself to tear those up.
I wanted more gold on the stickers so added gold stickles. I am not entirely happy with this page but for now it will do.
TFL. Happy day
Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 GMT Views: 140
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