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I am participating over at White with 1 challenge Facebook page again this month.  The challenge was to use Cranberry with white. Here is my layout:

In 2007 Stampin" Up! had a colour called Cranberry Crisp - it was one of my favourites at the time. I still have the inkpad and reinker in my stash.  So out they came!

So first, it was time to reink my stamp pad and then I added some of the reinker to water in a spray bottle. 

Then using stamps from the newest Kaszazz collection "Destinations" I went to town with background stamping.  I was inspired by a layout by Karen Schultz on Scrappingclearly  blog where she used stamps and other techniques for her background - I have just gone with stamping and misting.  I have given her a shout out on the blog.  Thank you Karen.

I found a little piece of paper to mat my photo as it needed lifting from the black and white of the photo.  

The stamps are from Kaszazz Destinations collection.

A little bit of black pen to highlight a couple of words.  My journalling will be added later.

Now the photo:

In the mid to late 1970's.   I took a 3 day cruise from Sydney to Brisbane to see if I would like cruising (hence the word 'Imagine" on my layout.

It was a time when passengers were able to have visitors on board before departure and you could throw streamers to those below at sail away time- this practice was later stopped for environmental reasons.   

I am third from the left (wearing sunglasses) it was also a time of dressing up to depart.  

The only other thing I remember from the cruise - in the cinema they were showing Taking of Pelham 123 - a rather gruesome tale of hostages on a train.

I did not take another cruise until THE LATE 1990's so I was not impressed, at the rather young of age 30 or thereabouts, of cruising!

Thank you for looking,

Margaret.