"O" is for Ovation!

Layout for another challenge over at Soul Scrappers Challenges. The challenge ONE word either "O", "K" or "W".  I chose "O" for Ovation.

On 31/1/25 I boarded the Ovation of the Seas for a scrapbooking cruise to South Pacific.  This photo was taken in Hobart - what I hear you say, "when was Hobart in the South Pacific!".  With Vila rebuilding from earthquake in December, 2025 and with cyclones in South Pacific there was a change of destinations - Airlie Beach, Queensland and then down the coast of Australia to Hobart.
For this layout I decided to use circle die cuts and anything embellishment in my stash that had a circular shape (except for the film strip chipboard I was excited to find and Royal Caribbean image) continuing the "O" theme.  The challenge was to use only ONE word - no other words, word strips etc allowed.  
Thank you for looking, Margaret

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