Explore The World TN Layouts | Design Team: Jessica Michaels

by Amy Sonnemann May 19, 2026

Hey everyone, Jessica here! I've been sitting on these photos from our camping trip for a while and finally found the perfect collection to document them — the Far and Wide release from Layle by Mail. It's packed with travel icons, large die cuts, and the cutest stamp sets, so it was basically made for a spread like this. Here's how I put together this travel notebook layout!

I started with a large full-page photo and kept the embellishing light, letting the Far and Wide stickers and die cuts do the talking. I machine stitched a tab at the top for a little texture, which is one of my favorite ways to add dimension without bulk. My goal was to fit a lot of photos into this spread, so I was intentional about not overloading that first page.

The large die cuts in this collection are chef's kiss — I chose the Explore the World ticket to feature as a full page spread next. I machine stitched some tabs cut from the small paper pad to hold the tag in place in my travel binder, which is both functional and cute.

The back of the tag holds six photos from our beach time during camping, and I used the Destination Unknown mini stamp set to create a custom destination sticker documenting our favorite campground.

I then layered more stickers, die cuts, and some striped washi tape to capture how gorgeous the weather was on this trip.

For the right side, I went with a simple pocket page to hold two 3x4 pocket cards — honestly, Layle already did most of the design work on those, so I let them shine. I pulled the Wander card from the 12x12 cut apart papers, added typed journaling and the Best Adventure sticker, and colored in "Wander" with Copics for pops of color.

At the bottom I used the stamp set to build a picture-perfect cluster, then finished with more die cuts and a rub-on applied right onto a photo — that figurine has a whole story behind it! This spread was so much fun to make, and this collection really is perfect for documenting all the adventures.

Thank you so much for being here today and I hope I’ve inspired you to create!

Jessica Michaels