Traditional Christmas Layout

 

I am participating in the December Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop!  Thanks for visiting my blog. The theme for this month is "Traditional Christmas. "

As you can tell, these pictures were taken a few years back. 1970 to be exact!  Good gravy, I can't believe they are over 50 years old!  I need to see about getting them restored some so they are more clear. 

Here is the layout before adding a 1/2" strip of DSP at the top and bottom. Doesn't it make a big difference in the appearance of the layout? Im glad I thought of doing that! 

I started with a Garden Green base and stamped it in Garden Green using stamps from the Timeless Arrangements set. The banner pieces are made with the Walk In The Forest DSP. I pulled the Old Olive color from the DSP to cut the accents around the pictures with the Christmas Classics Dies. I also used the dies for the wreath. With a combination of white bakers twine and silver trim I wrapped the bottom of each banner piece, as well as the journaling box. After assembling the page and adding lots of Real Red Faceted Gems and some In Color Dots I was feeling it needed something else. It was just too green! Nothing against green, it's my favorite color, but I decided a pop of red would brighten it up some. 

I cut just the berries with the Christmas Classics dies and added them here and there and matted the journal box in Real Red as well, just the touch it needed, along with the strips of DSP at the top and bottom.

I enjoyed remembering that Christmas from so long ago as I created this layout. Merry Christmas  everyone!

Next up is Sharon, she got creative with some fun techniques this month. 

https://studioshabazcreativeme68.blogspot.com

Sketch Challenge with Night Divine Bundle

Hi, welcome to my blog! The Scrapbooking Global blog hop for August is using a sketch that I really liked.  I also got my pre-order from the Sept-Dec Mini catalog and loved the Night Divine bundle items.  I had some pictures from a few Christmas' ago that needed to be scrapbooked so I decided to use the bundle even though it is only August.  The Design challenge was chosen by Sharni Haines. 

She picked this very cool sketch.

Sketches make designing a layout so much easier!  I rotated this layout and took a few liberties with it so I could make a double page layout with 5 photos. I like the sketch so much I think I will design another layout without rotating it and using different paper, stamps and embellishments.

Isn't the "O Holy Night" Designer Series Paper beautiful?  It made creating this layout so much easier.  It has 12 sheets of 12X12 paper, 2 designs on each sheet. It is gorgeous paper! I used Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Copper Clay and Pebbled Path cardstock for the animals and other page elements. 

I love the idea of stitching on a layout and I haven't done it in a few years so I got out my sewing machine and stitched away on the trim across the middle of the pages.  To add more texture I couldn't resist adding die cuts from the Share A Milkshake set.  I cut them from Crumb Cake so they wouldn't be too distracting but just add a bit more texture.  I also die cut extra animals from the Night Divine dies to embellish the page.  

The title was from the stamp set in the bundle.  It is all word stamps and they are beautifully designed.  I trimmed own the stable and just used the roof part over the stamped title that I cut out with the largest of the Scalloped Contours dies. 

 I also used the scalloped border die to stitch to the ribbon.  Don't you love both of the ribbons I used on the page?  They are from the Copper and Natural Ribbon Pack, another item in the new mini catalog.

The small journaling strips below the pictures are from the Labels Aglow dies.  I used a LOT of dies on this layout, didn't I?

Every year we have a Festival of the Nativity event at our church and the Night Divine bundle was perfect for the pictures I took.  I actually took lots more pictures so I need to get busy on more nativity layouts!

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Click below to go to the next blog.  Because I'm not that good with technology you may have to click on this link to go to the next blog in the blog hop. Or copy and paste it into your browser . . .

https://www.sharnihaines.com/post/scrapbooking-global-blog-hop-august-2023-sketch 

From A Card To A Layout Challenge

I took a challenge to find a card I like and use it as inspiration for a scrapbook page.  Here is the card that inspired my layout.  It's just the upper left corner that actually resembles the card somewhat but the card inspired me enough to get a 2-page layout done in no time at all!  

I used the super cute (dare I say adorable?) FREE Sale-A-Bration Adorable Owls stamp set and stamped 2 of each owl.  The Stampin' Blend alcohol markers are great for coloring in images like this.  I'm not the greatest at blending yet but I'm getting better the more I use them.  I love the even color they give and how completely they fill in the image.

After coloring and cutting out the owls I took 2 sheets of Basic White 12X12 cardstock and stamped the new Hand Drawn Dots stamp around the edges.  This is a great background stamp from the new Jan-April mini catalog.  I'm sure I will be using this stamp quite a bit!  Narrow 1/4" strips of one of the papers from the FREE Sale-A-Bration Dainty Flowers DSP package edged the top and left side of the left hand page and 2 strips bordered the right hand page of the layout. Another paper in this package has 2 wide borders of pretty and colorful spring flowers.  I cut one of these across the top to scallop over the flowers.  Then I sponged Mossy Meadow ink around the flower piece as well as around the outside of the entire 12X12 layout.

I cut lots of the viney die from the Delicate Edges Die set using Mellow Moss cardstock.  Placing them over the blue strips of DSP make trellis-like borders.  More Mellow Moss cards tock was used to cut the title and background half-circle.

The front part of the circle with the cool holes design was cut with the Labels Aglow die.

My grandson graduated from High School the spring of 2020, therefore, it wasn't much of a graduation and I wasn't able to go.  I have to get some of the pictures my daughter took developed so I can add them to the layout.  That was definitely an interesting and disappointing year to graduate. I might need a bigger journaling box!

Snow Day Layout

 I like to try to make a scrapbook page from my Paper Pumpkin kits before I use them for the cards. This is from the November kit. I added Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce cardstock and the Gnome DSP.  Die cuts are from the Share a Milkshake and the new Alphabet Al A Mode dies. I love this new alphabet!  I cut the letters from the leftover glimmer paper from the snowflakes and the area of the banners behind the circles.

I also stamped the background with a stamp from the Painted Poppies set. 

I haven't gotten my snow pictures from last week developed to put on the pages yet. I'll definitely be journaling about surviving that horribly cold week!

If you haven't subscribed to the Paper Pumpkin kits you should give them a try! LMK if you want me to help you set up an account.