Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Christmas Joy

Hello! I hope your week is going well! I have a layout to share today. I started with this sketch from Creative Scrappers:

I used the sketch for the left hand page of my two page layout and made it work with the size and shape of my photos. I then realized that the photos that were left over could be shaped into a Christmas tree shape and it echoed the step pattern of the papers on the left hand page!  I started the page with a mask and spray ink and placed it in a few page around my layout. I then matted all of my photos on various patterned papers from Shimelle's Christmas Joy collection. I loved the circle paper and decided to fussy cut a bunch of the circles to spread around my page. Some are attached with regular adhesive and some are attached with foam adhesive for some depth.

I was also inspired by the March 1 challenge at Colorful Creations, which was to use the color scheme below and ink.

I was almost done with my layout when I decided the brown wood circle needed a little something. I pulled out a snowflake stamp and stamped it with Versamark and then heat embossed it in silver.


Materials-
Cardstock- American Crafts
Patterned Paper- American Crafts, October Afternoon
Brads- Basic Grey, October Afternoon
Mask- Studio Calico
Ink- Tsukeniko, Heidi Swapp, Tattered Angels, Clearsnap
Embossing Powder- JoAnn Crafts
Glitter Glue- Ranger
Stamps- Lil Davis Designs, Hero Arts, KI Memories
Tape- My Mind's Eye
Badge- October Afternoon
Die Cutter- Prove Craft
Software- Craft Edge
Font- 2Peas Platform Shoes
Pens- Gel Writer, Sakura

7 comments:

  1. Great take on the challenge. Love the photos. Thanks for joining in with us this month over at Colorful Creations.

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  2. Beautiful Christmas layout! Love the background and layers. Thank you for joining us at Colorful Creations!

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  3. What a great way to turn the sketch into a 2-page layout! So glad you played with us this month at Creative Scrappers!

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  4. Great idea for a two page layout! Beautiful background! Thanks for playing along with us at Creative Scrappers!

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  5. Fantastic layout! Great take on the challenge! Thanks for playing along with us at colorful creations!

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  6. What fabulous pages and great photos too! Thanks for joining us at Colorful Creations:)

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  7. Totally love this, such a fabulous double layout! Thank you for joining us at Colorful Creations.

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