Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Making Merry"

Here's a Christmas Eve 2014 layout of my crazy family. Christmas brings out the "crazies" and the cuties!

 I cut the elf legs from some patterned paper and then popped them up on the page overlapping the pictures a little bit. The paper is Reminisce "Dear Santa" and the ribbon from Tim Holtz.

The title font is from Cricut's Plantin Schoolbook and the journaling tag from WeR "Silver and Gold" collection. The poinsettia is Cricut's Art Philosophy.

 Here's my favorite cuties sitting in front of my Christmas tree all ready for Christmas Eve service at our church. I love them so much!

Be sure to stop back for more Christmas layouts!!

Two Page Layout - "Merry Christmas"

The day after Christmas is a great day to wind down from all of the Christmas hustle and bustle. There is plenty of time to shop the sales, eat leftover Christmas goodies, and just chill out on the couch. Hope your Christmas was merry and blessed!

Grandbabies bring so much additional joy to Christmas. We took tons of pictures over the last week, and I can't wait to scrap them all!! In the mean time, I will continue to share a couple more Christmas layouts from last year.

 The great patterned paper is Basic Grey's Aspen Frost collection. I love this paper. Using a matching set of Christmas paper makes it so easy to add layers to the design.

I glittered the chipboard snowflake and the negative to add some sparkle to the page.

 

 I try to maximize the supplies and add as many photos as pleasingly possible to the page. Wallet sized photos work great for events like Christmas. Anchoring all of the photos to the horizontal banner in the center, helps to draw your eye to each of the photos without it being overwhelming.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!! I hope you are able to enjoy some additional time with your families during the holidays and maybe, just maybe, some crafty time.

Two Page Layout - "Christmas Cutie"

I'm so excited to have some vacation time to use at this time of year. I'm off for a week and a half!! Hopefully I can use my time wisely and be productive, and get a little downtime in too.

As you can see my favorite baby girl seems to be the main event on many of my Christmas scrapbook pages from last year! How could she not be? Our family brings so much joy to us! I know many people are hurting at this time of year, and my heart breaks for them, as I am reflecting on all of my blessings.

 The paper is Basic Grey's Aspen Frost line. I used several layers of different coordinating papers from this set as a backdrop to the pictures. Each photo has a thin red matt to give it definition.

 The die cut ornament journaling tag is from Art Philosophy. I popped it up with dimensionals, threaded it with ribbon, and taped it on the back of the page, hanging it from the top of the layout. Photo credit to my daughter-in-law! She's doing a great job photographing Scarlet and saving a lot of money in the process.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today to see our Christmas Cutie!! I have 5 or 6 more Christmas layouts from last year, and I'm hoping to share them all in the next few weeks.

Enjoy this season of Christmas! Cuddle up by the Christmas tree with some hot cocoa!

Two Page Layout - "Noel"

Our sweet granddaughter is so precious! This layout is from her first Christmas last year. She brings us so much joy and fun! She's just one more reminder of how blessed we are! These photos were taken at our Christmas Eve service last year. I just love her beautiful, silky, red ruffled dress!

 I was inspired by a sketch I found on Basic Grey's site by sketchsavvy.blogspot.com. I cut a little bit off the outside edges of the neutral cardstock, so the red cardstock would frame it all the way around. The four outside corners on the neutral layer are clipped with a corner rounder. I cut a very basic triangle shaped Christmas tree with my Cricut and punched holes in it to see through to the layer underneath, in order to make it look like the tree in the background of the photo.

 I cut layers of horizontal banners to go across the bottom and added some miscellaneous Christmas washi tape across the bottom edge of the journaling tag. The paper is from The Paper Company, Deja Views, and Authentique. The title font is Cricut's Plantin Schoolbook. I used burgundy ink to tint some plain kraft snowflakes that I had in my stash and added some rhinestones. The wood ornament was saved from a Christmas card I received in the mail. I strung Baker's twine through the hole of the ornament and attached it to the page with staples.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.