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.

Two Page Layout - "Cookie Monsters"

Whether you are a snow lover or not, there is something about the crisp, clean snow covered landscape that is absolutely beautiful! We got about 6" here in northeast Indiana. It's still very clean and piled up in the streets of our neighborhood since they've been busy plowing the main roads. It certainly hasn't stopped us from being out and about. The Hubs and I have been running around town finishing up our Christmas list. I think we are almost done. =)

It's time to share some Christmas layouts from last year that I have been saving for you! Making the traditional Christmas cookies is usually part of our celebration. In fact, sometimes we make them for Valentines Day, and just because. It's always a little messy, but tons of fun. My youngest son, who lives at home when he's not away at college, still likes to get into the fun.

 The Jillibean Soup patterned paper makes a nice background for all of the colors in the cookies. I can't get enough patterned paper! I cut a large bracket map with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge using blue Bazzill cardstock and sliced off a thin portion for the left page, and used the remainder on the right page. The glitter snowflake stickers are from BoBunny and the alpha stickers are Basic Grey.

 I added a length of olive ribbon from American Crafts and a cute brown reindeer cut with the Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge. I added a little blue pearl as an eye for the reindeer, and more glittery snowflake stickers.

 Here are both pages together displaying a total of 7 photos, complete with journaling. I didn't make a note of the journaling tag brand, but I believe it is Basic Grey's Aspen Frost.

Now that Jacob is home on winter break, I'm hoping we can take some time to make some of these yummy cookies! I love all of our Christmas traditions!!

I hope you are beginning to enjoy this season of Christmas, and all of the fun family times that come your way! Thanks for stopping by my blog today.