Christmas Memories - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout

 
Hello friends. I have another Christmas layout to share with you today!

Do you love plaid paper as much as me?? I also love the black matting behind the pictures. Especially for Christmas layouts! Here's a few pictures of our tree, and some of our Christmas decor from a few years back. 

This photo of my grandkids is my absolute favorite!! I love their smiles and relaxed, but excited, expressions. Aren't the adorable? 

Thanks for stopping by again!! Merry Christmas Eve!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout

Hello again! I promised to post a few more Christmas layouts before the season is behind us.

I love the title for this page. It was a lot of work to cut out, but I think it was totally worth the effort, as most good thins are! I also love the fox Washi that I added across the page. It's so cute, but you can see my Cricut was having a little trouble with the cuts.

 Do you get a real tree for Christmas? We love real trees, even though they can be a hassle. I've loved the years where our kids and grandkids went along with us to pick it out. After, we'd grab some dinner together. Sadly, our other son and wife couldn't make it in 2020. The grands rode with us in the car and we sang some Christmas songs together on the road.

The pictures above were taken of a home in our neighborhood which is beautifully decked out for Christmas each year. The reflection of the lights on the pond is quite spectacular. This is not one of those "tacky" Christmas displays. It's really beautiful!

So many wonderful memories of Christmases past. So much can change in the scope of a few years. Enjoy every moment with family! 

Joyful, Merry and Blessed - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook layout

 I just returned from a five day Scrapbooking retreat! It's a crazy time of year to be away from home, but how wonderful to have a break from the craziness of Christmas preparation. I took some time to do Christmas cards and finished up some pages from our trip to Florida for a conference on travel that I attended. Mainly, I chatted with friends and it did my heart good!

Time to share a few more Christmas layouts. I don't have a lot of time for a long post, so I'm going to throw them out here for you and not say a lot. I don't love scrapbooking Christmas pictures. They always seem kind of busy and they look the same to me after a few layouts, but I do them anyway. Every Christmas is different and you never know when you might lose a loved one.

This layout is from our annual "after Christmas" get together with our beloved extended family. We have so much fun together. I feel blessed that we actually enjoy each other's company.

I hope you are inspired to scrap your family Christmas photos! I will try to post a few more throughout the end of the year and maybe into January. There are so many more to share!

Peace and Love - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout

 Here I go with the first of my Christmas layouts to share this season. 

Do you scrapbook chronologically? That is typically the way I do it. It keeps things in order and that seems to be less confusing for me. Otherwise, I'm wondering what is done and what isn't. Ugh...that's just how I roll and it works for me! 

As you can see I am posting at least a few years after the pictures were taken. I'm really only a year to year and a half behind in actually scrapping my photos....It just takes me awhile to take photos of my layouts, and then post them here. These last two steps, are my least favorite and they tend to sink to the bottom of my at home "to do" list.

Anyway, here's my first Christmas layout post of 2023! It is December, after all!

I love watching our boys and their girls opening gifts. They seem to have fun with it, just like the little kids. I just read the date and this layout is actually from Christmas 2019!!! 
So much has transpired in the last almost 4 years. I love my family so much, even through the many ups, downs, and shock losses that occur along the way.

Since I do scrap chronologically, I tend to get tired of all the Christmas paper and traditional Christmas colors. I used olive cardstock here and a smaller scrap of some untraditional looking Christmas paper. I really could have added some embellishments here now that I look at it 4 years later. To be honest, Christmas photos are my last types of photos to scrap. I love Christmas, though!!! 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope your Christmas preparations are bringing you joy instead of stress and anxiety! I'm trying to keep the reason for the season front and center this year. God sent his son to save each one of us! Unconditional love given for a world that doesn't deserve His mercy and grace.  

Christmas - Two Page Christmas Layout

 Here's another Christmas layout from 2019. I have so many family Christmas scrapbook layouts. I'm so far behind in posting these. 

This is a super simple layout using some Christmas scraps and cutting a scallop border across the page. 

This is my beautiful family. We are so proud of them and I love looking back at these happy memories.

Have a happy and blessed 2022! 

Together - Two Page Christmas Scrapbook Layout

 Here's another Christmas layout. Who is ready for some extended family time? I know I am. My husband's siblings are the best friends that we have and right now, I'm missing them so much.

Love the chevron woodgrain paper, even though it's not Christmas specific. We always gather a few weeks after Christmas because we have some family in retail. Any earlier and it's just too hectic. I found a whitewashed look woodgrain scrap with a large snowflake pattern for a banner to frame the title, and cut some simple white snowflakes to place around the layout. To tie in the blue title, I added blue dots to the snowflake by hand. I am happy with the way it turned out. Nothing fancy about this page, but the pictures are telling the story.

The silly pictures are a requirement with the grandkids and sometimes with all of us. I love their antics!! 

Hope this inspires you as we race into the Christmas season! Enjoy your time with family!