The Stockings Were Hung on the Chimney with Care

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great time here at our house. I was able to spend many days scrapbooking, which has made me very happy and relaxed. This is just one of many layouts I completed over the last week or so. So much fun!!

I created this layout for a challenge in a Facebook group called My Scraps and More Challenges and Contests. The challenge was to use some of the words from The Night Before Christmas poem in a layout. I knew I had the perfect picture for this challenge! I used pieces from my Noel Mignon kit, along with a few other things around my stash.

I love using multiple alphas on my layouts. For this one I used three different types. The cursive letters are Thickers with various words in the set. The word Stockings was made from a beautiful thick, shiny, gold Thicker set. I also used little block letters for the rest of the title. I love it!

To create the background I used a makeup sponge to spread some gold Mr. Huey's Gold spray. I then used a red Fabre Castille Gelato to add bits of red to it. Last, I stamped some gold snowflakes in various places. It turned out perfect!

I love this little embellishment cluster. Anything Christmas makes me happy. This cluster just screams Christmas. 

Here you can see the shine in the background. I used sequins and enamel dots to add even more detail to this simple layout.

Thank you for taking a look at my layout. Please leave me some blog love and let me know your thoughts.

Believe

Today I scrapped more Christmas. Yay!

I used a Laura Whitaker sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. I love her sketches!

I used papers from my Noel Mignon Kit and my stash. I love all the layers and patterns. I used some Jim Holtz Distress Paint to create these paint circles. I love them!

These gold Thickers make me happy! I love how shiny they are. I used a gold, shimmery twine for this bow. Adorable! And, I always love adding flair when I can.

Here is a closer look at the little embellishment cluster. So cute!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my layout. Please leave me some blog love and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

Christmas Traditions

I'm loving scrapping my old Christmas pictures. It gets me in the holiday spirit.

I used a Laura Whitaker sketch from Scrap Much?. I haven't done a two-page layout in awhile, but I alays have so many picture from Christmas that I had plenty for this page.

I love doodling on my pages. I used a Brick color pen from recollections. I use some flair, buttons, and chipboard to make this little embellishment cluster.

My Noel Mignon Kit came with som cute rub-ons. I used one on this picture of my husband and son hugging our tree. I addd more buttons, chipboard and enamel dots.

I adore alphas! These white glitter ones make me giddy! I used my red gelato to add a hint of red to the white card stock.

I created this little cluster of embellishments to cover a journaling error. There's always a way to fix problems. 

I love this white, glittery twine and was happy to be able to use it in this page set.

I hope you enjoyed my layout. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

Deck the Halls

I got my new Noel Mignon Kit this week, and it's all Christmas! My favorite!! I pulled out my past Christmas pictures and started scrapping.

For this layout I used a Laura Whitaker sketch from ScrapMuch?. I adore her sketches!

I admit, I combined this month's Noel Mignon Kit with everything I had remaining from last year's Christmas kit, and tons of other Christmas stuff I had in my stash. I love Christmas! This title is a puffy title from Pink Paislee. It was perfect! I used lots of layers and patterns to create this page.

This Christmas emphemera is tons of fun. I love these little ornaments. I pop dotted one to make it stand out more.

The circle under all the layers is thick glitter paper. I love the way it shimmers. I used papers that pulled out the pinks in my granddaughter's outfit, but still complimented the Christmas colors. 

I hope you enjoy looking at my layout. Please leave me some blog love and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

Santa Baby

I'm pretty sure I have the cutest grandbaby ever. She's just adorable. Last year at Christmas time she was four months old and just starting to sit up in her own. She was adorable (still is!). 

I used the Cable Knit kit from Noel Mignon for this layout. I love the colors!

I wouldn't normally mix red and pink together, but they worked perfect with the paper. 

I love alphas. I'm kinda addicted to them. I was able to use three different alphas in this layout. I love the candy cane striped Thickers!

This face is just adorable. I love this set of photos.

Thanks for taking a look at my layout. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

Merry Christmas

I love Christmas! It means family time, which means more to me than anything. Last year was my granddaughter's first Christmas which made it that much more precious. I was thrilled to get this family photo and excited to scrap it.

I used sketch #421 from Scrapbook Challenges for this layout.

I love my kids! I also love my son in law and granddaughter. It's awesome to be able to get them all in one LO.

These shiny Thickers make me happy!

I used my Cable Knit kit from Noel ?Mignon for this page. I love the colors!

Thanks for looking over my layout. Please let me know your thoughts. Merry Christmas!

Making Memories

I've been working my way through my older Christmas photos. This set of pictures are from our annual Christmas tree decorating in 2011.

I used my Noel Mignon Cable Knit kit for this layout. I love the non traditional colors. I used the Week 4 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy for this layout.

I've only recently started using gold in my layouts instead of silver. I like the way it accents the Christmas papers.

I added the gold star sequins to go with the tree topper.

This word is made from chipboard. I inked it with gold ink, then used a Versa Mark stamp before applying extra thick embossing powder. I love the way it turned out!

Please let me know your thoughts on my layout. Happy Holidays!

Stage Fright

These pictures have a fun, personal story with them. Not everyone would get the importance of the photos just looking at them, but that's why Scrappers scrap family memories. This is a set of photos that the journaling is so important. I managed to hide my journaling. I needed a large space because the story is pretty long. Can you see where it is?

Well, it's behind this photo....

When you flip the photo the story is right there.

Here's the story up close:

I love these shiny Thickers!

I used some silver Mr. Huey's spray on some would veneer arrows to point to a few important things, like my son pointing at the "audience" with his thumb.

I searched my stash for some music paper and finally found one sheet!

I used my Noel Mignon Cable Knit kit for this layout. I love her kits! I also used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches . So much fun!

Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts. Happy Holidays!

Christmas Elf

I have been waiting to reveal this layout for about a month. I love this layout! It makes me happy just looking at it. Let's Get Sketchy had a challenge for layouts to be included in a special holiday edition of their digital inspiration page called Get Inspired and mine was chosen to be included! What an honor.

I used Teresa Collins' Candy Cane Lane collection for this layout. I love everything Christmas, and I really love this collection!

Here was the original sketch. Isn't it great? I love Laura Whitaker's work.

These Thickers are yummy! They didn't come with the collection, but I had to use them! I used paint to create the circles in the background. I rimmed the edge of a cup and stamped the paint on the background. I really liked when it splattered on the page.

I used two pictures and cute them down so they only focused on my little elf. I love his sweet little face!

I used sequins and snowflake sequins to embellish thus layout. They made it so much fun!

Thank you for checking out my page. Don't forget to visit Let's Get Sketchy to see all the inspiration. Happy Holidays!

First Christmas

I absolutely love any pictures of my granddaughter, Meila. Match them with Christmas and I'm all gooey inside! I love them! These pictures made me happy as soon as I saw them. I just had to find the right sketch for them.

To create this layout I used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches . Since Meila was looking to the right I flipped the sketch. I don't like the subjects to be looking off the page....just a bit of a pet peeve. 

I used do paints to create the open circles around the page. I really liked when the paint splattered on then apace a bit. I also inked the edges of all the paper, and used a white Signo pen to doodle.

I played on the circles all over the page.

The alphas took me awhile to figure out. I knew I wanted two kinds of alphas, but it took me some time to find the right ones. I love the way it turned out!

I hope you enjoy my page. Please let me know your thoughts. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Wreath

I'm having so much fun working in Christmas layouts! I've been using the Cable Knit kit from Noel Mignon, and having a great time. This layout is a simple page about my Christmas wreath. I loved that wreath! My son isn't too excited about this page because it isn't about people, but the page makes me happy. 

I didn't use a sketch gir this layout. It just kind of happened organically. I love when that happens.

I just kept adding embellishments until I was happy with the look. I sprayed the wood veneer shapes with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Bronzer. I love the stars on my porch wall, so I added wood and sequin stars to the page.

Isn't that a pretty wreath? I love all the layers under this picture.

I love that big, white button! And the quote card just needed to be on this page.

I hope you enjoyed my page. Please leave me some love and let me know what you think. Merry Christmas!