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Christmas Tradition

It feels like Fall has just started, but I am getting into the Christmas spirit by scrapbooking some older photos.  This layout was created using a couple of papers from the My Mind’s Eye Cozy Christmas collection.  First, I cut out the center of the green and white polka dot paper so I could conserve the pretty glitter poinsettia paper that was on the other side.  Then, I took the poinsettia paper and cut off about three-fourths of an inch on two sides, and centered it on the green and white polka dot paper. Next, I cut down the wallet size photos and mounted them on the snowflake paper leaving a gap between the photos to add some embellishments. I mounted the strip of paper in coordinating red card stock and placed the strip near the bottom of the layout. 

The 4 x 6 photo was double matted in the snowflake paper and red card stock.  This was placed in the upper right corner of the layout. I used the Hero Arts Nested Tag Dies to cut three large tags out of red and green card stock and the snowflake paper. The 4 x 3 photo was adhered to the snowflake tag. I placed all three tags in the upper left corner of the layout. Before gluing any of the paper to the layout, I inked all the edges with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress ink.


To embellish the layout, I used the poinsettia and foliage die cuts from the Spellbinders Ornament Glimmer Plate set. I also stamped and embossed ornaments using the Firefly ornament stamp and cut die set.  I heat embossed some of the ornaments using white embossing powder. I used a combination of two stamps for the title and heat embossed it in white embossing powder.  


The title strip was placed at the bottom of the 4 x 6 photo. The poinsettia foliage and ornament embellishments were glued in several places on the layout. I punched some small circles out of white glitter paper and placed them in the center of the poinsettias.  I added some gray and white bakers twine to the tops of the tags.  To finish it off, I added a small amount of journaling on the green tag using a white gel pen.  I still have several Fall layouts to complete, but enjoyed sneaking in a Christmas layout.

Christmas Tradition
Supplies:
  • Paper
    • My Mind's EyeCoz Christmas (2015)
      • Christmas Poinsettia
      • Christmas Countdown
    • Red and green coordinating card stock
    • White glitter card stock
  • Tim Holtz distress ink peeled paint
  • Spellbinders Ornament Glimmer Plate Set
  • Hero Arts Nesting Tag Die Set
  • Firefly Stamp and Cut Ornament Set
  • Hero Arts Merry Stamp and Die Set
  • My Mind's Eye Jingle All the Way Stamp Set
  • Versa Mark Ink
  • Recollections Snow Embossing Powder
  • We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy Fancy Floss Bakers Twine Neutral
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