Christmas Scrapbooking

Do you have any traditional Christmas photos you do each year? Well every year we take a picture in front of the tree at my parents house. Everyone is in their Christmas best and each year it gets more interesting trying to get everyone to look at the camera, sit still, and leave the ornaments alone. ;) We have pictures like this from starting from the year I was pregnant with my first. This year in addition to the "usual" layout I'm going to scrap a layout with 1 photo from each of the last 7 years. It make take me awhile though, cause I'm actually going to have to dig out negatives (remember those?) to get the first one or two printed...

Today though, I'll share the traditional photo op layout. Be sure you take time to scrap all those great "everyday" Christmas traditions.





Stop by my etsy shop for some fun Christmas embellishments for those scrapbook pages!

Get out your needles and thread...

...cause we are going to do some stitching today! I love to use my sewing machine or hand stitch on scrapbook pages! So I thought I'd share a layout today with a lot of stitching.
I used my handy dandy paper trimmer to cut squares out of red cardstock. Then I trimmed them into triangles using my pinking sheers. I tacked them to my page to form a banner for my title and then used my sewing machine to stitch a "string" across the top. For the title I punched circles out of cardstock and backed them with a pop dot for dimension.
I also stitched this quilt like paper to my page and added extra stitching to give it even more of a quilted effect.

For a quick and colorful border for the top of my page I added a row of brightly colored buttons.

Be sure to stop by my shop today and see all the new Christmas goodies! There are all kinds of things perfect for giving this time of year!

Parade of Lights Layout

Christmas is such a bright and sparkly holiday! I love all the shimmer and shine, so naturally that translates into my Christmas scrapbook layouts.
I used lots of glitz for this Parade of Lights layout. I love these glittery chipboard letters... I'll be so sad when I run out!
I made some crepe paper rosettes and glittered the edges of them for some extra sparkle and texture.
I also added some gold sequin stars for more shimmer and shine... it is a parade of lights layout after all! ;)

I've got lots of fun Christmas scrapbook goodies in my shop, so be sure to stop by and get some so you are ready to get all those holiday photos scrapped!

Another Christmas Challenge Layout

I'm just a plugging away at the Christmas Photo Challenge, how about you? (see previous post for details)

This layout is all about another one of our family traditions. It's a pretty simple thing, but my husband started it when we were first dating so it has a special place in my heart! Awwww, shucks, got all sappy on ya didn't I! :)
For our 1st Christmas when we were dating, my hubby gave me a little reindeer ornament that had a hear pendant around his neck that said cupid. I thought it was so sweet that he thought about getting me a Christmas ornament. Then the next year he got me another ornament (Goofy all tangled up in Christmas lights-I'm kind of a BIG klutz, so it was really funny). Then I joined in and we started getting each other ornaments each year. As we had children they became part of the tradition too. I love that when they are grown, each of them will have a wonderful box of ornaments and memories to take with them!

I used some Shabby Felt Birds from my shop and one of the journaling cards from the Retro Christmas Glittered card set.

I added a little stitching to the page too. I used a zig zag stitch and sewed my chipboard title to the page. I also added a super cute pom pom trim that my pal Jenn gave me. Thanks Jenn I love it!

Show me your challenge progress! Leave a comment or a link to your projects! Don't for get to stop by my etsy shop and take advantage of the February special! Lots of new journaling cards in the shop!

Another Christmas Challenge Layout

Have you all been working on the Christmas Photo Challenge?? (see previous post for details) I've been chipping away at my stack, so I thought I'd share a layout I did.

These aren't the most traditional Christmas colors, but my daughter is all about pink, even on her Christmas tree! :)
This layout came together in a snap because I used this fab little K & Co paper pack that included die cuts and tags. I fell in love with it's retro style instantly! (I know go figure)
I love to layer embellishments, so for this layout I layered die cut flowers, with snowflakes (I uses pop dots to make them dimensional), silver plaques, hat pins, and ribbon. I even layered my rub-ons.
To finish it off I added a couple of haphazard rows of stitching and a little rub-on crown for my daughters head. It was a really fun layout to do!

I'd love to see/hear about your progress, so send me a link or leave a comment here! Remember all of you who participate will get some free goodies from my shop. Speaking of which, be sure to stop by there today and take advantage of the February special! Lots of new goodies in including some vintage Valentines and new journaling cards.