Even thought the temperatures are soaring in these parts I was inspired by Kerri Bradford's latest kit, Hello December, to take a bit of time and work on scrapbooking last year's Christmas Card photos from friends and family.
I incorporated quite a few of Kerri's designs into my spread. Here's a breakdown of what shape from what kit I used:
- Hello December (3x4 journaling cards)
- TwentyThirteen (2013)
- Christmas Countdown (numbers for vellum overlays on photos)
- December Addtions: The Dailies (numbers for vellum overlays on photos)
- This & That: School (star)
- Just My Type (arrow)
I create yearly layout spreads for the Christmas card photos we receive from friends and family each year. For last year's cards I decided to take the plunge and create a pocket-style layout that works perfectly with Kerri's Hello December cards!
I customized the title card with an arrow from the Just My Type Kit and my own text. I made sure to turn the cut lines off anything I didn't want cut so that only the card shape was cut on my die cutting machine and not the text or shapes.
Vellum number overlays on the photos keep the focus on the photos but coordinate back to the journaling card.
I customized one of Kerri's Hello December cards with a faux "vellum" overlay and journaling in the Silhouette Software before printing the card(s) with my printer and cutting the card(s) out with my Cameo.
Some wood veneer accents, overlays, star sequins and other gold star accents and frames add embellishment and a touch of whimsy to my page.
(Click SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, MFT = to purchase from My Favorite Things, SB.COM = to purchase from scrapbook.com, AZ = to purchase from Amazon)
Christmas/Holiday Cards from Friends & Family Links (these are the links to all the pages in my album):
- Title Page
- 1998 Layout
- 1999 Layout
- 2000 Layout
- 2001 Layout
- 2002 Layout
- 2003 Layout
- more 2003 Layout
- 2004 Layout
- 2005 Layout
- more 2005 Layout
- 2006 Layout
- more 2006 Layout
- 2007 Layouts
- 2008 Layout
- another 2008 Layout
- 2008 Pocket Page
- 2009 Layout
- another 2009 Layout
- 2010 Layout
- another 2010 Layout
- December 2010 Pocket Page
- 2011 Layout
- 2011 Layout #2
- 2011 Pocket Page
- 2012 Layout