My Mind's Eye Christmas Layout

Hello friends! It's Heather and I have another fun holiday layout to share with you today using the ADORABLE Winter Wonderland collection from My Mind's Eye. I love the bright colors in this collection, it was really fun to work with. Here is my layout:

 My cute nephews got their picture taken with 'Santa' (it was their dad dressed as Santa, how cute is that??) and the bright colors in the photo matched perfectly with the bright colors in the papers. I used a cute sketch from Jenny Evans as inspiration, and then just ran with it. I started with some spray ink on white cardstock. I figured out that if you depress the nozzle slowly you get the bigger paint splatters, vs the fine mist you get when you depress it quickly. I like the bigger splatters so it took a lot of trial and error to figure that out!

Next I cut out a bunch of solid circles and circle frames on my die cutting machine out of several different coordinating papers and layered them beneath my photo. I topped them with some cute buttons and chipboard shapes for a fun, whimsical look.

I used a sticker as my title (love what a time saver that is!!) and added some additional stickers and my project was complete! I hope you enjoyed my project, thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Basic Grey Christmas Layout

I have another cute Aspen Frost by Basic Grey layout to show you, brought to you by ScrapbookUSA Expo! My earlier layout was fun and eclectic and pretty darn busy, so I thought I'd show you how well this collection also lends itself to the quick and simple. This layout came together very quickly, but it looks great!

I started by setting up my pictures to print onto a single 8 1/2x11 sheet, leaving that bottom middle space blank. Once I got that printed out, I just had to layer the various papers together, add a few stickers and tags, and it was done! I'm not generally a very quick scrapper, but with the awesome coordinated products Basic Grey sent me, I was able to get this done lickety-split and still feel like it has my own personal stamp. Love it!

Christmas Canvas Decor with DCWV

Hello my wonderful friends!

While searching YouTube for a video that I could remember watching, but couldn't find, I came across some fun videos about melting crayons to make art... Now, I've worked with beeswax before, but the idea of all those colored crayons had me itching to play myself.

I started out with a mini canvas. I then covered it in a stamped tissue paper. After, it was a just a matter of melting crayons and spraying inks... Tons of fun!

However, it needed a focal image... 

The "Traditional Holiday" stack from DCWV has these amazing little scenes printed in tag sizes... They are stunning! It was just the perfect size to fit the canvas.  I love these little images! 12x12 images can be so overwhelming sometimes. It is nice to have the option of going small.

Enjoy!

~Kassi

Supplies used:

Paper: DCWV "Traditional Holiday" stack, tissue paper

Ink: Distress Ink, Archival Ink

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations "Amazing Grace", Great Impressions "Magic and Wonder

Other: Rock Candy glitter, mini canvas, crayons

Crafty Christmas 2 Page Layout

Hey there! Ange here, with a Christmas layout using DCWV Crafty Christmas!

 

  It's getting to be that time of year and if you haven't already gotten your family photos done, you're probably looking into scheduling one. Every time we do a family shoot we end up with many "out-takes" before we get the "good" photo. But often I love the out-takes almost as much as the photo I'm after. It's all about the little moments, isn't it? So this layout has the "good" family photo that I used for Christmas cards last year, along with some of the funny photos that preceded it. 

 

  These papers are so awesome! I love the heavy weight and the kraft... need I say more? Ok, I will. :) I love these little embossed stockings hung along the top and since I was following a 2 page sketch from Nuts About Sketches, I grabbed both papers from the stack for my base. Then I cut 2 strips from the red polka dot for matting the photos and ran some washi tape along the top and bottom. The journaling spot is the backside of the present pp, also embossed! I cut one piece to back the journaling, cut another for the journaling and edged it with tape and then fussy cut some of the presents out for embellies. Then I used the tag pp (it's embossed too!) for the title, backing it with some green cs and tying a bit of twine around it, and fussy cut the cute little tree from that pp also. I did my beloved inking of the edges on all the cut pieces of pp but not around the layout itself. Super simple but so fun! Here's couple close-ups and a list of products used. :)Ange

DCWV- pp, cs

Nuts About Sketches- sketch #241

downtowntape- live, laugh... 

stampin up- red & green markers

smash- date stamp 

colorbox- brown ink

ektools- foam tape

tombow- tape runner 

stash- striped tape & twine

Happy Monday & Monthly Monday Challenge Winner

It's official, December is here! Last night I did something that I have never done before. I wrapped Christmas presents the first week of December. Usually I don't even start thinking about it until around the 18th or so but this year, I am on top of it! I only had 5 or 6 to wrap so it wasn't huge but everything I have bought, I have wrapped (almost).

I never like to save things for the last minute, even though it seems to happen more often than not. It is for this reason that I love our new Challenges that we will be hosting each month. Why not get things done when the Challenge is here and share them with each other? Plus there is always the chance of winning a great prize just for participating!  Last month we hosted our very first Challenge! Thanks so much to those who participated. I am looking forward to doing this each month so keep watch because our next challenge begins next Monday. The best part of December's challenge is that it will inspire each of us to get going on another one of those Holiday activities that sometimes get procrastinated to the last minute.

Our November Challenge participation prize was sponsored by Basic Grey! They have some darling products out right now including their new Aspen Frost Collection. Such fun colors and designs! I am really excited to play around with these Holiday and winter themed papers!

Our very first Challenge winner is Jill from Every Day Is An Occasion! Thanks SO much for participating Jill! If you missed her Thankful projects hop over to her blog and you won't be disappointed!

Check out below for more Basic Grey inspiration and have a Happy Week!

Countdown To Christmas

There must be dozens if not hundreds (or maybe thousands) of ways to count down the month of December to Christmas Day.

Our family has had the same countdown tradition now for a number of years and each year my kiddos look forward to what little surprise is behind each little number.

It must have been 4 or 5 years ago that I made this with a few friends and I still love it. I like that it can grow with my family and I can change it to meet our needs as my kids get older.

Since December starts tomorrow I need to get my slips of paper ready and get them hidden behind each day of the month. I include things like singing Christmas carols, reading a scripture verse, reading a favorite Christmas book and I do a few biggies like “hop in the car, we are going out for hot chocolate and donuts” or “get your warm clothes on, we are going out to see the Christmas lights”.

I always keep a master sheet of what each day is so if we change our plans I can discreetly make changes so the days work out.

Back when I made this I could not find magnet sheets to back each square so I pieced together smaller magnet pieces. I just bought some Silhouette magnet 8.5X11 sheets from Make It Scrappin that would be perfect for this project.

No matter how you count down the days of December, enjoy each and every one of them! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Masculine Holiday Card with DCWV

Hello my wonderfully fabulous friends!

It is almost December which brings me not only the need for Holiday cards, but birthday cards as well.  One of the cards I need is for a guy. I don't know about you, but I struggle with guy cards. I keep wanting to grab some flowers or rhinestones... 

However, the DCWV "Traditional Holiday" has some great papers that can be used for those masculine cards. 

I adore this plaid! It has just a touch of the gold foil running through it to give it pop without overwhelming everything.  And being printed on kraft paper? Yeah, I'm loving it!

The inside of the card has a built in pocket that is perfect for slipping in a gift card. These papers really made this card quick and quite painless. 

Enjoy!
~Kassi

Supplies Used:

Paper: DCWV "Traditional Holiday" stack, kraft

Ink: Distress Ink

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations "Small Cardinal"

Dies: Quickutz "Nesting Circles"

Other: nailheads