Christmas Page Layout

I know full well that it isn't Christmas time, but I'm getting around to scrapbooking Christmas 2010 so I wanted to share my work. Here's an unusual sight for me: two different backgrounds on the same topic. I'm typically pretty consistent with this but I ventured away from the same background this time. 

When I scrapbook, first I pick out the photos that I plan to use on the subject. I don't always use all of the photos I pick out initially, but it does give me a rough idea of how I should plan the page. 

I found these really cute snowflake embellishments at Cargo Largo. Discount stores like Cargo Largo are great places to shop for scrapbooking essentials. They're typically things that are just out of season and you can always save your embellishments for the right time of year. I bought these snowflakes last summer. 

For the left side of my layout I planned to use three photos and leave room for the title in the upper left corner.  Since I didn't have any embellishments on hand that would match the background paper, I created my own. For this one, I simply drew, with a pencil, the outline of the evergreen tree on green card stock and cut that out then I cut the trunk out of leftover brown card stock that I'd saved. Also, using my Cricut, I created a Christmas ornament with scrap paper I had. I always keep my scraps because you never know when you'll need them. 

Here's how I made my ornament:

Using the Cricut Classic Font cartridge, I cut out two circles. You can also use a household item to make circles. I've used the end of a glue stick and a candle holder before, prior to my Cricut. You can also use bowls, cups and plates to make various sized circles. After cutting the circles, I hooked them together with a metal connector (the name escapes me). After this, using another circle design with my Cricut, I cut out an additional circle. This I used to make the ornament more interesting. See photos. 

After I made the ornament, I cut out "Merry Christmas" in red card stock using the Chunky Classic font. Before gluing ANYTHING on the background I always arrange my photos and embellishments so that I have a rough idea of what the end result will look like. The final left page is shown at left. 

The right page was very simple. I bordered each photo with white card stock, glued a white, sparkled strip of card stock down the left side and attached the snowflakes. Like I said, very simple. So with that, I hope that you received some kind of inspiration from my post. This is how I do it. If you have any tips or tricks you'd like to share, please comment and don't forget to follow me. :)


Tchau!