our christmas

Hello -  White with One have recently announced their new Design Team for the next six months and I'm thrilled to be staying on - I love their challenges!! So I'm here to share my page for the White with One - December challenge:

White & Red & Christmas - a fitting theme for this time of year and here's what I've created:

 ... this is not your typical Christmas page ... but our Christmas times are usually spent away camping with family and friends ... something we look forward to doing each year ☺
So there is plenty of white, dashes of red and a description of what our Christmas is all about!
Here are some close-up's:

 ... used gesso, muslin, garden stick, some prima flowers - have also stamped the words - love, joy peace, onto my photo - I love how this turned out ☺

... some more gorgeous prima flowers and shells from the beach ..

We hope you will have time to play along during this busy month - there are lots of great prizes including a voucher from one of our sponsors - The Scrapbook Store.  We look forward to seeing your pages ☺

crazy and fun

Hello - back again to share my second page using some beautiful papers and stickers from the Echo Park collection - Very Merry Christmas - thanks to The Scrapbook Store ☺

 This photo is also from our Christmas card photo shoot from last year - I got this fun shot and had to scrapbook this one too ☺
I've layered assorted patterns and backed with some messy twine - have also added in star shapes, tiny sticker, buttons and sequins and finished it off using the bright stickers from this collection as my title.
Here are some close-up's:

 ... some of the twine peaking out from behind the layered papers ... star shapes, buttons, stickers and sequins ...

... sticker letters for my title from the 12x12 alpha sticker sheet ... journalling from my typewriter ...

Another Christmas inspired page - make sure you check out the entire collection at The Scrapbook Store!  You will have a little more time to enter a Grab Our Blinkie Competition and also our monthly sketch competition - lots of great goodies up for the winners ☺

Thanks for coming by and hope you are having a great day ♥

photo fun

Hello - hope your week is starting well.  Today I have a page to share using the Very Merry Christmas paper collection by Echo Park - I had the pleasure of this being in my design team kit from The Scrapbook Shop for October.

It's a great collection with colours of reds, greens and browns, some vintage prints, geometric designs and Christmas stickers.

 For this LO I've used the 12x12 pattern paper Quatrefoil as my base and have given it some texture using paste and a CW stencil - mini circle grid.  The photo is of my four lads,  posing in their Santa hats - we used this as our family Christmas card for last year☺
Here are some close-up's:

 ... some of the sticker elements - tags and titles ...

 ... a Kaisercraft wooden flourish - Holly - which I've covered with Diamond Dust ...

... a close-up of the textured stencil work and glimmer-misting ... another sticker element ...

You can see the whole collection at The Scrapbook Store !! 
I'll be back soon with another page - thanks for coming by ☺

Christmas with Circle Circus

For this card I've used a stamp set which has nothing to do with Christmas at all!  It's Circle Circus by Stampin'Up.  My inspiration came from a window shop-front - the shape of a Christmas tree had been sprayed with white paint in the form of small circles.  It looked great and gave me an idea for a card.  So here it is:

First up, I made a mask by cutting out a triangle shape in some cardstock, to represent a Christmas tree.  I've placed the mask onto Confetti White cardstock and then used one of the images from Circle Circus, inked with Baja Breeze, and stamped into the triangle space.  Then I've lightly sponged the edges in Baja Breeze. Once the mask is removed, you are left with the Christmas tree shape.  I've decorated with some buttons that co-ordinate well with the Ski Slope DP from Stampin'Up and also a bow in blue spotted ribbon.

The sentiment is from Best Yet, and I've used the Oval Scallop punch and three red rhinestones to 'bling' it up.

Product used:

Stamps: Circle Circus, Best Yet

Cardstock: Confetti White, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Ski Slope DP

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze

Others: Oval punch, Oval scallop punch, ribbon, buttons bouquet (SU), Martha Stewart punch