Christmas Blessings
I am so happy I was able to escape into my craft room for a little creative time. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season have kept me on the move! When I saw the Cedar and Pine paper collection, I knew I wanted to scrapbook this photo of my husband and I! The classic feel of this collection, with its traditional color palette, is perfect!
This photo was taken of us at my husband’s holiday work party. Every year we get all dressed up, have a delicious dinner then dance until our feet hurt. The chipboard tag “Christmas Blessings”, made a perfect title. For the two of us to be able to slip away is truly a Christmas blessing! I wanted to add more red to the layout so I opted to create an embellishment cluster centered around the poinsettia. I used the Complete Creativity collection to cut the poinsettia, greenery sprigs and vellum leaves. You will notice I placed three embellishments clusters around my photo in a triangle shape to achieve a sense of balance. This is reinforced with pops of red in each cluster.
To dress the layout up a bit, I added shimmer to the poinsettia with my red shimmer pen. It’s difficult to see in the photo but trust me there is a ton of sparkle. I also used black shimmer trim to anchor my photo and compliment the sparkle in my dress.
I felt the vanilla cardstock needed a little something to finish it off. By tapping my Black Shimmer Pen, I added splatter to the background giving it a bit more detail. These gold glitter gems add to the poinsettia nicely. I love the glittery finish and detail they add to the design.
Above is a closer look at all the gorgeous patterned papers and sticker sheet included in this collection. Pictured below is the coordinating chipboard compliments. These are perfect for titles and creating embellishment clusters.
To see this layout come together, you can check out the process video below.
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