Hey Newbies,
I'm here working on number 15 of my 365 Page Layout Challenge 2019 (and the lessons I learned). I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.
This layout I'm not gonna lie...I love. Not just because of the pictures (he was so darn cute in his little man robe), but I was super excited about using non-traditional Christmas colors. What I mean by that is not the usual green and red, green and red. I have been seeing all of these layouts on IG with these beautiful colors for Christmas and I was hooked! I ordered a small pack of 12 x 12 paper from Lawn Fawn and when it arrived I was very excited to do a layout!
I recently popped into Joann's and wouldn't you know it they had a 90% off all of their Christmas stuff! I didn't have much in my stash on Christmas so when I saw all of this stuff I went crazy...but hey it was .99 cent! Ok, not all of it was .99 most of it was .19 cents! It was crazy! This Hohoho was one of the wood veneers but I knew I could paint it so in the basket it went (with a ton of ribbon, and other wood veneer stuff and stickers, I mean I am set for the next 10 Christmas's on ribbon, just sayin)!
After going through the Lawn Fawn pack of printed papers and my stash that I got from Joann's and my new Christmas tree die cuts I purchased from Hobby Lobby, and I knew exactly what I wanted to use and how I wanted it to look.
I started the layout with one of the Lawn Fawn printed papers (this is heavy card stock paper) that had snow flakes printed on it. The photos I choose had this blue in it that was begging to be pulled out, so I had some scrap pieces left over from another Christmas layout I did (same paper collection) that had this blue in it.
I did the tear technique on one side and left some straight edges on the other just to mix it up. The blues really pulled the colors out of the photo well. I also backed the phot with another couple of left over scrapes from the same collection that also had this blue in it. I didn't quite like the reds that were pulling from it so I used some white gesso and dabbed it on (a technique I learned from Missy Whidden's YOUTUBE channel, I have learned so much from her and her layouts are AMAZING!) . It was enough to lighten the red to match the pinkish color I used for the Title and trees.
After adhering the photos to the background I die cut the trees using my Big Shot machine and glued them down. I had a few chipboard stickers from Echo Park that I added (like that cute polar bear in the bottom right corner) and a few in the center of some of the colored snow flakes on the backing. I had this puffy sticker snowman by Creatology from the Joann's haul that I used as well.
Here comes LESSON #1 for this layout; just because it is not "meant" for scrapbooking doesn't mean you can't use it for a layout. The reindeer down by the Christmas tree at the bottom is a cut out from a note pad I had laying around. I ran it through my X-yron sticker maker and made it into a sticker! It went perfectly and it was FREE!
The Title I painted using Shimmerz Paints - Creameez in GREAT FRUIT, I mean the colors were perfect and pulled the colors of those trees so well!
Lastly, I journaled on the trees in a silver glitter pen! All in all, I love it. Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think about all of the non-traditional colors being used this year.
Well, there you have it...number 15 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019. Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!
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Happy Scrapping🤗
Kimberly
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