12 Days of Christmas--Day 12

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For my final 12 Days of Christmas project I want to share a mini album with you. The cover of this mini album was actually one of my Artisan Design Team projects shared a couple months back. I decided to complete this album and offer it as a class! It is a pretty simple album idea that I have used repeatedly for different seasons and events!

The base of this album is an 8 1/2 x 11, cut in two pieces. I used 2 sheets to create this album and after it was all decorated I added two binder rings (found at any office supply store) with a variety of ribbons tied around the top ring. I have made several versions of this album, either designed to be horizontal (like this one) or vertical (to stand up on a shelf or table).

The base of this album is Smoky Slate which I thought was a nice neutral to pair up with the Santa Express Designer Series Paper.

I added a mix of patterns on the left side of the album along with a strip of Poppy Parade card stock to define an edge.

On the right side I stamped ‘Ho Ho Ho’ in Smoky Slate and added a DSP tag from the Santa Express paper along with the sentiments from the Santa’s Delivery stamp set. A bit of Iridescent Trim through the top completed the look of the tag. I used some of the Adhesive Backed Stars as a fun accent embellishment on the front as well.

This page is the inside of the cover. Now, do you ever have a boo boo? I do, I dropped an ink pad in the top left of this page and since I had already completed the front cover and didn’t want to start again, I just covered it with some DSP, hahaha! Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!

This album is pretty simple because I knew that I wanted kids in my studio to make it and my youngest stamper was 6! She did an amazing job. You can step up these pages if you like, but if not I think this is an all ages project.

Merry Christmas is cut from a retired punch and I added some Sweet Sorbet Bakers Twine and a Wonderful Snowflake behind it as an accent. The Mint Macaron scalloped border is from the Hand Penned Dies. I actually never put this die away, it just lives permanently on my magnet board beside my Stamp Cut & Emboss Machine.

I love the Joyful Flurry stamp set, especially when you can mount several stamps on a large block and stamp all at once, which is what I did for the boarder. I added a couple die cut snowflakes from the dies and the “let is snow” sentiment.

The next two pages feature the Spruced Up Dies and snowflakes once again. “Snowflake Wishes…” is a sentiment from the retired Snowflake Wishes stamp set/bundle. I will never part with it as I absolutely LOVE this sentiment!

And finally the last two pages in this easy mini album. Behind the “Falala" which is from the Framed & Festive stamp set, I added the other part of the trees from the Spruced Up Dies. I love how you get 2 trees cut at once with this set. Such a time saver and brilliant. I added more DSP and some Adhesive Backed Stars as well.

The “Ho Ho Ho” page is the last page in the book and the sentiment is from the Santa’s Delivery stamp set. I added some Basic White Bakers Twine behind the sentiment and on top of another Wonderful Snowflake.

I hope this quick and easy album inspires you to create your own! I have made them for all seasons and they are suitable for any age group!

I can’t wait to see what Melanie’s final project is today! THANK YOU SO MUCH for hopping along with us as we shared 12 Days of Christmas projects. I covered cards, treats, scrapbooking and a mini album within my 12 Days so I hope you enjoyed the variety—its the spice of life after all!

 
 

12 Days of Christmas--Day 8

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Today I want to share a Christmas inspired scrapbook page with you. It uses a little bit of new, a little bit of old and a little bit of current! It is always my favorite things to do, mash up a bunch of products that I love and enjoy!

The base of this page is Real Red which is just classic Christmas and I paired it up with Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Basic White elements for a really awesome holiday feel. The Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP from holiday 2021 was some of my favorite DSP and I still have a couple of packages to use on some projects for this holiday season.

I almost always add DSP to my scrapbook pages and often that color dictates the rest of my page design. I wanted to go with a winter Christmas feel so I added some snowflakes from the Joyful Flurry stamp set to the background in Real Red ink.

 

Top Tip: when stamping background images, mount as many of the stamps onto a large block as you can. This way you can ink up the stamp and efficiently fill in your background!

I added some of the Wonderful Snowflakes to both of my scrapbook pages. This is one of the main elements that connect these two pages to each other along with the coordinating photo mats in Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.

I used a variety of sentiments from Snowflake Flurry and Framed & Festive for my pages.

Have you been seeing sneak peeks of the Alphabet A La Mode Dies around the internet? I love love love these dies and knew that I wanted to incorporate them into my page design. The word ‘JOY’ fit perfectly on the tag from the Celebration Tags Dies.

I love these dies and have used them so many times over this holiday season! A few classic Rhinestones are the perfect bling for these pages!

The North Pole Sacks are the perfect scrapbook page accessory! I added one to my page with a little pull out that you could use to journal or tuck Christmas momento’s inside.

I really love how this page layout came out and I can’t wait to share it with my scrapbook group later this month. If you are local to YEG and are interested in scrapbooking, please let me know! I would love to share in some creativity with you in 2023.

Click on the link below to see what Melanie has shared today over on her blog!

12 Days of Christmas--Day 3

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Happy day #3! I hope you have been enjoying the past few days and what Melanie and I have been sharing. I am also posting over on my Instagram @stampwithbrenda—-I hope you are following me over there as well! I love that we not just sharing cards between the 2 of us and we didn’t discuss what the other was sharing so its a surprise for us too!

Todays project is featuring these amazing North Pole Sacks! They are a fun add on that you could get with the November Paper Pumpkin kit and can be found in my online store. They are the perfect size to turn them into a pull out card, gift card holder, mini album and more. The possibilities are endless! Today I am going to share with you a bright and cheery pull out card design. You can even add a gift card inside too!

I love the printed design on these little sacks as the neutral pallet was perfect to add a pop of color with Parakeet Party and Polished Pink. They are a little twist to your standard green and red holiday colors.

The sentiment is from the Framed & Festive stamp set which I have been using a lot these past couple of weeks. I am so glad Stampin’ Up! released this set! The foliage is all from the Christmas Season stamp set. I even cut some of the shapes from the Seasonal Labels dies from card stock. Sometimes you don’t have to stamp, you can just use the die cut shapes meant for stamping without stamping!

The candy cane is from the North Pole Paper Pumpkin Kit and the snowflake die cut (cut from the Snowy White Velvet Sheets) is from the Celebration Tags Dies. I also added a few opal rounds for a little glimmer.

On the pullout I added another sentiment from the Framed & Festive stamp set and did a bit of blending with Parakeet Party. The tab is In Color DSP with another Polished Pink snowflake. I like that you can see it poking out from the top of the bag.

 

I hope this project inspires you to add this North Pole Sacks to your next order! I think they have lots of potential even beyond the holiday season and can be used for so many things!

I can’t wait to see what Melanie is sharing today! Make sure to go check out what she has to share!