Merry Christmas - Ho Ho Ho

In between cleaning and re-organizing my house, I'm still getting some pages done!

I have a whole stack of Christmas photos from previous years that I"m chipping away at.

Here is a page that I was able to pull out some older papers again.

The chipboard pieces are from Echo Park.

The accordian piece is from My Little Yellow Bicycle.

The sketch I worked with is #354 from Sketches in Thyme:

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Signs off the season

 Don't laugh when I say that one of my New Year's Resolutions is to use up older stash...lol.
Yes, I just laughed at myself!!
I still love to hoard stuff!  This is a much older collection from Imaginisce.

I added some gifts stickers and a few poinsettia stickers too.

The sketch I used is # 352 from Sketches in Thyme:

Off to use up more stash!!!  

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CSI: Challenge # 267

Good morning!  I sure hope everyone's Christmas was wonderful!!!  I had a great time with family - but I am glad the chaos is over...lol.

Here is how I finished up my Christmas Day before our family party:

I worked with CSI Case Challenge #267.  Here is the case information:

And here is the original case file:

Here is how i solved the case:

Evidence:

dots

grid pattern

Christmas / holiday elements

numbers

tags

animals

snowflakes  winter elements

use a grid

Testimony:

a December prompt

numbers

The Scheme:

turquoise

bright white

crimson

bright olive-y green

bubblegum pink

Okay, time to start cleaning up wrapping paper and boxes.

Have a great day!

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Merry: CSI challenge

Good morning!!  Today (while everyone is still asleep) I took advantage of the quiet and played with the CSI: challenge # 268.

Here is what I came up with:

Here is how I solved the case:

Evidence:

wood background

plaid

christmas / holiday elements

frames

wood

buckles

chalkboard elements

circles

ribbon

trees / greenery

metal

poinsettia / other flowers

Testimony:

inspiration words

The Scheme:

cream

olive green

red

dark gray / charcoal

tawny brown / peanut brown

Here is the mood board:

And here is the case file:

Whew!  Well, the kids are starting to stir,...I'm hoping to sneak in one more page before the family christmas party...wish me luck!

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Christmas - Stick it Down style

Merry Christmas!!!!  Here are a couple of pages I completed and I finally found a few minutes to post them.

I used this month's sketches from Stick it Down.  Here  is the original sketch for the 1 page challenge and what I created:

And here is my page for the 2 page sketch:

I used a bit of chipboard and LOTS of ribbon!

Have a wonderful Christmas!!!

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December layout - Day 2

Of course, the holidays always start out with lots of decorating and preparation.

Here is our fireplace all ready for Santa's arrival.  

The classic plate and mug for milk and cookies is all ready to be filled up right before bed.

I started out with some scraps from the Christmas stash.

I added gold borders from K&Company.

I also added gold doilies - gold is one of the hardest things to get a good picture of!

The title was something I found in the Christmas section at Walmart a few years ago.

I had to trim off the poinsettias to make it fit.  I then just added them somewhere else on the page.

It still didn't seem "done", so I inked the edges in Evergreen ink and then a little bit of Stickles.

I used this sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

I hope you like it!

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HO! HO! HO!...

...23 days to go!!!

Instead of doing a December Daily, I decided I will be doing a Daily December Christmas layout.
Hoping to get 25 Christmas pages done this month.  This SHOULD catch me up with pictures from the last 6-7 years.   And I'm hoping to clear up some Christmas stash -so I can buy all new stuff of course!

Here is my page for December 1st:

I used up some Imaginisce stash.

Lots of scraps, some die cuts and stickers.

I also added some really pretty bling brads from Bo Bunny.

To get started, I used this multi photo sketch from the Scraproom Blog:

Day 1 is off to a great start!

Time to get to work on Day 2!

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