MERRY CHRISTMAS LAYOUT/A CHERRY ON TOP

Good morning, friends. Happy holidays! Today, I'm sharing ways in which you can get the most from your patterned papers. With the help of a bit of fussy cutting...you can create beautiful layers to bring your projects to life. I love playing with layers and fussy cutting little treasures to make my layouts beautiful.

To begin, I layered the floral and plaid patterned papers from the Very Merry Christmas collection from Pinkfresh Studio. I cut the floral print to measure 8 1/2"x11". Next, I cut the plaid print to measure 7 1/2"x10" and mounted it to the floral print so that there is a nice floral border around the layout.

After that, I used my scissors to cut the poinsettia, holly and candy cane from the patterned paper so that I can use them to create beautiful layers on my project. Then, I cut the holly strip from the patterned paper to use as a fun border.

I ended up not using the cut out holly on the tag so that I could fill in the space on the tag with the photo. However, I did fussy cut the presents from patterned paper and popped them at the bottom of the tag with foam squares to frame the tag. I placed the holly border below the tags and added some white pom-pom ribbon to add texture. There is so much to look at on this layout! I just love how festive it looks.

I added ribbon and string to the tags to make them pretty and then filled in the white space at the top using the die cuts.

You can hardly tell that I mixed two different holiday collections together to create this gorgeous festive layout. I used Pinkfresh Studio's Very Merry Christmas patterned papers along with Simple Stories' Hard Candy Christmas papers, Chipboard, Stickers, and die cuts.

I placed the "MERRY CHRISTMAS" chipboard title at the bottom and fussy cut the candy wrapper, presents, and tree from patterned paper to enhance the title.

I hope you found this layout inspiring, and maybe from this point moving forward, you will look at your patterned papers differently! Don't be afraid to cut up your patterns to make them work for you! Thank you so much for visiting today.

Nic

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS/PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO

Good morning, friends! Nicole here, sharing two beautiful travel notebook spreads I created using the Comfort & Joy collection. I love this collection so much...the colors are so perfect for the holidays! I actually used it to scrapbook a few family photos from Thanksgiving and it totally works!

The trees are super cute, I just love them so much! I clustered a few on both spreads and used foam squares to pop them up to add dimension.

I tore the tag die cut in half and used it between both spreads.

I clustered a few clouds together and added the ticket stub and tag at the top of the spread to fill in the white space. I cut the "FAMILY TIME" sentiment from the cut-apart sheet to use as my title.

LOVING all the layers between the two spreads with all the beautiful embellishments!

What are your favorites from this collection? Have you played with it? I created a few layouts last year using it, and I just can't get enough the Comfort & Joy Collection.

Thank you so much for visiting today!

Nicole

NATURE TRAVEL NOTEBOOK SPREAD/PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO

Hello, friends! Today, I'm sharing two travel notebook spreads I created using the Ginger Snap collection. This is such a pretty fall collection. The embellishments are so beautiful...and they are perfect for my project. I walk my dogs everyday and during our walks, occasionally, I come across a pretty flower or mushroom etc... and I of course hold both of their leashes in one hand so I can snap a picture or two. :)

I matted both 3x4 photos onto patterned paper and adhered them to the center of the layout. Next, I added the fun banners using foam strips to add dimension. I cut two word flags out of the cut-apart sheet and stapled them at the top of the layouts. After I had the overall placement set, I mounted all the beautiful embellishments down using glue.

I cut some chipmunks from patterned paper to glue on the banner. The owls were also fussy cut and glued to the banner to make it more fun.

Loving all the clusters of embellishment across the two pages. They are so cute!

I journaled on a few labels and clustered a variety of embellishments at the bottom of the layout to fill in the white space.

Love the "wild life" definition sticker. It was perfect for the bottom of this spread. Notice how I fussy cut the little yellow flowers from a die cut to add a little touch above the sentimental label.

Another favorite of mine is the word titles! I glued them onto the photo and added the labels with a little journaling to fill in the space.

I hope I inspired you today! Don't forget to take your camera on your daily walks-you just never know when you'll come across an opportunity to take a beautiful photo of nature. Visit the shop here, to see the full Ginger Snap collection. Thanks so much for visiting today!

Nic