Today I'm sharing a Layout called "The Wonder of Christmas"
“Twas the Night before Christmas” Paper Collection
Again Graphic 45 have designed a perfect Christmas collection
for anyone to use. I love the traditional feel to this collection and the
brighter colours make every paper just pop. I don’t celebrate Christmas quite
like everyone else does. For my family it’s a time to get together and remember
the true meaning of Christmas, without most of the trimmings that make everyone
else’s Christmas’s so traditional. So I
don’t have the traditional family photos or photos of a Christmas tree to use
on my layouts and projects. I always have to “borrow” someone else’s Christmas
photos for my work. This is a very special Graphic 45 little gentleman and I loved doing my layout for him.
I like working on a square within a square for my layouts.
This restricts the area I have to work on. I don’t like adding too many
embellishments to my work, as I love Graphic 45 papers so much, and I am happy
to just have them. I also love fussy cutting, so this layout was the perfect
excuse to get my scissors out and start cutting. I have tried to create a wreath around my
Father Christmas, using foam tape to build the ivy up. Some white snowflakes,
just added the touch I needed.
I matted the photo of the “little gentleman” and adhered it
to my layout. I added some brads, photo corners, a ribbon bow and a title from
Imaginarium Designs to finish the layout.
It is quite a simple layout really, not too hard to make. I think that the combination of wonderful
Graphic 45 papers and a perfect photo is really all one needs for a great
layout.
I have the instructions for this layout finally ready. Kits are available for purchasing as pre-orders on Seriously Scrapbooking's Website here. We are waiting on a few papers, you can still purchase the kit and we will post them as soon as the papers arrive. Hopefully next week.
Another project I would like to share is my 12 Days of Christmas pop-down book. You may already have seen this one or even made it yourself.
The 12 Days of Christmas Book is an elaborate pop out project which
opens out from a book to a magnificent Christmas display consisting of six
stunning pages. The pages when the bottom flap is folded down open out to a
detailed 3D scene featuring the days of Christmas from the well-known song.
Using papers from Graphic
45’s Twelve days of Christmas Collection, chipboard from Imaginarium Designs and
metal charms from Seriously Scrapbooking, this project is a perfect Christmas
gift for a special person, or just yourself. To personalise this project there
is ample space for photos on the reverse side of the project.
This book is available as a kit with detailed instructions. The kit includes all the materials to make the entire book including the cover.
The kit is available for purchase on Seriously Scrapbooking's Website Here. It has been very popular and we now only have twenty or so kits left.
I hope to share some more of my Christmas projects with you, I have a few up my sleeve. For more Christmas inspiration or just any inspiration ☺ visit Graphic 45's Blog.
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