Inspired by

I"m sharing another layout today for my new series 'Inspired By'. I'm back again with another layout inspired by Pinterest. This week it's this one-



by Kelly Noel. I love her work. Click the photo to go to the original page. I stuck with a very similar layout here but what inspired me were the arrows. I stamped a few with white & gold ink and used some velum and wood veneers as well.



And now, onto the layout.

Honestly December 1st is a magical day for me. I always feel like anything is possible on that date. I LOVE the holidays and when December rolls around I get sappy and sentimental and everything is special and means something to me. I had this magical shot and it seemed perfect to journaling my feelings about the possibility of magic in December.

Note: journaling is tucked in on the tag on the left.



A little velum and a little badge directs your attention to our very tall, very magical tree.

Puppies 1st Xmas

And boy, was it a wonderful whirlwind.

If you've been reading this blog for a while you already know I'm a complete nut over my puppy. Well, Christmas was a total calamity. There were puppy toys and treats wrapped in tissue paper and once he figured it all out he was gung ho for it ALL.

So of course all the fuss deserved a scrabooking page.



I have been looking for the perfect way to use that gold polka dot overlay. Frankly, I've been hoarding it for ages. And I thought this page deserved something special. It flips open to reveal-



some more photos of the madness that was out Christmas morning. And a few KP stamps for good measure.

There are lots of bits and pieces in this layout too.



I added some sewing to secure the flap and then put a little chipboard 'December' piece from last year's Echo park holiday collection. I also added the little Basic Grey '25' sticker. The 'noel' badge is from last year's Ormulu holiday collection adn the tab is last year's Basic Grey office tabs.



The teal Thickers and the green October Afternoon sticker both matched perfectly with the Kelly Purkey pattern papers that I used to mat my picture.

We had a wonderful Christmas. Obviously, so did our puppy. I think it's safe to saw Christmas was a success this year.

xoxo
K

Home for the Holidays

One of the reasons I love Christmas is because it draws all the friends out of their holes in random places all over the world and back to their home her in Newfoundland.

This year we were fortunate enough to have our friends from Ottawa, Toronto and even Austraila come home for the holidays. And holidays mean parties and hang outs and lunches. And so we took advantage and spent all kinds of time together.

I combined some of those pictures together to create a little grid for this page.



I decided to do a little sewing on this page and sewed around the perimeter of the page for something a little extra. I also wanted to use a little wood veneer house for the 'o' in 'home' but it was just a little too plain. So, I used a little stickles on top to give it a little sparkle.



I can't wait to see them all again. Until the next time friends- I'll just scrapbook the memories.

xoxo
K

Teal + Red- A Holiday Combo

Before I get down to scrappy business I have to give a huge shout out to my Mom today. It's her birthday and she pretty much rocks. She's not big on having a big fuss on her birthday but I thought I would give her a shout out here on the blog anyway. So, Happy Birthday Mom! I hope your day is amazing and this coming year brings you all the goodness the world can provide!


I've decided that in an effort to use some of my Christmas stash, I'll be scrapbooking Christmas photos until the end of January. Then it's all being put away until next year-well, the stuff that doesn't easily fit back into my stash anyway.

And this was the first Christmas picture I printed and scrapbooked.



It's my fav photo from Christmas 2012. It's also one of my new fav color combos. How about that real + red combination. I threw in a little neutral craft and silver for good measure but I love the bright teal and the pop of red.



The red Thickers are from the SC December Daily kit and honestly the font is one of my favourites. The My Mind's Eye enamel dots & the Crate Paper fabric brad are also from the same SC kit.



I added some flags and a few triangle stamps to draw the eye down the page.



And of course there are lots of layers anchoring the page. That teal snowflake brad also happened to fit perfectly! It's from an old set of My Mind's Eye brads.

I'm sure this won't be my last teal + red page. I just love the colors together.

Happy Monday.

xoxo
K