Hi, and welcome to the Christmas in July blog hop. When I put my hand up to take part in this I thought it would be easy....lots of Christmas photos to scrap still but, as with most things, time got away from me. And the creative time needed for a traditional scrap page just wasn't there. I'd already scrapped last year's Christmas photos in PL style so what to do......?
Well, I hadn't put any Xmas photos into each of my sons albums for last year (their PL style albums for last year are still a WIP) so I decided I would do my elder son's pages. I thought I would get it all in 2 pages....WRONG! I decided that rather than big photos in all pockets I would print them smaller to make more of the Xmas paper behind them and allow a bit of embellishments. But I could't decide which photos wouldnt make the cut....AND i wanted to do these all at once to ensure consistent approach.
I used an old Kaisercraft range called Belle for all the backing and most of the embellishments, a couple of flairs, some journalling cards from Pebbles (not Xmas ones, but colours were good) and a punch art elf.
Here is what I came up with....the first page is a Right hand side page...
....and the last page looks like this.......
Of course, now Mr 6 is asking where his Xmas pages are from last year! Guess that will have to go on the To Do list.
Hope you've enjoyed having a look at these pages and would love for you to leave a comment.
Here is a list of all the participants in today's Blog Hop......go on to the next person or go back to the start......Merry Christmas in July!
Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/
Bernice - http://btsoi.blogspot.com/
Theresa - http://himynameistheresa.com/
Holly - http://harmonydiy.blogspot.com/
Sandar - http://www.thecraftybunch.com.au/
Kimberly - http://kimberlymariekett.blogspot.com/
Stella - http://myscrapbliss.blogspot.com/
Margareta - http://www.paperpilekitten.com/
Taniesa - http://thecraftypickle.com/
Smitha - http://www.smilingcolors.com
Catherine - http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com
Melissa - http://yesterday2day4ever.blogspot.co.nz
Alison - http://magicalmesses.blogspot.com/
Manda - http://www.mandalikadesigns.com/
Madeleine - http://senoritaml.wordpress.com/
Melissa - http://www.scrappyjedi.com/
Amanda - http://amandathemadscrapper.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE
Julie - http://plywthpper.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Amanda
Your pages are so cute! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Allie, I get so much inspiration from others who share so it feels good to participate in the sharing.
DeleteI love how fast a PL page can come together when there's a deadline - I was the exact same way, haha! BUT how good does it feel to cross some more off the to-do list?! Thanks for sharing in Ruth's blog hop
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra, yes I love how you can meet deadlines with PL. It could have been faster if I had printed the photos normal 4x6 but I wanted to get a real Xmas feel and the way to do that was show the paper.
Deletecute pages I have sooo many Christmas pics to so something with love all this inspiration
ReplyDeleteThanks Terry. It's so easy to end up with lots of Christmas photos isn't it? Would love to see what you create when you do your Xmas photos.
DeleteVery sweet pages!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kimberly, glad you liked them.
DeleteSo cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tasha.
DeleteLove your use of stash here. And all those adorable pix of elf n a shelf!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny, it felt SOOOO good to use up these items that have been sitting in my stash. And yes, love our elves.
Deletewhat fun pages, Amanda! i love all the photos of the little elves getting up to mischief - the toilet paper one is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue......it was a lot of fun coming up with all their antics........although stressful too! The toilet paper went all up the hall where the second elf was holding the rest of the roll so it was a great visual.
Deletelove the elf on a shelf and the pics you took. your pages look awesome. ♥
ReplyDeleteI love the gorgous pages and that little elf is adorable.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love how the litle ones crack the whip!! Onwards with the scrapping!
Love these pages, and I love how unified they look, since you did them all together. It feels so great to finally work on finishing up my Christmas scrapping.
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