December Journal With A Difference

Hello! Lisa here, is it too early for Christmas?

I don't think that's a thing when you are a crafter. We need to be organised when it comes to Christmas don't we?! : )

Well this new journal of mine was an idea almost a year ago.

Documenting Christmas can feel so overwhelming. So I decided to make it easier.

I saw this title of this book and thought it would be perfect as we moved to the country 2 Christmases ago.

The plan is to document each Christmas just over a couple of pages.

You can watch my tutorial here how I turn this book into a journal.

And to decorate inside I've used the Vicki Boutin Collection - Mistletoe Memories here. 

I love adding pom pom trims and little bits and pieces that hang over.

I cut out lots of these tags for this and stapled them at the tops and along the sides.

And they look great inside too.

And I used these Doodlebug puffy stickers.

And these Rosie's Studio stickers are a perfect match.

I made a hole in each of the tags and tied string to add another texture.

 

And to finish off I've cut off bits of fabric and stapled to the tops of the pages.

I love this look.

 

I'm so happy with how this turned out.

It's going to be so fun to fill up!

I hope this inspires you today.

How do you document Christmas?

Lisa xx

P13 Cosy Winter - The Greatest Gift Is You

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all enjoying the festive season and managing to create some great stories for scrapping.

I have chosen to document a story from the start of this month, when we put up our tree. It's a family tradition to take photos next to the tree every year and it's one of my favourite moments.

For this page, I'm using the beautiful P13 Cosy Winter collection - a really stunning vintage style collection with soft muted tones.

I was drawn to Kraft for my background and used a sheet from the Premium Kraft Cardstock Pack. 

To create my background, I used a dry brush and Iced Spruce Distress Oxide to create the triangle shape. It made a kind of foggy effect on the page which I absolutely love! It's been hard to capture on camera but it looks a bit dreamy - something I will definitely do again.

I then took some Distress Oxide in Old Paper and brushed it through a lined stencil like this one.  

My final layer of mixed media used some Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste in Icicle Blue (it looks white) through a small snowflake stencil.

I backed my photo with layers of white tissue paper, Paper 2 and Paper 3, distressing the edges for texture. I also added a Joyful sticker from the Sticker Sheet.

Next, I fussy cut the chair, branch and tree from Paper 7 and added some white thread across my page, using the fussy cut pieces to hold this in place.

To the thread, I added some tags from the Decorative Tags 2 Pack and a stocking that I fussy cut from Paper 7, before sticking the ends of the thread in place with tape on the back of the page.

I added a few extra fussy cut gifts from Paper 3 and Paper 7 to create a cluster around the bottom of my photos before adding my title using white puffy thickers from my stash.

To finish the page, I added some iridescent sequins and some Nuvo Glitter Drops in Silver Crystals.

And that was the page complete!

I love how this page turned out. The effect of the distress oxides on the Kraft cardstock is really pretty and I hope I have inspired you with the layouts I have made with this collection.

I wish you all a very happy and safe festive season.

See you in 2022!!

Claire xx