Day 164: True Blue Friends

My kids and my niece had their photo taken. My niece started to slip off from my son, so I love how she is trying really hard to hang on to his shirt! I selected this argyle print paper from All My Memories because it coordinated well with the colors the kids were wearing and also is another pattern to play off the plaid print of my son's shorts.  I actually cut a small square of the paper from beneath the kids' photo so I could make photo corners with my Paper Shapers corner punch.  The contrasting but complementary striped print adds a little bit more pattern to the page. I used yellow and orange brads from Bo Bunny to add interest to the photo corners and to the epoxy stickers from Brenda Walton for K & Company. The True Blue Friends sign is from a kit by Sharon Soneff.  The black grosgrain ribbon was from my stash.

Day 45: Two At a Time

I have two kids, therefore, I have two scrapbooks that I am constantly working on.  Since I have a son and a daughter, my scrapping is usually pretty gender specific.  However, I can sometimes design one scrapbook page and use it for both of the kids, as I did on this scrapbook page of the photo Christmas card we sent when we bought our new house.  I usually double up on my Christmas scrapbook supplies and make the same page twice.  Once I have the initial design figured out, it only takes a few minutes longer to make that second page,  and it is one less page I have to think about designing.

For this page, I used "Mary" by Melissa Frances as the background paper. Since my kids are featured in the photo Christmas card, this paper with the print of children is well-suited. I had a background paper that I had made using the polished stone technique tucked away with my stash of Christmas papers, so I trimmed it to use as a mat for the photo Christmas card, then layered a piece of green vellum (Hot Off the Press) underneath as another mat.  As the vellum is opaque, it allows the design of the paper to show through, yet adds size and color to the page.  Stars at two corners of the photo help the eye to focus on the photo. I used snowflake ribbon (Brenda Walton for K & Co.) at the top and bottom of the page.  I also twisted some blue pom pom ribbon with silver garland (both from Lost & Found by Jen Allyson, for My Mind's Eye) to add some weight and color to the bottom of the page .I didn't know how I could attach the garland other than staples, so I just stapled all my ribbons on.  I love the vintage feel using this paper and trims contributed to the page.

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and I had a lot of fun designing this page.