Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016

Hello everyone, Julie back with you today & let me start by wishing you all a happy new year, or should that be scrappy new year as I’m sure all who read this are into scrapbooking J I have choose to do a different layout today using the Hello 2016 cut file.

I did not have a photo for this layout so decided to go ahead & scrap without one thinking that this could be the first page of a new album or you could always add a photo later when you have one that suits. I started by cutting 2 papers diagonally & tearing a small piece out of the middle of each which I distressed & curled up. I added these papers to a piece of cardstock adding a piece of vellum behind the gap in the middle. I sewed around the whole page using gold thread & glued the cut files to the page, goodbye 2015 on the top left, celebrate in the middle & hello 2016 to the bottom right. I added a few flair badges, some stars & a few gold mist splatters.

Thanks for stopping by today & again hope you have a happy new year xoxo

Elf on the Shelf

Hi everyone, Julie back with you again today sharing a Christmas layout made with one of the new files in the store The Favorite Things cut file.

As you can see this cut file has many cuts on it but I choose to use just the elf one. My children are older now & our elf is just a Christmas decoration but I love the concept of this tradition, an elf keeping an eye on things & reporting back to Santa. I deleted all the other cuts & super sized the elf one, cutting it in a woodgrain paper. I then added fax stitching around it with a white pen. On the right hand side of the opening I made a vellum pocket & added a few sequins. I layered a bunch of papers behind the photo & stuck it all down under the word Elf. I added a bit of gold texture paste & stencilled some red dots to the background & to finish off the page I added a couple of flair badges, some ephemera & a lovely red tassel.

Thanks for joining me today & I’ll be back nearer Christmas, xoxo