AK @ Christmas

Well today I'm wishing I was at Disney, so I am going to post another Christmas at Disney page to fill the void!

I have created 6x12 divider pages for the different parks in my Disney album from our last trip. So, I had the backside of the 6x12 to fill, and I used this great photo from PhotoPass of the Tree of Life to complete the project.

I LOVE creating this size layout! It comes together so quickly & it's just fun!

A bit of a sway from my traditional red and green Christmas pages, I still kept the sparkle! I used some gold foil pages with black and white. I sewed around the layout to adhere the sequins in black and gold. I switch between a straight and a zigzag stitch for a little interest. I was trying to find subtle ways to embellish the page without overwhelming the layout due to its size.

I added some ribbon for some texture. Man, I love those polka dots!

That tree is so beautiful. I cannot wait to get back to Animal Kingdom for the new Pandora section of the park. I've heard amazing things!

I hope you're inspired by Scrappy Christmas in July over on the Instagrams. Falalalala!

Background paper - Crate Paper, Dear Lizzy, Documentary 
Gold foil papers - Mambi, Modern Metallics 
Triangle paper - Crate paper, Maggie Holmes, Confetti 
Washi tape - Recollections by Michael's 
Alphas - Thickers, American Crafts

Thanks for looking!

Pere Noel - A Scrappy Christmas page!

Hi everyone, hope you're recovering well from the holiday (and hopefully long weekend).

Today I have another Scrappy Christmas in July page for you!

We all know I love color & a good dark background that is out of the ordinary from the "norm" you see around the interwebs these days, so I wanted a dark background for a classy sort of look for my Christmas in Paris page.

We were first to greet Pere Noel in France in Epcot last Christmas. He told us a story & it was so sweet how excited my boys were to meet him.

I layered some dark reds wth black and white scraps for the background of the photo and popped it up. I also embossed these chipboard circles as background elements.

Since the black alphas had gold accents, I used a gold Shine spray to sprinkle gold dots around the page. I also added a gold foil sticker to the photo.

I did a small sewing element along the top and bottom borders.

I strung some sequins as an added element like a little banner. I used shiny red, black, matte red adn some red beads.

The glitter snowflakes brought the red glitter alphas cohesively with the page.

I super love how my page turned out. Cranking through those old Christmas  photos. Scrappy Christmas in July!

Red checked paper - Studio Calico
Chipboard - Maya Road
Black alphas - WRMK
Red alphas - American Crafts
Snowflakes - K & Co
Red polka dot paper - unknown sorry!
Gold splatter - Heidi Swapp Shine
Black cardstock - CraftSmith Co.

Thanks for looking!

Scrappy Christmas in July!

You heard me right, my friends! It's Christmas in July!

It's one of my favorite subjects to scrapbook, so I had already begun thinking of a little blog series for some Christmas in July pages. But then, a sweet friend, Tracey Fox, suggested Scrappy Christmas in July on Instagram and in our Scrap Gals community, and this became a THANG, y'all!

You can find our projects on the Instagram by searching the hashtag #scrappyChristmasinJuly.

I'm kicking off my participation today with a pocket page I created for my Disneyworld Christmas album, complete with a YouTube process video! It's my first process video for pocket pages, so let me know what you think and gimme a thumbs up if you like!

I love a classic, green and red Christmas color scheme. I was inpsired to include a couple white background cards by this great little "merry" card scored at the Studio Calico sale a while back.

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party is an amazing event! I'm sure you will see more pages about this par-tay this month.

#MVMCP is another hashtag you can search on Instagram for some magical Christmas inspiration. That castle, tho, y'all.

Is anyone else in the Christmas spirit, at least for scrapbooking purposes, yet?!

Stay tuned for a super busy, scrappy month!



Thanks for looking!!