With a 3 year old son, our family is starting quite a few new Christmas Traditions. Some of them are passed down from my husband and I's childhood, and some we are just starting with our new family.
The Moose Lodge Kids Holiday Party is a new tradition we started just last year. The Moose Lodge is a place a few islands up from our island, that has a huge Holiday bash including, pizza, cookies, a wrapped gift, and of course.....Santa's lap.
For this layout, I cut out large chevrons from printed vellum and sewed them to my plain white background. Then I just layered behind my photo with a doily, copy paper, and patterned paper. Finally, I stuck some die cuts and journaling cards in between my layers, and finished of with wood veneer shapes.
I did this layout along with the Challenge YOUrself Blog's Challenge #13 "Traditions".
This is the second challenge I've done with this blog. It's a great place to go for inspiration and I'll definitely be following along from now on.
Do you follow along with Scrapbook Challenge sites? Which ones?
Hi Andrea, what a nice tradition, love your layout, the vellom on the white looks really great. Cute picture with your son. Thanks for your participation in our Traditions challenge.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun tradition and sweet mother & son photo! Nice touch with the vellum background! Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at Challenge YOUrself :)
Thank you & Happy Holidays!
DeleteAndrea, I love your layout! I am always "afraid of vellum" and have no idea how to use it! What a great idea and technique!! Thanks for sharing! Making wonderful memories and starting traditions with our loved ones is what life should be all about! Your family will cherish them always. Great way to document the start of one! Thanks for playing along over at the Challenge YOUrself Blog! <3
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherri! I used to be afraid of vellum too. Then I purchased a vellum pack by CosmoCricket and thought : "I have a bunch of vellum now, so I might as well use it". I really want to start using more of it. Maybe I'll start using it as a theme for my Holiday pages.
ReplyDeleteI love your holiday tradition, Andrea! and your layout is absolutely fabulous! Such a great design! Thank you so much for joining us at Challenge YOUrself this holiday month! We are so happy that you did!
ReplyDeleteSharon, thank you for all the sweet compliments. Y'all are a wonderful group of women at Challenge YOUrself Blog.
ReplyDeleteSo soft and precious. Love the stitched vellum onto the background and the pops of red really top it off. Awesome design too. Thanks for joining in with us at Challenge YOUrself
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet, Tracy B!
Deletelove the non-tradition layout of a Christmas tradition! All the vellum and sewing combined with all the bits & pieces is great! (Kate *Challenge YOUrself)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kate. I lvd working with non-traditional colors for the holidays!
DeleteLovely layout, really like the vellum and the simple design. Thanks for playing along with us at Challenge YOUrself
ReplyDeleteSo kind of you, Cindy. Simple should be my middle name!
DeleteLOVE how those big chevrons draw the attention straight to the photo! Thanks for playing along with us over at Challenge YOUrself!!
ReplyDeleteAurelie, I'm flattered that you like my work. Thanks.
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