today I want to walk you through a process video of putting together a
scrapbook layout from start to finish. To get started today, I am starting with my
photos. These are gems of photos that are really special to me because they're me
and my friends. You may recognize a few of them.
And over the years at our employee Christmas party every year, we take a photo as a group. And so this represents five years of these Christmas parties. But I've never actually
scrapbooked these photos because I just have one from each year. And so today I wanted to put all of them on to one layout.
And so the photos are definitely
my inspiration to get started. I went through my Make It from Your Heart book, Volume Three I'm using today. And I landed on Pattern #7, because here you can see all these photos just in a row, and that's what I'm going for-- I just want to show the progression of these years, and our friendship. And so I'm using this pattern, because I love these photos.
Now on this pattern, it does show 3" x 4"s that are vertical and 4" x 6" photos, but that wasn't what worked for me. And so I'm still using this concept but all of my photos are 3" x 4" horizontal photos. And you'll see, I think that's all gonna work, I'm gonna be able to just layer them and get that same look, even though I don't have these exact photo measurements. So, when you're looking at patterns and what you want to be the pattern that you're working with, remember that you can adapt
any of these things that don't work for the photos you have, or the papers you
have.
These are great places to get started, but you don't have to follow them exactly if your project needs a little tweaking. Just use it as a great inspiration. So Pattern #7 is going to be my inspiration and guidance to get this project going. Another thing that I did a little bit in advance was, using our new stamp and thin cuts of the Christmas paper doll (Z4053 - Christmas Paper Doll Stamp + Thin Cuts) because this was so perfect.
I have four people in photos, I've got this one girl, two dresses... And she is so much fun to use because it's all coordinated with thin cuts, so it's so easy to put together. I was able to just stamp and cut these out. The stamps overlap a little bit, so that you have no edge at the end, so when you stamp these, it'll come off nice and clean, and
your dress will cut out.
So really easy and fun to use! I did this in advance because it does take a little bit of time, but it was the
best creative time! So here's my little Monica doll, and my Jill doll, and I've got a Tiffany and Yvonne. So you can see again---same girl, and just the two dresses, but by using my different ShinHan Touch Twin Markers, I was able to do a little darker
skin, a little darker hair, a little variation to the dresses. So that it makes it look like four really fun, unique people. I also went ahead and did everything else that was in the stamp set, because I didn't know what I'd want
to use.
So I did the presents...There's a banner, and there's a bunch of ornaments. There's also a fun little bird that I don't know if I'll use on this project, but again this one stamp set and thin cuts allows you to have all of these pieces. And it was so fun to put together! It took me about 35-40 minutes to cut, color, and all of that, but I just watched a show, and had a great time making these
dolls feel like me and my friends there. So I know I want to use these on my project.
So the next thing would be deciding what paper to use, which is really hard, because right now, at Close To My Heart, we have two beautiful holiday paper packs! So I've got a little bit of each of those here: there's Silver & Gold (X7226B - Silver & Gold Paper Packet), which has beautiful gold foil papers and black and silver. And to be honest, I'm going to hoard a lot of this paper, even after this paper pack dies, because these patterns I would use mixed into a million different projects! These gold foil papers are perfect! You've got these black and white stripes, and black and white polka dots... All of these neutrals... That really would
mix and match with anything.
So stock up on this! I will just keep this off to the side and pull it in anytime I need a little pop of these neutrals here. So, I know that I want to use Silver & Gold,
but Beary Christmas (X7225B - Beary Christmas Paper Packet) I mean, hello! This is so adorable! You've got all these fun patterns, and you've got the traditional Christmas colors going on in this kit, and these awesome PML (Picture My Life) cards that you can cut up and use as embellishments or as titles. But all these other patterns... Look at that red stripe...
I don't even know honestly how I'm going to decide what to use, but we're just gonna get started, and see what comes of it. Alright, I'm going to start with White Daisy (1385 - 12" 12" White Daisy Cardstock) as my base, because I know I want to layer up patterns. My photos have a lot of color, these girls have a lot of color in them, so white is a good place to start for
the base. And then if I'm referencing this pattern, I basically need a pattern paper here, and a pattern paper that will be the skinny strip, so I'm going to quickly fan through these.
And I can tell you right now I know that I want to use this gold stripe foil! I love the diagonal stripe... I love the pop that that gives. And then I don't know about using any more of these
patterns, but I do know I want some color brought in from all the reds and greens I have going on. So I wouldn't use that one, even though it is probably my favorite in the pack, because I've got the stripe going on there, but there is
another red in here, that would give me some heavy weight and some big pattern as well as some small pattern by using that red.
And then if I want to go green, I've got this, but again that feels similar in scale, so I'm going
to see what else I can work with. Alright, so none of these have green on them, but the back side of this has green, so I think I'm gonna go with this paper and this side, because then again I've got balance and scale by using all three of
these together, so we're gonna try that, and see how it goes. I think I'll use the gold as the heaviest, boldest part of the paper, so this is from referencing the pattern. This is going to be a 2" strip on the top of both the left and the right page.
This is going to be a two-page layout, to
cover all these photos and all the fun embellishments I have to put on. So I've
got those pieces cut for the top of both sides, and then I need a 1 1/4" for
each of those sides as well, so we're gonna cut two of these. So this is the bottom strip on both pages. So that'll be what I use of the gold, and then of the red this is going to be a 1/2", which when I do a 1/2", I like to use the other end of the paper trimmer, because I have more balance on this side.
So this is the 1/2" mark of your paper trimmer going this direction. So I need a 1/2" for each side left and right, and then I need a 3" piece of this same pattern to go at the bottom. I'm gonna do 3 inches... And then we'll see if I need the second piece of paper for this that comes in this kit to get the green side.
The green piece is 1 3/4". I think I'm gonna be able to get it all out of one piece of paper. I've got 1 3/4" x 11", so this one's going to be just a little bit shorter. So again I'm just going to cut off an inch this direction, so these pages kind of mirror each other.
They're pretty identical, and it creates
just this elongated pattern, which I love for this two-page spread. Another thing I want to do is a zip strip. So I'm looking at the zip strips, and I think I'm going to use this gold "X" pattern here. And I think I'll need both of those.
So here's that second piece that comes in the Silver & Gold kit. And I'm just going to cut off the zip strip there, because I think I'm going to use that on
both sides. That's going to give me...I've got the gold stripe and this gold "X," that gives me in two places that I can bring in that pot of gold. So let's start assembling the page, now that everything's cut and ready to go.
I'll start by making the left page. So here's my 12" x 12" base, and this is what I love about using our how-to programs, is that you can easily assemble a page by just following those cutting diagrams. It takes all the guesswork out for me; I
know that that pattern is going to work. The hardest part was just choosing which
papers to use, and even that is just a fun part of the process.
So now it's just
putting it all together, and that goes really quickly. So the stripes go at the bottom, then here comes the red. There are words on this paper, so make sure you get them going the right direction. Okay, then from the top, down we're going to add the stripe again.
And then again the red. So I love how this is bringing together the traditional red and green of Christmas,
but adding just a touch of elegance with this gold that we're bringing in here, too. So then in the pattern there's a piece that just goes right here. So that's where that pop of green is going to come, and you can see how that really
balances out all the different patterns and these colors that I'm pulling into
this one layout.
So it's going to go just like this, and then the zip strip I think is just about a 1/2" short. I'm just going to grab my scissors rather
than my paper trimmer and cut that down, and adhere that right along the bottom. I love when you have patterns that just overlap like this, because it just gives you layers and a little bit of interest without being too overwhelming. So there's my left page! All I've got to do is add my photos.
But I'm going to go ahead and build the right page so then I can work with them side-by-side, as one continuous project. So let me just quickly glue down the same patterns and the same pieces on the right side. This half inch strip goes on again. I'm gonna pull the left page over so that I.
Can make sure that I'm getting that
lined up, and that they're equal on both sides. Just using my other page as my
ruler. Cut off a little 1/2" of this. All right, so now my left and right face pages are complete, and ready to start assembly.
So, the next thing I'm going to do is add the photos. So they again are just gonna go in this nice straight stream. I'm not even mounting these photos, because most of them have such a
solid black background to them, and the white would work, but doesn't really need
it, because I've got a white background. So I'm really just going to go with the
photos directly onto the page.
I think I'm going to put these three on this
side, since these two both have a really dark background. I'm putting this one in the middle. The years might not be in order, but it helps balance out the page that way, to make those photos these to ground this one here in the middle. So, I'm going to just go ahead and attach these, kind of tilted.
That's how it is in the pattern as well, and I kind of like that look. And you can see that even though I use different size photos, I can still fit them on this page no problem, just by converting that all to 3" x 4"s, across this way, then if they're going to continue on to this right page, I've got two more photos. I've got this lovely one from when I was pregnant but you've got to document all of it, right? And then this one was just this past year, so that's really fun to have those all come together on one layout. So there's all five of my photos.
And then
here is going to be a journaling block. So, I love to use my PML cards for
that. So I'm going to look at both the Silver & Gold PML and the Beary Christmas, and see what will work. So, you've got lots of options here.
I love the idea of pulling in this green one because that's going to give me another
pattern, and the green is just a little bit different, but I like that because that's going to help give just another little pop of pattern and color to that. So I think I'm gonna go ahead and trim out this 3" x 4" card right here. And yeah, I really like how that gives me
just another small fun pop of pattern, and that the green coordinates, but isn't
the exact same. I'm also gonna cut out this red "Ho Ho Ho" card.
I know already that it's too big to use as-is, but again it's bringing in some more red. So now I want to look for some journaling cards. I could use this star and cut it down but I feel like those stars might be heavy. This one could be cute to put my journaling on, or I could use that, but I don't know if I want the reindeer necessarily.
Another thing that I've thought of as I've been looking through these papers is this striped paper. I could use this every day on a project in some way! And another idea I had for this is using this as journaling line. So I'm going to cut it out and see if that's what I end up doing. I'm just gonna cut it to be a 3" x 4", and we'll see how that works.
I've wanted to try this so this is a great way to see how it plays into the project. So you can see that even just a striped paper could be used for something like a journaling card. So let's see how this is all gonna come
together. I'm liking these three options.
So again, I would want the journaling to end up being horizontal, because all my photos are horizontal so I don't want something that kind of breaks the line there. But I don't want that just by itself, because you can see that that gets totally lost. I'll pull it into the
center here while we're working on it. So I think I want some more pattern behind it.
I think I want to still pull in this green. I love that. So even though these are the same size cards, and this is as big as this can get because that's how it's printed, I could either shrink my journaling to fit centered on that and just cut another 1/4" off all the way around, but I think what I want to do is just go ahead and offset it, so that I just get enough of that green pattern poking through just like that. So because then the bottom of this is weighted on green already.
So yeah, that really works. And then I think I'm just going to use this red, just to get some red on the background. So yeah let's go with that. I'm going to adhere this down on top of this red.
Again, if you had cardstock sitting around, you could do it that way, but this works great because I already have these PML cards in part of the kit. So and I'm gonna have a little bit of the "Ho Ho Ho" words, and that's just fine. I'm cutting it off-screen, but I'll do it really quick, and bring it back in so you can see. So, really that looks like stripes, but it
might even get hidden by the time I put all this together.
I like that. I think I'm gonna go with that. So here's my journaling piece. Again, just layering pieces and adding texture and color, by mixing all of those together.
So this I'm going to just tuck a little bit further under my layers, And tilt it just a little bit, so that it
matches that. So there you go! That's how my journaling is going to come together, using that pattern paper as the stripe, adding two PML cards that can layer up
and just give me more pop and more layers of color there. So here's the spread. Now comes the fun part---figuring out all the embellishments on this.
So again, I have the Silver & Gold complements (X7226C Silver & Gold Complements), which I love, again because you can use those on tons of different projects! There's lots of words in here, and shapes, but also things that aren't Christmas-themed, so you could use this in lots of different ways. I'm going to look at all the complements here, and then see what works. So I've got these two sticker sheets, and all these pieces, as well as some badge buttons. So I think the first thing I need to do is get the girls on the page, because they are the ultimate part of my embellishment and the whole reason the theme that came for this whole page.
So I think I'm going to put them on the page here, on both sides, so that you can kind of just see them line up. And if you just kind of twist their arms in and out like paper dolls, you can make it look like they're just having their arms around each other. I'm gonna go ahead and put these down. Let's see how that works.
There we go. Just like that. I put these two at the bottom here, and these two on the bottom on the right page. Oh! You know what, I don't want to put the same two dresses together, so...
I should have named them already. Let's see, this will be good. There we go. So we've got the girls down, and that really is a ton of the embellishment that this page needs,
because that's where you want the focus to be--- on the photos, and the fun cartoon characters of the girls themselves.
So, I've also done the present, I'm going to
put that just right down here by their feet. We always give away amazing prizes
at our Christmas parties, so presents are appropriate there. And then I also have all these ornaments... I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to use those...
I think I want to get my title on first, and then figure out how to embellish from there. So I know that in this pack of glitter pieces, there is the word "Cheer," as well as the word "Holiday," and I think I want to put all of those on the page. Alright, so I've got "Holiday Cheer," and you know, even just looking at it right now, I can see how this could nestle; I love when my titles can nestle into each
other, because look at that "H" and how that gives me an open space. So I think I want to put "Cheer" below "Holiday," and make that all fit together.
So I'm going to adhere that really quickly... Okay, so you can see how nicely that all
fits together and feels like a finished piece. And then there are some other fun and gold embellishments in here. I've got a star, there's two stars, one that's open, one that's simple...
I think I want to just put this little star right in here, to kind of fill that cluster up. So I feel good about that as a title piece. And then I love these gold this gold Christmas tree. I've only got one strand that comes in this complements pack, but I am thinking I can just cut them a little bit.
I'll put them in pieces around the girls here. I'm gonna put four of them right here. I might be able to fit one...Yep, we'll do that one tucked right under her, so it looks like they just continue on behind them. And then on to the second page...
So when looking at your complements, think of how you can stretch them, how you can use them in other forms than how they look like they might be created for. It just gives you some fun, creative things to do there. I'm gonna put two under the present... Behind her...
Actually, I might pop the present off first... And then put the rest of them over here, and then look how long that makes it look like that Christmas tree banner was able to go, even though I just cut it into little pieces there. So I've stretched that all the way across the layout, and that gives me some gold down here, some gold shimmer up here. The next thing I'm gonna do is look at my sticker sheet.
So, I love this "Jolly" sticker, and that's going to give me a little pop of black. I've got a lot of black going on over here with the photos, and hardly any black on this side, so I think I'm going to balance that out by just adding that right down here in the corner. And that feels really good. And then I'm going to look at this...I love this little tag that says, "December Story," because this always happens every year in December, and that could help fill in this open space here, but that white-on-white isn't really going to work well, so I think I'm going to look through my scraps...
I still have this little bit left of the 12" x 12" piece that I cut up to make all those pieces, so I'm just going to mount this with just a little border, and then just hand-trim this... So that's going to help that pop and pull some green up to the top of my project. Just dovetail that... And there! That's really gonna help that have a good resting place, and some color that really helps pull that together.
So putting the "December Story" right into there, and look now how my title has multiple components, but it all feels
like one focal point right there. So I love that coming together. And then I think I do want to go ahead and put these ornaments on... They'll just be a fun
little detail.
And I have nothing going on on the top here, so I think I'm going to just put them scattered along... There is a stamp in the stamp set that
allows you to do the rest of the string coming down from ornaments. You can see it right here, there's just a tiny little stitch of a stamp, and you could definitely use that to elongate the stems, or the strings of these ornaments. I might just go ahead and use my journaling pen (Z1979 Marvy Uchida LePen Journaling Pen), which is another easy way to make that look like they're hanging, so they're not just dangling there.
So I've got three there... I think I'll do three over here, so balancing that out, in threes. I could easily put all six on the other side, but I kind of like it--- the continuity of them coming on to both pages of the layout. Okay, so I think I'm just going to take
my journaling pen, and something with a straight-edge...
A ruler would be great, but I
don't have one right here, so I'm just going to use a piece of paper... And then just add that little line, so that your ornaments are actually attached to the top of the paper. Okay, I'm actually also gonna put like a
little...Draw a little kind of bow... That makes it look like those are tied.
There we go! That's a fun embellishment,
and I think I'm pretty much there. I like how this is all coming together! You've got a lot of focus towards the center, then you've got the balance of putting
embellishment on the corners. The last thing I really think it needs, because I think almost every project needs this, is a little bit of gold shimmer. So this is going to be another fun way.
We have a gold shimmer pen (Z3316 Shimmer BrushGold), as well as a clear shimmer pen (Z3293 Shimmer BrushClear), so you can add just a little bit of sparkle to anything. But honestly, I keep this at the ready all the time, because I can find a use for it constantly! So this is just going to put out... I'll show you just how it looks when you just wipe it... It's just like gold glitter paint, basically.
You can just squeeze here when you need a little more, and you can see how that just adds shimmer. So I'm going to just coat my little white space here on this "December Story." That's going to help tie it in to the glitter pieces within the title. So that just adds just a little bit of shimmer. You might not be able to see it on camera, but you can see it really well in person.
I'm going to do the same thing to these ornaments, to make them feel a little more realistic. I did color these with the Shinhan markers (ShinHan Touch Twin Markers), but now adding just a little bit of that gold helps pull it together. It's just a really fun detail, and I can get carried away, because it's so much fun to use! The last thing I want to do, I think, is add a
little bit to this dress here to really jazz-up our fancy Christmas clothing. And
I think even to the present down here.
See? Like I said, you just can't stop
once you get going! It's so much fun to add that little shimmer to things. But I
really will limit myself to that, and then I think that's looking really good. I love that I was able to document all of these photos in one layout so that you can see our friendship over the years. You can see this fun tradition that we have of constantly being together, spending the holidays, and this fun Christmas party, all the different years that we've been working together and being friends.
I'm going to go ahead and add my journaling quickly, because no page is complete without the story. Okay, so there we have it! Here is the finished layout, journaling, and all ready to go into my album, and documenting friendship, the holidays... Fun, adorable products--- I love love love these thin cuts, and the fun details of the paper girls, as well as all the embellishments here that all came together from using just pieces of the Silver & Gold paper pack as well as Beary Christmas. All available at
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