All the Stockings Layout

2014 was the Christmas my daughter wore bright pink pajamas, so I had to work around that color scheme, which led me to an old paper pack called Magic Moments. Although it wasn't a Christmas kit, it seemed to tie some great colors together and inspired me to create blue, yellow and pink stockings as embellishments. Around the bottom picture, I wrote a line from the song "Jolly Old St. Nicholas: "All the stockings you will find hanging in a row," but I finished it off with "but not for long!"

Recipe:
Magical Day stamp set
Magic Moments papers
Barn Red, Sweet Leaf & White Daisy cardstock
Barn Red & Hollyhock ink
White gel pen (Sakura)
Color Ready Kraft Borders
Stuck on You Puffies
Gold photo hangers
White baker's twine
Star Dust Stickles (Ranger)
Magic Moments stickers
Toddler Trinkets & Toys stickers (CM)
Gingerbread man stickers (from my stash)
Cuttlebug Wicker Weave & Swiss Dot embossing folders
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stockings
Pattern: Triple Play - Offset (from Reflections by Jeanette Lynton)
Challenges: Lasting Memories #477 Roots Day - scrap an older picture of you and your family (2014 isn't super old, but I enjoyed remembering when my kids were this little); Use Your Stuff #388 - Christmas Time

December 24 Layout

I got some scrapping done on Mother's Day, so here is a layout I finished up late last night. I started with the NSD sketch from Sketch 'n Scrap, but I turned it upside down. Then I pulled out a stamp set I got last year but never used. Since it's a countdown to Christmas set, most people used it for Advent Calendars, but I thought it would be fun to create my own patterned paper by stamping the whole set in different colors. Unfortunately, it made the paper a little busy to add my title to, so I shifted the title over to the side of the layout. The end result wasn't exactly how I envisioned it, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out.

Recipe:
Magical Day & Happy Holidays stamp sets
Kraft, Sky & White Daisy cardstock
Desert Sand, Cranberry, New England Ivy & Sky ink
Black marker
Enamel stars
Moss & Red ric-rac (Craft Essentials)
3-D foam tape
Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge: title, tags
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap NSD 2015 sketch