Family Photo Shoot 2016 Layout

Our family photos shoots are usually a bit comical and go on way longer than any of us prefer, but for 2016, we finally got the right photo for our family Christmas card. 

Recipe:

White Pines, This Happened & Canvas Art Workshop stamp sets
Mistletoe papers
New England Ivy, Cranberry, Black & White Daisy cardstock
New England Ivy, Cranberry & Black ink
Cranberry marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Red enamel gems
Cricut Artistry cartridge: holly & berries
Cricut Artiste cartridge: brackets
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: house
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #22 (revised)

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenges #10 Love and Home; Cut It Up #267 Christmas theme including a die-cut

In the Air There's a Feeling of Christmas Layout

We don't get to see my husband's nephew very often, so I am glad to have these photos of him helping to decorate our Christmas tree. By judicious trimming, I managed to squeeze five pictures onto this layout and still have a little space for some embellishments.

Recipe:White Pines & Trim the Tree stamp sets
Memo papers
Candy Apple & White Daisy cardstock
Candy Apple, New England Ivy, Chocolate & Desert Sand ink
Embossing pen
Clear embossing powder
Candy Apple striped ribbon
Black marker
Xmas Red Stickles
Red pearls
3-D foam tape
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: ornaments
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title shape
Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #190 Inspired by a Song (inspired me to use lyrics from Silver Bells as my layout title); Use Your Stuff #473 Anything Goes Christmas Edition; Cupcake Inspirations #559 (inspired me to use evergreens, pinecones, and berries on my layout as well as using a primarily red and white color scheme)

Smell of Christmas Layout

I am so excited to have been chosen as a guest designer for Lasting Memories challenge blog this month. Lasting Memories posts challenges every Sunday, and this month, their theme is Funny Holidays. I have to admit, I hadn't heard of most of the holidays on the list, but it's fun to have the inspiration! For today's challenge, the inspiration is National Brownie Day, celebrated on December 8th. Although I love to eat brownies, I'm not much of a baker and didn't have any brownie pictures, but I did have a photo of the banana bread I made as Christmas gifts in 2013, so that became the centerpiece of my layout. Combined with the creative sketch from Stick It Down, and the White Pines scrapbooking kit from CTMH, it added up to a fun layout of a yummy memory!

Recipe:
White Pines stamp set
White Pines Level 2 papers
Chocolate, Cranberry, & Colonial White cardstock
Cranberry & Fern ink
Cranberry & Black markers
Red enamel gems
White Pines badge buttons
Cranberry ribbon
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title shape
Pattern: Stick It Down December sketch
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart 'Tis the Season: Seasonal Expressions challenge (I used the White Pines WOTG kit)