Simple Scrapbook Pages

I think I need to change the name of my blog to Scraplift These Simple Premade Scrapbook Pages or possibly...what to do with all that paper you have left over from your DCWV Christmas stacks.

I have been making some very simple scrapbook pages lately.  I think it is because I am also working on tear bear Christmas layouts for clients that have so many pieces it is ridiculous, heritage pages for my family that I really want to finish, a baby book for a friend with her photos which I am not used to doing and general life chaos.  Or possibly, it helps my creative mojo...not sure.

But I do like this simple Christmas layout, I have the perfect Sepia photos to add to these pages.  This is a very simple scrapbook layout to copy with whatever embellishments you may have or whatever theme you may want to do. 

It is simply two colors of cardstock and four pieces of pattern paper, two of each pattern. Follow the cutting pattern below, one piece 10x10 the other 10x11 and two pieces for the background. 

I stitched the red mats to the layout, just cause I like to sew on paper, and I made the mats 1/2 inch bigger than the photos so I can see the stitching and the pretty red cardstock.  Then I stamped the circle, hohoho tag, holly leaves and the Christmas rectangle print with brown StazOn ink and quickly sprinkled fine, clear embossing powder onto the wet ink and heat embossed. 

The Santa is die cut from my AccuCut Album Builder Santa die, the edges lightly inked light brown.  The title is cut from AccuCut Apricot alphabet lower case die.  The tan background for the title is a 7 inch custom die that I had made in the Vintage shape. 

In the upper left corner and right lower corner, I handcut the red and beige pennants.  And handcut the leaves from a stamped image after clear embossing.  And of course I tied some brown and white Baker's twine into pretty bows and added a button.

I used my scrapbook stash today.  Do you remember this paper line from Rusty Pickle?  It is called Pirate Princess.  I used this paper originally for premade Halloween scrapbook layouts several years ago.  I think I may have over bought...maybe on purpose.  I love pink, black and white and there aren't alot of those colors together on paper anymore.  So happy I have lots of it ;- ) 

I used four AccuCut Craft dies to make this layout.  The pink carstock shape is the Antique 11.5" die  that has one side of it cut off.  This is one of my most used dies.  That shape is the base for many of my premade scrapbook pages.  I think I have cut, turned and flipped it every way possible.

The gray scalloped cardstock border is cut with the Border-Scallops-Small #2 die.  I have used this die so much that I really try not to use it on my own layouts unless I do something more with it such as stitching it in place or adding ribbon along the edge or in this case, adhering pretty pink flowers to it.  Wow, that is one long sentence!

I cut the white chipboard letters using the Believe Alphabet font, but I can't seem to find a link to it on AccuCut's website.  I painted the letters with white opal Liquid Pearls.  The photos doesn't show how pretty they are.

And my favorite element on the layout is the tiny envelope and card.  The envelope is from one of my newer dies, the Album Heart.  I cut the folded card to fit the envelope as I wanted a place to do hidden journaling.  I like to do hidden journaling on most of my layouts.  Not that I don't like my hand writing, I just like writing special notes about, or to the people in the photos.

Hope you have a great scrapping weekend.  And just in case you want to scraplift this layout.

Easy Christmas Scrapbook Layout

 This is a very simple and easy to make Christmas scrapbook layout.  I used four different patterned papers from DCWV.  I love patterned paper and try to use as much as I can on a layout.  I left a little border of the background cardstock peeping out from around the pattern paper.  If you want to scraplift this layout I will give you the dimensions of each piece of paper.  I added photo mats but this layout really doesn't need them unless you just want the color around the photo.  I lightly inked the edges of the paper and then machine zig zag stiched them to the background cardstock.

The Santa Claus cardstock embellishment and the trees are die cuts made with the AccuCut Craft die Album - Builder Santa Claus. 

 I may list some of the Santa Claus and Trees cardstock die cuts in my Etsy shop not assembled.  If interested and you don't see them in my shop at the top of my blog, please leave a comment on this post with your email address and I will cut you a set for $3 which includes shipping in an envelope between cardboard, payment will be with PayPal only unless you are local, I will send you an invoice. I won't post your comment on my blog so your email remains safe. 

Hope to see lots of scraplifts of this sweet layout and I will post my completed layout once I get my photos printed.