Santa was here!

My last layout of the year!  I was on a streak making Valentine cards when all of a sudden I was inspired to do a Christmas layout.  Go figure. I guess I just wanted to get the last bit of holiday in on a holiday.  Happy New Year!

Santa was here! Layout Supplies

From Digital Project Life, I used NEW Project Life Template Squared Away 10, bits and pieces from Just Add Color, and Crystal Wilkerson’s Merry and Bright Mini Kit.

I used my Silhouette Cameo with software to trace the Project Life Template. The black Silhouette Sketch Pen was used to make the dashed line around the template.  The little camera is from the Just Add Color digital kit which I made into a cut file.  Bling accents from Imaginisce were applied to the camera using their I-Rock tool.  The little camera was attached to the layout using 3D Zots. The heart is also from Just Add Color and was made into a cut file.  Glossy Accents by Ranger was applied to the heart. The “Santa was Here” was made into a cut file and adhered to the middle of the filler card using 3D Zots. The filler card is from the Merry and Bright Mini Kit.

The snowflakes are a Silhouette America file and were cut using filler cards from the Merry and Bright Mini Kit.  The buttons were sewn onto the little snowflakes using the button foot with my Singer Futura.

The red jute is by American Crafts. It was tied in a bow using Unity Stamp Company’s bow maker, wrapped around the journaling card, and then adhered using Tim Holtz’s Tiny Attacher. 

I like using the digital versions of Project Life because I’m able to fill shapes in Silhouette Studio with the filler and journaling cards from the digital kits and embellish my layouts and resize the cards to fit my needs.

Here’s a peek at the Just Add Color Edition Full Collection, Merry and Bright Mini Kit, and Squared Away 10 template that were used on the above layout.  Click on the images below to be taken directly to the product pages at Digital Project Life.

 

Just a Note

Don’t you just love that little girl at the bottom of this Valentine?  I do.  Tracey Malnofski has such a genius way with her character images.  As soon as I saw her, I had to have her on a Valentine of mine. She’s so CUTE with her little braids and bunny.

Just a Note Card

Emo Quote Digital Stamp from The Stamping Boutique.  This image was colored and paper-pieced digitally using American Crafts XOXO Collection in Photoshop Elements, traced in Silhouette Studio, and then printed-and-cut using my Silhouette Cameo.  I only used the little girl of the digital stamp by erasing areas around her in Photoshop Elements.  This little girl was applied to the base of the card using 3D Zots and Tombow Mono Multiadhesive.

This digital stamp is only $3 and because it’s digital, you don’t pay for shipping and you get it FAST!  Clicking on the image below will take you directly to the product page at The Stamping Boutique. 

XOXO Collection’s color palette was used to fill the digital stamp with color. A journaling card and patterned paper from this kit was used as the background for the digital stamp. This kit is available NOW at acdigitals.com.

The card base is by Silhouette America and was cut from Krafty premium cardstock by Core’dinations.

Below is a peek at XOXO Collection used in the card above.

Click on the above collection image to be taken directly to the product pages at acdigitalscom.

Here’s the description from acdigitals.com:

Fall in love with the darling colors and patterns of XOXO. Splashes of aqua and black accent classic Valentine’s Day reds and pinks, creating the perfect palette for playful florals, hearts, clouds and butterflies. We're positive XOXO will sweep you off your feet!

Buy the full collection and save 20%! The XOXO Full Collection includes the following individual kits:

• XOXO Element Pack #1 - includes 51 elements in PNG format
• XOXO Element Pack #2 - includes 11 borders and ribbons and 20 journaling cards & tags in PNG format. It also includes 10 brushes in PNG and ABR format
• XOXO Paper Pack #1 - includes 12 12x12 patterned papers in JPEG format
• XOXO Paper Pack #2 - includes 12 12x12 patterned papers in JPEG format

Tag Tuesday Challenge: Starry Night

Here’s my tag for Tag Tuesday using “Starry Night” as the challenge prompt.  Today is the last day you can post tags to this challenge at the Tag Tuesday Blog. The next theme will be posted on Tuesday, December 31.

To support the challenge prompt, I used a background patterned paper that had the look and feel of a wintery, starry night, the sentiment simply continues the theme, and the big nested star at the top of the tag serves as a guide to the theme as well.  Interesting challenge!

Interesting Pause Tag Supplies List

Art Doll digital stamp from The Stamping Boutique.  This image was colored using the Silent Night Collection’s color palette in Photoshop Elements, traced in Silhouette Studio, and then printed-and-cut using my Silhouette Cameo.  It was printed onto printable white sticker paper, adhered to chipboard, and applied to the tag base using 3D Zots.  Glossy Accents by Ranger was applied to the hearts of this image.

This digital stamp is only $3.25 and because it’s digital, you don’t pay for shipping and you get it FAST!  Clicking on the image below will take you directly to the product page at The Stamping Boutique.

Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplates Die by Sizzix (cut using my Silhouette Cameo); Black Soot Distress Ink was applied to the edges of the tag.  Mustard Seed Distress Ink and Pumice Stone Distress Ink were applied to tag topper and other bits and pieces of the tag.  OF NOTE: 

The Silent Night Collection was used for the background print of the tag, the stars, the tag topper print, and the sentiment.  These elements were printed-and-cut using my Silhouette Cameo using printable white sticker paper and chipboard to give it some added weight. This digital kit is by Nancie Rowe Janitz and Melanie Ritchie and is available NOW at jessicasprague.com.

The tag topper base is by Silhouette America.  OF NOTE:  The tag topper was printed-and-cut using printable white sticker paper and adhered to chipboard.  It was then embossed using a Cuttlebug and a Tim Holtz embossing folder.

Heavy duty jute from hardware store was applied to the tag by tying a bow.

Below is a peek at the Silent Night Collection Kit that I used in the tag above. 

Click on the collection image below to be taken directly to the product page at jessicasprague.com.