Can you believe its nearly Christmas?.... Nope, neither can I crafters!
Well its Crystal back here with you today
and I'm sharing with you a double layout
Aren't these gnomes just the cutest damn things ever?
As soon as seen these papers I knew I had to do a double layout that featured my
2020 family Christmas photo and my smooshy Elijah
who by far was the best Christmas present I've ever received.
I started by taking two 12x12 pieces of white cardstock and taped them together on the back so I could work with a blank canvas.
I picked 3 random pieces of patterned cardstock from the collection (the green is from the 6x6 paper pad) With these sheets I trimmed them into random lengths and widths, mounted them all on black cardstock to separate them and started playing with how i wanted them to be arranged on the page.
** TIP - Take pictures from a birds eye view with different arrangements as to see where you like things best.
I also knew I wanted these pages to tell a story and have at least 5 spots for photos.
The LHS has a picture that is 4x6'' and the RHS has 3 (but could be 4) pictures that measure 3x4''
I also mounted these on black cardstock to define them from the pattern paper.
As you can see in the picture above, instead of 4 photos I only used 3
and this was because I just wanted to use up some of the beautiful little gnomes.
I used my blade and cut out the frames from the cut apart sheet and re positioned the gnomes and used my distress tool to add character to the edges.
I used a couple of the tags, these were perfect for some journaling, adding dimension by cutting a second gnome and mounting it with foam tape to one of the tags.
I had some Christmas chippy in my stash (Lets face it I'm sure we all do) so I used this to frame my main photo...
but I just couldn't find the write colour ink to so I used my Markers and I'm very pleased with how the colours turned out.
Lots of layered chipboard
I Had some Mintay - Merry and Bright Chipboard stickers that worked perfectly with this paper range so I used these to fill some of my gaps
**TIP - Create dimension that draws your eye by sticking them onto cardstock first and cut them out leaving a small boarder**
Using Rustic Wilderness Oxide Spray I created random droplet spots in blank areas of the paper and glued Glass Domes and Bling over the top (as seen in picture below)
I didn't quite like that it had no boarder so to finish off my layout I used a "Darkroom Door - Stitched Boarders" Stamp
** TIP - To create this affect you could easily draw it on with a fine line pen**
My Completed Layout for you once again... just have fun with it, I say the more gnomes the better!
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post today.
I hope you continue to be inspired!
I have linked some of the products used, just click on the links below and it will take you straight to the Craft on the Run online store
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Until Next time Remember crafting is much cheaper than therapy!!
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