In the spotlight: Holiday Vibes - DT layouts for Pinkfresh Studio

Hi there friends,

I'm back today with my monthly Pinkfresh Studio scrapbook inspiration! This month the scrapbook team is focusing on the festive Holiday Vibes collection and I'm sharing two layouts in the hope I can get you into Christmas spirit and help document those past holiday memories!

For my first layout I fussy cut out the snow flakes from the Let it Snow paper. I also cut some more snowflakes from textured white card stock using some cut files (this and this) by Inna Moreva (Handipaper). 

I created my background from two papers, a textured white card stock and the Very Merry patterned paper. I adhered my fussy cut snowflakes along the line where the two papers meet. 

I tucked my photo behind the snowflakes and added a chipboard frame on top. Both my title (Peace Love Joy) and my journaling are chipboard pieces that hang from the frame. I also attached a red bow on top. 

I glued down my die cut snowflakes too. I added some enamel dots, puffy stickers, epoxy stickers and wooden buttons in the middle of most snowflakes. Done!

My second layout was a lot more time consuming but I don't mind spending time on my layouts. I gave up on trying to scrap all my photos a long ago! I wouldn't have the space for so many albums anyway haha. 

I cut my title, Merry Christmas, from the Magical Forest paper using my Silhouette Cameo. I wanted to create a big, stitched title because I haven't done it in a while. Before stitching I backed the other cut file I made from Inna's cut files. I needed to do this so I could check which patterned paper I should use for background. I didn't want to stitch all that on the wrong paper! So the grid paper I chose is actually the Sweet Life paper from the Simple and Sweet collection. 

Once done with stitching, I assembled my layout: I glued down the cut file in the corner and added some layers of patterned papers in the opposite corner. For this I've used the Merry Christmas, Let it Snow and the Home for the Holidays papers.

I tuck a bunch of things behind my photo: die cut pieces and tissue papers. I wrote my journaling on  one of the chipboard labels. I added some puffy stickers directly on my photo. 

To finish off my page I placed some enamel dots here and there.

I hope you enjoyed these two pages and I could inspire you in some small way!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have an awesome day!

XXX

Spellbinders Large Die of the Month and Small Die of the Month Club Kits November

Hey crafty friends,

New month, new kits available at Spellbinders! This month I had the honor to work with both the Small Die of the Month and the Large Die of the Month kits! And boy are they awesome!

Let's start with the large die kit! It's an advent calendar kit! Isn't that cool? To be honest I only wanted to make a couple to show examples but then I got carried away and did the whole calendar haha! My son loves it and said he hoped I'd fill it with gifts too hahaha!

I've mostly used patterned papers from various Pinkfresh Studio christmas collections, but I didn't have enough so added some other brands too, like Fancy Pants or Crate Paper.

First I die cut everything. I will admit this alone took me many hours, but I think it was totally worth it! I then assembled each tree and filled them with some tissue paper. Do you see those flaps on the sides? Those are actually the lids of the little gift box that is at the bottom of the tree. I didn't want to close my boxes though, that's why they are hanging off the sides.

I've used different embellishments to decorate my calendar; wood veneers, chipboards, buttons, puffy stickers, clips, mini clothespins, just to name a few. Once done, I've put the trees on a string and hung the calendar on our kitchen door. Now I just need to fill it ha!

What do you guys think?

I've also made a card with this set! It's so versatile, no need to build a calendar with it.

I created a shaker window and filled it with winter themed sequins, snowflakes and so. I then stamped and embossed a sentiment on a red piece of card stock and added it at the bottom to look like it's the tree trunk. 

I've used the Jingle All the Way collection from My Mind's Eye on this card.

Next up is the Small Die of the Month kit! This one is super adorable too! I've made two Christmas cards, but there's a Happy New Year die in the set too. Just follow the link to check it out! For some reason Blogger won't let me insert the photo of these dies. Blogger drives me craaaaazy at times! I'm not able to answer comments on my blog posts for instance. I can't figure it out...

I die cut the deer and added back the cut outs. What's this technique called? Gosh, I keep forgetting it.   I hope you know what I mean! I created an A2 size top folding card base and attached some patterned paper to the front. I also die cut an oval shape with my most used dies ever: Nestabilities Fancy Edged Ovals Edged dies! I glued this on my card front and started adding the leaves and berries to create a wreath. To finish it off, I've adhered my deer and my sentiment to my card front using foam adhesive.

On my second card I went in a bit of a different direction. I only used the outline die this time and added a trio of deers to my card front. This is an A2 size card too by the way. 

I've used the Jingle All the Way collection from My Mind's Eye on this one too. These are simple cards, especially the second one, but I hope you like them anyway :).

I hope I could inspire you to create something today! It's the weekend after all :).

Thank you for stopping by! Have an amazing weekend!

X

Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Cards Blog Hop - Day 1

Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to the first day of the Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Cards Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from the super talented Wanda's blog! I always love seeing her beautiful projects and amazing photos on Instagram! 

For today's projects I wanted to use some older stamp sets from Pinkfresh Studio, that I haven't had a chance to work with yet! I don't know about you, but I hate leaving stamps and dies untouched, I need to try them all at least once! I wish I had time to use them more often too! The reason I haven't used these particular sets before is because I am not so into coloring, I simply have no patience for it. Which is weird because I really loved coloring as a kid! Oh well, I guess we all change!

Back to the cards! On my first one I've used the adorable Festive Llama stamp set. There are also coordinating dies available but I fussy cut this one out because I was too lazy to take out my die cutting machine. Oh God, I feel a pattern emerging here (ie. I'm just lazy in general?!). I picked a pattern paper from the Holiday Vibes collection and matched my color scheme to it. Luckily I had some alcohol markers in matching colors, because I only have like 30 markers...I stamped the images in black ink and did very basic coloring, I didn't think it needed more.

I made an A2 size top folding card base and adhered the patterned paper on top. I then die cut a basic oval shape from another patterned paper from the same collection and using foam tape, I adhered it down in the middle of the panel.

I also added foam dots to my llama and presents and attached them to the oval shape. Last but not least I added a sentiment which is a sticker from last year's Christmas collection, December Days. Gosh, I loved that collection too!

On my second card I've used another super cute set, Simple Joy! There's coordinating dies available for this set too, but again, as before, I was too lazy...:( Same as before, I created an A2 size top folding card base. Then I fussy cut a part of a patterned paper (with the lights) from the 6x6 pad in the Holiday Vibes collection and using foam adhesive I added it to the top part of my card. I also added a strip of green gingham paper at the bottom.

I'll be honest, I accidentally colored the chair red and then there was no way for me to color Santa's pullover red too haha! In the end, I actually prefer the green, it's something different! I glued down Santa in the middle and added the kitty on foam dots. I tucked a puffy sticker present behind him.

I love the mittens in the Holiday Vibes collection and thought they looked cute hanging from behind the lights, so I added them there! My sentiment I've cut out from the Very Merry patterned paper. 

That's it! I hope you like how these two cards turned out and I could inspire you in some small way! 

I've been making Christmas cards since July and I'm still not tired of them haha! I wouldn't mind making them all year round!

Now for the fun part! Giveaways and promotions!

- Each day 6 random comments will be picked to win a $25 gift card to the Pinkfresh Studio store. There will also be 2 grand prizes picked from the comments left on the Pinkfresh Studio blog posts: each day a different bundle of holiday stamps and dies. Prizes will be pictured each day on the Pinkfresh Studio blog. That is 12 chances to win over the two days plus the grand prizes! Winners will be posted on Sunday, November 11 by 2pm CST on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page and claim your prize within 2 weeks!

- The exclusive Holiday Vibes die will be added to any purchase in the Pinkfresh Studio store, free of charge! No promo code needed, it will automatically be added to your shopping cart. How cool is that? Even I don't have this die, boohoo!

Phew, that's a whole lot of information! But I hope you've enjoyed this post anyway :).

As always, I'm the last one in the hop hehe, so from here you go back to the Pinkfresh Studio blog!  I'm also attaching the full blog hop list at the end of this post, for your convenience. Have fun hopping!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

X

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