To be honest I am always behind, except when it comes to shopping. I hate to be in lines for hours so I always do my shopping at the beginning of November. But I work on cards two weeks before Christmas. Since I don’t do so many… it works for me. However, when it comes to scrapbooking Christmas memories I always do it the next year. This is the case of this layout, last years pictures and I just did the layout. The good thing about this is that I use things that I already have instead of going to the store to buy more things.

I used an old Momenta paper pack for this layout and the solid textured cardstock for matting and the blue background is from Colorbok.

For the doodling around the page I used the Tombow Blue Dual Brush pen #443 from the Groovy Collection and for the green circle I used the Green #195 Dual Brush pen from the Retro Collection.

For this Cute Santa I did some fussy cutting from another page and the title is a punch out that I matted. I used Tombow’s Foam Tabs on the Santa Claus and all the punch outs.

I used dew drops of the Tombow Mono Multi glue on the I Believe in Santa Punch Out and the letter stickers are from My Little Shoebox.I also used some bling on the Christmas Tree.  Noticed the simple gifts? Well this is the time to save money on gifts before she starts asking for PSP, DS and all the other expensive letters.

Have fun with your family this Holiday Season!!

Tombow products used:

 Foam Tabs

Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive

Retro Dual Brush Pen Set

Groovy Dual Brush Pen Set 

I hope you enjoyed my post!!

Take Care!!

Jennie

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To create the pocket card from an envelope:

1. Fold the envelope in half
2. Cut out a ‘V’ notch in the top flap, in the center
3. Use MONO Adhesive Permanent and adhere down the left flap
4. Trim the top right flap and the side flap as shown
5. Adhere down the flaps on the right side using MONO Adhesive Permanent

For Christmas the year Benjamin was born I bought a children’s book that told the true meaning of Christmas. Each year I bought a new book and we would read each one the next year. I have done this for 12 years. This is one of my favorite traditions.

Other traditions are going around Comstock and viewing all the homes that are decorated. We then come home and drink hot chocolate and eat popcorn and talk about which ones were our favorite and why and which one we think should win. Then when Santa comes to town (the Saturday before Christmas) they announce which house won with their decorating. It is fun to see if we picked a winner or not.

Another tradition I guess would be making these Oreo Truffles (recipe here). They are super easy to make (only 3 ingredients) and we make them with the different flavored Oreos and either white or chocolate coating. I found Peppermint Oreos this year and had to try them. They are super yummy. Ü

We bag them up in a cello bag and tied on a tag from Designed2Delights Snowman Tag and Frame set. I used Tombow’s Mono Aqua Liquid Glue to adhere glitter to the hat, scarves and mittens as well as the snow.

Christmas Traditions

this project has stumped me more than any other project…and I can name several others that got me!

my assignment was “shop til you drop”. so my first thought was…layout? but how many of us take cameras with us shopping and how many more of us remember to take that camera out and get a picture of the action?

well, perhaps if it was a girls day out, or a shopping adventure with your daughter who actually *WANTS* to shop with you now…then I can see the camera’s coming out. but, since this is posting the day after Thanksgiving, on Black Friday, when people are attempting for the best bargain possible and hoping to jump start the Christmas spirit by getting as many gifts as they can in one day, well then perhaps the camera is long forgotten at home or in your bag.

so, my next thought was to make something FUNCTIONAL to take with you while shopping and dropping. a few years ago i did a class using pockets…”Pockets, Flaps and Things that Move” was the title of this class. we made an accordion book, and on each panel was a different functional addition. i decided that i would attempt to re-fashion this accordion book as a way of creating a plan of attack when shopping for those sought after items. use the pockets to slide in clippings from ads, or make your own notes, cards or tags to add in there.

now, my next issue was… “let’s make this functional, but not spill all the secrets when prying eyes come back to look at your creation.” so, perhaps this can become more of  a wish list, especially for those little ones many requests.

i used Tombow MONO Multi for the paper-to-paper adhesion, to keep it durable while putting it in my bag.  to make the pockets i really like using Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Adhesive. (don’t use the Tombow MONO Multi for pockets because it is meant to dry tacky, so if any of the glue leaks out from under the edge of the pocket, the items you slide inside will not slide well because of the sticky factor). the Glue Pen will also work for the pockets, if you work quickly. I used the Very Merry line from October Afternoon, Jillibean Soup letter stickers and journaling sprouts, and a corner rounder. in addition, don’t forget to keep a good writing pen with the organizer. using ribbon attached to the project, tie on a Dual Brush Pen, then it will always be at your fingertips when taking notes or crossing things off. write the name of each store you need to visit on the tabs OR write the name of the people you are shopping for (i’ve done both in my pictures) and then list the purchases you need to make.

either way you look at it, using an organizer that is cute and functional will make your shopping a little more manageable…or at least i hope it does!

HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY – good luck out there!

materials:

(5) double sided pattern papers
(4) pieces of cardstock, different colors
white cardstock (to make tags for the pockets)
coordinating stickers
letter stickers
pre-cut journaling circles
Tombow MONO Multi
Tombow MONO Powerbond
Tombow MONO Aqua
Tombow MONO Dual Brush Pen

directions:
cut (2) 12X12 pattern papers to 12×9
score each page two times, at 4″ and 8″, creating three panels/sections which can be folded accordion style
using Tombow MONO Multi adhere the two pages together by overlapping two of the panels
create several more “panels” – 4″x9″ and again using Multi to put them over the accordion folded panels
use the corner rounder on all corners
cut cardstock 3″x4″ to use for pockets, and round two of the corners
use Tombow MONO Aqua put glue on three sides of the cardstock- the bottom and two side to create the pockets
cut white cardstock to create tags (as many as you need)
using the pre-cut journaling circles and a circle punch make tabs for the top of each tag
decorate with stickers
make a belly band cut a cardstock strip 2″x12″, wrap it around the folded-up organizer
use powerbond to keep the strip together
decorate the front of the belly band with another pre-cut journaling circle and letter stickers

***if you liked this you may also like Sarah’s Daddy Decor Project, Magnetic Boards or her ‘Up the Chimney He Rose‘ Cards***