Hey everyone! I can't believe that Christmas is just around the
corner. Somehow I'm still stuck in fall mode, but I definitely started getting
in the Christmas spirit while making my projects this week! I found a
picture of my husband and I at my in-law's house a couple years ago for
Christmas. This was a very special Christmas for us because we were able
to have both my family and his family together for Christmas dinner.
For my layout, I wanted to mix and match different paper styles to
create a unique combination. I used Jenni Bowlin's "Christmas 2012"
paper, which had a nice vintage look to it, as the background and
combined it with Echo Park's "Very Merry Christmas" paper, a very fun
and modern paper collection. I used my die cut to create the cute design
on the bottom of the red paper, and I laced green and white twine
through to give it more dimension. I added ribbon from American Craft's
"Holiday Ribbon" between the two center papers to give a nice "page
break." To accent the page, I decided to make paper ornaments. Using my die cut, I cut out
different sized circles and embellished them with Stickles and
glitter from my stash. I used dimensionals to make them pop, attached
them with twine, and "hung" them with a brad. The stars are actually
from a chipboard tree set that I got at the store. One of the trees had
stars on it, so I punched them out and colored over them with red,
green, and gold colored pencils. The sentiment "Joy" is from Echo Park's
"Christmas This and That" chipboard set. Here's some pictures of the
layout.
Here's a close up of the paper and one of the ornaments.
When
I was at the store, I saw the chipboard tree set and just had to buy
it! I had been debating on what to do them, and I finally decided to
make napkin holders with them. Since this time of year usually consists
of many dinners and parties, I thought that this would be an easy way to embellish a dinner table. With my leftover paper, I
covered the trees both front and back, embellished the center with the
Echo Park chipboard sentiments, and added ribbon from my stash to the
top. For the "rings,", I used 2 inch wooden rings and wrapped them
ribbon. I hot glued them to the back of my tree, and VOILA! I had 4 cute
napkin holders. This is so easy to make, and they really turn out nice.
Here's a close up of one:
This is how the back looks like:
For a better look, stop by the store and check them out along with the layout. Happy Crafting!
-Claudia
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