December | 2013 | Distressed Scrapper

The Christmas Tree – dt layout for Sketchabilities

15 Dec 2013 3 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, bloomers, Christmas, Creative Embellishments, echo park, ink, laser cut chipboard, paint, solid background, trims, Webster's Pages, winter

Sketch #105 at Sketchabilities is now live! Be sure to stop by and check out the dt’s amazing examples! For my take on the sketch, I used some fabulous laser cut chipboard pieces from Creative Embellishments and older papers from Echo Park and embellies from Webster’s Pages. Here’s what I came up with:

Here’s Karan’s fabulous sketch we got to work with:

Materials:

American Craft cardstock
Creative Embellishments Ornate Frame
CE Christmas Bulbs
CE Chipboard Snowflakes
CE Funky Alphabet
CE Merry Christmas title piece
Webster’s Pages bloomers, clips, sparklers, charm, sequin dots and trims
Echo Park A Boy’s Life papers
Acrylic ink
Gesso
Ranger paint
Acrylic paint

I also entered my page in the Flying Unicorn Use Your Stash challenge.

TFL!

Handsome – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

12 Dec 2013 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, Christmas, Christmas tree, Creative Embellishments, frame, laser cut chipboard, ornaments, Webster's Pages

Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with another Christmas layout to share. For this page, I decided to go with a pic of my youngest son, Christian opening his first Christmas present. The previous year, he was just 6 months old, so he didn’t open his own gifts. 😉

If you don’t know this about me already, I’m a huge Webster’s Pages fan and have horrible hoarding tendencies with their products…I’m avidly working on breaking that habit, so you’ll be seeing a lot of WP projects over the next few months. lol Anyway, I went with the oldest Christmas papers of theirs that I have and made them fresh and current with some FABULOUS Creative Embellishments chipboard pieces! I just love how easy they are to incorporate into any project and totally make my page come to life. 😀

For this layout, I was also inspired by the Monday Mojo sketch at Flying Unicorn. Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Spiral Tree
CE Handsome Frame
CE Christmas Bulbs
CE Fancy Xmas Bulbs
Star from the CE Flourish Tree 2
Webster’s Pages pp, wire floral, sparkler, tinsel trim
doily from my stash
acrylic paint
Distress Paint

The fantastic Flying Unicorn sketch by Alda that I worked with:

TFL!

White Christmas – dt layout for SWAT

07 Dec 2013 8 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page single photo layout, A Christmas Story, Christmas, Creative Embellishments, icicle boarder, laser cut chipboard, snow, snowflakes, Webster's Pages, winter

Drill #21 is now LIVE at SWAT – Scrap Warriors Advanced Training and all you have to do is create a project using a Christmas Carol for your title or sentiment. 😀 Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

Creative Embellishments Icicle border piece
CE White Christmas title piece
CE chipboard snowflakes
Webster’s Pages A Christmas Story paper, mini bag, sticker and chipboard buttons and twine
Acrylic ink
tissue paper

I was also inspired by the Once Upon a Sketch December Challenge. The journaling prompt this month is, “My favorite month”…My journaling is tucked inside the mini bag to the right of my photo. 😀 Here’s the sketch that goes w/the OUAS challenge:

TFL!

Merry Christmas – dt layout for Creative Embellishments

05 Dec 2013 12 Comments

by dlwidder in Scrapbook Layouts Tags: 12x12 single page mutli-photo layout, Christmas, Creative Embellishments, daughter, Florettes, flourish, laser cut chipboard, Princess Petals, Sweet Season, Webster's Pages

I’m up on the Creative Embellishments blog with a layout to share. This week, I decided to go with a Christmas layout of my daughter, Madison. These photos were taken on Christmas two years ago and she was excited to receive so many dolls. Even her brothers got her dolls that year since she’d dropped us all so many hints about what she’d wanted. lol To create my page, I cut apart several of the Creative Embellishments chippies and altered them with gesso, acrylic paint, Distress paint and stains. I was also inspired by the inspiration photo at Scrap Around the World and the Monday Mojo sketch at Flying Unicorn. Here’s what I came up with: