A Winter Christmas mini album

Christmas in Australia is so far from white, but I just love the traditional wintry Christmas pages and have a nice stash of snow themed paper collections.... I decided to use up a few and make a Christmas mini album for my fiances mother, who lives in Sweden....

The album is 8x8 inch layouts 

TITLE PAGE - SKETCHABILITIES/ SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD/ CHILDS PLAY/ SCRAP OUR STASH

I really wanted to make the title page special, and reflective of the album theme so I went challenge hunting to find some elements to inspire me! I decided to start with this sketch over at Sketchabilities, and worked in some elements from the moodboards over at Scrap your stash, scrap around the world and childs play.

You can enter each challenge at the following sites:

http://childsplaychallenges.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/classic-movie-polar-express.html
 http://www.sketchabilities.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/sketch-128-design-team-reveal.html
http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/december-2014-challenge-20-frosty.html
http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/december-stash-challenge-21-photo.html

 

From the below moodboard from Scrap around the world  I took the wintry theme, the cool blues and white as well as layering snowflakes on top of mixed media, just like in the cupcake.
 

From the below moodboard and requirements over a Scrap our stash I again took the wintry theme, the softness of the snow around the glasses and the sequins and glass jewel around the page. I also added plenty of glitter  to meet the challenge requirements. The fussy cut items are all from collection remnants I have had stashed for years....



                                                                                     
From the challenge theme of the classic movie "the polar express" over at childs play, I took the theme of snowing in the night, and made my background a deep blue with modelling paste snow. I also used starry night cardstock to mat the (future) photo.










PAGE ONE - THE COLOR ROOMS/ CEST MAGNIFIQUE

For this layout I used the sketch from Cest Magnifique, stretched into a double pager, and the colour scheme from the color rooms December. I also cut out little christmas ornaments from some wrapping paper and glued them on...

You can enter over at:
 http://www.thecolorrooms.com/tcr-blog/palette-175-december
http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.ca/2014/12/december-sketch-challenge.html



PAGE TWO - S.W.A.T WINTER MOODBOARD CHALLENGE

I made this clean and simple page from a gorgeous wintry moodboard I found over at S. W. A.T. Its such a shame your only allowed one entry as I could create a thousand pages from this moodboard, its so gorgeous!!! I used the wintry forest scene to inspire the use of the snowy scene background paper and added a snowflake and title reflecting the blues. It will take 4 2x3 inch photos down the sides.... You can find this challenge over at: http://swatscrapwarriorsadvancedtraining.blogspot.ca/2014/12/drill-45-white-winter-mood-board.html





PAGE THREE - BERRY71BLEU/ FROSTED DESIGNS DECEMBER

This layout was inspired by a combination of the moodboard (below)over at Berry71Bleu, and the frosted designs Friday challenge - Create a Christmas layout without using red or green. Since this is my wintry Christmas album I decided to take inspiration from the wintry colours on the top left corner of the moodboard, with the icy whites and deep royal blue, keeping the colours on the layout to blue, white, grey and a splash of purple.

You can enter these challenges over at:
 http://berry71bleu.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/winter-chill-mood-board-challenge-by.html
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/friday-challenge-holiday-project.html

 





PAGE FOUR - WHITE WITH ONE DECEMBER

I made this page to follow the December white with one challenge - white and paloma (grey)
You can enter over at:
http://whitewith1.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/white-with-1-december-challenge.html



PAGE 5 - KREATIVE KONCEPTS DECEMBER

This is is my entry for the Kreative Koncepts December sketch challenge - enter on facebook at Kreative Koncepts Community!

A Thai wedding

My second project for this month is going to be an album for my sister and brother in law. They had a very colourful and amazing wedding in Thailand and so Id like to make her an oriental themed album for her wedding/ Thailand photos using my DCWV Far east and Graphic 45 Birdsong collections.

PAGE ONE - SCRAP THE BOYS DECEMBER

Here is my first page. I decided to base it on a sketch I found over at Scrap the boys stretched to a double page (with a couple of extra photos added). Although my page doesnt have any photos on it as she will add them herself, the layout is very masculine with bold colours to add photos of the groom and his groomsmen, who wore gold.
You can enter this challenge at: http://scraptheboys.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/december-challenge-our-sponsors.html







                                                                                  

PAGE TWO - DCWV DECEMBER STACK A HOLIC CHALLENGE

 

Another stretched sketch - this one is from DCWV Stack a holic challenge over at: http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com.au/

It will hold 3 vertical 6x4 photos

                                                                         

PAGE THREE - SCRAPMUCH SKETCHY FRIDAY DECEMBER #2

For this layout I used the sketch below, turned and stretched! You can enter at Scrapmuch:
http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2014/12/sketch-y-friday-with-team-b-and-some.html

I have used the two circles at the forefront as photo mats where she can add her pictures.

My Christmas mini album

Thanks to a nasty unlucky streak, I am rather destitute this Christmas, so I have decided to make all my Christmas presents with supplies I already have..... I put together my own "Christmas kit" consisting of a few sheets of Kaisercraft Turtledove collection, the remainder of my G45 Nutcracker sweet collection, the remainder of a Bobunny Christmas themed notecards page and a packet of Kaisercrafts twig and berry collectibles and started on some mini albums for my family members.

Just for the record I have been updating this post with each page as I make them, each update doesnt change the date of the original posting...

PAGE ONE - SCRAPMUCH

My first mini album (8x8) is for my youngest sister, who also loves scrapbooking but simply does not have the time between her husband and young child. Below is my first page, which will take a 4x6 and 3 2x2 inch photos.

This page was inspired by the latest Sketch y Friday challenge over at Scrapmuch


 http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2014/11/sketch-y-friday-with-team-a_28.html

PAGE TWO - STUCK SKETCHES

My second page is a stretched out sketch from Stuck?! - which was just perfect for the double page spread. You can enter at http://stucksketches.blogspot.co.nz/2014/12/december-1st-challenge-and-gdt-call.html 







PAGE 3 - SKETCHES IN THYME

My third pages also stretches out a sketch -  this one I found over at Sketches in Thyme this month
http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/sketch-135.html



PAGE 4 - MY CREATIVE SKETCHES/ ARTASTIC

 

This page was inspired by this months sketch (below) over at My creative sketches: http://mycreativesketches.blogspot.com.au/  Whilst they don't accept entries into more than one challenge Im sure they will appreciate seeing another interpretation of their sketch anyway...

I also used the Artastic colour challenge criteria (below), although I pretty much stuck to the traditional colours with a yellow tag and both blues in the santa and reindeer picture. You can enter their December challenge over at:

 http://artasticchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/ringing-in-december.html

 

PAGE 5 - LASTING MEMORIES HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

I made this layout to fit with The Lasting Memories theme for December of Christmas traditions. Whilst the layout is for my sister and is therefore photo free, it is about the Christmas tradition of writing a wishlist for Santa. My kids love to write letters to Santa including all the gifts that they want!

You can enter over at: http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/lm-challenge-219-home-for-holidays.html

PAGE 6 - OFF THE RAILS SCRAPBOOKING DECEMBER CHALLENGE

 I made this layout using the colour palette over at Off the rails scrapbooking, I used the gold on the mini Christmas trees! You can enter over at: http://offtherailsscrapbooking.blogspot.co.nz/2014/12/december-challenge.html

PAGE 7 - RED CARPET STUDIOS DECEMBER CHALLENGE

This months challenge over at Red Carpet Studios is based on the movie 'ELF'. Requiring a layout based on the holiday season. Of course I am basing my entire album on the holiday season, so I am linking up my newest page with Red Carpet Studios...

You can enter over at: http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/rcs-84-elf.html

 

PAGE 8/ 9 - PAPERCUT LABS

I am entering these pages in the 12 days of Christmas blog hop over at Papercut labs

http://www.papercutlabs.com/giveaway-12-days-of-christmas-crop-hop/

There are 12 different challenges  and a whole lot of prizes, as well as a free December class....

FINAL PAGE - KAISERCRAFT DECEMBER CHALLENGE

Since the Kaisercraft December challenge was very much a one pager I decided to make the finalpage of my album using their criteria. I mixed elements and papers from Twig and berry, Turtledove and Be Merry Christmas collections. I originally stuck down the tickets, but then remembered the photo needs to go there! The tickets will go back down once my sister adds her photo....

You can enter this months challenge over at: http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/december-challenge/#comments