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!
Nice gift !!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with Sketchabilities !
Great use of colours, and I like your cute reindeer. Thanks for playing with Sketchabilities :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful !! thank you for participating in sketchabilities
ReplyDeleteLike the Colors and the deer! Thank you for your participation on sketchabilities!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Thanks for playing along with Frosted Designs!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful double page! Love the rich cool blues and frosty whites! Thank you for playing along with us at Berry71Bleu!
ReplyDeleteVery clever work and thanks for sharing all those challenge sites
ReplyDeleteYour first page for your mini album is adorable Renee. Sadly we don't accept mini albums as entries at SATW. Layouts, canvas, art journal and this month only we will accept tags and ATC cards! Perhaps you would like to try with something else? You have so many lovely projects here. it would be a shame to miss out! Please come back with one of these for your chance to win! All the best from SATW! :)
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ReplyDeleteMy mini album is 8x 8 in size -
This quote was from your rules???
We accept scrapbook pages/layouts & canvases with a minimum size
of 8 x 8 inches.
Чудесный миник! Но как уже отметили выше, мы не можем принять вашу работу(к моему большому сожалению) В этом месяце играют, теги холсты и страницы. Благодарю за внимание к нашему блогу. С уважением команда SATW.
ReplyDeleteWonderful creative layouts. I love the all. Thanks for playing at Frosted Designs.
ReplyDeleteYou've been busy! Thanks for sharing your work at CPC.
ReplyDeletewonderful take on the challenge, thanks for playing with us at Child's play challenges !
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Thank you so much for playing along with us at S.W.A.T!!
ReplyDeleteLove the pop of colour. Thanks for playing along with Sketchabilities
ReplyDeleteLove the shimmer and glitter, the blues and silvers and all the fun you appear to have had creating this---Awesome! Thanks for playing along at Scrap Our Stash and Child's Play Challenges!
ReplyDeleteWOW! awesome x 1000....would love to have this myself! Kate (SOS)
ReplyDeleteLove the dimension of your snowflakes! You did a great job. Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs.
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea to create an album.. Your pages for White With One look great.. thanks for joining in with White With One this month!
ReplyDeleteGreat work! Thanks for joining the Scrap Our Stash Challenge!
ReplyDelete~Robin Redd
Scrap Our Stash Design Team
Awesome job on the challenge! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap Our Stash!
ReplyDeleteStunning project. Such a beautiful gift. Thank you for joining us at Scrap Our Stash.
ReplyDeleteFabulous job on this month's challenge at WW1, thanks for playing along :)
ReplyDeleteLove the double layout and your use of the colour. Thanks for playing along with WW1
ReplyDeleteWOW! You have been super busy! Great work! Thanks for playing along with us at White With 1!
ReplyDeleteI love your take on the Scrap Our Stash challenge! Thank you for playing along us with us at Scrap Our Stash!
ReplyDeleteWow....a beautiful album and really loving your pages....so wintery and beautiful! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Berry71Bleu! ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove your project, what a special gift it will make! Thanks for joining in at WW1 too.
ReplyDeleteLovely take on the challenge! Thanks for joining the Scrap Our Stash Challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat an mini album! Stunning!!! Love the take on the sketch. Thanks for entering our december challenge at C'est Magnfique
ReplyDeleteLove your take and use of color on the CMK Sketch! Thanks for joining us at C'est Magnifique Kits!!
ReplyDeleteGreat album! I love the paper snowflakes and pretty trim. Thanks for joining the C'est Magnifique December Sketch Challenge! :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty your mini album! Thanks for joining us at Cést Manifique December Sketch Challenge!
ReplyDeleteNice page. Thanks for joining our challenge at CPC
ReplyDeleteLovely page. Thanks for playing along at Child's Play Challenges.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Snow themed pages!!! Thanks for linking up with SWAT
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