Christmas 2014 Scrapbook

Yay! It's done! Christmas 2014 is in the books! Well, one 6x8 Simple Stories Sn@p binder, anyway! I used Simple Stories Cozy Christmas line for the whole thing.

Here it is:

Here is my album cover. I used a Sn@p page 

cut down and adhered it to the cover and then decorated 

it with enamel dots. I used my Cameo to cut 

the 2014 letters with a font called Blackjack. 

Spine Label -Fonts used throughout this album 

were Desyrel (Christmas) and Antipasto (2014).

I used a 4x6 card for the inside cover and  

on the 1st divider page. The centers of the snowflakes 

were decorated with enamel dots.The divider is 

labeled "November Preparing."

This year's Christmas card is tied to the ring. 

The old fashioned post card is a Sn@p page. 

I added a photo of me mailing our Christmas cards 

and a stamp to the postcard. 

Closeup of the Sn@p page

I added some "outtake"photos to the back of the Sn@p page. 

Operation Christmas Child Packing Party 

My new great nephew, Grayson's 1st Christmas! 

I did a mini photo shoot of him. 

So cute! 

Black Friday shopping! 

We got a discount card to use at one of the stores, 

so I put that in a 3x4 pocket that you can see from both sides.

Decorating our house

The finished tree! I added text (this one on the 

Rhonna apps) and ordered several 6x8.5 photos from 

Persnickety Prints. This is new for me and I am loving it! 

On the right is the 2nd divider - "December Preparing."

The 4x6 card on the divider is, you guessed it, 

decorated with enamel dots. I'm quite fond of those.

I really like having the December calendar right 

in the album. Will definitely want to continue that in 

future albums.This one was another Sn@p page that 

I cut and adhered to the back of the 2nd divider.

On the right is one of those 6x8.5 photos again. 

For this one, I added the lyrics from Ariana Grande's 

holiday song that she sung at the concert.

On the left, I added the 5SOS drummer's tweet 

that he sent out after their set to the bottom right 

of the 6x8.5. And doesn't that "Jingle all the way" 

card work perfectly for a Jingle Bash? I thought so!

Love the bokeh designs in this line! So soft and pretty! 

These photos are from when our little twin cousins 

came for a visit. This is when the chipboard 

stickers started to make their appearance.

Such cuties!

This year their parents asked for a photo session, too. 

We also baked with the boys and made ornaments. 

The large photo on the right is of the various cookies 

we made with our tree in the background. So fun!

We went holiday light viewing as part 

of our Ugly Sweater Party!

More of the Ugly Sweater Party - 

Starbucks & a white elephant game!

The girls toasted with Welch's sparkling grape 

juice at the end of the party. 

On the right starts our visit to Macy's in Chicago. 

Another great 6x8.5 photo on the left! 

The Great Tree was so beautiful this year with the changing 

colored lights on it and projected images on the ceiling.

More of Macy's - Frango Mint Ice Cream Pie, 

writing letters to Santa and shopping!

The 3rd divider is "Christmas 2014" which starts 

with Christmas Eve. Of course enamel dots 

were used to decorate the 4x6 card.

Another 4x6 card on the left, and our 

Christmas Eve Church Service on the right.

Christmas Eve with cousins

More Christmas Eve fun

Finally, Christmas Day! I used a Sn@p page for it.

Christmas morning - I cut some of the 

12x12 paper I had for the 2x8 strip.

Presents!

On the left is a collage of the ornaments 

we added to the tree this year. 

Holidays lights at the zoo in the middle of the Big City! 

Gingerbread house making and holiday basketball! 

And to end the album, New Years Eve! 

At the back I added a full page protector 

to put some special cards received. My daughter 

gave me the "filthy animal" card. She's so funny. 

So happy with how it turned out and that it is done! Thanks for looking! :)

I'm Dreaming of A Vinyl Christmas!

Here are more of my Christmas projects I've done over the last couple of weeks. All of them involved vinyl in some way. Ya think I'm a little addicted???

This charger was for my friend. I totally CASE'd it

from a Cricut MB member named 5 Lil Monkeys'-

THANK YOU!!

Apparently she CASE'd it and added her own twist,

but she doesn't recall where she found it originally. 

No twist for me! I loved this design just as it is. And my

Gypsy and transfer tape made this a pretty easy project!

This was my first attempt at glass etching- a letter E using

the Gypsy Font digital cartridge that was preloaded on my Gypsy.

I haven't etched anything else to date, but I'm

guessing that a thicker glass will produce a better etching.

The ornament glass is super thin.

I wasn't especially fond of the Hallmark Godchild

ornament this year, so I thought I would go another route

for the 3 godkids that came into town this past Summer

and went to Legoland with me and my family.

I purchased a set of 3 Lego Santa ornaments off of eBay.

I had my daughter assemble this Lego for the inside of the

ornament because this recipient is too young for Legos.

Also this ornament would act as a sample for the older 2 kids

to see what their ornament should look like

after they put their Lego together.

I personalized this ornament in red vinyl

with the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.

Here is a view of the Santa Lego assembled.

Here are the 3 ornaments together ready to be put back

in the box- the fully assembled one for Avery and the other

2 for the kids that are old enough to put the Legos together.

I also added tags with a group photo from our

Summer Legoland adventure.

Bath & Body Works had cute mailboxes

with travel-sized holiday bath products in them.

I thought this was perfect for one of our young cousins.

And of course I had to personalize it!

I used the Cricut Alphalicious cartridge for her name.

Maybe she can use the mailbox to hold her valentines.

I also vinyled one of these mailboxes for my older daughter

as she admired it in the store earlier in the season.

The younger daughter got a Bath & Body works gift set

that had the bath products in a mini bath tub- so cute!

I vinyled her name on that, too, but didn't grab

a photo before she took apart the gift set. Oops!

I found these mini ornaments in the dollar section at Michael's.

My nephew plays both of these sports quite intently

so I thought this set was perfect for him.

And, yet again, I had to personalize with my

new favorite crafty medium - VINYL!

I used Plantin Schoolbook for the font cartridge.

Here is a little metal pail that I doctored with vinyl

for my adult niece. I added some Bath & Body Works

mini products-  just a little gift to let her know she is thought of.

The buckle was cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge

and the black "belt" was cut using a trimmer.I must say

that putting vinyl on something round like this was a bit tricky!

Ok, that's it for my Christmas projects. I really wanted to personalize all of my gift tags, but ran out of time. I felt really bad about it, but I think my family had a pretty good Christmas even without my personalized tags (sniff, sniff).

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a very Happy New Year celebration all!!