Make it Sparkle!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is over and it's now time to prepare for Christmas!  Wow, the year has gone by so quickly and I know the holidays will be over before we know it and it will be time to scrap our Christmas pictures!  

Over at Cut It Up, we want Christmas to sparkle; so the theme is Christmas Sparkle with Sequins!  Of course we have a wonderful sponsor this month offering a prize, so you'll want to head over to Cut It Up and see what As Cute As a Button has to offer to our winner!

So, about this layout.  Some of you may be saying, "Hey, didn't she scrap that picture before?"  Hmmm,,,well,,, yes, I did!  But I gave it to my daughter and I love the picture so much I wanted one for my own book!

I started with the picture and the beautiful paper!  I absolutely adore this paper from CTMH; the trees are so perfectly adorable.  There's just something about that homespun look.  I liked them so much I wanted a big tree by the picture.  Hmmmmm, how could I make that happen?  I ended up scanning the stamp that coordinates with the paper.  I traced the pieces and imported the seven tracings into Cricut Design Space.  Now I had my tree!  

My title was welded from Christmas and Joy which are both from the CTMH Artbooking Cartridge.

Material List:

CTMH Cardstock/Paper:  White Pines, Cranberry, Poppy

CTMH Inks:  Poppy, Chocolate, Cranberry
CTMH Artbooking Cartridge for the Title

CTMH Embellishments:  White Pines Complements, White Pines Assortment, Fern Thick Twine, Red Enamel Gems,  Bitty Sparkles, Gold Sequins

Laces from stash

My girls are off to the following challenges:

Outlawz Color Challenge ~ Kraft + 2 More Colors:  Cranberry and Fern 

TTCRD ~ Anything Goes

The Shabby Tea Room ~ 'O' Christmas Tree'

613 Avenue Create ~ Anything Goes
Shopping our Stash ~ No Stamping!  The strip with words is from the Zip Strip of Whites Pines CS.

As always, I'm happy you came by for a visit!  May your holidays sparkle!