Holly Jolly

Holly Jolly
 
Happy Holidays! It's Rebeca Ruiz and I'm very excited to share with you my first Christmas layout using the gorgeous Santa's Village collection by Simple Stories. This is my favorite season of the year, and Santa's Village is perfect to document it! I fell in love with this collection when I saw it online, but when I had it in my hands it was even prettier. The happy colors, the cute images of Santa, Mrs. Claus and some of their friends, instantly put a smile in my face, they are adorable! Now, let's talk about this layout and if you want to watch how I made it, don't miss the process video at the end of this post.
 
 
Once I had the photos, I matted them with the 6" x 8" pad. I like to use those pads to mat the photos because their designs are smaller. In this case, the lines are thinner making the pattern more visible. Then, I used the 12" x 12" green plaid paper behind them, to create contrast and help them stand out. After that, I added a few extra patterned paper pieces and notched the edges of some of the strips to make them more interesting and visible.
 
 
Behind the right-side photo, I made a pocket by adding adhesive just to the left, bottom and top edges of the paper. Then, I reduced the tags width a little to place two of them behind the photo. I'll use them for the journaling.
 
 
Since I'm a paper love, I wanted to add more patterned paper to this layout. I reduced the white cardstock to 10 3/4" x 10 3/4" and added a red 11" x 11" cardstock behind it. Then, I added both of them to the plaid paper and stitched a border using the sewing machine and white thread. 
 
 
To embellish the layout, I used different products from the collection like die cuts, foam stickers, cardstock stickers, decorative brads, and enamel dots. I mixed those products to create clusters in the lower left corner of the layout, and in the top of the photos. For dimension and interest, I used foam tape behind some of them, this way they don't look flat in the page.
 
 
For the title I used a foam sticker with the phrase "holly jolly". I love this product and how easy it is to create an eye-catching title with it, without any effort. You can see how in one foam sticker they mixed fonts, sizes and colors. I only had to find a good placement and add a few extra details to make it blend with my style and project!
 
 
Let's take a look in the process video to see this layout come to live.
 
 
It was fun creating this layout to document my daughter's photos as Santa's helper. I enjoyed mixing the papers and embellishments to create a happy and colorful layout for her, so in the future she can remember her Christmas' pajama day at school.
 
 
Thank you so much for your visit. I hope you like and enjoy this layout, and it inspires you to craft. Don't forget to come back soon for more inspiration.
 
Products used:
Santa's Village 12x12 Collection Kit
Santa's Village 6x8 Paper Pad
Santa's Village Foam Stickers
Santa's Village Bits & Pieces
Santa's Village Floral Bits
Santa's Village Sentiments Bits & Pieces
Santa's Village Decorative Brads
Santa's Village Enamel Dots

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