Christmas Layouts Ideas Using Chickaniddy Crafts

Hi all! I have a bunch of fun layouts to share with you that all have to do with Christmas. I just love the Jolly Good Collection by Chickaniddy Crafts for scrapbooking Christmas pages. Can you even believe it is almost Christmas??? Seriously, crazy! Ok, so first, Chickaniddy is giving away FREE Christmas Card Templates that look like this. You can download them free here.Which one do you think looks better for our card this Christmas??

 

   

Onto my pages. My first page.One of my most favorite things about the Jolly Good collection is the colors. I just love that in addition to traditional colors of red, green, and white, this collection includes a soft blue, pink, orange, and grey. Here is the layout I created with the softer tones. Layout inspired  Paige Evans. I cut out a large snowflake and then filled it with triangles. I had already cut out three sizes to my triangles. I stitched on my page, embellished and I was done!

   

Supplies used: Chickaniddy Crafts Jolly Good papers: Caroling/ jg14os03, Holiday/ jg14os08, Sweater Weather/ jg14os04, Tis The Season/ jg14os11. Chickaniddy Embellishments: Enamel Stars/ jg14eb09, Illustration Stickers/ jg14eb01, Mini Sentiment Stickers/ jg14eb07, Mini Sticker Tags/ jg14eb06.

 For my next page, I designed my page all around a star from the Die Cuts Tags in the Jolly Good Collection of Chickaniddy Crafts! As you can see I used lots of patterned papers to lead your eyes right to that shining star! Want to hear something cool: I have turned this into a cut file and the talented Meghann Andrew (on the Chickaniddy Crafts blog) will be sharing her page and a link to the die cut file in December!

   

After I created my design it was all about accenting, but not accenting too much. I saw this idea in an old CK magazine where they layered the circles of the same pattern over a patterned paper. I decided to add this to my page! 

Supplies used: Chickaniddy Crafts Jolly Good papers: Caroling/ jg14os03, Christmas Eve/ jg14os01, Happy New Year/ jg14os12, Holiday/ jg14os08, Holly Jolly/ jg14os05, Making Spirits Bright/ jg14os07, Sugar Cookies/ jg14os02. Chickaniddy Embellishments: Die Cut Tags/ jg14eb04, Journal Tags/ jg14eb03, Mini Sticker Tags/ jg14eb06. 

On my next page, I had fun manipulating text around a circle in Photoshop Elements. HINT: You can do this without that program. Simply print off different sized sentences on white cardstock and place as rays around a circle. I think this is a neat way to tell the story, almost like a clock.

   

Supplies used: Chickaniddy Crafts Jolly Good papers: Caroling/ jg14os03, Christmas Eve/ jg14os01, Holiday, jg14os08, Making Spirits Bright/ jg14os07, Sugar Cookies/ jg14os02, Sweather Weather/ jg14os04. Chickaniddy Embellishments: Alpha Stickers/ jg14eb02, Illustration Stickers/ jg14eb01, Journal Tags/ jg14eb03, Mini Sticker Banners/jg14eb05, Mini Sticker Tags/ jg14eb06.   



My last page was inspired simply from a wrapped package. I just love the way packages look under the tree, so I mimicked that look with some banners strips to look like ribbon. So basically the box has a green top, a white (with a little pattern) bottom and some pretty ribbon. The patterned paper outside of that white patterned paper pulls it all together.

   

 Supplies used: Chickaniddy Crafts Jolly Good papers: Caroling/ jg14os03, Christmas Eve/ jg14os01, Deck the Halls/ jg14os06, Holiday, jg14os08, Making Spirits Bright/ jg14os07, Sugar Cookies/ jg14os02, Sweather Weather/ jg14os04. Chickaniddy Embellishments: Illustration Stickers/ jg14eb01, Journal Tags/ jg14eb03, Mini Brads/ jg14eb08, Mini Sticker Tags/ jg14eb06.   

Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

One Collection, Two Different Looking Pages

Hey all. It's Pam and I am sharing two pages which are completely different but use the same collection. I really like the versatile patterns and color in the Twirly Girly collection by Chickaniddy Crafts. The possibilities are endless! You will see below how different my pages look.

My first page is of my friend's little girl. When I saw these photos I took, I envisioned butterflies and fun banners. Thus I created this page. I used a technique which I use often on my pages which is having a slight space between shape and the paper it is near. Check my layout below to see what I am talking about.

  Here is how I achieved this look! First, I cut out my strips of paper like this.

   

Next, I put the butterfly over my papers. I traced in pencil the outline but with a bit of space like  shown below.

   

The last step is to cut out and adhere to page! You will see that it looks like the butterfly is floating.

    

   

 

 I hope you get a chance to use this on your pages! Products: Twirly Girly Paper: Birthday Girl (TG140S02), Paper Posies (TG140S05), A Girl's Generation (TG140S09), Grandma's Quilt (TG140S10), This and That (TG140S07), Itty Bitty Ballerina (TG140S08), Piggy Tails (TG140S012); Mini Sticker Banners (TG14EB03); Mini Tag Stickers (TG14EB04); Enamel Hearts (TG14EB07); Brads (TG14EB06); Sticker Sheet (TG14EB02)  

On my next page, I scrapped this page of my son (you could also use a photo of a girl for this page). He has such a vibrant personality that I wanted to capture these photos with a burst of sun! I chose mainly four of the Chickaniddy colors for my page: pale yellow, grey, orange, white and a touch of pink. I absolutely love how many grey patterns there are in this collection. That gave me the idea for clouds! I used a piece of patterned grey, yellow, and white to make the sun bursts. I used pop dots on some of the clouds and outlined others with a white pen.  

    

  

 Products: Twirly Girly Paper: Paper Posies (TG140S05), This and That (TG140S07), Never Grow Up (TG140S011), Piggy Tails (TG140S012); Mini Sticker Banners (TG14EB03); Brads (TG14EB06); Sticker Sheet (TG14EB02); Alpha Stickers (TG14EB01) What kinds of pages can you create with Chickaniddy Twirly Girly Collection? We would love to see!!!