A Quick Digi Paper Christmas Card

 

Today I have a quick Christmas card made with a set of free digital papers that I printed up.  I didn't think to take a picture of the materials before starting the card, but here's a picture of the leftovers:

And now, here's a closer look at the card.

Card Front:

I found some card stock in my stash that was nearly a perfect match for the borders on the greeting/focal pieces.  I used it to mat the small print that I used as a background for this card.  I added a couple fussy cut gingerbread men and star with foam tape - cut from the larger print paper.

Inside:

Inside I used more of the small print and plain colored card stock to form borders, and finished the inside by stamping a greeting using some matching distress ink.  The stamps were from Crafter's Companion Compendium sheet called Believe in the Magic.

After posting a picture, I realized that tiny red Jewel Dazzles would be perfect for the buttons on the gingerbread men.  I ended up adding them - along with some green ones for the poinsettia centers.  You can see the finished product at the top of this post.

Last of BeNeLux Pages

Today I have the last eleven pages of my BeNeLux album.  It feels SO good to have the 88 pages of this book finished!

Pages 1 & 2:

The background paper is a HOTP color block pattern.  The color block part of it was useless for this layout, but the color worked well so I used it anyway.  I printed up a several copies of a small windmill drawing to form some embellishments.  Below is a close up of each page:

Page #1:

I used vellum to create a pocket behind the page to hold a brochure about Kinderdijk - and a circle punch to cut the finger access.

Page #2:

Page #3:

Another HOTP patterned paper forms the backdrop for this Amsterdam page.  The title was a purchased 3-D sticker.

Page #4:

Pages 5 & 6:

The green background here was from a Mat Stack (DCWV), and the brick paper was from my stash.

Here I used a "handmade" paper purchased from Costco many years ago.  The title and journaling block was inked with some Distress Ink and matted on black card stock.  Two different types of washi tape complete the page.  And now, for the close ups:

Page #5:

Again, I used vellum to create a pocket behind the page to hold the map/brochure of the palace.

Page #6:

Page #7:

I'm not sure who made the water patterned background paper used on this and the next page.  The tulip shaped picture/embellishment was a purchased post card.

Page #8:

As you can see, this page is simply the water background paper and printed photos/title/journaling.

Page #9:

The background paper for this layout is a special London paper purchased at a scrapbook store. As you can see, I matted the photos, text, and map with black.  The title was printed on white photo paper and then inked with Distress inks.

Page #10:

The silver and black background paper is "handmade" paper I purchased from Costco years ago.  The silver is actual stitching on the paper.  I again used distress ink on the title/journaling block.

Page #11:

Again, I'm not sure who made the background paper used for this page.  I used distress inks on all of my printed pieces (photos, map, text).  Then I matted most pieces on brown card stock.

YAY! That's all for this scrapbook!

More of Holland

Today I have eight more pages from our visit to Holland.  All pictures, titles, and journaling on the following pages were printed from my computer.  This dual page layout is from our trip to visit the Royal Delft Pottery works - pages 1 & 2 of this post.  Next up is a closer look.

Page #1:

As I looked for papers to use with these pages, I remembered the blue and white Adoreable Scoreable sheets (Hunkydory's printed card stock) I had in my stash.  I thought this pattern reflected the Royal Delft designs well.

Page #2:

Pages #3 & 4:

The background papers used for this layout came from some Dollar Store pages purchased many years ago.  It always feels good to use up some of these older papers.  I decided the papers were a bit too busy, so added a yellow strip of card stock in the center to tone it down a bit.

Page #3:

Page #4:

Page #5:

This page has an old HOTP paper as the background.  I've added vellum pockets behind the page to hold a couple of brochures - with small half-circles for thumb holes to pull them out.

Page #6:

This background page is from my stash.  The blue is glimmer paper from an old Sara's Papers booklet from HOTP.

Page #7:

Here I simply have two colors of card stock from my stash - a turquoise background and a yellow strip.

Page #8:

I had a multi-colored Lego paper in my stash from which I cut strips to decorate the page.  A piece of a yellow Lego paper forms a mat for the journaling.

First Day in Holland - Part 2

In addition to all the windmills, Zaanse Schans had several museums.  These pages cover the rest of our time in the Zaanse Schans region.  

Page #1 (above): The background paper seemed quite appropriate as it was an old HOTP sheet with clock faces all over it.  I also added some transparency clock faces with brads & "hands" from my stash.

Page #2: 

Next up is the Weaver's House - showing what living and weaving was like in the 17th century.  The background is a dual-sided piece of card stock that I sliced in half and flipped so each half showed one side of the card stock.  As you can see, I created a punched white lacy border to run along where they joined.  The blue has information about living conditions, while the black relates to the weaving process.

Pull-Tab Pocket:

This page has a pocket behind it where you can pull out a sheet with more information about life & work in the weaver's house.

Page 3:

Here, in addition to adding the wood-like paper as a mat for the pictures, I used a picture of a sign for the title/journaling, and some misc mini metal tools from my stash for embellishments.

Page 4:

This is another gate fold page. I simply sliced the background paper in half to make the two pieces.  I also added some Scrapbooking Dazzles (from HOTP) that seemed appropriate embellishments for the bakery museum.

Pages 5 & 6 (inside the gate fold):

Close-up of center:

All work for this page was done on the computer - printing pictures as the grids of pictures you see here - and printing the title & journaling pieces.  Gluing all to a plain black background worked well.

Outside Panels:

The left-hand page was created using half a sheet of patterned paper from my stash.  As you can see, I matted the photos on a glossy brown paper (Shine Design paper from HOTP).  The right-hand page used half a small plaid background paper in colors that coordinated.  Embellishments are from my stash.

Pages 7 & 8:

Close up of Page 7:

You may notice that this page uses the remaining half sheet from the previous page.  In this case, I used a paper trimmer to cut a fancy edge - putting the narrow cut off piece along the right side.  The title is an enlargement of the signage on the picture of the museum itself.

Close up of Page 8:

As on page 2, I cut this page on the diagonal and added a white punched lace strip.  This time, the diagonal was not corner to corner, and the two pieces are NOT from the same paper.