Christmas Charm | Karyn Crops

Oh, Christmas Tree, your branches green delight us! For my monthly Technique Layout & Challenge, I used triangle pieces and a variety of small punches and border maker cartridges from Creative Memories to create this beautifully adorned Christmas Tree. It will be great for photos of your family around your Christmas Tree.

I used a sheet of wood grained paper from the Wonderful Day Paper Pack and papers, stickers and a variety mat from the Christmas Charm Collection for my layout. I also used a sheet of Bright White Cardstock. For my tree ornaments, I used a variety of small punches and border maker cartridges and a few of these are currently available as BOGO items for CM’s Holi-Deals. You’ll find the Piece-by-Piece Mini Trio Punch Set and the Mirrored Scallops Border Maker Cartridge as BOGO items. The Ribbons and Bows Border Punch is not part of the BOGO sale, but it is in limited quantity in the Last Chance section. The Bears Chain Border Maker Cartridge is a current item. I also used the retired Ornaments Chain Border Maker Cartridge and the retired Christmas Quartet Mini Punch for the remaining ornaments. You can easily substitute other border maker cartridges for these pieces.

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Creative Memories Holi-Deals will end at noon CT on December 20th or while supplies last. In addititon to the BOGO items, there are other selected items at 30-40% off! Please shop early for the best selection.

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Don’t forget to check out the fun Holly Days feature at Creative Life Scrapbooking! The designers are sharing a new holiday layout each day from December 1st-7th. And we’ve offered a Holly Days Sketch Book with measurements for the layouts.

Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

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For my monthly Technique Layout & Challenge, I’m sharing two versions with a quilted log cabin heart design. l love this design for both Thanksgiving and Christmas layouts, but it will be great with any type of layout and collection. Just follow my cutting guide to cut strips and adhere them in a heart pattern.

For my first layout, I used the 12-Inch Trimmer and Autumn Cottage Collection from Creative Memories. This collection is sold out with Creative Memories, but many advisors have some in their inventories. I started by cutting a 1″ hollow frame from the brown/teal plaid paper and adhering a 11-1/2″ x 11-1/2″ piece of Bright White Cardstock. The center strip is 12″ x 4″, and the wood paper squares are 3-3/4″ x 3-3/4″. My photos mats are 4″ x 4-1/2″ and 3″ x 3″. I used a Brown Dual-Tip Pen to add faux stitching to my hearts and layout as shown. The small plaid prints on the Autumn Cottage Variety mats were the perfect scale for my hearts. Please see the diagram below for the sizes of the strips for the hearts.

I used the same measurements and technique for my second layout. For this page, I used the Christmas Charm Collection, Bright White Cardstock, and a Black Dual-Tip Pen all from Creative Memories. The Christmas Charm Paper is momentarily sold out but will be back in stock soon.

Please view my YouTube video for a demonstration on how to create my layout.

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Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

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