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12 Days of Christmas Scrapbook Layout

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – an entire month of colorful lights, giving and celebrating! I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately and have been reminiscing about Christmas past. As a youngster, we celebrated Christmas Eve with a large gathering of grandparents, aunts and uncles and LOTS of cousins. My aunts led sing-alongs, and the 12 Days of Christmas was always a jolly affair with different groups of people singing for each day. My dad had a beautiful singing voice, and I always sang one of the days with him. I created this colorful layout to duplicate the 12 Days of Christmas with some of the punches and border maker cartridges from Creative Memories.


Creative Memories didn’t have any exact matches, but we’ve had the Songbirds and Cardinals Border Punches which sufficed for turtle doves and a partridge. The old Circle Chain Border Maker Cartridge was perfect for five golden rings. And I have some nutcrackers cracking, polar bears plunging, reindeer leaping, bells a-ringing, and trains a-tooting. Take a look at your punches and border maker cartridges and see what you can create using this idea!

Also make sure to check out Creative Memories Holi-Deals special which just began! CM is offer 30-40% off select items and also a BOGO special for selected punches and cartridges. You’ll find some of the punches and cartridges that I used in the DEALS section of the website as BOGO items – Polar Bear Border Punch, Cardinals Border Punch, Bells & Bows Punch, and the Poinsettia Border Maker Cartridge.

Your challenge will be to cut background strips that create a 12″ panel. I had to trim down my nutcrackers, songbirds, and cardinals to make them fit on my strips. From top to bottom, my strips measure: 1-1/8″, 1″, 7/8″, 1″, 3/4″, 7/8″, 1-3/8″, 1-11/16″, 15/16″, 2-1/8″. All are 3-1/2″ wide. I used the This Life Krafted Rainbow Paper for my strips and Bright White, Black and Red Cardstocks.


If this layout reminds you of a Christmas sweater, make sure to see the Creative Life Scrapbooking Facebook Page tomorrow, December 4th as we share a spectacular Christmas sweater layout for our Annual Holly Days feature! From December 1st-7th, the Creative Life Scrapbooking team is sharing a new holiday layout for Holly Days. We also have a Holly Days Sketch Book available for a special holiday price on our website at www.creativelifescrapooking.com. Below is the layout that I shared with CLS on December 1st.


While you’re at the Creative Life Scrapbooking website, make sure to register for our 2025 PJ Party Virtual Crops at our discounted Combo pricing! The CLS designer team and special guest designers share versatile double-page layouts that each feature a technique. There are no special materials or tools to purchase, and we encourage you to use your stash, and we make tool substitution suggestions. There are live Zoom sessions and pre-recorded sessions and all layouts feature a full-color step-by-step printable handout. We also host private Facebook groups for the parties where participants share hundreds of versions of our layouts for an entire month of fun and prizes! (For my January 2025 PJ Party layout, I used the Mandala Burst Border Punch. This is a BOGO punch right now with Creative Memories, so it’s a great time to purchase it if you don’t already have this one.)

Please click here to place an order through my Creative Memories website link.

Happy Scrapping!
Karyn

Winter Scrapbook Borders

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I love taking the time to sit down and play with our Creative Memories tools! I turn on my favorite tunes, grab a stack of cardstock, and just start punching and playing. It’s fun to mix and match our punches and Border Maker cartridges and start to see tiny vignettes begin to appear! The more that I played, the more ideas that popped into my mind.

(Make sure to read to the bottom of my post for info about our current Black Friday PROMO!)

To Create These Borders:

Christmas Stockings Borders:
1. Cut a 12″ x 1-1/8″ strip of White Cardstock.
2. Use Original Border Maker System with the Christmas Stockings Chain Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from Scarlet Cardstock.
3. Use Original Border Maker System with the Ruffle Trim Chain Border Maker Cartridge to punch two borders from Dark Green Cardstock.
4. Layer and adhere pieces as shown, and use Black Dual-Tip Pen to add faux pen stitching.

Winter Fence Scene Border:
1. Cut a 12″ x 2″ strip of Cloud Cardstock.
2. With the Treelines Border Punch, punch one long end of a 12″ x 3″ strip of White Cardstock and one long end of a 12″ x 1-1/4″ strip of Dark Green Cardstock.
3. Use Train Tracks Border Punch to punch a fence piece from Rich Brown Cardstock.
4. Use Original Border Maker System with the Icicles Chain Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from White Cardstock.
5. Use the Reindeer Punch to punch a deer from Light Brown Cardstock and antlers from Gray Cardstock.
6. Use Songbirds Border Punch to punch a bird from Scarlet Cardstock.
7. Layer and adhere pieces as shown. Use Foam Squares to adhere the bird and icicle piece to the fence. Use black and gray pens to draw details on deer.

Santa’s Sleigh Border:
1. Use Original Border Maker System with the Clouds Border Maker Cartridge to punch a 12″ side of White Cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 3″, and punch the other long side of the strip.
2. Use the Reindeer Punch to punch deer from Rich Brown and Brown Cardstock.
3. Use Original Border Maker System with the Ruffle Trim Chain Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from Scarlet Cardstock. Use scissors to trim the border piece as shown.
5. Use the Santa’s Sleigh Punch to punch a sleigh from Scarlet Cardstock.
6. Cut 1/2″ x 1/2″ Dark Green Cardstock squares to make packages. Use scrap pieces to decorate the boxes.
7. Layer and adhere pieces as shown using Foam Squares to adhere the sleigh.
8. Use a Brown Tip-Dual Pen to add faux pen stitching.

Reindeer Games Border:
1. Cut a 12″ x 3-1/2″ piece of Cloud Cardstock.
2. Use the Treelines Border Punch to punch one end of a 12″ x 3″ strip of White Cardstock.
3. Use Original Border Maker System with the Clouds Border Maker Cartridge to punch a 12″ White Cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 2″, and punch other long end with the Treelines Border Punch.
4. Use the Treelines Border Punch to punch long end of Dark Green Cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 1-1/4″. Repeat.
5. Use the Reindeer Punch to punch deer from Rich Brown, Light Brown, Brown, Dark Green, Scarlet and Gray Cardstock. Use Scissors to cut off some of the antlers and to cut sweater pieces from the Scarlet and Dark Green deer. Cut legs off of one deer and re-assemble to create the jumping fawn. Use the Original Border Maker System with the Bubbles Border Cartridge to punch small dots from White Cardstock. Use Precision Point Glue Pen to glue small dots onto the fawn.
6. Decorate sweaters with scraps of paper. Use the old Snowman Border Maker Cartridge to punch top hats from Black Cardstock.
7. Layer and adhere pieces as shown. Adhere the fawn with Foam Squares.
8. Use a Brown Tip-Dual Pen to add faux pen stitching.

Christmas Stockings 2 Border:
1. Cut a 12″ x 1-3/4″ strip from Scarlet Cardstock.
2. Use Original Border Maker System with the Clouds Border Maker Cartridge to punch one end of a 12″ piece of White Cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 1-1/4″.
3. Use Original Border Maker System with the Christmas Stockings Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from Scarlet Cardstock.
4. Layer and adhere pieces as shown.
5. Use a Dual-Tip Black Pen to add faux pen stitching and small dots.


Tree Farm Border:
1. Use the Treelines Border Punch to punch long end of Dark Green Cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 2-3/4″.
2. Use the Treelines Border Punch to punch long end of White Cardstock. Cut off of your cardstock at 2-1/4″.
3. Use Original Border Maker System with the On the Road Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from White Cardstock. Use Scissors to cut off the car pieces.
4. Use Original Border Maker System with the On the Road Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from Crimson Cardstock. Use scissors to cut off truck pieces. Adhere trucks to the white border.
5. Use Original Border Maker System with the Evergreens Border Maker Cartridge to punch a border from Dark Green Cardstock. Use Scissors to cut off trees and adhere behind the trucks.
6. Use a Dual-Tip Brown Pen to ink the sloping edge of the truck border.
7. Layer pieces as shown adhering the truck border piece with Foam Squares.


If you like these borders, you may wish to see a similar border that I shared with Creative Life Scrapbooking on Facebook.

Most of these tools are available to purchase through my Creative Memories website link. With our current Black Friday Promo, you receive $86.50 in FREE items with a $150 purchase! The freebies are exclusive items that won’t be available to purchase otherwise. Now is a great time to stock up on some basics like cardstock, tape refills, and album pages and also grab a new tool or two! The promo ends at noon CT on November 27th or while the freebies last.

I hope that you’re able to take the time to play with your tools and see what you can create! It’s a fun activity to do with the kids or grandkids and while watching your favorite Hallmark Christmas movies! Enjoy!

Karyn