I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Christmas in July Blog Hop! I love Christmas and I love that in Australia I get to celebrate it twice :)
You have arrived from Sharlene Torres site (Sharlene is the lovely lady who puts all of the ESAD hops together for us - thank you), but if you haven't, don't worry - a hop is a circle so there is no beginning or end, hop on here and enjoy the ride. So firstly I need to let you know what ESAD is all about. Well ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!
We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how and cyberstamps and we are always there to help and support each other when its needed. So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.
Regulars to my blog will know I am a scrapbooker so whenever we have these hops I use it as an 'excuse' to get another page done LOL. So this page is of Christmas day in 2006 - I'm still in 'scrapbooking catch-up mode' and when I complete a page like this I am so pleased .... another momentous day captured!
I've used Baja Breeze textured card stock for the base as it matched Olivia's dress perfectly, and Rose Red for the accent colour to match Olivia's PJs.
The ribbon detail has been made using the double rectangle punch - I've just punched it several times along the bottom edge - just using the edge of the punch as a guide to keep it 'evenly-ished' spaced and then I've threaded a piece of 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon through.
Stamp sets used are Season of Joy and Punch Pals, which I have stamped using the marker pens in Basic Grey and Rose Red, and I've added some little snowflakes along the top using a Versamark pad. The Tag and Scallop Circle punches make these really easy little embellishments to make - the flowers of course of hand cut.
The sparkly letters are of course, the Timeless Type Big Shot Alphabet - an absolute must for a scrapbooker ... I love being able to create any title that comes to mind without have to worry that I don't have all the letters. I've then used the Two Way Glue pen and some Dazzling Diamonds to add some Christmas sparkle.
Journaling has been written freehand with a white Signo pen - I think handwriting is so important on our scrapbooking pages - in years to come my children and grandchildren will have heaps of examples of my handwriting ... so no matter how much you hate your writing ... you just have to include some on a page every so often. And the Journaling reads:
Big smiles, young faces ...
Skinny 'ribbins' and transfer tattoos ...
Laptop, PSP, camera, fish tanks, Guinness Book of Records and lollies!
So there you have it - hope it inspires you to grab some Christmas photos and record the moment. Now's the time to hop along to Clare Mcilhatton I've just found her site - yes by linking it here (and spent half an hour just having a little look around - Clare has made some beautiful things) ...
So thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment.
hmmmm I still have many christmas photos to scrap sigh, best get onto them.
Well done on your Layouts
Posted by: sandra m | July 24, 2010 at 11:01 AM
ooo love that title! I'm going to ask Santa for the bigshot alphabet lol :)
Posted by: Richelle | July 24, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Love the colours you have chosen and the ribbon detail at the bottom of your page is gorgeous.
Posted by: Claire Harrison | July 24, 2010 at 11:51 AM
love your layout Nikki. I too think its important to 'write' on our pages. Thanks for participating in the ESAD Christmas in July blog hop :)
Posted by: Leonie Schroder | July 24, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Nice layout Nikki. I like the tag and the sparkle on the letters.
Posted by: Susan Joyce | July 24, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Lovely Layout Nikki.
Posted by: Karen Southwell | July 24, 2010 at 01:15 PM
i love the idea of the the threaded ribbon using the punch. tfs your ideas!
Posted by: clare mcilhatton | July 24, 2010 at 01:31 PM
Lovely page, a great layout!
Posted by: Gardenia | July 24, 2010 at 01:55 PM
Love the intertwined ribbon! That is such a cool idea!
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers
Sonia
Posted by: Sonia Garbutt | July 24, 2010 at 02:11 PM
Its a great layout, the ribbion sets it off nicely
Posted by: Bev Watt | July 24, 2010 at 02:55 PM
Beautiful layout Nikki! I find scrapping so challenging, so I always love checking out your pages!
Posted by: Genelle Little | July 24, 2010 at 06:52 PM
As I have said before..I am always in awe of S'bookers...I just never got it...but I love the people who have. The colours are beautiful and the bling letters are so pretty.
Posted by: Lynda | July 24, 2010 at 08:14 PM
Beautiful work Nikki, It just may inspire me to do a page. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Julie Putland | July 24, 2010 at 08:38 PM
Lovely page Nickki!
Posted by: Delys Cram | July 25, 2010 at 04:13 PM
Fab layout Nikki. Love how you've been able include lots of pics together& the ribbon detail is so pretty. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Di
Posted by: Di Barnes | July 25, 2010 at 08:56 PM
Beautiful colours, N, and I love the ribbon detail. What a gorgeous title; captures the day perfectly.
Posted by: Christine Blain | July 26, 2010 at 09:53 AM
you can never have enough glitter at christmas!!! love the glitter on the letters.
Posted by: Rebecca Tipace | July 26, 2010 at 12:35 PM
The ribbon is such a perfect finishing touch. Very nice.
Posted by: Paula | July 26, 2010 at 02:05 PM
Oh, btw, your link to Claire's site isn't working for me :(
Posted by: Paula | July 26, 2010 at 02:07 PM
I love your choice of Baha Breeze and Rose Red for a Christmas scrapbook page: think I may have to try that soon
Posted by: Carol-Ann Torrie | August 3, 2010 at 08:56 PM