Theresa's December 2010 Results

So, when I opened the December 2010 kit, I was happy to see blue and green papers and embellishments. I immediately thought of our stay in Santa Cruz for Christmas 2009 - the Dream Inn, chinese food and a movie! It was fun, despite also being sad because it was our first christmas without Dad. So, here a selection of images from that time.

I will most likely make cards and other things with the December kit since there are so many neat materials to choose from. (Most of the background papers/edges here were from the Dream Inn or the restaurant we went to.)

More to come!

Claudia's December Results

I intend to make a scrapbook layout with the beautiful December pages and embellishments that Marieke put in this kit, but for now, I made a few Christmas-y 'thank you' cards. Since I am always procrastinating, I waited too long to buy seasonal 'thank you' notes and couldn't find any the past few days. So I thought I'd make my own. I went a little cookie-cutter, using just one layout for the 4 cards, and on top of that, I scraplifted this from a Scrapbooks etc. email newsletter from a few years ago. (I've used this idea for birthdays, Mother's Day, and just about any short sentiment you can think to fit in the little message box on the card.) You can think of this post in one of two ways: an admission to how unoriginal I am at times, or my sharing a favorite "recipe" with you. Please be kind. I did add one piece of ribbon that wasn't in the kit (the fat red ribbon) that I had left over from last Christmas, just because I felt the little tag needed another width.


Luckily, these cards don't take very much in the way of supplies, so I still have the majority of the December kit to play around with. But for now, I will consider myself caught up and ready to move on to ORMV 2011. Happy New Year!

Marieke's December Results

So, I feel like celebrating. I am finished with every kit this year. It feels like an accomplishment, I must say.

The last half of this year has been hard for me because I feel so constrained by the no tools rule - it sort of took the fun out of it for me. Don't get me wrong, that rule served it's purpose when we first started out and didn't all have the same kinds of tools, but it feels like it has outlasted it's usefulness. Maybe it's just me.

So, with that said, it should come as no surprise that I am very much looking forward to the freedom we will have in the new year. I think Claudia's challenges sound great and I already have an idea for January. It's time to ring in the new year.

This month, I made a few cards. Nothing fancy.


I think my favorite is the little guy. I used a strip of glittered flourish I cut off the larger patterned paper and added the bird that came with the angel embellishment. The "Peace" sticker seemed to go with it since the script was cursive-looking and since the bird was a dove it seemed to fit right into the theme.

Rachel's December Results

Christmas cards seemed like the obvious choice this month, what with all of the adorable embellishments and coordinating papers. But I had my heart set on scrapping last year's Christmas photos, so that is what I did. With a card thrown in for good measure, of course.

I kept the layouts very simple, in order to keep the focus on the photos. I decided to cut the "Joy" 12x12 paper into two 6x6 strips to use as side borders for my photo block. This was a good exercise for me, too in my quest to get more comfortable with white space. I added the felt holly embellishment to disguise my shoddy cropping work. I'm starting to remember why I like to crop my photos in Picasa before I have them developed, but this month I played it old school.

In the second layout, I wanted to record the way the house is decorated for Christmas. For the title, I violated the "Season's greetings" embellishment to get the "Season" I needed for my title. Note to self: don't take the picture until after the gel pen has had time to dry. Oh, well. You get the idea.

I had a lot of fun with this card. The blue and white really jumped out at me as this is one of my favorite color schemes for Christmas. Maybe it's the whole winter wonderland thing, or the fact that it's a new take on the standard red and green. I just think it's a beautiful combination, and I was thrilled that Marieke included these pieces in the kit. I had fun using the leftover strips from trimming the cardstock to create a faux-snowflake. Or star or what have you. Anyway, I like it.

December Kit

1. Paper

2 - 12 x 12 plain - lime green and kelly green
2 - 12 x 12 patterned - joy and ornaments



Miscellaneous Paper

white glitter cardstock
plain red
red plaid
dark green holly
light green holly
plain blue
lime green
snowflake embossed white



2. Ribbon, Brads and Bling

Ribbon:
thin white
thin green
red polka dot

Bling:
red rhinestones
green rhinestones


Brads:
4 silver
4 red



3. Embellishments

Holly Stickers
3D Snowflake Stickers
3D Angel
3D Sleigh
Felt Holly and Berries (cut using a sizzix die)






4. Titles and Sentiments