Christmas in July Part 2

This weekend my friends and I gathered at my house for a 3 day crop.  It was the perfect time to finish up my Christmas layouts.

Every year I give my boys an ornament that represents something about their life at that point.  I decided to document their ornaments up until this point.

Instead of using strips of patterned paper I decided to emboss strips of vellum.  I love the texture that gave!

I used this adorable Christmas tree SVG I downloaded from the internet.  I wish I remembered where I got it so I could give credit.  I love it.  It is a layered SVG.  I cut the bottom layer in this green paper with dots which I thought looked like lights on the tree.  I cut the top layer out of vellum.  It's very subtle but the Merry Christmas in vellum does not over power, but still gives a nice look.  I then topped the tree with a gem.

I added a few gems to the corner of the mat on each of the large photos.  Love the bits of bling that adds.  I also tried out my Tattered Angels glimmer mist on the strips of vellum.  It made them curl a bit, but I managed to get them to lay flat...mostly.  :)

One of my favorite little elements is this string on the ornament.  When I was opening a package of product recently it had this sequined string attached to the packaging.  It was way to cute to just through out so I tossed it into my embellishment jar.  It was the perfect touch on this little ornament.  Love it!



While I LOVE Christmas I don't really like doing Christmas pages.  I completed three Christmas layouts this weekend.  A major accomplishment for me.  :)  And I actually like them!  An even bigger accomplishment!  I'm glad I got the opportunity to be a part of Christmas in July.