Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

As we are nearing our Christmas themed month I thought I would help put you in the mood with another post from the Kaisercraft blog. (you can also go here for the Kaiser blog)

FROM THE KAISERCRAFT BLOG......

A Special Time Of Year

by Mrs Frizz

A big hello and good afternoon to all our scrapping friends around the world! Although as we share our creativity, it might be that I should be saying a big hello and good morning to you instead of good afternoon!

Hilde, Janna and Michelle have had a wonderful time creating with Kaisercraft’s December 25th collection.

Silent Night by Michelle Frisby

 Materials list :
P715 Faith, PP850 paper pad, stickers sheet, FL363 wooden flourish – Christmas star, PL512 pearl flourish – classic latte.
Extras : corrugated cardboard, distress ink, muslin, punches and Reeves coarse texture gel, flowers, feathers and baubles.

Michelle says:
“My eyes lit up as soon as I saw the gorgeous colours from this Christmas collection, it was always going to be a hit with me and when I saw the collection in real life, I guess you could say I sighed.  What a darling collection – truly traditional Christmas colours!
I used a round corrugated cardboard cake liner, distressed the edge of cardboard, wiped ink all over and then spread a thin layer of coarse texture gel over the ink. I then punched a double layer of strips and used them as edging.

I used a base layer of muslin and layered on top with a variety of wet edged papers from the paper pad.  The Silent Night verse [sticker] has been backed with cardstock and tucked away under the photo and then she has embellished, embellished and embellished a little more.”
Now for Janna’s gorgeous creation:

“Nussknacker” Layout by Janna Werner

Materials:
December 25th: Faith (9715), Hope (P716), Believe (P721), 6 1/2″ Paper Pad (PP850), Jewels (RS423), Collectables Sticker Sheet (SS109), Alpha Sticker Sheet (SS110)

Janna says:
“December 25th is a gorgeous vintage paper collection with a lot of extras in the collection.  I love using stickers on my layouts and with December 25th you will get a huge range and variety of stickers, including letters, borders and images.
And I have to say being part of an international design team, some of our design team girls around the world are privileged to be fluent in many languages.  I love seeing the written word in a different language on layouts.
And in case you haven’t guessed – ‘nussknacker’ is German for ‘nutcracker’!”
Now we have Hilde’s Layout…

“Christmas” Layout by Hilde Janbroers

Materials: 

December 25th overlay Holly PS178, papers Hope (P716), Peace (P714), Noel (P718), Festive (P717) / Sparklets Daffodil (RS410) / Pearl Flourishes decorative black (PL518), Pearl Flourishes classic black (PL514) / Wooden Flourishes; reindeer (FL364), Angel (FL361), Christmas star (FL363), December (FL365), Paper Blooms; Honey (F628 ), ruby (F636), Alpha Sticker Sheet (SS110), Die Cut Merry (PS161)

Other products:
Big Shot Machine, Tim Holtz alternations rosette die, ranger distress ink.

Hilde has given you a quick step by step run through of how she has put her layout together:
1. Place the overlay on the paper Hope. Cut the die cut in half and ink the edges.  Place another piece of the music paper on top.  Mat the photo’s and place then on the layout.  Add the swirls ( after cutting them in half ) and start adding the flowers and rosettes. Ink the wooden flourishes and add them as well.  Add some sparklets too.
2. Keep your eyes peeled on the blog for the rest of the week as we show you more creations and hopefully inspire you to use this absolutely gorgeous traditional Christmas collection from Kaisercraft.
Happy creating!!