Fast & Easy Christmas Layout with Echo Park
Christmas is over, and that means stacks of Christmas photos to scrap! Coordinated collection packs, like this Lori Whitlock one from Echo Park, are one of my favorite ways to quickly scrap seasonal photos.
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Easy Christmas Layout using Echo Park papers by Nancy Nally for Scrapbook Update
Supplies Needed:
Echo Park Paper "I Love Christmas" Collection Pack: Scrapbook.com & Amazon
28 Lilac Lane "Holly Jolly" embellishment kit: Scrapbook.com
Hero Arts "Kelly's To Do List" stamp & die set: Scrapbook.com & Amazon
Clear drying liquid adhesive
foam dot adhesive
green ink pad
black pen
black cardstock
This layout is based on a pattern from the eBook Scrap Free Scrapbooking eBook by Jennifer Priest. It's my go-to resource when I want to make a fast and easy layout. The book contains pattern sets that are not only simple to use, but also conserve paper by showing you how to cut several pieces of paper apart to create multiple layouts with no waste!
Scrap Free Scrapbooking ebook by Jennifer Priest
For the background of my layout, I followed the pattern to combine several patterned papers. (Before assembling I inked the edges in dark green so that the patterns would be better separated visually.) All of the papers were easy to coordinate because they are from the same collection pack, the gorgeous "I love Christmas" by Lori Whitlock for Echo Park Paper Co. Then I added another strip at the seam of the bottom two papers by adding a candy cane striped border sticker that added some red to the bottom of the layout.
At the top of the layout, I die cut a tag to add sticker numbers to for the year. A pop dotted sticker tag holds a little journaling, and then I dug into the 28 Lilac Lane "Holly Jolly" kit for some embellishment touches. A row of felt Christmas trees, some beads for the poinsettia centers, and a flat back pearl to finish the tag added just a bit of color and texture.
Easy Christmas Layout close up
At the bottom, another tag die cut from the Hero Arts "Kelly's To Do List" set holds my main journaling, and another sticker calls attention to it while adding a pop of red to this area. If you look on the right side you can see that the big photo of my daughter next to the tree is matted in black. It's an unusual choice, but it matches her dress and really highlights the photo nicely.
Easy Christmas Layout close up 2
Have you scrapbooked your Christmas pictures yet? Do you scrap your seasonal pictures right away, or wait until the next year?
