A few more Christmas

I just wanted to get these posted, I will come back later and add the details... I need some sleep tonight!

Sugar & Spice and Gingerbread Men

Okay I am really feeling the heat of the summer already (and have the sunburn to prove it) so I am really wishing that it were Christmas time again! These scrapbook pages really take me back and get me in the mood all over again!

Hailey and I had so much fun making cookies this past year, although we totally cheated on the dough! I bought premade-precut dough, since I have zero baking supplies, and we just put all our effort into really cute decorating. I cheated on the decorating too and bought the bagged cookie frosting and lots of sprinkles from the Target dollar bins! :o) The really funny part was after all the snowmen, stockings, and trees were docorated, Hailey wanted to use the leftovers as cookies too. She said one looked like a shark and one looked like a stork! Too funny!

PP: Basic Grey Figgy Pudding
CS: CTMH Cranberry
CTMH Craberry Mini Safety Pins
CTMH Desert Sand Ink
Ribbon: CTMH Twill & Garden Green, RicRac from the sewing stash
Chipboard Title: Stampin Up! On Board and CTMH Dimensional Elements Monograms painted with Making Memories Paints

This was our first year making a gingerbread house, so it was a complete learning experience! I am all about making life simple, so we opted for the complete kit and I am really glad we did! It turned out a little lopsided with a gap in the roof, but we still had loads of fun and it was really cool watching her figure out the perfect spot for all the candy accents. After she decorated the people, it was really funny to watch her play with them like they were Barbies! They took on their own personalities and voices!

PP: My Minds Eye Stack
CS: CTMH Craberry, New England Ivy, and Colonial White
Embellies: CTMH Cranberry and NEI Buttons, RicRac
Quickutz: Maddie Anne Classic, Mary Jane Grand

Together Time & Crop for a Cure

This layout has been sitting on my scrap table now for about two weeks just waiting on a title! Ridiculous, I know! So, I finally got it wrapped up in preparation for a major scrapfest tonight! So excited! The local high school is hosting "Crop for a Cure" an all night scrapbook event. Even better than getting to scrap for 12 hours straight, is that is is catered by Olive Garden... YUMMY! That has to be one of my most favorite places to eat! And I don't get to go very often because hubby doesn't care for it, so I am super excited about dinner tonight! And of course there will be tons of raffles, contests, etc. to keep us going all night long! Too fun! So if you are free tonight, email me and I will give you the details! You can register at the door if you like. Anywhoo, to the layout.

I made the flowers using the QK Nesting Circles (although you can totally free hand cut some circles), edge distresses the edges, then crumpled and flattened a few times, and hand sewed the button on top, right through all the layers to hold it together... much like the Prima Lollipop flowers. I am pleased with the result and this way they perfectly match my layout since I used scraps of the patterned paper and cardstock.

PP: Latte Stack from JoAnns Fabrics
CS: CTMH Petal and Garden Green
Quickutz: Blossom Grand, Maddie Anne Classic, Nesting Circles, Leaves
DMC: Embroidery Floss