A Mitten Weather Christmas Layout!

 first laying out my papers for proper placement.

I have had a ton of fun playing with his mitten weather collection and breaking out old Christmas photos that NEED to be scrapped.  These photos are from when I was a new born (left) and before I was born with my siblings.


Having a pattern background always seems to scare me once in awhile but this flocked candy cane stripe from SEI christmas collection was just the right color. I then incoorporated a pale green background to mimick the soft colors cosmo cricket tends to use.

I used bits and pieces from mitten weather just to enhance the photos like the red dots and green flourishes.  I really love the border piece going down the center that almost gives the layout a feel of two in one, and also the need for no title!

Embelishments include ready set chip pieces I inked with green from timholtz, and some pale buttons to accent the lines of the paper and the chip.

A LOT going on but subtly it can all be a cohesive theme together.