Lasting Memories Christmas Roots challenge

Here's my layout for Lasting Memories.

It features our whole family at Mum and Dad's house in around 1982 I think.

I made the plaid and lace rosette and painted then sanded the alphas and frame.

The elf paper made a good border and the strips of green ribbon beside the photos add some order as well. It might not be noticeable but I also splashed walnut ink on my background to age the paper slightly.

Li'l red wagon

Li'l red wagon wants bells.

I've made 3 Christmas tags using paper tole.

I fussy cut out the characters. The background tags were dipped in walnut ink to create the mottled effect. Next, I used magic mount between the layers to make my picture 3D.

I added my sentiments and bottle green ribbon (not seen in photo).

Lasting Memories Christmas tree.

Lasting memories wants either mittens or a Christmas tree.

I've had this beautiful Websters pages Christmas tree for quite a while.
It suited this layout.

Every year the big department store in Sydney decorates its windows.
It is a favourite with children and adults alike. I made the chipboard ladder match the one in the photo by misting it with a rust colour.
I decorated the branches on the tree with small ornaments to make my layout more festive.

Scrap room Santa challenge

At the scraproom group on Facebook they are having a stash challenge and you need to use the letters in Santa.
On my layout I have the following:
S= stripes,salmon pink
A= ampersand
N= navy ribbon
T= tag title
A=animal washi tape.

Here's the layout featuring Erica and I having a pedicure on her birthday.

December Freaky fast formula.

At The Scraproom here is the FFF challenge.

I used mainly browns and reds to match my photo.
The 1/4 " x 12 and 1/2 " x 12 meant I could use 2 of those strips across the bottom of papers. Yeah!!!

Here's my layout.

I went slightly overboard with the red ricrac ,but I like the finished look.

The plaid brad was a last minute find.

Whimsical Musings #340

There is a colour palette at Whimsical Musings.
It is basically an autumn palette but can be interpreted any way we want.

My background paper is Paper Inklings and is brown with a slightly blue marble effect.
I used a large red doily, then yellow backing paper. I put 5 spots either side of the 3 photos using my dottariffic pen.I had white and brown floral bracket which I layered beside my title.
The title is made from a variety of alphas.I added 2 wood veneers and enamel dots as a final embellishment.

Try it on Tuesday

At Try it on Tuesday they want a card inspired by a song.

My sentiment says it is beginning to look a lot  like Christmas.

I've used a scrapbook paper which features gold flecks down one side.

I added thin washi tape with holly plus 3 gold rhinestones.

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Next, I have used 3 snoopy stickers I had left to make a small Christmas card for a boy who lives nearby.

I mounted 2 stickers on brown paper and used a scalloped edge with gold ribbon as my snow bank.

I then found a circular tag looking like a bauble and hang it from the bottom.

I haven't put a sentiment as the boy is too little.

I'm entering it in Christmas with the Cuties -Santa hats

Double trouble Challenges-add a ribbon