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The North Pole - Borders and Daily Details Week! | Conny

Hey Crafty Friends, Happy Holidays! Today I'm sharing my first project using The North Pole Collection- the focus this week is on the Daily Details and Borders papers! For daily details I really love making minis so I created a mini album to document the Christmas Tree- all the steps we took to complete that with My daughter- now she is patiently waiting for Santa to get here. 

My first step was to cut the cut file using my Cricut machine- On the cover I used the borders, scallop borders from the sticker sheet. You can see under the Winter and the chipboard Santa.  

Throughout the album I stitch with my sewing machine and added frames, mats and embellishments. Adding all the little details that makes it fun!

 

 I used string to keep the album together. I how the different texture look on the album, between chipboard, cardstock and puffy stickers creates a playful design full of details. 

The North Pole - Borders and Daily Details Week! | Inessa

Hello friends,

Inessa is back on the blog sharing my take on how to use the Borders and Daily Details papers from the North Pole collection. I love all the bright colors in this collection but for this layout I went with the pink, blue and white scheme with a bit of yellow.

I used the Snow Day as my background paper and layered the sheet of You Warm My Heart (pink diagonal) and white cardstock. The pink diagonal is cut to 11x11" while the cardstock is 10.5x10.5".  For a snowy look, I added some mixed media on the white cardstock using a dot/snowflake stencil, Faded Jeans distress oxide ink and the glitter snowflake pops of color. 

For my photo cluster, I used the penguin 3x4 piece from Daily Details and a 3x4 piece from Jammies (snowflake side). My photo is adhered right in between these two pieces. I also used the tags from the Daily Details paper and added some twine in red, blue and pink.

The title is built using the word "snowy" and snowflakes from the Ciao Chip, "winter" from the Borders paper and "day" using the Aria Puffy Stickers. I also added a few tiny hearts from the Doohickey sticker sheet in pink and blue. 

I hope I've inspired you in some way to create!

All the best,

Inessa

The North Pole Collection- Borders & Daily Details! | Virginia

Hello! Virginia here with you today to share some Holiday tags created with the amazing The North Pole collection! I challenged myself to create these fun tags using just the one 12x12 Borders patterned paper. I fussy cut out the cute little Santas, reindeer, and sweater icons along with the Winter/Holiday themed phrases. The pretty poinsettias on the B side was used as the background for my windows on the tags. 

I love stretching one sheet of paper to create multiple designs. I created six tags in total, two of each design. 

Hope you are inspired in using up all the fun icons and patterns from just one sheet of patterned paper, have a wonderful day!

Supplies: The North Pole patterned paper, acrylic shapes, heart hugs

The North Pole Collection- Borders & Daily Details! | Brianna

Hey friends!  Brianna Lepper back with y'all today sharing my first layout using the new The North Pole collection.  I LOVE this collection so much!  It's so bright and happy and I had so much fun creating this page.  Make sure to check out the process video at the end of this post!

This week, we are focusing on the Daily Details and Borders 12x12 patterned papers and using them creatively. I thought it would be fun to have the border strips stacked on top of each other.  I've done similar designs in the past and love how so many different patterns can be on one page.  

I fussy cut a few of the sweaters from one of the border strips and also trimmed out a few phrases to use as ephemera pieces as well.  You should definitely not count these papers out!  They can be used in so many different ways.  

The Daily Details paper has a 3x4 card with the cutest phrase, so I fussy cut it out and used it as my title.  It came out so perfect!  I popped it up on foam tape and adhered it right under my photo.  

I created a colorful mixed media background using some Shimmerz Paints from my stash and I love how all of the different border strips look on top of it.  All of these colors make me so happy!

I matted my photo with the B side of the Borders paper and layered a tag from the Ephemera Words pack.  I embellished using a few Ephemera pieces as well! 

Next, I added in some tangled thread and sprinkled in a few Puffy Stickers.  

Here's one last shot of my layout: 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way!  See you next time friends!

 

The North Pole | Rachel O'Neal

Hello Bella friends! What an awesome scrappy year it has been, and so hard to believe we have entered the Christmas season! How is this even possible? I'm so excited to be on the blog today showing you my first layout using the new The North Pole collection. Check it out:

It's just so festive, isn't it?! So, let's talk! I started with a white piece of 12" x 12" cardstock. I used the Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide pad to create a messy background. The pretty light blue color let's all the bright colors of the collection really stand out. While that dried, I took the 12" x 12" Borders paper from the collection and cut several of the borders into strips. I used these strips to create the scallops for the layout. To do this, I used my circle punches (1/2" and 1 1/2"). The strips are smaller than these punches, but I was able to cut out half circles with them. Once I punched them all out, I connected them together to make scallop borders. I needed to use both of the Borders papers to create all eight of them. Next, I added them to the layout in a zig-zag pattern. 

Next, I backed my photo with white cardstock and then cut up some of the 3" x 4" cards from the Daily Details paper to add more layers behind my photo. I wanted to arrange my title along the scallops so I did that before adding any embellishments. I used the black Florence alphas, of course! I also stamped some fun stitches too.

As for embellishments - the more the merrier! I used several pieces from the Ephemera Icons. I just love the snow globe! Around the edge of the layout, I used pieces from the Puffy Stickers and the Epoxy Stickers. To finish the layout, I stamped a few hearts and of course - the date. 

I can't wait to show you more. Just creating this layout has me wanting to create more with this adorable collection. Here's a list of the supplies I used:

• Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Pad
• The North Pole Borders 12" x 12" Paper
• The North Pole Daily Details 12" x 12" Paper
• The North Pole Ephemera Icons
• The North Pole Puffy Stickers
• The North Pole Epoxy Stickers
• Florence Alphas in Black

 

The North Pole - Emilie Chamel

Hi friends! Are you getting in the mood for Christmas yet or are you "team Grinch"? In our house we love Christmas, but we are definitely not the type who set-up their trees and other decorations more than a week before the event! I am getting in the festive mood though and what best way to feel all Christmassy than by scrapbooking last year's Christmas photos!

 

As one of her presents, Sophia got a Cinderella costume dress. I made her pause in front of the tree for a super cute snapshot. The mood in the image felt quite wintery so I chose to use the SNOW STORM printed acetate as a front layer of the Bella Besties ombre background. This allowed me to create a shaker pocket by adding a few sequins between the two layers. Giving all the snow feels!

I decided to stick to only two colors. With the having a patterned background, I didn't want to over-complicate the design and make it look too heavy.

 

I love the color combination of red, pink and turquoise! I naturally went in that direction. It gives the traditional Christmas colors a fresh and modern twist.

This little Santa is a cutesy! I HAD to feature him on my layout!

The CLEAR CUTS (printed acetates) are a perfect way to add a fresh look to the layouts! I love to create full size layout shakers with them! Give me all the drama!!!

 

There are so many super cute elements in this collection to decorate your layouts and other projects! Make sure to check The North Pole collection at your local scrapbook store! It really is a must have!

Emilie xxx

 

Products used:

The North Pole collection