Happy Monday! I am excited to share another layout with you using the Let Us Adore Him collection!
For this layout, I was inspired by the idea of light. As I was using a sweet photo from Christmas Eve a couple of years ago, I wanted to bring in the elements that make Christmas Eve so special to me, and light stood out in my mind. I love the idea of stars representing light, so I wanted that to be the focus of the layout.
I started by cutting stars using the shapes option in the Cricut software and the offset tool to add a layer. By making the stars double layered, I was able to incorporate lots of patterned papers! I focused on using patterns with a dominant color in the forefront and the more multicolored patterns as the back layer. I also distressed the edges of each star.
Once I had a general idea of where I wanted the stars and photo, I traced around them and lifted them up so that I could create the background. I started by using distress oxides and an ink blending tool to give each star a halo in a coordinating color. I then used distress inks in their liquid form (distress reinkers) to add another layer of color. Once that dried, I used the Bella Blvd Seeing Stars cut file as a stencil to add more stars around each color cluster.
When the background was dry, I put the stars back on the page and used adhesive foam to pop them up and add a little dimension. I placed my photo on the page with a couple of patterned paper mats with distressed edges.
I then got busy adding some embellishments around the page. I used stars from the puffy stickers in this collection and a few stars from the Trinkets puffy stickers in coordinating colors. I also added some phrase stickers from the Doohickey sheet and a couple of phrases from the ephemera found in the collection.
I used the Florence Alphas in coordinating colors to build my title above and below the stars. I love how these letters look on the page! I added a few enamel dots and my journaling, and I called it done!
I hope this layout inspires you to create something special to capture your Christmas memories!
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