Hello friends! It's Ashley here sharing another layout for the Bella Blvd Creative Team. This week, we are using The North Pole collection along with the Clear Cuts. I have documented our family Christmas card from this year which I do every year. It's one of those layouts that is super special to me and I want the layout to reflect that.
This awesome tree and heart wreath from the Wreath Cut Outs seemed like the perfect place to start. I wanted the Snow Storm Clear Cut to be backed behind the wreath. I decided last minute to just layer the Clear Cut over the entire background rather than backing the wreath Cut Out. To create the background, I framed the 'Jammies' patterned paper with the 'Beary Christmas' patterned paper. I loved the two blues together.
I wanted to use foam adhesive when adhering the Clear Cut to the background but to do that, I needed to hide the adhesive. To accomplish that, I needed to embellish the layout first so that the adhesive could be strategically placed underneath. I grabbed the beautiful red florals and holly from the Ephemera Icons and created a trio of clusters. I added two cute birds and a heart that says "Merry & Bright" also from the Ephemera Icons. I added the sentiment "Special Delivery" as a subtitle which came from the Ephemera Words set. The title came from the card itself which simply says "Merry Christmas".
A decent amount of the layout had been embellished but I needed to spread out some more embellishments so the foam adhesive could stretch across more area. I had the idea of adding snowflakes to further add to the theme of the background. I grabbed snowflakes from the Ephemera Icons, Epoxy Stickers, Puffy Stickers and Ciao Chip. Now came the task of adding foam adhesive behind the embellishments and I added A LOT of it. Finally, I adhered the snowflake Clear Cut to the background.
And that's it! I love the fact that the snowflake Clear Cut stands out against that pretty background. I'm so happy with the end result and happy that I created a special layout for our Christmas card. Have a wonderful day and see you next time!
Supplies Used: The North Pole Collection- Patterned Papers, Epoxy Stickers, Puffy Stickers, Ephemera Words, Ephemera Icons and Ciao Chip; Wreath Cut Out; Snow Storm Clear Cut Out
Comments