Christmas layouts finished during the Holidays!

As promised to myself, I will create Christmas layouts during the Holidays. That way I will be able to finish our Family Christmas album right after the Holidays! Am I too idealistic? Yup, you're right - we had so many Holiday photos and we were also busy then, what was I thinking?!

Anyway, by January of 2007, I was able to finish 5 more layouts amidst being soo busy! Whew! I still have one unfinished layout ... and some Christmas pics developed but not scrapped and lots of Christmas photos in the hard drive of our PC!

Here are the layouts:

Santa's MVP
Santa's helper in basketball uniform? Why not? My son, Ethan looks so cute with the Santa hat on! He's defintely Santa's MVP (Most Valuable Player)!

Materials: BasicGrey Fruitcake (Deck the Halls & Gingerbread), Dasher and Blitzen (Cranberry and Holly), acrylic brackets, chipboard, Gin X coaster, Making Memories paint, Colorbox Metallic ink, Lil Davis Glitter Glaze, gold ribbon, brads, Zig Writer pen, santa hat, Sizzix dies: Alphaclips, Azure (punctuations), stars and tag Editing software: Adobe Photoshop CS

Xmas Cards '06
I included the greeting cards we received last Christmas. Thanks to Liza for taking this picture of ours, for the other "girls" (dami nyo kasi mga sis) who kept on making Ethan smile/laugh and to Ria for letting us use her house para sa pictorial hehehe

Materials: patterned papers: Ki Memories Holiday Collection 2006 Joyful (Skinny Stripe and Pin Dot); Ki Memories Joyful Alpha Epoxy stickers chipboard: Gin X Coasters (for the wreath); others (not from Scrapbukan): Bazzill cs(as base), DCWV pp (Holly for the wreath), ribbons poinsettia flowers, Christmas stocking 3D sticker: Craft Express Colorbox chalk and metallic ink; Editing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS

Wrapped with Love
Materials: Ki Memories Joyful (Joyful Bulbs Textured cardstock, Sentiment textured cardstock, Skinny Stripe, Multi Stripe and Twinkle), Joyful Shapes epoxy sticker, Bazill cardstock, chipboard, acrylic brackets, photo anchor and brad, ribbon, Colorbox ink, Zig Writer pen and Sizzlits Fruit Smoothie and Azure

Hidden journaling (lift the block, LOVE to reveal): If there's one Christmas tradition I really love and always eager to do ... that would be wrapping presents! I always remember how your Lola Letty would wrap gifts even during the wee hours of the night. She never gets tired of doing those - giving presents and wrapping them by herself. That Christmas tradition was passed on to me too that's why wrapping presents means a lot to me. I see to it that no matter how big or small my gifts are - they were warpped and given with love! This tradition will always remind us that Christmas is truly the season of giving! - Mommy

Maligayang Pasko

This is the first layout I made with a Tagalog title and journaling.

Materials: Ki Memories Joyful (Twinkle, Evergreens textured cardstock, Multi Stripe, Scrolls and Skinny Stripe) Bazill cardstock (for the title), Colorbox ink, Zig Writer pen, chipboard, ribbon and Sizzix Ransom dies, one 4R and 2 wallet size pictures

Hidden Journaling (pull ribbon to reveal): Kahit hindi magarbo ang pagdiriwang natin ng Pasko, kahit wala tayong Christmas tree sa bahay at kahit halos 3 oras na tayong nasa traffic papuntang Maynila noong araw ng Pasko ... maligayang maligaya pa rin ang Pasko natin! Sapat na sa amin na makita ang ngiti sa iyong mga labi habang nagbubukas ka ng mga regalo at masaya kang namamangha habang iyong pinagmamasdan ang mga Christmas lights! Ikaw, Ethan ang pinakamagandang regalo namin ngayong Pasko! Salamat at palagi mo kaming pinasasaya! Mahal ka namin!

Forever

Thanks to our friend Liza for taking this picture of ours! We rarely have our pic taken!

Materials used: BasicGrey Fruitcake (Deck the Halls and Gingerbread), Dasher (Cranberry and Holly), Bazill cs, twill tape, ribbon, Scenic Route letter chipboard, Making Memories paint, glitter and rub-ons, Colorbox metallic ink, Zig Writer pen

Hidden journaling: Dear Mahal, You and I ... ... started our love story on Dec. 17, 1994; exactly on my 17th birthday, ... married on a wonderful day of Dec. 14, 2003, ... spent 12 Christmases together, ... had our first born baptized on Dec. 18, 2004. Don't we just love this chilly, merry and memorable month of December? Love, Pia 01.23.2007.

TFL - pia