Aloha Crafty Mavens!! I hope You all had a very merry Christmas and are excited for the new Year!! I am already thinking up some ways to vamp up The Crafty Maven in the New Year as well as trying to force myself to be more productive so I can spend more time with my family!!

Isn’t that what scrapbooking is about our family anyway right?! This Christmas Season I have primarily been focused on my December Daily. Even though I love doing that album I tend to get bogged down half way because I am itching to scrap my love, which is 12×12 layouts! I haven’t taken the time to scrap layouts of any of the pictures I took this year. I set out with that in mind when I started this layout.

I printed my photo in black and white matte. I have been loving the look of matte paper this holiday season. I just love the colors better on matte paper. I really wanted to go with a very classic Black, white and red with pops of silver and gold that were so prominent in the inspiration piece.

My layout has lots of white space which really makes the red stand out and look amazing!! I let my layers have a playful feel to match the picture mood too. The picture is a candid photo of my kids with Santa and Santa is trying to tickle Samuel so they are all laughing. Santa is trying not to laugh but you see that twinkle in his eye!! It is one of my Favorites from this year!!

I scattered a few embellishments throughout the layout but tried to keep it simple. I feel the inspiration piece has a celebration element but but very subtle and I also wanted that feel for my layout as well.

Here are some close up shots of my layout!

 

 

 

You can Watch the process video on The Crafty Maven Getaway Here,

 

You can also see more process videos on my personal Youtube channel.

I also have a blog too, where I share layouts that I am working on, sometimes they are layouts, that I don’t have process videos for as well. My blog website is scrapbookpagesandcupcakes.com.

I hope you were inspired today!! Don’t forget to come back tomorrow and watch a Sketch It Out process video.

Have an amazing New Years!!!

 

Aloha, Hannah