Christmas Bow tutorial by My Creative Scrapbook designer Claire Hawkins

 Learn how to make this Fantastic Holiday bow on your scrapbook page. My Creative Scrapbook designer Claire Hawkins has created this wonderful tutorial using the November Main kit to show you how. 

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November Main Kit: Claire Hawkins

Layout: That’s a Wrap!

 

Hi everyone!

I’m excited to be back with you again sharing another Guest Designer layout for My Creative Scrapbook, using the beautiful November Kits which features the Create Paper Busy Sidewalks collection.

 

I started with a piece of 12x12 white cardstock and the Christmas Cookies paper which has a gorgeous green polka dot patterned paper on the b side.  I trimmed the green paper down, taking about ¼ of an inch off so that once placed on the white cardstock, it would give me a natural white frame around the outside.

To give a little extra texture, I distressed the edges and added machine stitching to 3 sides with gold thread (You have to have gold at Christmas, right?!)

For the side of the paper with no stitching, I cut a straight line from the middle of the side to the middle of the paper and rolled the edges back.

I really wanted the paper to reveal that lovely striped Holiday Glow paper, so I cut 2 squares of this and placed them under the green paper and rolled them to create a layered look before sticking them in place and mounting the patterned papers to the white card.

Next, I began to make my bow, which I made from a scrap square of plain vellum from my stash.  The bow was really simple to make. I followed a quick tutorial on YouTube which you can find here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkhtS2eXUfc

I did make the bow bigger than the measurements given in the video, so that it would suit the size of my page.

I used one of the lovely foiled stickers from the Accent & Phrase Stickers in the centre of the bow, and placed it at the top of the rolled paper – my idea was to create a look that resembled a gift being torn open with the wrapping paper curled at the sides.

Once the bow was fixed in place, I added a fussy cut tag from the Merry Merry paper and added some gold twine. I matted my photos and placed them at either side of the tag, sliding some smaller tag pieces under my photographs.  I created some gift clusters, fussy cutting some parcels from the Holiday Style paper. I layered some flat, with some on foam pads for dimension.

For a bit of extra interest, I added a Merry Christmas tag, which hangs just to the side of the rolled paper.

Finally, I used the gold foiled alphas from the Sticker Book to create my title, adding the holly sprig and some gold stars around the page for a finishing touch.

 

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