Merry Little Christmas with Monique!

Hello My Creative Scrapbooks fans, it's Monique here again sharing a project created with the fabulous December Creative Kit featuring one of my favorite Christmas colletions this year: "Cozy and Bright" from Pebbles Inc. I've made three layouts with this kit, so for this project I thought I'd create a set of Christmas cards. All Pebbles collections contain at least one sheet that's just perfect to create cards with. In this case it's the "Merry Little Christmas" paper. Here are the cards I made with it:

All with just this one sheet "Merry Little Christmas":

I started by cutting all the 3"x 4" cards apart:

Next I cut pieces of patterned paper just a little bit larger and glued the cards on top:

I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edges:

For the card base I chose red and green cardstock and cut them a bit larger than these matted cards, but twice as wide and folded them in half to create a card base:

Most of the cards I adhered straight away to the cardstock base (using double sided adhesive tape), but in some cases I added one of the fun die-cuts first:

Other cards I embellished later, adding a die-cut or sticker, like here: 

Some were so very cute, they needed no extra's:

And some could use a bit of glitter:

I was done in no time at all! and I really love the result:

As I always love to receive handmade cards, I thought it would be nice to send a few handmade cards as well. Hope you like them too!

Last but not least a photo of the December Creative Kit:

If you want to read more about the My Creative Scrapbook kits then please visit the MCS website and if you want to see all projects created with the 4 different kits then hop over to the Design Team gallery.

Thank you so much for stopping by and wishing you happy crafting!

xx Monique

You can find more of my work here: Instagram / Blog / Pinterest

Message from My Creative Scrapbook!

A Holiday Message from My Creative Scrapbook: 

During the holiday season, our thoughts turn gratefully to our members who have made the success of My Creative Scrapbook possible. 

Our company began as a dream to bring quality scrapbooking and paper crafting products right to your door. We wanted to offer a fun, exciting way to create and records memories. We want to thank you for your loyalty and support. We have so many exciting things to share with you in 2019, we can't wait for the year to begin. 

We want to Thank you and wish you a very Happy Holidays Season. 

--

Pam Rangel

Owner 

MyCreativeScrapbook.com

Note: Billing for the month of December will occur before Christmas on Dec. 23rd, our offices will be closed Dec. 24th thru Dec. 28th so our employees can celebrate with their families. Thank you . 

Santa Baby with Bec!

Hi, My Creative Scrapbook fans! Design Team member Rebecca Genet is treating us to a fabulous process video today. A gorgeous scrapbooking layout with our December Limited Edition kit! 

December Limited Edition Kit!

To see more beautiful creations made with the contents of this kit, please visit our inspiring Design Team Gallery

For more information about our kits, visit our website at MyCreativeScrapbook.com

Noel with Heather

Hi, My Creative Scrapbook fans! Design Team member Heather King is treating us to a fabulous process video today. A gorgeous scrapbooking layout with our  December Main kit! 

Main Kit!

To see more beautiful creations made with the contents of this kit, please visit our inspiring Design Team Gallery

For more information about our kits, visit our website at MyCreativeScrapbook.com

Santa Baby By Jaya!

Hi, My Creative Scrapbook fans! Design Team member Jaya Raghuvanshi is treating us to a fabulous process video today. A gorgeous scrapbooking layout with our  December Limited Edition kit! 

Limited Edition Kit!

To see more beautiful creations made with the contents of this kit, please visit our inspiring Design Team Gallery

For more information about our kits, visit our website at MyCreativeScrapbook.com

December Sketch!

It’s time to unveil December's fabulous Sketch.Everyone is welcomed to play along.

Looking forward to seeing what you create. Love our fans here at My Creative Scrapbook and will be watching this board to pick random winners that will receive a prize. Thank you for joining in the fun. 

 Remember to share your sketch at My Creative Scrapbook Inspiration Central you never know when Pam is watching and you can be a lucky winner to some fabulous goodies!

Here below is are examples that our Design Team has created using the same sketch!

Shizuka Hirano

Angel Lebouef

Tracy McLennon

Yvette Weber

We are looking forward to seeing what you share with us!

Christmas Ornaments with Mallika!

Hi, My Creative Scrapbook fans! Design Team member Malika Kejriwal is treating us to a fabulous process video today. A gorgeous scrapbooking layout with our  December Limited Edition kit! 

Limited Edition Kit!

To see more beautiful creations made with the contents of this kit, please visit our inspiring Design Team Gallery

For more information about our kits, visit our website at MyCreativeScrapbook.com

Documenting Memories with Yvette!

Hi My Creative Scrapbook friends! Yvette here with you today to share a layout using this months gorgeous main kit. This kit is perfect for documenting any of your holiday or winter memories and I decided to document this fun photo of my son, sledding! 

I started by cutting out three squares from some white cardstock. The squares can be any size you choose to work with....larger or smaller....it's really depends on the size of your photo. My squares are all 4 1/2 inches.           

I then drew another square onto the white cardstock, leaving a 1/4 inch edge and cut the inside square out to create a frame. 

              

Here's a look at the frames created from the cardstock. ↴  

Next, I selected one of the beautiful patterned paper in the Simple Stories 'Simple Vintage Christmas' collection and use it to create another square (9").  Once I was happy with the placement of the frames, I used my sewing machine to add some stitching around the outside of each of the white cardstock frames.

The white cardstock frames was then glued, to fit inside of the framed stitching.  I then adhered a piece of black cardstock (slightly larger than the pattern paper) to the back and use a scissors to create a scallop edge all around the perimeter and really love how this turn out!          

I love the beautiful black & white text and plaid patterned papers in the 'Simple Vintage Christmas' collection and instead of using the boring white cardstock as my background I decided to use both the text and plaid paper to create a bit more interest and place them on an angle.        

I used some of chipboard stickers from Echo Park as well as a few stickers from Simple Stories 'Simple Vintage Christmas' collection to create a cluster in the bottom right hand corner of the photo. 

A cut file was use to create a title for my page.   

....and here are a couple of close-ups...

To finish the layout off I added a few more chipboard accent stickers around the page.

 I hope you felt inspired today and if you're not a subscriber yet, give it a try. The kits are all so beautiful and you will not regret it!!!!

                                                     Thanks for stopping by :) xx

Fringe Christmas Tree with Monique!

Hi fans of My Creative Scrapbook, it's Monique here again, sharing my monthly step-by-step! I'm a huge fan of Christmas kits and the MCS December Main Kit is absolutely stunning! It's filled with the Simple Vintage Christmas collection from Simple Stories. I decided to put my fringe scissors to good use and create a "fringe Christmas tree". Here's the layout I created:

Here's how I created did this page: for one of my other December layouts I had cut out the Christmas Tree (one of the free MCS December cut files) and for today's layout I used the left-over negative of the tree: 

This is the cut file I used (which you can find HERE):

Next I just cut 10 strips of paper, 2" wide and using my fringe scissors I cut them for approx. three quarters: 

To determine the order of the colors & designs of the tree, I placed them on top of the tree, changing them around until I was satisfied and only then I cut them to the right size:

I turned the white cardstock around and adhered the fringed strips to the back of the tree, starting at the top. I used both a bit of liquid glue and scotch tape to adhere them. 

When I turned my white cardstock around again it looked like this:

I really love the fringed look of the tree! 

I adhered the white cardstock on top of the red cardstock and as I love stitching on my layouts I used my sewing machine to stitch both around the layout as well as around the tree:

Now I just had to add my photo and embellish! The December Main kit contains many die-cuts, chipboards & stickers, so embellishing is easy! I also typed a few lines of journaling, cut them in strips and added them at the bottom of & below the tree.

This is it! Hope you like my page! Here's a photo of the kit I used for this page, the December Main kit:

For more details about the December kits hop over to the MCS website and for more photos of projects created by the design team with the various kit, please visit the Design Team Gallery.

Thank you so much for stopping by and wishing you happy crafting!

xx Monique

Monique

You can find more of my work here: Instagram / Blog

December Reveal Time !

It's time for our December Reveal!
Our December kits are filled with lots of goodies ! You'll find a lovely assortment of patterned papers and perfectly coordinating embellishments.  Whether your style is clean and simple, shabby chic, or something in between our kits offer something for everyone.

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook December 2018 kits:

***December 2018 Main Kit*** 

***December 2018 Creative Kit***

***December 2018 Limited Edition Kit*** 

***December 2018 Album Kit*** 

 Please welcome our New Guest Designer!

Jaya Raghuvanshi

Hello!! I am Jaya Raghuvanshi . I live in Mumbai, India with my husband and six month old daughter, Ania. I am a mixed media enthusiast. My style would be a mix of so many things... Shabby chic, colourful, romantic and if you've seen my work you can definitely make out my love for everything pastels ❤️ I absolutely adore mixed media and creating lots of layers and details in my work. I love playing with colors and mediums and exploring all styles and forms of art which is why it never gets old for me.  For me art is the best therapy.  I'm currently designing for Prima Marketing Inc. Besides papercraft, I also love traveling and photography. 

You can find my work here- https://www.instagram.com/jaya_raghuvanshi/

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