Tutorial | Faux Chalkboard Valentine Art

A great way to use of small scraps of pattern paper is creating custom backgrounds like Nathalie did here with die cut circles, these have a faux stitched edge to add extra texture too. She used sentiments and embellishments on some of the circles around her family photo. Learn more at the Doodlebug blog.

Christmas is coming soon and hopefully you’ll be able to spend some quality time with your family. These are perfect times to gather together around the tree or table and snap some wonderful photos with the entire family. These pictures capture those precious memories we can add to our scrapbook layouts so let’s take a look at lots of terrific ideas for Family Christmas Pages!

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Jessica used lots of die cut stars that were stitched down, sentiment strips and round embellishments to create an amazing dynamic background for her layout. You’ll find a link to her process video on The Cherry on Top blog.

Here’s another layout with lots of layering in the background. Jackie cut a large circle of pattern paper in half and shifted it for added interest, then used long strips with different prints vertically along the split. There’s lots of other fun elements like sentiments strips, Scrabble letters, Dec. calendar, ticket stubs and more. Take a closer look at the Hey, Little Magpie blog.

I love how Gloria hung ornaments from twine on this fabulous family Christmas layout! She fussy cut those ornaments from pattern paper and also added 3D circle “ornaments” she made from pattern paper too. There’s also chipboard flags and frames for even more dimension. Learn more at the Simple Stories blog.

Pictures with Santa are another great way to gather the family together! For her Santa pic Heather used a large floral Christmas wreath, tucking the mated photo offset inside. To add some shine and dimension she included several thick acrylic piece like a bow, sentiment and stars. Take a closer look on the Bramble Fox blog.

Lisa used plaid red ribbon to section her background into a grid and it looks like a wrapped gift! I love the tree decorating photos with the family in silhouette but the tree shining brightly! Around the photos are clusters of printed die cuts of florals and greenery, there’s also some hand journaling on the grid paper. Find out more at the Pretty Little Studio blog.

Rows of bows punched with a border punched out of pattern papers create a festive background for this darling design. Next to each photo are trees, presents and a card for journaling. Watch the process video of how it came together on the Creative Scrapbooker blog.

Crazy, curling strands of lights were die cut for the background of this amazing layout. Inessa backed each bulb with different pattern papers for lots of color. I love the mixed letter title and clusters of colorful embellishments for a jolly layout! Take a closer peek at the Paige Taylor Evans blog.

Samantha has a nice mix of patterns on her family layout with a polka dot background and border made from stripes and plaid. Along that border she added sticker houses for a little scene and there’s also many sentiments strips and a journaling card too. Find more details at the Scrapbooking Store.

Nothing’s better than taking photos as a family for babies first Christmas! This adorable layout uses a vintage inspired distressed paper for the background with lots of layers of other patterns forming a lose + design. There’s also some lace and floral accents tucked in there too. I spotted this idea on the Uniquely Creative Gallery.

Stephanie created rustic borders top and bottom for her Christmas page by tearing pattern paper, that white edge is so reminiscent of snow. Around her photo are lots of festive embellishments like die cut gingerbread men, greenery, a snow globe, more pattern papers and lots of sentiments. Find all the info  at the Spellbinders blog.

This quick and easy page uses a kit from Stampin’ Up! that makes putting together pages a breeze. With layers of pattern papers, stickers and cardstock in strips behind the photos, there’s also a sticker tree and presents.  Oh, and don’t forget to include the pets in the family layouts too! Learn more at the Pootles blog.

I hope you and your family have a very holly jolly Christmas!

-Heather

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