12 x 12" layout by Mary Pfaff

What would the holidays be if you couldn't share them with those we care about?  Mary's layout captures those special moments when cooking for her friends.

Ingredients: S4-220 Nested Pine Trees; S7-015 Holiday Lights Border Grand; S3-149 Double Ended Tags

Cross Promotional Products: Core'dinations, So Mod! ColorCore Cardstock; My Mind's Eye, Free Bird "Beauty" Charmed Stripes Paper; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L, Craft & Photo Tape and 3D Foam Squares; Creative Impressions, Red Rick Rack Ribbon and Dark Red Mini Brads; Clearsnap, Warm Red Colorbox Chalk Ink

Other Supplies: White and Green Cardstock; Brown Speckled Paper; Red and Green Ink; Stamp; Chipboard Letters

Instructions:

1. Cut My Mind's Eye striped paper to 12 x 8" and adhere to brown craft paper, leaving ½" of brown showing at the bottom.


2. Cut strip of My Mind's Eye striped paper to 12 x ½", adhere to top of brown craft paper, about ¼" down from top.


3. Cut green cardstock 12 x 4⅜", adhere on top of striped paper, leaving 1¼" of striped paper at the bottom.  Adhere pictures to green paper.


4. Adhere ribbon across the top striped border and across the striped  border under the pictures.


5. Cut/emboss S4-220 Nested Pine Trees #3 once and #2 twice from Core'dinations green cardstock.  Sand the embossed edges.  Adhere onto pictures.


6. Cut/emboss S7-015 Holiday Lights Border Grand from Core'dinations green cardstock.


7. Cut/emboss S7-015 Holiday Lights Border Grand from Core'dinations red, green yellow and blue cardstock. Sand embossed edges and adhere to the first green Holiday Lights die cut, varying the pattern of lights.


8. Stamp "Christmas" onto white cardstock with red permanent ink and hand cut. Layer onto green cardstock and hand cut border.  Attach with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L Foam Squares, onto ribbon at lower right corner.


9. Ink chipboard letters with Clearsnap Warm Red Chalk Ink, and adhere across brown craft paper.


10. Cut/emboss Core'dinations red cardstock with S3-149 Double Ended Tags #3 and sand the eges.


11. Stamp "Friends" in green ink onto white cardstock, cut/emboss with S3-149 Double Ended Tags #3, then hand cut at embossed edge and adhere to red tag.  Add brads to tag.  Adhere to upper left corner with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L Foam Squares.