Christmas Traditions- Audrey Yeager

I'm almost caught up with my winter holiday scrapping, but have a few more pages I want to get done!  I wanted to document a new tradition that I started with my kids of making pierogi for Christmas Eve dinner, so the Christmas Traditions cut file was perfect for this page.   Better yet, this was a FREEBIE cut file that Ashely gave away during the 12 Days of Christmas!

Christmas Traditions

A goal of my holiday scrapping is to try and use my stash.  I broke out some OLD Basic Grey papers (from 2006!) and was determined to use them on my page.

I first cut the cut file from white cardstock. In Silhouette Studio, I worked with the file to cut out the backing for the letters with patterned paper (instead of tracing and backing each letter by hand). I also recut the word "Christmas" from a different colored paper to make it stand out a bit more.

On the page itself, I cut a large circle for the background, distressed and machine stitched around the edges.  I layered my photos with a mat and some patterned paper, and fussy cut flowers that I cut from patterned paper.

I also cut some small circles from patterned paper as well, and embellished with enamel dots, puffy stickers, brads, and a few more punched flowers.

Thank you for joining me today!

You can watch the entire process here:

Farm Fresh- Audrey Yeager

Hello everyone!  I am still plugging along with my Christmas pages.  There are just so many great holiday cut files in the store!  I used two on this page below; "Farm Fresh Trees" and "Branches and Boughs".

Branches and Boughs

Farm Fresh Trees

I began with some woodgrain background paper and added some white gesso and mixed media shades in grey and brown.  I cut the trees from the "Farm Fresh" file from patterned paper, and one of the trees from the "Branches and Boughs" from a dark green cardstock. I centered my photo and scattered the trees around it.

I fussy cut out a few flowers and animals with red accents to add a pop of color. Finally, a few wood veneer starts an embellishments to go with the theme!

For the title, I again used the Farm Fresh file and cut it from brown cardstock and a mint colored patterned paper.

Thanks so much for looking!

Best Pals- Thin Line Alpha Cut File- Audrey Yeager

Hi everyone!  I went through the store to find a fun alpha to use on my boy page (and there are LOTS to choose from!  I went with The Thin Line Alpha and cut the word "Pals" on my page below:

The Thin Line Alpha:

This page was also a stash buster!  I first went through my stash to find some colors that I wanted to use.  I was struggling at first with a page design, but one of my goals was to use more patterned paper.  So I just layered some big rectangles of the patterns I liked with the photo on top in a frame.

Then I fussy cut out some stars and others from my stash.

Circle embellishments on the edges help soften the flow of the design.

Some details with border stamps and machine stitching.

Finally, the cut file I used to cut the word "Pals".  I was worried that cutting the letters this size with all the detail they have would be tricky, but they cut so beautifully from patterned paper!

Thanks so much for looking and go check out all the Alpha Cut Files in the store!