Hi ... Bev here today. Did you know I love Christmas... everything about it except snow and icy roads!

On this fun page I am using a mix of Collections from The Rubber Buggy. Maja Design  and Photoplay along with some of my DT chipboard products from Creative Embellishments. 

Supply List:

Paper: The Rubber Buggy Photoplay Holiday Cheer collection, Maja Design A Gift for You

Accents: Creative Embellishments Merry Christmas, snowflakes

Stencil: The Crafters Workshop Burst

Mixed Media: Nuvo glitter paste, Tim Holtz ranger ink

Using lots of scraps, accents and strips is a great way to start a page. I laid things out across the page and move them around until it gives me the look or design I am looking for.

The background is a little dark so after pulling everything off the page... I inked a TCW burst stencil to lighten it up a bit. 

Now I glued things all back down again to finish my page. Lots of fun strips, pieces and great accents.

At The Rubber Buggy there is amazing Christmas Collections I created this fun Christmas layout page with the Maja Design A Gift for You Collection. I then added lots of glitter and sparkle for Christmas.. it's perfect. This is Jake's first Christmas with family and he celebrated with his cousins.

Supply List:

Paper: The Rubber Buggy Maja Design A Gift for You

Twine:Bella Creationz timeless twine
Pen: micron 01 black
Circle Cutter: Kreaxions
Stickers: misc
Sketch: SIT Rochelle Spears #167

In the close ups you get a better view of the details and accents. 

What a great frame for the cute photos.

Lots of circles, snowflakes, and fun cluster with tag, twine along with a great mix of grey and red print papers all set the stage for this great page.

Hi, Bev here today. The Rubber Buggy carries amazing Christmas paper lines. Today I have 2 great cards using Maja Design A Gift for You Collection. The first card is a paper blocking design using lots of stash scraps and then cut a tag and santa stamp accent off the paper die cut sheet. Added a touch of twine and it's done.

This card used even more of the great tags off the sheet of die cut accents. The santa stamp, the red borders and more twine accents along with the "for you"  sentiment finishes off this 2nd card.

Both these cards used a Feeling Sketchy sketch and Maja Design A gift for you paper.

Thanks for visiting today.. come back again.

This close up show cases the matted adorable and too cute photo. It is topped off with a fun twine tied tag.

Here is a page I shared previously at Sketches in Thyme using the sketch  # 171 as seen below. It is used when creating this Christmas Wish layout. This page boasts lots of layers, shapes and accents.

Supply List:

Paper: The Rubber Buggy Maja Design A Gift for You
Twine: Bella Creationz timeless twine
Ink: Tim Holtz ranger

Punch: Kreaxions # 914

Sticker: Paper House  Believe Puffy Stickers

SVG cut files: Scrapbook Stamp Society with Sherri Baldy
Sketch: SIT Rochelle Spears #171 by Shawn Lahr

Hi it's Bev back again,,,, and today at The Rubber Buggy I am sharing a fun technique I just learned.. call smooching.. and also highlighting products .... Maja Design A Gift for You Collection. 

However first I used Modeling Paste and a stencil cut with cricut.. Star shapes... and add a thin layer of paste over the background paper.

It's not over powering.. but definitely adds texture.

Next using a plastic bag over your fingers.. do one of two things your choice... 1. add paint to bowl, lid or tray and add small amount of water to thin it out. Take the plastic bag over your finger and dab into paint .. now pat and smooch over the page. OR 2. put the plastic bag over your fingers and add ink from the ink pad to the bag and spray with a small amount of water and dab and smooch over page. When done with the 1st colour you can wipe off and dry with a paper towel and now repeat with more colours. Above is the sample of my background smooching. I tried both ways and it worked great.

Above is my finished page starting with smooching and then fun layers, accents and photos to finish off my page.

Supply List:
The Rubber Buggy Products:
Paper: Maja Design A Gift for You
Ink: Tim Holtz ranger distress ink 
Other: Bella Creationz Twine, stickles, glossy accents
Cricut cut file: Scrapbook Stamps Society SVG cut files, 

Paint, color box, Liquitex modeling paste, Studio 71 gesso

In the close ups you can view some details better. This section shows the smooching, the fun cricut cut title and border ornaments along with the corner twine tied accent.

This section shows the fun twine tied slanted border and cute santa accent.

Really cute tags came as part of the paper.. cut them all apart and clustered them for a cute accent.

This close up shows that one photo was trimmed leaving some white border and the other photo was print paper matted.

I enjoyed sharing this project with you today.. and sure hope you'll try both ways of smooching using a plastic bag and watered down colours.