12 Ideas of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas...
I know the 12 days of Christmas start on Christmas Day and end on Epiphany, however, we are using these 12 days to give you ideas for Christmas, be it, layouts, decorations, cards, projects and such and such. So stay tuned for Scrap & Bean's twist on the 12 days (...and yes, only 12 more days 'til Christmas according to our blog entries)!

So, without further adieu, the first idea of Christmas:
Prepare yourself with a calendar for December!
We have these blank calendrical sheets in the store. Victoria stamped each square with number stamps, highlighted the 25th (of course), used Hambly snowflake prints and added a matte to place a photo. Easy as 1-2-3! Really! A great way to track the holiday season, send a loved one a calendar page for the year ending (or starting) and to finish a page for the Christmas season!

Stay tuned for idea 2!

Layout Take 2

Wow. 2 layouts this week - both of the same trip. I really am trying in my moments of time to finish these trips up. It is fun to reminisce and by the simplicity of the layout (as you can tell), I am really speedy at finishing them. Love that!

So based on last week's sketch, here is my layout. Really, a simple layout showing the streets of Kiev. Thanks for looking and I hope the layout and sketch inspired you enough to create one of your own!

Layout

I have been working on this layout and this is my effort. A trip from 1993 and a place to put some tickets via the fibers at the bottom. This is based on the article advertisement from last week.

Christmas Card Frenzy

It has been a Christmas card frenzy around here and I love it. Now all I need is to create a card box to place them all in, in which I already have. These boxes are going to go out to family with a 'bevy' of cards inside for various occasions. It still is really nice to receive a card once in a while through the post. Consider it to be the lost art of handwriting. The dimensions to make an A2 sized box for cards are:

A2 SIZE BOX TUTORIAL

Sketches

I always dream about far away places - places I would like to visit and let me rephrase, places I will eventually visit. I have had many an opportunity to go to far away places as it is, and I do have many photos in which to still scrapbook. I will scrapbook them eventually too! So when I created this sketch, that is what I had in mind. I find my travel scrapbooks to be a little more simple than my regular photo scrapbooks. Mainly, because I have sooo many photos and really want to complete them fast and efficiently and put down all the information. Therefore, I need lots of room for photos and journalling. Which is why I created this layout. This will be a layout of some of my travels and I will show it to you next week.

Drawing on Inspiration

I have pulled this magazine ad from the Ann Sacks collection. I like what the ad says and I like how it is very symmetric in layout - great inspiration for a page layout. You can find more about the line hereAnn Sacks. And you can find my layout based on this ad next week.

Latte Promotion

We have a promotion occurring at the store:

Come by and enjoy a latte on us.

a 2'fer'

I have made another Christmas Card. Yes, it is that time of year where it seems as though everything i do is a Christmas card. Need i remind you, Christmas is only 6 weeks away?
So, this uses the pink and blue from Tuesday and the sketch from Thursday. Oh, and i am going to try really hard to get the Christmas card boxes i have been making along with the templates for Sunday's post.

Remembrance Day

On November 11, Scrap & Bean will be closed for Remembrance Day.
There are various activities to commemorate this day throughout your area.
You can go to Remembrance Day Events to view events in your area.

"Lest We Forget"

SKETCH

So, i have a sketch here. I used stars as embellishments, but you can use whatever you want. The square in the center will be used for either a photo or the main subject of a card.

Colours

It seems to me that everywhere we look, pink and blue is popular for Christmas. Therefore, I am using pink and blue this week to create inspiration. I will show you what I have created next week.

One of Those

It seems to be one of those weeks....you know, when things pile up and no matter how hard you try the mountain gets larger?! So i am a little late with some posts from this past week! I have them here today and am now caught up.

My sketch from last week, has produced this card. I used the Magnolia stamps. I am finding a use for these stamps in everything i do lately (i love them)!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thursday's post is still coming...
However, Sunday's post is announcing the newsletter for November and December.
We have new classes, crops and promotions! Check it out on the website:
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CLASSES
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