Holly Jolly Christmas | Merry & Bright Collection | Michelle Stokes

Hello Hello! It’s Michelle here today with a new layout share for you all. I’ve continued on with my Christmas crafting in January using the Merry & Bright Collection and a bunch of fun and oh so flattering photos from Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning.

I based this layout off one that I made a few years back that grouped photos together over a chunk of pattern paper with a big floral cluster underneath. This was a fun layout to recreate, even with the cringeworthy photos I chose.

All papers used are from the Merry & Bright Collection with a mix of both 12×12 and A5 papers used. Jingle all the Way was the paper of choice to use behind all the photos, combined with a strip of Happy Holidays to use as a base for the title.

I added a massive cluster of florals under the title banner using the wreath design from the Happy Holidays paper along with a mix of ephemera and fussy cut florals from the A5 version of Joy to the World.

Different forms of adhesive used for this cluster to achieve dimension of all kinds.

I used my all time favourite white alphas for the title, with a pop of machine stitching to keep them in place for years to come.

I added more fussy cut florals around the page and tucked in ephemera pieces, accessory stickers and even layered in a couple of old school doilies within the photo groups. Also, please excuse the hot mess shown above, we were having a little too much fun with the photo booth set up haha

Even the sweet doggo’s made an appearance in this layout.

The papers used to back the photos all came from scraps I had left from past projects, with the addition of some vellum behind a couple.

Here’s a final look at the entire layout, splattered with gold ink to finish it off.

Well thats all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by.

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Michelle x