Magical Christmas | Joyful Collection | Mandy Melville

Hey everyone!

Mandy here today to share some more inspiration using the gorgeous Joyful collection. I can’t get enough of this collection, and I’m having so much fun using it to document our Christmas memories! For my layout today, I decided to scrapbook a couple of super sweet photos of my youngest daughter Eleanor, taken on Christmas Day, and I love the way the beautiful colours in this collection really complement these photos.

I started the layout off by dividing the page into quarters to create four triangular segments. I cut two triangles from the pink Feeling Festive paper, and another two from the aqua Deck the Halls paper to fill in the four sections of the background. I distressed the edges of each of the papers to give them lots of texture. I then matted my photos with the reverse side of the Advent paper and adhered them in the middle of the page.

Of course I couldn’t resist fussy cutting some of the beautiful floral clusters from the Tis the Season paper! Once I’d cut them out, I arranged them around the bottom edges of the photos to provide a ‘ledge’ for the photos to sit on. I adhered some of the flowers with foam tape to give the cluster some nice dimension and interest. I also tucked that sweet little chipboard deer in amongst the flowers and I think he looks super cute there!

I also added a few die cuts into the floral cluster, including the cute envelope and the ‘north pole’ flag. To the left of the photos I added a die cut label, layered on top of a frame, which I used to add the details of the photos to.

For my title I couldn’t go past using one of the Puffy Gold Title Stickers, and I decided on the phrase ‘Magical Christmas’. I added this above the photos, and then to finish the layout off I added a sprinkling of gold stars, which are also from the Puffy Gold Title Stickers. I think the gold elements add the perfect touch to a festive layout!

Thanks so much for joining me here on the blog today. I hope that you’ve been inspired by my layout. I’ll be back to share some more inspiration next month. Until then, happy scrapping!

Mandy x