Unwrapping the Gifts

I was very excited about how well Pink Paislee's Mistletoe & Co. coordinated with the boys pajamas from last year. Kurt was really a "nice" boy last year; so, his grandmother gifted him a medieval castle with some awesome knights. He was quite pleased with the gift.
Initially, my layout had too much blue. Therefore, I had to hunt for some cardstock to add, to tie into the circles cut from this sheet,:

I found a French Vanilla sheet of cardstock and inked it with some yellow and walnut, to look distressed and bring the colors together. Everything is Pink Paislee except the charm, wire, ink, cardstock and the label holder chipboard with screw top brads. (oh & "definitely")

Jason received some fabulous gifts for being "nice", as well. But, was a little surprised that mom was taking a photo op at the moment he was trying to figure out his impression of the gift. :)
I added some cornflower blue paint to the Pink Paislee fabric, die cut and my photo edges.I ruffled a satin ribbon by folding it onto an adhesive strip, and tacked it with some thread at a few points. Then, I used an embroidary yarn to back stitch a border on part of the layout. Also, to add dimension, some additional blue, and texture beneath the photos, I added the altered circle die cut. I had used a Fiskar's Threading Water punch, cut it into pieces, attached it around the circle and stitched through the holes.and, this is how the back looks: Have a marvelous weekend, my friends!

Bon Voyage

Whenever I hear "Bon Voyage", I think of Bugs Bunny. He was always sending off his pesky friends and nasty foes with some tricky word play or misleading venture, on to some ship, plane or some land means of transportation,(....to various destinations like St. Louis and Miami).

Then, as the boat or train would begin to depart, there would be Bugs waving a hanky proclaiming,...bon voyageeey.

This layout was made with Jillibean Soup papers from the Lentil Soup collection that I won at a random draw on their blog. I used a sketch from Pink Paislee's blog.

And, while your here, please take a quick look at Scraptivity's December kit, in my slideshow. It was tons of fun including Piggy Tales papers, a penscore stamp making piece, a number of Clearsnap stamping tools and pieces, and oodles of tags, buttons, and assorted goodies for stamp making.