The first page that I did this evening was Melodi's stocking page because I had a really cute idea that has been rolling around in my head since Christmas (and learning what cartridges William had bought me). I used the Winter Frolic cartridge to make a stocking and put the picture of her pile of stocking stuffers "in" the stocking. The phrase on the the stocking key was "the stockings were hung" which I cut out as well. The first paper I used for the phrase overlays was the same as the strip which didn't look very good when I was planning it out after I had cut the pieces out, so I decided on a different paper. Since the white strip in the stocking body was making the outline of the stocking a little weird I ended up cutting the shadow out of the same paper I used for the phrase overlay. I really like how the page turned out.
The next page I did was the "Under the Christmas Tree" presents. Couldn't include too many pictures, but that's okay. Didn't use the Cricut much, but I did cut out a tree. It's the same one that I did when I first got the machine, but I didn't do any of the decorations, just the tree outline. I was going to use an "oh Christmas tree" title from the Cricut but I cut it out and didn't like it very well.
Well, I needed a short break from being creative so I left a half finished (mostly planned, nothing stuck down) page sitting on my table downstairs. The page is of Melodi "playing" in the snow for the first time. Had a hard time picking out paper cause of the colors, but I'm down to sticking everything down, journalling, and then adding embellishments. I cut out a "Let it SNOW" title, and once again learned that the heavy cardstock causes more work then a standard paper. I think the best cuts from a heavy cardstock will end up being extremely block cuts with little detail at all (the shadows).
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