Thursday, July 29, 2010

Christmas in July

For the first time ever in my whole long life, I bought a Christmas present early!
2 of them actually.
I stumbled upon a good deal this past weekend and picked up a couple of items for my dear ole dad.
I am usually a wait-until-the-last-minute-because-certainly-there-will-be-better-deals-or-i-will-surely-find-the-perfect-gift-if-i-just-keep-looking-fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-Christmas-shopper.
Well maybe, just maybe, I am turning a over a new leaf in my thirty-second year of life!
{now the hard part is going to be remembering what i did with gifts purchased early once December rolls around!}
This deserves a celebration!
Hang the mistletoe!
Sip on the eggnog!
Don't drop the ornaments!
Here's to Christmas!
{scrapbooking style of course}
Christmas '07
That was a good Christmas.
Supplies: Patterned paper (Making Memories-red; Basic Grey-off white, My Mind's Eye-green, Fancy Pants-brown), Chipboard (American Crafts), Brads (American Crafts), Journaling block (Jenni Bowlin), Die cut title (Quickutz Spicy Chicken font), Pen (American Crafts), Chipboard star (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Supplies: Patterned paper, ribbon, Sheer Delight (KI Memories); Flair, chipboard embellishment (American Crafts); Bling (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Supplies: Patterned paper, border stickers, stickers (KI Memories)

Supplies: Patterned paper, brads, stickers (KI Memories); Bling (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Supplies: Patterned paper, ribbon, sticker (KI Memories)

Christmas '09.
That was another good Christmas.
{you do NOT want to know about Christmas '08}
I submitted this page to CK for their sketch in the upcoming December issue.
{obviously it did not get picked up}
I like the layout nonetheless.
Supplies: Patterned paper (Making Memories-green, My Mind's Eye-all other), Chipboard letters (American Crafts), Tiny glitter stickers (Making Memories), Snowflakes (Making Memories), Die cuts (My Mind's Eye), Border sticker (KI Memories), Bling (Heidi Swapp for Advantus)

Well Merry Christmas {in July} yall!!
and Feliz Navidad!
:)
gretchen

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gretchen, this is GREAT! and, bein' from Tennessee, love your title. :)

Kirby said...

Gretchen, this is GREAT! and, bein' from Tennessee, love your title. :)

Kirby said...

good grief...it said it didn't post the first time. but now i get the chance to tell you how much i'm lovin' these Christmas layouts of yours!

Carolyn Bertram said...

Love the layouts, and Merry Christmas!