Have yourself a simple little Christmas...

So here are the photos from the simple Christmas book I put together at the crop at Scraptacular on Saturday night. There are so many other things happening during the holiday season - can't wait to just add photos and a bit of storytelling to this book.

The inside pages follow a very simple formula. A photo will go on the left hand side page (I am thinking of going with enlarged 9x9 photos - or 8x10's that I will trim down) - on the right hand side of the page are 9 punched circles. I chose patterns that each showcased a bit of red - there are a couple Christmas papers in there but for the most part the papers simply included red. The same 9 patterns are repeated on each right hand side page - to add variety I moved them around on the page.

The only embellishment I added was a sticker from the 7gypsies JOY sticker sheet and a star rub on from Basic Grey. I will be adding more stickers from the 7gypsies sheet once the photos are included in the album. I did ink the edges of the circles - some with brown and some with green.

The album itself is a 9x9 from Heidi Swapp. I also plan on adding a few ribbons along the spine. The numbers on the cover (2005) are from a 7gypsies rub on sheet - I believe it is a newly released one. So very cool.

So there you have it! Super simple to put together.

Also wanted to add in some photos from Scraptacular. Ever seen the girl on the right before? Can you believe she is stamping???? She even totally went outside her box and added a couple elements that go off the top of her page. I was so proud.

We never have the chance to sit in on one another's classes so it was cool to have Becky there :).

And here is me with Pam, the awesome owner, and Becky:

And last but not least, the super cool AE tree made by Stephanie (she is sitting next to Becky in the photo above).