You know that song? The Twelve Pains of Christmas? I can’t say ‘sending Christmas cards’ without hearing how they say it in that song. And the guy ‘rigging up the lights’ is my favorite!

Well, there’s no gradual anger going on here in today’s lovely spread from Miss Laura! It’s all gonna make you happy.

Here’s Laura to tell you all about it.

I’ll be honest. I’m not one that scrapbooks much about Christmas, other than creating a layout or two each year with any photos that we take at family get-togethers. However, as I was prepping our family’s Christmas cards to send out to family and friends, I realized it was a tradition that was worth documenting. I’ve made it a habit to make sure that we take a few family photos on Thanksgiving day, so that we would have a photo all ready to go for ordering Christmas cards. I usually end up ordering them that very night, if not the next day. I always love getting our cards out as early as I can. 

 

 

I decided to create a digital 6×8″ two page layout, as we recently moved and I’m still trying to get situated in my scrapbook room and am not quite ready to play with paper and scissors just yet ;) I used two different templates from the Half Pints: Wander kit to create my two page spread. I included our family photo for this year, along with our photos from the last two years. 

 

 

I typed my journaling on the second page, using the text box that Kerri included within the template. I added the wreath above my journaling using a digital stamp from the Bundled Up digital stamp kit.  On the first page, I created my title using PNG files from the Christmas Calendar kit. I came across the “did this” image from the Deck The Halls digital stamp kit and knew it would be perfect to include, adding a little digital check mark from the Versed: Note It digital stamp kit. I also added the years to each of the photos, using both the Label Maker digital stamp kit and the Side By Side digital stamp kit. 

I printed both 6×8″ pages of my two page spread. Once I add this layout into my 6×8″ family album (or my December Daily – which I have started, but time will tell if I stick with it), I will also be adding all three coinciding Christmas cards that go with those three family photos.

 

So beautifully done. What a great way to showcase those holiday family photos!

 

And now for our second to last freebie, Christmas Tags. Just a festive little set of three tags for documenting or adding to your holiday wrappings.

 

 

And in case y’all were wonderin’ and didn’t see this little gem of a tool when I shared it on social media, the punch is actually intended for lanyards. But when I saw it? I knew it was for tags. LOVE this punch! THIS is the one I bought from Amazon.