Carta Bella Happy Christmas - Merry & Bright

My final layout for the Papermaze blog using  Carta Bella's Happy Christmas collection.

For my layout I started with a sheet of the Christmas Signs paper. 

I then cut nine 2.5" squares from scraps of the various papers from the collection. These were arranged in a 3 x 3 grid on a piece of white cardstock and placed on the layout. Using a Uni-ball White Signo Gel Pen I drew faux stitching round the edges of the squares and also round the outside of the layout.

My 4x6 photo was double matted onto white and red cardstock and fixed onto the layout with 3D foam underneath, overlapping the nine square grid.

I embellished the layout with pieces fussy cut from the 3x4 journalling cards and placed 3D foam underneath to add some dimension.

I also added one of the chipboard phrases.

I hand stitched a chain-stitch hanger using some red embroidery thread for one of the fussy cut baubles. 

A ribbon bow (saved from a Christmas Card) embellished a fussy cut wreath.

Finally, watered down white acrylic paint was splatted over the whole layout, a few white sequins were scattered about and die cut numbers were used for the date.