hi crafty friends, 

 sharing a layout for cocoa vanilla studio using the new Christmas collection merry and bright absolutely adore the colour palette 

I took a bunch of photos of my Christmas tree last year 

I started with white cardstock and some mixed media to add to the background using a stencil , heavy body gel and some light pink paint and Mixed it all together and applied it to the stencil then once it dried I trimmed down my white cardstock and added oh Christmas tree pattern paper to the back of the cardstock 

Then next I cut a strip of pattern paper from the 6x8 paper pad and added a fringe to one side then I punched a border with a border punch from joy to the world patterned paper added some crape paper to it to add more texture the I just layered them together and added them to the layout 

I then Matted my photo on papers from the 6x8 paper pad and created a tag from the 3 x 4 pocket card to tuck in my photo layers the a doily and adhered it down add it just over lapping the fringed border strip 

Then next I used a title cut file from @neatncraftycutz  to add on top of my border strip just overlapping the bottom of my photo then I started adding a bunch of ephemera and fussy cut flowers cut from joy to the world around my photo and title to add floral elements to the layout and a sticker from the sticker sheet to the top of my photo 

pop on over and check out my process video on the cocoa vanilla studio YouTube channel  

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration today 

And you are enjoying all the beautiful merry and bright creations .

Happy crafting...