Christmas layout by Sue Smyth

Christmas Layout 

by Sue Smyth 

Hi Bloggers

Merry Christmas to you all

I love a good Christmas layout

and gorgeous Meg's Garden papers are 

a great place to start to make a Chrissy layout.

Check out not one but 2 mini tutorials below

 on how to age holly leaves

 and make your own homemade faux snow.

I have added White enamel accents to the pine tree

and sprinkled with a little white glitter for 

a great snowy dimensional look

A neat close up of the chip frame with lots

of fluffy snow.

Add a row of pearls for shine and contrast to the frame.

I have painted the chip alpha with gesso, then paint

a thicker second coat and heat with heat gun to give a bubbly 

dimensional look. It looks so much like snow.

More of the snowy tree.

Start by dry brushing gesso around the edge of the patterned paper.

Attach the paper to sturdy chipboard to give it strength 

Step 1

Paint chipboard frame with white gesso 

Step 2

Paint with Distress crackle medium and allow to dry.

Step 3 

Then rub in Faded Jeans Distress ink into the crackles

 and wipe off with a wet wipe.

Step 4

Dab gesso around the edges when dry.

Step 5

Apply snow (see below for recipe) around the edges 

of frame and allow to dry.

To make your own homemade snow.

You can buy faux snow mediums but it is just as easy to make

it from any course or chunky glitter.

1 tablespoon of Diamond Dust

1 teaspoon of gesso 

1/2 teaspoon of Dimensional magic

Mix together and store in a sealed container 

until needed.

Aged Holly leaves

I love to alter the leaves I use to make 

them more realistic. This is one of the ways I do it

Step 1

Dry brush holly leaves with white gesso.

Step 2 

when dry daub with Peeled paint Distress ink.

Step 3

Daub over the out sides with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink

To give an aged look to the leaves.

You can do this to any paper leaves,

not just holly leaves!

Meg's Garden products 

Meg's Garden lace 

Meg's Garden Silver diamante trim 

Meg's Garden White Cherry blossom 

Meg's Garden Holly leaves

Meg'sGarden paper Lillies 

Meg's Garden Large Oval Frame 

Meg's Garden Skeleton_Mesh.

Red Christmas Vines

Meg's Garden Christmas Morning patterned paper

Happy Crafting 

Sue Smyth