Welcome to pages 7 & 8! These are a little bigger and fun- they leave you tons of room for a nice 4x6 or 5x7 of your favorite horizontal photo, as well as space for journaling or a smaller accent photo! (Instructions for the whole project can be found right here).

To begin. . .

Trim your Yuletide paper to 5 x 6 inches. Add a strip of Wrapping Paper 1 1/2 inches accross the bottom, and then a strip of my favorite bit of Merry & Bright- the green snowflakes! Make sure to leave a little color from the top and bottom of this strip for contrast.

Cut out some Mitten Mitten at 3 3/4th x 4 inches and use it as a photo mat or journaling space. Add some faux stitching around the edges for an extra little frame.

Adhere your bird with a dimensional adhesive. To add to this bird, I cut out a shadow to go behind him, added a stamped shape, grunge board letters and some twine. He is festive and ready to party Christmas style!

Onto the adjoining page!

Trim your Yuletide paper to 6 x 7 inches, and repeat the bottom layers as you did on the smaller page. Ink all of your edges.

Wow. That was an easy page! On this page, I would recommend showcasing one large, horizontal favorite photo. Depending on the size and crop of your favorite picture you could keep it all on the Yuletide, or overlap onto the Wrapping Paper. You could also show off two smaller vertical photos if that suits your purposes better. This is where your own creativity comes into play.

Now, who wants to win some Cosmo Cricket? To be more specific, who wants to win $150 worth of Cosmo Cricket?

Who wants to win. . .”Oh Joy“, “Chemistry“, “Haunted“, “Little Boys“, “Little Girls“, & “Cogsmo” paper crafting kits with stickers and die cuts? Who wants to add 2 packs of blackboard (Haunted & Cogsmo), some ribbon, several sheets of several types of different stickers, a blackboard mini album and rub ons? You? Would YOU like to hit the Cosmo motherload?

Well, between the generous folks at Cosmo and my own additions from my ample stash, SOMEBODY is going to win this big, big box of goodies! All you need to do to win is leave a comment on this post between now and January 2nd to be entered. If you would like to be entered five times, link to this give-a-way post on your blog or favorite scrapbooking website, or send out an e-mail to your scrapping buddies (just cc me everydaylou (at) yahoo (dot) com), to spread the word and share the love! Let me know in the comments section if I owe you more than one entry, and leave me a link. (I know, I’m going to be writing A LOT of names on A LOT of tiny slips of paper!)

Come January 5th, my totally unbiased children will pick the winning name out of a bucket and that person will find their mailbox overflowing with Cosmo Cricket, and their New Year off to a very scrappy start!