Nikki Sivils recently partnered with Helmar in their holiday blog hop. Since I had received various Helmar adhesives earlier this year, I was happy to use them to create a new page using Nikki's new Happy Holly Days line...
I particularly love their Scrap Dots & used it underneath my nutcracker. Love that it's dimensional AND clear. I also used their Premium Craft Glue on my nutcracker to add some more texture. I picked the cotton off the end of a Q-Tip to create the hair, beard & fur on the boots. Then of course I had to use some Glossy Accents on the hat, belt & boots, since I'm using that stuff on everything these days! The top border was created using my Marvy Uchida ribbon cartridge from their new border punch system, plus I added a chenille flower from Creative Charms...
Bryn wrote the letter a couple weeks ago, but I used a photo from last year on the page since we haven't gone to see Santa yet. Once we do though, I plan to swap out this one for the new one!
And speaking of Christmas, I finally came up with a Christmas card... minus the formal family photo shoot. Just found some photos from the past year & went with it. Less grief that way. ;-) I just ordered them on Sunday from Shutterfly, so as soon as they come in I'll be delegating the stuffing + stamping of envelopes to my able-bodied assistants. I can hear them jumping for joy already...
