October Afternoon

Winter Wonderland + Cut File

Hi everyone! Alex here with you today, bringing you one wintry layout.

I have used OA's lovely Under the Tree collection for this one.

I also added a small touches such as a chipboard snowflake and a "joy" brad from the last year's Silent Night. That's one of the things I really love with OA: old and new collections are super easy to mix and match.

These photos are from my daughter's first "real" cross-country tour. She was awesome! That girl never stops to amaze me... "A good memory" pin was a perfect match for this page.

I have also designed this "Snowflake in a Heart" cut file to go with this layout. I would love to share it with you! You can grab it HERE. Have fun with it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

♥

 

Thursday Sketch: Make a card

Hi OA Fans, Mou here from colorhappycreations.com with a card sketch today!

I kept it really simple and open to your interpretation. Here's my take.

To make this card, I used elements from Under The Tree collection.

On the card base, I attached a block of Carol Singing paper. Layered a bird duo sticker from Working Shape Stickers as the main image and sprinkled some red Pop Drop circles all around and finished with a sentiment strip from Working Word Stickers.

This is super quick and easy if you need to make last minute cards to hand deliver.

Here's a close up of my card.

If you celebrate, a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours and Happy New Year to everyone!

Tuesday Inspiration: String Art

Hello, and Happy Holidays!  I have a couple of string art displays or projects pinned.  They are so inspiring. My favorites things to pin are window displays.  This is the inspiration for my layout today.

This is how I interpreted it with the Under the Tree collection.

I started by using the First Snow background stamp on my plain white cardstock.

Then on the bottom half, I cut different size strips from the Candlelight Pattern Paper to create the look inspired by the string art display.  I started placing them in the directions similar to the inspiration piece.  

To give my photos more focus, I layered a piece of Family Gathering Pattern Paper along the middle, and added gold stitching.  I added a few stickers, a tin pin and enamel shapes under the large red bow I made to also help bring focus to the photos, along with some black paint splatters.

I added a strip of the washi tape at the bottom and layers of pattern paper and an ephemera die cut at the top to help give the layout a little balance.  For my journaling, I used the labels to layer near the top by the photos, and added a straight stitch in gold.

Of course, the puppy adds a little more innocence to the theme of this layout, and doesn't take away from my photos.  I am always a big fan of October Afternoon's Christmas collections.  It is such a beautiful collection to work with.  Hope you are able to grab some to use for your holiday memories!

I would love to see your interpretation of the inspiration piece.  On Instagram, tag @octoberafternoon and me @Patricia_Roebuck using hashtag #octoberafternoon, upload to October Afternoon Flickr gallery, and/or post it on our Facebook page.  Happy Holidays and happy scrapping!!

2015 Santa Sack Sale - Final Week!

Week Four of the 6^th Annual October Afternoon Santa Sack™ Sale is here!  This is the FINAL Week -- the last chance to buy a Santa Sack for this Christmas!

The WEEK FOUR Santa Sack™ is still available to purchase (see button below).  Unfortunately, the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS option IS SOLD OUT (this option is no longer available)!

Each Santa Sack™ contains many products from a variety of October Afternoon™ lines.  Get over $110 retail value of merchandise for the bargain price of just $39.99 plus shipping.

As usual, there will be no duplicates from any other weeks!

BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS Option is SOLD OUT!

This year, for the first time, we are offering an option to BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS and SAVE with COMBINED SHIPPING!  Just select the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS option below to instantly purchase all four weeks of 2015 Santa Sacks™.  If you select this option, all four of your Santa Sacks™ (one from each week) will be reserved for you and shipped to you together in a single box!  Save BIG on shipping!

COMBINED International Shipping!

Back by popular demand, we are offering COMBINED SHIPPING for ANY multiple-kit INTERNATIONAL orders.  If you wish to place an INTERNATIONAL order with combined shipping on multiple kits, please e-mail us at  [email protected].

Please note that if you select the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS option, there is already a combined INTERNATIONAL shipping rate provided.  There is no need to contact us to get your combined rate in this case.

 See PayPal buttons below...

Individual Santa Sacks™ typically ship within 2 business days following receipt of order.

To combine shipping, please e-mail us at [email protected].

 

Buy ALL 4 WEEKS now with the PayPal button below:

ALL 4 WEEKS of Santa Sacks™ ship to you together in a single box typically within 2 business days following receipt of order!

Combined shipping rates for this option are already supplied in PayPal.

All sales are final.

 

2015 Santa Sack Sale - Week 3!

Week Three of the 6^th Annual October Afternoon Santa Sack Sale is here!  This is the Second to Last Week!  Only two more chances!

The individual Week Two Santa Sacks are SOLD OUT, but we reserved a small number of the them (along with Week One) for those of you who would like to get in on the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS bundle special!  Yes, the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS option is still available (quantities are limited)!

Each Santa Sack™ contains many products from a variety of October Afternoon™ lines.  Get over $110 retail value of merchandise for the bargain price of just $39.99 plus shipping.

As usual, there will be no duplicates from any other weeks!

BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS Option!

This year, for the first time, we are offering an option to BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS and SAVE with COMBINED SHIPPING!  Just select the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS option below to instantly purchase all four weeks of 2015 Santa Sacks™.  If you select this option, all four of your Santa Sacks™ (one from each week) will be reserved for you and shipped to you together in a single box on December 11!  Save BIG on shipping!

COMBINED International Shipping!

Back by popular demand, we are offering COMBINED SHIPPING for ANY multiple-kit INTERNATIONAL orders.  If you wish to place an INTERNATIONAL order with combined shipping on multiple kits, please e-mail us at  [email protected].

Please note that if you select the BUY ALL FOUR WEEKS option, there is already a combined INTERNATIONAL shipping rate provided.  There is no need to contact us to get your combined rate in this case.

 See PayPal buttons below...

Individual Santa Sacks™ typically ship within 2 business days following receipt of order.

To combine shipping, please e-mail us at [email protected].

 

Buy ALL 4 WEEKS now with the PayPal button below:

ALL 4 WEEKS of Santa Sacks™ ship to you together in a single box on December 11!

Combined shipping rates for this option are already supplied in PayPal.

All sales are final.