Snow Falling on Winter Twig with Cycling Team Member Andrea Friebus

Winter Storm Warning...it's a crisp and cold day on the blog with our Winter Twig collection. We are very pleased to share some amazing projects from Cycling Team member Andrea Friebus. Love the happy feel of her pages and the details in her work. But - let's have Andrea tell you all about it...

I’m Andrea Friebus and I’m so excited to be sharing some projects with you today that I made using the fabulous Winter Twig collection! The gorgeous cool blues and browns in this line were the perfect way to welcome winter this year.

It doesn’t snow here where I live in Southern California, so I was overjoyed to be able to scrap these photos of my son’s first visit to the snow. I had a blast making the snowflakes. I couldn’t decide which snowflake embellishments to use so I ended up using a bit of everything! (Chipboard Shapes, Clear Cut Shapes, Paper Snowflake Kit, Fabric Favorites, Snowflake Button Dots, and Cardstock Stickers.)

It’s also not very often that I get to use glitter on my little boy’s pages so I did not hesitate to cover the chipboard alphas with sparkly glitter! I definitely think I captured his fun first experience with snow!

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned papers: Winter Fresh Pom Pom, Winter Wishful, Ski Sweater

Clear Cuts Shapes

6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock

Cardstock stickers: Favorite pieces, Fresh Verse

Paper Snowflake Kit

Fabric Favorites

Snowflake Button Dots

Chipboard: Alphas, Shapes

In my next layout, “Let It Snow” I really wanted to showcase my favorite photo from our trip to the snow. I used lots of papers and embellishments to frame the photo and even added some hand stitching.

For the title, I cut apart some Clear Cuts Shapes for the “Let It” and added it above the Chipboard Alphas. I substituted the “O” in Snow for a Snowflake Button Dot.

This snowman was the perfect chipboard embellishment to complement my photo but I wanted to add a little more to it. I removed some buttons from the Cardstock Stickers Labels and adhered them to the front of the snowman.

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Brown Snowy Scratch, Winter Blue, Snowy Window, Winter Stripe

Snowflake Button Dots

Cardstock Stickers: Fresh Verse, Borders, Labels

Clear Cuts Shapes

Chipboard: Shapes, Alphas

Paper Snowflake Kit

6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock

This layout came about as a happy accident! I was cutting apart the Cardstock Border Stickers banner, thinking I would use the triangles to create a tree for a card and decided it would look better bigger. I added more triangles made from scraps and a few photos and created this tree that was definitely too big for a card and instead became the focal point of this layout about my son dressed up as the angel Gabriel for his school Nativity performance. (On a side note, while my son was on stage and all was quiet before the beginning of a song, he said, “This is fun!” really loudly and the whole audience laughed—yeah…tell me it’s not ironic that he’s dressed as an angel.)

Some random circles from the Confetti Garland topped with jewels and popped up completed my tree.

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Frosty Diamond Dust, Winter Wishful, Winter Stripe, Wood You Be Winter, Winter Plaid, Mocha Java Sweater, Winter Blue

Confetti Garland

6x6 Decorative Edge Cardstock

Fabric Favorites

Paper Snowflake Kit

Snowflake Button Dots

Medley Album Kit

Cardstock Stickers: Labels, Borders

My final project is some fancy wrapping for a special gift. Instead of ribbon, I used Cardstock Border Stickers and patterned paper cut into strips, layered with the Confetti Garland. Rather than using a bow for a present topper, I used a chipboard snowflake, layered with a Journaling Card, photo, Clear Cuts Shapes, more Chipboard Shapes, and part of a Snowflake Button Dot.

The photo makes this gift unique and personal and the best part is by simply punching a hole near the top of the cardstock snowflake and adding some string, your recipient now has a special handcrafted ornament to hang on their Christmas tree!

LYB Winter Twig Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Ski Sweater

Chipboard Shapes

Confetti Garland

6x6 Decorative Cardstock

Clear Cuts Shapes

Journaling Cards

Snowflake Button Dots

Cardstock Stickers: Borders

I hope you enjoyed my projects! I had so much fun making them—thanks Little Yellow Bicycle!

Thank you Andrea for the happy accidents and wonderful projects to share on our blog. Please visit Andrea's blog Lights C.A.M.ERA Action for more fun and inspiration from Andrea!

We still have one more Cycling Team Member to share on Christmas Eve and a whole lot more to cram in this month...so stay tuned!

Liz