The 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas with Cycling Team Member Izzy Anderson

Saturday, November 10, 2012

The 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas with Cycling Team Member Izzy Anderson

We are so pleased to have Izzy Anderson designing with us again. Izzy kicked off 2012 as our first Guest Designer of the year with our Paradise collection and we are excited that she is now working with our Once Upon a Christmas Collection. But, let's have Izzy tell you all about it...

I just loved Once Upon A Christmas. It’s a great, classic line. The neutrals and tone-on-tone designs make mixing and matching a snap. The line has lots of options to go monochromatic, too, if you like that look, and I do.

For my altered project, I made a trio of holiday ornaments. I love the red cardinals featured throughout this line and wanted to spotlight the pretty birds.

To make the two smaller ornaments, I used the “hanging wreaths” patterned paper and two round frames from the chipboard shapes. I pop-dotted the paper and chipboard together to give a little dimension then embellished the ornaments with sentiments and bows from the clear cut shapes. To make the large ornament, I used the Vintage Santa paper in the frame, then embellished it with a tag, a vellum tape pennant and a cardinal from the fabric favorites.

Once Upon A Christmas Products:

OC 103 Hanging Wreaths/Red Tonal Damask
OC 108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth
OC 132 Tags & String
OC 140 Fresh Verse
OC 160 Vellum Tape Strips
OC 230 Clear Cut Shapes
OC 277 Stick Pins
OC 279 Chipboard Shapes

When I opened my cycling team box, the first thing that caught my eye was the dark brown houndstooth paper. It’s retro, stylish and all around fabulous. I went to work with it right away. It made the perfect cozy backdrop for this holiday photo of my sister and son on a carousel ride. My son’s sweater featured reindeer and snowflakes so I pulled both of those into my design.

On this page, I used a journaling card as a decorative element for a cluster of items, including a little pennant made from a vellum strip and a stick pin. For a title, I used a hanging tag, embellishing it with a sticker and punched snowflake.

Once Upon a Christmas Products:
OC 101 Vintage Bands/Red Starlight
OC 106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth
OC 108 Vintage Santa/Brown Houndstooth
OC 132 Tags & String
OC 134 Journaling Cards
OC 135 Favorite Pieces
OC 140 Fresh Verse
OC 160 Vellum Tape Strips
OC 277 Stick Pins
OC 279 Chipboard Shapes
OC 305 Paper Crafting Kit

For my next project, I made a holiday card. As soon as I saw the red damask paper with the large sentiment, Merry Christmas, at the bottom, I knew it would be perfect for a card and I set aside that paper.

To make the card, I trimmed the sentiment from the damask paper, added a bit of red houndstooth, and a vellum strip above it. An accordion flower from the Paper Crafting Kit added some dimension to complete the card.

Once Upon a Christmas Products:
OC 110 Merry Christmas Demask/Red Damask
OC 106 Snowflake Medallion/Red Houndstooth
OC 160 Vellum Tape Strips
OC 279 Chipboard Shapes
OC 305 Paper Crafting Kit

I want to thank Liz and the LYB team for inviting me to ride along with this collection. I had so much fun. Happy holidays, everyone!