November Contest Page

So the time has come for me to post my completed contest page for November. This month's kit was, predictably, Christmas themed, which I think i'm okay with. I was only unhappy with the sports themed one because I literally had no sport-related photos that I could scrapbook. I do have some from last Christmas that I could have use but I decided to go another direction and use a very old photo of my sister and I on Christmas morning in 1988. I was one and a half year old and Sara was 9.
Here are the materials that we were provided with. The only difference is that I accidently got a white flower in my kit and I included it as snow at the bottom of the tree. The flower isn't in this photo though.

This is how I used the materials:

I made the green ribbon into the Christmas Tree, the pink ribbon for the M and The gold Christmas tree trim I made into an ornament on the tree and also cut small stars out of it to put on the top of the cut out christmas trees. I used some glossy accents (because I am now glossing the crap out of everything, its an obsession) and some Stickles to jazz it up a bit.

I had fun with this kit and actually got it finished in one sitting. Last month's sat on my desk for quite a few days and I changed and added things here and there. I hope I win one soon! I think i've been improving quite a bit.

I have just discovered this awesome webiste called ScrapJazz. I just became a member and have started uploading some of my layouts to that sight. Its a great place to find new ideas if your looking for layout inspiration which I often am, seeing as I am pretty new to this. Check it out!