Say hello to day five of our 12 Days of Holiday Giving event, featuring more inspiration and prizes up for grabs! Today we’re being delighted with a popular format for holiday memory keeping—a traveler’s notebook created by Nathalie DeSousa! Let’s take a look at Nathalie’s colourful project, and find out what prizes are in store for us, too!

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Hey crafty friends! It is Nathalie with you today for day five of the 12 Days of Holiday Giving event. I am so happy to be part of the celebration and to be sharing something dear to my heart: a traveler’s notebook layout featuring beautiful products from Pinkfresh Studio. Let’s take a look at today’s project.

Supplies | Patterned paper, die cuts, cardstock stickers, puffy stickers: Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays collection; Hot foil plate, metal dies, stencil, stamps, ink: Pinkfresh Studio; Vellum, embossing powder: Hero Arts; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Die cutting machine, hot foiling machine, foil rolls: Spellbinders; Album: Citrus Twist Kits Life Crafted Album; Twine: Doodlebug; Embroidery floss: DMC; Ribbon: Michaels; Cardstock: Hammermill

My first love has always been traveler’s notebooks, especially this ringed binder Life Crafted album from Citrus Twist Kits, which serves as my December journal for 2021. I love the size as it makes it easier and faster to document your memories in them.

Today, I am sharing the story on how my Boston Terrier baby enjoys Christmas just as much as we do. I started by creating the page bases from patterned paper and the packaging from the Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays collection. I love using vellum in my December albums as it adds a layer of softness to the pages.

I wanted to bring the shine and feel of Christmas to the page using hanging ornaments. For this, I used the Ornaments Hot Foil plate from Pinkfresh Studio and their premium inks to create all the embellishments.

A bit of hand stitching helped to give the ornaments the illusion of being hung from the tree. I added small bows to each of the ornaments. I simply added a puffy sticker and small snowflakes using the Snowflakes Background stamp and Snowflakes Background die from Pinkfresh Studio to complete the title page for the spread.

Because I had a series of photos, I thought that having a large pocket for all of them was a better way to include them without overwhelming the page. For this, I created a pocket using vellum, and encased each photo in a tag made from patterned paper. I added an extra tag for all my journaling here, too.   

I love how this turned out, and how easy it was to create it with all the beautiful Pinkfresh Studio goodies. I hope this gives you a bit of inspiration for your December documenting, too! Before I go, I want to wish you all a blessed Christmas with your families and friends. May the love and happiness of the season continue into the New Year, too!

Find more of Nathalie’s work here: Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube

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What a wonderful project that Nathalie shared! If you love the Pinkfresh collection that she used to create it, we think you’ll love our first giveaway!

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Shop for your own holiday treat with a $75 gift card to the Pinkfresh Studio store, and don’t forget to check out the gorgeous Happy Holidays collection, too!

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We are so delighted to be part of 12 Days of Holiday Giving at Scrapbook & Cards Today! As cardmakers and papercrafters, you give so much all year long. We are happy to give a little back (to one lucky winner) with a $50 gift card to our online store at thermoweb.com. Stock up on your favorite iCraft Adhesives, Deco Foil products (including NEW Deco Foil HOT Foils), and designer product collaborations from Gina K. Designs, Brutus Monroe, Unity Stamp Co., Maker Forte and Laura Kelly Designs.

Visit the store to start making your must-have list: www.thermoweb.com

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Two more wonderful prizes to win! Will you be the one who gets to shop at Pinkfresh & Therm O Web? To enter to win both of these prizes, leave a comment on this post telling us your favourite homemade cookie by midnight on Wednesday, December 21st! A randomly selected winner will be announced here on the blog on Friday, December 23rd. Good luck, and be sure to join us here tomorrow for a treat!