Welcome to day seven of our 12 Days of Holiday Giving Event! If you’ve ever wondered how our team members create such gorgeous projects over and over again, Anya Lunchenko is going to let you in on a little secret today: breaking projects down into easy steps! Let’s take a look at a frosty layout that Anya created and get her pro-tips! Plus, don’t forget to read all of the way through the post to find out how to win today’s two fantastic prizes!
…………………………………..
Hello scrapbooking friends! It’s Anya here today, and I am so happy to share with you a new winter layout along with some time-saving tips! What could be more valuable during the holidays than time, right? Everyone knows that it’s really hard to find time for scrapbooking at this busy time of year, but I have discovered that if you break your creative process into smaller chunks, a miracle can happen!
Supplies | Cardstock, enamel dots: Carta Bella; Patterned paper, stickers, ephemera: Photoplay Paper Frostival collection
Interesting that our brain can process the same problem totally differently, depending on the approach we take to solve it. Have you ever noticed that if you tell your kids to clean their room, you may need to repeat that a few more times before they actually start cleaning? But, if you tell your child to put his books back on the shelf or pick up the toys, he may actually start doing it right away, because that command was a lot easier to process!
If I asked you whether you have time to create a layout in December, you would probably say “no”. But what if I asked you if you can find time to add a white border to 2-3 photos? Anyone can do that! It only takes a minute, right? So, here’s your CHALLENGE: do only ONE of these steps at a time:
- Pick a few photos from one event and a collection you would like to play with; put them on the table and step aside. No sitting down is required for this step! Your brain will start working on it, while you are doing something else.
- Take a sheet of white cardstock, trim a quarter inch on all sides and adhere it to one of the patterned papers from the collection that you chose (tone-on-tone designs work best in this case), to create the base for your layout. Add stitching all around if desired, then step away to do something else!
- Next time you are on the road, think about the story you would like to tell with those photos. When you get home, type your journaling and print it on a piece of 8.5” x 11” white cardstock, leaving enough space at the top and bottom. Don’t trim it.
- Need to sit down for a minute after work? Pick two more coordinating papers from the collection, trim them into blocks that measure about 10” x 10” when placed together. Adhere them to the center of your layout.
- Got a few minutes after the kids go to bed? Take the base of your layout, photos, and printed journaling and play around to find the best place for them on the page. Trim the journaling according to the layout that you chose. Adhere everything down. Add a few stickers, chipboard, or other decorative elements you like. Congratulations, you just finished a new layout!
I hope you will find this tip of breaking down your creative process into several steps helpful during the holiday season and will give this creative process a try sometime soon! I’ve got to go pick another set of photos to put on my table by the paper collection that I would like to play with next!
Thank you for stopping by and come back again soon for more inspiration!
Find more of Anya’s work here: Instagram | Blog | Facebook
………………………………
What great tips from Anya for creating this season, and isn’t that Frostival collection beautiful!? How would you like to win it for yourself from our friends at Photoplay Paper?
It’s time to bust out the mittens and bundle up! Flurries of colors surround our Frostival collection in cool hues of blue and teal, with pops of bright accent colors. Frostival is the perfect collection for all your winter memories!
We also love that Gina K. Designs is joining in on the fun with this amazing giveaway:
Choose your own prize with a $100 gift card from Gina K. Designs. Stock up on your favorite card stock, ink, glue and more, or treat yourself to something new like our high-quality stamps, dies, stencils and blending brushes! Find it all at www.ginakdesigns.com!
To enter to win both of today’s prizes, leave a comment on this post below by December 21st at noon ET. A winner will be selected at random and announced here on the blog on December 22nd!
Follow today’s partner sponsors and at the links below for more ideas, inspiration, and new product announcements!
Photoplay Paper: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
Gina K Designs: Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook Group
Missed out on any of our 12 Days of Holiday Giving posts? We’ll add the previous day’s links to the end of each new post! See you tomorrow for more fun and inspiration!
Day 01 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: Kicking Off the Merriment with Susan R. Opel
Day 02 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: A FREE Cut File + Inspiration from Paige Evans
Day 03 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: Sweet Treats with Mindy Eggen
Day 04 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: Festive Moments in Pockets with Meghann Andrew
Day 05 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: Merry & Mini with Erica Thompson
Day 06 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: Crafting Christmas Cards with Wendy Sue Anderson
Day 07 : 12 Days of Holiday Giving: Winter Inspiration + Time Saving Tips with Anya Lunchenko <<< you are here!
Love that winter layout and really love those tips. You make it sound so easy :-)
Winter fun!!
I”d love to win this prize!
I love Anya’s approach of breaking the creative process down into bite-sized pieces! Definitely more manageable for this time of the year.
Oh my goodness, the collection from Photoplay is soooooo cute, how fun it would be to play with that, cards or scrapbooks . I can think of so many things to get at Gina K with at gift certificate, lots of fun to be had with this prize package.
Love these two fabulous companies and all the beautiful craft supplies they create! Thank you for the wonderful giveaways!
Love the layout AND the Photoplay paper is adorable! The tips are great! Thanks for sharing them. Thanks, too, to Photoplay and Gina K. Designs for such amazing prizes! Thanks for the chance to win!
Such a wonderful seasonal page, love the collection. Thanks for the opportunity to win such fab prizes ????
Super cute layout! Amazing giveaways!
I love Anya’s layout – and the instructions on how to break a project into steps was brilliant! Thank you. Thanks as well for the opportunity to win the beautiful paper pack and the Gina K. gift certificate.
Love the layout! and Thank you for the chance to win!
Love the simple steps. They make the process sound so easy and doable. Now, I just have to convince myself that it is ok to not finish a layout in one setting.
Great tips! Lovely giveaways. Thanks for the chance to win.
Wow wow what a great day of giveawaysLove the products from these great companies! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Fabulous prizes thank you
I like this approach! It’s similar to quilting. When you see the finished product, it seems daunting but when it’s broken down into squares and even further into cuts and sewing two pieces of material together, it makes it so much easier ????????
I never seem to have enough time to craft, so I really like the idea of breaking a project into manageable steps. I love PhotoPlay’s collections and always happy to add supplies from Gina K to my stash. Thanks for the opporunity to win.
Beautiful layout, Anya. Amazing giveaways!
A fun winter page! ❄❤❄
Very helpful tips and I’d like to give them a try. Thats my problem. Not making the time to just create. I like the tips of a little at a time. Thank you!! Very cute layout!!!
Thank you Anya for your encouragement and the beautiful layout.
Lovely Day #7, Photoplay & Gina K, a fantabulous match up. Thank you Anya for your sweet layout & great tips.
Great layout and inspiration! I’d love to win the cute Photoplay collection or a fantastic Gina K gift card. Once again thank you for all these amazing prizes!!!
Im in awww each time im able to pop in.Love each post as always.Great inspiration.
Thanks for the great tips!
I have tp craft in sections all the time
Love how you used everything on a scrapbook page! What an amazing prize!
What a great idea to “not plan” a layout! Sometimes you can lose inspiration when you have the time to scrap, so no plan could work!
Beautiful layout with a beautiful collection! Love Photoplay and Gina K!
Wow, how great to break it down! I can totally do one of those things. Great prizes as well!
Fabulous page. Yes I will have time to put a white layer behind my pics, I love the design here.
Thank you to Photoplay and to Gina K Designs for the awesome prizes.
Great layout! And when you break things down into smaller steps, things really do seem manageable!
Thanks for sharing.
What adorable and sweet layout! <3
Your layout is so beautiful! I love your tips for breaking down the creative process. :) Thanks for sharing!
Love this layout and the time-saving tips! Journaling on a full sheet of cardstock and using the whole thing on your layout is genius!
I love the layering details on Anya’s scrapbook page. More amazing prizes!! The Photoplay Paper is so wintery and fun! And a gift card from Gina K… What more could you ask for!!! Thank you for the chance to win.
I’ve not done any scrapbooking but would love to try and hints are greatly appreciated. Love Gina K Designs products ????????
Thank you for the inspiration. Live your idea of how to get things done.
ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE layout and design! I LOVE the photos! Fabulous prizes OMG! So generous!
Wonderful ideas! Merry Christmas!
Beautiful giveaways! I would love the chance to create with photoplays frostival collection or try out some of gina k products! Thanks for the chance to win.
Gorgeous lay out and great tips for breaking g projects down!
I love this collection, especially the ice skates! Yes, we have people who ice skate in Arizona!
GinaK designs and photoplay are my new favourite companies.
Gina K designs dies are wonderful, pre cur and no sharp edges. Love that!
Photoplay has new innovative stencils and lovely paper.
So glad I have a chanc3 to win these Christmas gifts.
Great tips! Thanks for chance to win such wonderful prizes.
Merry Christmas to all of the wonderful people who work for and with SCT! The 12 Days is always something to look forward to!!
Great tips for how to work in scrapbooking in a busy time period. Cute layout and wonderful prize package!
I love the Photoplay collection–especially the cozy sweaters! Thanks for a chance to win! Thank you as well to Gina K for a chance to shop all the things! Happy Holidays!
Thank you for the wonderful tips. Creating a layout is intimidating and keeps me from starting sometimes so it will be nice to break it down into steps. I love the pretty Winter layout.
This is what I needed. I won’t even try certain projects because I am overwhelmed just thinking about them. I have to finish a shadow box I’ve been working on for my son for the last 5 months. I started it, got overwhelmed and put it aside. I am going to write out the steps I have left to finish it in manageable chunks and complete it. This might be a game changer for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Also thank you to the extremely generous sponsors today!!