Sometimes life gets in the way and if you are like me, life is about living. No more. No less. This post is called Freebie Friday, but this week life got in the way and so let’s call it Freebie Friday on Saturday!
I am very excited to share the new Dear Santa collection from PHOTO PLAY PAPER with you today. I love the upcoming holiday season. I love the beautiful winter wonderland that will grace us very soon. I love the magic of the season, the excitement and the giving behaviour that comes to life over the holidays.
The Dear Santa collection has beautiful patterns that are well coordinated. I love all the wonderful stickers and pocket page style cards as well. The first card I created takes advantage of all the wonderful patterned papers as well as the word sticker “BELIEVE” that sums up so much of how I feel about the holiday seasons. I believe in magic. I believe in the excitement that fills a room. I believe that there is good in the world and that we all need to share what we can.
Along with wanting to create lots of beautiful cards to send to my family and friends, I also enjoy creating fun decorations using patterned paper. The Dear Santa collection has a number of wonderful red patterns that I love. I decided to take advantage of all of these papers and create 3D paper stars to hang on the wall in my office.
These stars are very simple to make. Depending on your supplies and how you prefer to create your projects, there are lots of different ways to create these stars. I chose to use the folding and cutting with scissors technique. Some people use their scoring board to score the creases for the stars and their paper trimmer to create the shape. The papers in this collection are nice and thick and make it super easy for the stars to hang with nice crisp edges.
The next project I created is a small snowman to hang on the Christmas tree. The snowman was created by cutting out two sets of circles, folding them and gluing them together to create a circle. For the hat, I cut a strip of patterned paper about 1.5 inches high. I then folded it the same as you would to create a paper chain of dolls. I then cut the hat in one fold and duplicated it throughout the chain. Next I glued the creases together to create a circular top hat. I pulled a length of embroidery floss through the centre of the three pieces and stacked them.
As you can see, this collection is perfect for the holiday season! I did not use many stickers in these projects, but wow, I cannot wait to use them on other projects.
Our friends at PHOTO PLAY PAPER would like to give the Dear Santa collection pack to one lucky Scrapbook Expo friend.
Learn more about PHOTO PLAY PAPER here:
For your chance to win this wonderful prize from our friends at PHOTO PLAY PAPER, leave a comment on this blog post. The giveaway runs until midnight on Thursday, November 26th.
Last week’s Freebie Friday post was sponsored by the Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine. Thank you to everyone who commented on last week’s blog post! The giveaway was for a 2016 Creative Planner.
The winner is MargieH!
Congratulations Margie! Please send your mailing address to Jen Walker and include ‘2016 Creative Planner Prize Pack ’ in the subject line.
Thanks for joining me this week. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
Don’t forget … if you want a chance to win the new Dear Santa collection from PHOTO PLAY PAPER, you need to leave a comment on this post.
Until I see you again next Friday, remember to join Scrapbook Expo on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook.and on the Scrapbook Expo YouTube Channel for lots of amazing inspiration.
~ Jen
Your snowman is so cute, that would be a fun project to make with the grandkids. Amazing prize, the Dear Santa collection by Photo Play looks terrific!
Trying to find xmas paper with traditional red, green and white is a lot harder that you think – but this collection from Photo Play is IT!!!!! Love your fun projects too.
I hope to win these beautiful papers. They are very very inspiring.
Would love to win these and use them for ideas for a book mark for my students and pages.for my children’s albums
Lovely papers. I
love the snowman
made here.
Carla from Utah
Love the Christmas paper collection to win!
What a beautiful and traditional Christmas collection!
Ahh…Ohh… I love Christmas,it’s the most wonderful season of the year!!! Your projects are fabulous,colorful,cute and so so special; I loved those bright stars!
Such cute projects! Thanks for sharing!
I love the card, snowman, and stars you made. The papers are beautiful. The sticker word believe looks terrific on your card. I would love to have these papers.
I’ve been very good so I hope that counts in winning these great papers!
LOVE the snowman and your card is so pretty!! I just checked out the Dear Santa collection and I am totally, head over heels in love with every single patterned paper! Let It Snow, Deck the Halls, FaLaLa, Dear Santa, Merry Christmas, Believe and Candy Cane are my favorites and the Element stickers are amazing!!
I would feel like Santa had already come if I was the lucky winner of this awesome collection!! Sending a huge wish to Santa’s Elves in the hopes that they grant me my wish! Thanks for the chance to win this awesome prize! Off to give Photo Play Paper some love!!!
All the reds, silvers, greens just make the perfect canvas for scrapbooking memories of Christmas. I would thoroughly enjoy crafting with this kit. Thank you for the chance!
I would love love love to win this beautiful paper!! So stunning I would definitely be using it for scrapbooking my 2 little ones books. Thank you all for the chance!!
What a great collection. I have declared this Christmas a “home made decorations only” year so winning this would come in handy. Thanks for your great ideas.
I love all the new Photo Play paper!!! Would love to win this Christmas collection!!!
its such fun to see your post every week I really look forward to your ideas and products you highlight for us- thanks for the chance to win that wonderful collection!
Love this collection. it would look great in my Christmas Scrapbook.
Thanks for the chance to win this great stuff
Love the colours of these papers…..real Christmas colours! Super looking Ssnta too!! Love your projects….snowman is super!!! Thank you for the chance to win!!
Fabulous Christmas papers and fun projects! Really love that delightful snowman and the beautiful card!
I love snowman crafts – yours is so cute! Great prize from Photo Play Paper – love the traditional colors.
Wow…love this paper and it inspires so many ideas. Thanks for sharing and the giveaway.
Haven’t had a great year, dont really want christmas or decorate, saw the nice decorations, and would love to try and mske. Hopfully would get me in christmas spirit
I love all the inspiration (may copy them lol) and I love that this new company has had eye catching non cookie cutter collections so far!
I too have problems finding true red and green Christmas shades. Winning would be awesome.
What a beautiful assortment of papers! Thank you so much for the chance to win it! I’d love to make some Christmas decor items with it.
Beautiful Christmas papers!!! Thank you for the great ideas. i love to make Christmas crafts and these papers are very inspiring.
Love love love the snowman project! Can’t wait to make a bunch to ad to my Christmas gifts this year! Thanks for sharing!
I love Christmas and happy papers! This paper collection has both! Love it!
I love the card and stars so pretty, love this paper collection.
I do not think I’ve seen this line before, but love the traditional look, so will be looking for it now!!
such pretty colors and nice projects to try. I need to get started.
Love this paper! So versatile
This is so beautiful
Love the different directions you put the papers on the, “Believe”, card, it makes the card so interesting! Of course my favorites are the stars and the snowman because I always love dimensional items, and these look fairly easy to make, thank you for sharing these ideas!!
The papers are beautiful!
Love the cute little snowman project and the Photo Play Papers are wonderful!
Your snowman project and card are so cute! Can’t wait to make one myself. We already have snow on the ground here and I’m excited to start decorating for Christmas. The Dear Santa collection is beautiful and I love the traditional colors.
I love the crisp Christmas colors of this paper collection! Please stuff a pack in my stocking, I’ve been good!! Love it!
I would love to win these, they are so pretty and festive!
Love the paper.
Love all of it
Love last weeks winner friend Margie
love the papers and what you girls make from the papers oh also I love the dies.
I love the paper.
Love! Love! Love!
Love, love, love this collection. Excited to win it!!!
Dear Santa,
How did you know I would love the beautiful paper collection named after you. I have been a good scrapper all year. Maybe I will even be lucky!
The colors are perfect! Love your designs. So much fun to work with.
Saw your Freebie Friday card through the Weekly Scrapper. I think you have some winning papers! I hope you have a good time at the Scrapbook EXpo!
Oooooh, I think think of so many fun project that I could make with this beautiful collection! Oh what fun!
Thank you Photo Play Paper for the opportunity to win this awesome Dear Santa paper pack. I would love to win this paper pack because I enjoy making mini scrapbooks for other people, and I could really make some great Pages with this paper! Thank you and good luck to everyone! 🙂
Would love to win! I love that whole set and have so many ideas of how to use it!
Love the “old time” feel of this paper!! Thanks for the chance!!
Wonderful collection! It has a little of everything I love candy cane stripes, music, holly. This is a great collection for scrapbook pages, cards, tags and off the page projects! Love it!
This paper has really started the Christmas ideas flowing. Beautifully old Christmas designs really inspire me to start designing.
Absolutely wonderful! Would love this! Thanks for the chance!
I love photo Play paper! I just bought some.
This is one of the best Christmas collections I have seen in years. I can think f so many things to do with it.
I love the patterns on these papers! Thanks for sharing this, Jen!
What cute Christmas paper, would love to make some cards… I believe….
The card is so cute and I believe also! I love this time of year. The colors in this paper set are great and true to the season! Thank you for sharing
Love making Christmas cards
Haven’t heard of this paper line before. Their collection is very pretty and right on trend.
Love the paper collection – and love the idea of creating a card with strips of coordinating paper.
This is my favorite time of year and love all the ideas you shared using this beautiful collection. The papers are perfect for all sorts of holiday projects. Thanks for sharing!
Very nice!
I made 4 Christmas cards at a card making party today and this collection would help me keep going!
I’m liking this company- Photo play has some very pretty papers.
Dear Santa,
My name is Jaime & I’ve been a very good girl this year. I don’t want any presents for x-mas, because I’d like others who are less fortunate to have an amazing day. Oh yeah & Santa… I’d love to win this collection so I can send more cards out to Our Troops & Elderly this x-mas. Thanks Santa!
Lovely collection! Would be fun to create with it.
Oh my goodness I love this paper pack! I have been going to all of our local stores and they have nothing interesting. This pack is perfect for what I need!
Love, love, love this paper line!! Love the designs, the colors and the chance to win!! Good luck to everyone!
Very cute set of papers & embellishments! I would love to use these in my kids’ scrapbooks!
I plan to make a Christmas scrapbook of my daughter’s Christmases and my grandchildren’s Christmases! This set would be perfect!
Love this paper, & all the projects you showed. Love the card the most, something that can be used with so many other papers, co cool.
Love the stars!
Their other debut collection is absolutely gorgeous! this one is…wow!!! They are coming out strong!! loving the colors and designs!
Just love the variety of prints in this Christmas collection, I will make such beautiful cards with it!
I love the card.. Your paper colors & combos are fantastic. And such high quality!! I would love to win!!
So cute! I’ve been a good girl Santa, let me win it for Christmas ?
I love this new (to me) company’s Dear Santa collection!! The patterns and colors are perfect for documenting and decorating Christmas!!
Ya you! Christmas paper! 🙂
Love love love this paper collection!
I love the varied smaller print patterns in this line. And the card shows a wonderful use of many of them!
Love these papers! They would be wonderful for some paper ornaments I hope to make.
I would be thrilled to win this collection.
The designs are wonderful and the colors are bright and cheerful.
thanks for the chance.
Love your little snowman ornament. Clever idea.
This is such a beautuful collection. It reminds me of all things Christmas as a child. Very retro looking.
I would love to win! But then who wouldn’t?
Lovely papers, just the perfect touch for holiday crafting
This paper collection is adorable! I also love your Believe card and ornament! I love making Christmas cards and projects for Christmas! Thanks for the inspiration and the opportunity to win this amazing paper!
Great papers and your projects are all super ! Thanks for the inspiration !!!!
I love these projects. I want to make them all.
This is so simple and pretty; what a fun way to use scraps!
I ‘m into traditional Christmas & these papers fit the season.
Loved your card, stars and snowman. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to receive the Photo Play paper. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
I would love to win and make the believe cards. I love this collection. Perfect for my Christmas gift.
Lovely collection I would love to win. Thank you for the opportunity
Beautiful paper, would be great to use with pictures of my grandkids!
This paper would be so fun to use! Thanks for the chance to win it!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this paper. It’s too cute. Love the cute Santa.
I love this collection. I really like the stars idea. I think they would be fun to use on a wreath.
These are Beautiful and fresh colors for Christmas. They will make a wonderful set of holiday layouts! Can’t wait!!
the snowman is adorable. I hope I find the time to do with my grandsons during Thanksgiving.
Hope I win, fingers cross, this paper would go good with the projects I like to work with during the holiday.
I love the patchwork look of the card…all the papers are beautiful and would be fun to work with…so festive, bright and cheery.
What pretty paper!! So inspiring! Makes me want to make some project!!
Beautiful paper and projects. Thanks for sharing
These papers are just so bright and festive!!! Love ’em. Those stars would be perfect for my Grandson’s bedroom window.
These papers are beautiful, I would create cards, tags and scrapbook with them. Would love to win.
This is the cutest Christmas ? paper collection I have seen this season!
I swore I didn’t need anymore Christmas themed paper…….UNTIL I saw this one..a MUST have!!
I just love the christmas paper. I scrapbook all the photo cards we receive from friends and family each year. Great way to see how our friends families change over the years. Your paper would help brighten the pages from this year. Thanks for the freebie.
I love the paper. Cannt wait to make the card
I love this collection..it is so vintage looking
The designs in this are so very beautiful. Such a special time to celebrate. I would love to win this Thank you so very much for the chance.
Love this collection thanks for a chance to win.
Ohhhh my! What a beautiful collection of papers and embellishments! The person who wins this collection is surely going to be blessed. Thank you, Jen and the Scrapbook Expo staff for all you do for your followers. Love the creativity and the gifts you offer. Have a blessed Thanksgiving filled with family and friends.
I absolutely love this Christmas collection and I love the Believe card!
What a great collection, it would be fantastic for my home-made Christmas cards this year! Thank you for the chance 🙂
Starting my Christmas cards, but I need some inspiration. This paper will help get me in the mood. Sitting here in Michigan on Thanksgiving Day with temperatures in the 50’s. Not exactly the weather to inspire making Christmas cards.
I love the lovely papers for Christmas. I enjoy making cards and have scrap booking become interested in scrapbooking lately. My sister who lives in Florida (I am in MN) wants to teach me how to scrapbook via Skype. She is an avid scrapbooker, and if I don’t mind saying, she is so talented that her works should be displayed in a magazine or online. I can’t talk her into taking that step. Anyway, the Christmas paper would be a great start for me to make my first book. I would love to give the completed book to our parents filled with our Christmas memories from childhood to adults. Thank you for sharing your stunning work and allowing your followers to win such in awesome collection.
Love the papers. Inspiration indeed for 2015 Christmas cards!
So thankful for giveaways and Photo Play is a pretty Christmas collection.