Hi everyone! Allison here with a layout using the Snow Fun Simple Set and a new sketch that mixes traditional scrapbooking with the SN@P! Pocket Pages.

You can download the full sketch with measurements and placements here.

The left side of the sketch is designed with a more traditional style of scrapbooking in mind, while the right side uses photos and cards with the SN@P! Pocket Page, Design 3.

Here is my layout based on the sketch.

The last few years we've had some pretty wicked snow and ice storms in my part of the country so I'm definitely not short on snow pictures. Both of my boys love playing outside and especially when there is lots of white, fluffy snow to roll around in or throw at each other.

The colors of the Snow Fun collection were so great for my snow pictures. From the wood papers matching the wood fence in our backyard to the blues and greens perfectly matching my oldest son, Drew's, hat. I did run into a little speed bump with my youngest son, Jackson's, hat. It was bright red! A simple solution was to convert all of his pictures to black and white. Not only did it compliment the papers, it also added a fun and different look to mix color photos with black and white photos. The wood paper with the snowflakes was my favorite of the whole collection. I thought it would be a great background for my layout and the snowflakes would help to frame my photo block design.

I used a combination of cards and photos to create a photo block and then added some hand stitching around the whole thing.

I used 4 x 4" photos and a card for most of the photo block but used 2 x 2" photos and patterned paper squares for one area. I added some snowflakes stickers to accent the snowflakes design on the paper. On the right page I used a combination of cards and photos with the SN@P! Pocket Page, Design 3 I decided to add some embellishments to the empty space on my photos. To go with the snowy theme, I added snowflake circles cut from patterned paper and then some hand stitching. On the snowman journaling card I added two smaller photos and a few word stickers. For my journaling, I let the "today is" card do most of the work. I used a heart sticker to "check" the box that fit the mood of my layout. I used the same snowflake embellishments on the empty space on the second  6x4" photo. I also sanded the edges of all the photos and patterned papers to reveal the white edges. I thought it would be very fitting for a snow themed page!

I hope you enjoy the new sketches! Happy New Year!