Insipiration Elevator Reveal!

You may recall that the purpose of the Inspiration Elevator challenge group is to take our scrapbooking to the next level, to stretch our creative process and to mature as artists by embracing challenges that make us think, work and grow. You can view all of the challenges at the Inspiration Elevator Blog.

We are thrilled to welcome guest artist Christy Riopel to Inspiration Elevator this month. You may recognize her work as she is a regular contributor/write for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine.  

December's challenge for us and for you comes from the uber prolific Laurel Seabrook. Here's the challenge she posed: 

My challenge for December. I love Christmas, everything about it. Decorating my house, making gifts, baking - I love it all. My challenge to you is what is Christmas to you? What is one thing that evokes special memories and truly brings out the Christmas spirit for you. It could be a decoration, photo, song, recipe. Perhaps it is a tradition that you did as a child and now your children do. Maybe it is in the 'special' dinnerware that comes out only at Christmas. Scrap it and tell us all about it. Now for those who don't celebrate Christmas, let's hear about a tradition that makes your celebration special.

I loved this challenge! Not because I had to scrap another Christmas photo, but it made me think about what really makes me happy at Christmas time. What really puts me the Christmas Spirit.  I think it has actually changed over the years, but since I have had kids, nothing gets me more in the Christmas Spirit than the excitement and joy on my kids faces as Christmas gets closer and closer! I especially love that special moment when they see Santa. I LOVE THAT!!! This year Taylor told me that Santa was her Best Friend. :)... Doesn't that just warm your heart?!  I know their will come a time when the kids will no longer believe, but until then, that magic of Santa will always spark my Christmas Spirit! (Thanks for the Challenge Laurel!)

Here is the layout I created using some older MME paper and embellies. 

 Some detailed shots too:

Would you like to see what the rest of our designers, and our guest designer, created with this challenge? Of course you would, so here are the links to each one's blog:

Laurel Seabrook
Jodi Wilton
Michelle Hernandez
Ann Jobes (thanks for visiting!)
Laura Whitaker
Lisa Moen 
Christa Uttley
Cathy Harper
 Lisa Spiegel
Joanne Burton

Guest designer: Christy Riopel

I hope you feel inspired to play along with our challenge this month, and when you do, please share it using the linky tool on our Inspiration Elevator blog and/or our Inspiration Elevator Facebook page. We'd LOVE to see what you made!