Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge #19 - Christmas in July

Christmas in July?  Sounds great!  Especially if it comes with some cooler weather!  Temperatures here in the Boston area have been HHH - hazy, hot and humid - for what seems like weeks.  I can't remember a summer that has been so hot...or one where I've run the air conditioning continuously.  So in an attempt to cool down a bit, I decided to take Fantabulous Cricut's  "Christmas in July" challenge. 

The challenge is to make a Christmas-themed project that incorporates a Cricut cut.  Well, since I use my Cricut on just about every project I make, this seemed easy peasy.  I knew right away that I wanted to make a scrapbook page of my 8 yr-old son and my father using a couple of pictures I took last Christmas Eve.  My dad is wearing a pair of holiday-themed socks for the occasion...as he and my husband do every year.  I thought I'd focus on the socks...and the tradition...and scrapping a picture of my dad with one of his grandsons (the one who I understand is very much like my dad was at his age...more about that later!!) is icing on the cake...or presents under the tree in this case!  Here's my page and the details:

Recipe

Socks - Paper Doll Dress Up (clipped the top off of the stockings/tights)
Reindeer - Doodlecharms

'Papa's Socks' - A Child's Year, welded with my Gypsy

Scalloped squares - tag (hid hole with my Gypsy) from A Child's Year

Patterned paper - DCWV Holiday stack

Cardstock - Recollections
White Gelly Roll pen for doodling
Cat's Eye chalk ink