Happy
Wednesday! How are things going with all
your holiday festivities? We’re having
lots of fun with annual traditions, even if I know I’m way behind on my list of
things to do. As you know Stampin’ Up! recently
partnered with Becky Higgins and Project Life for the Project Life by Stampin’
Up! product line. These are some great
products that provides a system for quick and easy memory keeping that anyone
can do so you can treasure your photos and memories for years to come instead
of having them sit on your phone, camera, or computer. As part of this approach to memory keeping is
a special project for the holidays call Daily December. With this project you create an album that
chronicles daily everything your family does in the 25 days of December leading
up to Christmas. Today over on the Stylin Stampin' INKspiration blog the designers are sharing lots of ideas using the December Daily concept. Stampin’ Up! released
the Hello, December products (both
card inserts and an accessory kit) to help us with this Daily December project
and is full of cards and embellishments that are super fun and seasonally
geared.
Since
I love the holidays and but we get started before December 1 with all our
activities I decided to modify our album to start documenting our holiday
activities that started in November and we may not cover every single day in
December, but most. I started with
decorating our album. In the Holiday
supplement a special Cherry Cobbler 6x8”
PL Album was released (while supplies last) and it was so popular that it
sold out within weeks but we do offer the same album with an Early Espresso
binding that will work just as well. I
used the Stars Mask and Whisper White Craft ink to add starts on the
front of the album (make sure to let it dry).
Then I added half a paper doily
and a strip of Trim the Tree DSP from
the DSP Stack and wrapped a piece of Cherry
Cobbler Chevron Ribbon around the album to cover the binding seam. Of course I need a little bling so I used
some Gold Foil Paper and cut the
letters out with the Big Shot and Little Letters Thinlits (I used a
retired die to cut the numbers since the Thinlits don’t have numbers).
I
started worked on the layout of my pages in November so they would be ready to
go in December but the great thing about the pocket pages is that you can
easily swap things around to fit what you need.
I also prefer the rounded edges so I used the PL Corner Rounder Punch on all my inserts and photos. I also wanted to dress up the “December
insert” where you add the date so I stamped them with the Wonderous Wreath stamp set as a frame for the circle and really
adds a punch of color. Below are some of
the pages I’ve worked on so far. My plan
is to print my prints on a weekly basis (I go to Costco every Friday so I’ve
been sending them to Costco so I can pick them up when I’m there) so I can try
to keep up with these. I’m using My Digital Studio for my prints, I’ve
created a 4x6 size document and created different pages either with 1 4x6 photo
box or 2 3x4 photo boxes so I can easily drop the photos in, edit them as
necessary so when I pick them up all I need to do is punch the corners, cut in
half (if appropriate) and insert them in the pockets.
I’m
still working on adding some decorative elements and will add some stamping
when I have some time this weekend.
Decorating the Christmas Tree
Writing Letter to Santa (I still need to have Aidan write his Christmas list on the card since we mailed our letter to Santa)
Visit to Santa
Work Dinner with Chris (yum Filomena's!!)
Stampin' Up Occasions and SAB Catalog Kickoff (it was fun to look at what fun things are going to be available starting after the New Year)
This is such a fun project I’m really enjoying it and looking forward to have my holiday album all finished by the end of December. I highly encourage you to give these products a try, they’re so easy and fun (would be great to do as a family even). I’ll share my finished album at the end of the month so you can see the final product.
The other designers on the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration blog are also share December Daily project ideas today so make sure to go check them out.
Have a great day!
Diana
I love your stars on the front of your album! Also love the wreath around the numbers! So many ideas for next week! :)
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