Month: December 2014

December MPM

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The December Memory Pockets Monthly kit at The Lilypad is just what I needed to get in the mood for starting a new year.

In truth, I am *so* not ready for a new year to start.. but with some scrap therapy I was able to focus on the good things and stay positive. I’m actually pretty excited for what’s to come.

Credits:
The Serif’s Sister font by Heather Joyce

What about you? Are you ready for 2015??

December M3 at The Lilypad

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I have a few pages to share today. One is a Christmas page, and the other two are made with the December Mixed Media Monthly kit and add ons.

Credits:
Woodsy Winterland by Stolen Moments Design and Wishing Well Creations
Doodled Borders no. 1 by Pink Reptile Designs

The December Mixed Media Monthly kit and add ons has such a lovely color palette!!

So refreshing! The theme is also very inspiring for the new year (less than 2 weeks away!!).

The fun painted backgrounds in the M3 make it so easy to build a page!

One more day of class before my winter class break. Yay!

December Daily Update

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I want to give you an update on how my December Daily album is progressing. Last month I talked a bit about what my plans were for this year, and it’s time to check in and see how I am doing.
My plan for this year included: handmade album, with pages of different sizes; one story per day.
As fate has it, this December has turned out to be by far the busiest I have  ever had. I thought it would be hard to top last year’s craziness, but it has indeed happened. In the past two out of three days I have been at the office from 8 AM to 10:30 PM. And I see no end in sight, yet Christmas is less than a week away. Ugh! So while I am not up to date with my December Daily album, given that I have very little time to work on it, I have made a little progress and I have been taking photos regularly and keeping track of what story I want to tell each day. I hope to get a good chunk of it done just before Christmas, because I know my inspiration dips significantly once Christmas Day has passed. 
I haven’t bought any new Christmas supplies this year, but I have a sizeable stash to draw from and it is fun to finally use all these pretty bits that I had been hoarding.
Now it’s time to show you some pictures of my album so far. I haven’t worked on the cover yet – I will do it at the end since I need to see what size my album will have. But I plan to include this pretty gold star vellum paper at the front. of the album.
 
And here’s what all my pages stacked together look so far. I have days 1-7 done at this point.
 
I love having pages peeking out. I think it adds a lot of interest to the album!
 
For December 1st, my story was about the tea advent calendar we got this year.
 
For this spread, I included a 3×4 pocket as a page to hold some journaling.
 
I like to include stamping in my album because I love stamps so much!

And now.. I’d love to hear from you! Have you been documenting your December? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Thanksgiving

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Yeah, yeah, I know… only 9 days to Christmas (!!!).. but I just scrapped a Thanksgiving page this weekend so I want to share it with you. 🙂

This page started out with the awesome Story Bubbles Brushes by Ali Edwards, and it quickly came together thanks to the fun background paper.
It was so awesome to have both my parents with us on Thanksgiving! I am so glad I took this photo of us with my tripod.

December

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Ah, December… I love this month because of Christmas, but I hate hate hate all the bustle of the end of the year deadlines! This year is especially bad… I have started working on my December Daily in the evenings, but I have only about four days done so far.

So for now all I have to share is the layout I made for the December gallery at write.click.scrapbook.

I am really in love with this page!! Not your traditional Christmas colors, but so festive nonetheless. 🙂

December BYOC at The Lilypad

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It’s BYOC time at The Lilypad!!

I have been running all week but I did manage to squeeze in two pages last night with some of the BYOC products. They are soooo good!

Credits:
Chalet papers and Sprinkles v30 by Valorie Wibbens
Every Day of the Week alpha by Pink Reptile Designs

This next page uses a set of digital brushes by Ali Edwards. I used them to build a template for my page. I love how it turned out!

Credits:
Chalet papers by Valorie Wibbens
Daily Digital brushes by Ali Edwards

This one will get printed in 6″x8″ size for my Week in the Life album. 🙂
And it is now December 5th, and I have not even started my December Daily album yet. It is not looking good, the next couple weeks are riddled with deadlines and long work hours.. but it will all happen at some point. 🙂