Month: December 2015

December Daily 2015: Day 19

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This is one of the few things in this year’s album that actually happened this day. 🙂 It has been very liberating for me this year not to worry to be documenting things happened on each day.

Today’s story is all about baking Christmas cookies.

In the top pockets, I added some digital brushes on top of my photos.
For the bottom pocket, I printed the shortbread recipe we used directly on a paper from Ali’s December Daily kit, and then added some stamping – the title (Freckled Fawn) and some ingredients (from Studio Calico). I used Well Red ink for my stamping.

For the right page, I trimmed down a column from the 2″ slot page protector. I dug out these embellishment stickers that have been in my stash unused for years. I thought they were perfect for a Christmas page!
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
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Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

December Daily 2015: Day 18

| cristina

Hello! Today I am sharing the Day 18 spread in my December Daily album.

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This spread, and today’s story, is all about my handmade Christmas cards this year. 🙂 I love making cards!

The card on the right is a prototype I made before making my Christmas cards. I used a grid card for the base. The background stamp is stamped with Poppy ink. I embossed the “merry everything” stamp with Versamark ink and white embossing powder. Then I rubbed some Poppy ink on top (I have since purchased some Well Red ink and it would work better if you don’t want the pink hue to pop out). I learned this technique from Lisa Spangler in her cardmaking class bundle (she’s amazing!!)

On the back of the card, I applied some acrylic pieces (December from Jasmine Jones’s December Daily mini kit, and the numbers from the Wink Wink scrapbook kit from Studio Calico).
On the right hand side, I included three photos of my cards, which were embellished with digital stamps. In the first pocket, there is a picture of a card I made with this adorable stamp set.
In the bottom pocket you can see how I used the Christmas Icons stamp for a few more cards. I have to say this is my favorite stamp this year! I also used the Alyra stamp set – one of my favorite alphas! I used the Lollipop Guild Believe Digital Brushes and the Lollipop Guild Polar Bear Digital Brushes to embellish this photo.
This was a fun spread to make!
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
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Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

Day by Day 2016 Class at Studio Calico

| cristina

I have been doing Project Life since 2012, in 12″x12″ format, and will continue to make weekly 2-page spreads (24″x12″) in 2016 as well. This is a project that brings lots of joy to my memory keeping. This post contains some affiliate links. If you click on any of these affiliate links and make a purchase, then I happily receive a small commission at no cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Since this will be my 5th year doing this project, I already know what works and doesn’t work for me, but I am always game for some inspiration. Also, I find that having a community to share my process with is a big incentive to keep going. That’s why  I will be taking the Day by Day 2016 class bundle at Studio Calico – a series of 4 classes with some wonderful inspiration for the whole year.

The first class in the series is Kickstart and it starts on January 1st. My favorite part of the classes at Studio Calico is that not only you get fabulous inspiration through the lessons, but you also get access to a message board with all your fellow classmates – I find that I learn a lot from the community!

I’m excited about all of these classes, but especially the lettering one – I started dabbling into lettering this fall and even started introducing some in my December Daily album (see here and here), and I’m excited to do that in my Project Life album too!
If you sign up for the bundle, you even get a gorgeous 4″x6″ stamp for free if you purchase the bundle before Dec. 31st:

The Kickstart. class starts on Jan. 1st – I hope to see you in class!

December Daily 2015: Day 17

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This spread is another favorite – not so much for the story, but because of how I repurposed some memorabilia.

Today’s Story: Every December, I make sure to go to Starbucks because I absolutely love their Frosty cookies. Love!! 🙂

This year, I kept the cup, thinking I may make a mini album (I did one this past fall that I loved), but ended up not doing one since the cup wasn’t that inspiring. But it worked great, cut up!
I used dies from Studio Calico (circle), Papertrey Ink (sketched stars) and Lawn Fawn (all the rest).

I slipped the circle die cut with the Starbucks logo in a pocket, backing it with paper from Jasmine Jones’s December Daily mini kit. I used the smaller die cuts to embellish the bottom pockets. The left one is the back of a card from Jasmine Jones’s December Daily mini kit, while on the right I layered several digital brushes from Studio Calico on top of my photo. I love how festive it looks!

I embellished the bag from Starbucks with more die cuts – I thought it was a bit too plain this year. 🙂 And I added my journaling right on the bag.
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
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Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

December Daily 2015: Day 16

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As much as I love changing color schemes throughout my album, I think my favorite combinations are always the traditional Christmas colors.

For this spread, I focused on red and white.

The card at the top is a digital design that I printed out  – the background is from Ali Edwards, and the sentiment is from Studio Calico.
The card at the bottom is from this month’s Documenter kit from Studio Calico.

The top card is a digital design from The Lilypad. The doily was cut with a die from Studio Calico. The last card is from Jasmine Jones’s mini kit.
Today’s story is about a brand new tradition we started this year, and one that brings me lots of joy. 🙂
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
Title page
Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

December Daily 2015: Day 15

| cristina

For this spread I have the back of the page protector with 2″ slots, and two 6″x4″ on the right hand side.

Today’s story is about Christmas music. It’s a simple spread, but I love that I got to document this.

I absolutely love the thick transparencies in this year’s December Daily kit from Ali Edwards!

The card on the top is a printable card from Studio Calico. The card on the bottom was from a Christmas add on from a few years back.
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
Title page
Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

December Daily 2015: Day 14

| cristina

This one turned out to be one of my favorite spreads in the album!

I apologize for the weird tint on these photos, but we have had so little daylight these past few days that it’s the best I could do.

As I am past the halfway mark in my album, I realized all the pages I had done so far were quite flat, and since the spine in the album is quite thick, if I kept going down that road it would not get filled up. So with today’s spread I added quite a bit of bulk. I made an insert from the packaging of a mug of tea I purchased. I love the design and the gold foil! To cover up the details of the mug, I layered some die cuts (using Studio Calico and Lawn Fawn dies) and stamped images (penguin: Papertrey Ink; teacup: Studio Calico), and embellished with some puffy stickers (Studio Calico). The red die cut is adhered on top of the box with foam dots, adding even more dimension.

The packaging had a circular insert with the name of the item, so I covered it up with a circle.

I also decorated the back of the insert with washi tape from Jasmine Jones’s December Daily mini kit, and the big chipboard numbers from the main kit, on which I embossed some gold stars to match the gold foil on the insert.

I added some embellishments in the 2″ slots, but decided to leave some of the slots empty. The “oh what fun” is punched out from a little cracker I got from Anthropologie last year with a purchase; the acetate pieces are from the Felix collection by SevenPaper, the wood veneers, flair and rubber banner are from the December Daily kit, the wreath is from a die from Studio Calico, embellished with some red glitter Stickles, and the leaf is die cut from a die from Studio Calico.

Today’s story is about all the love for David’s Tea products – their 24 days of tea Advent Calendar is so much fun!

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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
Title page
Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

Celebrate 2015

| cristina

With less than 2 weeks left in the year, it’s a good time to look back and reflect on all the things that have passed this year. I made this year in review page using the new Mixed Media Monthly collection from The Lilypad, and I love how it turned out!

Credits:

The template I used is in the collection too. It has 12 slots so you can choose a picture per month; I switched it up a bit and only included photos from some months (numbered) because I also wanted to include some of the pretty patterned papers from the kit.

December Daily 2015: Day 12 & 13

| cristina

With this spread I am officially half way through my album!
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I combined days 12 and 13 in this spread.

That chipboard square was left over from my Pop Art Studio Calico embellishment kit, and I used it to spell out the date (12). The journaling card is from an older Story Kit by Ali Edwards (Go) – I used the front side in yesterday’s page. (for some reason I cannot resist the impulse to use both sides of a journaling card! :)) The gold foil polka dot paper also comes from my leftovers from a Pop Art add on.
The acrylic “magic” and the rubber “joy” embellishments are from Pinkfresh Studio.
Today’s story is another chapter in our Elf and Reindeer saga.

I have a small 3″x4″ journaling card as an insert – it is a couple years old, I don’t remember exactly but I think it was from a grab bag from Studio Calico. I used a little stamp to mark how far along we are in the countdown, and used the back for my Dec. 13th story. The alpha stamp is from Kelly Purkey, and the choir icon stamp is from Studio Calico.
Today’s story: my husband sings in a choir, and every Christmas season there are 2 of 3 Christmas concerts of his.

I used a Studio Calico die to make an attacher that I attached with the tiny attacher to include the concert program in the album (whew.. say that 3 times fast!! :)). The “have yourself…” piece is a combination of designs by Ali Edwards that I printed out.
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
Title page
Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th

December Daily 2015: Day 11

| cristina

Only 9 days left to Christmas.. Today I am sharing my spread for Day 11.


Today’s story: even though it’s not a December story per se, being chosen for the 2016 Studio Calico Creative Team is the best Christmas present I could wish for, so into my album it went. 🙂

I included an insert between the spread, and went with a non-traditional color scheme.

I didn’t embellish the left side – the lettered paper from Jasmine Jones’s mini kit is gorgeous!

I backed the insert with a paper scrap left over from my Pop Art SC scrapbook kit – it’s a specialty paper with scratch off dots. I scratched off one that had the perfect sentiment for this day.
On the right hand side, the first card and the chipboard phrase are from an old Story Kit from Ali Edwards – Go. I added my journaling on the label after taking these pictures.
On the second card, I had fun with a lovely stamp set from Studio Calico.
In the bottom pocket, I added a Christmas card I got in my Studio Calico box a couple of years ago –  I really like the design and I don’t mind that it’s old, I thought it was perfect for today’s story.
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Catch up on all my 2015 December Daily posts:
Title page
Dec. 1st
Dec. 2 and 3
Dec. 4th
Dec. 5th
Dec. 6th
Dec. 7th
Dec. 8th
Dec. 9 and 10
Dec. 11th
Dec. 12 and 13
Dec. 14th
Dec. 15th
Dec. 16th
Dec. 17th
Dec. 18th
Dec. 19th
Dec. 20th
Dec. 21st
Dec. 22nd
Dec. 23rd
Dec. 24th
Dec. 25th