December Daily

December Daily 2015: Day 21

| cristina

Merry Christmas! My December Daily album is almost done.. just a couple stories more to fit in.
Actually, I almost forgot to include this story in my album.. but it’s one of our Christmas traditions, and I love how this spread turned out.

 

Today’s story is about how we watch Christmas movies throughout the month. This year it was a mix of old classics that we love and some new (disappointing) ones.

Doesn’t matter how many times we’ve seen these movies already… they get us every time! I made a log of the movies we’ve seen this year using some older stamps from Studio Calico. I used Well Red and Emerald City for ink colors. I filled in the stars using Peerless watercolors (currently sold out but you can find them on Amazon too) and a water brush. Ratings are based on number of tears shed. 🙂

These two cards are from Ali Edwards’s December Daily kit that I embellished with some puffy alpha stickers.

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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 20

| cristina

Hello there! How is your December Daily album coming along? Christmas Day is tomorrow, and my album is done through day 21, and I am hoping to get another couple of pages done today perhaps.

Today’s story is about our Christmas wishlist.

The green card is from Jasmine Jones’s December Daily mini kit, and I had my husband fill it in. The Falala card is also from that kit. The other two cards are printed out on matte photo paper. The Wish List comes from the digital set from Ali Edwards, and was filled in with my wishes. The other is a digital freebie from Life Love Paper that I recolored.
So, let’s talk about what’s on my wish list. 🙂 To be honest with you, there is not much on my list that I really need. The only item I really want (and is actually under the tree right now!!) is a second Raskog cart from Ikea – I already have one that hosts my ever-growing collection of stamps, and at $29 I couldn’t resist getting another one. I also a big dream on my list – a Big Shot Pro. I have a Big Shot die cutting machine that I love and use for die cutting, embossing folders, and letterpressing. I would love to upgrade to a larger size to cut directly on 12″x12″ pages, but it’s a bit too pricey for me, so I dream on. 🙂
I also am thinking about getting a tripod to shoot video on my DSLR camera. The only thing that is stopping me is that there is very little light in our house so I am not sure if I’d be able to use it much.
The stickers I used to embellish our wish lists and add our initials are from Studio Calico, as well as the acetate numbers and the green label.
The stickers I used on the left page have been in my stash for many, many years, and were the last two of the set, so I am happy to say they are finally used up. 🙂
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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 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

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:
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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 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:
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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 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:
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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 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:
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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 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