December has arrived, and my December Daily album is not ready yet. 🙂 But it’s almost there! Yesterday I spent the day creating & cutting.
Fun, fun!! 😉
December Has Arrived
Hybrid
Black Friday!
Are you braving the crowds looking for the best deals, or are you lazy like me and prefer online shopping? 🙂
Either way, I hope you enjoy this Black Friday without getting stressed out.
Check out the new products Jenn Barrette has in her stores today: three fabulous collabs!
First off, a fantastic kit with Zoe Pearn:
I used it to make a card for DH’s birthday:
Credits:
Thankful for You by Jenn Barrette and Zoe Pearn
Fonts: Monotype script, Traveling Typewriter and JH Kari
Then a triple scoop:
This kit is adorable! Here’s a photo-less page I made with it:
Credits:
20 Questions by Jenn Barrette, Lauren Grier and Shawna Clingerman
Fonts: 1942 Report, Pea Stacy Fancy, Pea Noodle’s Girlfriends
I had fun creating the little monster! 🙂
Finally, a collab with Pink Reptile Designs – I loooove the retro colors and patterns!
It was perfect to scrap this picture of DH I had been saving:
Have a nice day!
Merry and Bright
Happy Black Friday! Have you seen the amazing deals at ScrapMatters?
Being on a Christmas mission :), I picked this new release by geniaBeana scraps:
and got another lovely card done:
Credits:
Merry and Bright by geniaBeana scraps
3 cards down, 3 to go. 😉
O Christmas Tree
Since I decided to do Christmas cards after all (for family only), here’s another one I worked on during the weekend:
Credits:
Template by Jennifer (notes4theheart)
All I Want for Christmas by Connie Prince
Snowflakes from Dear Santa by Lawteeda Designs
Oh how I love Stickles!
It certainly looks like I’m only doing Christmas-y stuff lately: either cards or December Daily! 😉 And I am having so much fun at it! 🙂 But I also feel like I’m running out of time, so I am really glad for this long Thanksgiving weekend.
Counting Down to Christmas
Jenn Barrette has a new kit in the store today (and it’s 20% off) and let me tell you – it’s absolutely fabulous!!
I love the color scheme! The papers are so yummy, and the elements are adorable! I made a card with it last night:
Credits:
Counting Down to Christmas by Jenn Barrette
I had decided not to make Christmas cards, but with such a pretty kit, I couldn’t resist. 🙂 So yeah, I will be making Xmas cards after all. 😉
This kit is just perfect for my Daily December album too!! I already printed out a few bits (the wordstrips are not all shown and they are so cute!! I printed out a few that are perfect for me: shopping, wrapping gifts, family recipe, craft time, traditions, family time, watching movies). I will make a couple of pages for my album soon. 🙂
A Chance of Flurries
I have put together two new pages for my December Daily album this week using a fabulous new release by Jenn Barrette and Mandabean (20% off today!):
The pictures really don’t do these pages justice (they’re so pretty!!), but here’s what I made. Page 7:
Credits:
Line It Up: Templates v. 1 by Krisi’s Kreations
And page 8 (I actually haven’t printed the date insert yet so for now the 8 is just sitting on the right hand page):
The silhouette works really great for making alphas. I usually cut three copies of each letter and glue them together to get a nice thick alpha. So fun! I made the 8 this way. And for the mittens, I glued together 2 copies so they have a nice thickness.
Falalalala
So have you survived DSD? I didn’t spend much time online, because I wanted to spend time with DH who is finally back home after 2 weeks of traveling, and I also wanted to make progress on my December daily album. I have made progress (still not much – 5 pages only! – but it’s coming along) and I can confirm once again that the Silhouette machine is my best purchase E.V.E.R. I am totally in love!
Here’s a few sneak peeks of what I have accomplished this weekend:
Retro Christmas by Michelle Coleman
Very Merry by Britt-ish Designs and DeCrow Designs
I also bought my first paper kit ever (you can see it in action in the top picture: the green paper)! Well, not a kit but some bits and pieces: a 6×6 paper pad and some adorable chipboard accents. From this collection. I’ve been drooling over it ever since the first projects with it were posted back in July.
So, from digi to paper? 😉 No, my album is still mainly hybrid, but it really is super convenient to be able to add in a few double sided pages without having to print out my own and glue them together. 🙂 Plus, it’s such a pretty, pretty collection! I’ve been craving something like this in digi ever since I saw it, but haven’t found it.
I’m seriously starting to wonder what I am going to do when this album will be completed. I mean, how in the world am I going to find the courage to cover up these pretty pages with photos and journaling bits?? They are so cute just as they are! 🙂 Seriously! I’m thinking I’m going to write in very tiny handwriting, and maybe add pictures on extra pages? Hmmm…
I’m still not 100% sure that I will be able to finish this project, because it’s taking me a lot of time and December is getting so close!, but I sure hope so because I’m loving it so far!
Collab Kits Galore
Jenn has two collabs in her store today! The first one is a great collab she did a while back with Meghan Mullens and I’m very happy to see it back in the store!
I made a pretty card with it:
Credits:
Press Play by Jenn Barrette and Meghan Mullens
Next, she has a brand new collab with Melissa Bennett:
I’ll be scrapping with this very soon! 🙂
More CD Calendar Pages
I put together a couple more CD calendar pages. I realize this isn’t exactly a priority right now, because I’ve decided to keep this pretty little calendar for myself, but I was eager to do some more hybrid with these lovely kits by Jenn Barrette since we’re in the right season, so I made the October and November pages. Here goes October:
Credits:
2011 Calendar Template by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
Nevermore by Jenn Barrette and Lauren Grier
Pumpkin from Pumpkin Spice by Jenn Barrette
I am completely obsessed with that owl paper. It is the best Halloween paper ever!
And a close up of the glossy and crackle accents I used:
And November:
Credits:
2011 Calendar Template by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
Pumpkin Spice by Jenn Barrette
Yum, I am craving chestnuts! I hope we find some at the store this weekend. 🙂
Gearing up for Halloween
Halloween is less than a week away and Mari Koegelenberg is having a week-long sale (ETA: the sale hasn’t started yet, but will very soon!) on a kit that works great for both creating hybrid spooky projects and scrapping your Halloween pictures:
I had fun making a shaped little card with it:
And here’s a look at the back of the card too:
Too cute to spook! 🙂