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December Daily 2014 Wrap-up | Days 19 – 25

19 Monday Jan 2015

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We’re at the end of it! Sorry it took a few days to get this one up but there’s a lot of pictures to edit and add in these posts! If you want see the whole mini album you can check out the Foundation, Days 1-9, Days 10-18, or you can see everything in my Flickr album.

day 19Gabe made me a snowman with a stripey hat that he cut out and it needed to be included today. I simply slipped it into a 6×8 page protector.

day 19aBecause I date stamp just about everything that comes into this house he added that information to the back himself. 🙂

day 19bThe two big things that happened today were both Santa related – letters came in the mail for the kids and they each got a video message from the man himself! I added some text in Photoshop Elements and then put the number and “hello Santa” sticker on over the page protector.

day 20

My final YLA2014 class for the year. The cork frame is from the Freckled Fawn kit and the rest came from the DD kit. Another half sheet of printed transparency to split the two days.

day 21The kids made faux stained glass Nativity scenes in Sunday School and also had another visit from Santa.

day 21 transparencyI used another see through piece and lined up matching size stickers front and back. The transparency is Stampin’ Up! And the Freckled Fawn kit came through again with the epoxy stickers.

day 22One of the best nights this Christmas – The Once concert! Another local band who is making it big, they’re currently touring around the world with Passenger, we have loved them for a long time but this is the first time we’ve made it to their annual Christmas Show. It didn’t disappoint!

day 22aIf you look closely you’ll notice that some members have too many arms and hands, oops! We were in the very front centre and too close for my camera so Darrell took some pano shots with his phone. They came out great except for the moving musicians! More DD and FF kit embellishments over the page protector to add a little bling. And yes, it’s in my album sideways – that type of thing doesn’t bother me at all.

day 23Last day of work and so we had some fun making tiny little gingerbread houses! I’ve learned that life is much easier and happier when everyone has their own house to decorate! We also started putting decorations on the tree, one of the things the kids love to do  themselves. I added glitter and velvet ribbon and trims to the date card, then finished it with another FF cork piece. The wood veneer number is also FF and heat embossed silver then layered over two heart transparencies and added to an old Studio Calico tag.

day 24One of our favourite days, Christmas Eve. We always spend it at my Dad’s house for Salt Fish and Brewis with Drawn Butter and sides of Raisin Bread and Boiled Raisin Cake – true Newfoundland tradition. Following our own family tradition the kiddies got new jammies. Molly and Gabe also started a new one for them – sleeping together. Molly has bunkbeds so they often have sleepovers together but they got it in their heads that they needed to be in the same bed on this special night. It brought back lots of memories because my brother and I did the same thing for years. Even after we got older we still camped out in my room for the one night a year. It must be genetic!

I added two of the transparent pieces – the tree and word – to the date card and embellished with DD puffy stickers.

day 24 flipThe date card flips to see another pic of the kids eating, wearing their Christmas cracker hats and I embellished with more of those transparent words and shapes.

day 25The final transparent words – “december” and “twentyfive” – made it into the pocket along with plastic stars and confetti. I added a heart and the “twinkle” transparency to that gorgeous gold foil 25 paper. Only one picture for Christmas Day but I love it – they were so excited!

photo a dayI finished off the book with all the pics from my Photo a Day prompts. I don’t have them all printed yet but this is how they look. I always like adding that project in this mini.

That’s all, folks! A lot of pictures, I know, but I hope you got a little inspiration or enjoyment.

Cheers!

S.

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December Daily 2014 | Days 10 – 18

15 Thursday Jan 2015

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Ali Edwards, December Daily, Freckled Fawn, Stampin' Up

Ready for some more eye candy?

day 10

Molly had her school Christmas concert on the 10th and I just love this picture of her and two of her friends – the word art is another digital oldie from Ali Edwards and I added some star sequins from my stash.

day 10a

A picture of Molly singing at the concert and another with her beloved teacher (she was filling this fall for the regular teacher who was on maternity leave and she will be sorely missed!). I also added a Stampin’ Up! transparency and some Freckled Fawn stars to one pocket but forgot to take a close up – sorry!

day 11The night of the 11th was our last Keeping Track of Life class before Christmas and a couple of us decided to take advantage of the fact we were out anyway and go grab some food – love doing that after classes! The awesome script paper is from the DD kit while the wood veneer and red metallic alphas are from the SU! kit.

day 12This is one of my favourite spreads in the album for two reasons: it’s got my 12 on Twelve pics, which I love each month, and it’s got that amazing chipboard page from the DD kit which I heat embossed using gold, silver, and gold glitter powders. It’s super awesome. I added a transparency which I stapled on and then I added bits and pieces to the holes.

day 12 holesThat’s the front and back. Isn’t it great?!? I really love how it turned out!

day 13I used another 1/2 sheet of printed transparency as a divider between the chipboard and the photos for the 13th. The kids had breakfast with Santa at church and then their Christmas pageant rehearsal.

day 14Christmas Pageant day! M&G were two of the three “wise people” plus Gabe lit the Advent Candle and Molly did a scripture reading. Then my Dad took us all out for lunch – big day all around! The “JOY” letters were simply stapled to a page protector that I cut up and slipped into the pocket.

day 15One the fun nights each year is The Paperie Members party.  There’s always a group shot plus Heather and I always manage to have crazy pictures together – I think we’re the wacky ones. 🙂

day 16

A couple of months ago our new fitness centre and pool opened – a *huge* upgrade from the place we were in and the kids are loving their lessons in this big bright place. Luckily, most of the instructors made the move over too so we still have the same awesome swim coaches for the kids.

day 16a

Today also had a fun little visit to Gabe’s classroom to see all the Christmas art projects he’s been working on and to hear the songs he and his classmates have learned. All those four- and five-year-olds singing and dancing? The best.

day 17Day 17 is my other favourite spread. I convinced the kids (Molly required bribery) to let me get some pictures and I love how they turned out. I’ve already shared Molly’s and Gabe’s here on the blog but they needed to make it into my album too. I’m pretty sure you’ll also see them on a LO or two in the future! I kept things super simple with a large gold initial in one pocket and a puffy heart sticker in the centre of each page.

day 17aMolly had her last climbing night of the year and managed a 5.8 overhang, with a little help. I have no idea what any of that means since Darrell is the one who takes her wall climbing but they were both very happy with that news when they got home!

day 18

One of my favourite things to do each Christmas is to go see a local group, The Ennis Sisters, do their Christmas show. They travel right across the island part of the province, singing in churches, and they donate part of the proceeds of each show back to the communities they perform in. They’re amazing and I always feel like Christmas truly starts once I’ve gone to the concert. I added the playbill and ticket in one of the pockets.

Woah! Another long one but only one more post to go – tomorrow I’ll finish it off!

Cheers!

S.

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December Daily 2014 | Days 1 – 9

14 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Ali Edwards, December Daily, Freckled Fawn, Stampin' Up

Ok people, grab your favourite cup of something and settle in! Even though I’m breaking this up into several posts there are still lots of pics. I’m give a quick rundown but if you have any questions just ask in the comments and I can answer in more detail. Enjoy!

The first spread in my book has pieces from the Freckled Fawn Christmas Embellishment kit and the Ali Edwards December Daily kit. Those two, along with a mini Project Life Christmas Kit from Stampin’ Up! made up my supplies for this year.

opening spread

I love the full-page papers from AE and thought this was the perfect way to start the season, with the addition of a little bling, of course!

day 1Another full-page paper with some embellishment additions and the sheet Molly had to fill out for school listing her Santa wishes.

day 1aAnd December 1st is not complete with Advent Calendars – Lego ones here, as always! I used an old Ali Edwards overlay in Photoshop for the picture.

day 2On the third I started decorating and Gabe brought home a colouring page from school. He loves to look through the mini albums and see his things so he asked almost every day to have his school work added in.

day 2 open

I wanted to show more of the decorations but not have them a focal point so I used a Simple Stories flip pocket to add in a couple more pictures.

day 3

Whenever I have two days on one spread I try to separate them with an acetate divider. I totally stole this idea from Ali Edwards – I loved how the transparency overlays looked when cut in half.

day 3aI added Gabe’s end-of-session report from Gymnastics and I still have to include the reindeer the kids are making in the picture. The washi tape is from the Freckled Fawn kit and I gold embossed the circle of stars and the “3”. Almost all the wood veneer numbers are gold, with a few silver thrown in for some change!

day 4A bunch of odds and ends for Day 4 – Stampin’ Up! wood veneer embossed with gold and silver, a glitter tree stickers, lots of diagonal stamping and a small pocket from last year’s DD kit to hold a lunchbox note I gave Molly. It cam back with a heart and a note on it for me. 🙂

day 5

Day 5 was all about the Santa picture. I think I’ve figured out the timing to get at Santa without the huge lineup – I’ve manged to beat it the last two years! This is my favourite Santa picture ever – I’m sure the photographer thought I was nuts when I said I didn’t want the kids looking at us but it turned out perfectly!

day 6This year, my sisters- and mother-in-law decided to have a girls only Christmas shopping trip. I decided we were doing a Santa picture and yes, I totally bullied them all into it. Isn’t that a great keepsake though? All the girls on my husband’s side of the family – that doesn’t happen very often!

We also went to the Bowring Park Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and naturally Molly and Poppy would only pose together if they were crazy pictures. Someday I will have a nice one of those two together!

day 6 star

The see-through element here is made up of the bokeh star, a piece of tissue confetti, and a number from Freckled Fawn. I added more confetti and a puffy heart sticker to the back. Those puffy stickers in the DD kit? Maybe my favourite embellishment this year!

day 7-8

Another double day spread for 7 and 8. I taught a kid’s class at The Paperie on Sunday and we put up the tree (minus decorations) on Monday. I had originally stamped that card with numbers 1-8 but ended up attaching the big gold 8 instead and just stamping some sentiments.

day 9 I had a chance for some fun with Lori on the ninth and it took us forever to get a decent picture of the two of us – I’m not sure we ever succeeded! I pulled an Ali Edwards and journaled some notes to M&G with different size pens on the large paper page – I love how it looks! To highlight the “9” I coloured it with my red Wink Of Stella pen and doodled with Sakura’s Clear Stardust Gelly Roller.

Whew! Are you tired of pictures yet? I  hope not! Tomorrow I’ll have some more of the album, including my two favourite spreads of the year!

Cheers!

S.

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December Daily 2014 | Foundation

02 Tuesday Dec 2014

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I have tons and tons of pics of my foundation pages but I promise you, they’re not all going to be posted here – you’re welcome! 🙂

I’ll give you an overview and post everything on my Flickr page so those of you who are interested can check it all out. Of course, let me know if you have any questions! It’s all pretty simple – I’d never make it through the whole month otherwise – but there are some fun elements that I’ll share here.

Once again this year I got the Ali Edwards kit (it was sold through Studio Calico last year) and I made the splurge again because 2013 was the only time I’ve ever finished it! I’ve tried four other times and it was a disaster! The kit idea definitely works for me. I also added the Freckled Fawn Very Merry embellishment kit this year (I must have been feeling rich or something!) and I was altogether too excited when I discovered they matched perfectly! Seriously people, I squealed like a little girl and clapped my hands, sad….

foundation pages - cover

I love my album! I went with the off white instead of red (two options were offered this year) and I’m so glad I did! I misted the fabric cover with Tarnished Brass Distress Spray Stain and flicked Heidi Swapp Gold ColorShine over that. The tree, star gems, and washi tape are Freckled Fawn while the rubber banners are from the DD kit. I did love Ali’s idea of using the huge gold letters are part of her cover but I moved that element to the inside along with the DD printed masking tape, FF washi and cork sticker:

foundation pages - inside cover

I also added a fun present to the spine. I’ll be honest, when I saw these two presents in my FF kit I really didn’t think i would use them, just not my thing normally. However, when I gold embossed the white one I loved it!

foundation pages - spine

For Day 1 I used a whole sheet of the DD patterned paper, added some Wink of Stella shimmer to the bulbs, and the wood veneer 1 plus a heart puffy sticker to the out side of the page protector. I gold sparkle embossed all the numbers but I have changed some to silver already. I still think Christmas albums should be all gold and silver – love overloading on the bling!

foundation pages - 1

For Day 4 I used some of the striped patterned paper and stamped all over it with the DD stamps:

 

foundation pages - 4

Day 5 I used a trick of Ali’s from last year – I stapled a gold 5 to a scrap od page protector I cut up and slid it in the pocket:

foundation pages - 5 spreadYou can see I stole an idea from her this year as well and cut the included transparencies in half – I love that ombre circle one! The star and heart combo you see is the back of day 6. Again, it’s a gold number and it’s all attached to a page protector scrap.

For Day 10 I simply added some FF washi, the DD velvet rickrack ribbon and a number on a gold diecut over some patterned paper. Simple but I love how it looks. The papers in this year’s kit are gorgeous so I don’t really want to cover them up very much!

foundation pages - 10Day 12 is by far my favourite! I thought Ali’s idea of using the chipboard piece with the twelve holes was genius but I used one of my funnest (that’s a real word, I swear!) techniques to cover it – sprinkles of gold, silver, glitter, and ultra thick embossing powders. Then I backed the page with a thin sheet of acetate so I could stick elements on and still get a peek of the next pages:

foundation pages - 12Day 24 was an old tag I had with some stamping and embossing. You can see I used the big gold foil “25” page for Christmas Day because it’s awesome:

foundation pages - 24 spreadI also filled a pocket with paper confetti and two of the plastic words for the 25th:

foundation pages - 25 confettiAnd that’s it for now! I have lots more in my December Daily album if you want to check out Flickr.

So how about all of you? Anyone doing a December Daily or something similar? Link me up so I can see!

Cheers!

S.

 

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Things on Thursday…

25 Thursday Oct 2012

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1. Krista posted a sneak on her blog of a fun new thing the Creative Team will be doing for the Paperie Retreat. As I mentioned yesterday, I’m so excited to get started on mine – I think tonight I’ll actually have the time!

credit: Krista Wells

Check out her blog post for a larger sneak peek!

2. I signed up for this Online Card Class ages ago and am finally getting a minute here and there to watch the videos. As expected, it’s fantastic and I’m getting some great ideas and inspiration for a special card class I’m teaching at The Paperie in the next month or so – before Christmas, anyway!

3. I’m seriously debating asking some family member for an early Christmas gift. I asked for this last year and got a giant photo printer instead which is awesome, but not really that portable! 🙂 I’d love to have this in time for the retreat…

4. There’s a super cute and easy gift box tutorial here that is great for baked gifts – just line it with some parchment or waxed paper and you’re good to go! Also, I think it would look really sweet if you punched holes in the top and tied it with ribbon instead of the button closure.

credit: Gloria Stengel

5. Kelly Purkey is throwing her hat in the December Daily kit ring and I couldn’t be more excited! The sneaks she’s shown so far are….. yummy, just really, really, yummy! The colours are gorgeous, the 4×6 stamp set is perfect, and she’s promises it’s going to be a great and reasonable price. Hopefully, preorders will be up today, along with a major sneak/reveal so I’m stalking her blog and twitter feed….. 🙂

credit: Kelly Purkey

Seriously? Could they be any better? I think not.

S.

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