December Daily® 2019 │ Days 04 thru 09

Hello there, I'm back today with another round of pages from my album. I've been making pages here and there in my album and not really worrying about doing it daily this year which has been great. I have everything written down and photos taken and I know it will get done as inspiration and time allows.

Here are the next batch of days that I have finished up.

Day 04 was all about her adventure Jingling some friends. It was a lot of fun!

Products Used: Kelly Purkey Shop December Details kit paper, Kelly Purkey Shop digital stamp, Ali Edwards gold number, Felicity Jane red paperclip

Day 05 was a quick page about a cute hot cocoa snowman we found at Trader Joe's

Products Used: Paislee Press mini kit paper, Crate Paper Snowflake die cut, Ali Edwards gold number

Day 06 was a fun night out to a Christmas Concert, it was super fun and probably our only Santa picture we will take this year. To create this page I sewed a transparency into a pocket and then made a little booklet to hold the words and photos from the night. I attached the tickets and a gift tag to the outside cover of the booklet so they would dangle outside of the pocket.

Products Used: Maggie Holmes Shine transparency sewn into a pocket, FaLaLa gift tag from Mari Mari, Kelly Purkey shop December Words 02 stamp set, Sahlin Studio digital journaling card

Day 07 was a busy Saturday and I had a lot to include but decided to limit it to just two photos and the written text about the day. I printed and cut the photos in a tag shape and created the journaling tag myself using the printable of the Kelly Purkey shop December Details kit paper.

Products Used: Kelly Purkey Shop December Details kit paper and die cut, Kelly Purkey Shop December Words 02 stamp set, Ali Edwards gold number, Studio Calico gold puffy heart, twine from my stash

Day 08 was a fun day out celebrating my daughters birthday with her best friend. The gold number 8 is attached to the journaling card so that it pulls out from behind the photos. I cut a piece of paper large enough to cover the backside of the journaling card and the gold number. I fussy cut around the number so that it didn't show and attached it to the backside of both for stability.

Products Used: Sahlin Studios at The Lilypad digital elements from the White Christmas collection including paper and die cut banner and the digital frame is from the InstaFrames set, Kelly Purkey Shop December Details kit journaling card, Ali Edwards gold number, the gold and red stars were cut by me with a metal die and paper

Day 09 a new sweatshirt and what I did on a Monday. I didn't want to do traditional journaling so I just hit the high points and laid it out similar to a subway art sign. I printed it on vellum and added rose gold foil with my Minc.

Products Used: Ali Edwards gold numbers, Paislee Press word strips (last year), Crate Paper gold star chipboard, Heidi Swapp rose gold minc foil

The sweatshirt is from Proper.tee and can be found here if you are interested. so cozy! (not an affiliate link, just sharing because I love it).

That's all for now and I'll be back to share more as I make the pages.

Take care,

December Daily® 2019 │ Days 01 thru 03

Hello, hello, hello!! Getting a slower start than normal on my December Daily® but its all good. I blame the two days between Thanksgiving and December, what kind of hell was that!! OMG its the worst. We spent the two days getting our tree and decorating it and the house. Once that was done I was able to take breathe and think about this project. I'm working outside of the page protectors again this year which means layouts need a bit more time and energy to think about but I'm okay with it because its part of the fun for me.

Day 01 is always about Advent Calendars and our Elf arrives.

Products Used; Paislee Press mini kit, Paislee Press digital files, Felicity Jane vellum envelope, Ali Edwards red fabric circle patch , Studio Calico vellum star, Tim Holtz word strip, Hobby Lobby stripe ribbon

Day 02 is our tree shopping day and I loved the little photo backdrop they created at the nursery

Products Used: Paislee Press digital paper, Felicity Jane tree bough die cuts, Ali Edward fabric circle and gold numbers, Paislee Press mini kit puffy elements

Day 03 was the day we put up our outdoor lights, we messed around and took photos while my husband did all the hard stuff.

Products Used: Crate Paper Snowflake paper to create the pocket, chipboard and thickers; Crate Paper Merry Days die cut banner, Ali Edwards gold numbers, Paislee Press digital file

Take care,

December Daily® 2019 │ The Beginning

I simply cannot believe that December is three days away! I really, really hate when Thanksgiving is so late but I'm doing my best to keep calm and just let it happen and role with it. I just finished all of the creative assignments I have for the month and I'm ready to clear my desk off and set up my supplies for my TENTH December Daily® album. That seems like such a big milestone but man do I still love this project so much.

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As normal I'm not prepping anything in advance other than my cover page. I know I will do more intro pages because I plan to use a lot of Kelly Purkey's December Details kit and there are a lot of papers in that kit I want to include. I'm not going to worry too much about that just yet but I did sit down and make a cover page for my album the other day. This idea has been floating around in my head for the past few weeks and I kind of love when that happens. I can mentally work out the details prior to sitting down to work. 

I knew I wanted to use the Fifth Avenue Outline stamp set on the cover and I decided to stamp and emboss it in red glitter embossing powder on vellum. I just love how the red pops off the page. After stamping everything I fussy cut the numbers out, not worrying about the number centers. I used a sheet from the Black and White December Details kit printables so that I could enlarge it to 7" x 8.25". I like my cover pages to cover all the contents behind and while I don't think I will use page protectors this year (like last year) I always want to make sure things will be covered up. 

I dressed up the rest of the cover using white and gold letter beads and some sequins. Friendship bracelets have been a big thing in our home this year and it was a way for me to pay homage to that with this project. I just love how that little banner turned out so don't be surprised if you see more beads in this album.

I wanted to also mention that Kelly Purkey shop update was today and there is also a really big Black Friday sale happening. All the holiday kits and stamps are included in the sale and even this months kits and stamps are marked down until Monday. Don't miss this sale! Its a great one. 

I'm looking forward to using the new Highline Months and Highline Days stamps in my December Daily® album this year so be on the lookout for that. 

And this Block Numbers stamp set that is the same as Kelly's letterpress sheets! OMG I cannot wait to stamp and emboss them!

And this Oh Dear LifeLovePaper mini kit is just begging to be added into a DD album!!

I'll be back again soon to share my albums as it progresses! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving too!

Featuring Kelly Purkey Shop │ Around the Table

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is the entertaining. I love having people over for any occasion be it baking parties, cocktail parties, movie parties, or pretty much just about any type of party. I'm always ready and willing to host it. I think that comes from us having so many family members that live far away, my friends become my family so I love hosting them whenever I can.

This past Christmas we were lucky enough to have family in town for Christmas which is super rare. Our favorite way to celebrate Christmas Eve is to have a huge cocktail and appetizer night so that's what we did.

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Luckily for me Kelly designed the perfect stamp set that ties in to my favorite entertaining appetizer these days, cheeseboards or cheese plates. I love a good grazing opportunity and have really dug right into the cheeseboard trend and all that that entails. For this spread I used the Around the Table stamp set, the Warm and Cozy kit and the base papers are from the We Are F(r)amily Travelers Notebook kit.

I knew the focal point of this layout was going to be the cheese plate masterpiece stamp and of course the cheese stamps. I used the platter that was part of the turkey stamp and then just stamped and fussy cut out the cheeses and the wine bottles. They layered perfectly on top of the platter and the plaid card base from the Warm and Cozy kit was the perfect focal point for the stamped cluster.

I used some Tim Holtz Flip Frame pockets to create the flip up and printed my photos to size. I love the interactive aspect and it allowed for three photos to accompany the story. There is one on the back too.

The journaling was printed on vellum with some more stamping up top in the available space. I love the little houses and the different greenery stamps on the Warm and Cozy stamp set. There are so many options on what you can make besides the simple greenery bough I made. 

I look forward to many more holiday entertaining opportunities this season and can't wait to used these stamps some more. 

Don't forget that there are digital files for the kits and stamp sets in the shop too if you want to print off just a few of the cards and stamps or create your own cards that way. 

Featuring Kelly Purkey Shop │ October Shop Update

Hello, hello!! Its that time again, another Kelly Purkey shop update! This update is filled with kits to help document friends that are like family, things you love, and things you are thankful for. There is also and alpha stamp set that was soo much fun to play with.

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First up is a spread I made to document some friends that are like family using the We Are F(r)amily travelers notebook kit. I loved the sentiment behind this stamp set because we definitely have some friends that have become our family.  I always love Kelly's pre-designed pages, it makes things come together super fast when all you have to do is fill boxes and add some text!

My next project was made using the papers from the We Are F(r)amily travelers notebook kit, the stamp set from the All The Feels project kit and the Union Alpha stamp set. I just loved this stamp set and the minute I saw it I thought of the friendship bracelets I made recently with my daughter.

I stamped the text out and used a 5/8" circle punch to punch them each out. I poked holes on either side and then strung them up like beads using some embroidery floss. I just loved how this turned out and it really made the page pop.

There is so much more in the release this month so make sure you check it all out. Especially the Blessed Be The Fruit Swag bag, its sooo good and going fast so don't wait on this one!

See you soon,

Kelly Purkey Shop Hipster Santa holiday garland

I know its early to be talking about Christmas decor but when I saw the Hipster Santa stamp set from the Kelly Purkey Shop holiday release it became an immediate favorite and I had so many ideas on what I could make with it. When the stamp set arrived and I started playing with it the stamped Santa's seemed to be dancing across the page. I knew I wanted to stamp them and fussy cut them out and make something non traditional with them.

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I thought they would look super cute strung together on a garland so that's what I decided to make. There are so many fun combinations you can create with the Hipster Santa stamp set so I sat down and wrote out a list of the ones that would work for the garland. I decided to stamp two of each combo so I would have enough to stretch out across our six foot mantle. It didn't take long to fussy cut these out because the Tim Holtz scissor is so sharp and cut paper like a dream. If you don't have these scissors in your supplies, get a pair. I have three different pairs I love them so much.

I knew I wanted them to have some dimension so I also stamped extras so that I could cut out the banners, the coffee cup, the cell phone and the presents. I used foam tape to add the extra piece on top of the base Santa. I love how that little touch of added dimension looks.

I also picked up two bags of red and white tinsel pom poms from Hobby Lobby. Each bag has multiple sizes and I pulled out the large white and the smallest red from the bags to use on the garland. I also purchase thicker thread made for quilting and it was super easy to string them up. I opted to staple the Santa's to the thread but a little piece of washi or regular tape would have worked too.

I couldn't wait to see how this would look hung up so I gathered up some of the holiday stuff I purchased for this year and set up a festive little mantle so I could snap some pictures. How cute are those darn Santa's. The tinsel pom poms really add some fun sparkle and shine.

I think this could also be a super cute alternative to ribbon on your wrapped presents. I can see using some thicker twine to string the Santa's and pom poms and it would be super cute. Or at least have the Santa's dangling from gift tags.

Don't miss out on this stamp set, its my top pick for the season for sure. If you haven't picked up anything from the release or decide to go back for more, you can save 10% on your full order of anything from the shop, (not just holiday kits) with the code OCT10. Its good thru 10/27 so don't wait on that.

This project has me super excited to document our holiday season this year and I cannot wait!!

See you soon,