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.