December Daily 2013 - day 5

So here I am breaking the rules again, the hanging of the outdoor lights, didn't happen today but that's okay, it happened and its holiday related.

The spread is super, super simple and some days that's exactly what I need.  I adored this photo of Simone and had to make it nice and large. The deck the halls is a cut file from Studio Calico that was previously available and I decided to cut it on red glitter paper with my Cameo.  Everything is better with glitter.  This paper is from Best Creations and it does cut on the cameo but you have to be careful with the blade settings, this was set on 9 and it had to be double cut.  I added a bit more red glitter with some ribbon from the kit and the gold five to decorate things up just a bit.

Have a great weekend!

December Daily 2013 - days 3 & 4

Sharing two days because they both ended up being single pages and they are sort of related.

Here is day three, we took Simone out to lunch after school and saw a matinee of this super cute new movie.  It was adorable! The background is printed on silver vellum paper which is lovely in person, I kept the photo small and added her ticket and a little post it I found at the dollar section of Target.  I love the mix of the silver and gold here a lot.

Day four was another movie but this time just for me.  I've never seen this movie on the big screen before and had to jump on it while it was showing.  I found the movie images online turned them all black and white and made a contact sheet digitally using a template.  I hand stitched the green around the edge and just added my ticket the gold four and a piece of chalkboard washi that tied in the black.

Here are the two days side by side

I added a little doily cut from a larger sheet of vellum in the middle of the two for a bit of separation.  I cut the white center sections on my cameo to add to the middle on each side.

So far so good, how is it going for you?

December Daily 2013 - day 2

See I like to break the rules with this project, the buying of the tree, well it happened the day after Thanksgiving.  Doesn't mean I can't put it in my December Daily, it's a Christmas tree after all.  Make your own rules, its your album, right!

I always keep track of how much we pay for our tree and was super surprised this year that it was the exact same price as last year.  Not one penny more.  We found a really great tree this year and its super tall! Thankfully we have nice high ceilings to accommodate a large one.

I kept the embellishments to a minimum as you can see.

I did add a little glassine bag to the middle to hold the tag from the tree and I added another picture of it all decorated.  I'll definitely do another shot of the tree in the daylight later on in the album but this was from the night we decorated it and I kind of liked it.

I like a lot of lights and this year we added quite a few. Its never been this bright before and I love it!

December Daily 2013 - Title Page and Day 1

It's December can you believe it!

I kept the red and gold theme going for my title page for this years album, a lot simpler than last years and I love it.

I found the gold foil cardstock at Michael's but have also seen something similar it at my local stamp store if you don't have access to a Michael's.  The cut file is from the Silhouette Store its from Basic Grey.  The banner is also a cut file that came as a free file download recently with a wreath design.  This cut is super intricate and some of the parts are quite small. I used a brand new blade and it still had some issues so dial the speed down and be prepared to wait, its takes a while to cut.

I love how reflective the gold paper is.

Every year I always start day one with the advent calendar.  This year I bought my daughter her first Lego Friends calendar and she was super surprised. She carried that box around with her all day yesterday and that's pretty cool.  Last year I paired it with a letter to her and did the same this year. She is super excited and very in touch with the notion of believing in the magic of Santa and said something pretty cute to him Sunday night that I wanted to capture so it's part of my letter.  The veneer tag in the upper right is from Two Peas, the rest is all from the Studio Calico kit, the woodgrain paper is from Studio Calico but not part of the kit.

Looking over my calendar for the month and I realize this year is going to be super busy and super lively. My brother and his family will all be here for Christmas which is a gift in itself and I cannot wait for Simone to have all kinds of fun with her cousins this year. We will have a packed house on Christmas Day and I'm so looking forward to it.

I hope you all have a magical month and I look forward to sharing more as the days count down.

If you are interested in learning more about this project, make sure you check out Ali Edwards blog, she started this whole thing and what she does with it is truly amazing.  You can see her posts here.