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DECEMBER DAILY 2015 | DAY 9

I don't think I could create this 2015 December Daily album without mentioning the Paper Source Llamas. These little guys made came into my life a few months back as part of the 2015 Paper Source Christmas Collection. We have very large windows at the store in Tampa, and as one of the employees in charge of putting the window displays together and hanging them, you can say me and the llamas became very close. They were so time-consuming (you have no idea). So many pieces and parts. But once they were assembled and hung, the response at the store has been great! Everyone loves a llama! Read on:

Aside from the red number and page protectors, I didn't use any products from the December Daily kits in this layout.

The "Dec" tag is one I had in my own supplies. I believe it is from Creative Imaginations (from a  looong time ago!). The strip of paper at the bottom of the journal card is something I cut out from the Paper Source Catalog!

I trimmed off two rows from one of the 12-pocket page protectors. I typed out the "FA-LA-LA Llama" greeting in Photoshop and printed it on 4x6 double-sided matte paper, cut it in 2" squares and then slipped them into the pockets.

On the back side of those little squares, I punched 1" circles and attached them to the cards. The 4x6 photo is not in a protector. I snapped a close-up of one of the llamas in our store window.

On the other side of that 4x6 photo I placed a pic of the Happy Llamakkah llama! Isn't he cute? The big 6x8 "photo" is actually cut from the cover of one of the Paper Source catalogs.

Super simple layout with lots of color. That's it for the 9th of December! Today I am decorating my tree. You can imagine what tomorrow's post will be!

 

 

DECEMBER DAILY 2015 | DAY 8

If you are working on a December Daily album this year, remember, it's totally fine to include non-Christmas stories! My story for Day 8 has nothing to do with Christmas at all:

I have been dying to use one of the 3x8 page protectors that Ali offers in her shop. I love having a variety of protectors to choose from. They add so much dimension to the album. I requested to have the day off from Paper Source yesterday so I can schedule a photo shoot for the company my BF works for. They needed some head shots taken for a new website they are launching in January. I met them in downtown Tampa for an outdoor session. You can read more about it in one of the photos below.

I snapped a photo of a palm tree against the bright, blue sky. I love how this insert turned out! The December stamp is from the Storytelling With December Daily digital stamp set that came with the class. I added a white line underneath in and placed the puffy number "8" sticker from Kelly Purkey's December Daily Mini Kit on top.

On the back side of the insert is where I told my story. Both the front and back were printed on one 8.5x11 glossy photo paper and trimmed down. I added one of the vellum sticker borders from Kelly's kit for a pop of color.

I am saving a spot on this page to add a picture from the shoot. I don't feel right about including it in my album and sharing it without the client seeing their photos first! So next week, once I deliver their pics, I will add a photo in this space. The "Story of Today" is from one of the files included in the SWDD class. I cut it out on my Silhouette on Bazzill card stock. I used Super Tacky Tape to attach it to a 3x4 piece of page protector and slipped it inside the pocket so it kinda "floats" there. The 4x6 pic is one I snapped of a mosaic on the wall of the Glazer Children's Museum, which was next to the park where the photo shoot took place. The "merry & bright" button is one I had in my supplies. I think it is from A Flair For Buttons. 

Have a good Hump Day! The weekend is almost here!

DECEMBER DAILY 2015 | DAY 7

Mondays. Bah! Humbug! It's only the 7th of December and I am starting to feel a little holiday stress. I didn't take any photos today and decided to instead focus on the "stressings" and blessings of the moment. Take a peek:

Today's layout is only one page. The card in the upper left corner is one from Ali's Main December Daily Kit. I stamped the word "December" using a stamp from one of Ali's December Daily Stamps from a few years back. I embossed a veneer star with gold embossing glitter I had from my stash. The Journal card is actually from Ali's Black & White Digital Story Kit (I think it's that kit). The "VS." was originally orange, but I changed it to red in Photoshop. Once I typed in my journaling and printed it out, I added some gold star washi tape. You can click on the image to enlarge it a bit and read the journaling. My stress levels came down a bit once I put everything in words! I'm feeling much calmer today!

I really like my number card. I thought this was a good way to use multiples of the same number that I have from the various kits. The number 7 journal card and the red 7 are from Ali's main kit. The gold embossed 7 was trimmed from the 3x4 card in Ashley G's kit.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Tuesday! I'll be back here tomorrow sharing my December 8 story!

 

 

DECEMBER DAILY 2015 | DAY 7

Mondays. Bah! Humbug! It's only the 7th of December and I am starting to feel a little holiday stress. I didn't take any photos today and decided to instead focus on the "stressings" and blessings of the moment. Take a peek:

Today's layout is only one page. The card in the upper left corner is one from Ali's Main December Daily Kit. I stamped the word "December" using a stamp from one of Ali's December Daily Stamps from a few years back. I embossed a veneer star with gold embossing glitter I had from my stash. The Journal card is actually from Ali's Black & White Digital Story Kit (I think it's that kit). The "VS." was originally orange, but I changed it to red in Photoshop. Once I typed in my journaling and printed it out, I added some gold star washi tape. You can click on the image to enlarge it a bit and read the journaling. My stress levels came down a bit once I put everything in words! I'm feeling much calmer today!

I really like my number card. I thought this was a good way to use multiples of the same number that I have from the various kits. The number 7 journal card and the red 7 are from Ali's main kit. The gold embossed 7 was trimmed from the 3x4 card in Ashley G's kit.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Tuesday! I'll be back here tomorrow sharing my December 8 story!

 

 

DECEMBER DAILY 2015 | DAYS 5 + 6

Happy Monday everyone (if there is such a thing!) Have a good weekend? Mine was pretty busy between work and a few Christmas-y things going on! Just as a reminder, Saturday and Sunday December Daily pages will be posted on Monday! I appreciate you checking back to see what we did on our weekend! Let's take a peek:

December 5:

The short story of today was about getting our Christmas tree. I remember in one of my DD layouts last year I wrote (actually, b*tched & moaned) about having to put the lights on the tree and how next year I want to purchase a pre-lit tree. Due to my expensive taste in pre-lit Christmas trees (I want a $700 tree with 1200 lights on it from Frontgate), it just wasn't in Santa's budget this year and we ended up going to Mike's Christmas Trees to buy a real one.

On the left side of the layout I used gold glitter embossing powder from Paper Source (super sparkly) to emboss one of the large, white trees from Ali's main December Daily® kit. I also used the gold/white stripe washi tape and green label from her kit. The number card is from Ashley G's kit and the green stripe paper is from Kelly Purkey's Kit. 

I created a flip-up card to tell my story and include a photo of shopping for this tree while wearing shorts and sandals. Not a fan of this warm weather in December.

On the right side I snapped a photo of the tree in its stand on our front porch before we brought it into the house and then printed it sized to 5x7. I then traced Ali's "bring on the twinkle" png file from one of her digital brush kits and cut it on my Silhouette from POW Glitter Paper by American Crafts. I love that paper (I think I mentioned that in another post!) and I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.

December 6:

On Sunday I participated in our community "Made In MiraBay Holiday Market" where I set up a photo booth with a paper chain backdrop and also was taking orders for GPS Coordinate Print (you can read more about those here). I had my friend snap a photo of me in front of the backdrop of paper chains. To construct the backdrop I made 40 paper chains, each with 50 links (they each measured to be about 8' long). It really looked cool! Now that the show is over, I am not sure what I'm going to do with them! 

On the right side of the layout I trimmed off the top and bottom rows from the protector with the 12 2x2 pockets. The products are from Kelly Purkey's kit. I just loved using this kit to create this layout! The word "day" is from Ali's stamp set and the "be merry" tag is also one of Ali's add-on products from her shop. 

I took the insert and full 6x8 page out of the binder so you can see them a little better without have other pages show through the 2x2 pockets. I try not to over-think these small pockets and instead of doing something totally different from the previous side, I kind of duplicate it, if that makes sense. The December calendar is cut from one of the 3x4 journal cards from the One Little Bird Mini Kit.

I love this fold-out journal card. I created it in Photoshop where I did my journaling and added a photo. It measures about 3.25x8 and is divided in 4 sections and is printed on double-sided matte photo paper (Staples brand is my favorite). I then scored it and attached it to the front of one of 3x4 journal cards in Kelly's kit. I then punched two small holes on the right and left side of the 3x4 card and ran a piece of red grosgrain ribbon through the holes. The ribbon then wraps around the fold-out card and ties in the front to secure it. I then attached the whole card to the FRONT of the page protector using Super Tacky Tap. <3 this!

So that's it for the weekend! See you back here tomorrow!