And So It Begins!

We Americans are all sufficiently stuffed with turkey and dressing and December is just around the corner.  I have finally, FINALLY finished my December Daily from 2011 and have my 2012 book all ready to go. 

So here it is...what you've all been waiting almost a year for me to complete...my 2011 December Daily.

***I must note here that I am completely and thoroughly tired of all the papers and elements I used in this book and while it is a treasure for the ages, I won't be picking it up to flip through again any time soon.  Maybe in 2013! 

December Daily 2011

 

 

My base pages were made using the Dear Mr. Claus line from Cosmo Cricket.  Primarily.  I also have a few pages of other papers, including some vintage Daisy D's that I'd been hoarding for years!  There are a variety of other papers thrown into the mix for interesting layers, including a few scraps I had leftover from making my 2012 base pages (I still had to finish up days 23-25 of 2011!)  I tabbed each date, something I will not be doing this year.  I used a few paper lunch bags, about a billion stickers and chipboard pieces, a few washi tapes, and I don't even know what else!  A lot of what is in this album probably would be very hard to trackdown today, though there are a few brand spankin' new elements like some of the chipboard pieces I used from this year's Crate Paper - Sleigh Ride line.

 

If you have any questions about anyting I used in the album, please do not hesitate to ask me by either leaving me a comment in the comment section or emailing me.  My email can be found at the top of the page.  I'd be more than happy to help you out to the best of my ability!

 

Thank you all so much for stopping by!  Tomorrow I'll be back again with the cover, title page, day one set up, and remaining base pages of my 2012 album!  Can't wait!

Silly Titles

 

Good day, everyone! Hope you are having a swell Tuesday!

 

So I am kind of a quirky sort of a girl and I often find that I come up with some pretty silly titles for my layouts.  Which leads me to this...

 

A Lone Photo From Fake Norway

 

I only took this one picture on my 2008 trip to WDW at Epcot's Norway.  It's not real Norway, thus it's fake Norway. 

 

 

 

I used the August kit from Studio Calico (Summer of '69) to create this layout.  Since the kit had a lot of OA's Woodland Park, I threw in some additional elements I had on hand from that collection as well.

 

 

You may notice I used the same Studio Calico patterned paper for my background on this layout as yesterday's layout.

 

I discovered how pleasant doilies can be as a result of using this kit.

 

I really can't abide a naked label, and since my journaling was done directly on the page, I went ahead and stamped onto the tag as an interactive element.

 

I'm a huge fan of OA's Little Flyers and use them on a ton of my layouts.  The butterfly comes from the OA flower sack for the Woodland Park collection.  I can't begin to express my sorrow over the fact that the flower sacks seem to have been discontinued for future collections.  I use them tons.

 

Some more stamping.  Something I need to do much more of considering the vast array of stamps currently in my possession.

 

A close up of that doily and how I used some Prima pearl embellishments to further accentuate it's loveliness!  I also enjoyed using some sequins as confetti on this layout.

 

Supplies:  patterned paper - American Crafts, Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Pebbles, Studio Calico; stamps - Studio Calico; pearl embellishments - Prima;  flag, stickers - October Afternoon; letter stickers - Basic Grey, October Afternoon; die cuts - October Afternoon, Pink Paislee/College Press; other - tag, flair, sequins

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

***Announcement***

I'm super excited to FINALLY tell you all that I'm on the Design Team for a brand new sketch challenge blog called Sketches With Color.  Our first challenge and reveal was posted on November 1 and is open until the end of November.  You can find the sketch and color palette for this first challenge on the blog. 

And here's my first project for the blog!

Stop and Smell the Roses

 

Supplies:  patterned paper - GCD Studios, American Crafts, Authentique, Basic Grey, October Afternoon;  cardstock - Bazzill; die cut banner flag - My Little Shoebox; flowers - Recollections; jewels - Doodlebug, Prima; butterfly sticker - Studio Calico; brad - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine); other - ribbon

 

Thanks for looking!

Scraplift Tuesday

 

Hey everybody, I'm trying out a new feature called (as the title of this post suggests) "Scraplift Tuesday".  This will be when I share a layout I created based on another layout I have seen.

The first awesome layout I found in the Two Peas gallery was created by mmspiker.  Here's some linkage to her blog post about her layout, Cathedral Quilt.

I love how she featured her photos on a paper quilt background.  I knew I wanted to somehow recreate that and ended up going with a number of overlapping scallopped circle punches and this is what I came up with:

Sugar & Spice

Thanks for reading!!

Creative Scrappers Sketch Challenge

Hey everybody!  I recently decided to try doing some challenges from other blogs, so I'm here today to share one I created for Creative Scrappers for their Sketch #220.

Just Like Sisters

I had so much fun using Basic Grey's What's Up? collection for this layout.  So much fun, in fact, that the only other thing I added to it was a couple of Studio Calico scraps and some Prima chalk ink.

I LOVE the Basic Grey ransom note style letters that came with this collection.  Super cute.

I got my banner pieces to have a more 3D look by not adhering the entire piece, but just the straight edge end of each one.  It started out as an accident, but I like how it turned out.

I hand cut the circles and the banners out and used some chalk ink on the edges to help them stand out.

Supplies:  patterned paper - Basic Grey, Studio Calico;  stickers, letter stickers - Basic Grey; cardstock - American Crafts; ink - Prima Quick Drying Chalk Ink in Dusty Rose

Thanks so much for stopping by!