December Daily 2021

Today I have been getting things ready for my December Daily. This will be the first year I have made one. I have been doing a lot of research and following along on Groups on Facebook and watching youtube videos and checking out pinterst and have saved so many ideas! Im all excited. I decided to make my own album, a 6x 8 album that will be held together with circle clips. I have made my cover and back page already and cut out some pages but I havent decorated them.

I didn't go real fancy but its hard to tell the santa is all glittery. and I love glittery pictures and paper! I covered the inside of my cover and used it for MY REASON WHY page.

The next page is a half page that was left over when I cut my 6x 8 pages. I covered it with fall paper since the first pages in my book will be Thanksgiving pages. I made a THankful page and the back is journaling.

I will remove the extra L. typo on my part the next page is the Journaling for Thankful with the things I am Thankful for.

Thats all I have so far. I spent the day going through my Christmas embellishments, seeing what was usable for DD (December Daily.) I also went through my fall embellishments for my fall pages I will be doing. Im also going to be doing New Years, I went through some regular daily life embellishments that may work for it also. I gathered all my alpha and number stickers and chipboard. I put them all in an iris case. Its full. with just miscellaneous stuff. Ive found that I need more washi tape (general and christmas) Number stickers, Alpha stickers fibers and ribbon, (just enough to make something to hang off my album.) Journaling pages, date stickers, clear acetate, general christmas embellies. I really want the big numbers that are on ali edwards (I think) site. it could have been somewhere else. some large number stamps would work too. So what have you done on your December Daily so far? Have you gotten your stuff organized? Purchased some things? What are your favorite places to purchase DD things? what are your favorite DD sites to get inspiration? DO you have a person you like to follow on You tube? ive been searching.. Ive been watching Hallmark Christmas movies on my laptop and doing this today. I really enjoyed it. Next page starts when we put up our Thanksgiving Decorations. I will post my next pages then.

You need 2 remember this...

Working on my hubs valentine so this is still a work in progress, but thought I would show you what I had done so far.
This is from this months UNKIT.

It is the Teresa Collins Freestyle Album Kit (and it rocks) YES it is part of this months unkit!! It was alot larger than I had expected. SO it gives you alot of room to work and put photos and embellish. The rings to bind it with come with the kit, but you can bind it however you choose. Since I tend to make my pages so bulky with lots of embellies, I went with the big ring method. It comes with 2 hard chipboard covers back and front already printed with a T.C. design on them (NICE)
LOTS of patterned paper and little tags, index cards and odd and end embellishments you can punch out and cut out to use on your pages. Also some magnificent ribbon. It is a really cute kit!



I decided It would be perfect to use for Valentines Day to make an album for my sweetie. I used the things in Teresa's kit along with other things in this months Unkit, along with all kinda stuff I have in my scrap room to make this thing all fanciful and how I want it. Although.. IM not even CLOSE to finished.
Things seem to take 3 times longer now than they used to and well hate to admit it but had to get hubby and Bella both to help me with a few things like tying those knots haha that was pretty comical. ( and putting the thread through the buttons hard to do that with messed up shoulder. (even on the best of medications they make you kinda shaky)
I never thought I would be sore from Scrapbooking but today... I am my arms are aching. good PT!

Here is what I have done so far with this kit... Lemme know what you think so far.





The cover again You saw that already up at the top... I am trying to decide if I am going tot put ribbon on the rings. I thing it is cute but the only thing I DON'T like about it is when you open it sometimes it catches on the pages. Not sure.. We will see. Like I said I am not finished still working on this.

Here is the beginning..




the little page on the right.. I added. It is from a previous mini album I can't even remember so I won't even try. I used Shimmeringz on the bloomers they were a light peach color and look how cool they turned out!!! That cool orangy color just blended so nice. LOVE that now I want more of that color bloomers!

OH a tip for you if you didn't already know, use your insert in the kit that tells you whats in it (the heavier piece) and trace the chipboard cover to make the pages. some other things you could use? cereal boxes, shoe box lids, backs of notebooks, anything sturdy but thin, if unavailable try using 2 pieces of cardstock put together evenly to reinforce it. )


*If you use cardboard or something that is not acid free, be sure you have scrapbooking paper or some sort of acid free product between IT AND YOUR PHOTOS for archival purposes









So thats what I have so far. Hopefully can work on it some more tonight.
What projects are you making for Valentines this year?
I will show you more as this progresses.