New releases and a guest spot at Plaindigitalwrapper!

Holy smokes I have been absent for a while!  Life has been super, super busy these days and the blog has been neglected!  I start a guest spot at Plaindigitalwrapper today and I am really excited about it!  I have Christmas items there for sale including a new collection and some holiday card templates!

Check them out at Plaindigitalwrapper!  Everything is 25% off for the first week of my spot!  http://www.plaindigitalwrapper.com/shoppe/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=141

My guest spot goes through the end of December and I plan on a few more releases there throughout December!

My new release at Scrapable this week is Cozy Christmas!  http://scrapable.co/store/Cozy-Christmas.html  It is 25% off through Monday! 

I had so much fun with this kit, the color scheme just spoke to me!

Photo Card Boutique has amazing color schemes and inspiration!  http://www.photocardboutique.com/blog/

They post fun color schemes every day on their blog! 

My CT girls were busy whipping out pages for Cozy Christmas!

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My CT girls are awesome!  Thanks ladies!

Today, being December 1, marks the first day of December Daily!!  I must say I do not have my cover done but do have a start on the cover page.  We will see how well I can keep up this year!  I will post pictures as soon as I get stuff done!  Shimelle Laine's Journal Your Christmas Prompt arrived in my inbox this morning too and I found this class a great help last year and found it to be really inspiring!  I love December and all the festivities and so decided to do a December Daily album again this year!  So stay tuned!  Have a great Thursday!

More December Daily

Today I have quite a few December Daily pages to share.  I have been having a blast getting caught up- I love working with mini albums!  Here is day 8.

I used my usual kraft cardstock and some green Bazzill for the base pages and some Canvas Corp patterned paper I got at Archivers.  The journaling page is from an old Making Memories notepad and the making a list sticker is also Making Memories.  I used a colorized action from Pioneer Woman here on my photos to make them look vintage, which I love, and better yet, they are free :)  The tag on the next page is just a shipping tag that I stamped a polka dot background from Unity Stamp Co in brown, added some stamped ornaments from a Stampin Up! set, some pom-pom trim, a few Making Memories stickers and it was done!   

Day 9 I used some paper from Fancy Pants, both the green tree paper and striped paper.  It was double-sided and both sides were a great print.  Again, Bazzill kraft and some Stampin Up green paper for my base pages.  I  used more Shabby Chic Crafts tags/labels and day 9 was done.  Easy peasy!

Day 10 was done using some more Canvas Corp paper, Bazzill kraft, and Stampin Up red.  I wanted to put the recipe for the cupcakes on the page so I printed it out and cut it to 4 " x 4-1/2" and attached the three pages together with a glimmery red brad and they easily slide over so you can get the whole recipe on the page.  I put my journaling on the front side of the shipping tag and used some Divine Twine baker's twine to dress it up a bit.  The back side was the name of the recipe and I used some Cosmo Cricket tiny letter stickers for that.  I love these stickers because they are a great size and they have a ton of stickers on one sheet for $1.49!  You can't beat that!  I put some alcohol ink on the back side of the acrylic arrow to turn it green so it would stand out more.  On to day 11...

Super simple pages again.  I used some Bo Bunny printed paper and cut a circle out around the Santa.  The facing page is just a large picture of Aidan and Santa and a strip of striped Canvas Corp paper.  I used some a "visiting Santa" stamp from Unity Stamp Co and "Santa was here" also from Unity.   I made a little mini page of a get-together we went to because I wanted to add it but didn't need a whole page for what I needed to add.  The brown satin ribbon is from Stampin Up a few years ago, which is one of my favorite ribbons.  A little journaling and stitching and day 11 was complete!

So last Saturday I made some Ritz crackers with peanut butter dipped in almond bark and chocolate and I made a whole Ritz cracker box of them.  So here it is Wednesday and my husband and son have snarfed them all down, so as we speak I am melting the almond bark to start all over.  We will see how long they last this time!

December Daily- Days 1, 3 & 5

Well I have finally gotten to do a little more in my December Daily album.  I am very slowly getting caught up :)  Here are pics of day 1.

Pretty basic design.  I just used some old green and red polka dot paper out of my stash for the punched borders and some red cardstock and polka dot paper from Stampin Up and kraft cardstock from Bazzill.  I used a Hero Arts swirly background stamp to add a little interest on the kraft cardstock.  A few felt snowflakes from JoAnns, a number tag from Shabby Chic Crafts, and some Stampin Up ribbon and day 1 was complete!

For day 3, I used some striped paper from Fancy Pants and green cardstock from Stampin Up.  I used the Lacey Circle dies from Nestabilities, some Bo Bunny paper, some kraft cardstock, and a christmas tree border from Bazzill to do page one.  I stamped some christmas ornaments and the "Merry and Bright" from one of my favorite Unity Stamp Co stamp sets, added a little ribbon, some more Fancy Pants patterned paper, and a scalloped tag from Shabby Chic Crafts and day 3 was done!

Day 5 was another simple design.  Used some patterned paper from Basic Grey and Making Memories that I also had in my stash, cardstock from Stampin Up and Bazzill, a little ribbon, and a few more Shabby Chic Crafts labels/tags and day 5 was complete.  Back in a few days with more!

December Daily pages 2&4

So I am a little (or a lot!) behind on my December daily but I am hanging in there!  I am still taking pics every day and journaling quite a bit, so I guess I'm not really behind, right :)  I am going to share days 2 & 4 tonight and hopefully be back in a few days with days 1, 3, 5, & 6.  I am still putting the finishing touches on as I have been making my pages as I go- I didn't decide till nearly December 1 that I wanted to do this!  So here is day 2.

So, pretty basic with a few blocks of patterned paper and some stamping.  I put a photo overlay on the photos to give them a slightly aged/scratched look and then typed a title on top of the photo.  I used an EK Success border punch on the edges of my pages (Embossed Curve Edger Punch) and also as a decorative border behind the photo and on the page protector also (Double Embossed Dotted Lace Edger Punch).  The page protectors are a baseball card holder cut into thirds.  Works pretty handy as I love to use the smaller photos!  I used Tim Holtz Mini Holiday 2 stamps for the stamped pieces in the baseball card holders.  The date tags and scalloped tags are from Shabby Chic Crafts.  I then used a Marvy Uchida artisan label punch to add some tags at the top and bottom of my journaling page.  The number stamp is from a retired Stampin Up! set.  A stamped decorations word from an old Technique Tuesday Christmas set, and day 2 was done!

Here is day 4 and it has been one of my favorites so far.  I took the boys to mom's house and Aidan helped her put all the ornaments on the tree.  It was really fun reminiscing about my favorite ornaments and decorations! 

I used some Basic Grey Jovial patterned paper and again the Double Embossed Dotted Lace Border punch. The cheer label is also from Shabby Chic Crafts along with the I'll Be Home for Christmas card.  I tied a bow around the page and called it good.  I printed small 2x3 pictures to put in the baseball card protectors of all my favorite ornaments at mom's.  The red envelope was sprayed with Hollyberry Glimmermist and I cut out the christmas title with my silhouette (love my silhouette!!).  I am going to put my journaling in the envelope.  The last page just has a photo of my most favorite decoration- mom's crazy haired angel.  For years she has tried to get us to let her put a different angel on the tree but it just wouldn't be the same!!  So there you have it, days 2 and 4.  Be back in a few days with more!

A first time for everything...

Well there is always a first time for everything and I guess starting a blog is definitely a big first for me!  In the coming days and weeks I am hoping to share with you projects I am working on including a December Daily album.  I am also taking Shimelle Laine's Journal Your Christmas class, which starts tomorrow.  I love Christmas and am very excited to take this class to be able to document this holiday season!  I also hope to share layouts I am working on and some techniques and ideas in the upcoming weeks, so check back often!