December Daily 2016 | Day 15 & 16

Welcome back everyone !

I have been working hard behind the scenes on a few crafty projects lately. Sorry If I have been MIA lately. I took a break from my projects today and finished Days 15 and 16 in my December Daily album. Let's get to it shall we.

Day 15 | Harry and Lucy the elves (left side)

The kids woke up to the elves and some friends having Reindeer lessons. I took a photo of them from up on the staircase and love the perspective. I printed out a 6x8 photo and added the white number stickers. The acrylic piece is from Color Cast Designs and says SO Cheeky. It's from her Elf set and it's so cute ! The last thing I added was that gold star.

Honestly I plan on being super simple with the rest of my album. I want to wrap it up so I can move on. Would I love to spend hours and hours making a fabulous last part of my album ? Yes of course but I'm going to let it go and move on.

Day 16 | Katelyn's band concert.

I saved her program and punched holes in it so I could add it in the album. Once it was in there I added a few embellishments and the number 16 on the front. 

Here is what the other side looks like. 

The journaling card here is from the main DD kit and I added a green word sticker under the falala. I felt that the card could use some gold somewhere so I added a strip of washi on the bottom. There was a hint of gold hue coming from the photos and thought that the gold would help tie it all together.

This photo on the bottom is of all of the kids on stage. I wanted to find a way of point or highlighting where Katelyn was in the photo. I added that white geotag above where she was and then added the red letter K next to it.

That is a wrap for days 15 and 16. I am still loving this project so very much and can't wait to finish it up.

I am uploading a process video right now to youtube that walks you through how I put these pages together. Take a look if your interest. Here is a link to my channel

Thanks everyone !

December Daily Day 14

Hello everyone and welcome to another December Daily blog post.

Today I am going to be sharing Day 14. This particular day was spent in Disneyland !!
I have never been at Christmas time and was looking forward to this day.

Let's get to it then. I ended up creating a few extra pages to accommodate the extra photos that I had. Most of the photos I have are of the decorations around Disneyland. The kids were boycotting photos of them so I didn't want to push it and end up having a bad day.  I was just as happy to click some photos of the trees and other decor that was around. I also wanted to be IN the moment more and not worry about documenting every moment of the day.

All throughout the park they had these gorgeous Christmas trees all decorated. I included this 3x8 photo of one of the trees. I could have left the photo plain but instead I added the number 14 and a few embellishments.

On the left side of this first page I included a few photos and this filler card.

I traced this chipboard Mickey Ears piece that I have onto some card stock and cut it out. I wasn't happy with all the white on the card and so I added the Mickey ears onto this card from the Everyday Collection from BH.

Here is what the other side looks like.

I had lots of photos from our Disney Adventure so I added some onto the back of the 3x8 photo. I added this embellishment cluster along with some gold corner stickers.

This next page has a photo of Maddie looking at the map of the Redwood Forest. They had set up some Christmas Elf activities for the kids to do, it was so fun ! Santa was even there but the line was so long that we did not want to wait to see him. I included a simple journaling card with the word Disney on the top and the black and white Mickey ears.

The Castle you guys, was oh so very pretty ! They had it all decorated for winter with snow and sparkles, and wreaths, and icicles, and and. Oh you get the idea.

Here is a look at the last spread for day 14. This one is kind of a jumble of things. Not sure what it is but it will work.

I added in that red sprit of the season card from Ali's main kit and I love it. The other side has a photo of Cars Land and the Christmas parade.

This bottom pocket is a journaling card. I used the Joy Is card from the main kit and added some embellishments to the bottom.

The last page is a large 6x8 photo of the castle at night. It was stunning !! I added the white chipboard 14 on the bottom along with some washi tape and some embellishments.

That is it for Day 14. Thank you all so much for coming. Be sure to check out my Youtube channel for a process video of it all. Here is the link.

December Daily Day 14 Process Video.

December Daily Day 13

Hey there everyone !

I am going to be quickly sharing another December Daily day with you all today.

Day 13

On this particular day I spend most of the day running errands. Doing some Christmas shopping and other things around town. Towards the end of the day I stopped in at this cute bakery that is on the other side of town. It is called Sweet Surrender.

Please excuse the bad photos, it has been cloudy for days here.

This is the full page. I included a few photos of the goodies that I bought and saw at the bakery.

They had lots of holiday baked goods in the display case and so I snapped a photo of the cookies.

The journaling card says there and here. I thought it was perfect for my days events. I stamped Sweet onto the middle of the card and added a pop of green with the word phrase sticker.

Here is a look at the bottom photo. I stayed fairly simple with the page today.  I added the white chipboard 13 onto the photo and the red star to finish it off.

See I told you it would be quick. Day 13 is now done and I am slowly making my way through my album.

Youtube update - I have set up my very own Youtube channel and have added a few videos for those who are interested. This whole video thing is so very new to me so please, please bare with me as I work out all the kinks and hopefully be better at i.

You can search for my name and find my channel.  Or here is the link. Youtube channel link

Thanks everyone for coming ! I won't be back until next week. We are going to celebrate the  New Year and my parents are coming for a visit !!

Have a wonderful rest of 2016 and a fabulous start to 2017.

December Daily Days 8 - 12 + Day 12 Process Video

Hello everyone !

First I want to apologize for leaving you all hanging. The last part of Christmas time was a blur mixed in with sickness. But I am feeling better now and have worked on my DD album some more.

I am planning on sharing days 8 thru 12 today plus my very first process video. Yep, you read that right ! I got a new toy for Christmas and finally found a minute to play around with it. Even though it was at midnight last night. So please forgive me for its quality and lack of light. I was so excited to try it out and see if in fact I could shoot a video, edit in and all that jazz. **** Edited. I have created a YouTube channel. I have uploaded the video. ****

Okay let's get started.

Day 8 was all about shopping with a good friend of mine. We went downtown to a fun vintage shop and had lunch.

This shop always decorates for Christmas. I think they were getting a late start decorating but I still snapped a photo. On top of the photo I added that white number 8 from the main DD kit and some other embellishments.

On the other side I have a journaling card and a photo of us both on the top row. While we were picking out those big letters to take home I propped up my phone and set the timer. I added a few embellishments to the corner and in the album it went.

Here is a look at the top cards.

Day 9 | Harry Potter night with my girls.

The girls and I heard about the Harry Potter Winter Ball that Barnes and Nobles was hosting that night. Before we left all of us were playing around outside as well as talking to the neighbors. It was a gorgeous day and the sunset was equally nice. I snapped a photo that night and added that digital number 9 onto the photo. The digital number is from Studio Calico.

Turns out that the Magical Winter Ball was a bust. Nothing was going on that was advertised despite the store being packed with Muggles and Magical fans. I snapped this photo quickly, despite the fact that the girls did not want to participate.

Day 10 | Family Photo Shoot

The family photo shoot has always been tradition. Every year either before December or in the beginning of December we take a family photo. I have one for every year since the kids were born.
I chose to print out our family photo onto a sheet of vellum. I added some fun embellishments and I love how it turned out.

There were lots of photos that needed to be added in the album so I added an extra page protector. This first page has 2 photos included.

The other side has some more photos and a journaling card.

I decided to add the rest of the photos into 2x2 pockets.

Day 11 | Wish Lists

I added some photos of a few things on our wish list into the 2x2 pockets. I filled the rest of the pockets with patterned papers and some of them are the see thru elements from day 10.

I needed a spot for journaling so I added in this 3x8 page. I used a digital journaling card from One Little Bird and added embellishments around it.

On the other side of the journaling page is Noah's handwritten Santa list.

I took a photo of the many Santa Lists that the kids made over the past 2 weeks. I will most likely save them in an envelop as well.

On the bottom I took a photo of the nightly twinkle lights that I enjoyed so much.

Day 12  | Sparkle and decor

This was the day that I rearranged some decor on my wall and added some new items. Once the wall was done I could finished my Christmas decorating. I added the number 12 and a few stickers on top of the photo.

I used another journaling card from One Little Bird and moved it onto a 4x6 card. I added some journaling onto the card as well.

That is a wrap for now. Let's talk about my video now.


So let's be real. Can I be real with you all ? I have recently got into the habit of watching process videos on youtube. I enjoy them, its so fun to see a page come together on screen. So I thought maybe some day I will try it. Maybe, just maybe. I wasn't sure. I asked my husband, the tech guy, about shooting videos and how I could go about that. Fast forward to this Christmas. I got an attachment so that I could try this video thing out last night. Yep, there I was at midnight setting up my new toy and testing it out. I thought about waiting until it was day but decided to go for it while I still had the nerve.

So if you watch it please forgive the bad lighting, the yellowish tint, and the out of view scrapping. I learned some things for next time.

Oh and also there is no voice over. Just me nervously scrapping away and some music.

Ok guys. I am off to go work more on my DD to try and finish it up in a timely manner. 

December Daily Days 5,6, & 7 | 2016

Hello everyone !

I am back with you today and I am going to share a few days from this years December Daily.

Let's get to it.

Day 5 | Both Sides

Here is the left side of the spread.

Day 5 I took some inspiration from Ali Edwards. She used that 5 things card in her album and added in a few tidbits that were going on in her life. I used it in a different way. I asked each one of us what they were loving this holiday. I loved that there are 5 people in our family as well.

The other side holds the story of how I took Katelyn out with me to do some Santa shopping. I used the number 5 red card from the November Studio Calico kit. I also added that blue Santa's helper piece from Color Cast Designs.

I snuck in a photo of Katelyn at Target in the Christmas section. We had a great time shopping together. The other card is from One Little Bird. I added a clear gold sticker and a star of course. I am loving that I can add stars everywhere.

The other side. This photo is of the kids doing homework under the tree. I added that gold ampersand piece from Color Cast Designs.

I came upon this card by accident. I was looking for something else in an old story kit and thought this would be perfect. It had the number 5 on it and the colors worked well with my photos.

Day 6

Day 6 was shoe day or St. Nicholas Day. I took a photo in the morning of all of our shoes filled but honestly it was awful so I decided to gather our shoes by the door and snap a photo.

I used this creme circle from an old story kit and added the gold Santa and the words shoe day.

Here is the journaling card. I painted the 6 gold and added some patterned paper from the Main DD kit.

Day 7 | The first page and the transparency.

I added a transparency page again as a divider. I used a large 7 and added a star and a word strip.

Here is what the first page looks like. Todays story was about how we went to a tree lighting ceremony in town and it turned out to be so much more.

We drank so much hot cocoa and were given candles to light in remembrance of lost loved ones.

I added this card from the Surprise Story kit.

The other side.

A photo of Maddie all bundled up with her hot cocoa and a filler card.

This page was fun to put together. I have this big silkscreen from Heidi Swapp I picked up last year. I used gold paint and put it on a sheet of cardstock. I punched out a 3 inch circle photo of the tree all lit up.

That is it for me. I will work on more pages on Thursday. We are heading for Disneyland tomorrow. I am so excited to see Disney all dressed up for Christmas.