WE'RE DOING DECEMBER! Whether you pre-plan your December Daily or create as you go along in the Christmas month; make your own covers or decorate ready-made ones, use Project Life style with plastic sleeves and pockets or create your own pages. Maybe you havent made one before and ask 'I cant think what I'd fill a page with everyday?' We'll help with that! Whatever your style we'd love to see it! Here you will find a seasonal blog open from 1st November to 31st January each year. We hope that this will become a wonderful resource of sharing, prompts and inspiration. What is a December Daily? Its a mini-album recording your daily memories capturing the spirit of December. Bring it out with your decorations each year and remember Christmases past. Scroll down on the right side bar and you will find past December Daily albums of each Designer. Check their 'journey' link too, this will give you some great tips and scroll a little further down and you will see the albums categorised into types for easier searching :) Now - 'Let's December Daily'!

Thursday 3 December 2015

Jane's Day 1 & 2

Well here I go with my first share of completed pages


Day 1


 Remember this photo of my page preparations?


Well here's how it's progressed. First up I tackled the number card. I chose the Becky Higgin's card with hello at the bottom as it seemed appropriate for a first page. I added a die cut snowflake - Die'sire - behind the gold matted number and decided to leave it at that.


Next I moved on to my journal card. I added some black sparkly tape across the top and a small die cut scalloped square and black punched circle behind a twine threaded button.


I always like to start my album with some good intentions for Christmas - nothing high falutin, just things I want to remember. I used number stickers from a Mambi Happy Planner pack - yes I'm into Mambi planning too! And just finished the card off with a die cut snowflake and gem, both gifts from a Pocket Letter penpal - have I mentioned I do that too?



As it's the first day of December there wasn't really a lot to photograph - I know soon there'll be far too much! So I decided to make the bottom right pocket into a shaker. I popped a couple of die cut stars and the word magic inside along with the obligatory sequins and simple stitched across the top to stop them escaping.


And that's my first page completed - feels so good!


Day 2


For today's number I used a Technique Tuesday Magic Circle die and popped the matted 2 onto the circle part. I've kept the negative part of the paper and that might just be appearing further down the line.

I made the December label on my computer and printed it onto some patterned paper before hand cutting it close to the letters.


To today's journal card, like yesterday, I attached a strip of washi across the top. I then added an arrow die cut from the same paper as the number card pointing to a gem embellished star. The golden heart is a brad I've had in my stash forever.


The journalling took up all the rest of the space, but I did sparkle up the Katie Pertiet border with some Wink of Stella - never shows in photos, but it is there.


Here's how the finished page looks with a photo of Mr Toad and the back of yesterday's shaker.


And that's two pages completed for 2015. How about you? Have you made a start? Even if you just have a photo and a sticky note of what it's all about that's brilliant, the rest can come later. 

But just in case you're ready we've added the 
'Completed Pages' link .....
Hope to see your 2015 pages!

 And you can link your pre-planning or stash photos up
HERE....

And if you have your Covers done....
upload them  HERE

And you can even share your  previous December Daily's
HERE
We'd love to see them!



10 comments:

  1. Looking good! Love your style...so want to do something like this ....NEXT year!!!

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  2. Totally love the little sequin pockets... so my fave! Beautiful work Jane!

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  3. I love that sequin pocket too :) Such a cute start :) I got 2 photos taken so far for my daily :) Got called back to work so that slowed down my progression on my pages but will catch up over the weekend :) My daily and my stuff for it sits on my desk waiting for me :)

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    1. Thanks Tina. Sounds like you're off to a good start too.

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  4. This is looking soooooooo good, Jane. Love your little shaker pocket and also how you have decorated the journal cards......gorgeous.

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