Lizzy's Day 1

It's been a busy start to December for me. But today I've caught up!

On the left side of my 1st page, the inside cover,

I stuck a paper bag already decorated that had been gifted

to me. It's so beautiful & I thank Kathleen Wilson VERY much:)

I decided to pop a little letter in about WHY I was doing this album.

I'd also been given some number stickers from Mary Bennetts, & realised a number '20' & '16'

made it into 2016. That was useful! The typewriter image is from our local

Reject Shop. Marked down to 50c for 6!

On the other side, I used digital files from the Becky Higgins PROJECT LIFE App

I have on my iPhone. It's a 'cherish' card from the 'DREAMY EDITION' kit.

I simply print them from my iPhone, via my wifi printer at home.

Then I used my STASH [go me!!!] to decorate the card.

The arrow was a 'bauble' die cut. I'm not being precious. I wanted that paper,

& decided to cut an arrow out of it. Then I THREW THE LEFT OVERS AWAY.

Yes. I am YELLING. This feels good. Use it, then lose it ;)

My completed 'intro' pages spread:

Next up is Day 1.

Initially I thought I'd only use 1 page per day. Whoopsies.

Took 2 pages to scrap my 1st day. Oh well. I kept spare pages in the book.

So that's OK!

Sticking with the black & white photos. Although it's HARD.

I'm a writer. I'm writing directly onto my iPhone, & also printing straight from

my computer. Then cutting out the sentences to 'fit' my page:

Yes! There are silver snowflakes on these pages,

from Marie-Christine from LAST year.

They're cute, but in Australia it doesn't snow at Christmas. So I took a deep

breath, & simply plonked them on the page as decoration:

To get my smaller photos, I also use the Project Life App by Becky Higgins.

You can pop 2, 4 or 6 photos on a 4x6 photo sized card. This one is a 4 per card

size. Then you print, and cut up! You can pop them onto a usb to be printed, but

doing them at home means I have more chance of keeping up with my DD.

I backed the photos with some stash wrapping paper:

You can see I'm keen on writing ON my photos, too.

Partly 'cos the background paper is quite 'busy'.

Mostly 'cos that's what I like to do! The Stampin' Up or American Crafts journaling

pens write well on the glossy surface.

As you can see on Day 2 below, left:

The other thing that works for me is making little 'flip' folders.

You simply run some washi tape between your photos [I use glue as well,

cos washi tape has a habit of NOT sticking terribly well].

On the left hand side, I've made one and journaled on the inside as well:

Excuse my big toes getting in on the act. Had to hold it open somehow!

Note the little stapled star cluster underneath? I repeated this element on

the other page [Day 3] for continuity.

You'll also notice with the little alpha stickers below, I'd run out of  the letter 'e'

so used the number 3s instead. The 'i' is a 'j'...strangely, I don't think it looks

at all odd. Did YOU notice??

I could go on and on with all the little bits I've added. But you've

been remarkably patient if you've gotten this far.

One last thing. Notice this photo has been altered with red arrows?

That's my 'LITTLE MOMENTS' App for iPhone by Fatmumslim.

It has LOTS of different effects you can use. And it's a fave.

Like this 'transparent' effect that I've used for the arrows, below:

Last but not least, a big thanks to Lizzy Crust, for sending me some extra

Christmas bits from HER stash that she thought I could use. I already have!

So, have you started?

We would love to see your DD's.

Here are the links:

Kits & Pre-Planning
Covers
2015 or Previous Dec Dailys
Completed Pages

Cheers ~ Lizzy ♥♥♥