Mandy's Day 25 Pages

Christmas day is always hugely busy for us....

probably more than most and we do this same routine year after year...

We start with the morning at our house - it needs a page (change that to double page!)

By lunch we travel (not far) to my husband's family farm (another double page)

And by the evening we've travelled 3 1/2hrs to the other end of the state to be with my family 

(yes, another double page)  

In my defence though - my pages are only 8x8 and in contrast to my other 

December Dailys - thats small!

LOL, so with that said... I got to scrap up a storm the last couple of days... 

DAY 25

The Anticipation....

Here's the other side of the star on the reverse of Day 24,

By ruling some outline around the stars edges, it gave it definition.

The 'dec 25' was a diecut that had come in a pack.  It was the same width of the

star so went with a 'column' look to this side

Just love the Victorian Santa Claus and flora

Another peek through page.....

I've used some more doors from this 7Gypies paper

Gosh its lovely!!

 And cut out two doors (from two pieces of the 7Gypsies paper and 

the 'panes' of the window in the doors

Apologies for the poor photo (took this as light was fading..) but you can see the cut out piece of the page (to fit a 7x5photo that will be fixed to the next page), and the doors are attached by long strips (of the cut out piece) and folded like long hinges and glued so the doors can 'swing' open.

The 'brickwork' and the stars for 'doorknobs' are also part of the 7Gypsies 'Architexture' sticker range.

I wanted the it to look like we were seeing in from the outside of the 'house'

And here's how it looks with the doors swung open to see through to the next page.

THE MORNING

Add a star banner, some diecut branches, more white rubons and stickers and the page came along quite quickly.  Putting glitter washi tape around the edge of the doors covered the somewhat rough cutting 

Peeking all the way though....

And peeking through from the 24th through the other way :) 

The  unwrapping of presents...

I thought all the colourful pieces of pie graph kind of looked like wrapping paper.. and it did go everywhere... love that moment on Christmas morning!

The pie pieces where cut from little bits of colourful paper I had in a little dish.. does come in handy!

Dusted off my 'IZINKs' in Tomato and Cactus

Put a dob of it here and there, then with a straw.... blow!
What a great effect and so vibrant!

THE AFTERNOON
This double page felt completely different to the page before..

So got out the big shot and made some diecuts that really suited in greys and whites to work with the colours in the photos.
(and who doesnt love sequins for a pop of colour too!!!)

Another 'card structure' has been add under the 'ho ho ho' to hold more photos
The little row of christmas trees are a lino cut print I made and then printed
out in various colours ages ago.

Opening the card....

...really does help with those photos not wanting to be left out.

THE EVENING

The 25th is the cresendo in my December Daily...  so if there are lots of photos, 

I try find a way to include them.  

I didnt want to do another card structure so baubles work!!

Add in a few diecut pine branches...

Phew... thats the 25th done!

Nearly the end, might add a couple of more pages for the 26th etc

How are you doing with your December Daily? We would love to see it - just add a link to it in the comments below