December Daily 2015 Done! (Clique Kits)

Soooooo super excited to share that I did it!  After two years of failing (or rather not completing and not starting), I have actually finished my December Daily!  I used the Clique Kits "Clique into December" kit, and I'm so happy with my finished album.

I made my album from an up-cycled breakfast cereal box (I had to fight my kids for it!), and even came up with my own binding because I couldn't find anything helpful on YouTube for binding pocket pages without a binder clip.  I used a mix of 8x8 and 4x4 page protectors, as well as random sized pages and ephemera.  Here is a side view of my chunky album, full of our family memories!

The homemade album was a challenge, and in a couple of my walkthrough videos I had it held together with three pipe cleaners, because I couldn't make the cover until I knew how wide the stack of pages would end up.  I had so much fun embellishing the spine with the stocking, stickers, and the bakers twine binding which I tied into bows.

I kept my embellishment on my cover very simple - puffy stickers, fussy cut boxes, and the gold phrase and number stickers.

And now for lots of photos of some of my favourite pages.  This one has a card and bag from Honey Bee Stamps and the decoration Azaria made at school.  I love the interactive elements.

A simple page recording two treats I had one Saturday - a pedicure and a coffee, bliss!

Mixing up my page protectors!  And making the most of "The Polar Express" to use winter themed phrases!  Fun with piklets on the opposite page!

I added in a coffee cut from one of my favourite cafes - a photo and my journalling are inside. Totally inspired by Wilna Furstenberg's coffee cup albums!

Journalling tucked inside a glassine bag documenting our entire Christmas day!

And finally a collage of 9 photos to capture the big day!

Here is my video so you can have a look at the whole album.  

I just love December so much, it is by far my favourite month of the year, and December Daily makes it even more special! 

Hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading this far!

December Daily Inside Cover Page (Clique Kits)

Hello! I'm up on the Clique Kits YouTube channel today sharing how I made the inside cover of my December Daily.  I used the Clique into December kit, which features Pink Fresh Studio, and also has October Afternoon and Pretty Little Studio products.  Its a stunning kit that certainly makes documenting the holiday season easy!

I kept my page very simple and really wanted to feature the exclusive cut files.  I used the Poinsettia because it was perfect for our Summer Christmas!

And here is a close up of the cover.

Here is my video.

You can see my kit and plans for my DD daily in the video below.

Thanks for looking!  I'll have more of my album to share as I progress.

December Daily with Kaisercraft's North Pole (Artfull Crafts)

Good morning! Today I'm sharing two pages of my 2013 December Daily made with Kaisercraft's North Pole Collection.  When I first saw this collection I knew it would work perfectly with the supplies I'd already pulled for my album, which primarily included October Afternoon's Sleigh Ride (released last year).  North Pole has a gorgeous Christmas colour palette mixed with features of chalkboard.

Before I show you the two pages, here is the cover and first two pages, made with cardboard that I cut  a window into and painted gold.  The background paper and stickers are by Teresa Collins.  For my 2012 DD I had lots of literal white space with white cardstock as my base.  For my 2013 DD I wanted to embrace lots of pattern with simple embellishment.

The gold doily is from Studio Calico.

The back of my cover page includes stickers from October Afternoon, explaining the book and with the names of my family members and our age.

These next two pages are made with North Pole.  I've chosen to include Instagram photos, and I made my own hashtag for them, so that I'm able to remember exactly what the photos are about, allowing me to create this album months later.  I find creating a December Daily during the month of December too much pressure!

The first page is of my kids starting their advent calendars, and the first chocolate is always very exciting!  I fussy cut "Tis the Season" from a piece of patterned paper.  The banner is a sticker, and the scallop border is a die cut from the 6x6 paper pad.

The second page is of the pregnancy diabetes test I had to take, and shows the disgusting glucose drink I had to drink quickly.

Thanks for looking