Here I go, from one big project to another! The Attitude of Gratitude challenge came to an end and my December Daily album begins today!
I'm a first-timer and very excited about it. I started working on this several weeks ago, right after
Ali started posting about it. I got sidetracked before doing my cover until I saw this week's prompt at
The Paper Variety:
I immediately chose the bottom row and got to work creating a title with three different alphabets. I kept the cover really simple because I kept embellishments to a minimum on the inside, too. Here are all the details:
* I'm going to document EVERY day of December - there's a lot of fun stuff planned between Christmas and New Year's, so I don't want to quit on Christmas.
* My album is 6 inches by 6 inches. I plan to print my photos at 4 x 6 (some as collage prints), add a square of patterned paper, and journal on the leftover block.
* I will type my journaling daily (crazy, I know, I almost always use my handwriting!), keeping a document at the ready on my desktop.
* I will print my photos and journaling once per week and will work on the album at a set time once each week.
* Materials used: patterned papers - Fancy Pants Christmas Magic line (2009); snowflake transparency - Hambly; velvet embossed transparencies - Fancy Pants; doilies and butterfly punch - Martha Stewart; tags - Elle's Studio; teal alphas - Making Memories; typed number words -
Scrap Rat; pom pom trim - Maya Road; paper flowers - Kaisercraft.
* I plan to embellish the metal rings with ribbons after the album is complete.
Have you done a December Daily album before? Any words of advice? Don't forget to head on over to
The Paper Variety to see which path on the tic-tac-toe board each designer took. Without discussion we all ended up doing something different :). Have a great Wednesday! Tessa
Tessa: This album is so beautiful! Love the simplicity of it! Like very much your plan! Looking forward at the end of December and your experience doing it!!
ReplyDeletethis is fantastic!!! I hope you post pics when it's full at the end of the month :)
ReplyDeleteWow I'm exhausted just thinking about it! Good Luck!
ReplyDeletethis album is BEAUTIFUL! I love to see how everyone's albums are SO different! I haven't done my december daily, I think I'm going to try and journal each day, then do the album later. Not sure....
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Tessa - I love your divider pages. So simple and perfect!!
ReplyDeleteWowwwwwwwww! This is GORGEOUS Tessa!! I loveeeeeeeeeee the colors! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
ReplyDeletelove it....you have a style I just love...simple and yet with all the right touches of beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove this album Tessa! Can't wait to see how you fill it up :)
ReplyDeleteTessa
ReplyDeleteCan you send me a link for those Martha Stewart Doily Punches? I can't seem to find them online.
Thanks!
Kim G
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