Every year I’ve wanted to make a December Daily album, but over the years, when December 1st came around I felt really overwhelmed and ended up not making one, or not finishing what I had started. So, this year when Ali was talking about starting ahead of time, I took her advice! Make your base album first, so then all you have to do in December is insert photos + journaling! Brilliant!! Now I’m so excited for December to get here. I can’t wait to see this album come to life with photos and memories!
I used two pieces of chipboard to create my cover and back of my album. Covered them in some scrapbooking paper, then added a Starbucks coffee holder from last year, a December month tag and a red/white striped tag from our Christmas Tiny Tags. Then, I added the word Daily from some stickers I had in my stash, and a key from the Dear Lizzy collection – love the way the green in the key matches the green paper below 🙂
I also had the cream ribbon left over from a blanket I ordered (it tied the blanket up). I had my mom help me create the ruffle with just a basic running stitch and by pulling one of the strings – so fun! The ribbon will run across the front…
And across the back – tying in a bow to hold the booklet together! The back has the left over piece from the red paper on the front (the red paper is from The Girls Paperie collection that I adore!)
And, here’s a side shot! Just love the thought of this doubling in size as we go through December 🙂
The hardest part, for me, starting this project was determining and setting a size for this album. I knew I wanted to incorporate some photo pages to hold 4 x 6 photos, along with some of Ali Edwards Overlays.
So, I cut off the bottom of a 3-up 4 x 6 photo page…
Which ended up being really close to the size of Ali’s overlays! Then I cut two pieces of chipboard that where a little bit larger than both of the photo pages and overlays.
The holes for the album where then determined by photo pages because they where the only thing that had a set hole.
It worked out great! My main focus, when putting this project together, was to “keep it simple and manageable – with no rules”. When projects have rules, or set sizes, I tend to get bored 😉
And, here’s a little peek inside! I’ll have a full post on Monday, with each page showing!
I wanted to give you a little peek inside today 🙂 For the numbers, we are using most of our Christmas Mix & Match numbers and I love how it turned out! Can’t wait till Monday!
Happy weekend!
xo, Elle
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