December Daily/Snapshots of the Seasons album, 2013

Geez, am I ever behind on posting projects! I guess I'll have to make some time to photograph the PL spreads, layouts, layout bases and SC kits I've completed since I last posted.

 

For now, here is the 2013 Snapshot of the Season albums.

 

Mid process:

 

The completed albums. Red spine (brighter colors) is mine, green spine (muted colors) is for Terri.

My album. I used an AC card album I found  at Target and a combination of OA Very Merry, Silent Night and City Sidewalks, AC Peppermint Express, older MM, a little CP Peppermint and a smidge of SS December Documented. The SS Snap divided page protectors are new for me and kind of fun. Since the holes were different than the AC album, I covered the spine of all of them with washi tape and then punched new holes.

 I went ahead and already added in some peppermint bark and sugar cookie PopTart packaging so I don't have to remember where I put them later.

 A page from an old storybook.

 I love using Doodlebug cards that flip open/up for extra journaling and photos.

Terri's album.
I used a green Simple Storeis Snap binder and a mix of OA City Sidewalks, CP Peppermint, Glitz Hello December, HS Believe and some SS December Documented.

 

I love how they turned out and can't wait to fill them up!

Terri's DD

I originally bought the Teresa Collins December kit, but in the end only used a couple inserts for my album. The album itself and the rest of the inserts were used for Terri's album. I had this sheet of MME Lost and Found Christmas, and I loved it, but the color scheme is just really not me. It makes a cute cover, though.

 Terri liked the SS Handmade Holiday line the best this year, so I used some of that, some of last year's SS, and some coordinating papers I found in my stash.

365 Layouts total: 390 layouts, 2 cards, 8 mini albums.

December Daily 2012

This year I decided to start with an Avery Dennison binder from Office Max. I really loved last years OA Holiday Style line (even though it's a bit winterish) and decided to use it, with a little bit of extras mixed in.

365 Layouts total: 390 layouts, 2 cards, and 7 mini albums

Snapshot of the Season 2011

While flipping back through posts, I realized I had never posted the pics of my 2011 album. I prefer to do the Snapshot of the Season approach rather than daily. I accounted for anticipated activities (toy drive, wish lists, Jacob's nutcrackers, trip home) and some general pages.

 I added in an envelope to slide some pics of our elf on the shelf adventure.

365 Layouts total: 390 layouts, 2 cards, and 6 mini albums

Mini Book Monday--December Daily #1 and #2

So far I've done 2 albums: 1 for Terri (the other half of Craftyx2) and one for my sister. Everything was from my stash, and I can now report that I'm out of Christmas embellishments.

Terri's album. I went with more traditional red, green, and brown for her album. I left the cover blank for her to add her own title, and I need to track down a set of Bind-it-All clear 8x8 covers, since Hobby Lobby seems to have stopped selling them.
I like the peekaboo aspect of mini albums, so in past albums I've trimmed down pages and used border punches. This year I decided to do something different, so I kept all the foundation pages as 8x8 and added in extras, mostly 6x6ers and some like these, BoBunny cut outs mounted on cardstock to make tag pockets. For Terri's albums, I let her decide on her own page numbers.

More inserts and library pockets for journaling.

For her album, I used Basic Grey, BoBunny, American Crafts, DCWV, Recollections, Simple Stories and Imaginisce paper and misc. embellishements.
My sister's album is more cutesy, since she has a baby girl turning 1 in December. I left the title blank so she could pick her own title. The felt tree is a Christmas ornament from Target.
Foundation pages are all 8x8, with some 6x6 extras mixed in. On 6 of the pages, I used Doodlebug 4x6 journal cards as tag pockets to hold journaling or more photos.
The birthday page layout. The snowman is actually a lunch bag sized goody bag trimmed down and turned into a tall pocket for extra photos and journaling. The backside is covered in pastel-y ledger paper for more writing area.
Since they are Disney fans, I used the Cricut Mickey Font cartridge for the numbers. The tags are from a couple bucket o'tags in the Target Christmas section.

Papers used in her album are Doodlebug, Jillibean Soup, We R Memory Keepers, K & Co., Making Memories, Bella Blvd, and Recollections.

Now I just need to make my December Daily. :)

365Layouts total: 36 layouts and 3 minibooks