So I am doing something I have never done with a Christmas Journal/album... I am pre-planning the inside pages of my album. I was always so afraid that by pre-doing my pages that I would be limited to the design.
Um, duh!
That is the point!
The goal is to experience the holiday season and simply use this album as a tool to record those experiences.
So this year I have pre-planned.
I have stamped some coordinating pieces.
I have slipped paper into sheet protectors that await my photos, memorabilia and memories.
That doesn't mean I can't be flexible and move things around and add to pages. It just means a lot of the thinking has already been done.
Love that.
And I really, really love these divided sheet protectors.
Have I mentioned that?
The 2x3 sheet protector is my favorite.
I'll tell you why. I use a lot of 2x3 photos in my scrapbooking. A lot. And these sheet protectors take all the work out of it for me. All I have to do is print (or have a photo finisher print) my photos and I can slip them in the pockets. Easy. And for any pockets that I don't have a photo for, I can slip in patterned paper, journaling, etc.
Here's my title page:
For the title page I slipped a bunch of the 2x3 pieces of paper I cut yesterday into the sheet protectors pockets.
Easy.
I embellished with an October Afternoon sticker, Jillibean Soup Journaling Sprouts die cuts (trimmed) and a stamped piece using Ali Edwards' December Daily TT Stamps (2010) and Ali's Studio AE August Stamps (remember the moments).
I may or may not add additional embellishment to the title page. I haven't decided yet. ;)
Creating the dates:
One of the biggest things for me when creating an album like this is figuring out a uniform way to include the dates.
I took the circle from the December Daily set and stamped a bunch of them of a sheet of Basic Grey Ledger Paper using Stampin' Up Simply Suede ink.
Then, I took the smallest (December) from the set and stamped it in each circle using SU Riding Hood Red ink.
Using multiple colors of ink really livens up stamped designs giving them a more polished look.
For the individual dates I used SU Kiwi Kiss ink and stamped the December Daily numbers.
Then I punched out each circle with a 1 1/4" circle punch.
A little shout-out to the Basic Grey Manilla Ledger 6x6 paper pad.
It makes my stamping so happy.
I used the same technique for additional stamped pieces that I did for the dates.
***Tip*** After stamping the circle with Simply Suede ink I took the definition part of the stamp and lined it up in the cirlce. Then I used my acrylic block to pick them up and stamped them with SU Kiwi Kiss ink. Lastly, I stamped the large script word with SU Riding Hood Red ink.
The inside pages:
The yellow sticky notes are just to give a visual idea of where I plan to add photos and/or journaling throughout the album.
The Supplies:
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On Friday I will be sharing the cover of my album.
I am so looking forward to December 1st. :)
I also wanted to let you know about a sale at Two Peas:
Thanks for stopping by!
