December Daily wrap up with the Gingerbread and Peppermint Daily Diary

January 2nd.  Crazy right?!  Time never slows down and with the passing of the holidays and ringing in the new year I finished up my December Daily album.  At one point in the midst of the madness that is Christmas I almost tossed in the towel.  I am so glad I stuck it out!  The big key was keeping it simple. 

Day 17:  A look at the advent calendars my little guy used this year to count down to the big day. 

Day 18:  I decorated the sugar cookies with a little help from my youngest.  

Day 19:  I finished up an ornament for the tree and a memory of my mom.

Day 20:  My oldest and I finished up some homemade Christmas gifts for his friends.  

Day 21:  My little guy couldn't wait for Christmas to give me his present from school.  A new ornament to hang on the tree with ribbon inside that is his height right now. 

Day 22:  An annual Christmas party with good friends.  

Day 23:  Steve our elf brought us "tickets" to go see a movie together.  

Day 24:  I included our family photos this year that I never made into Christmas cards.

And at long last Christmas morning arrived.  Day 25:  A few snapshots I took of the boys.  I don't take a lot of pictures this day so I can soak in all the goodness of the day.  

And there you have it my December Daily for 2017.  

I'm still figuring out how exactly I'm going to bind it together.  My wire rings are a little small so if I go that route I will need to get wider rings.  For now though it is stacked neatly on a shelf with my other albums and I'm calling it done.  I love looking at the stack of albums that document our Christmas season.  

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.  I will be back next week with projects using the new January kit.  I'm so excited that mine came today!

Happy Scrapping!

Post 3 of December Daily using the Gingerbread and Peppermint Daily Diary

Less than a week before Christmas!  It's hard to believe the month and the holiday season are winding down already.  I have lost a little steam the last week, but have new entries to share today.  Just missing a few days over the last weekend that I haven't put together. 

This week I went through the last year of Noel Mignon kits and pulled out the number stickers from past kits.  A great way to use up some of those numbers :)  I also continued the simple approach to my spreads to get it done. 

Day 12:  My sons holiday band concert.  I thought the jingle bells 4x6 card was appropriate and I used washi tape to attach it to the side of the photos. 

It swings open and I included a strip of pattern paper, a chipboard star, and journaling

Days 13 and 14

Day 13:  I enlarged a photo.  It was taken with my cell phone and came out quite grainy, but I loved this shot so much I went with it.  The journaling I added in Photoshop before printing.  I then added the chipboard embellishment to the top with numbers from a past kit.  

I finished off the text with a few word strip stickers and a puffy red sticker (from a past kit).  

I decided to include another small half page for Day 14.  The journaling and 3x4 card are on the top of the half page.  

I backed the half page with woodgrain paper from the paper pack.  The gold foil stickers are from a past kit.  

Day 15:  Another enlarged photo.  I added the title and text in Photoshop before printing and simply added the numbers and a small puffy sticker from the kit.  

Day 16:  I had a lot of photos to add for Saturday.  I again went to the washi tape to create hinges for a fold out of pictures.  

There you have it.  I have so much enjoyed sharing my entries so far in my album and it has really pushed me to try and get my pages done every couple of days. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

December Daily part 2 with the Gingerbread and Peppermint Daily Diary Kit

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful week.  It's Nicole back on the blog today sharing more of my December Daily album.  One big thing I have learned in doing this album the last few years is that some days are busy and entries can be super simple and other days if I have more time I can really spend more time embellishing.  Both have a place in my album and help me get the project as a whole finished. 

Day 5:  A very simple day.  I used a Tim Holtz plastic number (from my stash) and paired it with one of the small puffy stickers, a strip of cardstock, and a strip of the 6x6 pattern paper. 

Day 6:  Two 4x6 pictures from my sons honor band concert.  I typed the journaling on the photo before printing.  I used the red glitter washi tape along the top and bottom and the music die-cut and letters from the kit.  The chipboard number is from my stash.  

Decorative page:  I tend to include a few of these in my album to break up the pages of photos and journaling.  I used a sheet of pattern paper from the paper pack and cut it to fit my background cardstock.  I then used the chipboard stickers on top.  

Day 7 & 8:  I ended up getting sick the end of last week.  Steve our elf didn't move one of the days and so I decided to tell that story for the two days.  The story for both Day 7/8 and 9 were all small so I cut the page in half.  

I took the 3x4 tag and folded it in half.  I then cut pattern paper strips for the top and bottom.  

Chipboard numbers are from my stash.  

Day 9:  I was home sick again and ended up binge watching Netflix.  

I placed my journaling/picture over the top of the tag and then added the acrylic letters to spell out the word nine.  I finished it off with pattern paper strips and a puffy sticker.  

Day 10:  Family movie night.  I pulled the wood grain pattern paper from the paper pack and cut a strip to go between the photo and jouranling.  I then layered the die cuts and washi tape.  I finished off with chipboard from my stash.  

Day 11:  Last night we did gingerbread houses.  It ended up being a little competition between brothers.  I layered a PNG file by Kerri Bradford (town buildings) with a few fonts for my title.  

I used one of the little word flashcards to make a tab to lift the photo and placed a couple of gingerbread men on the bottom.  

I had three photos I wanted to include plus the other 4x6 photo with my title and journaling.  I used the washi tape to let the top two pictures hinge up to show the bottom two photos.  I then chose a couple of pattern papers to back the top two photos.  

I used a date stamp and StazOn ink to stamp the date on the top photos.  And with that entry done this afternoon I am all caught up with my album.  It feels nice to being able to stay somewhat on top of the project.  

How are you using this months kit?  There are some great pages being shared on the Noel Mignon Facebook Members group.  We would love to see what you are creating.  Oh, and if you haven't picked up your kits yet there are a few still available in the store.