A few years ago, I took up the practice of creating a December Daily album which includes 25 pages that document the days leading up to Christmas. I love the idea of capturing the traditions, stories and little moments that wouldn’t be remembered unless documented somewhere. I learned about this from Ali Edwards who is the absolute guru when it comes to creating these albums. You can see LOTS of ideas on her website.
With our new focus on scrapbooking, I’ve decided to create this year’s album using Stampin’ Up! products. I will only be using one scrapbook kit and DSP pack so that all the colors coordinate. I will be bringing in stamp sets and embellishments to add to the stories and photos that I am sharing but my focus will be the Snow Day Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. If you would like to create with me and reproduce my pages, you can buy the scrapbooking kit, DSP pack and other products right from my store. All the links can be found below.
I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite pages from years past. Keep in mind, some of these pages were made with non-Stampin’ Up! products and the others use products that are now retired. I’m just showing you some of the concepts that I have used in the past. I look forward to recreating these same concepts using the scrapbooking kit and coordinating products. I hope you will come back to see my progress and the pages that I create.
This page is one of my favorites. If all I had was the photo, I would not remember how I felt when I took it. The story is on the tag and is from 2020. Reid’s ukulele choir had just rehearsed and recorded a song to be included in the virtual Christmas service due to the pandemic. I sat in the sanctuary that night overcome with the sadness that I would not be celebrating Christmas in this place with the people who I see as family. It was a sad moment and I realized how much I had taken that opportunity for granted every year. This layout is one of my favorites due to the simplicity. It’s a 6×8 pocket page with room for a 4×6 in the top and another in the bottom. It’s so easy to put the photo in one pocket, embellish the bottom pocket and include a tag for the story that can be pulled out and read.
This page was a fun one. It was a picture of Chick-fil-a’s Peppermint Milkshake on the right with everyone’s opinions on the left side. We picked up milkshakes one night and I wrote down everyone’s thoughts.
Your pages can be personal stories or you can add in pages with what’s going on around you. I like this page because it is another one from 2020. I thought it would be neat to look back on some of the headlines that were in the news.
I’m taking you way back to 2016 with this next one. Reid was 6 and in the photo is writing his name. This was the one and only year that I made all the boys sign their names in our Christmas card. Thank goodness Reid’s name only had 4 letters! The photo at the bottom is the one I included in our Christmas card that year.
On December 1st, I will start sharing my 2024 pages. I would love for you to craft with me. Any of the products below can be purchased in my Stampin’ Up! store using the link on the side or feel free to contact me if I can help you with your scrapbooking this December. It’s fun to get these stories documented and I promise that you will love looking back at them in the future.
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Sincerely Sublime 