Day 6 - Documenting December

No, you're not mis-reading, I haven't yet done my day 5 blogpost.  That will be tomorrow.  Things have been a little hectic, as December can be.  Adding in a family birthday and I've also just been diagnosed (yesterday) with shingles.  I'm less than enthused with this, as you can well imagine.  I'm grateful that so far I don't seem to be suffering to badly with it {itchy as all get out though}.  I'm also exceptionally grateful that my wonderful husband is currently home from work.  Small blessings.

I'm part of the DT group with The Stamp Spot and am using the main, teal and red kits from The Stamp Spot {which are truly stunning} to create my December Daily album. Today I've added in stamps and a few extras bits from my stash. 

Ok, so day 6 in my album starts with my sneaky 4x4 page protector. I created this as part of my foundation pages and I still love this page.

The base is vellum with gorgeous teal dots.  I've added a doily, stickers, star sequin, tag from the main kit. Twine and enamel dots are from the teal kit and the number is from the Freckled Fawn very merry embellishment kit.

The next page is a full 6x8 with a red glitter base and white card on top.  I have used washi & stickers from the kits for the title.  As well as my new Wink of Stella red & gold pens. I'm already a little bit partial to these, though I really need to work on my doodling. This page is all about my shingles - woohoo!

Turn it over and there are birthday celebrations for John's uncle.  I've used a white card base, added photos, stamps, watercolour script writing and sequins.  Pretty simple, but looks like a party.

The shaker pocket on this page is from the red kit, handmade by the lovely Michelle.  To this I added washi and stickers from the kits. The journalling pocket is white card stamped with red stars.  The kraft tag has washi and ribbon from the kit.  I have used my sewing machine to attach the tag to the card. There are also a couple of pearls which I have coloured with a gold marker. The fabulous Beth Patfull, one of the other awesome DT members, did a very similar pocket which I absolutely loved.

And this is how it looks in my album:

Thanks so much for stopping my.  Day 5 will come tomorrow, I promise.

If you are after more inspiration, please check out Michelle at The Stamp Spot and also the other awesome DT members:

Tanya Watson

Stacey-Lee Collis

Beck Holder

Melinda Sweetman

Amanda Horne 

Bernii Miller 

Beth Patfull

Kirsteen Young

Amanda Miller

You can find me on instagram as @gabby_ingo and I'll also be linking up with Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

Have a great day,

Day 4 - Documenting December 2014

I'm up to Day 4 & I'm excited.  I'm keeping up with the actual Daily part of this project which impresses me no end!

Today I'm using more of the great supplies from The Stamp Spot main and red kits.  I'm loving all of the gorgeousness Michelle has put in all her kits.  


The left page:

This page uses a full 6x8 page protector to fit the tree picture on the other side.  On this side I have used kraft card as my base. The shaker pocket part of the red kit and I added the number.  The Christmas tree is from different washi pieces included in the kit.  Hannah's school photo is mounted on white card and I have journalled next to it with the gold gel pen from the kit.  I used my tiny attacher to attach the sequins.

Today is the birthday of one of my great friends & scrapbooking buddies.  Naturally a celebration was in order.  Three of us enjoyed a morning with a glorious high tea.  Needless to say, I didn't eat lunch & barely needed tea.
On the high tea/birthday photo I have used an overlay from Rhonna Designs. 

The journalling card is from the main kit and I have added sequins and washi tape.  I have journalled again with the gold gel pen.

The elf pocket is red glitter card with doily, stickers, sequins and one of The Stamp Spot's gorgeous exclusive flairs.

Pretty simple pages today, but I'm getting it done.

And this is how the pages look together in my album:

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my progress.  If you would like some more inspiration, check out what Michelle from The Stamp Spot is up to and also the rest of the DT members:

Tanya Watson

Stacey-Lee Collis

Beck Holder

Melinda Sweetman

Amanda Horne 

Bernii Miller 

Beth Patfull

Kirsteen Young

Amanda Miller

Also, I'll be posting bits to instagram to be sure to check me out there as well - @gabby_ingo

Have a great rest of the day and can't wait to show you day 5!

Day 3! Documenting December 2014

Day 3, Day 3,

Look below with glee

And feel all warm & fuzzy,

As we trim the Christmas tree

Ok, so I'm not much of a poet, but there's something about the tree going up & carols blaring that really brings out my Christmas spirit.  More ho, ho, ho and less bah humbug.  We did wait for my husband to be home from work but he's never overly thrilled by the whole idea and mostly will leave me to my own devices.

I'm not an especially particular person.  Mostly close enough is good enough.  I rarely push for perceived perfection.  But for some reason my Christmas tree is different.  I like a colour scheme, I like pretty, I like matching wrapping paper & I really, REALLY want it too look like I imagine.  The kids however are growing up and getting much more vocal.  Zac always wants a rainbow tree - my colour scheme stifles him!  This year Hannah was happy to go with it, as long as she could get decorations from EVERY tub! *sigh* Just not the gold & white I imagined.  I have, with great difficulty, just gone with it.  I've reluctantly {and with great strength of character} not touched the tree since.  Surprisingly, it's actually not driving me nuts. Though we shall see how that goes as the month progresses

Below is Day 3 from my December Daily.  I'm part of the Documenting December DT for The Stamp Spot and today I'm using the main & teal kits only. 

The paper for the number card was in the teal kit and it's Bo Bunny Candy Lane - Jolly collection.  I LOVE this paper so much.  I edged the doily with the gold stamp ink from the main kit and placed a teal flair on top.  I covered a wood veneer star with glitter washi tape from the teal kit and added sequins, rhinestones and the number.  

I edited my tree trimming photo on my phone and added text using the Rhonna Designs app.  Super easy way to add journalling when space is tight.  

The other side is pretty simple. I added a sequin pocket from the teal kit to the top of the picture as a flip pocket and a sticker from the main kit.

Lift the flap and there's my tree, in all its mis-matched resplendent glory. I also edited this picture on my phone and added a quote from the Rhonna Designs app. I'm really liking this picture.

For my December Daily I'm printing all my pictures at home and the tree picture is the first one that isn't on 6x4 paper.  I just couldn't (easily, right now even) work out how to get it to print 6x8 so instead it's 5x7 with a great white border.  And it printed crooked!  But again, it's about just getting it done. 

This is how the pages look in my album. It really is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you're enjoying your December Daily journey too.  If you want some more inspiration please check out what Michelle is up to at The Stamp Spot  and also the rest of the fabulous DT:

Tanya Watson

Stacey-Lee Collis

Beck Holder

Melinda Sweetman

Amanda Horne 

Bernii Miller 

Beth Patfull

Kirsteen Young

Amanda Miller

Have a great day,

Day 2 - Documenting December 2014

Right, so, it's the 3rd and this is all about Day 2. I'm obviously behind - ALREADY! What can I say... my sister had a baby & a visit to hold the precious little girl was in order, of course. Her big brother {almost 3} just adores her already, it's so wonderful to see.  And don't bother asking, more kids are so not happening for me.  Two is my perfect number :-)

Okay, let's get onto what my album is looking like.  As you know, I'm on the totally awesome DT team for The Stamp Spot and am using the main (gold), teal & red kits for my December Daily.

The day pocket is Teresa Collins paper from the Tinsel & Co range.  The number, vellum star and wood veneer are from the main kit. The paper clip & red label stamp are funnily enough from the red add on kit.  I stamped and red embossed the vellum star.  I like this pocket, it's simple but bright.

The 6 x 4 paper is from the main kit and I added some punched hearts from a piece of gold foil, also from the main kit.  A gorgeous little heart stamp using the gold ink from the kit finishes off the card.

At the top our somewhat reserved elf also made an appearance on a piece of white cardstock with the writing using the gold pen from the main kit.

Now for the other side...

The kids are doing their letters to Santa.  Zac is using the great printable I got from the Pinterest page of Stacey-Lee Collis (another DT member).  Hannah chose to type her letter but since she's only 5 and can't read/write/spell yet the letter is pretty much open to interpretation.  I'll fill in her printable later and post them to Santa.  I'll also copy the letters (and the typed pages!) to include in this album.

The title card, letter/word stickers, washi & sequin star are from the main kit.  I added a Heidi Swapp Project Life stamp and also a coloured rhinestone to the star.  The journalling card and gold pen are also from the main kit.

And together in my album they look like this...

Thanks for coming by to check out my DD progress.  I'm really liking how it's looking with photos in there.  And I am extra grateful for all the work I did in November creating my foundation pages.  Already that is proving a god send.

Want some more inspiration?  Check out what The Stamp Spot and other DT members are up to:

Tanya Watson

Stacey-Lee Collis

Beck Holder

Melinda Sweetman

Amanda Horne 

Bernii Miller 

Beth Patfull

Kirsteen Young

Amanda Miller

Have a great afternoon.

It starts! Day 1 - Documenting December 2014

December is here and it's time to use my gorgeous, mostly ready, December Daily album. 

Some basic deets: I'm using a teal Snap! album from Simple Stories with a variety of pocket pages. My super fabulous kits are from The Stamp Spot - main kit and teal & red add ons. I've been incredibly fortunate to be part of The Stamp Spot Documenting December DT. As well as being able to work with Michelle's stunning kits and be a part of a great team, I'm now at the start of December with my foundation pages done. This is my first year undertaking December Daily and I'm pretty sure that already having my album set up will be my saving grace this silly season.

My photos: most of my pics will be taken with my iPhone 5c - it's handy & I love it. I'm printing my pictures at home - either on my big printer HP photosmart or on my super handy Canon Selphy. 

Let's have a look and see what Day 1 looks like...

Day 1 covers 7 pockets and uses the main and teal kits.  The first page was a 4 pocket page (each pocket 3x4 size). I cut the page in half leaving 2 pockets on the left side. I love this - it's a page in its own right but it also shows sneaks for the next page. This day is all about the return of our elf and making Christmas pudding. Seriously, I could eat pudding all year round :-)

The Hello card is embossed vellum from the teal kit. The stickers and number are from the min kit. The white card has gold star stamps and I've used the Freckled Fawn star washi to attach the photo.  To show the page is a half size, I created a file tab covered with washi & enamel dots from the teal kit with a Heidi Swapp stamp as well. 

Flip the half page over and you get...

Page 2 in more detail:

The 'lovely' pocket is from the main kit and Michelle had already sewn the gold ribbon which I just love. I added the doily, enamel dots and the wood veneer.  I coloured the wood veneer with Heidi Swapp colour shine and added a layer of glossy accents on top. The journalling card next to it is also from the kit.  I have used a great technique from Beth Patfull (also in the DT) to emboss the word - World - with some teal Zing.

I 6x4 pocket is white card I have added photos and journalling to.  Journalling today is either with a black Sharpie or the gold pen from the main kit.  I have attached one of the photos with washi tape from the teal kit.

The pages look like this in my album...

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'm looking forward to getting today documented and added to my album.  And it will be even more special as my sister has given birth to a gorgeous girl this morning so she too will make a special appearance.

For even more inspiration, check out what the other DT members have been up to:
Ok, my computer keeps crashing so I can't provide all their links here. Grrr. But please check out Michelle's blog at The Stamp Spot for all the links.

Have a great day & I'll see you tomorrow. Same bat time, same bat channel

Gabby

Winner...Winner...Chicken Dinner!!! Documenting December Flairs Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered my fabulous giveaway.  I'm super excited to announce we have a winner for The Stamp Spot exclusive flairs.  Woohoo!!!

The winning prize....

And the winner is.... {drum roll please}....

Congratulations to Karyn S

Yay!! Yay!!! Yay!!!

{cue fireworks, streamers, confetti, champagne popping}

Karyn S - let's claim your prize
You just need to email me your postage details.  It's that easy!
My email address is theingos AT bigpond DOT com
Please contact me within 24 hours {before 8.30pm CST (Australia), 1st December 2014} or your prize will be forfeited and redrawn.

Can't wait to hear from you Karyn S.

Have a great night everyone.

I think I'm Ready... Documenting December 2014

So December is almost here - like TOMORROW! - and I've been busy getting my album set up for December Daily.  I'm *essentially* done save for some additional cut files I want to add and some extra pretty bits.  Always need is more pretty stuff.

I've been a so fortunate to be a part of The Stamp Spot Documenting December Design Team.  In my album I've used The Stamp Spot Documenting December Kits, the Freckled Fawn Very Merry Embellishment kit and added some stamps from Heidi Swapp and Kellie Stamps.

Below are a few more of my pages and cards:

         

     

 

This is the reverse of my cover page which was a 6x8 page that I sewed into smaller pockets.  I have also typed a little something about why I've chosen to document our December.

This is a filler page for our Christmas Eve which will be December 19.  My hubby does FIFO and won't be home for the 25th so Santa will be visiting us early.  This page is all from TSS kit. The reindeer flair is glued to a piece of acetate.  The reindeer pocket is a piece of pre-printed acetate in gold, of course.  The doily pocket is the 'other' side of the printed burlap piece.

And this is the back of the page above.  The printed burlap on the left and I'm leaving the reindeer acetate as a see through page. I have attached a water colour circle with a Heidi Swapp stamp to the back of the flair acetate pocket.

One again this page is from TSS kits.  The main kit came with a piece of balsa wood, which I haven't used before.  I die cut a Christmas tree from the balsa and have used the negative and positive images in my album.  This piece is the same both sides with gold embossing around the edges of the tree and some stars drawn on with the gold pen.

I've worked on setting up my pages so pretty much it will {should} be all about adding the photos & the stories as December goes along.  This is my first year doing December Daily and I expect to learn a lot from it.  Questions I have for myself already are: (1) do I have enough pockets for each day? {eek, possibly not!} (2) what the heck am I doing? 



I'm fully expecting cards to get shuffled around and doubt my album will look the same come the end of the month.  But December and the magic of Christmas will be documented - and that's what's most important.  And it'll look pretty!!

I'll be updating here daily {gulp!} and will also be linking up with The Stamp Spot blog, Ali Edwards December Daily blog and will posting to instagram too - @gabby_ingo 


Thanks for stopping by.  I'll see you again tomorrow :-)