December Daily™ with Simple Stories - Day 3

Hello Simple Stories friends! It's Jill Cornell here with you today to share my "Merry Memories" album with you all. This is a photo-heavy post so sit back and enjoy! I approach the concept of a December Daily album very differently. The thought of creating a page for each day of December stresses me out! And there are some days where we do A LOT especially close to Christmas. So instead, I create my album based on 31 memories during the month of December. I have one page for each memory/tradition and go from there. I created my album using one of the red Sn@p 6x8 binders, the December Documented collection and the Christmas Sn@p sets.

I cut the trees and present out of one of the transparencies to decorate my cover. The base is a sheet of the black "chalkboard" basics that I cut down to fit and then embellished the centers of the snowflakes with rhinestones. I also adhered some of the stickers and chipboard to the cover. I did add a stronger adhesive to these pieces because the cover will be handled the most.

On the inside, I adhered one of the December Documented pockets to serve as a catch all for memorabilia or Christmas cards we receive. I use the three chipboard divider pages in the album to seperate days 1-10, 11-20 and 21-31. The divider pages serve as a nice break and it's a good place to put additional photos or journaling if needed. This year I took the die-cut Sn@p pages and made pockets with vellum and sequins behind the sheets. Then I adhered the sheets to the chipboard divider.

I always like to start my album with our family Christmas photo so that is what will go on page 1. As you can see, I set the pages up very simply with a number, Sn@p cards and sometimes patterned paper in each page protector.

I like to break the album up by using the page protectors, the insert pages and the Sn@p pages as well.

Here is another divider page with the die-cut page, vellum pocket and sequins.

And here is the final divider page...

I always like to include a summary of the holiday season and I do so on the final page.

I hope you enjoyed looking through my base pages. I am excited to get going on this project!

Check in tomorrow as Kelly Goree shares her December Daily album!

And hey, if you've created a December Daily (or similar) album using one of our SN@P! Binders, we'd love to see it and add it to our Pinterest "December Daily with Simple Stories" board! Link me up to your album in the comments! 

 

 

Comments

[TracieClaiborne]

Jill - your album looks INCREDIBLE!!!!!! I can't wait to see it with all the photos. What a great concept and design. You really rocked it! I was just looking on Pinterest and ran across one of my favorite December Daily albums ever and it uses last year's line of Simple Stories' Christmas. You should totally link it to your Christmas pins.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gscrapbooks/sets/72157631967603087/ by Gretchen.

[Julie Tucker-Wolek]

This is gorgeous!! I loveeeeeeeee the colors and loving the hanging lights on the cover!!!!

[Elaine]

1. What type of adhesive do you recommend when attaching paper to the chipboard cover?

2. I like the pocket idea for storing cards! Any other tips for keep cards? (I'm making an album for our daughter and I'm stuck with a stack of greeting cards I don't want to toss.)

[Jill]

Elaine - I used Scotch (I have an ATG gun) for the paper on the cover and then I use a Martha Stewart glue pen for the small chipboard pieces.

Depending on the size of your album, you could always hole punch the cards and include them. I have seen other people punch interesting bits and pieces from their greeting cards and include them on a layout.

Hope that helps!

[Jessica T]

Wow, this is fantastic. I also wish I could be that organised!

[Kathy P]

This is one awesome Christmas journal album, Jill....love the collections you have chosen, and the design is fabulous! I really like your idea of the sections....like you, I don't live all that interesting of a life, even around the holidays, but once the famiy comes home the week of Christmas is jam-packed. Think I will lift your cool idea for mine, for sure! Thanks for this wonderful inspiration!

[Shanita K.]

I love seeing all of the albums people have created. I used a Sn@p binder for my December Daily last year. I loved the size.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49433048@N03/8235942206/

[Keianna]

Jill, this album is gorgeous. Filled with lots of detail, color and whimsy. Love it.

[jpscraps]

Great album! I'm getting so many ideas!

[JoAnn H]

Wow makes me want to start my daily

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