Last December Daily Pages

Hi y'all!
The last pages of my December Daily album! They are finally here and we are all done and dusted now!

21st: Will's Dad wanted to visit Mum and Dad for Christmas so we had a little day outing to Wgong. Fun stuff: Had to use the giant snowman in my album! I love him!
22: Sneaking in some last minute baking before Christmas is really here! I made these mini Christmas Cakes and they were Yummo! Fun stuff: being able to see the "My favourite time of the year" rub-on, which is on the following day's LO, from this page. I like that about this odd-page album (if you couldn't already tell!) {tongue in cheek}23: Jai and I almost made it to Wgong to see Dad sing in his work choir, missed it by about 15 mins! D'oh! I know now how hard it is to make a deadline with a baby in tow, LOL! It's ok, we still made it in time for a coffee and some last minute Christmas shopping! Fun stuff: Using up a multitude of tags in this album! Hooray {party hooters going} cos I actually finished a page of Basic Grey tags!!
24th: Everyone else arrives for Christmas. Fun Stuff on this layout: one of the badges Lotti gave me in the Christmas Swap, washi tape (love it) and the snowmen stickers. They are so cute!
25th: Christmas Day!! I didn't get many pics of Jaimeson opening presents, which was a bummer. I needed a personal photographer for the day! I like all the pics on this LO though, I think they really convey our Christmas Day- family, food and fun!

That's it {phew!} all done for 2011 December Daily! Will I do it again? I think so!
:) C

December Daily Pages (I'm still posting!)

Hi y'all!
Yes I am still posting my December Daily Album pages! I finished it in early Jan but hadn't taken the pics! So here are a few more pages for you to enjoy {smiles}


16th: some pictures of our little Christmas Tree. Looks really nice with all the lights on! Fun stuff on this LO: the white rub ons on the black chipboard pages. They look really good!
17th: Chambers Family Christmas Party. Fun stuff: using up one of my ginormous 3D sticker collection. No truly, I could open my own shop. Go on, dare me to. I'd make a fortune {giggles}.
18th: The beautiful bauble I made for Jaimeson using his handprint (thank you Pinterest!). Fun stuff: I love that sweet glitter chipboard snowflake! And the arrow-shaped page on the right. Don't be confused, you can see a bit of the LO for the 19th underneath the arrow page. I like that tho. And here is the rest of the 19th's layout....19th: my sweet little Santa Baby! And Hotel d'Lam all decked out in Fairy Lights. Fun stuff: getting to use that massive white Christmas rub-on I've been hoarding for years. {high five!} I'm bummed about the bauble rub-on on the left page tho. It's Hambly and was on special at the Scrapbooking shop in Yamba, and on special for a reason, cos they are so old they don't rub on anymore. Or should I say, they just rub right off again! {grrr!} It started flaking off as soon as I rubbed it on {not happy Jan!} I sticky taped right over this one so the bits would stay in place. It's actually worked out quite nicely tho, cos you can't see the tape {score!} 20th: Posting off my Cookie Swap Cookies to my friend Vicki in Grafton, and getting her package too! It was so much fun to do 2 cookie swaps last Christmas! I look forward to doing more this year too!

So I'll leave you in anticipation for another few days before you see the other pages. Don't want to saturate you with my December Daily pages!
:) C

More December Daily Pages

Hi y'all!
I'm happy to announce that I have finished my December Daily Album! Wahoo! {punching the air with delight!} It was on my "Achievable To-Do List" and I finished everything bar one (taking ebay pics) but I feel like I did lots of other things that I hadn't put on my list so I'm still a happy chappy! Why did I title a list "Achieveable"? Cos usually my lists are acres long and I list everything I need to do (like... everything I need to do in life, LOL!) and it would take me forever to do it all and I never get the time then I feel bad about it, so an "Achieveable" list was a better plan. And it worked! I am super happy with what I did! I should do another list to do by the end of this week now!
So here are some more pages from my December Daily album.Day 12: Out to dinner with Will's Dad and brother & sisters. Benny always takes us out for interesting Chinese, but he always orders Sweet & Sour Pork and chicken fried rice for me. LOL! I'm such a cliche whitie! {tongue in cheek!} Tho I have eaten Goat once at his dinners! And chilli crab, and this time they had mango beef (imagine a chunk of mango inside a rolled up minute-steak), a little weirdly textured but not too bad! Fun Stuff: the "HO HO HO" border was all around a 12x12 paper which I'd had for years and thought I would never use. I cut the border off and used it like a decorative strip and used the white paper inside to layer a pic on another layout! Sweet!Day 13: Jai and I had a day trip to Wollongong to visit Mum and Dad before the Christmas rush of visitors. Fun stuff: That sweet angel sticker, which I've had for eons! And I love the paper with the tiny presents on it. Cute!
Day 14: Willy's Birthday! You can read all about that in a previous post, it was a great day anyway {smiles}. Fun stuff: clear acetate page on the right! Love the number stickers with the heart and spade on them :) Suits boy pages!
Day 15: Baking my cookies for our family Cookie Swap. Fun stuff: the acetate page again! It was fun lining up the embellishments so that they overlapped on each side of the acetate and the pages would still look good (and not like the "back side" of the other page! The acetate adds an interesting dimension to my album!
How is your week treating you so far? Still doing Project 365? I am!
:) C

December Daily Pages

Hi y'all!
Have you thought I've forgotten my December Daily Album? I haven't! But I have been Scrapping it slowly, slowly! {sigh!} I am trying to do about a million projects all at one time. December Daily, Vintage Sheet Quilt, Felt Christmas Ornaments, Pinterest inspired Projects, Birthday Invites.... Why do I do this? Why can't I just stick to one? {staring blankly into mirror}. Honestly, sometimes I get so distracted (and it's not by staring at my reflection, LOL! Thought that's one of Jai's fave passtimes!)!DAY 8: Wrapping Presents. Check out that beautiful ribbon! It's from Costco. I {heart} Costco. 47m (yes, forty seven metres- no typo) for $8.70. WIN {punching the air with fist!} Fun stuff on this LO: the giant snowman sticker. I was going to write on that area then I thought if I didn't stick the snowman there then I'd never use him. So there he is!
DAY 9: Getting Pixifotos done in Parramatta. Our first Pixifoto! And they are sweet ones too :) They'd better be for $300 {ouch!} Yeah, we got a few. Fun Stuff: the little tag on the right hand page which forms the whole right hand page! Yep, it's a cool tiny page. I like that. It lets you see nicely through to day 10 too. The mittens badge- from Lotti in the swap! Thanks Lotti! The 3 sweet snowmen stickers- they are supposed to represent the 3 of us. Will's snowman has a moustache, mine is short and fat (LOL!) ok, I'm thinking that doesn't quite represent me (modest!) but she has 2 sweet little birds on her shoulder and i liked that, then the third tiny snowman for Jai.
DAY 10: My gingerbread ornament. I'm still proud of it! LOL! Fun stuff: I love the little santa on that journal spot (on the tiny tag page). He's so sweet!
DAY 11: The Children's Christmas Service at Church. Fun stuff: I {heart} the red shiny paper on the left page. It's actually a piece of Christmas wrapping paper that my old flatmate Vishal wrapped my Christmas present in. I saved the paper cos I loved it! It's Kraft with red foil print. I am so happy to get to use some in my album! I have more so maybe next December Daily I'll bring it out again! LOL! And one of Yvette's journal spots. Which feature quite prominantly in my album!
Hope you're having a good week!
:) C

Bloggy Advent Calendar DAY 22

Can it be? Can it be? Only 3 sleeps til Christmas! Somebody slow the clock down!
Here are a couple more pages from my December Daily album!Day 6: Here is my Reindeer Car! {giggles!} I know a lot of you out there hate the Reindeer car, and I have to admit, the first year I saw them I thought they were soooo ridiculous. But last year I couldn't resist the pull of the Antlers and Red Nose! I bought myself a set and displayed them proudly on my little yellow car {slight sobbing at the memory of my favourite car} and nodded in mutual appreciation any time I pulled up at Traffic Lights beside another Reindeer car, or crazily pointed one out to Will {wildly waving arms in direction of Reindeer Cars}. This year I dug them out again and attached them to my new car. YAY! Will even got a set too! I think there are less of them out there this year, and also they have gotten tiny, the Antlers I've seen on some cars are teeny! Will saw a whole fleet of Repco cars with them on, LOL!
How cute is that 3D Reindeer sticker with Pom Pom feet {hugs}. Love him! Though he does make the album very chunky. But that's the fun of it right? To be all awkward and mis-matched?DAY 7: Our Santa photo! Love that Santa. His real beard was so awesome! Oh I love the glittery green page, its a Nestabilities shape, and I just cut 2 and stuck them together to make a cool page for the album! Noice!
:) C

Bloggy Advent Calendar DAY 20

Hi y'all!
I finally got more pics printed for my December Daily album. Hurrah {clapping hands}. So here are some more pages for you..
Day 3 was just a regular day for Jai and I. We got some pics printed at BigW and did the grocery shopping. I decided to keep a "regular" day in the album, to show that we don't always do super fun and exciting things! LOL! I love those "painted" holly stickers, not sure why but they really appeal to me. Maybe it's their giant size?Day 4: Will, Jai and I went Christmas lights shopping. Jai really loved looking around at all the beautiful lights! I don't really like the left hand page of this LO, it's got too much white area, but its ok I'll deal with it {laying back on couch in therapist's office}! That snowman sticker I've had for eons, no really I have. I love how cool the white rub-on looks on the black chipboard!Day 5: Well, Yvette, you said the hospital visit would make for an interesting December Daily entry! Only I didn't get a pic in hospital (funnily enough, it wasn't top of my mind), but I did get a pic of us in our delightful face masks once we got home! Oh I am so glad we had a quick recovery {shuddering at memory of being sick}. I left the right side LO as a plain printed page and I really like it. Especially after the very busy day 4 LO, I think it helps to keep the album a bit balanced. And the word "JOY" appears a lot in my album! I have a lot of embellishments that say Joy, apparently. And I'm feelin' it! Are you feelin' it?
Joy to The World!
:) C

Bloggy Advent Calendar DAY 10

For today's Advent Calendar post, I present you with the first 2 layouts of my December Daily album! Hooray {streamers flying across room and confetti falling from the ceiling!} I am loving finally getting to do some pages in it! And what a perfect way to start the album off, with a pic of a fun outing with Granny and Papa! Fun stuff on this LO- washi tape, 3D sticker Christmas tree with beaded branches, the beautiful "Seasons Greetings" white rub-on that shows up so nicely against the black chipboard, the red herringbone paper strip.And December Daily Day 2 was a Date-Day outing with Willy into Broadway for lunch. It was lovely! I got a thickshake at Wendy's and it came with this funny paper moustache attached to the straw! Too cool! {giggles}. Fun stuff- the jingle bells rub on ( I love the handwritten font), the candy stripe sticker border that I've had for like, centuries, the red snowflake rub-ons on the clear acetate page, the sweet mittens on the journal spot!
Deck the Halls!
:) C

December Daily Album

I just realised I'll be able to start scrapping in my December Daily album by this time next week, so I'd better get posting about it, hey!
For the last few years Yvette has scrapped a "December Daily" album, which is a page a day in December {duh, slapping hand on forehead} with a photo and some journalling. Not a full-on novel of journalling, or a whole wedding album full of pics, just a nice simple "one picture, with a few sentances" kinda thing. I have LOVED looking through her albums over the past few years, but seeing as my December life up until now hasn't been that interesting (read: work, put up tree, work, bake, work, etc etc) I haven't found it that inspiring to scrap about! Now I have Jaimeson I'd like that to change, and having the December Daily book to fill in will inspire me to get out and do more Christmassy things, and record them too! I never usually scrap Christmas pages, I have no idea why {looking confused} so this will be fun!
One thing I Love about Yvette's album is the collection of mis-matched pages that she uses. I think it looks really cool! And it encourages you to look through the whole album cos it isn't just more of the same. I'm totally working on that same idea with my book. I started with a black chipboard Basic Grey album I got on sale at Spotlight for $5. Not bad I thought, cos I loved the shape and it had about 6 or so pages. Then I went through my mountain of scrapbook supplies and pulled out all the Christmas theme items and have created a "kit" of them to reach for during December when I will be scrappin like crazy! I went through the kit and pulled out all the tags and papers that I thought were page-worthy and I punched holes and threaded them onto the rings that came with my Basic Grey album. I shuffled the pages around a bit til I was happy with the layout and voila! I am ready to embellish come next week! Well I couldn't help myself either, and I have already decorated the front of the album :)
My fave double spread ready to be embellished is this green sparkly Top Note cut-out (a Stampin Up die) and opposite it is a clear acetate square with a black frame. I chose those two pages to be for the December 14 layout cos that's Willy's birthday! I do love that giant red spot and the funky holly leaf papers too. Well, I love it all. I'm very excited for December to be coming so I can start my album!
:) C