December Daily | Cover

So I was checking my blog stats, and almost spit out my tea laughing at one of the search terms used to find me. 

left it in conference room B – friends quotes”

AAAHAHA!  I believe you are looking for this?  I love how my obsession with Friends and my blog have come full circle. 

Okay, back to December Daily.  I am happy to report that last year, I finished this project.  And I finished it before January 1st.  I was pretty darn proud of myself, and wanted to keep the momentum up for this year.  I really struggled with the cover, though.  I was inspired by those pictures with the quotes and words all over them, and wanted to start from there.  Didn’t turn out exactly how I saw it in my mind, but that’s a-ok because this year?  It was all about the stash.  Next year, I want to buy one of the awesome kits that is offered, and I can only do it if I use up some of my stuff!  You guys totally get it, I know that.

 

With the exception of the Veneer Snowflakes and the Handbook (and contents), everything else was from my stash.  The thing I wanted to use most from my stash was the Thickers.  I really wanted to use up the older ones, and thought misting over them was the perfect way to do so without actually having to use them (I know you guys get that, too). 

I was definitely going for the snowy look. 

As for the rest of my supplies?  Well, last weekend, I went to a scrap retreat at Camp Assiniboia.  I originally registered based on the fact that we got to bunk.  I mean, c’mon.  Talk about bringing back amazing memories of going to camp when I was a kid.  But in all seriousness, I went with a great group of gals and we had a blast.  I didn’t leave the lodge once, the fire was burning all weekend, the food was ah-mazing and all home cooked and the best part?  I got the top bunk!

But back to my DD Supplies.  The organizer of the event is a CTMH rep, and she gave some amazing giveaways to all the ladies.  One of them was an organizer with all kinds of compartments for my goodies.  It saved me going antiquing for a vintage tray, and even has a handle for me to carry my stuff around in!  Pretty perfect.

I will be using a lot of Studio Calico Wonderland in my book, as well as one of my fave lines of all time – October Afternoon’s Holiday Style.  I just want to hoard a million pieces of “City Sidewalk” and frame it for my Christmas Décor.

K I’m done.  Really excited to join all the amazing ladies participating in DD this year and to gather inspiration from each other.  Here’s to keeping this going right to the end and having one fabulous momento to keep after Christmas!

TFL!

National Scrapbooking Day!

Well wouldn’t you know… been scrapping for 6 years and this is the first time I have participated in National Scrapbooking Day :)   Everywhere I turned this weekend, there were giveaways, challenges, blog hops and inspo.  I could resist the challenges over at Studio Calico and got down to work (well, and the prize for completing all of the challenges – a $100 gift card!).  I got two layouts done, and one notebook cover.  Not bad for a Sunday! 

This one came together rather easily in my mind, but was time consuming to create.  There were 5 challenges, and since combining is allowed, combine I did!  In short, I was to use triangles as inspiration, incorporate confetti, get graphic by using a shape, put to work some alpha stamps and finally, use 5 or more photos on a layout.  I totally combined ALL 5 challenges onto one, because I knew I’d have to do another one for the sketch challenges, and also knew that I wouldn’t get more than 2 done.

So here’s my Studio Calico NSD Challenge Layout:

And here’s the cover I threw together for my notebook at work with the leftover bits of my City of Lights kit. 

I have another LO to share in the next few days from the Sketch Challenge!

How much work, if any, did you get done?

TFL!

Happy Little Moments – Page 1

Soooo loving this project!  I thought I’d start it off with a shot of me and my camera.  How’s that for a happy little moment?  ;)

In all seriousness, I bought the camera not because I wanted to take up photography, but because I wanted better pictures for scrapbooking.  The results have been amazing, and it’s been worth every penny.  One of the best purchases I ever made!  Plus, it allows me document all those memories I’m so fond of.

I’d like about 20 more of those Amy Tan yo yo flowers please.

TFL!  :)

Happy Little Moments class

I am delighted to be partaking in a wonderful online class over at Studio Calico called “Happy Little Moments”, taught by the wonderful and talented Maggie Holmes.  I love LOVE that we’re using old Readers Digest books as the base of our albums.  The official instructions were to paint the cover, and try I did.  Three coats of three different colors went on that cover, but I wasn’t feeling it – so I decided to go with my first instinct.  Paper!  And boy was I ever happy to pull out my new Dear Lizzy products and put them to good use :)   Here’s how my cover ended up.

The idea is to record those little moments in life that give us so much joy.  Maybe not Christmas, or birthday parties, but things likereading a bedtime story with your child, or the note your husband left you before work.  The little stuff!  A few of us were brainstorming on the message board about other things we could make this book for, too – like travel journals, engagement/wedding photo mini albums and art journals.

I’ll be back tomorrow with my next page :)  

Thanks for looking!

Scrap into Summer Event!

Just had an AMAZING weekend at The Scrappin’ Studio’s “Scrap into Summer” event! Kim organized this 2 day crop and it went off without a hitch! I had a great time, and it looked like everyone else did, too!

Here’s Kim organizing her Friday evening snack – popcorn in sandpails! Brilliant!

Me at my table :)

A few of the things I managed to get done while running the very-busy garage sale!

For the Sketch #2 challenge:

Thank you Kim for putting on such a great event for us, yet again! I can’t wait for next time :D

xoxo…t

Two things…

… firstly, check out this awesome, amazing, inspiring website I came across a week or two ago…

WOW!

…secondly. Organization is a favorite pastime of mine. So every October on our girls trip to North Dakota, one of my favorite tasks is finding me a new Day Planner for the upcoming year. I love nothing more than adding everyone’s birthdays and holidays (complete with a label detailing the occasion and matching clipart, of course) and color coding allllllll the activities we have going on. Yah, don’t judge me.

This is the lucky winner. I love the pink but decided to spruce up the cover a bit (since the inside is really why I buy it.

Before:

After:

I loved having the chance to use up my Heidi Swapp “file folders” although I was very disappointed to find that I didn’t have any pink left, only brown. Oh well, I improvised. I still feel like it needs something. Probably because I haven’t added any rhinestones yet ;)

Okay, that’s all for tonight! Now onto some reading. Apparently, I did not finish “Eat, Pray, Love!” I’ve been stuck in Indonesia for the past six months but am back now fully engrossed in “Groceries” journey.

- T :)