December Day 12

Hello again!! Yay, I am so pleased that I am keeping up!

I'm not going to ramble too much today but here is our day 12.

We had hubby's work kids christmas party on yesterday at Adventure World - the only theme park type thing this side of the country! A very different experience with little people to the last couple of times we have been but we all had an awesome day and were absolutely shattered when we got home!

The day included lots of kiddy rides, some water slides - shame the weather is not co-operating more it was not hot enough for hubby or I to spend all day IN the pool/on the slides, but the boys LOVED it!!

I decided on not using a page protector today just for something different and decided too to go vertical. 2 5"x7" photos printed and matted on a piece of transparency for strength and little bit of extra room to punch the holes without chopping off letters from my writing. The very few embellisments I used are from the kit which is available at a discount here. I did add in those sticky black tabs which I stamped and embossed in zing gold embossing powder.

Really happy with how this turned out! Can't wait to throw together today's pages as it was photo with Santa day and the boys were so excited!!

I hope you are enjoying seeing our DD come together and that yours is coming together (whether it be in an album or in real life) nicely too!!

Happy scrapping!!

Mel

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December Day 11

Yay!! I made it in time!! Haha!

Tonight I am sharing our day 11 with you :) Not a big story at all but just something a little special for this crazy season.

This time of the year is EXHAUSTING!! My big guy is winding up school and so very tired, which in turn wears me down, and so on and so forth with hubby and my little guy :) We were all shattered last night so a lazy take away dinner and a Christmas movie :) Well, sort of ;) The Nightmare Before Christmas - hubby and I love it but the little guys seemed less than smitten ;)

A very simple page today with a 6x4 photo with the day number attached, a 3x4 journalling card and a pretty, yet simple 3x4 filler card.

That's it for me for today :) I will hopefully be back again tomorrow with today's adventure which was a fun day out at a theme park for us!!

Happy December!!

Mel

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December Days 7, 8, 9 and 10!!

Well hello there!!

Sorry for the delay if anyone as been waiting to see my pages, life has happened over the last little while and time got away from me but I played catch up last night and today :) I have day 11 to work on (which is today) but am up to date again, woo hoo!!

Straight into it!!

Day 7 - letters to Santa

As I have mentioned previously I am participating in Shimelle Laine's JYC class this year and one of the prompts suggested taking the photo from a different angle and I came up with these. I just love them!!

Top is my little guy "drawing" and bottom, well obviously, my big guy writing Santa! LOVE this shot!!

The next "page" is a bag from my stash that I have made sturdier by sticking in a piece of plain white cardstock, then I punched 2 holes and made little re-enforcer things using some of the papers in my tray from the kit :) The bag contains copies of the boys letters to Santa which I have scanned before sending off and this is what they look like :)

I just added a cluster to the bag and LOVE how it turned out - especially that "joy" hanging over the edge the way it is!! Apart from the bag and letters for "Santa" everything has come from Michelle's gorgeous kit which you can still pick up here - be quick, it's on sale!

How these 2 pages sit in my album

Day 8 

Yay! My 1st shaker pocket! I added in the swarvoski crystal star just for a bit more bling from my stash. Everything else, again, is from the kit.

I am seriously loving just how much progress Jacob has made this year and his enthusiasm for all things Christmas and for giving!!

Day 8 in the album with the back of the bag next to it.

Day 9

A real, everyday life story! My Thermomix stopped weighing accurately so a trip off to the Dr. As a side note I got a txt yesterday telling me it was serviced and being picked up by courier today so yay! Hopefully will be back Monday!!

This page has a couple more bits from my stash - the alphas, the scribble circle and the red ticket I cut in half just as something to layer.

And finally Day 10

Yikes!! I was so spoilt in the card swap I participated in over at Kit and Clowder. My card is beautiful and is currently up on the wall with all of our other cards.

And Days 9 and 10 in the album together :)

I hope you are enjoying your own December journey and that you are enjoying seeing my album together!! Until tomorrow, yep, tomorrow ;)

Happy Scrapping!
Mel

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December Day 5 & 6

Hi hi!!

Finally, 10 minutes to sit down and blog! Yep, today is officially day 10 here and I have completed up to the end of day 6 :) I have stories for days 7 and 8, maybe 9 and a story for 10 so I feel pretty good about it all!

I am also participating in Shimelle Laine's Journal Your Christmas project this year and though I am not "up to date" I have completed up to day 4 - a whole new approach and am happy with where I am!!

So, onto our DD

Day 5

Day 5's story is all about me! Haha! Well, about me and a group of crafty friends who catch up once a month for a crop. This being December we decided a Christmas Crop was in order! So much fun! Our host was amazing!!

I really am thankful for this group of girls. I have never really been comfortable or confident in a "room full of girls/women" but this little group just works well.

I was up to a full 6x8 page so that worked perfectly for documenting the fun night we all had! All of the bits (apart from the red cardstock and the big alphas) are from the awesome kit at The Stamp Spot. And I actually used both the front and the back!

But before I show you the back here is day 4 sitting next to the front of day 5 in our album :)

And the back of day 5

We had a fun little photo booth set up happening, lots of decorations and of course heaps of food, chatter and laughs!

And onto day 6

Pretty straight forward couple of 6x4 pockets here. The paper I have done the journalling strips on is one of the pages that Beth so kindly shared! I have pulled out my electronic typewriter and typed up my journalling before chopping it into skinny little strips. I really like the way the ornaments on the paper don't line up but you can sorta see what's going on anyways!

And last but not least the back of day 5 sitting next to day 6 in the album!

That's it for me, thanks so much for stopping by! I have thoughts and ideas swimming around my head but I think a good night's sleep is higher on the list for now so till next time (hopefully tomorrow!!) happy scrapping and happy December!!

Mel

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December Day 4

I'm still trying to process the fact that it is indeed December so am having a bit of a What The moment writing this post!! Day 4, seriously?!

Today, in Perth it is raining! What?! Yep, rain! I can't believe it. Summer, where are you? Summer makes me think of December, water fun and Christmas!!

So, anyways, here today sharing Day 4 :)

Since it is the 2nd year in a row we have put Christmas lights/decorations on our front lawn I am calling it tradition, officially. Hubby cut these awesome trees from pallets and painted them while I was away at retreat a couple weeks ago and today (well, yesterday!) he put lights on them and along the front of the house!

2 photos, a journalling card and a title/pretty/filler card! Oh, and a 6x4 flip :) Most supplies have come from The Stamp Spot kit which you can purchase here, AND it's on special!! With a couple of things added from my stash.

That's it for me for today! Tonight I am to a Christmas Crop with a group of 6 other girls and am so excited. I may even have a couple of drinks!!

Happy 4th December and see you tomorrow!

Mel

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December Days 1, 2 and 3

Hi hi!!!

Well, it is officially the 3rd December in my little part of the world and I am officially "behind" but hey, life happens! As the title suggests, I'm bringing you days 1, 2 and 3 in one shot and voila, up to date!!

So, if you missed it, I am using the gorgeous, full to the brim Documenting December kit from The Stamp Spot. You can see my share of the kit and the start of the album over here and you can purchase the kit here.

So, since I have been really slow off the mark this year I will also share the couple of foundation pages I have put together!

First up is our cover page

I used those big gold alphas from my stash. Other than that, the "december" I stamped using one of the stamp sets available from Ali Edwards and my sewing machine everything is from the kit. LOVE this colour scheme! So pretty and NOT wintery at all!!

Also, the only other page I prepped is a "cover" page for the 25th :) I love how this turned out! Again, everything apart from the acetate and the sewing is from the kit. I just used a Martha Stewart border punch along the edge.

So, straight into it!

Day One - Left page

The very few embellies are all from the kit.

Day One - Right page

One of the girls that was on the DT with me very kindly shared some of the extra papers from the Ali Edwards kits she purchased so that ornament has been fussy cut from one of those. The gold thickers that spell tree and the green chippy tree and the stamping are the only bits not part of the kit. I punched the scallop circle from one of the papers and just trimmed down one of the sides of that super cute pink foiled card that Michelle included in the kit.

And both Day One pages together in the album

Day Two - A one pager :)

I'm not sure who loves the antics of our elf Pixie more, the boys or hubby and I!!

Day Three - Another one pager :)

The journalling sums it up - that's the story I chose for today and I'm surprised I managed to find another Christmas story, that's 3 in a row!!

And Day Two and Three in the album together

So, that's it for me for today!

Planning on "being on track" from here on out but, heck, life happens and I have my tray with all my goodies ready to go on my CLEAN desk!!

Check this out, this was before (and a BIG part of WHY I hadn't got started yet)

And after...

So, Happy December and enjoy making and recording all of those special memories that this time of year brings!

Melinda

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I made stuff!!

Hi hi!

Just thought I'd quickly show you what I managed to create while away at retreat last weekend. Not my most productive weekend but also not my least productive so I'm happy!!

First up here is a 12x12 and PL style page for Jacobs 2015 album. I used the Simple Stories "We Are Family" range that was in the retreat kit challenge. I love this range!

And the facing page in his album also from the same range, same kit :)

Next is our week 38 using the Simple Stories "Daily Grind" range.

And our week 39 using the Shimelle "Lovely" PL kit paired with the Shimelle "True Stories" stickers and the Shimelle rub ons. 

Oh, I only just noticed that one of those hearts have moved O.o

And then our week 40 using Simple Stories "Summer Vibe" 6x6 paper pad. 

I actually purchased some of the bits from this range for this paper, I just love it and decided rather than hoard it I would use it!

I did get another project completed but that is the frame I created for my little coloured fairy which is currently making her way to her new home so I will share after she has arrived but here is a sneaky peek!

And lastly, I got about 3/4 of the way through completing a DT project for Dusty Attic and again, I can't share it yet but here is a sneaky peek!!

So, thank you so much for stopping by and happy scrapping!!

Hopefully I will be back today with days 1 and 2 of our DD for 2015 using the gorgeous kit from The Stamp Spot :)

Mel

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