December Album - Days 1-3

Hi there!

I'm up today with days 1-3 in my December album.  It's been slow going for me this month. It's been pretty busy at work and with life.  But, I am taking photos and writing notes, so it's just a matter of getting the pages done.

I'm working with the Simple Stories Classic Christmas collection and throwing in some old stash.  The page above is a mixture of both. The grey background is the packaging from a package of SEI diecuts that is a few years old and a Simple Stories journaling card.  The snowflakes are from the Classic Christmas Collection. 

The little 2x2 pocket page protectors are so cute. I had to cut this photo in half to make it fit, but I think it still works. The sequins are from Studio Calico and the sticker is Crate Paper.

For Day 3, I used the Simple Stories 2x2 cards for the inserts. I used glossy accents to make the windows on the house look like glass.  The "home" is fussy cut from another journaling card and glued onto the heart card. The journaling is on the facing page and I used Technique Tuesday  (celebrate), American Crafts (home sweet home) and unknown alpha stamps for the embellishments.

This is the back of the journaling card. I covered the "glass" image of the snow globe with more glossy accents and sprinkled chunky white glitter into it while it was still wet.  In real life it does look like the snow in a snow globe. The banner is stamped with an American Crafts date stamp and the holly is a Martha Stewart punch with Pebbles gems. I added a pen outline to the journaling card and the banner.

I'm starting to love how this album is looking.  I'm keeping it pretty simple, so even though I am behind, I have every confidence that I will get it finished before the middle of January.  Ok.  February at the latest.  HA!

Thanks for looking!
Sylvie