To my great excitement my "Christmas in a Box" kit arrived from Shimelle this week. It was packed full of goodies and I just couldn't wait to start preparing my album!!
This year I am using a 6x8 D ring binder from Simple Stories and a selection of the page protectors that go with it. I love the grungy, vintage look of the Simple Stories Christmas collections and had some leftovers from last years kit. To these I added Shimelle's kit and some new Simple Stories elements. The overall look of my album this year will be muted reds and greens with the occasional bit of pink and blue. There will be Kraft card stock, but there will also be the odd burst of a more vibrant shade of those colours to make it still feel exciting. I want it to match but not in an OCD way!!!! I like texture and vibrancy and really don't like just using one collection. I like to mix it up a bit!
Anyways, today I did my date labels for the album.
These numbers are good to go. I may add additional embellishment like gems etc depends on now I am feeling each day and how they fit with the page.
These are made using Red labels from Jenni Bowlin, Countdown stickers from Simple Stories' "Handmade Holiday" collection and American Crafts seasonal ribbon.
This evening I have started cutting up papers to go in my divided page protectors. These are also from the "Handmade Holiday" collection by Simple Stories. I've inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. These lovely elements are double sided. I may not use them all, but I wanted to go ahead and cut them out and ink them to save some time:
I like to be extra organised for JYC. I've learned in the past that I fall behind unless my kit is all to hand and easy to get at. So this evening I am going to start that and get it in a basket ready to come out on December 1st!
I don't like to prepare my pages too much in advance as I really like to create something that matches my mood on the day, so other than the numbers and journalling elements I won't prepare any more now... other than pawing over my lovely stash as I lovingly organise it of course!!!
1 comment:
Well done on your organisation, it certainly helps with this project doesn't it?! My post that goes live later today talks about the same thing oddly enough.
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