Kelly Purkey

Got caught up on my December Daily and loving the album. There are some days that nothing much has really gone on, so they get filled in with Snapchats or simple photos. I like that. It's going to be great to look back on. Still using up my Kelly Purkey December Project Kit and having so many supplies left over. 

Here's a look at the second half of my album:

I'm still making liberal use of the Attach-Me stickers. Since my big photo printer is down and I'm only using the Selphy, the Attach-Me's are the perfect way to add in extra 4x6 photos on days I want extras. Love them.

I'm so happy that when I pre-made the album I included little see-through parts. Like in this spread, it makes me smile that I can see Em + Baby O behind the reindeer head. Fun stuff, these little peekaboo parts. Going to remember to do that in my 2014 Project Life album.

It's been a calm + quiet second half of December but one that has been very fun and just how I want it to go. Time at home and great times with friends. A lot to be grateful for. Hope your month has been filled with the same!

You can see the first post on Days 1-11 here and my foundation pages here + here.

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Sharing more of my December Daily album. I can't believe that we're hitting the end of the month in just a few days. I'm not ready I'm not ready I'm not ready!

This is my first time pre-making an album like this and only putting together the foundation pages. I struggled because I usually start with the photos but it was inspiring to see what others were prepping + posting. And now I can't wait to fill it up! Just a reminder, I'm using my December Project Kit from Simon Says Stamp along with a Sn@p album. You can see the first five days here.

Still doing a lot of see through pieces in the album. I used my Kelly Purkey wafter thin dies here - Five W's and Merry Bright. I'm also obessed with the little "fa la la la la" border in the 'Tis the Season stamp set.

Planning on a big 4x6 photo to go behind Merry Bright. The die cut deer is from my Oh, Deer wafer thin die set.

I love the see through snowflake so much. I used the Simon Maryann snowflake wafer thin die to cut it from paper in the December Project kit.

The little tags are my 'Tis the Season stamp set that were made for the Simon wafer thin tag dies. Easy embellishments!

The deers make me really happy. I stamped one here with my Santa's Coming stamp set and added another see through die cut. 

Your December Project Kits have shipped from Simon so I hope you've started working on your foundation pages too. Link me up here if you've shared yours - I can't wait to see how you use it.

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Last year I put together + was so excited to use a little December Daily kit. Then I got really sick for a huge chunk of the month and on some days the most I did was take a shower if I was lucky. Not exactly what my December Daily of My Dreams was made of. 

Twenty Thirteen baby! Let's do this, December Daily!  I debated what size to use and settled on a 6x8 Sn@p album. Still thinking about a cover or cover page. I'm using my December Project Kit from Simon Says Stamp (for more details see this post) along with some other holiday stamp sets that we've just released.

After seeing Ali's post on her album foundation, I knew I wanted to include a lot of see-through pockets as well. I'm switching up page protector styles and leaving at least one pocket empty for a photo, then will embellish on top of that pocket if needed.

Day One uses my new numbers die with a 3x4 card from the kit. I added in the Tim Holtz rub-ons and number sticker, along with stamps from my Santa's Coming set.

You can see the circles from the die on Day One now on the other side of the page protector in Day Two so I covered the backside with patterned paper from the kit. It also got a rub-on and stickers.

Day Three includes a card from the kit that I added letter stickers and stamps from the kit onto. I die cut some snowflakes with the Simon Marianne die (some of these are included in the kit) and put just a tiny bit of adhesive onto them to make them float in the pocket. I'm already liking this see-through thing we've got going on!

The backside of the snowflakes come through on Day Four and I just embellished a card from the kit with rub-ons and stamps. I'm planning on adding the "four" onto a picture somehow.

December 5th is already marked as the annual trip to go see Santa at Macy's in NYC so I made sure it had some Santa-ness. I used the "All I Want for Christmas is You" card from the kit but added the Santa in letter stickers. The stamps on both cards are from my Santa's Coming set.

I'm going to try to show the pages in batches of fives here (still up in the air to include the whole month or just up until Day 25) but I'm already excited about how it's coming along. I am happy that we went with a neutral paper pad because it doesn't feel like my album is going to scream in your face color and it can easily work with any of the cards in the kit. I've realized that it's very my style - neutral bases with bright pops of color. It's how I dress and now I'm seeing it's how I decorate as well. 

So that's the beginning of my album! More to come next week. Kits are shipping this week so I can't see you begin to share yours!

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