Documenting December | GoGoGetaway

I absolutely love this time of year but one of the things I loath is the dark overcast days. It makes photographing layouts a nightmare. Here are a few pages from my December album which I created for GoGo Getaway. The focus was to use the WRMK tearing rulers as the technique base.

I kept the technique quite simple as they are small layouts and I wanted the photos and stories to be the main attraction of the pages.

I've used a mix of old and new stash to create my album this year. However, mostly the papers are from the Simple Stories Merry and Bright Collection.

Happy Crafting!

x

~ Journal your Christmas - part 2 ~

Here we go for the second installment of my 'Journal your Christmas' Album.

5th Dec - My homemade advent calendar

7th Dec - A list of all the gifts I have bought or intend to buy

8th Dec - A collection of photos which means Christmas is on its way

9th Dec - Dad taught me the family tradition of making mince pies

Hopefully I'll have the next installment for you soon.

(By the way I have purposely miss out the 6th Dec)

Happy Crafting!

~ Journal your Christmas - part 1 ~

Well I started off with good intentions of getting my 'Journal your Christmas' Album completed by doing a page a day. However, it didn't last very long. So over the next couple of weeks I'll show you my pages as I get them completed.

1st Dec - A Christmas Manifesto

 2nd Dec - This is how I love snuggling up with the fire on when the weather outside is cold and icy.

3rd Dec - This year I managed to send about 50% of people Christmas Cards.

4th Dec - One of my favourite things at Christmas is when Starbucks bring out their Christmas flavoured coffee. 

Happy Crafting!

~ Journal your Christmas - prep ~

Well I'm going to admit that this is a bit of a remake as I never really got round to doing my 2009 album, so I decided to simply change it for my 2011 album.

I have used an American crafts D-ring album and added distress ink round the edges. The papers are from one of Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas (JYC) kits from a few years ago. To add the '2011' date I stamped with Peeled paint distress ink on patterned paper and then inked the edges. I'm really hoping that this year I manage to do a page a day or at least manage to get it finished.

In the hope of being extra organised I have also stamped all my dates on to patterned paper to match the date on the front cover. I really can't wait for Christmas, it's my favourite time of the year and this year will be extra special because it's the first year we will be in our own house but I'll be off work for the whole time as I'll still be off sick following my operation.

Happy Crafting!