Hey! Valerie here with you today. It's the week before Christmas already….how did that happen? How's your December documenting going? Back in November I shared with you the cover for my album using the Record It Antique [email protected] album. Now I'm back to share a few of my inside pages.
Supplies: Lost & Found Record It collection: Antique enamel dots, Antique decorative tape, Antique 6x6 paper pad, Antique Record It! cards, Heirloom alpha & word stickers, Heirloom pockets. Mistletoe Magic collection: "Snow Flakes" paper, "Countdown" paper, "Trees" paper, stickers, decorative brads, chipboard elements, enamel dots, & decorative tape. Vintage Christmas collection: chipboard.Cut & Paste collection: Charm "Sweet" tiny word stickers, adorns "loved" clear stamps. The Sweetest Thing collection: Honey "One of a Kind" paper, Bluebell "Bright" tiny word stickers. Other: Merry & Bright cut file (Hello Forever), American Craft Thickers, vellum, wood veneer (Studio Calico), shipping tag, window envelope (Maya Road), small green alpha stickers (Jillibean Soup), gold sequins, doily, white & gold tiny alpha (Dear Lizzy), slide frame (Crate Paper), metal number (Tim Holtz), grungeboard 3 (Tim Holtz), Cameo (fonts: Cartwheel).
I chose to mix and match supplies from a few different My Mind's Eye lines.
My introduction page is a cut file from Hello Forever using a patterned paper from The Sweetest Thing collection. I find that when cutting blocks of text out like this, it's best to stick with solid colored papers or soft patterns as opposed to bold, contrasting patterns. The phrase will be easier to read.
I adhered the die cut to a sheet of vellum and added some enamel dots. The vellum adds some strength as well as adding interest with it's translucency.
For day one, I put my son's first paper snowflake into the album using a 6x8 size page protector. The back side, as you can see in the next photo, shows more snowflake making photos and shares some fun details about this time. I added the number, chipboard, and wood veneer shape on the outside of the page protector with a little hot glue.
Where's day number two you might be wondering? This was the day we did my son's pre-K homework after school. I'm waiting for the decorated paper Christmas tree to return home before completing that page. I don't always work in order when I make albums like this.
I also might not always record events on the exact day that they happened (I think I might have heard a few of you gasp). There's always a few days of the month where we don't do anything particularly festive, so I use these days to fill in with something general that could have happened on any day like pretty wrapped gifts, the advent calendar, decorations, or where our Elf has been hiding.
For day three I stamped a simple pattern on vellum using a gemstone stamp from the Cut & Paste Adorbs "Loved" clear stamp set and Brilliance gold ink. Then added my photo, number, and a little journaling with a black Sharpie.
This chalkboard message is so special and totally made my entire week. I'm so glad I snapped a photo of it and got to record it in my album.
So simple. I used a page protector with two 4x6 slots. In the top went my photo and on the bottom went one of the Lost & Found Record it! 4x6 cards.
Here we are with the vellum again. This page is similar to my introduction page. It's a die cut backed with vellum. The pattern is a lot more intricate, so I stitched around the edge to keep it all attached.
A full page photo kinda day with gold sequins and star confetti. So much fun! The chipboard banner is from the Vintage Christmas collection and was just adhered on the outside of the page protector. I like having these thicker embellishments on the outside as opposed to the inside. The plastic lays better with the thicker embellishments on top of it.
These are a couple of the filler pages I was referring to earlier. They could really fit into any "empty" day and numbers were intentionally left off until I figure out where they will end up in the album. The Dear Santa page is a window envelope where I'll put letters to Santa. I love using a variety of page sizes in my mini albums.
Another page that doesn't have purpose yet. It's a pocket from the Lost and Found Record It! collection. There's a whole pack of these library card style pockets in both the Heirloom & Antique color palettes.
One last one to share with you. I cut a coin protector page down to a size that would fit in the album. It's so much fun to fill the little pockets. I'm not sure if the number 18 will stay there yet, but it fits so perfectly so I'm going to try and make it work.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Are you documenting your December with My Mind's Eye? We'd love to see it.
Merry Christmas!
