December Daily : Day Two
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Yesterday I was inspired by Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas tutorials to play around with a couple things.
[ Christmas Red Stickles, Concerto Mask (this link also has a great video tutorial where Tim talks about working with the masks, prepping, what to do with them, and storage = super helpful), Brushed Courdory Distress Ink, Noah Alphabet Stamps from Studio Calico, Dot Stamp from Savvy Stamps, White Sharpie Poster Paint Pen ]
I enlarged a photo to 6 inches x 9 inches, printed it here at home on my HP Photosmart D7360, adhered it to the back of day one
and trimmed around the edge (the photos are glued back to back to
create the complete page). Journaled around the photo. More on the project featured in the photo soon.
For the second part of the spread (using the Scenic Route Kraft Photo Mattes as the base) I used Tim's Concerto Mask, Brushed Courdory Distress Ink, and a dot stamp to create the background. On top of that I stamped "on the 2nd of dec" and outlined each letter with the Sharpie Poster Paint Pen. Fun little experiment trying out the Stickles (great for holiday stuff) and I will definitely be using Tim's masks again.
Check out Tim's tutorial for more techniques involved in creating the second part of the spread (using the mask, the stickles, etc).
And here's the before:
[ Scenic Route Kraft Photo Mattes; random playing card tucked behind the tabbed photo matte ]
Scrapbook.com is celebrating the season with 12 Days of Christmas. Each day through the 12th they are offering discounts, gifts with purchase, etc....including giving away a trip for four to Disneyland.
Check out their deal of the day here.
Celebrate the season.Read more about the concept of a December Daily Album and links to all related posts here.
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Fabulous! I began mine on Thanksgiving. It is fun to do a little bit each day.
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Cool! I actually like that you put the photo of the second day on the LEFT side! Gotta try that, too. It makes the whole thing more "random"! And may I ask: What are you doing on this pic? I have no idea ...
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Another gorgeous page! Incredible photo-love that lighting. Thanks for being so inspiring!
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You are so talented.. love this page!
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I'm playing along and having a great time. My family is really looking forward to each day as well as they wonder what I'll choose to document.
You've really piqued my interest with that photo...can't wait to hear what the project is. My girls love sewing with felt anyway!
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I love the page today!! I have not been doing my actual pages, I've been taking photos and I wrote some stuff down, but I'm also playing with felt. I am making stockings that have to be done ASAP! Hopefully I'll get these things banged out this weekend and be able to catch up!
So happy too to see the calendar at Cafe Press? Is that new? I haven't seen it there before. I love the peace buttons too, I was thinking they'd be cute to include in Christmas cards!
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Do you use matte or glossy photo paper when you print at home? I have HP Photosmart as well and am having a tough time finding a matte paper that I like. ~thanks
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Like it Ali - love the picture
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very nice!!!
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Another yummy page! Thanks for sharing... it's turning out to be a fun adventure with you and Shimelle!
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Thanks for sharing another great page.
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Jenny - I generally use HP Glossy that I get from Office Max. Right now I am actually using the generic Office Max brand photo paper and it is working just fine.
Amy - the calendar is an updated version I did back in 2007 :).
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ohhhh lovely =)
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Neat -- what are you making??
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Great take on going from tag to paper. Thanks for a great idea.
Unfortunetly, my first week is all about the flu. My turn right now, but the silver lining, laying in bed and catching up on blogs.
Thanks again.
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love it ,I love your hand writting :)
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Great photo ali.. did you take it yourself??
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How long does it take you to do your page and then post to your blog? I saw this question on Tim's blog and he said 5-6 hours from the tag technique, photos, blog with links. That's an amazing devotion of time to your 'fans'. So thank you for all you do Ali (and other bloggers).
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I love that each day you're showing us what you are doing and explaining it. We've had such great sunsets here (Kansas) this week that my photos mostly consist of them and this morning's sunrise! I haven't done anything else very photo-worthy. Tim's tags really are neat.
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Hi Ali,
Thanks so much for sharing this project (I played along last year, too, and loved every minute) and for the link to Tim's tag project. I have never visited his blog before but now I am pretty sure it will become a favourite. You are both so talented.
KellyV
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