December Daily™ 2012 | Day One
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Getting the first page done always feels so good.
I had to laugh when I looked back and read my post from last year where I noted that Simon woke up at 6am to open his Advent calendar first thing. He totally did that today too.
I liked starting last year with a sentiment so I went with that again this year for the page opposite my December 1 journal card:
I love the movie Elf. My sentiment this year comes from a quote in that movie: "The best way to spread Christmas cheer, is singing loud for all to hear." I created a PNG file repeating that sentence, re-colored it light grey and printed it on photo paper for the background. This was adhered to the back of a cardboard page I'd put together when creating my foundation pages.
I've included the PNG file for you to download below:
>> DOWNLOAD THE CHRISTMAS CHEER PNG FILE HERE.
If you need additional information on working with PNG files, including recoloring, check out this post.
On top of the text background I added American Crafts/Crate Paper red chipboard letters, silver glitter tape and I used silver thread in my sewing machine (thank you Pinterest for that idea).
My journal card includes ticket stubs from our adventure to watch Wreck It Ralph.
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Love it! Thanks also for the file, it will definately get used. I made a bunch of vellum inserts for my album that have movie quotes. I used one from Elf, the one about smiling.
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Megan,
You can see them here.
http://thepicinicbasket.blogspot.com/2012/11/december-daily-2012-ready-to-go.html
Babz
I'd love to see your quote pages.
Love this...great idea!!
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we went to wreck it ralph also!!! love the spread!
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Love the first page. I'm new to using a sewing machine, and I was wondering if you need to use a different needle when sewing onto the chipboard?
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Love it! My 17 yo waited for everyone to be up yesterday for her turn, but my 7 yo came in at 6:30 am to ask if she could open hers today. :)
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Just introduced Mags to Elf this morning! Definitely a fave around here. Thanks for the download! Love your pages--do you use certain type of thread? Got the same sewing machine you use and am excited to try it out. Thanks so much!
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Love the use of the movie ticket. Love the smaller format too!
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Love it! We saw Wreck It Ralph too, and both young and old enjoyed it!
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Question Ali, when you sew onto the chipboard do you use a heavier needle on your sewing machine???
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How thoughtful of you to give us a free PNG file.
Thanks so much.
Love your first spread. I really like the 4 x 6 size this year.
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Love your first page, thank you for the download - I got Elf dvd last week, so fun, will totally use that in my DD :) x
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I love your first page and that quote! I was working on a pillow with that quote for this year (not quite finished!) Thank you for encouraging the small size of the album, it has made me feel like I can actually do it!
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Love this Ali. It looks so clean and festive!
Elaine Allen
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Nt to see wrck it Ralph yesterday too! Loving this size. It was so quick and easy!
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Thank you so much for the download, Ali! I love the ELF movie, too :-)
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I am very new to digital scrapbooking. I have photoshop 11 and when trying to get the free download that you posted today I cannot get it to open. I get a message that says it is the wrong type of file. When I saved it I just picked the save as that opened up automatically. I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks!
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Never mind I figured it out.
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Watched Elf ourselves late last night so the PNG download is perfect! Thanks so much and I'm so excited to get started - finally! I feel like I've been waiting forever!
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Love Elf. It's my favourite Christmas movie. I am totally going to use your freebie - thank you so much!
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Gorgeous as always!! Thank you for the file.. Happy December xx
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Thx for a chance to win - Merry Christmas!
I'm already sorry I'm not doing DD this year :~(
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Such a simple beautiful page.
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