December Daily® 2020 | Story Seven

Welcome to December Daily® 2020 | Story Seven.

Today's story uses the prompt "December is..." It's a simple way to organize thoughts you might have in your head + heart about what December means to you. I loved creating a full page stamped background (and continuing that on the backside of the die cut).

Let's start with the process video:

Here's a look at my page via images:

In Product Play 4 I set up this Decemeber Die Cut (physical version sold out / digital version available here) as one of my foundation pages and played with paint + a star stencil + texture paste. This die cut is generic enough that it can be used to support all kinds of different stories in your project. I decided to pair it with the prompt "December is..."

To begin my storytelling I started with a 6x8 piece of white cardstock. On top of that I used the December Daily® 6x8 Alpha Stamp Set + Pendleton Ink to stamp/create a full page background. For my background I stamped out "December is" and one or two other words and then added my longer journaling to a simple white background card. I cut out a pocket from a page protector + adhered it to my stamped background using red line tape. A couple chipboard stars and one of the rectangle pleather pieces from the Main Kit finish off this page.

On the back of the die cut "December" I used St. Helens ink to repeat stamp "December" to create a pattern/texture similar to the main page.

Along the edge of my stamped page I stitched one of the December Daily® Half-Circle Fabric Phrases. I love how it looks both behind the stencil page and how the stitching turned out.

As I sat at my computer and typed up my journaling I felt a little like I was writing a poem. I love the simplicity of starting each sentence with "December is..." and seeing what comes out of my head and heart as I'm writing. For this one I wanted to include both the awesome + the challenging pieces.

Before settling on the plain white background for my journaling I played around with printing on top of the "stamped-off" (how I clean stamps sometimes) pattern/texture and on a leftover Gelli plate print I made for the Product Play 4 workshop. There isn't a right or a wrong - it's just fun to try some things out and see which one feels best in the moment.

My stamped off pattern before running it through the printer.

I also did end up adding a photo to the back of my journaling card. I had a close up of one of my poinsettias and used that for today. You can always include longer journaling on the back or pattern paper or just leave it blank.

SPECIFIC SUPPLIES

• December Daily® Main Kit

• December Daily® Die Cut Page Shapes (digital version here)

• December Daily® Chipboard Sheet Bundle

• December Daily® Alpha Stamps

• AED Pendleton Ink (red)

• AED St. Helens Ink

• December Daily® Tab Sticker Sheet (similar)

• December Daily® Half-Circle Fabric Phrases

• 4x6 Stamp Block

• Tim Holtz Star Stencil

• Titan Green Pale Acrylic Paint

• Texture Paste

BASIC SUPPLIES USED IN MANY PROJECTS

• Tiny Attacher Stapler

• Fiskars Trimmer

• Avery Index Tabs

• Scotch Rolling Adhesive

• AE Circle Stamp Block

• Epson PictureMate PM400 Printer (5x7 and smaller)

• Epson XP 15000 Printer (up to 13x19)

• Black StazOn Ink

• We R Memory Keepers Punch

• 6 Hole Punch

• Silhouette Cameo 4

• Red Line Adhesive

• Versamark Embossing Ink

• Snappy Tray

• Heat Gun

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