December Daily 2009 : Day Two (+ Photo Overlay Video Tutorial)

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SUPPLIES : #2: Tim Holtz; Basic Uppercase Stamps: Hero Arts; Joy Letters: Little Yellow Bicycle; Ink: StazOn Black Cherry; Journal Card: Jenni Bowlin


Today I worked with a baseball card page protector that was cut down to fit inside the 8x8 page protector that came with the album I am using. I really like keeping a couple of them "open" to the pages that follow. 


Here's a look at the page inside the album:  


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Here's the before image: 


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And here's a look at what the photo I put on the back of Day One: 


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SUPPLIES : Holiday Outline Word Art: Ali Edwards



I was thinking this morning about the process of building my December Daily. I was thinking how I don't always love the individual pages but what I do love is the totality of the project, the end result. Don't let a lack of love for any one page keep you from moving forward and don't let a quest to make it all perfect stop you from documenting the goodness of the season. 


As I begin opening up my Christmas tubs and transforming our home into a den of twinkle lights I am reminded how much I love to savor this season. 


Bring on the twinkle. 


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I also have a few new holiday things available at Designer Digitals 


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second volume of December Daily templates to go along with the first


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If you need some simple gift tags I created a new set that are now available at Designer Digitals. The downloadable file includes PDF files that are all set up and ready to be printed (in red & green). These were all punched with a Marvy 2-Inch circle punch


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If you are still looking for fun digital or printable numbers to add to your December Daily these Half-Circle Number Embellishments I released back in July would also work really well. 

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I posted a video tutorial on how to work with these elements here.


In addition I put together a short tutorial on working with the 25 Days of December overlays that I used on my photo in Day One. You can click on the link below to see a larger version. 





25 Days of December Photo Overlay Tutorial from Ali Edwards on Vimeo.


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This post is part of a series documenting the month of December 2009. You find out more information and view all the completed pages of my album here 

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  1. Ali Edwards says…
    12/03/2009

    Not at all! Go for it!

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  2. Ali Edwards says…
    12/03/2009

    My guess is that someday that page full of handwritten words will be someone's most favorite of your entire album.

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  3. Katie says…
    12/03/2009

    Such lovely wreaths! Today is my day to get all that stuff out, after a sick day yesterday. Bring on the twinkle indeed. :)

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  4. Penny Miles says…
    12/03/2009

    So enjoy your insight on scrapbooking. You remind me that my pages don't have to be "perfect" they just have to tell a story--I need to be reminded of that. Thanks for sharing your book. :)

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  5. elisa says…
    12/03/2009

    oh my gosh! i love this page. i think one of my favorite things about this book is that the page sizes are different and/or see thru so when the pages are on top of each other, the whole thing changes! i loved this so much last year, my whole 2009 album (8x8) incorporates the same concept.

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  6. Tina says…
    12/03/2009

    Thank you so much for the tutorial...I had no idea it was that easy!!!!! I just recently purchased Photoshop Elements and I'm so excited to start playing with those overlays!!!!!

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  7. Ali Edwards says…
    12/03/2009

    Hi Susan - I ordered that from http://www.cutting-mats.net/

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  8. Ali Edwards says…
    12/03/2009

    Hi April - make sure the file begins with "AEdwards" and not an underscore ("_").

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  9. Michelle W. says…
    12/03/2009

    Thank you SO much! That was very helpful. Now, is there a way to change the color of just part of the overlay? Maybe with the rect marquee tool??

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  10. Betsy says…
    12/03/2009

    Beautiful! Thanks Ali!

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  11. Juanita says…
    12/03/2009

    Thanks so much for the tutorial. I purchased the overlays but had no idea how to use them!

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  12. Fletch says…
    12/03/2009

    Thank you Ali - very helpful. You make it look so easy.
    awesome!

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  13. Tracey says…
    12/03/2009

    THANK YOU SO MUCH for the tutorial!!! I can figure things out SO much better when I can actually see someone using the program right along with me. I truly appreciate you taking the time to do that!!! AWESOME layout too! LOVE how you keep some of the pockets open...YOU ROCK!

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  14. Emily says…
    12/03/2009

    Ali,
    You are the best I was going to ask you if you could post some type of tutorial on how you worked with the digial overlay that you used on Day 1. Thank you - I'm loving this project this year because I'm actually do it!
    Have a great holiday season.

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  15. Erin says…
    12/03/2009

    cool wreaths! i'd love to know what your journaling says....care to share?

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  16. Kim says…
    12/03/2009

    Thank you so much for the tutorial. I have just started to learn how to do this and was on Designer Digitals looking for your overlays for a general holiday. I popped over to your blog and delightfully saw your post. It was so easy to watch and made perfect sense even though I am on a PC. Thank you so so much for this. I can't wait to try it out now.
    Thank you, thank you!
    Kim

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  17. Bluebelle says…
    12/03/2009

    Thanks for the encouragement. I didn't totally love my page 1 and I'm not sure what to do for page 2. I am inspired to keep going though!

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  18. beth lo. says…
    12/03/2009

    so glad day 2 is a "pockets" day. i got a bunch of really cute snaps yesterday when we got the polar express and christmas thomas train sets out and was wondering how i was going to just choose 1 or 2-now i won't have to!

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  19. Cynthia H says…
    12/03/2009

    I really like the photo of the Christmas boxes on the back of day 2. A nice way to document the details and something I would normally overlook! But my Christmas box is what I see more often than the decorations (since it is in my laundry closet and I see it every time I do laundry, which is way more than 31 days/year!)

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  20. heidig says…
    12/03/2009

    Thanks, Ali, for the tutorials. I can always use a refresher course.

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  21. Michelle W. says…
    12/03/2009

    I've had that problem before if I don't unzip the file first.

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  22. Sarah says…
    12/03/2009

    I'm glad you said what you did about not liking the individual pages b/c I'm worried about today. Nothing exciting....just a normal day...taught music class, did laundry and dishes, and about to pick up my son from school. I'm finding it doesn't matter that today wasn't "spectacular" I can celebrate what's the same about today, just as much as I can celebrate what's "different and special" about another day.

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  23. Lori says…
    12/03/2009

    Ali-
    Great tutorial - I bought the 25 day overlays from dd - am i correct in seeing that they can a brush too? i used the december 2nd as a brush and didn't realize they could be adjusted in size by doing the overlay after seeing your tutorial! sooo cool!

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  24. Ali says…
    12/03/2009

    Yes - absolutely (the brush file is included).

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  25. Ali says…
    12/03/2009

    Yes :).

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