December Daily 2009 : Days Four, Five, & Six

One thing you also might want to check is that the resolution of your photo is 300dpi (the same as the overlay). 
Ali Edwards
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Thanks Liz :)

Hobby Lobby still carries the sharpie poster paint pens. :-)

Yes and Yes! I am LOVING the process and I did stay up late working on my album to get caught up. This is my 1st time to do an 8x8 album - which is so fun. I am branching out and doing pic sizes like 8x8, 6x8, 4x4, I was so 4x6 ordinary before. I love how you do this - so that for the inspriration! I don't have my pictures in my album as I am using scrapbook pictures to develop them, so my album looks quite incomplete. Last night I purchased the vol 2 december layered template - which is really cool! thank you again for your inspiration!

Hi Ali,
Love your pages. I'm getting there on my December daily, my biggest problem is staying caught up. But I am determined to do this and complete it, so I will get there.

Had a big weekend with our annual Open House to kick off the Christmas holiday party season so rather than catching up I fell behind. But now that we're past the party I hope not only to catch up but to actually STAY caught up. We're having a very different holiday due to the loss of a dear uncle in October, our oldest son moving to Singapore, and our youngest son having to work Christmas Eve & Day. I hope my DD album will help us find the traditions we can still do, discover new ones that work better (at least this one year), and how to cherish all the little everyday things that make December such a special month.

Okay, I just posted 2 above here, but I just wanted to say "thank you" for showing us how to recolor text from the Yesterday Today class. I wanted to go w/ a brighter red for the text on my december 6th page. I changed the shade of red for the "today is December" text from your vol. 2 december template (these are great - if anyone else is interested!) It was sooo easy and now all matches with my brighter red journaling! thank you

i just finished catching up days 1-4 :)
it was fulfilling and inspiring to actually dig in.
i feel relieved to remember, that YES i can do this!
your pages are so fun to look at!
thanks-
a

OMG! SERIOUSLY! How CUTE are your kids!!

Hi Ali,
Well I was going to catch up on last years album this year, and yet I find myelf wanting to document this year too. Its funny cos I don't have kids and I thought I wouldn't want to, but I have decided that my christmas experience is still valid and should be recorded. So here I am taking notes and journalling again for December! Still no pages though....although I had fun shopping for Christmas stuff on the weekend. I have a concept - just need to make it happen...again!

Hi Ali,
I noticed that you embellished the back of the red Paper Source envelope that holds the two Christmas letters. It's beautiful. What did you use?
Thanks in advance!

Ooooh, never thought of that.
Wait, you say dpi but I can only select ppi in photoshop.
I got some prints back today from a local shop. I at least know that I saved the pics correctly as the overlays show up. But I'm going to have them reprinted larger because the text is a bit small where I journaled.

Hi Ali,
I am loving your album and am so inspired for my own. Anna is such a cutie. My girl is about 2 months older than her...This is my first year creating a DD and am really enjoying the process. I did Dec. 1 and 2 over the week-end and got started on 3. So I am a bit behind but working on catching up. I am thinking I need to try to make more notes since I have fallen further behind than had hoped to be at this point.

Just love your full page photos! I believe your beautiful little ones can sell anything! It has convinced this frugal, penny pinching scrapper to pop for the $4.99 enlargements for several pages. The effect is so very worth it! Thanks for the inspiration again & again!

I don't print my photos at home either, so my pages are slow to come together. Plus it's been cold and snowy so I haven't been able to pick up the photos I've already ordered! Ugh. Tomorrow, tomorrow...

I always love the pictures of Simon and Anna because he just seems to love her so much and she him. I'm doing my December Daily be still moving slow. Too much to do this month.

Hi Ali! Love seeing your December Daily come together! Always inspiring!
Quick question: Where did you get Anna's cure little knit hat?

So inspirational!!! Great pictures, so real and great design! I'm constantly checking your blog!

Hi Michele - it's from the Gap :)

Hey Kim - I used some clear ultra thick embossing enamel (UTEE) and heat embossed a Tim Holtz stamp :).

Ali, where did you get Anna's adorable hat?
Thanks, Claudine

I spent today getting caught up with my weekend photos. But I am curious of what you put on the back of day two.

Ali, love how your album is coming. I am journaling each day and about to print photos this week for the first week and add in. Am so excited about how this will look when done. I do have a question about your december overlays (sorry if you are sick of these questions :) I bought them last year and have not been able to get them to work. I have Photoshop Elements 4. I have opened my photo, then opened the overlay I want. When I go to put the overlay over photo it only shows the gray-shaded overlay. My photo goes back to the bottom of the window. When I click on the photo the overlay disappears. Is there a reason I can't get the overlay on top of the photo? It seems to either be one or the other but they will not "merge". Hope you can help. If not I will just print them and journal on them. Love the look of them!
Keep inspiring me with your great DD album pages!

Love how your album is coming along, Ali. No, I didn't get caught up over the weekend. I thought I would, but it didn't happen. This morning I woke to the most beautiful snow, and instead of taking a photo of it, I waiting, only to see it melt by noon. Darn, I missed it. I guess I'll learn. Hoping to catch up tomorrow. I will try to post on Flicker tomorrow as well. Gotta run and finish my Christmas cards to mail tomorrow.

That little Anna sure does turn on the charm for mama's photo shoots. What a little dolly. And what a blessing she is for all of you.