Decmber Daily™ 2011 | Day Eight
Tags:Welcome to December Daily™ 2011 | Day Eight.
Today I felt like playing.
I've long been a fan of square collages - for photos, for embellishments, and often times ones that include a bit of both.
Today I decided to stick with embellishments and had fun digging through my holiday stuff to add to the simple collage.
I know one of the first questions you might have is about the background stamp.
Here's the details on the stamp:
You could definitely make the same grouping with one single square stamp repeated to create a larger square or rectangle.
I've had this stamp for a long, long time now. I still love it and get excited to use it on a project. I did find it one place online (I've never purchased from this place and don't anything about them except they popped up on a google search for the stamp): Expressions In Ink.
UPDATE |I heard from the owner of Expressions In Ink this morning (I had linked to them in my post today as a source for the 9-square block stamp). Michelle let me know that she and her husband purchased the Stamp It! line back in 2005 and have since added hundreds of designs. They have several block group stamps available here (super cool). Thanks for connecting with me Michelle!
Here's a close up of that collage:
Products (starting at the top left and working across): American Crafts Foil E, AE/TT Holiday In A Box Stamp using Colorbox Silver Ink, bits of ribbon, Santa button from Evalicious, chipboard star with Martha Stewart silver and gold glitter on top (actually did that one the other night when I glittered those words I hung next to the front door), Pebbles wood button, Jenni Bowlin Black Doily Flower, Pebbles Twist Ties (with a line of stitching on top), and words from my 25 Moments stamp set (also in Colorbox Silver Ink).
For the second page I added a bit of journaling about how I was feeling today:
A couple little black and white word stickers stitched along the top + jouranling + a combo of those Pebbles Twist Ties and ribbon along on the bottom.
Here's what it looks like in the album:
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Simply awesome!!! I love the white space! So important in a book full of memories... thank you for reminding us of the simple things in life...
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clean and simple, I love this page !!
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What a awesome collage !!!
I love the squares, too !
I ve made my page very quickly this morning before going to work, and i would do just journaling, but my daughter has received a gift from her boyfriend ... too cute, she is 8 !!! So, the journaling page will be for next week ;-))))
Thanks for the links, i love visiting others websites !!!
Kisses from France
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Thank you Ali fro creating this project...I love to look back and see all the documentation of just Life at such a wonderfuk time of the year.
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so wonderful! so inspiring! thank you for sharing your beautiful work.
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I love the simplicity of today's page. It just reminds me that I don't need to fill every open space with something.
Thanks Ali and have a great day!
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Very Pretty Ali. Last night I got together with a friend of mine who is also making a December album and we brought ours to share with each other --- so fun!
Hoping you find your twinkle today.
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I love those squares, might use that idea for a card I need to make.
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Awesome Ali!
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Wish I still had kids at home to make a journal about. A little harder when you are a grandma with long distance contact! I love all the inspiration and ideas. And I like how you used the Hero Arts stamp as a background. They make the best back ground stamps. Wishing you a great holiday season.
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I love the pages when you 'play!' You are the queen of white space and that column of journaling is perfect. I hope the stress winds down very soon and you have a wonderful weekend with Simon and Anna. Hugs!
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This is my favorite of your pages yet. Love the simplicity. Love the playing. Love the honestly. Sending you lots of twinkle today!
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Oh, I love this layout! All of the white space, and red trim. Yummy! Thank you so much for the inspiration. I love the collage. Thank you so much for the inspiration. I look forward to it every day.:)
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Gorgeous. Stampit is an Australian company http://www.stampit.com.au/view/home so if you can't pick it up there you may be able to search their site :-)
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THis is by far my favorite page to date!
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Another wonderful Dec Daily spread - thank you so much for sharing. Praying that you get the peace,joy and sparkle you deserve - you are the best!
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Love that stamp Ali! Hmmm, how can I fake it? :)
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Love it!!
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Love this. It's so IN THE MOMENT. Exactly what this project is meant to capture, I think.
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Wow, I just LOVE this. It's great for those what do I do today or didn't take a picture day. I am hoping to catch up this weekend and I am definitely doing this. Enjoy the weekend.
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