December Daily® 2016 | Day 15

Welcome to  December Daily® 2016 | Day 15. 

A big freezing rain/ice storm caused all kinds of havoc around here yesterday and today. Katie's power was out for over 24 hours - luckily at this point we still have it here. Schools are closed so the kids were loving it. I was going to do a story about gratitude today but I think I'll leave that for another day so I can include this photo of some of our trees encased in ice. Beautiful, but man it can really cause damage. 

Here are a few shots around my house/yard: 

As a reminder, here's what Day 15 looked like as a foundation page: 

Obviously I'm still moving things around - totally okay with that on my end. 

Here's a look at what Day 15 turned out looking like:

I decided to go with a black and white photo of the trees along a portion of our back fence (photo sized to the full size of the page protectors + printed on my  Canon Pixma MG7720). I took a photo with a lot of sky knowing I could create a home for my journaling in that space. I also measured the size of that transparent label from the Paislee Press December Daily® Mini Kit and drew a box in Photoshop that was the same size and then aligned my journaling box next to it. The font I'm using for journaling today is Sentinel

On top of the transparent label I used the white letter stickers from the Main Kit and ended up with a mix of upper and lower case. A  Tiny Attacher was used to staple it in place. 

I used the "15" chipboard from the Main Kit and added some  Ranger Snowflake Tinsel Embossing Powder on top. Additional accents include a phrase sticker from Tim Holtz and a small silver star from a past Story Kit™. 

Here's a look at it outside of the album: 

In the video you'll see that I also ordered and tested out  a different hole punch (Power Punch) vs. the Crop A Dile. Mine ended up having some kind of yellow rusty liquid come off of it while I was punching the hole - not what I wanted to have happen. I also found it hard to see where the hole was going to be punched (even though I hold my Crop A Dile in a way that makes it harder to see too). I'm not sure about that tool yet - I tried to wipe off the yellow rusty part with a cloth but it still ended up coming out again on the next hole I punched. I'll likely test it out a few more times. You can see the size difference of the holes on my page above - the bottom hole is the new tool vs. the Crop A Dile that I've been using. 

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15 thoughts

  1. petrac says…
    12/16/2016

    Amazing pictures. Something just magical about those white trees and everything around them being in colour still. Love it.

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  2. elli says…
    12/16/2016

    Someone on the Facebook group said that there's a black door on the tip of the hole punch that says "open." I think it's where you let out the scraps. But if you open that and look inside when you punch, you can see exactly where you're punching.

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    1. terriporter says…
      12/16/2016

      Exactly what I was going to say. I have this tool and love it. If you flip up the little door that says "Open", you can see perfectly where you are punching. Even easier than on the crop-a-dile. Love the larger holes too. Good luck, Ali!

    2. AliEdwards says…
      12/16/2016

      Super happy to learn this! I will try again!

  3. thunderskies says…
    12/16/2016

    I had bought this punch a few weeks ago and noticed the rusty-looking gunk too, i punched a whole bunch of holes in the packaging it came in to test it out and it cleared up after 10 or so punches. Great tip about the scrap door, elli! i'll have to try that - i had a terrible time seeing where it was punching too.

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      12/16/2016

      I'll try that too!

  4. happytoscrap says…
    12/16/2016

    Hi, on your share your day list, there seems to be spam ads. Don't know if you can delete them or not. Just thought I should give you a heads up.

    Love your DD pages.

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      12/16/2016

      Thanks for letting me know - I'll delete those!

  5. carriecolbert says…
    12/16/2016

    Yikes is right!

    Carrie
    www.wearwherewell.com

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  6. Babz510 says…
    12/16/2016

    Nature sure is a wonder isn't it? Crazy beautiful but crazy harsh for the poor plants.

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  7. sharylgolson says…
    12/16/2016

    Hi Ali, first of all I love your house and yard! Your page today is beautiful. I wanted to ask you how to get those guides lines on the photograph (easier to trim), Thank you!

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  8. amorton63 says…
    12/17/2016

    Ali - don't give up on that tree in front. We had a bad ice storm a few years back where we had a huge black oak tree lose one of its big branches and we thought we would have to cut it down too! Our Arborist talked us into saving it and just trimming it back. Well for a few years we had what looked like a totem pole in the center of our yard; not attractive. Within the past couple of years, this tress has flourished with some beautiful branches and is starting to take on a really nice shape. Before you decide what to do, I'd talk to someone first.

    On another note, I can only imagine what you guys were thinking, it is quite distressing listening to branches cracking, scrapping and falling outside your house when you are inside. My thought when ours happened was "gosh it sure is beautiful" and the more we listened, my thought became "gosh this is getting expensive." We lost a beautiful Dogwood, an antique clock, a patio set, two grills and my FAVORITE flash light! :( Thankfully all can be replaced but as you are now, I was most upset over that tree but I'm sure glad I trusted our guy.

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  9. danjenn says…
    12/17/2016

    Yes, so beautiful, but destructive. We had an ice storm in 1998 that was the most costly natural disaster in Canadian history. 10 days without power. Happened just after Christmas. Everywhere you went, there were trees down, kilometers and kilometers of power lines (and poles) down. It was crazy. Nature sure is amazing!!

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  10. cannycrafter says…
    12/20/2016

    I was going to suggest about the 'open' door for getting exact positioning on that punch. Sometimes I also pencil mark the jokes from the page protector too rather than punching through it for alignment, that also makes it easier to see.

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  11. komalvarshney says…
    02/03/2017

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