December Daily® 2014 | Day Five (And Story Kits™ Now Available For Pre-Order)

Welcome to December Daily® 2014 | Day Five. 

What's on my mind today are little stories. 

The idea came about when I walked Anna in to school this morning. We were holding hands and walking down the hallway and she said something silly and endearing so I squeezed her hand and she squeezed mine back. "Mom, I love when you squeeze my hand." she said. In that moment I knew that today I wanted to document some of the little stories that I've been noticing and thinking about the past few days - just little bits of our life that are happening as we make our way through December. 

When I got back to the car I opened a note file on my phone and started brainstorming some of these little stories and then transferred them to the journal card when I got home. 

Here's a look at the two cards I ended up with today - yep, a no-photo day because you don't have to include a photo every day: 

One "decorated card" + one "journal card."

The two pens I used today (I like the contrast between thick and thin) are the  Staedler Lumocolor (Wilna mentioned this previously on a podcast and I had to try it and I really like it and hope to have it in my shop sometime soon) and the Uniball Vision Elite. The Uniball pen is not a specialty archival pen - it's just my favorite regular old pen. 

Here's a closer look at each of the cards: 

So if you remember  yesterday I shared how I cut that hole where my computer screen was to remove what I was shopping for (I also shared that I backed that photo with this pattern paper). 

To add a little something to this pattern paper I used the rectangle box stamps (from the  kit stamp set) using red, orange and gray ink (repeating the look of the rectangle boxes that are already a part of the pattern). 

I also embossed using  gold glitter zing three of the outline stars and added one of the small chipboard glitter stars to the little window embellishment to cover up the back of the brad. 

On  the journal card I had already embossed the filled-in star using the gold glitter zing as part of getting my foundation pages ready. In addition I added a couple stamps to the top and then wrote out my little stories for the day.  

The tiny numbers on the stamp set worked great as separators for my little stories. 

Everybody has five little stories to tell today. 

Here's a look at both the cards in the album: 

And you might notice in the image above that I've already added something for tomorrow. 

Yesterday I picked up an after-school treat for Anna and ended up keeping this great little Starbucks bag because I love the color and the script and sentiment are awesome and it fits perfectly in the album.

I'm thinking for tomorrow that I will either make something to slip inside (using the bag as a pocket) or will add something to the back for Day 6. 

Hope you have a great weekend!

SUPPLIES

Click on the images below to link to the products used in this project. 

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STORY KITS™ NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

The big news today is that after months (and months) of planning  STORY KITS™ are now available for pre-order. 

So what is this all about? Story Kits™ are monthly, limited edition story-focused paper crafting kits designed by me. Geared towards memory keepers, these products act as sparks to help document and celebrate the stories of your life. 

Each month subscribers will receive an exclusive collection of memory keeping products ( click here to see a full list of what is included this month + images). The goal of the Story Kits™ is to encourage and empower you to craft the stories of your life regardless of your scrapbooking approach (traditional layouts, pockets, minibooks, etc). With that in mind, subscribers will receive access to a members-only area that includes educational content to go along with each monthly theme (multi-page PDF and videos that include how-to's and ideas for getting your stories told) - this is the same classroom as the Story Stamp™. In addition to the inspiration and education, there is a subscribers-only message board and gallery for support and sharing your stories and projects made with the kits.

BONUS | Subscribe to BOTH the  Story Kit™ and Story Stamp™ and receive the Digital Story Kit™ FREE (see image below). Your free Digital Story Kit™ will be available on or around the 15th of each month in your dashboard under "My Digital Files" for download.

In addition to the  Story Kit™ and Story Stamp™ I will also be offering a Digital Story Kit™ subscription that will become available on December 15th. This will be a monthly subscription (meaning you subscribe and then it will continue to be auto-delivered to you until you let us know you want to cancel) for $19.99 and you will have access to the same education as the other Story subscriptions.