December Daily® 2021 | Story 25

Welcome to Story #25 in my December Daily® album for 2021. 

I'm super excited to be wrapping up my album with today's look at the last few stories in my album this year. I'm working on a full walk-though of all the pages in my album to share soon. 

I also really loved giving myself a bit of extra time to finish this up. Sometimes I find myself rushing through these last few stories and this year I felt like I gave myself more space + time to not be in a hurry and I love my result. 

Thank you so much for being a part of this project in 2021! 

Let's dive into the video: 

And here's a look at how it all turned out: 

One of the notes I wrote to myself when I was working on my foundation pages a few months ago was to use this grid pattern paper to hold photos/words/embellishments from either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I'm so glad I jotted that down on a sticky note to remind myself! 

I gathered up a collection of photos from Christmas Day and cropped them to 2 inches wide x 1.75 inches tall. 

On top of the photos I added a plastic piece cut to the same size as the photo. Using washi tape I created a flip up and cut the label circle stickers in half and added them on top. On top of the 1/2 circles I used a Slick Writer to add a little detail. 

I also created little journal boxes in photoshop with a red border and added those in between/around my photos + their flip ups. Under the 1/2 circle stickers I added a puffy heart from a past sticker sheet (Evening Story Kit I think). 

The next page is a piece of Grafix Plastic with the felt 2 + 5 on top. I stitched those two together when I was playing with my foundation pages and then stitched them (in the same spot) onto the Grafix Sheet. On to of the 25 I added another one of the banners from one of the sheets of pattern paper. 

On the back of the felt 25 I added a Tim Holtz Rub On and one of the sliver glitter stars. 

The next page features a full page photo that Aaron took of all of us on Christmas morning. I printed that one 11 inches wide x 7 inches tall and then cut a strip of the Merry Christmas pattern paper to add along the bottom. I ran that through my sewing machine to add the zig zag red stitching before adding on the Christmas puffy sticker from the Main Kit. 

I got the snow I was wishing for during the night on Christmas and I was so filled with joy! After our Christmas Day photo I adhered the red pattern paper to the back of the photo and added a 3.5 inch circle photo of me celebrating the snow. 

On top of the photo I added another of the banners from one of the pattern papers using foam adhesive squares. I love this page. 

This year I decided to end my album with one of my favorite pattern papers + a little message: Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. So thankful for our family and for this past holiday season and for all of you who shared your stories this year. Thank you for being a part of this community!  

SUPPLIES

• December Daily® 2021 Main Kit
• December Daily® 10x8 Album (same size)
• Epson XP15000 Printer
• Scotch Rolling Adhesive 
• Fiskars Paper Trimmer
• We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch
• December Daily® 10x8 Paper Pack
• Foam Adhesive Squares
• Tiny Attacher Stapler
• Grafix Transparent Sheets
• Washi Tape
• Slick Writer Pen
• Star Puffy Stickers from Evening Story Kit (or add on)
• December Daily® Glitter Stars

SHARE YOUR STORY #25

You are invited to leave a link in the comment section if you'd like to share your daily pages. Please include a direct link to your blog post sharing your Day 25 vs. a general blog address link.