Using Up the January Take 10 Kit

I have a 12x12 layout and an insert to share with you, using up the last of my January Take 10 Kit.

I created this insert from some March 2015 photos. How do I have such details for the journaling, you ask? Because I created this layout in the Project Life app last March right after it happened. I like to spend some time every week or two mocking up layouts and getting the journalling recorded. Recently I saved all my layouts to Dropbox by date. Makes it easy to refer back to and then delete when the layout is physically done. 

I had discovered the instaWeather app and tried it out on this photo. I journaled about the pictures of my son on the "Do what makes your soul happy" filler card. I thought it was a good fit.

This photo worked perfectly behind the wood veneer frame. I cut an "xo" from a card from the kit to make a little embellishment.

I was excited to have some recent donut photos to use with this kit! 

What do you do when you don't have any photos from a field trip to the theater? Photos weren't allowed. Internet to the rescue. I found a picture and used it for personal use only to include in the layout about the field trip. I added the name of the play on top of the photo, too.

Hope you have been having fun with your January kits, like me!

Holly with www.paintedladiesjournal.com

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"Wrapping Up" December Daily

I have persevered with this album. It is basically done (just need to do something with that Calendar Page from the kit! Coming later this week on IG. Follow me here to stay tuned!)

Went back and finished those "blanks", like Day 10. That Holiday Party with friends!

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun Tags, Shimelle Tinsel Bow, and pre-stamped "die cut" made with the Days of December Stamp Set. 

Another filler page for #14, a Polish family tradition that took place in November. Assembly line homemade pierogi making! We freeze them for Christmas Eve dinner.

And #18 was also a filler. I took all those random Elf on the Shelf photos from the month and made one spread about our funny, sneaky, sometimes naughty elf. I made those custom word strips in a Word document. It makes for super quick journaling!

Day 22 was dedicated to a Christmas Break playdate! Being a Stay-at-Home-Mom is way more fun with good friends around the corner.

Day 23. This actually happened after Christmas, but I had to squeeze it in this book. The Polar Express! 

Dec 24 with the Genc side! Lots of cousins. Lots of fun chaos!

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun Stickers, Paper from her Marquee Holiday Paper Pad, and an glitter arrow from my stash!

Some times you just have to include those less-than-stellar photos because they capture such a sweet moment that you really want to remember.

And Dec 25. Christmas Morning at home and Dinner with the Coulter side!

What do you do with that back page, when you dedicated a 2-pager to each memory? Well, I have an unofficial #26, I suppose...

I plan on making a Flip-o-Gram, or similar , later this month of the final, final album. Find me on IG to stay tuned for that!

Hope your holidays were nice and I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Previous Blog Posts:

December Daily Prep

Week ONE

Week TWO

Week THREE

Holly of www.PaintedLadiesJournal.com

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More December Daily Work!

I'm still working on my December Daily and back to share! 

 
Memory #8: We created a new tradition for a new generation. My husband's mom would take her kids downtown to see the lights and go to Crate & Barrel to pick out an ornament! 

 
Merry Christmas and Candy Cane stickers from the Heidi Swapp set. 
 In my last December Daily post, I shared how I've been using Picstitch to get lots more photos into this book. Those shiny tinsel bows are by Shimelle. Don't they just scream Holidays?

   
We worked on Letters to Santa this week!

 This is a print-out card from the Project Life App using the Merry & Bright set! Stickers from Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun!

 
 "Dear Santa" and Reindeer stamps from the "Days of December" Stamp Set.
 
December 11, we made Gingerbread Houses! My oldest had been asking to do this and honestly, I think I was just as excited about this activity!! I found the perfect mini village set, which included four little buildings. They each had their own to decorate!

 
Here's another Merry & Bright Project Life card printed from the App!  I added the Heidi Swapp sparkly letter stickers.
 
And my new favorite product to use are these little sticky attachers!

 
Day 12, we all went downtown to see the big tree, Macy's Holiday Windows, Kriskindlemart and more! Audrey and I had an afternoon tea with friends' at The American Girl Place while the boys went to the Top of the Hancock! Awesome Holiday fun.
   

I love adding ribbon or twine to these little tags from the Heidi Swapp collection! HoHoHo was stamped from the Days of December Stamp (that set has so many good ones!).

I added "12" to my Noel Take 10 Kits card for today's layout. Done and done!

 

 
I found those awesome Santa Letter envelopes at the Target Dollar Spot. Couldn't resist. We mailed them at Macy's this day.

  
Day 13 was a fabulous family tradition with all the cousins! We decorated cookies, made dough ornaments and painted a large mural!!

   
 
I added a Flip to one of the 3x4 spots to get some extra photos in from this fun-filled day.

 
 I stapled a bit of ribbon to the flip up insert to make a little tab.
  
Wow, my book is getting fat and we aren't done yet!! Ahem, lots of Amazon boxes full of gifts to be wrapped in the background.

I hope you are having fun with December Daily. And keeping up with other things (like wrapping presents).

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These are affiliate links (thanks for your support, purchasing through these links cost nothing extra to you, but sends a few cents my way):
Simple Stories Snatp! Photo Flips Variety for 6 by 8-Inch Binders, 12-Pack

BasicGrey Attach Me Stickers, Emerald/Seafoam

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun 69 Piece 3-Sheet Sticker Book, Clear

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun 192 Piece Glitter Alpha Sticker Book

Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun 18 Piece Glitter Tags


American Crafts Shimelle Christmas 8 Piece Magic Tinsel Bows

Heidi Swapp Christmas Patterned Paper is back in stock. yay. love this paper. It's 8.5x8.5, so it's great for divider pages or full 6x8 pages. And, it goes perfectly with Take 10 Kit's Days of December kits.  (Click on image for link)

More links to my December Daily product I am using can be found in my December Daily Prep post, here.

December Daily Preparations

I might be a wee bit excited to actually be doing a December Daily album this year. I even have looked up several of our city's holiday events to mark them on the calendar. We already did one holiday tradition last weekend (making pierogi with the Polish side for Christmas Eve) and this Saturday, we plan on attending the Light Festival Parade downtown, where they ceremoniously light all the trees lining Michigan Avenue. 

 

I'm going to show you what I have already set up to make this album go smoothly and get done! I knew I was going to be using the Take 10 DD sets and I wanted to do a 6x8 size album. I picked the Sn@p Simple Stories Teal album. As you can see, I haven't figured out the cover yet, so stay tuned! 

I am mainly using the kits but am supplementing with a few more items I purchased and some stuff from my stash. I ordered the Heidi Swapp Holiday Marquee papers that match her "Oh What Fun" collection, which is part of the Take 10 DD sets! I wanted these because they are larger than 6x8 and go great with the kit! Note, they are thinner single-sided papers. I'll show you what I did about that in a bit.

First, I started loosely laying out a 2-page spread per day or memory, with lots of blank space for photos. I have a mix of Simple Stories and Becky Higgins, LLC 6x8 page protectors. They are the very close to the same size, but you need to punch new holes in the BH pages. 

  

Then, I started mixing and matching numbers 1-25. Fun! I wanted a eclectic feel, still sticking with the same color palette. I pulled out my Sticker stash in coordinating colors, and used the Take 10 Days of December Numbers Stamps, get them here.

  

I put that lovely 6x8 calendar page right up front. It will probably not be done until the end, after I know what we did when! Below are a few more peeks at the foundation pages. 

  

 

   

 

And that last photo shows what I did with those single-sided papers. I cut two to the full size of the page protectors, glued them together and then ran them through my laminator. I also cut them down to glue to the chipboard tabbed dividers that came with the Sn@p album.

  

Next up, I got to work with the Days of December stamp set (here), making little embellishments to add later. Yes, I did a bunch of fussy cutting!

 

When I got to that "Believe" stamp, I really wanted it to be gold. I figured out how to get that with what I had on hand. Yellow mustard ink and Sticklers in "Crystal"  worked quite well.

 

 

 

 I played around with the snowflake stamp and Liquid Pearls to make a custom card. 

 

 And now, I have a bin full of coordinated items ready to pretty up my DD album, as I go. Are you doing anything to prep for a DD album? Let me know your tips!!

Here is a list of most of what I am using. Some of these links are affiliate links. (Thanks for your support!) I only link items I use and love! (click directly on image)

This is the Snap 6x8 album in teal that I am using.

If you didn't get the Take 10 Days of December Add on, the following items were from that:
     Heidi Swapp Oh What Fun Glitter Tags (18 pcs)

  HS Oh What Fun Clear Stickers (69 pcs)

HS Oh What Fun Alpha Glitter Stickers (includes Gold, Green and Red 192 pcs)

  Shimelle Tinsel Bows (8 pcs) 

   Pink Paislee Yuletide Gold Foil Words 
Pink Paislee Yuletide enamel shapes, Glitter Gold (17 pcs) 
  Pink Paislee Tree Clips, Gold (6 pcs)
Simple Stories Claus & Co Enamel Dots (60 pcs)
And here are more items I used:
Pink Paislee Merry & Bright Tags (note: the white is not as "bright" as pictured)
  Pop Dots
Xryon Sticker-Maker, Laminator, Magnet (many great uses)
Ranger Liquid Pearls, White Opal  Ranger Stickles, Crystal
I also pulled some cards from various Me & My Big Ideas Pocket Page Card Sets that I have. Here are some of the sets that I pulled from:
        MAMBI Months of the Year  Follow Your Heart
MAMBI Today                 This is My Life

Heidi Swapp Christmas Patterned Paper is back in stock. yay. love this paper. It's 8.5x8.5, so it's great for divider pages or full 6x8 pages. And, it goes perfectly with Take 10 Kit's Days of December kits.  

And here are all the TAKE 10 KIT links in one place that I reference in this post:
Days of December Numbers Stamps
Days of December Numbers Stamps
Days of December Kit

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Holly Genc 
www.paintedladiesjournal.com