December 2013 album-Each year, I love taking time during the busy holiday season to savor all of the amazing sights, sounds and happenings in our lives. These albums are filled with amazing treasures of Decembers past, photos, memories, memorabilia and what ever else tickles my fancy! This year, Heidi has some really cool stuff happening on her blog, in celebration of the December daily album! She has some fabulous free downloads and a photo scavenger hunt-both fun to include in your december daily album. Be sure to visit her blog and check them out. www.heidiswapp.com
supplies-Xyron 900 Creative Station (permanent adhesive refill), 500 Creative Station, High Tack Adhesive dots, Double Sided High Tack tape, 150 Create a Sticker (permanent adhesive refill), 3" Sticker Maker, Liquid adhesive from Teresa Collins Adhesive Kit, Heidi Swapp Believe 12x12 Paper Pad & Banners, Flowers, Embellishments, Alphabet stickers, Color Shine, We R Memory Keepers Cinch, black spiral binding & black sweetheart inker, EK Success Sunburst punch, Martha Stewart crest punch and Fringe scissors,Tim Holtz Bingo numbers, vintage seambinding and sequins, empty cereal bag, shipping tags, file folder, index card dividers, crepe paper, baseball card holder sleeve, 5x7 clasp envelope,
I am posting the photos of the finished album, covers and pages. Assemble each page as seen in photos. Using the Cinch, punch holes in all pages and front and back covers. Assemble all pages in order shown in photos. Starting at the top, begin to thread the spiral binding thru all of the holes.
**I left most pages with space for photos and more of Heidi's countdown downloads-(available on her blog www.heidiswapp.com)
***Special instructions for the fun techniques and the upcycling are below all photos of page layouts.
inside front cover, and front side day one and three of Heidi's free countdown download (page size Both) 6 1/2" x 4")
back side day two and four of Heidi's countdown and front side day 5 (page size 6"x 11")
backside day 6, next page front side of index card divider
back side of index card divider, and next page 9"x11")
back side (special upcycle shaker-see instructions below) next page oversized shipping tag
back side of oversized shipping tags, next page 6"x 9" page with fringe trim (see instructions below)
next page, 2 1/2"x 9" page and front side 5"x8" page
back side 5"x8" page and next 6"x9" with crepe paper ruffle edge (see instructions below)
Back side of 6"x9" next page 6 1/2"x 8"
back side of 6 1/2" x 8" and next page 6"x9"
back side of 6"x9" and next page is baseball card sleeve (see instructions below)
back side of baseball card sleeve and next page 9"x11"
back side of 9"x11" page and next page 6"x11" with banner edging (see special instructions below)
back side of 6"x11" page and next page is clasp envelope
back side of clasp envelope and inside of back cover
outside of back cover
(COVER)Cut office file folder in half, then cover each side with patterned paper and trim excess
Color Shine items- I sprayed vintage seam binding, flowers, frames and a shipping tag with gold Color Shine on my splat mat
6"x9 pages
choose 4 (12"x12")patterned papers, cut in half at 6 inches , then trim to 11 inches length wise
run one "page" from each sheet through Xyron 900 Creative Station
for the crepe paper ruffle edging -cut a length of black crepe paper 18" long, fold almost in half so it appears to be 2 layers of ruffles
adhere along outside of 6'"x11" page-taking time to finger pleat and push into adhesive-do this the entire 11" length
carefully adhere one of the other 6"x11" sheets to back side
paper fringe edging
with fringe scissors, snip the edge of a 1"x11" strip of patterned paper
crinkle fringe and adhere along 11" edge and adhere second 6"x11 sheet to back side
Border edging
run 2 matching borders thru Xyron 150 Create a sticker and adhere to one another, then sandwich between two 6"x11" sheets as before.
Upcycle Shaker
cut 2 matching shapes from an empty cereal bag, sew 3 sides, (*note-bag is super slippery, so hold firmly as you are sewing) fill bag with sequins, etc, then sew up final side, sealing the shaker * I created a few to fit beneath some of Heidi's paper frames that I sprayed with Color shine and one to fit in a slot of the baseball card sleeve)
* run the finished shaker thru the 5" Creative Station-applying solid adhesive along the entire back side-adhere to desired area
On the back side of frame that has been sprayed with Color Shine use Xyron's Double Sided High Tack tape for a strong hold-adhere over shaker.
Baseball card Sleeve page-Fill each section with pattened paper cards, an upcycled shaker and photos, as you desire.
Along the inside of 9"x11" page, close to spiral, adhere a length of Double Sided High Tack Tape
peel off protective strip from high tack tape and adhere the 3 hole strip to the tape.
What a lovely way to document such a busy month! LOVELOVELOVELOVE everything about this! The Santa paper is my favorite! Love the image and so great for fussy cutting! That way Santa can pop up everywhere! TFS!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | December 05, 2013 at 09:01 AM
Super cute album!
Great use of the folder
and all the materials
in it. Got to go get
my folder and get
started!
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | December 05, 2013 at 09:18 AM