December Daily - Days 13-19

Day 13

This was a double-page spread. The left page is a digital paper with a die cut tree
decorated with three very old charms, brads and jewels.
The right page is a large pocket decorated with a cute illustration
from a book, an embellishment from an old Christmas card and washi tape.
On the large journaling card made from 2019 Stamperia Christmas
paper I wrote the story of our last real Christmas tree in 1988.

 

Days 14 and 15

Day 14 has a fabric ruffle glued to the edge and a belly band holding a tag.

Day 15's background is kraft wrapping paper. The tag is held on with

a paper clip I made with the red truck image from a gift tag.

I made the two tags for these days from "Franken" paper - I collaged lots
of Christmas paper scraps onto a large base of paper to make a "master board." 
Then I cut it up into different sizes for tags and journaling cards,
covering the backs with coordinating paper for writing and adding
a few embellishments on the front. This is a great way to mass produce
ephemera for journals and also use up small scraps.

Days 16 and 17

Not much going on these days so mainly just decorated these pages.
The left page has a journaling card from an old Authentique (?) paper as
a tuck holding two tags. The right page has a portion of a doily
in the upper right corner as another tuck holding a Santa journaling
card. The little white frame at the bottom is from an old Silhouette
cutting file which I watercolored and added a Santa face cut from
paper.

Collaged tags using digitals, doily, washi tape, Santa cut

from journaling card

Days 18 and 19

The journaling card marking Dec. 18 is from an old Heidi Swapp
digital kit. I used it as a tuck for a family recipe we always make at
Christmas. The right page has a pocket made from an old
Christmas card holding several journaling cards. The day's
number is on a tag from a freebie printout I had leftover from
last year.

My journal is getting super chunky! Hope it will close at the end of the month!