Bye bye 2018

 

 

Good bye 2018!

You were busiest year I've ever had and swear never to have again!

While it was all good for business, 

my blog, my craft, was forgotten and glossed over...

 

sooooooooo.... (bit glad to see the end of you!!) 

!!!!!

 

December Daily 2018!

 

  What a year 2018 has been, so much has happened and even though, I managed to find the most wonderful cover for my December Daily.

OH MY GOSH, 

be still my heart!

Cover and Base Pages

(and inside the cover)

I bought this off etsy 'Leah Rose Designs Too'  I was so lucky to receive only one of a few Nora made. I was besotted as soon as I saw it, and was able to custom order what I wanted in the embroidery, along with the 'December 2018'.  Why it captured me so much is because I lost my beloved 'Blackie' in May this year and my heart is broken. He has been in every December Daily since I started them (2007) and this remembrance will be his last. 

Inside the covers was an A4 hardcover note book with ruled pages, so out come those signatures.

I kept the hard cover because my Christmassy paper signatures will take its place!  Managed to learn how to stitch the signatures together off  youtube!

I managed to use all kinds of Christmas papers collected over the years, lots of favourites!

Inside the covers (we also lost our rescue Sparrow - 'Chirp' in March)

I placed Blackie where it looked like he was looking at the embroidered little cat

Then to cheer things up, did an introductory page of and image to suit my three  girls.

I managed to put their names on their santa hats! Sparkly red thicker alphas on Basic Grey paper finishes it off 

  1st and 2nd

 This December Daily is truly about using up all sorts of bits and pieces I have held onto for years!

3rd and 4th

5th and 6th

Stamped out some banner pieces and strung it together with butterfly washi tape

Paige's birthday - we went to an elephant sanctury - it was so beautiful!

7th & 8th

9th & 10th

11th and 12th

Love the Christmas tree patterned paper, it was perfect to showcase some of the ornaments I bought in Thailand.  

13th and 14th 

15th & 16th

17th & 18th

19th

I think from this page on, I realised that I've created too many pages in the signatures and could spread the days out by using one day on two pages.  Also, I only usually finish my DD's a day or two after Christmas.  I strung it out to the very end of  December LOL - had space to fill! 

My friend Tania makes the most beautiful cards, and if I can use them to love seeing them all over again, I will put them in an album.  Her Art one to me was perfect for this page - she so clever! 

20th

Thought the door was a great addition as Meaghan managed to come home for Christmas!

We had to let Santa know !

21st

It was really nice to do a couple blue pages!  A couple of years ago, I tried to stick to one colour for a December Daily, but I forgot and mindlessly scrapped away with other colours - it would take discipline, something I dont have when it comes to crafting lol! 

22nd

My, my, Hannah is ready to buy her first home.  I cut out some of the holly leaves from the opposite page and framed the new house with them.

23rd

I use a lot of washi tape in my albums, they make great borders!  

24th

The 'Fave Moment' is a project-life card, I've just used the craft knife to cut around the sentiment and them slipped the photo underneath.  

25th

It was nice to be able to do an introductory page into Christmas. Our day is so busy and we travel from one end of the state to the other - yes on Christmas day.

Had a wonderful big Christmas diecut to use! 

Yay for using lots of diecuts!

Tags always makes great frames for photos too.

I was crabby with myself as I didnt take many photos with my family. So I just had to use the blurry crappy ones I did get.  Still, its a good memory.

26th

27th

The whimsical Christmas tree stamps were cut out and coloured with Smooch Pearlised Accent Ink (they actually look like fingernail polish containers - but boy are they great to use!)

28th

Lots of good use of diecuts!

29th

Love using Glassine Bags - they have a slight transparency about them, it looks like the little tags are spilling out.

30th

Fancy Pants 'Stocking' paper was great to use as background, but also to fussy cut some out to use on the opposite page too.

31st

Just simple strips of washi tape made a feature of these two pages

(sometimes I have smooge some information out....sorry)

AND......... back at home....

Hannah put in a contract on the house...and it was accepted! 

What a way to finish the year!

Then, just to finish off the DD's back page...

Done!

Happy December!!

 

  

XX

 

  

Merry Little Christmas November Challenge

 

I cannot believe its NOVEMBER already!
I've got all sorts of Christmas project ideas especially my Dec Daily!

But for now,  taking part in
Merry Little Christmas Challenge
(anything goes!)

A card this time :)

 

See you here

 

xx

 

 

 

Cat Lover's Hop - Last Day

 

Day 6 Cat Lover's Hop

Sadly its the last day of the hop, and its been a blast!

I've even managed to find some scrapping mojo that has been eluding me for a while.

 

 

 

I've made a card - kinda with a Halloween feel

But its Blackie all the same!

 

 

 

DAY 6 GAME:  Do you trim your cat's claws?  What do you use?  Do any of you use SoftClaws, or similar nail caps?

 

Oh Boy! If I tried to even look like trimming Blackie's claws,  I'm sure he would stick his claws into me! There's no good even trying as he'd think that it was an attack, get terrified and end up in a frenzied nervous wreck!  Luckily though - he never clawed the furniture and never fought as he wouldn't stay outside.  Yes, we were lucky :)  

 

 

I would like to say thanks so much for Janis from Her Peaceful Garden for putting on such a wonderful HOP again this year - 4th year! 

Thanks so much Janis, and for your support in the background xx

 

AND thank you to all the lovely ladies who came by and left beautiful comments

They mean a lot

 

 

 

xx



Cat Lover's Hop Day 5

 

 

 

 

Cat Lover's Hop

Moving along quickly now onto Day 5 already!

Pop over to see all the sponsors of prizes and some fabulous projects!

 

 

Just some little Project Life Cards today

They will be lovely when I come to scrap a couple more pages of Blackie

Popped into a folder with an elastic strap to hold them in place

Lots of journal can be done on these (happy face!)

 

 

DAY 5 Game:  What is the strangest thing your cat has fished out of the trash or brought home to you?

 

 I can honestly say Blackie never did!  He never encroached in anyway. I think, he would have liked to be invisible.  He never took food off the countertops, or got in the bin.  And he was sooo scared to go outside (for fear of that door closing and shutting him out!) so I never got any trophies or presents.  A bird flew down our chimney once and he had heart palpitations!!

Blackie was scared of everything!! 

 

He was overwhelmed very easily

Luckily our atmosphere is calm and this kept him well in his world

Bless him

 

Loving the warmth, he would move around the house wherever the sun was beaming in through the window onto the floor. I swear he  had a daily routine with this!

 

 

 

 

xx