family twenty eleven

most of you that know me, know that I've been a paper scrapbooker since around the time our first son, Collin was born, about 12.5 years ago.  Then about a year ago I switched pretty much completely to digital. Well, now with creating a few paper lines here & there for My Mind's Eye, I've caught the paper bug again.  I've been working on my December Daily {updated photos to come soon... if the sun ever shines here again!} & so I've been picking up supplies here & there.  I also re-subscribed to get the Studio Calico monthly kits, which I always love.  Today, I really wanted to complete a paper layout... just to make sure I still knew what I was doing ;)  I started off with one of our family photos that my sister Carol took just before Thanksgiving. I used parts of the Studio Calico December kit, some of my Kraft Funday, & some other misc goodies {some of my digi designs even made an appearance}

as you can see I sorta went crazy with another new "supply" I picked up a few weeks back... a sewing machine!  I've been an admirer of stitched pages for a long time & I'm really loving it!

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StudioCalico Brooklyn Flea	Kraft Funday Patchwork Party	Everyday Fun Admit One	Mischievous Creepy Celebration
Everyday Fun Borders	Everyday Fun Chipboard	Happy Days Brads	Everyday Fun Buttons
Happy Days Stamps	Emma's Shoppe Collection	Fun&Festive digital papers	Cool Kid Digital papers
Epson Premium presentation matte

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december daily {days 8&9}

12.8.11

on this day Lydia & I met Dan for lunch & a quick trip to the grocery store.  it seems I have tons of photos of Lydia, but not too much of the boys... need to work on that.  she's my constant companion right now since she is home with me unless she's at preschool, so many pictures get taken of her i guess!

12.9.11

on this day, we just didn't seem to have much going on, so i printed out some photos i took in late November right after i put up the tree.  we decorated early because my parents were heading to Texas Thanksgiving day & we were hosting an early Thanksgiving/Christmas/Anniversary party with the family.  I still want our holiday decor to be part of the album, so I think I'll add in photos like this in on "slow" days.

{robyn}

Happy Days Countdown	Happy Days Stamps	Everyday Fun Borders	Happy Days Borders
Vintage Holiday Digital Papers	Happy Days Brads	Lost & Found Christmas chipboard	Lost&Found Christmas trim
Love Me Accessory Sheet	Check it journaling cards	All Together fabric stickers

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december daily {days 6&7}

12.6.11

on this day we had our first real snow that stuck. i always love the first snow, it just makes everything look magical on our property.  i took this photo with my phone out of one of my office windows.

of course Lydia had to get out in it immediately, no matter how cold!  i probably spent 10 minutes getting her ready & she spent about 3 outside. lol. just long enough to make a snow angel {which she's been talking about for weeks} & to stomp around & touch it with her bare hands {which, in turn, made her want to come inside...}.  i'm a real wimp in the cold & the snow wasn't good for snowmen, so I watched from the porch.

here's a look at the spread.  i really have no rhyme or reason if I put photos on the front of the base page for the day... just if it looks right i guess. 

12.7.11

on this day, as i came back from taking Lydia to school, I was just sort of overcome by how beautiful our setting was around our home, especially with the snow covering things.  I also loved how the boys footprints were at the end of the driveway from them walking to catch the bus that morning.  I stopped the truck on my way in the driveway to catch the photo.

then, when i had parked in the driveway i noticed the sun coming up over the buildings in our back yard & in the distance it was sort of hazy... just beautiful.  I'm so happy I caught this.  I love where we live...

{robyn}

Fun&Festive Full Kit	Vintage Holiday Digital Papers	Everyday Fun Wood Banners	Check it journaling cards
Lost&Found Christmas trim	Epson Premium presentation matte

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new releases 12.8

I have a few new releases today!  I'm excited to start bringing a few new things into the mix as we come to the end of the year.  I've been working on adding in printable journaling cards into my kit lineup as I'm working on my own December daily plus this... which I've decided to jump into in 2012 as well...

yep. that's right. I've ordered the Project Life page protectors, bought an album & I'm REALLY excited to get started.  I've had so many ideas over the last few weeks when we're doing things... things I would save of the kids or things that have been said that would go perfectly in the project life album. I think it should be fun & hopefully I can keep up!  Anyway, that's led me down the path to start creating journal cards to fit just right into the page protectors for it... but they can also be used in digital work or hybrid too!  I hope you like them...

this kit comes with printable .pdf & .jpg files + the .png files so you can set up a printable page to your liking OR use them digitally!  some are specific to the holidays, but I've also tried to include ones that could be used year round as well.

in my previous post you can see several in my december daily & here how Allison used one in hers as well! 

& to coordinate...

the paper & elements!  The elements have all the journaling cards from the journaling cards pack in .png format + a few more goodies like snowflakes, mists, buttons & stitching.  you can also get the full kit {paper+elements} here.

check out this cute print Shannon made with the papers...

this awesome layout from Shelley...

& these adorable digital december daily pages Jennifer is working on...

& this fun layout by Celeste...

I'm loving working my digital designs into my paper scrapbooking.  So fun to see how well the "cross over".  Hope you love them too :)

remember you can pick them up today for 30% off too! 

{robyn}

Fun&Festive digital papers

Fun&Festive digital elements

Fun&Festive Journaling Cards

Fun&Festive Full Kit

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december daily {days 4&5}

playing catch up today...

12.4.11

on this day, we took a fun trip to go visit Santa. believe it or not, Lydia has NEvEr gone to see Santa.  She's always been WAY too freaked out.  Last year we went, but she bailed. This year we went & she was ready to again, but I bribed her with a gumball :)  The above page is the back of the day 3 page.  For this one I printed out some new journaling cards that will be released Thursday at DHD.  I also used a few of my Kraft Funday stamps.

this was my favorite photo of the day.  She still wouldn't sit on his lap, but she was very excited to talk to Santa & told him just what she wanted.  Lydia said he was very nice :)

for this page I printed out some more digital paper to journal on & used some Lost & Found Christmas & Kraft Funday embellishments, then I sewed it all up.

Right now I'm including Jessie the elf in the album, but he may get an album all to himself.  I think that would be fun.  I printed another journaling card from my release coming Thursday, backed it & added a spine by sewing some Funday paper to it.

12.5.11

& here's the backside to that journaling card with what Jessie did on the fifth.

there wasn't much excitement going on around here on this day, but we did watch Polar Express, which was a favorite of the boys.  It was Lydia's first time seeing it & let's just say... it quieted her right down, which doesn't happen much... unless she's asleep :)

that's all for now.  we're getting a good blanket of snow today, so there is no doubt day 6 will be all about that!

{robyn}