December Daily® 2014 | Day Two

Welcome to December Daily® 2014 | Day Two.

NOTE BEFORE READING | Potential holiday spoilers. Some words might not be suitable for young viewers.

Some of you might remember reading my post from earlier this year called Goodbye Kids, Hello Holiday Helper. Well holiday helping season is in full effect around here and this is the story I most wanted to include in my album for Day Two because the joy is contagious.

I debated exactly how to go about including this story, knowing that Anna might try to read the words at some point before the time is right for her. I decided to write it in a way that was a little vague and to include it inside a folded card that not everyone would know actually included a story.

Unless you read my blog of course ( and who knows when she might start doing that).

The "S" can be for Simon or it can be for "Starlight" the elf.

It's an important part of our December story this year and it's significant for him. And man he is so awesome.

Here's a look at how it came together:

Between day one and day two I added 1/2 sheet of one of the transparent pages and attached one of the sticker tabs (see more about that from my Foundation Page post).

You might also notice that originally I had the "All I Want For Christmas" 3x4 card in the pocket for Day Two. I moved it to another day simply because it didn't match my story for the day and I like that it can almost be it's own story for the day so I'll save it for when I need it. Don't be afraid to move things around based on the stories you most want to tell.

Be the boss of your own album.

Here's a look at the page outside of the album:

The tree and the "S" are both floating inside the pockets which means I get to see through to the next page. I used my Brother sewing machine to stitch the top of the pocket closed (a great gift if you know a crafter who wants a multi-purpose machine). I don't do anything special with my machine - just run it through. This time there happened to be red thread in the machine so I went with it - if it was purple I might have changed it out.

You might be wondering, where are the words? Hidden inside that star pattern paper card of course - more about that below.

On top of the outside of the folded star card I added 1/2 of the gold foil circle and stamped "remember this" from the kit stamps. At first I thought I would fold the circle in half and then wrap it around the card - essentially creating a seal to make it even harder for little eyes to look inside without ripping it open but folding the circle didn't work as awesomely as I hoped - too many creases and my stamping was off a bit so I just cut it in a way that makes my stamping look more straight and added two little staples right along the edge.

The "spread cheer" card was made using the Christmas Rocks 6x8 layered templates - see a video on that process below.

Inside that star card is where I added the story:

A simple easy way to add more words to a smaller pocket (or hide from small eyes).

The truth is most of the time right now they are just looking at the photos and the pretty sparkly things.

Here's a look at it totally open:

I put together a very short video about working with the Christmas Rocks 6x8 layered templates (what I used to add Spread Cheer onto the 3x4 photo - simply resize and move the word art down) and the December Stories 4x6 layered templates ("this December story") - that one was printed on Epson Matte Presentation Paper and adhered to the gray star pattern paper.

I also added the "give love" stamp (from the kit stamp set) using Pistachio Memento Luxe ink.

Here's a look at the full page in the album.

I really do love the see-though pockets.

PS: I did end up embossing the back of the large gold "S" with white. You'll see that tomorrow.

Hope your December is off to a great start!

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