A 'Daily Dose' of HIP HOP!!

Good Morning!!

Today is all about

PREPARATION...

{Not 'H' you sillies...}

getting READY for Christmas.. 

If you are like me..

there is NO WAY you would EVER

skip past all the lovely fall decor and the GRATEFUL...

THANKFUL feelings that November

and Thanksgiving bring...

but it never hurts to plan ahead

and get a jump start on the holiday season to come..

Today the Unity & {ippity} DT girls

decided to put together a

December Daily Journal...

or some FORM of that...

a way to document the month of December...

these are of COURSE a 'work in progress'

that will be added to as December rolls around and the days pass...

I cannot WAIT to see what everyone came up with...

from Advent to Journaling.. to Scrapbooking...

 it is sure to be a WONDERFUL and inspiring hop!

DO NOT forget to stop by

and

check out the

UNITY BLOG...

Angela has some AWESOME and VERY exciting news....

there will be another CO-BRANDING company announced and new stamps released!

Here are a few photos of my project for today...

This is just the START!!

The ADORABLE sentiment on the front cover of my project is from

the November Kit of the Month..

just wanted to give a little shout out for the KOM...

it is AMAZING and you are going to LOVE IT!

Holiday Bliss.. 25 Days

Mini Journal Album for December 2010

 First I decided which paper to use...
{My Mind's Eye- Holly Jolly & Christmas Magic}

then cut all my pages and laid them out.

Each page is 3X4 inches.

 Next, I punched circles from kraft cardstock,

and stamped on the dates with my Unity stamps.

I adhered the circles in the bottom corner-

either left or right.. randomly.

This is basically what the pages look like up a bit closer..

I stacked all the pages,

and punched holes with my crop-a-dile.

some of the pages have stamped sentiments on them..

December 3, for instance, is my daughter Chloe's birthday

I know I will want to journal about it on that day.

Most of the pages I left blank,

so I can put in a photo or journaling as we fill

our month with activities.

I stamped out all of the sentiments from the 25 Days kit

onto kraft paper strips to be added to the appropriate page

as we complete them.

25 Days

ON SALE TODAY FOR ONLY $18!!!

This is the cover.

You can probably see how shiny the pic is...

that's because I used

EnviroTex Lite Pour-On High Gloss Finish

to seal it. This stuff is super cool.. one coat is

the equivalent of 50 coats of varnish... it is

like UTEE.. but THICKER.

{picked it up at Crafts Direct}

I love how everything looks OLD and distressed

that's exactly the feel I was going for! :)

Okey Doke.. that about covers it for today!

Hope your day  is fabulous..

go visit all the DT girls and leave them some LOVE.

{they will love it!}

Go check out my talented friend

*** KIMBER***