Congratulations to ellan. Her layout AAM 20 - When I grow up has been selected as the featured layout of the week where she won a $ 5 DesignerDigitals Gift Certificate for product of her choice!
Such adorable photos on this week’s inspiration page by Amsonwho has one of the most fascinating galleries of layouts you can find. This page does not have such an exotic subject as some of her others, but a gorgeous one nonetheless:
I love the photo treatment, and how well it works with Katie’s challenge papers. Did you notice how the start of the title at the top of the page, the main title and then the journaling form a triangle? A great design for three photos (and one that could be flipped to suit) and just a lovely page all over!
Bailey, Linda and I had fun lifting it:
Layout by Lynn, malabar kit, Sunshine Ahead kit (bubbles), Late Summer mini-kit and Hint at it No.05 brushes by Lynn Grieveson, Randomly Written Sentiments No.02 and Postage Strip Words No.04 (coming soon) by Katie Pertiet, Stitched by Anna Red No.02 by Anna Aspnes (coming soon).
Credits: layout by Bailey, Wooden Alpha No.04, Falling Leaves and Letterbox tapes (both coming soon) by Katie Pertiet, Double- D-Doodles Project 365 by Double D Studios, Memory Labels by Cathy Zielske, Little Treasures Kit (prongs) by Mindy Terasawa, Stitching by Anna Red No.02 (coming soon).
Credits: layout by Linda, Renaissance Paperpacky Lynn Grieveson, Flourished Page Masks No.02, Simply Flourished Value paperpack No.03 and No.05 and Flossy Stitches: White by Katie Pertiet, Simple Glamour: Velvet and Pearlsby Pattie Knox, Stitching by Anna Aspnes and Wedding No.01 brushes and stamps by Ali Edwards.
Are you ready?! Its is a mere five days {give or take your time zone…} til the Days of December albums are put to use!
I see some new templates, journalers and papers creeping into the store, if you’re not ready or if you have a few things left to decide! {Set aside some time to browse the store, my links are the tip of the iceberg!}
And, those of us who have got the basics ready to roll, will find plenty of fab goodies to embellish with, coming in the Days of December Specials!
There is a lot of talk on in the forum about what to put in your album or what to focus on. So, are you going to write the day to day of life? Plot Christmas in your town? Detail all the christmassy things in your life? The rhyme and reason behind all your personal December traditions?
Lots of journaling? just pictures? Its certainly something to think about, but please dont get stressed over the finer details. Take the stress off yourself - December brings truck loads as it is- whatever is your big hurdle, give yourself permission to step right round it. Hate journaling? So use a few words. No idea what to take pictures of? Use just one a day then. It will end up being what it ends up being. No future reader of your little book will ‘tell you off’ for journaling your heart out on one day and writing nothing the next. Remember how delighted you’d be with such a creation from years, and generations, past.
Show me/us/the world what makes it December in your house, or how December - christmassy or otherwise - pans out. That was the part that sticks in my mind most from last year; everybody lives a different life, and its a wonderful glimpse into lives a world apart from your own too. I know writing mine got a little dreary at one point; I write day to day as it comes, and at times that was laundry again? groceries? oh the excitement! but NOW? Now that’s the fun bit, seeing how we were compared to how we are. Hold on to that okay 
I think I might start the cover for my book this week, its the most fun part of book creating for me, its like a treat I’ve been saving! I’ll be using the colours I’ve used all the way through,
but sneaking in new things too…..! or leaving gaps for them 
Don’t forget to post your pages, as they start to appear, in the Days of December gallery.
Next post in the ‘get it together’ series will be focusing on Christmas itself. I’ll be bombarding you with gift, packaging, and decoration ideas. Woohoo!! Plus we’ll be gather ideas and thoughts on how to get Christmas into your layouts, with or without Days of December!
This week’s Adobe Photoshop or Elements tip of the week is now available on video. This weeks tip is on Using Guides to Size Images for Gift Tags.
It’s Thrifty Thursday at DesignerDigitals where we have a brand new item priced at just $ 99 cents and 380 items marked down 30%. This special only lasts until 6am EST on Friday morning so don’t miss out.
We also have a Thanksgiving Freebie for you! You can find that in our Freebie Section.
