Free Silhouette Designs For Your Holiday Album

 I'm so excited to fill this year's December Daily album with holiday memories!  I started working on some foundation pages/dividers & wanted to share them with you.

This year, I'm using Studio Calico's December Daily kit, as well as a mix of other supplies I already had on hand.

If you haven't seen the kit yet, here is a photo of some of the goodies that are included:

The kit also comes with a Studio Calico Handbook album, which comes filled with divided pocket page protectors.  If you aren't purchasing this particular kit, there are several different styles of Handbooks available that you can purchase separately.

All of the Silhouette files I'm sharing with you today fit perfectly inside of these albums.  (So, for those of you who are new to this, to utilize these free files, you'll need both a Silhouette die cut machine & a Handbook of your choice.)

The December Daily kit also comes with an adorable stamp set & a variety of preprinted cards that fit inside the pockets of the page protectors.

I wanted to make a divider tab that coordinated with the stamp set & came up with this design:

The free download allows you to cut the full divider with the tab & also a second strip that you can adhere along the bottom edge for some contrast.

You can also use this divider strip to add additional ephemera to your book.  (Just cut 2 strips & sandwich your ephemera in between the layers.)  This makes adding Christmas programs, cards from loved ones, or letters to Santa a snap!

In the download section, you'll find two different sizes of divider tabs.  One is short enough to use with the 6" x 8" paper that's included in the DD kit & one is full length.

I also designed a pocket page to hold other bits & pieces. This one was made with Studio Calico's Magical line.

All you need to do is fold the paper along the score lines, place adhesive on the tabs & fold in place.

 This is another cut that I created.  This woodgrain paper is part of the kit.  I can't wait to see what it looks like with a full sized photo behind it.

 I included some basic dividers with holiday designs.

I love how this rich, gold foiled paper looks peeking through the star die cut!

 These frames are designed to work with the 6" x 8" papers in the December Daily kit.  Just cut an extra plain divider to adhere to the back side of these sheets to keep things looking uniform.  (Use this sandwich: holiday divider, 6" x 8" paper, plain divider)

 The plain dividers are also perfect to use with transparency sheets.  This one is from Studio Calico's Storytime collection.

I'm leaving my pages pretty empty right now to allow for photos or journaling, but I dressed them up a bit with some basic embellishments.  (I love this super narrow gold striped washi that's in the DD kit!)

 Here is another holiday shape divider. I cut a basic divider out of vellum to back this cut:

 I had some of this decorative wire trim from last season & I just glued it in place.  Super easy & I love the dimension it gives!

Thank you for taking a peek at the beginnings of my album!

I hope you enjoy the free Silhouette cut files!  You can download them from Dropbox here:

Holiday Handbook Silhouette Files

Studio Calico December Daily Video

The Studio Calico team is hosting a blog hop today featuring the new December Daily kit.  It's available here for preorder now, while supplies last.

I created a short video for you with sneak peeks of the kit... and the whole reason I've decided to do this project this year.  As I was making this video, I have to admit - I got a little emotional.  It's true what they say about time flying by & I want to remember these moments that I've shared with my family forever.

I'm new to scrapbooking & while I was working on this project last season, I was really surprised at what a difference it made.  I know it might sound strange to those who've never done it, but this project made me look at the holiday season with new eyes.  Suddenly, the things that ordinarily felt busy & exhausting became exciting & fun.  I looked at our time spent in a whole new light, loving when I could capture a moment & document it as part of our album.  I don't know why exactly, but it made our season more meaningful... and I wish I would have started this project years ago.

You can find the full list of contents here.  (This kit is PACKED with awesome supplies!)

The kit ships free - even to the North Pole!

I hope you'll join me this year for December Daily!

Be sure to check out the Studio Calico blog for links to all of the blog hop participants.

Christmas 2012 Album

 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

Do you document your family's holiday memories?  I have a post up today on the Paper Crafts Connection blog sharing some of my ideas for documenting the season.  There's also a fun giveaway to help you get started on your own album this year!

I love looking at other people's December Daily albums online, but I just know that I wouldn't be able to keep up with an album like that this year.  The pressure of having to document something each day would probably make me want to throw in the towel after day #4, so I decided to go with a more forgiving form of documenting our family's Christmas memories.

I love these Sn@p! albums from Simple Stories!  The smaller 6x8 format is really easy to work with.  And... it comes with divided pocket protectors that are easy to fill.  It also comes with chipboard dividers & pages that coordinate with the color on the binding.  I went with the traditional red album, but there are a lot of great colors to chose from.

 These wooden alphabets are from Studio Calico's Darling Dear collection.  (I discovered that using Elmer's spray adhesive on the back side of each letter works really well.)

These sequin-filled embellishments from Crate Paper are just too cute!  I had to put one front & center.  

To make even more of an impact, I sprayed this brown wooden frame (also from Crate Paper) black & backed it with patterned paper from October Afternoon's Make It Merry 8x8 pad.  The music print is from the song 'Oh Christmas Tree!'  Kind of fitting, I thought.  :)

We always go to our town's Christmas Parade the day after Thanksgiving.  I knew I would want to kick of my album with these memories, so I went ahead and decorated a few pages to prepare for it.

 The patterned paper above is from SC's Wonderland collection.  It comes black & white, but I saw a layout by Kelly Purkey earlier this year where she added color with mists.  I decided to give it a go & had SO much fun with it!  I just took the lids off of several colors of mist & dipped my paintbrush as I would paint.  The paper just grabs the color & makes it so easy to do.

This scene reminds me of the old buildings that line the streets in town where the Christmas Parade takes place.

I added some glitter here & there to dress it up a bit more.

I love using the "Project Life" pocket system.  It makes it so easy to decorate & get things documented.

Now I just have to print out some of our pictures from that night & I'm ready to document the next Christmas memory!

Here are some of the supplies I used on my album:

(click on photos for shopping links)

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Create Your Own December Daily Album!

Just popping in to share a fun promotion that's going on right now at Two Peas In a Bucket!  Right now, you can create your own Christmas Album Kit & get 25% off!

Of course, you can fill your cart with anything from your Christmas wish list (holiday product or not) & get this discount as well.  ;)  (A $50 minimum purchase is required.  Use coupon code: DDKP25 at checkout)

Here are some of my favorite holiday products this year.  Mix & match to create your own custom December Daily album!

Click on any of the images below to start shopping!

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