December Daily 2022 MEGAAA thread

She is my favorite of all of the scrapbookers. She is real. She is creative.

Here is what I took screenshots of. I might try some of these this year:

Wreath vellum page with 4 circles punched. They swivel on brads to reveal journaling underneath. On top she layered a piece of acetate with a circle in the middle with the title and the number for the date.
Really simple but very impactful.
And something you can prep in advance and have ready for when you want to do a page of your ornaments or whatever.

I also liked her spread of two of the 4X6 top and bottom page protectors. Sometimes it's hard to come up with layout ideas and it can't get easier than this. On the left there is a journaling card at the top with a photo on the bottom and on the right it's switched. It makes for a nice graphic design but also really simple to put together.

She cut some vellum down to about 2" wide and stitched it to a list. What I liked is the transparent element of the vellum. I've stitched stuff together but never anything you can see through. I have some 3X8 dividers that are plastic that might work well for this if I cut them down.

And last she did a recap of the year with the 2X2 grid pages. Top row - Jan, Feb, Mar. Second row three photos, etc.
In between the two pages of the months she had journaling in a 3X8 pocket.

I don't do regular project life or daily scrapbooking so I might do this. Just highlights. And pretty easy.




This made me laugh. The cat makes an appearance at the end too.


Now that I'm thinking of 2X2 ... Does anyone have a true 2X2 punch? I think this will save a lot of time. I'm wondering if it's worth it as punches tend to dull after a while.
Any to recommend?

Just watched Amanda's video. I loved it! Lots of ideas I want to try.

I find it ironic that her album is falling apart…

The sale on digitals is making me want to buy the digital journals from last year and just commit to using a made journal for this years DD. Maybe I will wait to see if they do any sneaks of journals today and then commit later this afternoon. I want to simplify this year and out all my energy towards October daily.

Looking at everything from last year in the sale.. jeez they didn't sell out of much huh

edit, damn the 2020 felt folio is $2.99! that's the folio + blank notebook, not too shabby.

and the price of that my story 3x8 album keeps decreasing lol. Last time I saw it I feel like it was at $10? $7.50 for the album +15 page protectors is calling my name but that extra $6 in shipping isn't. I don't know why it bothers me so much! If it was $12.50 total for the album I'd be like "oh man throw that bad boy in my cart" and go on with my life 

Good grief seems to get earlier and earlier. Not a fan of that orange which is just as well as I do not need any more DD/Christmas supplies!

Haha, I know what you mean! Hard to wrap my head around the idea of Christmas in this heat!

I also love this thread and will be here for the ride till December. Love all the ideas that are shared here and the info about Christmas kits and products. I stopped making December Daily albums last year (2020 was my last one), as my kids are older now and so Christmas has been reduced to just a couple of activities and traditions. Last year I included an extra spread or two in my regular PL-style album and that really worked for me and it's what I'm planning on doing from now on.

Just checked out the sale over at Ali Edwards and I ended up buying a few embellishments that I loved from last year, the painted wood veneer houses, the fabric stockings and a few other things. I had to give up all my physical subscriptions because of customs duties (EU country), so it's nice to make a small order now and then even if I do have to pay more when it arrives in my country.

Watching the live with Ali and Lisa right now. Loads of sneaks!

10 x 8 album is Santa faces that Ali is using.
All albums are chipboard this year no linen, no pleather and no small size albums.
Kits come in slide boxes (Kraft with white printing).
Red puffy alphabets.

I am dead.

I'm going to need a lot of what they showed today.

So far I really loved these half circle pockets (looked to be made of felt). They are 3.75" wide and have a round tag inside. My brain already has so many ideas.
If you zoom in on one of the sneaks (I think the Instagram profile pic) there is what looks to be a set of transparent green letters. Could be words. If it's an alpha, it's in my cart.
Also I am loving the plastic stars.

There will be an advent calendar (stickers like last year). I really enjoyed that and will treat myself again. Hope the pockets they come in are different.

There is going to be a kit co-designed by Pam Baldwin to tell stories of past Decembers. The people on the chat were super excited about that.

There is a paper based on Pam's tag page last year. It will come with vellum tags that fit on top of the tags on the paper. Really cool.

New packaging for the kits. They are pull out boxes like what the advent calendar came in last year.

That's all I can remember but they will be sharing sneaks every other day on the December Daily instagram account.

Definitely watch the recordings of the lives because they were really fun. Lisa and Ali were clearly super excited.

I don't like the 10x8 papers being in the main kit. I was told just cut them to 6x8 but that doesn't work on some of the specific paper designs. It cuts them off.
For example the tag paper shown for this year's main kit won't look right cut to 6x8.