Gossamer Blue December Memories Blog Hop

Welcome to the Gossamer Blue December Memories Blog Hop!  I am so thrilled to be doing my third GB December Memories album, and to share it with all of you.

I have two sweet friends who are doing their December Memories album along with me, so I have opted to put my kit in a tote bag to make getting together and scrapping super easy.

Every single tool + the entire kit contents fit perfectly!  I grabbed coordinating inks, embossing powders, twine, stamp blocks and cutting tools from my stash.

My dear friend Rebekah from Life of B created a photo prompt list that I'm using this year (click HERE to print her list or add it to your google calendar!), so my album will consist of a photo prompt pic and a daily pic, unless the two get combined for that day.  For my foundation pages, and because this is the way my brain works, I find it easiest to use sticky notes on the completed pages as reminders for where the photos go and what the photos will consist of (hopefully!).

As you can see, I'm doing some see-thru pockets this year (I also did a few last year); I really like how the next page peeks through the see-thru pocket.  I'm also mixing up the page protectors; I've done this every year and I just like changing up my photo sizes throughout the album.

To place the ampersand in the pocket I cut down a 3x4 pocket page.  I trimmed the edges of the page off until I had just the front of one 3x4 pocket, then attached the die cut and slipped the whole thing into my 3x4 pocket page.  Knowing you could see the back of the ampersand, I heat embossed the back of it using gold powder.  A bit of the powder got on the front as well, but it turned out great!  Happy accident :)

Doilies are making a strong statement in my pages, I think the gold ones included in the kit are so pretty!  I also really like the small bags in a pocket in place of a card.  As December progresses I hope our daily activities provide me some small ephemera or other goodies to place in the pockets.  If that doesn't work out I'll add in sequins or confetti!

I do anticipate having more than 1-2 photos on some days, so I'll use the extra pocket pages as inserts when needed.  I may cut down a 3x4 pocket page to just two pockets, or possibly stitch a 6x8 page down the middle and trim off the excess for a 3x8 page.  My process is to complete the foundation pages by the 3rd or 4th of December and then totally finish the pages with photos and additional embellishing every 1-2 days, as my schedule allows.  I absolutely do not get any further than 3 days behind, ever.  It's my one personal rule for this project!

Thanks so much for checking out my December Memories process!  This project is one of my all-time favorites each year, and one that I plan to continue into the future.  

Keep hopping along to the fabulous Jina Jean!

In case you get lost here's a master list for the blog hop, or you can go back to the Gossamer Blue blog to start over.

Anabelle O'Malley

Beshka Kueser
Brenda Weaver
Cindy Liebel
Diane Payne
Erin Taylor
Ewa Kujawska
Eyoung Lee
Heather Leopard
Jessica Lohof
Jill Cornell
Jill Keller   <------THAT'S ME!
Jina Jean  <------GO HERE NEXT!
Kasia Przbyt
Katie Ehmann
Keisha Campbell
Laura Rahel Crosby
Magda Mizera
Maria Lacuesta
Melanie Blackburn
Naomi Atkins
Michelle Wooderson
Pam Garrison
Rebecca Luminarias
Tara Anderson
Vanessa Perry
Yana Smakula

PL Cards on a 12x12 Layout

I created a layout using Project Life Blush edition and Bella Blvd Tiny Tots papers for the A Walk Down Memory Lane blog, check it out HERE.  A complete list of supplies and layout information is included in the post.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the U.S. readers this week!  I'm so very thankful for a healthy child, beautiful friends, tons of family and so much more.

THE WINNER!

How excited am I to announce the winner of my first-ever blog giveaway?!?!?!?!?

Cheryl, please email me jillpkeller (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize!  Thank you to everyone who entered by following on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest!

Cheers to the next 100 posts :)

New Facebook Page

I took some advice from my dear friend Rebekah at The Life of B and created a Facebook page for my blog.  Please like Creating Us on Facebook, I'm so close to 100 likes I can almost taste it!  And you know what would be the cherry on top?  If you liked Living the Life of B on Facebook too!

To like Creating Us click HERE.
To like The Life of B click HERE.

And now for a dose of cutie pie cuteness!

Miss Q, approximately 1 year ago.

Miss Q, ignoring me, approximately 1 week ago.

Here's to hoping your kids aren't ignoring you....and if they are, go like the new Facebook page!  And don't forget to enter the giveaway HERE!

Love This Girl: AWDML Blog

Hello Hello!  I'm up on the A Walk Down Memory Lane Blog today with this layout about my sweet Miss Q.  Please visit the blog for a tutorial on creating all these layers/the brands I used, and leave some love in the comments section!

Have you thought about your scrapping Christmas List yet?  

Make sure you enter my GIVEAWAY for my 100th Blog Post!!!  (click HERE)

Get busy....

This is No. 100!!!!

This is my 100th blog post and to celebrate in a BIG WAY, I'm doing a little giveaway!  My dear friend Rebekah at Living the Life of B has offered up an amazing hand scrub to keep your scrappin' fingers in prime scrap-condition and I have a bunch of embellishments to giveaway as well!  Here's the loot you can win:

The giveaway includes:  Deep Steep Hand Scrub (from Rebekah's blog here), Pebbles kraft letter stickers, black Thickers, AC DIY shop chalk badges, Crate Paper trim, Crate Paper Open Road embellies, Fancy Pants cork arrows, Basic Grey chalk badges, Studio Calico Scraps, Studio Calico clothes pins, Lawn Fawn Lawn Trimmings, Simple Stories DIY burlap stickers, Chic Tags gold foil lables, October Afternoon chipboard labels, Studio Calico transfers and Dear Lizzy ribbon photo corners.  Whew!  THAT IS A BUNCH OF EMBELLISHMENTS!

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY BELOW:
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Special thanks go out to Rebekah at Living the Life of B (because she's just awesome), Heather at Goldiecar Designs (because she's a fab internet friend and amazing scrapper), Gossamer Blue and A Walk Down Memory Lane.  If it wasn't for my dream spots on those two design teams I definitely wouldn't have reached 100 posts.

The giveaway will be open until 12 a.m. Friday, November 21, 2014.  Winner will be selected via random draw.  Winner will be announced on Sunday, November 23, 2014.

Gossamer Blue November Blog Hop: Instant

Hello!  Thanks for hopping along from the crazy-talented Heather Leopard's blog and landing here!

This is a November Main Kit only layout, with the addition of some Heidi Swapp Black Velvet Color Shine.  I loved the bright colors in the November kit so I took advantage of using a B&W photo by adding pops of color and gold on my layout.  The 3x4 card summed up just how I felt about the photo of my girly and hubs on a walk.

I used another 3x4 card trimmed out of the Basic Grey paper, layered it with a Maggie Holmes tag and bow and placed it along the bottom left side of the layout to create balance from the photo area.  The mist was flicked in the same direction of top right photo area to bottom left embellishment.

Next on the hop is the brilliant Kasia, click here to head over to her blog!  If you get lost or stumble upon a bad link please head back to the Gossamer Blue blog.

GB Blog  http://www.gossamerblue.com/blog/
Anabelle O'Malley  http://anabelleom.blogspot.com/
Beshka Kueser  http://www.bckueser.com/bckueser/
Brenda Weaver  http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/
Cindy Liebel  http://cindyliebel.blogspot.com/
Diane Payne http://www.dianepayne.typepad.com/
Emily Spahn http://justem.typepad.com/scrapbookery/
Erin Taylor http://erintaylor718.blogspot.com/
Eunyoung Lee  http://www.eyoung-craft.blogspot.kr/
Jill Cornell http://jillcornell.blogspot.com/
Heather Leopard http://thespottedleopard.blogspot.com/
Jill Keller http://jillkeller.blogspot.com/  <-------- THAT'S ME!
Kasia Przbyt http://antilight-craft.blogspot.com/
Katie Ehmann http://antilight-craft.blogspot.com/
Keisha Campbell http://abiteast.typepad.com/abiteast/
Laura Rahel Crosby  http://laurarahel.blogspot.it/
Maria Lacuesta http://www.analog-paper.com/blog/
Melanie Blackburn  http://melblackburn.blogspot.ca/
Michelle Wooderson http://michellewooderson.blogspot.it/
Nicole Harper http://seriouslybrains.blogspot.com/
Rebecca Luminarias http://thurstonpost.blogspot.com/
Sabrina Alery http://www.sabrinaalery.com/
Vanessa Perry http://www.vanessadocumented.com/