I'm working several days behind on my December Daily/Journal Your Christmas album but you know what? That's okay with me. I am really taking this month at face value and trying not to stress over everything that needs to be done. It will get done and I'll enjoy it more because I'm taking it slow.
The long and the short of that means that I've only got my album cover to show you. I took a plain American Crafts album and made some cimple changes to suit me.
The red area was a tad too bright so I broke out the gesso and dry brushed it. I liked that so much that I just kept going with the gesso until the entire front cover was gesso'd. The ribbon was a great way to add a detail and cover up the break between the red and the kraft colors. The letters/numbers are Thicker stickers.
**Note to self ~ next time make sure the letters will fit before you start laying them all down. I had done the "2011" and started working backwards with the letters. Well, let me tell you, I got a bit nervous as I got closer and closer to the ribbon before the "december" was all laid down!
I'm really enjoying my December album and journalling even if I don't have much to show for it yet. And it's great to be enjoying my December too!
Hope you are enjoying all that the season has to give too!
Oooh, I love the idea of using gesso on the album! Fantastic! I have a bunch of these albums that I could do this on!
Posted by: Emily Hammann | December 05, 2011 at 06:18 PM