Daily December Album. Hurray!

Went very, very simple this year. Very unlike me in terms of scrapbooking design. I like abundance in the way of embellishments and design but for some unknown reason I wanted clean and simple this time around.

I decided on the Parisian Anthology Portfolio Album by Pink Paislee.

I love this album for so many reasons. For one it's a canvas album. That means I can paint on it. For those of you who know me you already know how much I love to paint.

Last year's 2009 album was the Donny Downey canvas album and I did indeed paint it. I sketched one of my favorite artist's lettering and Santa upon it.

And the boys loved it once it was finished! (reminder to self-need to paint 2009 on the spine soon)

This year I thought I would paint again. I thought maybe the painted album was going to become a tradition. But when I recieved the album I thought the canvas album was so beautiful in and of itself I decided not to mess with it very much.

I also love this album because it was a full 8 1/2 by 11 in size. I wanted my stuff to all fit inside this year. I don't usually mind my pages extending beyond the album itself but last years contents were getting a tad bit crumpled as you can see here..

Even my 2008 album contents are getting a little shabby around the edges. And I really don't mind this I just wanted this year's album to enclose and protect everything for a nice little change.

So to keep it simple I did this. First I removed this cute little locket sort of thing ont he front. It just snaps right off. And now I can re-use it on another project.

Next I grabbed this ribbon that has been calling my name for years now.

Found it at Michaels a few years back and I love the berries. It has a burlap sort of texture of it. Somewhat of a vintage look. The red stitching on the edges is very pretty. 

I simply (there's that word again) glued it to the front of the album.

Then I layered an additional coordinating ribbon on top for texture.

For a little embellishment I stacked two the the Parisian Anthology Flair Variety Pack "florets" so to speak.

I also added a brad to the top. (this one I believe is an old Making Memories brad)

Very simple and clean. I will add a green felt 2010 under the ribbon and embellishment later.

To cover the ends of the ribbon I covered the inside with festive paper.

And for now added just one small embellishment to the inside.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas wouldn't you say?

Next up will be a few of the pages. The page protector's for this album are wonderful. And another reason why I chose this album.

Those up next.

I promise.

That's all for now.

Comments

[Ruth]

Hi, I dropped by via Ali's DD list. I almost used this album and I love what you've done with it. In the end, I used the album for another project, but went with the refill pages for the bulk of my DD album. I'll be interested to see how you use them in your DD design.

[Nicol]

Very lovely. I am using this album to do a week in the life album next week.

[Brooke]

Your album for this year and last year are both gorgeous! I really love the hand painting, but the simplicity of this years is delightful too.

[Beth Perry]

very pretty!

[Sonja Chandler]

Thanks everyone! This album is so versatile. I loved checking out your books also. Great designs.

[Lisa Westphal]

Wow!!! Your cover is AWESOME!!! I still don't have a cover. . .just a bunch of innerds! :) -lol! Great job. Looking forward to checking back in to see how your DD progresses! :)