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September 3, 2024
December Daily® 2024 | Special Guest Denine Zielinski
Hi everyone! This is Denine, and I am so excited to be here today on the blog stamping with you. One of the first stamp sets from this December Daily release that called my name was the Holiday Trees 6x8 Set. I love the three different stamps for the trees as well as the itty-bitty ornaments and lights!
I had absolutely no plan at all when I started stamping, so I just got after it. I picked a whole bunch of different green inks from my stash and decided to just play around. I generally use two different types of white paper for scrapbooking. One is a cardstock, and the other is a coverstock. The coverstock is significantly thicker, and I most often use it for the bases of my pages. I did a test stamp on each of them, and I ended up going with the coverstock for this post. I liked how it felt as well as how the images stamped.
VIDEO OVERVIEWI will begin with a video of my entire process, which I feel has three parts. Here are the times of each part in case you want to just view a certain segment of my process.
Stamping – 0:00 – 11:29 Embellishing – 11:30 – 18:23 Creating a page – 11:25 – 22:22
As you saw in the video, I basically just played around with stamps + inks + embellishments. Some trees turned out better than others, and I was totally okay with that. I was having fun, and I did stamp an excess amount of trees for that purpose.
Here are a few of the trees that I stamped along with a little details about what inks and/or embellishments I used.
In the video you saw that I did stamp a tree with the cute little lights, but I cut it up and didn’t like how it looked. I will be re-stamping one of those. It was so fun + easy! I stamped the outlines of the lights first, and it was simple to line the insides up looking at the stamped outline through the acrylic block. Of course, if you would rather not stamp the insides, you can use marker, colored pencil, or even watercolors to color the bulbs.
I like some of the color combinations better than others, and I like some of the embellishments better than others.
As usual, for me, my stamped images turned out better after stamping the first impression. Here’s a tip to get your stamped images to look better when you use stamps for the first time. Use Versamark Ink on your new stamp. Just ink it up and make your first impression on scrap paper. Then, use stamp cleaner on the stamp and dry it off. It really works. Unfortunately, this is something that I often forget to do because I am just excited to get going. It really does make a difference, though.
Another thing that I always seem to forget to do is use my Anti-Static Pouch on my paper prior to stamping + heat embossing. It’s always right on my desk, but again, I’m in a hurry. I did remember to use it this time (like once or twice), and I can definitely see the difference between when I used it and didn’t use it.
So, now that I had a whole bunch of trees, what to do? I wanted to make something that I was going to add to my album, so I decided to make my Reason Why page here with you guys. Here is the finished page where I added five of my trees across the page. For the background paper, I modified the digital version of the 10x8 December Pattern Paper from the Main Kit. I tried the trees on some of the physical papers from the kit, and I just felt like the bold colors took the viewers eyes away from the trees. The joy of hybrid scrapbooking!
To embellish my stamped images and my page, I added a few things from the Main Kit including a red wooden star, a gold glitter star, and a die cut phrase strip. Some people may frown upon using the two different reds (the die cut + the star) on the same spread, but I am slowly becoming more open + flexible when it comes to that stuff. We all have our own ways, right? You do you…always! I also still have a bunch of the stars from last year’s release, so I ended up adding two of those, as well.
Below is how my page looks when you swing the tree over to reveal my reason why. I created a custom shape text box to have my words in the general shape of the tree. I have included it here in case anyone is interested. I used Photoshop to create it, but it can totally be opened and used with Photoshop Elements.
I printed my journaling out on white cardstock, laid one of my stamped trees on top of it, and outlined it with a pencil. Then, I fussy cut it out. If you want the tree with the journaling to be totally hidden, cut inside of the pencil line. Here is a close up of my reason why.
You can also see from my images + video that I cut some of the trees that I stamped into three parts – top, middle, and bottom. I then pieced different parts of different trees back together for a little bit of an eclectic look. I experimented with sewing on my machine for that. It was fun!
These trees are so simple + versatile.
You can add them to a page similar to how I did and have photos underneath or photos + journaling underneath. You can add one in the center of a page with a simple die cut or chipboard phrase underneath. You can add them to the front of a pocket. You can back each tree with white cardstock + add your journaling to the back of each tree + then put them all into one pocket. You can totally fill an entire page with them (some would be hanging off the edge which would be so fun). You can fill a page with the trees like I said in the above bullet point + then also cut photos in the shape of the trees to add amongst the trees. You can stamp them in the colors of the Main Kit for some super colorful fun!
I am sure there are many more ways to add them into your album. Those are the ones just off the top of my head.
Thank you so much for joining me here on the blog for some December Daily tree stamping. I hope you had as much fun as I did! I will be here again this month with more stamping. Yay! If you have any questions or would like to see me play with a certain stamp set, please feel free to comment below. You can also see more of my work onInstagram @denine2 and YouTube @Denine2. Happy Storytelling + Happy December Daily! See you all soon!
Friendly reminder that we are following the same process as last year for securing your stamp orders. In order to meet the high demand for stamps this year, we are asking you to add the stamp sets you would like to receive in your box by 9/9 at 11:59pm ET to guarantee your order for shipping with your box in early October. We will be ordering a limited amount of each design in addition to stamps sets secured by customers that will be available after 9/9. If you do not secure the stamps you would like by 9/9 at 11:59pm we cannot guarantee we will have enough quantity to fulfill demand and they may sell out. Find them here.
September 2, 2024
December Daily® 2024 | Start Here
Happy Monday, friends! Last week we launched our 2024 December Daily® collection! Throughout the boxing period and leading up to December documenting, we have all kinds of fun and inspirational content planned. Today, it seems appropriate to start with her posts related to the fundamental ideas behind December Daily® and what she hopes you take away from this project. So we're taking a deep-dive into the treasure trove of education, advice, and inspiration that can be found here on the blog. Going back to 2007, this has been the home for Ali's daily pages and more. We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane!
December Daily® 2023 | Ali's Start Reason Why
5 Tips For Getting Ready For December Daily®
December Daily® 2020 | Let The Storytelling Begin 2020
December Daily® 2019 | Bring On The Stories
December Daily® 2018 | Here We Go
December Daily® 2017 | Let's Begin
December Daily® 2016 | Let's Begin
December Daily® 2016 | Beginning Preparations
December Daily® 2016 | My Hopes For You
December Daily® 2015 | Let's Begin
December Daily® 2014 | Let's Begin!
December Daily™ 2013 | Let's Begin!
December Daily™ 2012 | Saying Hello & Looking Back & Looking Ahead
December Daily 2011 | 25 Ideas And Story Inspirations
December Daily 2010 | Simple Tips Thoughts On The First Of December
Shop the collection
here. Join a group of like-minded and passionate crafters in our December Daily® With Ali Edwards Design Inc Facebook group. Find inspiration and updates over on our official Instagram account: @decemberdaily. And check out our newest December Daily® classes for a wide variety of topics related to the project:
December Daily® Product Play | This This This workshop registration is open and available at an intro price of $20 during the Order Selection Period. After that time it will move to the official price of $25. More details on this year's workshop can be found at the bottom of this post (workshop begins November 5th). December Daily® Hybrid Product Play workshop will open on Tuesday August 27th (DD launch Day) and will be available at an intro price of $12 during the Order Selection Period. After that time it will move to the official price of $15. Read below for more details (workshop begins on October 11th to correspond with our December Daily® Digitals release the same day).December Daily® Prep Day is happening this year on Sunday, November 3rd starting at 10am ET. You can sign up for this $5 online event on Tuesday August 27th during Order Selection Period as well.
August 30, 2024
In Case You Missed It | August 30
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
2024 DECEMBER DAILY® PRODUCTS
The 2024 December Daily boxing period is currently live. From now until September 30th 11:59pm ET you are able to add items to your box for a single shipping charge. Order will ship the first week of October. Due to manufacturing constraints, sold out items will not be reordered. Our 2024 Collection Preview Post is available here. We also shared a How It Works post for all of the information you need to know to prepare for the boxing period launch on Tuesday, August 27th at 10am Eastern. Not signed up for our newsletter? Head to www.aliedwards.com and sign-up in the footer of our site. Be sure to follow us over at @decemberdaily, our official account for all things December Daily®. We also invite you to join us in the December Daily® Facebook group for more merriment. Find additional resources and inspiration, including Ali's completed albums, on the blog via the December Daily hashtag. Learn more about the project here.
2024 DECEMBER DAILY CLASSES
December Daily® Product Play | This + This + This workshop registration is open and available at an intro price of $20 during the Order Selection Period. After that time it will move to the official price of $25. More details on this year's workshop can be found at the bottom of this post (workshop begins November 5th). December Daily® Hybrid Product Play workshop will open on Tuesday August 27th (DD launch Day) and will be available at an intro price of $12 during the Order Selection Period. After that time it will move to the official price of $15. Read below for more details (workshop begins on October 11th to correspond with our December Daily® Digitals release the same day). December Daily® Prep Day is happening this year on Sunday, November 3rd starting at 10am ET. You can sign up for this $5 online event on Tuesday August 27th during Order Selection Period as well.
AUGUST REVEAL
Earlier this month we revealed a new Story Kit™ theme: QUIET! Ah, quiet. Sometimes it's elusive and sometimes it's oppressive and sometimes it's the exact relief we need. This month we are telling stories about being quiet, searching for quiet, embracing quiet, and generally reflecting on how we feel when things are quiet in our lives. In addition to our new Story Kit™ theme, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit, the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series, and our most recent Quarterly Scrapbook Kit (alphabet-theme). Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.
AUGUST DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
2024 PROJECTS + PRODUCTS SCHEDULE
As we continuing easing into 2024 we put together an overview of our schedule of projects + product releases for the upcoming year. We are sharing this as a way for you to plan, think about what you might want to participate in this year, and simply share some of the things we have coming up to help support + inspire storytelling. For the last few years we've followed a fairly similar cadence for our releases and our major projects will follow that release schedule again this year. Please note that, as you might imagine, this schedule is subject to change throughout the year based on a variety of variables. Find the post here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
August 23, 2024
In Case You Missed It | August 23
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
COUNTDOWN TO DECEMBER DAILY®
Mark your calendars! We are so thrilled to share that our 2024 December Daily® order selection period will begin on August 27th at 10:00am ET. 😍 Our 2024 Collection Preview Post went live today and is available here. We also shared a How It Works post for all of the information you need to know to prepare for the boxing period launch on Tuesday, August 27th at 10am Eastern. Not signed up for our newsletter? Head to www.aliedwards.com and sign-up in the footer of our site. Be sure to follow us over at @decemberdaily, our official account for all things December Daily®. We also invite you to join us in the December Daily® Facebook group for more merriment. Find additional resources and inspiration, including Ali's completed albums, on the blog via the December Daily hashtag. Learn more about the project here.
AUGUST REVEAL
Earlier this month we revealed a new Story Kit™ theme: QUIET! Ah, quiet. Sometimes it's elusive and sometimes it's oppressive and sometimes it's the exact relief we need. This month we are telling stories about being quiet, searching for quiet, embracing quiet, and generally reflecting on how we feel when things are quiet in our lives. In addition to our new Story Kit™ theme, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit, the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series, and our most recent Quarterly Scrapbook Kit (alphabet-theme). Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.
TRAVEL CLASS | START TO FINISH 04
Let us help you bring your travel stories to life! Join contributors Shannon Flatley, Yin Goh, Kendra Wietstock, Kelly Watson, Jeanne Williams, and Diane Dziuban as they each create a travel album using products from the 2024 Travel Collection. In this class you will find a variety of styles and approaches that includes more recent travels as well as travel stories collected from over the years. From planning and organization to creative ways of using products, this class is all about providing you with inspiration and ideas to help you create your own travel album. Learn more and
register here.
CLASS FROM ALI | STASH CLASS
Join Ali for a fun, motivating adventure into some ways to deal with all the scrapbooking stuff you’ve collected over the years and still have. Sometimes we need to press pause on our storytelling adventures for just a bit in order to get a handle on the fun things we’ve added to our physical product toolbox. Let’s come together as a community + spend some time prioritizing starting with our stash to get more of our stories told. In this four week workshop you’ll spend the first two weeks sorting + organizing supplies (or getting ideas about what might work for you) and the second two weeks creating projects using what you already own. Learn more here.
AUGUST DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
2024 PROJECTS + PRODUCTS SCHEDULE
As we continuing easing into 2024 we put together an overview of our schedule of projects + product releases for the upcoming year. We are sharing this as a way for you to plan, think about what you might want to participate in this year, and simply share some of the things we have coming up to help support + inspire storytelling. For the last few years we've followed a fairly similar cadence for our releases and our major projects will follow that release schedule again this year. Please note that, as you might imagine, this schedule is subject to change throughout the year based on a variety of variables. Find the post here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
December Daily® 2024 | Full Collection Overview + Price List
In this post we are sharing all the products we are offering for December Daily® 2024. All products will all be available on
Tuesday, August 27th at 10am Eastern.
In addition to the new products shown below we will have some past December Daily® products available to add to your box at various times throughout the boxing period (read more about our Boxing Period schedule here) as well as some basic items from our shop (such as page protectors, tools and inks).
PRICE LIST: Download the 2024 Printable Price List here. Please know that our goal in sharing the price list is to help you plan for Tuesday. There will likely be other items, basics such as inks and the paint bundle, that will be available in the Box Order Period (along with sale items that will be added later in September).
UPDATES + REMINDERS
Make sure to read our How It Works post for all the details about how our box ordering process works and few new updates for this year's process & schedule (it's different from our regular shopping interface). That post also includes shipping details. Follow December Daily® on Instagram for additional information and inspiration and/or join our December Daily® Facebook group . You can get more details on the schedule for the December Daily® season here. Read below for all the class + event details.
DIGITAL PRODUCT DETAILS
All items listed below that translate easily to a digital format/product will be included in our December Daily® digitals release for 2024. The digital versions of the items below along with new layered templates + overlays will be available in our regular shop on
Friday, October 11th.
Our team put a lot of love, effort and thought into our 2024 December Daily® release and we are so excited to share it with you! We are real people over here who love this project and deeply care about creating products to support both your storytelling + your creative spirit.
Let's dive right in!
NEW FOR 2024 | LIMITED QUANTITY BUNDLE OPTIONS
This year we are offering two limited quantity bundle options. This first is a Stamp Bundle which includes all nine of the new stamp sets. The second is a bundle that includes most new shop items (with the exception of kits, albums, advent calendar and stamps).
STAMP SET BUNDLE | $200
The stamp bundle features all nine sets shown above (five are 4x6 and 4 are 6x8).
DECEMBER DAILY® BUNDLE | $270
This Bundle includes 3x8 Transparency + Journal Card Set, 6x8 Transparencies, Envelope Bundle, Die Cut Paper Inserts, 3x4 + 4x6 Specialty Journal Card Set, 10x8 Transparencies, 10x8 Papers, Prompt Paper Pack, Scalloped Squares Pack, Plastic Phrases, Large Vellum Pieces, Wood Veneer Stars, Scalloped Tags, Cardstock Trees, Tree Metal Craft Die, Velvet Trim Pack, Gold Foil Paper Circles, Variety Die Cut Bundle, Small Plastic Numbers, Large Felt Numbers, 6x8 Chipboard Phrase Sheet, 6x8 Clear Sticker Sheet, Alpha Puffy Sticker Sheet, Phrase Sticker Sheets, Tab Sticker Sheets, Number Sticker Sheet, Silkscreen Pack, and Stencil Pack
Components this year include:
12 - 10×8 single-sided papers 8 - 4×4 prompt story cards 8 - 3×4 single-sided journal cards 6 - 4×6 single-sided journal cards 2 - 4×6 puffy number sticker sheets 3 - 3×4 library card pockets 3 - 3×4 library card inserts 1 - 6×8 perforated phrase strips 1 - 12mm washi tape roll 1 - 20mm washi tape roll 4 - 3.5" cork gingerbread men 31 - 1.5" paper pennant die cuts 4 - 4" cardstock frames 24 - 2.5" to 5" cardstock pieces 6 - 5" plastic trees 29 - 1.5" to 4" vellum die cuts 7 - 3.75" to 6" chipboard phrases 11 - 3" plastic words 30 - 0.75" to 1.25" glitter die cut stars 4 - 2.5" felt bows
Here's a closer look at the papers:
And the 4x6 and 3x4 cards:
Vellum pieces:
Perforated word/phrase strips:
Frames:
Here's a video walkthrough of this kit:
Here are some images of the kit in action in the 10x8:
Here are some images of the kit in action in the 6x8:
Here are some images of the kit in action in the 4x6:
We are super happy to have Liz Tamanaha creating a mini kit for us again this year!
Components this year include:
9 - 7×8.25 double-sided papers 8 - 4×6 double-sided journal cards 16 - 3×4 double-sided journal cards 1 - 4×6 chipboard shape sheet (adhesive backed) 9 - 2" to 3.5" vellum die cuts 15 - 0.75" to 1.25" glitter die cut stars
The Paislee Press Kit includes double-sided cards:
The papers have a neutral grid on the other side:
Here's a video overview of this kit:
Here are some images of pieces in the 6x8 album:
Here's an image of pieces in the 10x8 album (showcasing the new page protector included in the album):
Here are some images of pieces in the 4x6 album:
In addition to the above kits we offer a variety of additional supplies to support your December storytelling including albums, stamps, papers, embellishments, etc.
Let's dive in with an overview video (stamps have their own video below):
ALBUMS
10x8 FLORAL | $32.99
Includes 25 page protectors: (7) - 10×8 one pocket(6) - 4×4 two pockets and 4×6 two pockets(6) - 10×4 two pockets (6) - 3×4 six pockets. We're excited to offer a new page protector configuration for this album size: six 3x4 pockets. This new configuration will be available in the multipack as well as in an individual pack.
6x8 TREE ALBUM | $29.99
25 Total Page Protectors: (7) - 6x8 one pocket (2) - 2x2 twelve pockets (6) - 3x4 two pockets and 4x6 one pocket (5) - 3x4 four pockets (5) - 4x6 two pockets
6x8 RED STAR ALBUM | $29.99
This is the album Ali will be using this year.
Includes 25 page protectors. 25 Total Page Protectors: (7) - 6x8 one pocket (2) - 2x2 twelve pockets (6) - 3x4 two pockets and 4x6 one pocket (5) - 3x4 four pockets (5) - 4x6 two pockets
4x6 VERTICAL FLORAL ALBUM | $19.99
25 Total Page Protectors: (15) - 4x8 one pocket (15) - 3x4 two pockets. The outside of the page protector size for this album is 5x6.25. Both page protector packs for this album will be available to add to your box.
There will be a limited number of buy-all bundles for our nine new December Daily® stamps available or you can purchase them individually.
NOTE: We are following the same process as last year for securing your stamp orders. In order to meet the high demand for stamps this year, we are asking you to add the stamp sets you would like to receive in your box by 9/9 at 11:59pm ET to guarantee your order for shipping with your box in early October. We will be ordering a limited amount of each design in addition to stamps sets secured by customers that will be available after 9/9. If you do not secure the stamps you would like by 9/9 at 11:59pm we cannot guarentee we will have enough quantity to fulfill demand and they may sell out.
SCALLOPED 6x8 STAMP | $28.99
HOLIDAY ICONS 6x8 STAMP | $28.99
HOLIDAY TREE 6x8 STAMP | $28.99
Trees are about 4.25 inches tall and 3 inches wide.
HOLIDAY TAG 6x8 STAMP | $28.99
GINGERBREAD 4x6 STAMP | $19.99
ALPHA + NUMBERS 4x6 STAMP | $19.99
These are a little over .5 inches tall.
HOLIDAY PHRASE 4x6 STAMP | $19.99
ALI'S NUMBERS 4x6 STAMP | $19.99
These are a little taller than .5 inches.
PAISLEE PRESS 4x6 STAMP | $19.99
In addition to the new December Daily® stamps above we also have some new alpha and number stamps available.
Here's a video overview of the stamps that includes Ali playing with the sets.
In the video above Ali used this
2x2 square punch, this 2.25 inch circle punch, this 2.5 inch circle punch, and this stamp platform. We will also have stamp blocks + inks available during the Order Selection Period to add to your box.
Individual inks + ink bundles will be included in the box ordering options this year. We are not releasing any new colors this year.
MAKE SOME MERRY STENCIL PACK | $14.99
These are matte stencils in 4x4 and 4x6.
DECEMBER MOMENTS SILKSCREEN PACK | $14.99
Silkscreens are so fun + work really well with paint! These are 4 inch x 4 inch and 6x4 inch.
Here's a video of Ali playing with the silkscreenss + paints:
PAINT PACK | $19.99
5, 100ml paint bottles
You can see Ali playing with these paints in the silkscreen video above.
TIS THE SEASON CHIPBOARD PHRASES 6x8 | $6.99
LARGE GREEN FELT NUMBERS | $9.99
4 inches tall
SMALL WHITE PLASTIC NUMBERS | $8.99
31, 1.5 inches tall
DECEMBER ROUTINES VARIETY DIE CUT BUNDLE | $9.99
50, .75 inch - 6.25 inch die cut shapes
GOLD FOIL DIE CUT LABELS | $5.99
50, 1.5 inch circles
VELVET TRIM PACK | $5.99
METAL CRAFT DIE TREE | $8.99
1, 2.5 inch x 3 inch metal craft die
CARDSTOCK DIE CUT TREES | $6.99
50, 2.5 inch x 4 inch cardstock trees
SCALLOPED DIE CUT TAGS | $5.99
12, 2.75 inch x 4 inch
PAINTED WOOD VENEER STARS | $8.99
50, .75 inch - 2 inch wood stars
CHRISTMAS MAGIC LARGE VELLUM PIECES | $12.99
8, 4 inch - 6 inch vellum shapes
BE MERRY PLASTIC PHRASES | $9.99
5 - 3.4" to 5.6" plastic phrases
SCALLOPED PLASTIC SQUARE PACK | $9.99
48, 2 inch scalloped plastic squares
HOLIDAY STORIES PROMPT PAPER PACK | $5.99
NOTE: These were manufactured on a much thinner paper than we usually use and we were unable to re-print them. They are sized outside of the page protector. Ali will definitely be using some of these in her album (they are one of her favorites this year) and backing them with a photo or other pattern paper to create pages in her album. These come with the digital product.
5, 7 inch x 8.25 inch and 3, 11 inch x 8.25 inch prompt papers
MERRY MERRY 10x8 PAPER PACK | $12.99
MAKE SOME MERRY 10x8 TRANSPARENCY PACK | $14.99
OH WHAT FUN SPECIALTY JOURNAL CARD SET | $10.99
Incudes paper with gold foil, vellum, and transparency in 3x4 and 4x6.
MOMENTS + MEMORIES DIE CUT PAPER INSERTS | $10.99
MERRY CHRISTMAS ENVELOPE BUNDLE | $14.99
1, 6x8 kraft envelope, 1, 4.5 x 7.5 inch plastic pocket, 1, 3x8 vellum pocket
DECEMBER MEMORIES 6x8 TRANSPARENCY PAGES | $9.99
BEST TIME OF THE YEAR 3x8 TRANSPARENCY + JOURNAL CARD SET | $19.99
18, 3.75 x 8.25 journal cards + 13, 3.75 x 8.25 inch transparencies
GOLD FOIL NUMBER STICKER SHEETS 4x6 | $9.99
DECEMBER MOMENTS TAB STICKER SHEETS | $3.99
ATTACHER STICKER BUNDLE | $3.99
DECEMBER MOMENTS PHRASE STICKER SHEETS 4x6 | $3.99
GOLD FOIL PUFFY NUMBER STICKER SHEETS | $5.99
GOLD FOIL ALPHA PUFFY STICKERS | $5.99
HOLLY JOLLY CLEAR STICKER SHEET | $6.99
Our sticker advent calendar is filled with 24 adhesive backed stickers + embellishments (packaged the same as last year each item in it's own poly bag with a 4x6 number card). It's become a community favorite! You might choose to open one per day before December (so you can use the elements in your album or during December! If you'd like to see all the contents we've got a spoiler video available below.
If you are someone who likes to see all the contents in advance you can check out the spoiler video here.
If you want to be surprised,
SKIP THIS VIDEO.
2024 LIFESTYLE
CHRISTMAS TREE GLASS CAN | $22
GINGERBREAD MUG | $12.99
DECEMBER DAILY® 2024 ENAMEL PIN | $4.99
BE MERRY ENAMEL ORNAMENT | $9.99
MAKE SOME MERRY SWEATSHIRT | $52
Starting on 9/9 you will be able to secure your apparel items and we ask that you add these items to your box by 9/16 at 11:59 PM ET in order to guarantee your items are included in your box that will ship out in early October. If you choose to wait to add apparel items to your box after 9/16 at 11:59 PM ET quantities will be limited and may sell out.
DECEMBER DAILY® RED SWEATSHIRT | $52
Ali is 5'9 and wearing a M. She usually gets a M or L sweatshirt or a size 10 top.
Lisa is 5'7 and is wearing a S. She usually gets a size S or M sweatshirt and wears a size 4 top.
This year you will be able to register for any or all three workshop/event registrations through our box order system:
December Daily® Product Play | This + This + This workshop registration will open on Tuesday August 27th (DD launch day) and will be available at an intro price of $20 during the Order Selection Period. After that time it will move to the official price of $25. More details on this year's workshop can be found at the bottom of this post (workshop begins November 5th). December Daily® Hybrid Product Play workshop will open on Tuesday August 27th (DD launch Day) and will be available at an intro price of $12 during the Order Selection Period. After that time it will move to the official price of $15. Read below for more details (workshop begins on October 11th to correspond with our December Daily® Digitals release the same day).
December Daily® Prep Day is happening this year on Sunday, November 3rd starting at 10am ET. You can sign up for this $5 online event on Tuesday August 27th during Order Selection Period as well.
Here is more information about each:
December Daily® Product Play is all about ideas and inspiration for working with physical products from the December Daily® Collection.
For our 2024 December Daily® Product Play workshop Ali + team will using four product formulas (2 products from the Main Kit + a product from the shop) as the jumping off point for creating pages to hold your stories. During each of the four weeks of this workshop Ali + team will use the following product formulas to create a project in the three album sizes (meaning each week will include one 10x8 idea, one 4x6 idea, and one 6x8 idea using the product formulas).
Our goal for this class is to provide inspiration to support your December storytelling by showcasing creative ways to mix and match the collection. Some ideas shared in this workshop will be completed spreads with images and journaling and some ideas will be for foundation pages to spark your creativity and help you to create homes for your December stories.
In addition to the Main Kit Ali and the team will be using the following:
2024 Stencil Pack 2024 Die Cut Page Insert Pack 2024 Die Cut Pack 2024 Specialty Card Pack (includes vellum + transparency)
Registration will open on Tuesday August 27th at 10am ET. Sign up during the boxing period for $20. After the boxing period ends the class will be $25. Class begins Tuesday, November 5th.
2024 DECEMBER DAILY® HYBRID PRODUCT PLAY
Hybrid scrapbooking combines digital products with physical supplies to create paper (or printed) memory-keeping projects. For this class, our contributors will share fun, creative ideas and inspiration for working with digital products from the 2024 December Daily® Collection via written and video tutorials.
All of the projects and techniques provided in this self-paced class will demonstrate how versatile digital products can be in helping you get your stories told. Our hope is that you will come away with ideas for using digital products to create homes for your December stories.
The price for this class will be offered for $12 during the boxing period. After the boxing period ends on 9/30 the price will go up to $15. Please Note: This workshop is not meant as an in-depth software workshop. The contributors of the class will be using either Photoshop, Photoshop Elements or Canva, and the examples and projects they share will show you the steps they take to create physical projects using digital memory-keeping products.
2024 DECEMBER DAILY® PREP DAY
Join the December Daily® community for a fun online December Daily® prep day on Sunday, November 3rd, 2024. Use this opportunity to finish past December Daily® projects or start working on your project for 2023. The first live video will start on Sunday, November 3rd at 10:00 am Eastern.
Cost is $5.
Each lesson will be open for you to access 15 minutes prior to the live content which will be available at the top of each hour. Then after the discussions and/or project ideas, you are free to work on your own projects, clean up, prep, etc.
Note: We will have more details about the schedule and content in the coming weeks.
Each topic will have its own Lesson within the 10 Hour Classroom. Inside each lesson you'll find the live video, a free download, a challenge, and a spot for conversation in the comments section of the lesson. Live chat will be available for anyone who wants to converse back and forth during the live event. Note: All videos will be recorded so you can watch them at your own pace. You don't have to be online on the 3rd to access the content.
August 22, 2024
December Daily® 2024 | Schedule & How It Works
Each year before the release of the December Daily® collection our team likes to go over how the Order Selection Period works to refresh everyone's memory and introduce newcomers to the community about how ordering works for these specific products as well as go over the schedule for how things are going to flow this holiday season as we all prepare to document our December
We are hopeful that the changes we made to the order process over the last few years will continue to alleviate some of the slow loading and other issues we've faced in the past for this very popular release. That said, we are imperfect people trying to get it right and it's totally possible that there will be issues on the day the products go live (next Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 at 10am ET). We thank you in advance for your patience if issues do arise. Our goal is to create an awesome experience for you and we don't like it just as much as you don't like it when things don't run smooth.
Below we are showing screen shots of what the shopping experience looks like on desktop and mobile so you will have the opportunity to be more familiar with the process before the page goes live.
Take a few minutes to read through the details.
Feel free to ask questions in the comments below.
We will be following a similar schedule that we introduced last year for our Order Selection Period (see calendar above). Will be offering some past December Daily® items at various discounts throughout the second half of the month. Be sure you are signed up for our newsletter and follow us on Instagram to be the first to hear when those items are available to add to your box.
This year we are excited to add a dedicated sale category to the Order Selection Page that will go live on 9/16 in hopes of making the shopping experience even smoother for those items.
The Order Selection Boxing Period will end this year on 9/30/24 at 11:59pm ET.
STAMPS | We are following the same process as last year for securing your stamp and apparel orders. In order to meet the high demand for stamps, we are asking you to add the stamp sets you would like to receive in your box by 9/9/24 at 11:59pm ET to guarantee your order and that they will be shipped with your box in early October. We will be ordering a limited amount of each design in addition to stamps sets secured by customers that will be available after 9/9/24. If you do not secure the stamps you would like by 9/9/24 at 11:59pm ET we cannot guarantee we will have enough quantity to fulfill demand and they may sell out.
APPAREL | We will follow the same process for our apparel items. Please place orders for apparel items by 9/16/24 at 11:59pm ET in order to guarantee your items are included in your box that will ship out in early October. If you choose to wait to add apparel items to your box after 9/16/24 at 11:59 PM ET quantities will be limited and may sell out.
When the products go live on Tuesday morning there will be an option under the
December Daily® dropdown menu to shop (right now the main drop down menu is for the "Travel Collection" - that will be updated when the products go live).
When the December Daily® shopping experience is live you will see that we have broken the products down into seven categories. Each one will have their own tab across the top of your browser window:
My Box, Kits + Albums, Stamping, Embellishments, Stickers, Paper, Lifestyle, and Classes. On 9/16 an eighth category will be added for sale items titled "Sale".
Kits + Albums: Includes kits, albums, page protectors.
Buy All: This year we are offering two buy all bundles. One for stamps and one for shop items (excluding kits + albums).
Stamping: Includes stamps, inks, stencils, silkscreens, paint, stamping tools, pens.
Embellishments: Includes advent calendar, vellum, chipboard, paper, plastic, etc.
Stickers: Includes puffy, phrase, number and attacher stickers, etc.
Paper: Includes paper packs, journal card sets, transparencies, inserts, etc.
Lifestyle: Includes, mug, apparel items, glass can, enamel pin etc.
Classes: Similar to last year you will be able to add new December Daily® classes to your box to purchase at the same time as the physical products. We will be offering two December Daily® classes as well as December Daily® Prep Day this year. Check back here on the blog tomorrow for full class descriptions in our December Daily® Collection Preview Post . You will not be charged for shipping if you only are checking out with classes in your box.
Checkout: Once you have added any items to your box a tab titled "Checkout" will appear in red. You can click this to checkout or use the red button under your box in the top right corner. You will also be able to check out via the red box icon on the top right corner.
When the products are live you will be able to click on any product image and will be taken to a product page that includes a description and additional product details. You will also be able to add to your box from the main shopping page (as you see above) or from the individual product page.
When you add an item to your box from this main shopping page the red "add to box" will temporarily turn green showing you that the item has been added to your box. It will return to red enabling you to add more if you want of that product.
PLEASE NOTE: We highly recommend identifying the items you are most interested in and checking out with those things first. Let's say you know for sure you want the Christmas Tree Album + Floral 10x8 Album. Add those two items to your "DD cart" (the red box icon in the top right) and then go through the checkout process to secure those items. Those items will then appear in your "My Box" tab - as will any additional items you add to your "DD cart" and "checkout" before the 29th. Items in your "DD cart" aren't secure until you have actually checked out.
The above screen shot shows where your "DD cart" is located while you are shopping the December Daily® products. You will not be able to add products from our regular shop to this cart - it is a completely separate cart for December Daily® during the Order Selection Period.
You can adjust the amount of the item you want to order or remove the item from your box (only before checking out) in this area. Please make sure to double-check your quantities before checking out.
Once you have clicked "checkout" and gone through that process your products will then appear under the "My Box" tab.
Above is a screenshot of the checkout page for desktop users. We are able to offer flat rate shipping again this year ($13 for domestic, $16 for Canada, and $29 for all other international locations) you will be charged this flat fee the first time you check out. After that it will note "PAID" in green for "Box Bundle Shipping" on any future checkouts.
MOBILE USERS
Did you know that almost 50% of you use a mobile device for shopping on my site?
Here's a look at what you will see on your mobile device. Again, the navigation between the different categories will be right there along the top:
From this screen you are able to add products directly to your box by clicking the small box icon under the product. The small red box in the upper right corner is what you currently have in your "DD cart." Once you complete the checkout process your products will then be viewable under "My Box" in the main navigation.
You will also be able to click on the individual product to see more images or get more details:
If you are shopping from a mobile device you will have an option when you are checking out to "Check Out Right Away"
OR to scroll down to review your details before checking out. Please note that once you have completed checkout you will not be able to remove items or edit order. Please be sure to review your order quantities before checking out.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
The Order Selection Period for December Daily® begins on Tuesday August 27th, at 10am ET and will end on Monday, September 30th at 11:59pm ET. After the Order Selection Period closes we will box up your order and ship it to you. Please note that we will be prioritizing shipping international shipments first due to the project timeline and extended shipping delays internationally. Please rest assured that our team is working very hard behind the scenes to pack up your orders as fast as they can after the Order Selection Period ends to ensure a timely delivery for December documenting.
Make sure you have an updated credit card and shipping address on file with us and that you are signed in under your "My Account" before starting to shop. Go do that now. Promo codes cannot be used at checkout during the Order Selection Box Period.Gift cards can be used at checkout during the Order Selection Box Period. Paypal can be used at checkout during the Order Selection Period Box Period.
Once you have checked out you CAN NOT remove products from your box or edit your order. Customer Service will not be able to make adjustments to your order after you have checked out. Please verify the numbers of product placed before checking out - you will be able to see an adjust the quantity of an item before you check out via the box icon on the top right of your page.
The project will always be more important than the products.
If there are complications on the website when the products go live for purchase, please know our team will be working hard behind the scenes to solve them as quickly as possible. FLAT RATE SHIPPING RATES FOR 2024
For 2024 the Box Shipping rates will be as follows:
$13 Domestic Flat Rate
$16 Canada Flat Rate
$29 International Flat Rate
This will be charged on your first "checkout" and that will be the only time you are charged shipping. After that if you checkout again under "Box Bundle Shipping" it will say "PAID."
Our hope in sharing this information with you today is that it will help you have a better idea of what the shopping experience will look like. Please let our team know if you have any questions below.
We will be posting walkthrough videos and images of the full 2024 December Daily® collection (kits, albums, shop products) here on Friday August 23rd along with a printable price list to help you decided what you'd like to purchase. Be sure to check out our @decemberdaily instagram account where we revealed the kit and album offerings for 2024 during some fun lives with Ali and Lisa. They are saved there for you to view at your own convenience. If you don't use Instagram you can view the live conversations here: https://www.instagram.com/decemberdaily/
August 21, 2024
Project Life® 2024 | Week 32
Continuing right along with the 2024 Project Life album! Today's post features Week 32.
Ideas to note:
For this particular week I spent the most time working on a 6x8 page insert to tell the story of taking the girls to see Olivia Rodrigo. I printed out two full page photos and adhered them back to back and used a page attacher to add it to my album. On the top of each photo I created a pocket using a pattern paper from the Frames Scrapbook Kit + Grafix Plastic Sheets. To go along with my images I stamped "before" on one side and "after" on the other using Staz On ink. This week also features August Stories By The Month 3x4 cards for my journaling to go along with my 4x6 photos. Nice + simple with handwritten journaling to go along with the photos.
Let's dive right in to the process video:
Here's a look via images:
SUPPLIES 9x12 Album 9x12 Page Protectors August 2024 Stories By The Month Kit Frames Scrapbook Kit (pattern paper) Plastic Page Attacher Avery Index Tab Grafix Plastic Sheet Before/After Stamp Set StazOn Ink Rolling Date Stamp Scrapbook.com Rolling Adhesive Epson PictureMate PM400 Printer Other basic supplies can be found via my Amazon Storefront (printers, etc)
August 16, 2024
In Case You Missed It | August 16
Happy Friday, friends! Welcome to the latest
In Case You Missed It. Just a reminder that this is a quick post that will happen every Friday afternoon with all the updates and links that have happened throughout the week. So, let's get to it:
COUNTDOWN TO DECEMBER DAILY®
Mark your calendars! We are so thrilled to share that our 2024 December Daily® order selection period will begin on August 27th at 10:00am ET. 😍 We’re currently finalizing our promotion schedule, class calendar, and more. As always, we have lots of inspiration and fun content planned around this year's release. As soon as we have those dates, we will share them with you! Not signed up for our newsletter? Head to www.aliedwards.com and sign-up in the footer of our site. Be sure to follow us over at @decemberdaily, our official account for all things December Daily®. We also invite you to join us in the December Daily® Facebook group for more merriment. Find additional resources and inspiration, including Ali's completed albums, on the blog via the December Daily hashtag. Learn more about the project here.
AUGUST REVEAL
Earlier this week we revealed a new Story Kit™ theme: QUIET! Ah, quiet. Sometimes it's elusive and sometimes it's oppressive and sometimes it's the exact relief we need. This month we are telling stories about being quiet, searching for quiet, embracing quiet, and generally reflecting on how we feel when things are quiet in our lives. In addition to our new Story Kit™ theme, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit, the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series, and our most recent Quarterly Scrapbook Kit (alphabet-theme). Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.
TRAVEL CLASS | START TO FINISH 04
Let us help you bring your travel stories to life! Join contributors Shannon Flatley, Yin Goh, Kendra Wietstock, Kelly Watson, Jeanne Williams, and Diane Dziuban as they each create a travel album using products from the 2024 Travel Collection. In this class you will find a variety of styles and approaches that includes more recent travels as well as travel stories collected from over the years. From planning and organization to creative ways of using products, this class is all about providing you with inspiration and ideas to help you create your own travel album. Learn more and
register here.
2024 TRAVEL COLLECTION
Our brand new 2024 Travel Collection is here! The products are in the warehouse and ready to ship to you! We’re excited to offer free shipping ($20 international flat rate) with a $75 purchase in the travel collection category. Use code TRAVEL24 during checkout. We’ve also got a brand new Start To Finish Travel Workshop coming this summer using products from this collection! Lessons will go live each Friday starting July 5th until August 9th.
CLASS FROM ALI | STASH CLASS
Join Ali for a fun, motivating adventure into some ways to deal with all the scrapbooking stuff you’ve collected over the years and still have. Sometimes we need to press pause on our storytelling adventures for just a bit in order to get a handle on the fun things we’ve added to our physical product toolbox. Let’s come together as a community + spend some time prioritizing starting with our stash to get more of our stories told. In this four week workshop you’ll spend the first two weeks sorting + organizing supplies (or getting ideas about what might work for you) and the second two weeks creating projects using what you already own. Learn more here.
AUGUST DIGITALS
The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals here.
2024 PROJECTS + PRODUCTS SCHEDULE
As we continuing easing into 2024 we put together an overview of our schedule of projects + product releases for the upcoming year. We are sharing this as a way for you to plan, think about what you might want to participate in this year, and simply share some of the things we have coming up to help support + inspire storytelling. For the last few years we've followed a fairly similar cadence for our releases and our major projects will follow that release schedule again this year. Please note that, as you might imagine, this schedule is subject to change throughout the year based on a variety of variables. Find the post here.
As always, we’re so grateful to have you all as members of this community! Thanks for joining me today and have a great weekend!
Project Life® 2024 | Week 31
Ideas to note:
For this particular week I cut up a pattern paper from the Frames Scrapbook Kit into 4x6 cards. During the actual week I wrote something at the end of each day using a Kuretake Brush Pen. For this spread I decided to focus on little details/facts of each day. At the bottom of each 4x6 card I added a circle chipboard from the 2024 Week In The Life™ Kit. Most weeks this year I've filled those 4x6 pockets with photos so it's fun to mix things up and have my words there instead. At the beginning of each month this year I've been adding the monthly card from the Stories By The Month Kit inside a page protector insert.
Let's dive into the video:
And here's a look via images:
9x12 Album 9x12 Page Protectors August 2024 Stories By The Month Kit Frames Scrapbook Kit (pattern paper) Week In The Life™ 2024 Main Kit (chipboard circle pieces) Kuretake Brush Pen StazOn Ink Rolling Date Stamp Scrapbook.com Rolling Adhesive Epson PictureMate PM400 Printer Other basic supplies can be found via my Amazon Storefront (printers, etc)
August 14, 2024
Project Life 2024 | Album Walkthrough May-July
Here's an overview of my May through July Project Life spreads for 2024.
I was able to fit January through June in my 9x12 album and plan to fit the second half of the year into a second 9x12 album.
You can check out process videos for most of my spreads here via my Project Life archives (May was included in the Stash Class).
