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December Daily® 2025 | 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 26th, 2025 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. 

Feel free to ask questions in the comments below. 

2025 SCHEDULE

For 2025 will be following a similar schedule that we introduced last year for our Order Selection Period
(see calendar above). Past December Daily® items will be offered 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. 

Just like last year we are offering a dedicated sale category to the Order Selection Page that will go live on 9/15 in hopes of making the shopping experience even smoother for those items. 

The Order Selection Boxing Period will end this year on Tuesday, 9/30/25 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 9/8/25 at 11:59pm ET to guarantee your order and that they will be shipped with your box in October. We will be ordering a limited amount of each design in addition to stamps sets secured by customers (those will be available after 9/8/25). If you do not secure the stamps you would like by 9/8/25 at 11:59pm ET we cannot guarantee we will have enough quantity to fulfill demand and they may sell out. 

APPAREL | Apparel items will become available to add to your box on 9/8/25. Please place orders for apparel items by 9/15/25 at 11:59pm ET in order to guarantee your items are included in your box that will ship out in October. If you choose to wait to add apparel items to your box after 9/15/25 at 11:59 PM ET quantities will be limited and may sell out. 

WALKTHROUGH OF DECEMBER DAILY® SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

When the products go live on Tuesday morning there will be an option under the 
December Daily® dropdown menu to shop. Currently the main drop down menu is for the "Travel Collection" - that will be updated to December Daily® when the products go live on Tuesday.

When the December Daily® shopping experience begins 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, Paper, and Stickers, On 9/8 an eighth category will be added for lifestyle items titled "Lifestyle". On 9/15 a ninth category will be added for sale items titled "Sale."

Kits + Albums: Includes kits, albums, advent calendar & 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, stamping tools, pens, embossing powder, etc.

Embellishments: Includes vellum, chipboard, paper, plastic, adhesive, 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. 

Sale: Past December Daily® items will be added in this category on 9/15.

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   of the same product if preferred. 

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 Main Kit + Red 6x8 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 30th. 

Items in your "DD cart" ARE NOT secure until you have actually checked out. This is important! 

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 (o
nly 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 ($15 for domestic, $18 for Canada, and $30 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 our 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 26th, at 10am ET and will end on Tuesday, 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 will be working very hard behind the scenes to pack up your orders as fast as they can 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 CAN NOT 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 2025 

For 2025 the Box Shipping rates will be as follows: 

$15 Domestic Flat Rate
$18 Canada Flat Rate 
$30 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."

THANK YOU

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 2025 December Daily® collection (kits, albums, shop products) here on Friday August 22nd later in the day 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 2025 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/

In Case You Missed It | August 15

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:

DECEMBER DAILY® 2025 | MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, August 26th at 10am Eastern for our release day! This year's boxing period will be similar to last year with opportunities to add to your order with lifestyle, apparel and sale items throughout the boxing period. We will have a preview post in advance of the collection going live so you can plan your purchases. In addition we have a packed schedule of Instagram lives and inspiration, head to our official December Daily® Instagram account for all the details. 

NEW CLASS | TRAVEL 2025 HYBRID PRODUCT PLAY

New Hybrid Product Play travel workshop! Registration is now open and several lessons are available with additional lessons coming on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday over the following four weeks. As always you will have ongoing access to the content to watch and learn at your own pace after the lessons have been released. Let us help you bring your travel stories to life!
Join contributors @pambaldwin , @jill.drangsholt , @kellyish , @thereypie , @frecklepickle , and @denine2 , as they each share some of their favorite ways to play with digital products while documenting their travel stories. The class will take place over the course of four themed weeks: * Words (Titles + Journaling)
* Photos
* Embellishments
* Ephemera. New lessons will happen Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, with each of our contributors sharing two lessons from different categories. 
Register now. 

AUGUST KITS AVAILABLE 

Our August kits are here! Earlier this month we revealed our newest kits and stamps.  In addition to our color-themed Storyteller and Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. ⁠Head to the blog for Ali’s post with all the details about this month’s release.

2025 STORY PLAY DOCUMENTING WEEKS 

Story Play update! We're excited to share our community documenting weeks for our 2025 Story Play collection: ⁠

⁠Dogs + Cats: the week of August 4th⁠  Watching + Listening: the week of September 8th⁠  Day In The Life™: the week of October 13th (Wednesday the 15th will be our official documenting day, with supporting content planned throughout the week.) ⁠  Gratitude: the week of November 3rd⁠

TENTATIVE 2025 PROJECT + PRODUCT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE

Earlier this week on the blog Ali shared our 2025 project schedule. Recently we've been encountering some unexpected delays in manufacturing which is inviting us to be more fluid in our release/project scheduling (the reason why we've been holding off on sharing a more concrete schedule). Head there now for our rough schedule and a few general notes. We’re excited about the year ahead!

AUGUST DIGITALS 

The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. That mean's travel digitals are available now!  Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals 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!

Stamps Are Fun 08 | Ali's Project

Today I've got a project to share which incorporates the newest Stamps Are Fun set along with Alphas Are Awesome 29. 

As I was thinking about a story to tell I decided to document some of the art journaling/painting inspiration I've saved to Pinterest recently. This felt old-school and brought me so much joy to get those inspirations out of my computer and onto a page.

Let's dive in to the process video and more details about the process: 

Here are additional photos of my project: 

For this project I decided to start with a full page photo (7 inches x 8.25 inches). 

I knew I wanted to do something interactive so I decided to cut that photo in half vertically to create "doors" that open up to the printed inspiration images from Pinterest. I added the "currently" sticker (from the Week In The Life™ Main Kit) to the outside and the "memories" tab along the outside edge.

I used a 1 inch circle punch to punch half circles along the inside edges of my image. 

Here's what it looks like as it's opening in my album: 

And when it's fully open: 

I used the Stamps Are Fun set to create the journaling spots to hold details about my inspiration pieces. Inside the top boxes I added a "currently" stamp from this stamp set and numbers from this stamp set. 

I created a vellum flip up using a pattern vellum I've had in my bridge storage for a while. I've almost used it a bunch of times - today was finally the day! On top I stamped "inspo" using Alphas Are Awesome 29 along with "documenting" from this stamp set. 

I printed my Pinterest inspiration squares (1.75 inch x 1.75 inch) on Koala Printable Sticker Paper. I've seen Azzari talking about this photo sticker paper recently and have been really happy with it so far! It's thinner and great for a project like this - it would also be great for adding to a notebook without adding bulk. 

I stamped the outline shape from the new Stamps Are Fun set four times to create four journaling spots. I added small number stamps and the word "currently" from this set. 

This was such a fun project to put together! I loved printing out the inspiration pieces and reflecting on what's been inspiring me visually in the recent months. 

SUPPLIES

Stamps Are Fun
Alphas Are Awesome 29
Storyteller Kit (Colors)
3x4 Stamp (April 2025)
Number Variety Stamp (lots of numbers)
StazOn Ink
Ranger Archival Ink Vibrant Fuchsia
Koala Photo Sticker Paper
Week In The Life™ Sticker Sheet
Epson PM400 Printer
1 Inch Circle Punch
Travel Collection 10x8 Pattern Paper
Rolling Date Stamp

Alphas Are Awesome 29 | Project Idea

The newest Alphas Are Awesome Stamp Set (#29) is a super fun, unique large typewriter typeface that is great for titles. 

Let's dive right in to the process video for this project: 

Here are some additional images: 

I had a couple spots to fill in the May chapter of my 2025 10x8 year long album(s) project so this one started with a full page photo of our back patio. I'm still a major full page photo fan (this is 7 inches wide x 8.25 inches tall) and I love being able to play on top of my photo to add my story. 

For this one I cut up a piece of vellum and stamped "LOVE" along with using one of the shape stamps from the Stamps Are Fun set (this set is great for creating homes for your words). I cut the vellum to follow the curve of the stamp and used a Stadtler Lumocolor Pen for the journaling.  

I ran it through my sewing machine to create the four sections (after stamping) and then again to attach it to the top of my photo. The whole thing lifts up off the photo (attached by stitching along the top). 

SUPPLIES
Alphas are Awesome #29 Stamps Are Fun  Staedtler Lumocolor Pen Staz On Ink  Rolling Date Stamp Sewing Machine Tab Sticker (from 2024 Travel Collection) Epson XP 1500 Printer

New Releases | August 2025

Welcome to an overview post of our new subscription + shop releases! 

Note: The previous delayed kits are in the warehouse and have started the shipping process! Thank you so much for your patience!

MONTHLY STAMPS ARE FUN | 08

Stamps Are Fun features a 6x8 Stamp Set designed by Ali and shipped to you each month. 

SIGN UP HERE

This subscription does not include class content but will be supported through blog posts sharing ideas for using the stamp sets each month. Some months the stamp set may be aligned with the theme of the Storyteller Kit but mostly they will be a fun, random assortment of words and shapes. This monthly physical stamp subscription includes the digital version of the stamp. 

Here's the pricing for this monthly subscription: 

$20.99 - 12 month commitment 
$23.99 - 6 month commitment

$28.99 - month commitment

*Digital version of the stamp is included in subscription price.

Ali will be sharing a process video using this stamp next week on the blog. 

Let's play together! 

STORIES BY THE MONTH | SEPTEMBER 2025

This subscription includes 4x6 and 3x4 cards in paper and vellum, chipboard, sticker sheet, and an embellishment. It also includes access to a classroom. 

SIGN UP HERE

Here's an overview of the kit this month: 

INSPIRATION BY THE MONTH (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)

If digital is more for you in this season we've got you covered. This subscription includes the digital Stories By The Month kit and access to the SBTM classroom. 

SIGN UP HERE

This kit is also available to physical Stories By The Month™ kit subscribers as an Add On.

ALSO NEW THIS MONTH | ALPHAS + NUMBERS ARE AWESOME + A 3x4 STAMP SET

We've got a new Alphas Are Awesome (#29) and this year we are also offering a coordinating 4x6 Numbers Are Awesome set (#8). 

Physical kit subscribers can add these to their box for no additional shipping. They are available to Add On (for physical kit subscribers) and are also now available in the shop. 

Ali will have a blog post with additional details on this project coming soon. 

SHOP 6x8 ALPHA STAMP

SHOP 4x6 NUMBER STAMP

QUARTERLY STORYTELLER KIT (PHYSICAL KIT + CLASS)

Details about this kit: 

Four kits per year releasing in January, April, July, and October. When you sign up you are committing to the four kits (or however many are left in the year).
Includes classroom + content from Ali and contributors that will be spread out over three months. 
Shipping is $1 domestic + $5 international (same as Story Kits). You can also shop the Add On subscriber section and add to your box during the Add On period for no additional shipping (on the 10th + 11th each month). 
Physical kit subscribers can add the digital kit for $14.99 during the Add On period. 
We are unable to offer a "skip" option with our quarterly kits

SIGN UP HERE

Here's a video overview of the new kit: 

Here are some additional images of elements in the kit: 

QUARTERLY STORYTELLER CLASS (DIGITAL KIT + CLASS)

If you are looking for a digital only subscription that gives you access to digital Storyteller kit and the classroom content then the 
Storyteller Class is for you. 

This is $24.99 and is a quarter to quarter commitment (
you don't have to commit to all four kits but if you want to cancel you need to reach out to our Customer Service Team). 

SIGN UP HERE

Alpha Stamp Class | Registration Now Open

Are your alphabet stamps gathering dust? Let's put them to good use to support our storytelling adventures! 

Alpha Stamp Ideas is now open for registration! Classroom opens Monday, June 30th (all lessons will be live at that time). 

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Join Ali as she shares 10 projects that showcase creative alphabet stamping techniques for: 

Eye-catching titles that draw readers in Decorative embellishments and accents Graphic background patterns and textures Both traditional layouts and pocket page designs

Perfect for digital scrapbookers too! All techniques easily translate to working with computer fonts and digital elements. 

WORKSHOP FORMAT

This is a self-paced online workshop with lifetime access. All content will be available on Monday, June 30th, 2025. Sign up before Monday, June 30th for $5 off the cost of the workshop. 

This workshop features 10 detailed project lessons each featuring:

Step-by-step process video Stamping technique breakdowns Design principle explanations Storytelling integration tips Full-color PDF guide with all projects and tipsWHO IS THIS FOR?
Memory keepers looking to maximize their stamp collection Crafters wanting fresh approaches to alphabet stamps Anyone seeking creative title and embellishment ideas Digital scrapbookers interested in translating physical techniques

Ready to rediscover your alphabet stamps? Get inspired to dive into your stash and elevate your creative storytelling adventures. 

SIGN UP HERE

In addition to the supply suggestions on the Class Shop page you can also check out Ali's Amazon storefront for this workshop. 

All skill levels welcome. Basic stamping experience helpful but not required.

Storyteller 02 | Special Guest Jen Wong

Hi, friends! I’m excited to share another project made with the Q&A Storyteller Kit. One of my favorite papers in the kit was the 7” x 8.25” paper with the half circle question and answer spaces. When I saw it, I immediately wondered if I could somehow make an interactive element out of it.

For my daughter’s birthday this year, I created an escape room for her and her friends, and I’m working on a mini book to document all of the puzzles and the experience. This circle page was the perfect pattern page to hold the story of one of the puzzles, with the revealed solution underneath the flaps.

To create a second interactive element and hold a few more photos, I put some extra photos from the puzzle onto a film strip, which can be pulled out from behind the photo on the left. I used a film strip from my stash, but there are similar ones in the Frames Scrapbook Kit (https://aliedwards.com/shop/scrapbook...). I stamped the “details” stamp from the May Stamps are Fun kit (https://aliedwards.com/subscribe/stam...) on the tab. Those sentiments fit perfectly on the labels!

For some extra security (and another interactive element!), I added some twine to hold the two flaps together.

You can watch me make these pages and hear more about my thought process in the video below.

I love how these pages turned out and hope I was able to inspire you! Please let me know if you have any questions. You can find me on Instagram (@circleplusarrow).

In Case You Missed It | June 13

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:

NEW JUNE KITS AVAILABLE

Our June kits are here! The week we revealed our newest kit and stamps. In addition to our Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ and One Little Word Mini kits, as well as the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. ⁠Head to the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.⁠

NEW 2025 WEEK IN THE LIFE LAYERED TEMPLATES ARE HERE

The wait is over! Our 2025 Week In The Life™ layered templates are available in the shop.  Ali has put together 10 new designs, available in both 10x8 and 6x8 sizes to help you tell your stories. Each template features the colors + fonts used throughout this year’s collection. We can’t wait to see how you make these your own!

2025 WEEK IN THE LIFE COLLECTION NOW AVAILABLE

The all new Week In The Life™ products for 2025 are now available! We have a new album, our journal, a gorgeous main kit, an incredibly fun themed mini kit, and a collection of coordinating Week in the Life™ products. ⁠ ⁠All of the products are in the warehouse and ready to ship! ⁠This year Ali will be documenting her week beginning Monday, June 2nd, 2025. Don't forget Ali's Storytelling With Week In The Life™⁠ class is discounted until 4/30. ⁠
⁠
Our collection digitals for Week In The Life™ will be available on Friday, May 2nd. Layered templates will be coming to the shop closer to the documenting day. ⁠
⁠⁠ 

ALI'S WEEK IN THE LIFE ALBUM SET-UP

Ali is over on the blog sharing her set-up + design formula for her 2025 Week In The Life™ album. Head there now to see how it came together. 

MAY KITS ARE HERE

Our May kits are here! In addition to our second Storyteller and Stamps Are Fun Kits, we also have a brand new Stories By The Month™ kit and the next edition in our Alphas Are Awesome series. ⁠Head to  the blog for Ali's post with all the details about this month’s release.⁠

SHOP STORY PLAY NOW

Shop our 
new Story Play collection now! This year's four themed kits can be purchased individually or in a bundle. Here are a list of the themes and the month's we will be inviting you to join us in documenting this year: ⁠Day In The Life™, Dogs + Cats, Watch + Listen, and Gratitude⁠. Documenting dates will be shared soon!⁠
⁠
Digital kits (including stamps) are available now. Once these kits sell out, they will not be restocked. ⁠Documenting Weeks have not been finalized. We will share that information as soon as we have it.   

TENTATIVE 2025 PROJECT + PRODUCT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE

Earlier this week on the blog Ali shared our 2025 project schedule. Recently we've been encountering some unexpected delays in manufacturing which is inviting us to be more fluid in our release/project scheduling (the reason why we've been holding off on sharing a more concrete schedule). Head there now for our rough schedule and a few general notes. We’re excited about the year ahead!

MAY DIGITALS 

The first Friday of every month we have a new digital release available in the shop. That mean's Week In The Life™ digitals are available now!  Play with scale, recolor objects, add journaling, print multiples…the sky is the limit when playing with digitals. Shop digitals 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!

Week In The Life™ 2025 | Special Guest Jill Drangsholt

Hi friends! Jill here with a full walk through of my finished 2025 Week in the Life album. I actually did my documenting during the week of April 28th - May 4th so it took me about a month to finish this album. So if it is taking you that long (or longer!) don't be discouraged. Just keep chipping away at it. But I do hope seeing what I did for my album makes the process faster for you!

Okay let's get to the album. Below I have two process videos. The first one is a quick 3 minute flip through with no voice over if you just want an overview of my album. However, if you want to hear about how I put it together and hear me get chatty about some of my photos, then head to the 1 hour full album walk through below. 

After the videos I have included some photos to try to include all the different ways I used the products in my album. Enjoy! 

QUICK FLIP THROUGH WITH NO VOICE OVER:

FULL WALK THROUGH:

Here are a few photos from my album to give you a better idea of the design formula I used and a peek at some of my photos. I have included descriptions of how I used the products below each photo. 

My title page is very similar to Ali's, except I used a paper from the Grit Story Kit. 

On the back of my title page, I included a simple page to identify the main characters in my documenting week along with our ages and photos. I used a paper from the Fun Storyteller Kit as my base paired with the paper numbers from the Numbers kit and stamped names using the new stencil alpha stamp.  

I took way more morning photos than I needed this year, so I decided to include a 2x2 pocket page insert to include some of those extras. I also challenged myself to find a way to use the wood veneer hearts on this page. I ended up cutting out 2x2 blocks from one of the patterned papers that coordinated with the colors of the hearts and then stamping on those using the 7 Days 4x6 set in matching colors to create a really fun tone on tone look. I love how it turned out!  

I started off each day with the color blocked transparency dividers with a tab attached to them. I created the tab using the 2 inch Avery index tabs and the days of the week stamps from the 7 Days 4x6 stamp set. 

After my divider, I included 2 full page photos and often embellished them with the plastic half circle or the chip board pieces. I loved the half circles so much that I used up almost all 50 of them! 

Next up I have my 3x4 pocket page divider. On the front I have my vellum half circles holding a 2.5 inch circle (punched from one of the patterned papers) that holds a life in numbers prompt. I glued on the plastic prompts using Scotch permanent glue sticks and made a washi tape ribbon for the top (see my set up blog post for how I did that). Inside the pocket I put this flower transparency piece from my stash. 

I also sacrificed the quote on the plastic quote pieces to hold another photo.  

I sandwiched the solid colored half circles with the black hand written ones to layer under the cute circle chipboard days of the week letters. 

On the back of the 3x4 page protector, I attached the numbered circles from the Numbers Mini Kit to the back of where the vellum circles are. I repeat stamped the date to fill the blank white space and added a sticker over the prompt that was there already. I also used the scalloped day of the week journal card as a home for another photo.  

For my main journaling each day, I cut down the color blocked scallop inserts to 5.5 inches wide so that there is a bit peeking out from the next page. Then I printed out a block of journaling on white cardstock to layer on top so that just a bit of the scallop is showing on the left side. Before attaching it, I stapled the half circles with the day of the week on them on top of my journaling to create a title. 

On the back of the scalloped pages, I included a newspaper front page from that day followed by a page protector with 4x6 photos. 

I created a place to record what I spent my money on for the week by combining a 2x2 page protector with the pink die cut numbers page. I first cut off the right column of pockets (leaving 1/4 inch to use to attach the numbers), then stapled the plast $ onto alternating pockets, then stitched on the numbers that I had cut off the original die cut page to the edge of my page protector. Then I filled in the remaining pockets with the 2x2 journal cards that I had attached print outs of my spending to. 

I used the 4x6 journaling cards to hold a few of the prompt stickers that came in the kit. I love the multicolor look of them, and that I was able to customize my "ing" words to each day and only use the ones that worked best for me. 

I also added an additional 3x4 pocket page to some of the days for extra photos. When I did that, I created a filler card with the date on it using the "life in numbers" ovals, the die cut numbers and some patterned papers from the last two storyteller kits. 

For a few of the days I only needed room for a couple more photos so I decided to cut my 3x4 page protector in half and sew it to some vellum just for fun! This vellum is from the Fun Storyteller Kit. 

On the back of my second 3x4 page protector, I made a photo frame by cutting down the 10x4 papers from the paper pack and adding the mini tag chipboard on top. 

Like Ali did, sewed my 3x8 scalloped cards to the coordinating patterned paper. I cut mine down to be 6.75 inches in width so that the divider from the next day could peek through. On most days I added extra photos onto it (see previous photo), but for 2 days I added the "loving" and the "feeling" stickers to capture those feelings for the entire week. 

On the back of that scalloped page I added one more full page photo. This one is my favorite photo of the wild turkey that I came across during a walk and chased down the path for a photo. LOL

Since I didn't have an extra page protector for this day I added the date oval directly onto my photo. 

I hope you enjoyed this peek into my finished album! You can follow along with my other crafting adventures on Instagram (@jill.drangsholt).

Stamps Are Fun 06 | Ali's Project

I've been excitedly waiting for this new stamp set to arrive! The idea of being able to create bouquets with text and embellishments and photos and words - in any combination - sounds super fun to me. I'm in progress with another idea using this stamp set in my mixed media adventures that I'll share soon. 

Here's a look how I used Stamps Are Fun 06 to capture a season with Anna: 

Here are additional images of this project: 

This stamp set includes two vases that can be layered on top of each other or used individually. I love the mixture of text stems and plain stems and leaves. This set is also super great to mix with embellishments you may already have in your stash.

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Stamps Are Fun 06
AED Inks
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2 Inch Circle Punch 
One Little Word® Mini Kit #1 (2025)
Storyteller Kit 01 (Fun)
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Uniball Deluxe Micro Pen
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