My Christmas Album Pages for 2016

My Christmas Album Pages for 2016


 


I recently finished up Journal Your Christmas, and wanted to show you the completed pages.  Please note that I am only sharing the pages right now...I figured I would do a separate post about getting the pages printed and into a book or album at a later date.

The key to getting an album like this done is keeping it simple.  As I mentioned in my earlier post about holiday albums,  I used a set of 6 x 8 templates and a set of Christmas kits I picked out ahead of time (I will provide links to these products down below).

When it came time to make each day's page, I just opened a template in PSE, saved it as a new file, plopped in any papers and embellishments I wanted to use, and added journaling.

A few years back, I made a font of my own handwriting.  This is pretty handy when you want to include your own writing, but are short on time.  This is another tool in my arsenal that helps me get my pages done quickly and easily.

If you are interested in turning your handwriting into a font, here are a couple of sites that allow you to do so.  One of the sites provides this service for free, and the site requires payment.  I included both so my readers could choose the one that suits their needs.

Paintfonte

Fontifier


Here's my latest video, with a slide show of each of the layouts I did for this project.  I hope you'll watch and get a feel for how the pages all tie together.




If you want to get a better look at each of the pages, you can find them at either of these two places:


JYC 2016 Photo Album on my Facebook Page
 
My Scrapbook dot com gallery


Here are the page kits I used:

DYD 6 x 8 Templates by Just Jaimee




Holly Days Advent Calendar Kit by Amy Wolff:

 


Holly Days Element Pack:





Holly Days Paper Pack:




List of Fonts used on my layouts:

Tangie Momraths: part of this font package
 2Peas Gift
LDJ Knuckle Type
Cry Kitty
Impact Label Font (I used a different labelmaker font that is no longer available, but this one is a close substitute for it)
Thirsty Script
Snowinter
Autumn in November
Penelope Anne
Outlaw
Pussycat
Bebas Neue
Sketchetica
Creampuff
Coolvetica
Stamp
Grutch Shaded
Blackhawk

Wow...that's 19 fonts!  I did warn you that I was a font junkie, right?

Anyhow...I appreciate you stopping by here, and I hope you found some inspiration you can use in your own holiday album or project.
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Simple and Elegant Gift Tags

Simple and Elegant Gift Tags



When I get really busy during the holidays, I find that the best thing to do is to stop what I'm doing, and make a little time to craft something.  I've also learned that if I focus on a smaller project rather than a big one, I feel more relaxed and more satisfied with what I've made when the project is finished.  It's one little way that I slow myself down and enjoy this time of year, which is great for letting go of that holiday stress. 

My latest YouTube video shows you how fun and easy these little tags are.  I hope you'll give it a watch: 





Here's a list of the supplies I used to make these cute little goodies.  And just a little disclaimer:  If I cannot find a link to the supplies below, or they are discontinued, I will link you up to other projects that are similar and would work just fine in their place. 

And, as always:  if you prefer to use items from your stash, do it!  I'm a big proponent of using what we already have.  


Digital Kit:  Merry Little Christmas Elements Pack #1 by Fancy Pants




Traditional Supplies: 


American Crafts Red Ribbon (this is a close substitution)
Clear Scraps Shapes & Albums (not all the shapes I used are there, but some of them are)
Clear Scraps At Scrapbook dot com (they have some shaker and chipboard shapes that could be used for this, too)
Studio Calico Wood Veneer Stars
Baker's Twine (This is a pretty good deal for all of these spools)
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
A standard sized hole punch  (found at most office supply stores)
Scissors
A black gel or writer pen, if you want to write on "to" and "from" (not pictured)

I have some blue ribbon, some photo squares, and some adhesive pearls in the picture, but they ended up not making it into this project, FYI.





Here's another picture of the tags, as well as a couple of gifts I attached them to: 












I hope you like these tags, and will make some of your own, even if it is just for your own enjoyment!

Thanks for taking time from your day to take a look...:)





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My Favorite Holiday Fonts

My Favorite Holiday Fonts

Whenever I do a Christmas album, I usually go on the hunt for great fonts.  I search my crazy, oversized collection on my laptop (my husband mocks me because I have over 1000 of them), and often go online to find more.  I just can't resist going to free font websites and seeing what's new, because awesome font creators release new goodies nearly everyday.  Here is my latest videos on my favorite fonts I'm using for my holiday projects:



My all-time favorite place to find free fonts:  Dafont

Another great one: 1001 Free Fonts

There's also: Font Squirrel

***Edited to add:  please note that most of the fonts I've shown here are free for personal use.  Should you need any fonts for commercial use, check out Website Planet.

Of course, there are more places to find free fonts, but these are the ones I frequent the most.  A Google search will Probably find you several more.  Here are links to the fonts I mentioned in my video:





Here's some samples of it on the blue card below,  as well as two Journal Your Christmas pages I did:






I used it here as a page title along the side:



Sorry Not Sorry font

This one comes in regular and bold styles, and both are great for journaling:



Since I just found this one, and hadn't had a chance to use it on a project, I made up a sample journaling block so you could see how awesome this font is: 





Thanks for taking time to read this post, and I hope you are enjoying this wonderful holiday season!






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