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Day 19. December Daily

19/12/2014

Last night shift today !! Couple of work photos - baby bottle - have used so many of these over the last few nights. Most of the babies in the nursery are premature and their mums are home so we feed them overnight with the breast milk they have left for their bubs.

Being summer the days are getting longer and the mornings are getting lighter earlier and earlier. Sunrise is now about 4.15am.

Left side.

Right side.

This little vellum pocket came in the kit from The Stamp Spot. Gold embossed stamp along the bottom. Adhered it to a clear transparency and popped my journalling on it.

This 4x4 card I stamped the 'December' stamp diagonally across some white cardstock. Added the Kraft tag onto which I handsewed the JOY onto it. A little strip of cork stamped with December and stapled to the card.

Date card is a sequin pocket also from the Stamp Spot. Added the teal numbers with glossy accents and the day stamp up the top.

This little pocket I left empty and just added different stars from my stash.

Completed pages in my album.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

This year I am on the design team for The Stamp Spot for documenting our December memories with many other talented members. Stop by these other great blog posts on December Daily:

Michelle Hunter http://www.thestampspot.typepad.com

Tanya Watson http://photosandcrafts.wordpress.com/

Stacey-Lee Collis http://www.getonwithitalready.me

Beck Holder http://beckholder.weebly.com

Melinda Sweetman http://www.melindasweetman.blogspot.com

Amanda Horne http://www.scrapping-our-blessed-life.com/

Bernii Miller http://weekendatberniis.blogspot.com.au

Gabrielle Ingerson http://mostlysunshineandrainbows.blogspot.com.au/

Kirsteen Young http://lifeinthecraftlanek.blogspot.co.uk/

Amanda Miller http://mypladventure.blogspot.com.au

Amy Tangerine http://www.amytangerine.com/blog

December Daily® is a December mini-album project initiated by Ali Edwards that documents the 25 days leading up to Christmas. The simple goal is to capture the spirit of December via one story per day.

Beth xo

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Day 18. December Daily

19/12/2014

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Quick page today. Doggy dress ups !! Axel is so good natured to sit and let me put this doggy Santa hat on him. As soon as it was over though all he wanted to do was chew the pom pom !

Nearly finished my night shifts and then I have days off until Christmas night. Jacob has kept himself busy playing on the Xbox, going to the park nearby for a kick of the footy and walking Axel everyday. Hubby has been on holidays and really has kept the house running this last week or so whilst I've been working.

Date card - 4x4 sized cork with star transparency in top. The little deer chipboard sticker from Freckled fawn, teal glossy letters and day stamp from Ali Edwars.

Completed page.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 17. December Daily

18/12/2014

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Quiet day here after another night shift. I finally got my Christmas cards written out and ready to post. I always start December with good intentions of getting my cards done early but always end up pressed for time in the week before. Anyway. They are done. As I say a simple page with another December story.

Date card - simple candy cane chipboard sticker from the Freckled Fawn kit, teal glossy numbers and day stamp.

Wood veneer letters on some washi tape.

Complete page.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 16. December Daily

17/12/2014

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I am so glad that I did all my foundation pages prior to re start of December. It has meant I just need to add photos and journalling each day. I've moved cards around from where I have originally put them but having 80% of the album done prior has saved me so much time. And at the moment I'm time poor. I'm i. The middle of 9 shifts and we are busy at work. I was exhausted when I got home this morning and slept for most of the day. Anyone who does night shift can relate to feeling less than bright and creative when they wake. Anyhow here is my Day 16. All about food !! The white chocolate and raspberry trifle is from Donna Hay and I made it last year - absolutely delicious. I will be making it again and taking to the fire station for lunch on Christmas Day (hubby is working on Christmas Day so all the families are joining the firies tree for lunch). The Tim Tam balls are ones that have been circulating on Facebook and as I love Tim Tams I thought I would give these a try.

Left side. A 4x4 pocket with embossed white card from the Stamp Spot kit. Tim Tam balls photo. Heart transparency along the side.

Right side. Date card from TSS, white chevron transparency card and THAT trifle photo.

The date card is a teal and white spot card from TSS. I added some red glitter tape and gold star washi and popped the gold Zing embossed wood veneer on top. The day stamp is from Ali Edwards in black Stazon.

This little pocket came from Michelle in TSS kit. Lovely embossing on the white card backed with a teal Bokeh card. I used Teresa Collins alphas and will be writing the recipes in there (when I get a chance).

The trifle !!

As both pages sit in my album.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 15. December Daily

15/12/2014

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Today I was at work for our annual training day. The last few years they've given us markers and pipe cleaners and toys to keep our hands busy and hopefully our minds focused on the training. This year it was little Lego men - scuba diver (with a few missing parts!) for us this year.

The left photo of the reindeer is one of the Christmas decorations at work which, although they have been around for the last few weeks, today I noticed for the first time!

News of the siege with hostages at the Lindt Cafe in Martin place Sydney started filtering through after morning tea. It was all that most of us were talking about during the day. When I got home it was still unresolved. A sense of sadness and horror that this could occur here filled social media and the television. I went to bed hoping it would be resolved with no fatalities but that was not to be. Very sad for those innocent people and families involved.

Whilst I was at work Jacob had a mate over for the day - playing Xbox and going to the park. It was a beautiful sunny day here which was great to see after a gloomy and wet weekend.

The brightest bit to today was a text message from my husbands daughter with a photo (ultrasound photo) of her little baby. It is her first child and hubby's first grandchild. The baby is about 12 weeks at the moment and is due is June next year. It was lovely to see and put a big smile on our faces.

I added a 2x8 strip of a heart transparency from my stash in the pocket near the binder clips. The date card is gold foil card with a white doily and some gold and cream ribbon along the bottom. the teal numbers have glossy accents on top and placed on an oval sticker. A few teal enamel dots to complete it. The day is stamped with Stazon and is from Ali Edwards.

As it sits in my album.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 14. December Daily

15/12/2014

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Day 14 I was all set to do 14 things from '14. But real life got in the way and I didn't get around to it. I hope to get around to it later this week. The weather here this weekend was grey and stormy - such a contrast to earlier last week when it was so hot and humid.

Date card is from Teresa Collins Tinsel and Co collection. I added the 14 wood veneer from Freckled Fawn Christmas embellishment kit backed with teal glitter cardstock. Date stamp is from Ali Edwards.

The photo is taken from work on my tea break - storm rolling in over Buderim. Alpha stickers are from Teresa Collins as well.

I initially made the envelope card to put my 14 reflections from 2014 in. At the moment it is just for decoration. I added a gold striped transparency from Studio Calico to the back.

The completed page.

Simple page but it's done. Really enjoying this project - just a bit difficult the last few days and the coming few with busy afternoon and night shifts at work with our busy Special Care Nursery and premature babies.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 13. December Daily.

13/12/2014

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Another busy work day for me. Hubby and son spent the morning at the local shops and as usual (!) mostly involved what the boy wanted for Christmas. As usual they end up in the Xbox one aisle. Gone are the days of Lego and Nerf guns. It's all about gaming this year.

Simple layout today. Date card is from Teresa Collins Tinsel and Co collection with the teal numbers from the Stamp Spot. Date stamped with black Stazon ink.

Popped a glossy Christmas tree sticker from Kaisercraft onto a white chevron transparency.

And a photo of the No 1 present on the sons wish list.

As it sits in my album.

Simple day but one that makes up our December story.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 12. December Daily

12/12/2014

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Work day today and it is number 2 of nine days straight. We have had an influx of of tiny little humans lately and the Special Care nursery is nearly full. I love working in the nursery with the little premmies. Being so busy means extra staff on each shift (often only one staff member per shift is needed), so I thought I would bring in my Instax camera and some Santa hats today and take some photos.

Left side. The journalling card has alphas from Tinsel and Co collection. The left bottom card I just added some strips of Freckled Fawn washi tape from their Christmas kit. The right bottom card was originally gold and white diagonal stripes. I added a few rows of gold star washi tape along the stripes and some wood veneer stars.

The day card is from Teresa Collins Tinsel and Co collection and I added the teal letters (with glossy accents on top) rom TSS kit. A few teal enamel dots and the Friday stamp from Ali Edwards also.

I was trying something a little bit different and filled one of these little outline stars from Studio Calico with teal Zing and then heated. Worked out okay I think ?

Right side. The right top card was originally gold and white stripes. I heat embossed Alternate gold stripes with teal Zing. The larger bottom card is from Teresa Collins Tinsel and Co collection and I add some Freckled Fawn washi strips to it and some gold sequins.

I had this 'D' December flair in my stash as just popped it on top of this filler card.

Wood veneers letters from Freckled Fawn coloured with red sharpie.

Both sides as it sits in my album.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 11. December Daily

11/12/2014

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Today is all about Christmas decorations. I do love going shopping and seeing all the decorations in the plazas and the streets. I love walking up and down the aisles in the departments stores with shelves overflowing with glittery Christmas goodness. I took a couple of photos of Christmas trees at work and at the shops.

I tried half successfully to print an Ali Edwards digital script onto a transparency sheet. My friend Petra gave me the steps to do it and it worked out okay - I say half successful because the colour I would have liked more saturated but it's my first go so was pretty happy about it. I just backed it with some white cardstock and is the other side of my Nutcracker photo.

This year I found these Nutcrackers which I love.

I just added an Ali Edwards digital brush script to the bottom.

The teal bokha date card came in the kit from TSS and I added the gold letters from Teresa Collins Tinsel and co collection. A white circle with a teal glitter dot and the day stamp from Ali Edwards curled around it.

My pages how they are in my album.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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Day 10. December Daily

10/12/2014

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Today I used a different page protector - one specific to Instagram photos. Two 4x4 and four 2x2. As I've mentioned before, I love those little 2x2 pockets to put little bits into. Here is my day 10 -

Front page.

Date card - Vellum and white chevron transparency with teal numbers. All my teal numbers I have used glossy accents on top. Popped these on top of some gold washi tape and gold glitter card circle. This all sits on a 4x4 piece of vellum with teal trees embossed along the bottom (one of Michelle's creations in the kit from the Stamp Spot).

The little 2x2 pockets I filled with 1) a small glassine envelope with sequins and wood veneers. 2) a digital 'Jolly' printed (Ali Edwards) 3) white chevron transparency 4) journalling.

It was stinking hot and humid here today. Axel was obviously feeling the heat too and was sitting in the blow up pool just waiting for the water !

Back page.

Playing with our new selfie stick !! We do have a teenage son - but as anyone who has had teenagers knows, he is reluctant to get into the photos. I will however manage to snap a couple before this album is finished !!

The 2x2 pockets - 1) the glassine envelope 2) a digital 'season' coloured and printed and added glossy accents to 3) stamped 'December' on vellum 4) journalling.

The back of the date card I just added some gold washi and a red 'made over' flair with the 'cheer' sticker from Feckled Fawn on top. I've made over a few of my older flairs by embossing them in Zing.

A vellum piece stamped and embossed with one of Ali Edwards older Christmas stamps (from TSS kit). I added some red Zing to the heart.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

You can find me on Instagram as @bluepondbee, Pinterest as Beth Patfull @gpirate and I will also be linking up to Ali Edwards December Daily posts on her blog.

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