Happy December! Welcome to my blog and I hope you are enjoying everyone's fabulous projects! Today I am sharing my set-up for December Daily using Stampin' Up!'s Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card pack and the Merry Little Christmas suite. This is my 4th year doing December Daily. If you are unfamiliar with December Daily it is a daily memory keeping of events in December, mostly centered on Christmas celebrations and preparations, I first came across this idea from Ali Edwards. I've always done Dec 1 to Dec 31, the whole month and a perfect way to end the year with New Year's Eve!

Here are some of the elements that will be used this month: album, photo pocket pages, and Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card pack. My goal is to have this completed by mid January 2018, with pictures cropped and edited on the weekends for the previous week, printed maybe 3 different times throughout the month at Costco. I already have the numbers cut out in different colours.

This will be my title and day one page. The bottom 2 4x6 pockets are reserved for photos I'll take today. As the month goes on I should be able to plan some pages ahead of time but I find that if I do too many ahead then I change my mind and get frustrated that I have to redo some of the work I've already done!


A close up of the date pocket and filler card. It's hard to tell but the holly and leaves (a sticker from one of the two sticker sheets included in the Memories & More card pack) on the Fa la la card are popped up on a mini dimensional.

And here is day 2 and 3. Some pages I will split into 2 days but sometimes if I have a lot of photos it might spread over 2 pages or more! It all depends on what we do this month.

Supplies
Stamps: Carols of Christmas, Labeler Alphabet
Colours: Old Olive, Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories and More card pack, Black Faux Leather 12" x 12" Album, 12" x 12" Pocket Pages, Large Number Framelits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Copper Foil Paper, Stitched Shapes Framelits

I hope you will check back with me every week to see what I've done and that you enjoy the rest of the blog's in today's hop! Thanks!
~ Amanda

2. Rebecca Urban
3. Libby Dyson
4. Jan Musselman
5. Lisa Ann Bernard
6. Karie Beglau
7. Amanda Farlinger You Are Here!

8. Kimberley Anne Morris
9. Tricia Butts
10. Amanda Bates
11. Kristie Neal Walthall
12. Anastasia Radloff
13. Erica Jones
14. Jenn Charles Curtis
15. Marieke Bart
16. Courtenay Heuston
17. Angelique Stempelkeuken
18. Sarah McDermott

These are the projects I shared last night on my Facebook page for my Memories & More Facebook event. Join me next time on Thursday November 16th for my next events on Facebook. I will be sharing the pages I'll be using for my December Daily! Hope you can join me!

Supplies
Stamps: Carols of Christmas, Merry Little Tags
Colours: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card pack, 7/8" Striped Ribbon, Layering Ovals Thinlits, Everyday Label Punch, Cooper Foil sheet, Lemon Lime Twist ribbon, Card Front Builder Thinlits

~ Amanda

 I'm not looking forward to the snow coming again but I do love taking pictures of how pretty it makes everything! The above layout is about our first snowfall in our new house and how it changed how everything looked.

The snowflake stickers are from the Memories & More card pack. It's awesome that there are embellishments as well as 3"x4" and 4"x6" cards!

If you would like to see the cards in this kit head over to YouTube to see Stampin' Up!'s video here.

Supplies
Stamps: None
Colours: Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Merry Little Christmas Memories & More Card Pack, Card Front Builder Thinlits, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Another sample to show how versatile the Perfect Days Memories & More card pack is! It features the new exclusive Merry Patterns host stamp set and Lemon Lime Twist 2017-2019 In Color. Isn't the deer so festive? See information below on how you can earn this stamp set for free:

New and exclusive Merry Patterns host stamp set and it's only available until October 31! Yours free when you host a party with $375 of sales. If you're interested in booking a party, send me a message so we can set a date!

Supplies
Stamps: Merry Patterns exclusive Host stamp set
Colours: Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Black
Accessories: Silver Sequin Mini Trim, Perfect Days Memories & More card pack, Stitched Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Basic Black Bakers Twine

~ Amanda

Perfect Days Memories and More card pack is very versatile! And there are so many stamp sets that work well with the beautiful designs in this card pack. This layout features the In The City host stamp set that you can earn for free with $200 in party sales. Contact me today to choose a date!




Supplies
Stamps: In the City
Colours: Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Perfect Days Memories & More card pack

~ Amanda

Thank you cards are easy to make when you have beautiful pre-designed cards and embellishments like the ones used on this card from the Perfect Days Memories and More card pack.


Supplies
Stamps: One Big Meaning
Colours: Basic Black, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Perfect Days Memories & More card pack, Rhinestone jewels, Basic Black Bakers Twine

~ Amanda

Catchy post title, eh? Did I get you to laugh? Today's page is all about Hoover and his stick fetching he loved doing in water. Only time he would swim! I love pages with lots of photos. On one hand it saves cards from the pack for other layouts and on the other hand it makes for a nice simple page. Simple pages are great when you have many photos to scrap.

Supplies
Stamps: none
Colours: Marina Mist
Accessories: Color Theory Memories and More card pack

~ Amanda

A lovely relaxing card with a fruity drink (which by the way is the only stamped image on this card!). The 3x4 card was pre-printed and ready for embellishment. For the background I used a piece of Color Theory Designer Series Paper. No sentiment on this card since it would fit so many different themes!

Supplies
Stamps: Colorful Season
Colours: Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Berry Burst
Accessories: Color Theory DeaignerSilver Sequin Trim, Crushed Curry ribbon

~ Amanda

We had a fantastic time at this month's crop! And we raised $331 for Kingston Animal Rescue. Fantastic to see so many people come and craft for the day. I was able to work on scrapbooking pictures from 2008.

This month, in the grab bags, we included the Perfect Days Memories & More card pack. I'm so in love with this card pack! The 2 projects I designed (the card and the 3D item) have greetings from the card pack and no stamping! What?! For the card I used a 3"x4" card that had TODAY on it and added some stickers that are included with the Memories & More card pack. This was the perfect card for my husband's birthday earlier this month.

Tag toppers are so easy to create. Fill up a cellophane bag with some rockets, tie it close, then adhere the tag! The 3"x4" card is a perfect size to create a tag.

This month Lisa designed the scrapbook page and the pocket page! She did a great job with both pages and her little guy's pictures work great with this card pack. On the pocket page's 4"x6" card she coloured each has word separately to make it stand out - a great idea!



Please join us on Saturday September 16th in support of Run for the Cure - sign up here by visiting Crop Kingston's Facebook page - we would love to see you there!

Supplies
Stamps: None!
Colours: Emerald Envy, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Black, Soft Sky, Tranquil Tide
Accessories: 2"x8" cellophane bag, Layering Circles Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Basic Black Bakers Twine, Tranquil Tide ribbon

~ Amanda

Tonight I'm hosting a Facebook Memories & More Party on my page - check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/FromWhereIStamp/

On this layout I've dressed up a few of the cards to show what you can do with the Color Theory Suite! For the main 4x6 card I took one of the cards that says "Things I love this Autumn" and covered the words with a piece of Color Theory Designer Series Paper and the circle with the new saying/title to change it to a summer card. I liked the lines on the card but of course autumn wouldn't work with these very summer photos!

One of the 3x4 pockets was left alone but for the summer memories pocket I made a mistake cutting up a 4x6 card and to save the sentiment it was trimmed down, edged with Soft Suede card stock and mounted on a Crushed Curry 3x4 card from the pack.

Supplies
Stamps: Colorful Season
Colours: Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Basic Black
Accessories: Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack, Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Layering Circles Thinlits, Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

Here is one of the 3 pocket pages we made at Thursday's Christmas in July class. I love the Perfect Days Memories and More card pack so I featured it dressed up with the Pretty Pines Thinlits to show the diversity of how this card pack can be used. This page would be great for Christmas photos but also for photos with wintery theme as I've done.

Supplies
Stamps: none
Colours: Emerald Envy, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Black, Silver Foil Paper and Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Pretty Pines Thinlits

~ Amanda

I love the Emerald Envy colour! It matches so well with many of Stampin' Up!'s colours. It is a current In Color and will retire in May 2018!! I shared these cards at my Facebook party last Thursday evening. If you missed it but would love to see more inspiration please join me on Thursday August 10th from 8pm to 9:30pm on my Facebook page for my next Memories & More online party.

Both of these cards feature a 3"x4" card from the Perfect Days Memories & More card pack. I used the One Big Meaning stamp set to turn them into Thank you cards!

Supplies
Stamps: One Big Meaning
Colours: Emerald Envy, Basic Black, Soft Sky, Lemon Lime Twist, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Perfect Days Memories & More card pack, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Basic Black Bakers twine, Seaside and Hexagon Textured Impressions Folders

~ Amanda

Currently my fav Memories & More card pack - Emerald Envy and Lemon Lime Twist match so well with Soft Sky and Basic Black!!

On the left side page I use one 3"x4" card from the Perfect Days card pack to create the arrow bottom border. The card was cut into 3 and then I used the Tear Tape Adhesive to adhere it to a strip of Whisper White card stock so that I had a strip. I did have to trim the edge since I lined up the arrows. Here is a close up picture of the arrow trim:
The right side page is a pocket page. The heart and "us" was punched from one of the cards in the card pack.

On Thu August 10th I will be hosting a Memories and More Facebook party, please join me on From Where I Stamp's Facebook page at 8pm: https://www.facebook.com/FromWhereIStamp/

Supplies
Stamps: Labeler Alphabet
Colours: Lemon Lime Twist, Emerald Envy, Basic Black, Whisper White, Soft Sky
Accessories: Perfect Days Memories & More card pack, 1" Circle Punch, Layering Circles Framelits, Big Shot, Tear and Tape Adhesive, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

~ Amanda

This past Saturday was our July Crop with Crop Kingston. This month we raised $275.28 for Loving Spoonful! We were set up in a different room at St. Lawrence College but it was nice to have a new view out the windows for a change.

Pocket Page design I designed using the cute This Little Piggy stamp set. The Wood Textures DSP Stack. The little fence is so quick and easy. Add some small dots for nails makes it look even better! For one of the 4"x3" pockets I hand cut out a mud puddle for the pig to be in!

I prefer the pig to be brownish grey instead of pink! On these cards the pig is coloured with Water Colour pencils in Basic Grey and Early Espresso before using the Blender Pen to watercolour the images. We will be making these 2 cards along with 6 others at my This Little Piggy class on July 22, click here for details.

Lisa designed the above 12"x12" scrapbook page above and the 3D pocket bellow. I like her flags on the scrapbook page and she used the Chalk marker to write onto the darker wood texture designer series paper.


Please join us on Saturday August 12th in support of Kingston Animal Rescue - sign up here by visiting Crop Kingston's Facebook page - we would love to see you there!

Supplies
Stamps: This Little Piggy
Accessories: Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack, Big Shot, Watercolor Pencils Memories and More Pocket Pages

~ Amanda

I originally created this card using the Brick Wall Textured Embossing Folder but when I shared it with my mom she said it looked too cold so I made the above using the Woodland Textured Embossing Folder. It's a good tip, try different backgrounds before gluing your project together to see if another embossing folder would fit better.


For my pocket page I wanted to create a Canada Day layout using non traditional colours. Pictures from Canada Day 2012 fit perfectly with the Color Theory Memories & More card kit. For the explosion card I cut up one of the 4x6 cards and added a strip of whisper white stamped with War of 1812. On the bottom right photo I covered up the few people with a sticker from one of the cardstock sticker sheets that comes with the card pack.

Supplies
Stamps: Colorful Season, Labeler Alphabet
Colours: Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede
Accessories: Color Theory Memories & More Card Pack, Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Woodland Textured Impressions embossing folder

~ Amanda

My wedding anniversary was last week and these are the cards we made for each other.



~ Amanda

Last Friday I hosted a Facebook online workshop about the new Memories and More product line - specifically the new Color Theory card pack. The scrapbook page spread above was one of the samples I shared. The snowflakes were cut out using the Seasonal Layers Thinlits and the ombre 4x6 card is a piece of Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack. I will be hosting another online workshop using a different Memories & More card pack on Thursday July 13 from 8pm to 10 pm. 

Supplies
Stamps: Colorful Season
Colours: Dapper Denim, Marina Mist, Whisper White
Accessories: Color Theory Memories & More card pack, Seasonal Layers Thinlits, Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

~ Amanda