Thinking of Christmas

Maybe because I'm making Christmas ornaments for my Etsy store, I've already started thinking about my 2009 December Daily Album. The December Daily album is the brain child of Ali Edwards. You can see my 2008 December Daily Album here.

Ali mentioned in a recent post that she was considering using Donna Downey's canvas album this year for her December Daily. I thought that was an awesome idea and this is what instantly popped into my head:

Here's how I created the cover:

(1) I printed 5, 4, 3, and 2-inch stars from my computer onto cardstock. I cut the starts out and used them as masks with Scarlet colored Glimmer Mist. I misted in several layers so that some of the starts are more subtle than others.

(2) I painted the binding of the cover with red acrylic paint.

(3) I stamped the swirl pattern onto the binding with white StazOn ink.

(4) I accented my stamping with Xmas Red Stickles.

(5) I repeated the same steps on the inside of the cover, I just wasn't able to take pictures because the Stickles on the front are still wet.

Look for future posts on my 2009 December Daily album as it comes together!