December Daily- days 3-5

I haven't forgotten about Day 2. It will be done eventually, when I figure out photos.. I didn't take any of what I want to use for that day, so I'm looking at alternatives to that.
In the meantime, here's a bit of what I've got done so far:

Day 3:- Incomplete, but idea is on paper. :) I used the Teresa Collins star transparency, which I LOVE. Even though I'm not using transparencies throughout the book, I couldn't resist this beauty. I have a weakness for stars, and loved the bold, graphic look of it. I added a tag on which I embossed a Fontwerks star stamp in a shimmery white, attached the date tag to that, and stapled it onto my page.

Underneath the transparency, I used the front page from a little catalogue from Simons that I got in the mail last week, I really loved the title and graphic design on it. I'm not sure yet how I will cover up the 'Simons' part, but maybe with a photo or two. Too bad I don't have a boy named Simon. ;)

Days 4& 5:

Because I work on weekends, and have very limited time to take photos on those days, I decided to do single pages for these days, and it has really simplified my process. I used some shots of my sons on Saturday am taken before I left for work, and journaled my thoughts about working weekends. Sunday's photo is really from Friday, taken for the Big Picture class I'm doing right now.
Here's how it looks in the book: (click on the photos to get a bigger view)

 Day 4 is super simple & fast, done digitally, printed onto photo paper, and then cut out and simply adhered onto the patterned paper background. I added a handwritten 'December' on the number tag, and a red brad on the bottom under my journaling after I took this photo, so it looks a little more finished.
Day 5 is very influenced by a layout in Molly's beautiful book from last year. I loved her detail of the digital tape and frame on one of her pages. I added some real washi tape (from Martha Stewart) to my photo, and an American Crafts tag.

And some detail shots below, since my journaling is fuzzy on the above photo:

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I'm off to make up 25 very last minute card kits for my son's Cub Scout group tonight. And hoping for some more snow today, I'm dreaming of winter photos.