Foundation Pages | DYD 2019

Hello and happy DYD weekend everyone! I know there are lots of people (like me) that get excited about Christmas and Hanukkah and the holiday season long before now and can't wait to document all of the exciting and fun things that come along with December. Then the December arrives and because of all those exciting and fun things happening you don't have as much time to scrapbook and capture those moments as you'd like... am I right? Well, one tried and true method of getting ahead of the game is to create some foundation pages BEFORE December even arrives!



Foundation Pages can mean LOTS of different things to people. You can also do this digitally or in hybrid fashion, whichever works for you, but foundation pages basically give you a huge jump start on your Holiday scrapping. Just like Documenting Your December can be super varied depending on the holidays you celebrate and the number of layouts you want to end up with, creating Foundation Pages can be as equally varied.

First, you need to decide if you're going to create digitally or hybrid. Next, do you want to create an album or just individual pages? Third, how many pages do you want to create to capture your December memories? Are you going to do one page per day and just capture whatever happens on that day or are you going to create pages based on specific memories and events you'd like to remember?



THEN the fun begins... creating Foundation Pages to capture these memories is like PRE-scrapping. You can make a list of the pages you'd like to complete and then think about how many photos each page might require, then you can lay out your page with blank photo spots and fill in all the rest with paper and elements. If you're doing this digitally you of course will have the freedom to move things around once your have your photos taken. If you're doing a hybrid approach you can print out your papers and elements and have them ready to use along with a stash of adhesives and your trusty paper cutter. You could also have a small notebook with sketch ideas ready to use!

Now... speaking as a complete template addict, one amazing way to create your own foundation pages is to start with a template. Better yet, we have some amazing template ALBUMS that are brand new for this year's amazing DYD release with the Holly Jolly Collection. Check out these amazing album template sets:




(and in 6 x 8 size)

I'd love to show you a couple of AMAZING examples of Foundation pages from prior years. Here are some samples by Polly Maribel from last year:



And here is a post from last year where Maribel talks about her process and shows off a bunch more of her amazing sample Foundation Pages.

Then we have a bunch of great coordinating pages created by @lcpereyra for 2017:

along with a great thread FULL of samples started by @scrappyjedi for DYD in 2017.

Finally I wanted to show you my approach to Foundation Pages for this year. I've been obsessed with my daily journal that I've done in TN (Traveler's Notebook) size for over a year now. So when I started thinking about my Christmas planning in September and started jotting down shopping ideas on random notes all over my desk, I decided to make my own TN insert to keep all my ideas in one place. These are different kinds of memories to keep, but I have already been using this journal for a month and I love it! I created pages for wish-lists for everyone that I will be Christmas shopping for and then have several blank pages thrown in for writing down memories as they happen so I'll remember them later when I want to scrapbook them!

I simply created foundation pages, 2 together and then I printed 2 pages on one side of my most loved Brochure Paper by HP and then I printed 2 more on the back side. Then I bought one piece of non-TLP paper for the cover and stapled it all together, trimmed the edges and I have the best personalized TN insert for Christmas! Here are some pictures of the pages digitally before I printed them:






If this idea of creating Foundation Pages intrigues you to get ahead of the game, we even have a great Hybrid Foundation Pages challenges to give you extra incentive to start creating. Check it out HERE.

I'd love to hear your ideas about creating Foundation Pages to get started scrapping your December before it arrives. How are you getting organized ahead of time for your December scrapping? What things do you know that you're going to scrap about for next month?

 

Yep... I'm giving doing hybrid in that I printed the pages and then we will handwrite in them from here on out.

I like your fly by the seat of your pants approach too!

 

Oh goodness! I hadn't seen those 4x6 templates before (how did I miss them?) but they are awesome! I think I will try to incorporate those in my journal too!

 

They look awesome!!! Side note: I have a chicken just like yours, but mine is cobalt blue. I love that thing! I got it from my Mom.

 

@Mrivas it felt weird about thinking about Christmas already too... I feel like our season have been so wonky and are putting me out of sync or something!

@IntenseMagic those pages look amazing already! Yay for getting ahead of the game already!

@AmandaJ I LOVE the idea of a calendar of prompts for the season! What a cool way to focus on something specific each day. I think that would help me know where to start each day amid the busy-ness! Such a cool idea!

@Cherylndesigns Looking good already! I love those sequins and that cute little deer! Adorable!