Organised Christmas 2008.. The countdown has begun!

jamtart6

heehee! as i wrote that i did think it sounded a bit dodgy but never mind!!

When can we see your creative life scrapbooking pages for the comp?

pinkladymel

jamtart6 wrote: »

heehee! as i wrote that i did think it sounded a bit dodgy but never mind!!

When can we see your creative life scrapbooking pages for the comp?

They get put up tomorrow for voting but I am not too happy with them..:o

Great minds thing alike and all that:rotfl:

sugaJen

I did have a go at scrapbooking....think its last year now mind, only done 4 pages, my mums wedding and 3 baby ones of my kids, will have to do another for Blake :j

jamtart6

well we will all vote for you won't we Mel!!! They will be the best there anyway! I've looked at the other peoples blogs and they arent a patch on you!! are you allowed to tell us what the themes were or did they just send you a pack and say you can do anything with it?

sugajen- i am SO glad i got back into scrapping I have missed it lots!

pinkladymel

Aww Jammy you are so nice thanks so much x

You can buy the magazine from all do craft stockists and I saw it at Hobbycraft the other day. I was showing my dad with pride because I was in the mag :D:D:D

In the magazine it says the challenges.

Challenge 1
Create two layouts and two cards using chocolatey layers and lots of techniques. The layouts must be single photo.

Challenge 2 (next months)
Create two layouts and two cards using creative journalling and the rule of odds. Your layouts must be multi photo.

Every month I get a box of things to do the challenge with and I can use my own tools but I can only use 2 things maximum that aren't in the parcel. So far I have had some nice things but I have been told this is just to break me in and they are going to get harder and harder.

I am not looking forward to the next challenge.. to create two layouts and two cards out of just cardstock!!!

Beki

Aggghhhrrrr i have sooooo much stuff to do this weekend :eek: And how did december come around SO quickly!?!?! :eek:

This is a list of stuff i have to do both this weekend, and in the run up to christmas (advent ones obviously have to be done this weekend!)

1. [strike]wrap advent sweeties for nan and uncle, and add the advent poem & some gold foil, put in a jiffy and post first class today[/strike]

2. Laminate personalised xmas stories, certificates etc etc for kids/nans/grandads - HALF DONE

3. wrap and basket-up dd's, ds's, dad's and OH's advent baskets :eek: feel like crying now :rotfl:

4. find out more about the elf-tradition so i can start it for the kids sometime this week (read up breifly about it last night at 1am, but was too tired to take it in, so gotta do some reading and FAST!!!)

5. write christmas cards for friends and family - have too many to do, and not sure how i'm going to do it all

6. get some more presents for - ds, a couple for dd, a couple of small token pressies for uncle's hamper, couple more token pressies for dad's hamper, present for 4 x BIL's (not all mine - some OH's! lol), present for nephew

7. buy some more choclate coins for 'pots of gold' (i ate the last lot :rotfl: )

8. make pots of gold

9. make reindeer food

10. finish snowman soups (done a few already)

11. order cello wrap & more cones

12. make up everyone's xmas eve hampers (doing mum & dad, uncle, nan, ds, dd, and a surprise one for me & OH that he doesn't know about)

13. make up everyone's hampers for xmas day

14. wrap all other presents

15. put up ceiling decorations

16. take down tree decorations and re-decorate tree (doesn't look right at the mo :rotfl: )

17. clean the house from top to bottom as it's in a right state at the mo, due to all the 'stuff' going on

18. make the 'balls of life' for mum & dad, uncle, best friend, nan, & OH

19. make up, and decorate - nan's memories jar, dd's journal jar, OH's tottenham facts jar, mum's 'special things & memories' jar, dad's 'bob marley & reggae facts' jar, uncle's 'back in the day' jar, BIL's '50 things a father-to-be should know' funny jar (him and my sister are due their first baby on may 1st)

20. think of more special things to do for people that don't cost a lot of money :rotfl:

sugaJen

Beki, Can I ask about number 18 on your list?? Balls of life? what are they?

pinkladymel

Beki.. for christs sake woman.. cross off number 20!!

oops I just said Christ on a christmas thread is that rude..

sugaJen

pinkladymel wrote: »

Beki.. for christs sake woman.. cross off number 20!!

oops I just said Christ on a christmas thread is that rude..

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Beki

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: i know i should really cross off number 20, but i think i'll wait and see how things go over the next couple of weeks. if it's all getting too much then i'll cross it off. that's if i'm still alive and kicking by then of course :rotfl:

ooooh, and the 'balls of life' - i found it on here. unfortunately i can't claim the idea as my own - i shamefully pinched it off here just thought it would be an extra something to put in people's hampers. they sound fab. here's the thread -

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=571440&page=19 (post number 374)