Urghhh.

..got so much done yesterday evening, lots of photos printed and the album, although now quite manic, it is starting to look lived in and a real personal record.

Two reasons for the urghhh... had TV on in the kitchen as I cut and stuck etc, on came the A to Z of Embarassing Illnesses, I think bad feet are the worst of things.. yes, worse than... (well, if you watched it you will know!)

Second urghh... these little critters..>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
the sticky jelly type embellishments , which come (and this is /was a clue) with a nice clear sheet of protection on top..are sticking to everything!  You close up the book and then, hey presto the jellies are stuck to your pictures... bah! Rethink..maybe I'll have to add some lovely journalling on a nice plastic which will peel away..or just use on layouts I put in a sleeve..

Wot! No photos?...yet!

Pleased as punch this evening that I did something productive..it's 11pm and true to Mum's belief, I have passed my birth hour and am on second wind!   Raring to go...but common sense will soon prevail and I'll go to bed ..after the last coffee..what caffeine, don't you believe it, will be out like a light, regardless!

This is where I am so far, all the papers are in, little pockets and straps to hold the pictures, room for embellishments etc...

I think it's worked quite well with the two themes, and hopefully the photos (which I have yet to choose, let alone print!) will take two themes too, the family crazy Christmas ones and the more traditional, picturesque!

Ticking clock..

.. as we left our December Just Scrapbooking session Linda got us to take away some papers and set us the task of being her chief designers!  'Use the papers in any way you like, so I can post on my site as examples' she said..

Some of the papers were Christmas and I took two types, buying some extras so I could set to work on the accordian book I had begging to be embellished, since I made the Paris book (did I ever photograph that, don't think I did..?)

Luckily in some ways we missed our Jan meeting due to the snow, but I had nothing done by then... and now Linda has tweeted us to remind us that .. 'the clock is ticking!'  Col is away this week so quick teas and evenings scrapping could be the order of the day. 

Here's where I am so far..book pages and box edges inked, box covered in a fantastic bright Christmas paper..I am toying with doing one set of sides in the red / green bright papers, as per the box, and the other side in the more traditional Christmas, not sure if it will work, have cut out some of the sides and there's some nice potential.

Will get Jordan working up the photos, we relied on Uncle Bill as chief photographer so there should be some nice angles to choose from.