Yep, I did it! Its done. Yes! I don't think I've ever done an album on our holidays before. This is a huge thing for me personally. LOL.
I used lots of gorgeous Prima papers and embellishments, plus Hambly transparencies, plus lots of stamps, punches and other things.
Above are a couple of pages to whet your appetite. There are too many pages to upload here, but if you would like to see the whole thing, click here to visit my gallery on 2peas.
Next the kids teachers album. Eeeek.
A few little details that I'd like to catch up on....
Secret Santa has all be randomly drawn and emailed to each participant. If you haven't received an email from me, please get in touch, so we can see what happened.
SBO Ezine: The last one for this year is now out! Yay! And in it is another of my sketches, plus my take on it, and a small article about scrapping at Xmas time, and how to survive financially. Here's a look see at the LO's I created. But make sure you read the whole ezine as its chocka block of wonderful inspiration.
The sketch:
My take on it:
As part of my article I used these LO's:
I have finally finished my Cairns album. I'm going to upload it on 2peas and will put a link in another post tomorrow.
I will be starting the class 'thank you' card/booklet tomorrow. Have already got photos and drawings from some of the kids. Very exciting.
Dan has chicken pox. Poor wee tyke. He got his first spots on Sat. So it means he was contagious on Thur/Fri and we're contacting everyone that was in contact with him then, to let them know. It also means that if M&S get it, they'll be suffering over Xmas. And guess what, I haven't done any shopping yet. Eeeek. LOL! Serves me right. So I think the next few weeks are gonna be interesting, especially if they are anything like today with one very grumpy little boy. At least we got lots of good advice from the doctor and the cream I brought (highly recommended from the chemist) is working miracles. The spots are actually getting smaller and aren't itchy! So good!
Ok, gonna go do some proofing. Later.
T
Before I duck out for the evening, thought I'd better get this sketch up! LOL. I've added some 'winter' themed embellishments to this one, but of course, as with all my sketches, you can swap them around. Maybe some stars, flowers, whatever you feel like.
We cut down and put up our Xmas tree today. Very exciting times for the kids. They've been looking foward to it since their birthday last week. LOL. Must take some pics.
Have a good one.
This might give you an idea why I haven't had much to share lately. Between this and doing some work for SBO, I haven't had much time for any extra scrappy stuff.
So these pics are the 'before' pics. I don't have any of the first couple of pages, cause I've already started to fill them, so you'll just have to wait until I've finished to see the album as a 'whole'.
You can see I've used LOTS of gorgeous PRIMA papers and felt items, a bit of glimmermist, a few Hambly transparencies and a really cool new chipboard tree from Dusty Attic (you've got to check this new company out. They have the coolest chipboard items! In fact in my last LO - Dan turning 2 - I used another chipboard item from Dusty attic to hold the journaling).
So now that my 'work' is done, I can start filling in these pages. I can't wait til its finished.
T
Woke up tired. LOL.
Organised kids and took to school/daycare.
Had a great run/walk with Michelle! Thanks chickee.
Had coffee with another friend.
Cleaned up the house.
Picked up kids, plus two friends.
Helped Sarah with one of her birthday pressies.
Cooked dinner of home made chicken nuggets, pasta, veges (some fresh from the garden).
Wrote an article.
Emailed a few people.
Watched crap tv (LOL!).
Organised the netball team for tomorrow.
A day in the life of me. LOL!
So the kids birthday, thought I'd share a couple more pics....
Granny and Sarah....gosh I LOVE this photo.
Granny aka Andy's Mum always finds the coolest presents. She wraps them as a great big parcel, and as the kids unwrap their present, things fall out all over the place. Its a treasure trove of delight. This year was no different.
Dad and Pene with them all. Dan just loves to be part of the group. I feel for him sometimes always trying to keep up. It reminds me of my sisters and I. I think it will be easier for him as he's alot closer in age to M&S.
Oh and hey, don't ya just love Sarah's 'ballerina' dress. Brought for the party as her old one was just too short and old. She'd almost worn it out after 4 years, and I thought she deserved a new one. So so so glad we arranged it made her feel very special.
It was interesting to hear Matt say to Nanny "but Nanny Sarah's is much bigger than mine" He was happy to hear that his was 'more expensive'. since when did this kinda thing matter?
We as usual didn't have goodie bags (a slice of cake in a noddle box, was adequate). And we only had 3 prizes, which had to be won fairly and squarely. The pass the parcel, had no extra lollies in layers. Gosh we're mean! LOL! But the kids loved it, and it meant the focus was on M&S and their birthday.
Been working hard on my Cairns album. And have taken photos of the album empty. One guess what papers/products I've used in the majority?
I'll try and post tomorrow.
T
Oh and hey, a big welcome to our world wee (big) Rileigh. Born 30th Nov. Means the kids have a new little cousin just a day off their own birthday. Can't wait to meet you little man.
As I write the above title I wonder why I always use Matt's name first? Is it because he is the firstborn? Today I had already thought about it as we sang 'happy birthday' and I ensured that I sang Sarah's name first the second time. Interesting.
So they had a fantastic day. According to Sarah it was a two thumbs up, two arms up, two anythings (that's pretty darn high praise!). Matt said it was mega great. Which again, is very good! I'm glad.
I spent last night cooking up cakes. 5 to be exact, to make up these.....
Sarah had a ballerina party. All the girls came dressed in their most beautiful ballerina outfits and they looked AMAZING.
Matt chose transformers. I didn't have a 'birthday cake' book to go by, so googled one and this came out pretty well....
I'm tired and heading off to bed, but will try and get more details up tomorrow. Just glad that another birthday was wonderful for them and me and us.
Birthdays are the one day a year we get to celebrate as our own (even as twins) and I want them to remember each and every one as a celebration of them being alive. Being part of our family. Being wonderful people. Happy birthday to two wonderful, and totally loved and adored children.
Good Saturday morning to you! Well if you blinked you missed summer. LOL! Today has dawned grey again.
Today we're in 'prepare' mode. The kids turn 6 tomorrow, so its buying all the food, last minute cake details, getting hair cut etc etc to ensure we're ready for tomorrows festivities. The twins have had a countdown chart for the last two weeks and the last few days have been particularly exciting. There is only one more sleep!
So here is this weeks sketch. Getting it done nice and early so I can go enjoy the rest of my day without worry. LOL.
A different shape, just cause we can. And yes, its similar to another one I did a while back. But I love the shape and size of the photos and just tweaked it a bit to make it new. Enjoy.
T
