Lou's Homemade Christmas

I made this wee book for my sister Louise. We had been watching Kirsty's Homemade Christmas and she had said that she liked it but missed the last programme. So I thought that I could make her a wee mini-book with the programmes recorded on DVD's inside the book. I also taped a few other Christmas cookery shows and added recipes.

There's a wee notebook inside so she can use it each Christmas for lists etc. I was quite pleased with the result and I think that she liked it. I wanted to make salt dough letters for the front but didn't have the time. The papers I used are from a free digital download I got last year from Shabby Princess. I don't think that this collection is still on their site but there are other great fee downloads.

I used a lot of gesso in this project, which I got off Ebay, to create the white edges. I have just started using it and love it. It's much more opaque than white ink and goes really far! A good investment.

I cut out the 'Lou' from felt and cross-stitched it onto the paper. I used my craft-robo to cut out Christmas and then embossed it with a glitter powder.

Louise had said that she liked the ribbon I used for my Christmas presents so I wrapped a load around a parcel tag and enclosed it in the back page.

Update on the to do list - have cut out all the pieces for Charlie's cot bumper, just need more quilting fabric for inside then I'm ready to sew!!

Busy! Busy! Busy!

It had been ages since I have blogged anything but I have been very busy with scraobpooking and I still have a ton of stuff to do!!

I spent most of October and November typing up and producing a cookbook to help raise funds to but bible for Christians in Asia. That went really well and we have raised over £2000 which is fantastic.

I was asked to make a few scrapbooks for gifts and so far have completed one and need to make another two. I enjoyed that as I got to buy lots of lovely things with someone else's money!! The first book turned out really well and the receipient is delighted!

I made a few of my Christmas presents from a mini-book to chilli jam. All accepted with pleasure. So here's a few pics of the things I have been doing!

This is Granny's Christmas Card. Charlie got his photo taken with Santa and Ian thought it would be a nice idea to give it to his mum as a card. Aren't these papers gorgeous!! They are from the Swell Noel collection from K & Co.

Great Granny Doo got this calender. I did a bit of rough applique on the top to create the tree and the birds. I was going to use a printable linen to make this calender but (typically!!!) ruined it went I put it through the printer. Will have to try and make use of it somehow! So I ended up using a printable canvas which worked really well and probably ended up make the whole thing stiffer.

I took picture of the scrapbook and the jam but can't find them at the moment so I will blog about those later.

Here is my current to do list: -

1. make a cot bumper for Charlie

2. Complete 2 more mini - books for a friend

3. Gloves for Ian for the bike

4. a Charlie's first Christmas mini-book

5. My 2009 book (got the idea from Shimmelle Lane's website)

6. Charlie's first year!

Where o where will I get the time??

Also we are moving out next week so that the builders can start the extension and I will be abck to work at Easter!

Phew! I'm sweating just thinking about doing all this stuff!!

Birthday Card

It was my brother-in-law's birthday yesterday. He was 30 but he told my sister that it was the '9th Anniversary of his 21st Birthday'!! So I thought that I would make this into his card.

I'm pleased with how it turned out and think that he rather liked it!!

I used paper from the Sassafrass 'Serendipity' range and make some of my own emblishements. I think the darker colours help make it more manly even if there are a few flowers on it! The strip is Fancy Pants 'About a Boy'. Had these for a while and wasn't really sure where to use them as they're so dark but they're perfect here.

Nana's Brag Book

I have just completed a Brag book for my Mum as she's going away on holiday and is going to miss Charlie!! I used the SEI Chick-a-Doo collection. I splashed out on the epoxy and puff stickers. The kit I bought also had iron on velvet stickers - Gorgeous!! I'm only going to post a few pics here but you can see them all on Flickr or Two Peas in a Bucket.

I also made a wee bag to store it in and keep it from getting torn. I used a Maya Road Coffee Break Album. This worked well, although as I used a lot of 3D stickers the book had to expand a bit so the back cover doesn't close over properly. You can't really notice it.

I am now about to purchase some great fabric off etsy to make Charlie a cot bumper to keep him cosy over the winter. Yeah!! Can't wait till it arrives and I can start making it. It's quite expensive but just look at those dimples!!

Latest Additions to Charlie's Book

I've finally got around to scanning the latest pages of Charlie's scrapbook, all about the pregnancy etc. I have only two pages left to do and I can really see the changes in my style of the last year. I've really enjoyed noting all the changes and things I've felt and hope that Charlie like reading it when he gets big enough to understand. Hope you like the pages!

Scrapbooking Zombie!

It's 12:30am here and I'm just about to head to bed after a srcapbooking frenzy! Haven't done any scrapbooking since Charlie was born so I thought I had better catch up. Got 4 pages done for his mini-book and have a few more ideas up my sleeve to finish it off.

Charlie got some injections today which went ok. He weighs 16' 12.5"! He's a bruiser!! He will be 16weeks old on Friday and I can hardly believe time has gone so fast. He has changed so much and he's giggling and screaming like mad!

I'll scan my new pages in tomorrow, but now off to bed!

Wedding Album

I created this album for my sister and her new husband as a keepsake of their day. I left blank spaces inside the scrapbook so they could write their own thoughts and feelings.

I really enjoyed making this and created some of the background papers using dingbat fonts to get the effect that I wanted.

For a closer look inside check out my posting on Two Peas in a Bucket

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1496894&f=n