January 2007 Scrapbooking Challenge

[StitchIsOurHero]

Hi everyone!!! Can you believe it's already 2007? Time to meet those New Year's Goals you've set, get organized, and get those pictures scrapped!! It's a good way to have fun and less stress. . .plus it makes those memories even more special!!

I am determined to make time to scrap each month, but I know my two good months of the year (October and December) are far away! :rotfl2: We're going to kick this year off right, though!!

Who's in?? (In case you're not familiar with this, you just count your number of completed pages with journaling that you've done for the month. You can post daily, weekly, all at one time, or whatever works for you!)

Our players:

lewdyan1: 4
hopemax: 57
Mickster: 24
JandJ: 30
PrincessNancy96: 14
BernardandMissBianca: 32
ImADizneyNut: 41
rlovew: 12
littlelambie: 33
mantaz: 22
tiggerfan6: 27
jennyL: 4
NewEnglandEeyore: 4
luvmy2sams: 71
MazdaUK: 69
TammyNC: 109
pjilla: 44
MinnieMommy:
honeybehr1: 19
loopner67:
Michele:
Disney 1984: 6
4greatboys: 2
pixieshouse: 6
RRBB: 11
LisaB: 61
Fran98765: 18
dyjama: 20
stacylm: 11
plgrn: 19
LindaM:
mikamah: 12
tzuhouse: 48
WDWAurora: 26
StitchIsOurHero: 19 (but mine don't count!)

[lewdyan1]

I just finished my first two!:cool1: I am determined to stay on track with my daughters twirling album. I am almost current, one more layout and then I can start working backwards. If I didn't go to Disney five times a year, it would be a lot easier to keep up!:rolleyes1:

[StitchIsOurHero]

:woohoo: :woohoo:

You are on the board!! I'm impressed that you already have 2. My family albums are always behind (I'm stuck at March 2006, and I just put 2004 & 2005 into slide in albums where you could journal on the side). What am I working on, though? Disney trip albums!! That's how I get behind!! ;)

[hopemax]

I'm in, for the first time. The mini albums I made for Christmas presents were a hit, so now I've been assigned the task of making D-SIL a wedding album. I have all the supplies (except the photos :rolleyes1 ) and I will attempt to do some of my own stuff as well.

[Mickster]

I'm in too. Here's to hoping. I've come in second place about 4 times now, so I'm really going to try to win (at least one month!) :cutie:

[JandJ]

Please count me in. I didn't get much done in December but joining the monthly challenge is so motivating and hopefully I'll get some pages done this month!

[StitchIsOurHero]

hopemax, Mickster, & JandJ--welcome aboard!! Here's wishing you a month of much scrapping!! :wizard:

[PrincessNancy96]

Hey! Hey! Don't forget me!!! I'm starting as we speak! Well, I'm attempting too!!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Hey! I forgot my secreterial job today..
Would you please sign BernardandMissBianca up for me!! She's all over this!!! :)

[StitchIsOurHero]

Nancy, I've got you and B&MB signed up!! What a great secretarial job you did!! I'm looking forward to this month--with all of the organizing everyone is doing, the scrapping should be rolling right along!! I'm impressed, Nancy, that you're taking apart all of your sticky books--that's so cool! :thumbsup2

[ImaDizneyNut]

what the heck count me in

I did a total of 174 pages during the year 2006 (completed 2 books one 73 pages and one 36 pages) both for other people.

I also completed 23 swaps totally over 200 spots I think.

I'm determined to complete 4 books for others (3 I have been working on for 3 years) plus do 5 disney albums and 2 disney cruise albums (as you can see I'm behind on my disney albums LOL)

[rlovew]

I am in- I have 7 pages layed out and awaiting the photos that I have in for daveloping- I'll let you know when I actually get them done. My goal is to get my birthday album done this month- I already have the journal printed and mounted and all the pictures are in to be devleoped.

Rebecca

[littlelambie]

I am in for sure!! I got some done today, but hoping to get back to it tonight after ds goes down, so I will post my total for the day later. Thanks for hosting Stitch, hope you have time to get some done yourself!!

Good luck ladies!! Happy scrappin'!

[StitchIsOurHero]

what the heck count me in

I did a total of 174 pages during the year 2007 (completed 2 books one 73 pages and one 36 pages) both for other people.

I also completed 23 swaps totally over 200 spots I think.

I'm determined to complete 4 books for others (3 I have been working on for 3 years) plus do 5 disney albums and 2 disney cruise albums (as you can see I'm behind on my disney albums LOL)

Please, oh please, tell me that it means you did 174 pages in 2006, instead of 2007?? Otherwise I will just have to curl up in a ball and give up if you got all of that done today!! ;) Those are awesome stats, though!! Welcome aboard!

[StitchIsOurHero]

rlovew & littlelambie--I'll get you all added!! This is going to be a great scrapping month!! :thumbsup2

[ImaDizneyNut]

Please, oh please, tell me that it means you did 174 pages in 2006, instead of 2007?? Otherwise I will just have to curl up in a ball and give up if you got all of that done today!! ;) Those are awesome stats, though!! Welcome aboard!

LOL yup 2006 usually it takes me months to start writing the new year but I guess I'm ready for 2007

I've been around just a little quite LOL

[mantaz]

I will join this month. I need to keep up with what I do and it's always fun to see how many pages everyone else is doing.

Happy Scrapping Everyone!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Hey! I forgot my secreterial job today..
Would you please sign BernardandMissBianca up for me!! She's all over this!!! :)

Thank you! Does this mean I need to send you flowers for Secretary Day too?!?!?
I just brought you flowers this morning!!

[tiggerfan6]

I would like to join due to my poor showing for the December challenge. I finished 2 pages this afternoon.:cool1:
Thanks,
Erica

[StitchIsOurHero]

ImADizneyNut--it takes me until about May to get used to writing the new year! :rotfl2:

mantaz & tiggerfan6--I'll get you added! Welcome, welcome!! :yay:

[New England Eeyore]

I'm in! It'll be interesting to see how much scrapping actually gets done now that the (dun-dun-dun!) swaps are starting!! I will strive to find an equal balance between them!

[PrincessNancy96]

Nah, those flowers will work as an early secreteries day! Thank you!!!

[PrincessNancy96]

I'm on the board.. I did 4 pages tonight!! I have about 8 more ready to go..but they'll have to wait til tomorrow!!! ;)

[jennyL]

Count me in. I'm determined to keep up with my yearly book this year and also to get my new house book done.

[luvmy2sams]

Count me in again. I'll probably have a slow month since we've got a couple of weekends out of town, but this thread is great for motivation!

StitchIsOurHero...you rocked out at the end of last month. :thumbsup2 I was so jealous as I sat at my parents' house with lots of free time and no way to scrapbook.

[StitchIsOurHero]

New England Eeyore, jennyL, and luvmy2sams--welcome aboard!! :banana: I can tell we are going to be great support for each other to scrap as well as swap! You all have to make sure I do at least a few during the month--scrapping is my stress-reliever, and sometimes I put it on the back burner (sometimes. . .that is to say all of 2004 and 2005! :rotfl: )

Nancy--look at you! On the board already!! I worked on my paper sorter tonight, and then DH said "Will you be scrapping any tomorrow since the swap signups are going on?" I thought, "Yes, I will, because that is the goal!! More scrap, less swap" I think he doubts me!!

Happy scrappin', everyone, and thanks for joining!! :dance3:

[littlelambie]

Well, I got 10 pages done over the course of the day. I was having issues with my Cricut tonight, so i quit before I started to get too frustrated. I am finding that my mat isn't very sticky anymore, and so when it starts to cut, the paper moves. Is there any way to make the mat re-stick, or should I just buy a new one. Anyway, I am now scrapping April 2006, so not bad!!!:thumbsup2

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'm on the board with 4 pages! Granted I only had journalling left but they are done and can go in the album!!!:cool1: :banana: :cool1:

[MazdaUK]

Add me in! DH is back to work this afternoon so I might get a few pages done. I'm back to work tomorrow :sad: and we've got people coming this weekend, but I'll try to get going. I've been scrapping one year and one month, and I've completed 5 albums and 3 CM picfolios plus one small swap. So how come only vacations are up to date?

[lewdyan1]

Add two more for me!:cool1: That's more than I have done in the past 4 months!

[pjlla]

Well.... I'm in for this month, but haven't completed anything yet. It is a busy swim month for DD, so probabl won't get a lot done, but here's to hoping!...................P

[BernardandMissBianca]

1 more for a total of 5!

[TammyNC]

I would love to join in this month. I didn't get many pages completed in 2006 and now I'm even farther behind. I am going on a weekend scrapbooking retreat in two weeks so I'm going to be working on getting organized, etc. for that. I may not have numbers to post for a week or so but this has got to help get me back on track.

[StitchIsOurHero]

MazdaUK & TammyNC--welcome!! :yay: More successful 2007 scrappers!! This IS going to be a great month and a great kick off to a terrific year!!

B&MB, littlelambie, and lewdyan1: I'm impressed! I'll get your totals updated! Today is my last day off from Christmas Break, so I'm hoping to get some scrappin' done!

littlelambie, my Cricut mat does the same thing sometimes. I just have to push on it to get it to stick, and then sometimes, move the blade down the page. It sort of pins the top in before it starts cutting--does that make sense? KAMommy has a craftrobo, and she can use painter's tape to anchor the paper to the mat--I haven't tried that on the Cricut, but I think it would work as long as you move the blade down past it. Good luck! :thumbsup2

[StitchIsOurHero]

pjilla--I don't know if we posted at the same time, or if I'm just crazy, but I missed yours somehow! Welcome aboard!! :yay: Swimming sounds like fun--and lots of picture opportunities, which means more scrappin'!

B&MB--I cross-posted with your update, too! How about ya and your one more page?? You are on the ball!! :dance3:

[MinnieMommy]

I'm in too!
I just starting ordering our latest trip photos! :yay:

[MazdaUK]

Six pages done this afternoon! I've passed 4th birthday of DS(13) :rotfl:

I do find this a great incentive, even though I'm never likely to win:)

[StitchIsOurHero]

MinnieMommy--I've got you added!! Welcome! I bet your December trip was wonderful. We went in Dec. '04, and I thought it was beautiful!!

MazdaUK--great job!! 6 pages and only on January 2nd. . .you are rolling right along!! :thumbsup2

[StitchIsOurHero]

Ok, you all have inspired me. I worked this afternoon on some more of the June 2006 WDW album, and the pages I had planned out. I got 17 done (it makes up 1 day of the trip). I feel like I will never finish this album--slowly, but surely I guess I'll get there!

[PrincessNancy96]

I did a bunch of sketches at the dentist office today waiting on the kids.. than I'll cut the pieces tonight..and be ready to finish them off tomorrow/Thursday... yeah!!!

[Honeybehr1]

Please count me in. Right now I am waiting for inspiration to hit. :rotfl:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Wow, Nancy!! With your sketches done, you'll fly right through those pages!! :cheer2:

Honeybehr1--welcome!! I'm sending you pixie dust for inspirations!! :wizard:

[loopner67]

I definitely want to join you guys on this! I'm going on a 4-day cropping weekend starting on 1/18, so I'm going to hope to pump out a lot of layouts this month!

Do I have to sign up for a certain amount of pages or just share how many I do as I go? Thanks!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I definitely want to join you guys on this! I'm going on a 4-day cropping weekend starting on 1/18, so I'm going to hope to pump out a lot of layouts this month!

Do I have to sign up for a certain amount of pages or just share how many I do as I go? Thanks!

Just share with us how many you get done.

[StitchIsOurHero]

loopner67--I've got you added! Thanks for playing! As B&MB said, just share how many layouts you complete. You can do it daily, a bunch at a time, or whatever!! That 4 day cropping weekend sounds like a blast--have fun!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

She's gonna beat us all isn't she!?!? LOL 4 days and scrapping, only in my dreams........

[PrincessNancy96]

Woo hoo! I have 5 more pages done.. They are title pages to our Christmas album!! Now, to get time to order some prints.. and do a few more layouts with some pictures... I get so upset..with the photos.. I wished I had for years ago.. "I'm like, why in the world didn't get I get a picture of all of us in front of the tree?".. Hello, and my first tree in our family album.. could someone say, butt ugly... Hey, Buffy, I must have donated your lonely ol' tree to the previous owner..because I have a picture of it in my house!!

[rlovew]

1 actual page completed. Only because I already had the picture to put on it. But I did succeed in getting another 4- 2 page layoputs ready for pictures. Now if postal service would start up again.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Way to go, Nancy & Rebecca!! I'll get your numbers updated!!

Nancy, when I went back through our Christmas album from all of our other years this year, I kept saying, "I don't remember us looking like that." and "Why did we hang that decoration up?" I guess that's the fun of a Christmas album!! :santa:

[ImaDizneyNut]

I did 8 pages tonight (well, 4-2 page layouts) what does that count as 4 or 8 :)

TO BE CONTINUED......................

[PrincessNancy96]

That's 8 pages Tracy!! :)

[ImaDizneyNut]

That's 8 pages Tracy!! :)

thanks Nancy
I like the sound of 8 better than 4 LOL

[Michele]

Sign me up, no pages done yet though.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Michele, I've got you signed up! :thumbsup2

Tracy, that's definitely 8 pages! I'll get your total updated!! :banana:

Everyone have a great Wednesday!!

[Disney_1984]

can i play?

Just got back from Disney on the 22nd Dec 06. Got LOTS of scrapping. Done my first 6 pages for MGM. (kinda used up a LOT of my scrap stuff that i was keeping. (reciepts, stickers, park tickets etc.)

So where do we display our pages?

[PrincessNancy96]

There is a sticky at the top of the page for our virtual scrapbook. You can display them there.. Or some posters post a new thread to show their work..either way works well!!!

Congrats and welcome!!!

[4greatboys]

Okay Im going to jump in this one. I dont usually because I have been in a slump but Im going to a crop this month so I know I will get some done :thumbsup2

So far I have 2 pages done.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Welcome, welcome, 4 greatboys & disney 1984!! Not only do I get to add you, but I can post numbers beside your name, too!! Thanks for playing!

I had intended to do some scrapping tonight, but I don't think that's going to happen. DH has promised me that I can have lots of scrapping time this weekend, so maybe that'll work!

Happy Scrapping, everyone! :banana:

[4greatboys]

I might have a problem with my pages. Seems I discoved online Bunco and its kind of addicting! :eek:

[PrincessNancy96]

Hey! Hey! Add 2 more pages to my total!! Yeah!!! :)

[BernardandMissBianca]

Hey! Hey! Add 2 more pages to my total!! Yeah!!! :)

oh be quiet!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[Pixieshouse]

I'll join! This sounds like fun!!!

Couple questions.
Do I need to have journaling on each page
Do I need to post the page or just the number of pages?
If I need to post, where do I do that?

K, new timer here but love to scrap!

[StitchIsOurHero]

Wow, Nancy! I'll get you updated! Great job!! :banana:

pixieshouse--welcome aboard! I'll get you added to the first post. To answer your question, the pages just have to be complete including journaling--I am a journaling freak, so most of my pages have journaling on them, but some of them do not (just b/c it doesn't need it, you know?). So, I guess it's what's "complete" to you! :thumbsup2 Here you just post the number of pages. If you want to post a completed page, you could post it in the thread at the top (the virtual scrapbook thread), or some people have started their own threads with their pages--either way works great! :yay:

[RRBB]

I'll play. I've completed 7 pages so far. I don't expect to get a huge amount completed this month, but I my goal is to make steady progress throughout the year. Usually I'm gung-ho for a few weeks and then nothing for months. I have so much to do and I know I'll never get caught up, especially with another baby on the way. But at least I should make an attempt.

[littlelambie]

Well, I haven't done anything in the last two nights, but I am hoping to get at it tonight. I have been so tired by the time ds goes down, but I am planning a nap this afternoon, lol...then I will be able to scrap tonight!!!

[ImaDizneyNut]

7 more pages for me tonight :) would have been more but I couldn't scrap last night.

thanks for updating

[StitchIsOurHero]

RRBB--Welcome!! I'll get you on the first post and get your totals updated! I am like you--my goal is to make steady progress this year. Maybe by December 2007, I'll be a lot closer to "caught up" than I am now!! ;) BTW, I love your "priceless" signature--that is so cool!

littlelambie--I hope you got your nap in! :)

ImADizneyNut--7 more pages? You are doing great!! :dance3:

Everyone have a terrific Friday!! :cheer2:

[rlovew]

2 more actual pages completed and I am close to half way through the book but waiting on my pictures to finish off the pages.

Rebecca

[mantaz]

I have completed 7 pages so far this month. I am working on my DD baby book. I hope to get a lot of work done on it this month! She is 2 and I need to catch up on her!!

[StitchIsOurHero]

Way to go, Rebecca! I bet your birthday book looks great! :yay:

Terrific job, mantaz! I know your daughter will be thrilled to have her own special book! :cheer2:

Wishing everyone a happy, relaxing, scrap-filled weekend!! :wizard:

[ImaDizneyNut]

I did 3 more pages today. so I'm up to 18 woohoo.

I also got other spot in a swap done. i'm almost done with my Feb swaps :banana:

[StitchIsOurHero]

You're doing great, ImADizneyNut!! I'll get you updated! :thumbsup2

Happy weekend scrappin', everyone! :dance3:

[PrincessNancy96]

I have 2 more pages done.. and I'm working on 2 more.. than my CJ's are done and caught up! Woohoo!!! :)

[BernardandMissBianca]

I got 26 done today including 3 CJ's. 8 pages left and I am done with the 2004 trip.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Way to go, Nancy!! I'll get your 2 added! :yay:

WOW, Buffy, you had a productive day!! Way to go!! :cheer2:

[BernardandMissBianca]

Holy Guacamole Batman I'm in the lead! Who'd a thunk it? :confused3 :rotfl2:

[rlovew]

Congratulations on the lead!!!


I got 1 actual page finished and 4 more ready. I am on number 20 of the 30 new things we did at Disney for my birthday. Let me tell you finding 30 new things to do was very hard as I have been going for years and we are there about 20 days a year.

[BernardandMissBianca]

Congratulations on the lead!!!


I got 1 actual page finished and 4 more ready. I am on number 20 of the 30 new things we did at Disney for my birthday. Let me tell you finding 30 new things to do was very hard as I have been going for years and we are there about 20 days a year.

This sounds kind of cool, what is your list?

[LisaB]

I went to a crop Friday night and was able to do 5 pages. Only 2 more to go of my Italy trip of 89

[PrincessNancy96]

I finished 2 more...

Wow Buffy.. you were productive.. I can't wait to see some of them!!!!

Congrats to everyone for doing so well this month!! WE are on a roll!!!

[ImaDizneyNut]

You're doing great, ImADizneyNut!! I'll get you updated! :thumbsup2

Happy weekend scrappin', everyone! :dance3:


thanks
If my Tivo didn't take 3 hours to hook up I would have had more done.
I'm mad cause even after 3 hours the tivo won't work where I was putting so I had to disconnect everything and put it back in the box to start all over tomorrow on another TV. LOL

The GREAT news is hubby finally goes back to work after being off for almost 3 weeks so I get to scrap early so be prepared to update again LOL

[Honeybehr1]

OK I am officially on the board. Drum roll please.......ya sitting down for this one?......... a whopping......3:laughing: yup just 3. :lmao:

[littlelambie]

So, did no one notice my new ticker?? We just found out we are expecting #2!!:cool1: We were slightly shocked!! Not really an accident, more like a surprise. Anyway, that is why I have not done any scrapping all week!! My nights have been kind of shot. I am so tired by the time ds goes to bed, and I start to feel a little crappy after supper. OK, so now knowing I will have a whole other person to scrap book in September, I need to get caught up!! I am on April of 2006, so not that far to go.

You ladies are all doing great!! Have fun, and keep scrapping!:thumbsup2

[4greatboys]

So, did no one notice my new ticker?? We just found out we are expecting #2!!:cool1: We were slightly shocked!! Not really an accident, more like a surprise. Anyway, that is why I have not done any scrapping all week!! My nights have been kind of shot. I am so tired by the time ds goes to bed, and I start to feel a little crappy after supper. OK, so now knowing I will have a whole other person to scrap book in September, I need to get caught up!! I am on April of 2006, so not that far to go.

You ladies are all doing great!! Have fun, and keep scrapping!:thumbsup2


Congrats!

[BernardandMissBianca]

So, did no one notice my new ticker?? We just found out we are expecting #2!!:cool1: We were slightly shocked!! Not really an accident, more like a surprise. Anyway, that is why I have not done any scrapping all week!! My nights have been kind of shot. I am so tired by the time ds goes to bed, and I start to feel a little crappy after supper. OK, so now knowing I will have a whole other person to scrap book in September, I need to get caught up!! I am on April of 2006, so not that far to go.

You ladies are all doing great!! Have fun, and keep scrapping!:thumbsup2


WooHoo!! Were you trying?
YAY!! Another DIS baby, I can't wait! I love being an Auntie!

[littlelambie]

WooHoo!! Were you trying?
YAY!! Another DIS baby, I can't wait! I love being an Auntie!


LOL!! Not really trying, but not stopping it either if that makes any sense. Ds is 5, and I want him to be the 1st to know, so we are keeping it a secret for now. We will probably not tell him till about 12 weeks, and I am very newly pg, so it will be a secret for awhile. I am looking forward to scrap booking a new baby. I have so many more ideas then when I did ds, back when I had just started.

Thanks for your note!!

[littlelambie]

Congrats!


Thanks for your note!!

[Pixieshouse]

3 pages done. My calendar is no complete I just need to assemble them and get them in the mail :)

[MazdaUK]

Congrats and :wizard: littlelambie!

I've done nothing in my books (and should actually be cooking lunch now :blush:) but I did do my recipe swap pages - do they count?

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning, everyone! We have certainly been productive here!! It looks like the New Year's resolutions/goals to get scrapping are working well!!!

rlovew, Nancy, LisaB, honeybehr1, and pixieshouse, I'll get you updated!

rlovew--we did that same kind of thing in September when we went for my 30th birthday--but it was my 30 things I was most looking forward to at WDW. It was fun to get pics of all of that, but I can't imagine coming up with 30 things I hadn't done before! I'd love to see your list!

MazdaUK--you can count your recipe swap pages if they are completed pages. Any completed pages count! :thumbsup2

ImADizneyNut--I LOVE my TiVo!! :love:

LittleLambie--I hadn't noticed your new ticker until now. CONGRATULATIONS!! That is so exciting to have a new princess: or pirate: on the way!! I hope your pregnancy is a happy one!!

[PrincessNancy96]

So, did no one notice my new ticker?? We just found out we are expecting #2!!:cool1: We were slightly shocked!! Not really an accident, more like a surprise. Anyway, that is why I have not done any scrapping all week!! My nights have been kind of shot. I am so tired by the time ds goes to bed, and I start to feel a little crappy after supper. OK, so now knowing I will have a whole other person to scrap book in September, I need to get caught up!! I am on April of 2006, so not that far to go.

You ladies are all doing great!! Have fun, and keep scrapping!:thumbsup2

I noticed first thing last night..but wanted to wait..it was after midnight so I didn't know if I was seeing things!!!:flower3:
Congrats!!! :)

[JandJ]

Finally on the board - got 8 pages done yesterday - but I start my new job tomorrow and will probably be dead tired when I get home from work so I'm not expecting much productivity this week :upsidedow

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good luck at your new job, JandJ! I hope it goes well!! :wizard: I'll get yours updated!

[MazdaUK]

If my recipe pages count thats 9 completed pages for me this weekend then! Off to post them tomorrow.

[Honeybehr1]

LOL!! Not really trying, but not stopping it either if that makes any sense. Ds is 5, and I want him to be the 1st to know,

Congrats Littlelambie. :wizard:

My two sons are 5 1/2 yrs apart and it is a perfect span and they miss each other when the others in school or away.

[littlelambie]

Congrats Littlelambie. :wizard:

My two sons are 5 1/2 yrs apart and it is a perfect span and they miss each other when the others in school or away.

Thanks so much for your note. I am due in Sept, and ds will be 6 the end of Nov. I am a bit worried about how ds will react, all of the sudden having to share his space, and mommy, with someone else. Plus I am due the middle of Sept, about a week and a hlaf after he starts kindergarden. That is a lot of changes to handle!! Was your ds excited by the pg? Feeling the baby move, ect? I am anxious to be able to share it with ds. Thanks again!!

[StitchIsOurHero]

MazdaUK--I'll get you updated!!

Everyone have a terrific Monday tomorrow!! :hippie:

[tiggerfan6]

my total so far this month is 4. slow going!

[Honeybehr1]

We had to tell him right away because I was high risk and Ds loved to give these super sonic running hugs right into my stomach.

He was thrilled about the pg and went to alot of the appointments with me. He was very involved in picking things out for him and such. I wanted him to be involved to cut down on the jelousy but there was very little.

I did have the new baby pick a few special presents out for his big brother which helped with "why does the baby get so many presents but nothing for me" Also a couple of people actually bought a gift for Ds as well as the baby which was very nice.

It worked out very well for us. Plus the older son is so very helpful because I was on bedrest throughout the last 4 months. And he is still very helpful.
They share a bedroom by choice and they love it. Of course there are the normal sibling fights and such but they are not jelous of each other - they play with different toys because of the age gap.

Plus one will be out of college before the other one starts which is a plus. There werent two in diapers. Only one on formula.

[ImaDizneyNut]

4 more pages done tonight I'm up to 22 :banana:

[littlelambie]

I got seven done tonight!! And again I am out of pictures. What a great feeling that is!! So I am now done May long weekend, so I am getting there!!

Hope you all have a productive week!!

[ImaDizneyNut]

anyone want to see the pages I made
I have completed 22 pages (some are 2 page layouts) woohoo
these are NOT in order. Some don't have journaling because I always put a trip report at the end of my books. oh and 1 page I forgot in the attic and I'm to lazy to get it LOL

First album

http://community.webshots.com/user/imadizneynut

if the link doesn't work look in my siggy and just look in the first album that says my shoebox

[New England Eeyore]

anyone want to see the pages I made
I have completed 22 pages (some are 2 page layouts) woohoo
these are NOT in order. Some don't have journaling because I always put a trip report at the end of my books. oh and 1 page I forgot in the attic and I'm to lazy to get it LOL

First album

http://community.webshots.com/user/imadizneynut

if the link doesn't work look in my siggy and just look in the first album that says my shoebox

I love your pages! And bonus points for actually *using* your swap items. Some of us (okay, me) simply like to 'collect' them. ;)

After looking at your pages, I finally understand what a license plate is! I love yours - they're too cute!

[hopemax]

Okay, so at the end of the first week...

I've...

- Reorganized my scrap space a bit
- Pulled out photos from Spring Break at DL from 1995
- Shocked by how faded two rolls of film had become (the place that developed them used Konica, and there was a real difference between the 3rd roll and my DH's rolls which were Kodak)
- Found negatives for rolls to reprint them
- Pulled out pictures from first WDW trip in 1995
- Realized I have park maps and stuff that I need to find

Pages scrapped: Zero!

Maybe next week will be better

[StitchIsOurHero]

Tracy & LittleLambie--I'll get your totals added!! We are having one heck of a productive January around here!! By 2008, we may all be caught up, or at least well on the way!!! :banana:

Tracy, I haven't had a chance to look at your pages, but I can't wait! Like NEE, I'm impressed that you have used your collected swap items! ;) I've been using some of mine, but the pile just doesn't seem to be getting smaller (of course, I've just signed up for several more!)

hopemax--you got everything organized! That sounds like a great plan to me! Now those pages will just come together in no time! :)

Happy Monday, everyone!!

[TammyNC]

littlelambie-Congrat's on your news.
ImaDizneyNut-Loved your pages, thanks for sharing.

I completed 7 pages this weekend. I am trying to finish up bits and pieces in several albums. I am on a mission to have them complete so I can concentrate on the ones I'm acutally working on now.

[tiggerfan6]

my total is up to 10. I was working on my dd's album til 11:00pm last night!

[littlelambie]

Nothing done tonight.:sad2: I ordered pictures from Wal-Mart last night, and forgot to pick them up when I was there today. So now I sit with nothing to do tonight!!:eek:

[ImaDizneyNut]

Nothing done tonight.:sad2: I ordered pictures from Wal-Mart last night, and forgot to pick them up when I was there today. So now I sit with nothing to do tonight!!:eek:

No pages done today/tonight either. BUT I did get 3 spots in a swap done LOL
So it's not like I didn't do anything.
Tomorrow I'm scrap instead of Swap. Hopefully I get about 8 more pages done

[LisaB]

I organized some of my stuff for my up coming weekend Does that count???? LOL

[MazdaUK]

Three more pages yesterday - now finished volume 1 of DS(13) - his 4th birthday :earseek: But once he gets to 6 DS(7) comes along so pics will be split over two albums.

DS(13) is going to scout camp this weekend so I should be able to get a load done as I won't have to break up any arguments.

[Honeybehr1]

I have 10 done now. Slow and steady....

[BernardandMissBianca]

I got 1 more done today.

[Mickster]

So far this month I've gotten 9 done. Don't get too excited! :cutie:

[ImaDizneyNut]

got 3 more done today. I'm up to 25 now WOW. I only did 174 last year. If i keep this pace up I'll pass my last years total up this month alone

Oh and I got another 2 spots in a swap done. I made a deal with myself you swap 1 or 2 spots and you can have the rest of the night to SCRAP

Only 2 more spots to do and my Feb swaps are done thats 23 spots for Feb totalling 136 elements. And they say I'm addicted to swapping :confused3 I don't kow why

[BernardandMissBianca]

got 3 more done today. I'm up to 25 now WOW. I only did 174 last year. If i keep this pace up I'll pass my last years total up this month alone

Oh and I got another 2 spots in a swap done. I made a deal with myself you swap 1 or 2 spots and you can have the rest of the night to SCRAP

Only 2 more spots to do and my Feb swaps are done thats 23 spots for Feb totalling 136 elements. And they say I'm addicted to swapping :confused3 I don't kow why

Where do you find the time Tracy?? :worship:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Great job, everyone!!! I'll get those totals on the first page updated! I'm impressed with how diligent everyone has been with their scrapping! 2007 is going to be a HUGE scrapping year!! :banana:

[tiggerfan6]

Please mark me down for 2 more last night!
Thanks

[New England Eeyore]

2 pages for me yesterday. At least my CJs keep me from being a zero this month!

[LisaB]

2 more

[Fran98765]

I've been away for a few months, but would like to participate, I need all the oomph! I can get to finish my long to-do lists! So far in January I have completed 5 pages.

[StitchIsOurHero]

TiggerFan6, NEE, & LisaB--I've got you updated! :thumbsup2

Fran98765--welcome! I'll add you and your pages to the tally in the first post! :yay:

Keep on scrappin, everyone!! :dance3:

[luvmy2sams]

I've finished 2 pages this month. Unfortunately, I've made a promise not to scrap during the day unless DS3 is sleeping. Wouldn't you know that he's now decided that naps are optional? Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to get some stuff done over the weekend. DD7 is out of school on Monday, and I might bribe her to play with DS for a few hours! :teeth:

Happy scrappin everyone!

[StitchIsOurHero]

luvmy2sams--I was laughing about your DS's naps! Of course when you have a plan for that time, he wouldn't want to take it!! ;) I'll get your pages posted!

Does anyone else have the nice long weekend this weekend? I'm hoping to get lots of scrapping done!! :cool1: Have a great Thursday, everyone!

[rlovew]

I am hoping for it. I am wondering if I'll have it without DH for a bit of it. He may be sent back to Padukah Kentucky. I am hoping to get lots of scraping and swaping done over the weekend.

[MazdaUK]

luvmy2sams, could you do some preparation while he's awake? (punching shapes, assembling borders?) I bet he could even help make serendipity squares - they're good at ripping paper at that age :lmao:

[Fran98765]

2 more for me :)

[ImaDizneyNut]

Where do you find the time Tracy?? :worship:

Well that's easy just ignore the hubby and child and all is well in the scrapping/swapping world LOL

Nah, Hubby works nights, my 5yo goes to bed by 7:30 so I scrap from 7:30 to around 10.
And sometimes hubbys sleeps during the day (while son is in school) so I scrap then.
House is clean laundry is done so I don't have to worry about any of that either.
It also helps that I only have 1 child.:rotfl:

[PrincessNancy96]

Long weekend here. Yeah!! However, Sunday is shot.. We are hosting the travel league basketball games for the next 5 weekends (we are off Super Bowl Weekend but doing a tourney instead) so Sundays I'll be supervising parent workers since I'm an officer on the board...

[BernardandMissBianca]

Long weekend here. Yeah!! However, Sunday is shot.. We are hosting the travel league basketball games for the next 5 weekends (we are off Super Bowl Weekend but doing a tourney instead) so Sundays I'll be supervising parent workers since I'm an officer on the board...


When I come visit you are you even going to be there??? :rotfl2:

[BernardandMissBianca]

Well that's easy just ignore the hubby and child and all is well in the scrapping/swapping world LOL

Nah, Hubby works nights, my 5yo goes to bed by 7:30 so I scrap from 7:30 to around 10.
And sometimes hubbys sleeps during the day (while son is in school) so I scrap then.
House is clean laundry is done so I don't have to worry about any of that either.
It also helps that I only have 1 child.:rotfl:


My DH travels a lot so I get most of my stuff done either at crops or at night when he's gone. I'm a night owl anyway so it doesn't bother me to be up til 2 or 3am. The kids don't get up til 7 so I can sleep until 7:30 which is when they need to be fed.

[ImaDizneyNut]

My DH travels a lot so I get most of my stuff done either at crops or at night when he's gone. I'm a night owl anyway so it doesn't bother me to be up til 2 or 3am. The kids don't get up til 7 so I can sleep until 7:30 which is when they need to be fed.

Oh lucky you
Zach has to be up at 6:20. He has to be in school for 7:45am. His school is 4 towns away (he goes to a private school) so we have to leave a little earlier than other kids in his school.

[LisaB]

one more

[StitchIsOurHero]

I have us updated to here! I'm impressed with everyone's time management skills. . .want to come down here and give me some lessons?? ;) I hope everyone has a terrific Friday!! :thumbsup2

[jennyL]

I finally got off the zero count this month. I've got 4 pages done. Woohoo and I've sorted some more so hopefully I'll get more done soon.

[LisaB]

add two more for me

[littlelambie]

I have not done anything all week because I was ready to do 2 seperate trips to the zoo, and I had no zoo stuff. The weather turned so crappy, that I wasn't able to drive in to the city and pick anything up. But I am going to a crop tonight at my LSS, so I am hoping to get a lot accomplished!! Hope you all have a productive Friday.:thumbsup2

[rlovew]

I know a few of you asked about my list of 30 things- keep in mind I have been to Disney many times and there are few things I haven't done that I want to do other than a lot of eating places. Some of the things are fairly insignificant.

1. Got a birthday button
2. Watched the chef at Fountain View during breakfast
3+4. 2 Exhibits I hadn't done in Innoventions: Opportunity City and the new one with the Molecules- I will get a picture when we are there on January 20th.
5. Eating at Coral Reef
6. Having Birthday Dessert at Coral Reef (which we weren't charged for)
7. Jingle Jungle Parade
8. AK decorated for Christmas
9. Chartacer Trails at AK
10. Everest at night
11. Evening EMH at AK
12. Staying at Coranda Springs (DH didn't like it)
13. Breakfast at Kona Cafe
14. Being in a park on a major holiday(Thanksgiving)
15. Eating at Pepper Market
16. Visiting Old Key West
17. DTD at Christmas
18. Spent a long time with the Incredibles(no wait and no one else around)
19. Dinner at O'Hanas
20. Comedy Club at PI
21. Adventures Club at PI
22. Akerhaus Princess Lunch
23. Seeing the British Invasion
24. Yatch and Beach club resorts
25. Dinner at Beaches and Cream
26. Dancing Osborne Lights (we have seen the lights before)
27. Seeing the Illuminations globe opened and out in the middle of the afternoon while they worked on it in the lagoon.
28. Illuminations Cruise
29. Holiday Illuminations
30. Nemo Musical

That is my list that I am creating the album around. It has been a lot of fun.

Rebecca

[LisaB]

add one more for me. I had a creative memories party

[hopemax]

I did a page!

I am hoping that now that I have started this album that it will be easier to do more pages. The title page is the hardest right?

[luvmy2sams]

luvmy2sams, could you do some preparation while he's awake? (punching shapes, assembling borders?) I bet he could even help make serendipity squares - they're good at ripping paper at that age :lmao:


You know what else they're good with...glue sticks! :rotfl: Actually DS loevs to help out, but I tend to get controlling, and he's not thrilled with that. :teeth: I'm trying to come up with a compromise...and not get too jealous of everyone's progress this month!

We're iced in this weekend, and DD doesn't have school again until Tuesday. Hopefully we won't lose power, and I'll be able to scrap the weekend away. :cool1: Why do I need power? I've become addicted to my Wishblade, even though it now sometimes takes me over an hour to do one page. Gotta love paper piecing! :rolleyes:

I completed 5 pages this evening, and I've got a good plan in place for the weekend. Here's hoping that the power outages stay away! :wizard:

Have a good weekend everyone!

[luvmy2sams]

luvmy2sams--I was laughing about your DS's naps! Of course when you have a plan for that time, he wouldn't want to take it!! ;) I'll get your pages posted!

Don't laugh too hard, or I'll ship him to you, and you can babysit for awhile! :teeth: Just kidding...I'd miss the little stinker, especially with his new-found addiction to whapping everyone with the lovely WOODEN sword a genious relative purchased him. :scared:

ETA: Gotta show my precious DS now that I've talked so badly about him. :)

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p38/luvmy2sams/pictures003-1.jpg

[littlelambie]

Well, I had a very productive crop this evening. I got a total of 11 done. And you know, they were all zoo pages!!! I tell ya, I will never again take another zoo picture ever!!! Anyway, hope to keep the fire going over the rest of the weekend.

[MazdaUK]

luvmy2sams - he is ADORABLE:love: I'd babysit him, but its a bit of a long way for him to come in a parcel :rotfl2:

[luvmy2sams]

luvmy2sams - he is ADORABLE:love: I'd babysit him, but its a bit of a long way for him to come in a parcel :rotfl2:

Thanks, MazdaUK! He's my sweet boy! :goodvibes He can be a bit of a handful if he's kept confined for too long. I guess I'll have to pass on your offer because I'd hate to put you through that. :rotfl:

[MazdaUK]

As I wasn't babysitting luvmy2sams's DS I managed 2 pages this afternoon!

Do the 2 pages DS(7) did this morning count to my total as I did most of it?:rolleyes1

[luvmy2sams]

Too funny, MazdaUK!

I finished 8 pages this afternoon, bringing my total for the month to 15 pages. I've got plenty to do but have lost all motivation for today. :confused3

Happy scrappin everyone!

[dyjama]

is it to late to join?:flower3: I was sitting here and feeling depressed because we just got back last week and will not be going until next year:sad2: So instead of checking myself into disney rehab i would scrap my past two trips and i would not start planning jan2008 until i am done scrapping. I had this thought yesterday and have already done 10:scared1: :scared: . My name is Kim and i am addicted to Disney(or planning i should say). But i will have control of this addiction, so i must scrap!:lmao:

[rlovew]

Some of my pictures for my album came in so I completed 5 pages this morning.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning, everyone! I think I have us all updated in the first post! WOW, there's a lot of scrapping going on this month, and we're not even halfway through yet!!

luvmy2sams--your little boy is adorable!! And I love that lion on the page, too! I hope you don't lose power this wknd so you can scrap to your heart's content!!

rlovew--thanks for sharing your list!! It was similar to the one I did for my 30th b-day...just things I'd never done that I wanted to do! You'll have to show us some pages from the album when you're done!!

hopemax--for me, the title page is usually the hardest. And I'm so "detail-oriented" (the nice word), that I HAVE to do it first!!

littlelambie--I was :rotfl2: about all of the zoo pages! After my b-day WDW trip, we had TONS of MNSSHP pics. I told DH that I didn't want to see Halloween stuff for a LONG time!!

dyjama--WELCOME!! Scrapping the trip is a great way to get through those post-WDW blues!! AND, it gives you all sorts of ideas for the planning of the next one!!

Happy, happy scrapping, everyone!! I hope all of you have a relaxing, productive Sunday!! :dance3:

[MazdaUK]

Three more pages for me!:) DS(13) just got back from camp so now its :laundy: :laundy: :laundy: - no more scrapping til that's done :sad:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Oh, MazdaUK, have fun with :laundy: . Maybe it will go by really fast. . .leaving plenty of time for scrapping!!

[JandJ]

I got 12 pages done today - woohoo!! Almost finished with my 2006 album, just in time to start 2007 :goodvibes

[LisaB]

I did another page today I thought I posted but don't see it. Halloween is DONE. I added 2 more pages.

[hopemax]

I'm on a roll now, I did 6 more this weekend. :cool1:

[littlelambie]

I got another 5 done tonight. I quit early because my back was so sore from Friday night's crop session. I am certainly not use to sitting in one spot for that long. But it felt good to get those 5 done tonight. That puts me at the middle of June 2006. At this rate I might actually be caught up by the time my baby comes!! Hope you all had a productive weekend!!

[stacylm]

Hey All, I would like to join this thread. I really need some motivation to get back into scrapping. I need to start my 2004 Disney album before I go back in April. Happy Scrappin' -Stacy

[Pixieshouse]

Yippee, 3 more pages done.

[TammyNC]

Just back from a four day scrapbooking retreat weekend. I got so much accomplished and completed everything that I wanted to over the weekend. I finished up a 2001 Disney trip that DH had started and stopped half-way through, completed our 2006 family album, completed my Christmas album for 2006 (except for my title page for the year and putting the photo Christmas cards we received in). Once I finished those it was Sunday morning so instead of starting another scrapping project, I cropped about 1/2 of another Disney trip. My Disney album that I did complete went great because I had prepared about 50 page layouts before I went.

I did 101 pages on my trip, so my total for the month so far is 108. I'm so excited to be feeling more in control of my pictures now. I have lots of other projects to work on, I'm going to finish my 2 Christmas pages hopefully before bed time tonight.

[Mickster]

108! Wow! :faint: That is awesome! Great job!

[TammyNC]

108! Wow! :faint: That is awesome! Great job!

Thanks! It was a VERY productive weekend. I do have to say that I'm tired this morning. I'm looking for an idea I saw for my Christmas cards and then I can finish that album.

[rlovew]

Just back from a four day scrapbooking retreat weekend. I got so much accomplished and completed everything that I wanted to over the weekend. I finished up a 2001 Disney trip that DH had started and stopped half-way through, completed our 2006 family album, completed my Christmas album for 2006 (except for my title page for the year and putting the photo Christmas cards we received in). Once I finished those it was Sunday morning so instead of starting another scrapping project, I cropped about 1/2 of another Disney trip. My Disney album that I did complete went great because I had prepared about 50 page layouts before I went.

I did 101 pages on my trip, so my total for the month so far is 108. I'm so excited to be feeling more in control of my pictures now. I have lots of other projects to work on, I'm going to finish my 2 Christmas pages hopefully before bed time tonight.

Wow that is unbelievable. I have wondered if I would find a weekend crop productive or not but you certainly did. Maybe I wil spring for one at some point. Did you go with friends or just by yourself? I am worried that if I was to go with friends I would get more talking than working done.

Rebecca

[luvmy2sams]

I completed 20 pages yesterday before our power gave out. Thankfully it's been restored and hopefully we won't lose it again. My total for the month is 35...probably won't get much more done than this unless DH gets home from work early tonight. :)

[tiggerfan6]

:cheer2: :cheer2: 9 more for me!!!:yay:

[New England Eeyore]

2 more CJ pages for me! Let's hope that's not all for me for the month, but I think that might be a little over-optimistic.

[TammyNC]

Wow that is unbelievable. I have wondered if I would find a weekend crop productive or not but you certainly did. Maybe I wil spring for one at some point. Did you go with friends or just by yourself? I am worried that if I was to go with friends I would get more talking than working done.

Rebecca

There was a group of approx. 50 ladies that went. We were at a retreat center that holds conferences, etc. We had 3 rooms full of scrappers, there were a few of my close friends there and my mom then lots of other really wonderful ladies. We had a 6' table each with plenty of space, we were able to set up and leave it out all weekend. This place provides 3 meals a day and you don't need snacks in between with the meals they prepare. This place has no TV in the bedrooms or telephones, it is in a slight remote location. A perfect weekend away to rest and get lots of scrapping done.

I have also gone to the beach with a few girlfriends and we can get lots of pages done there too.

I do know that doing the page layouts before I went helped a lot this time.

[luvmy2sams]

I finished 12 pages today, bringing my total to 47 for the month. I pulled down a Rubbermaid that has bits and pieces from our Disney vacations over the past 6 years, scrapped them, and I can now officially say that all of our vacation albums are DONE!

Now it's off to get caught up on the rest of my life! :rotfl:

[Fran98765]

Another 1 for me... go me! :cool1:

[LisaB]

add 2 more for me I think I am at 16

[hopemax]

3 more tonight, so that brings my total up to 10. It would have been one more, but the page needs a title :headache:

108! My honeymoon book is about that many pages. It took me 7 YEARS to do.

Great Job!

[MazdaUK]

108 :faint:

And here was me feeling all smug because I was near the top :headache:

I'd better get working tonight! Mind you, I did type up lots of recipes for DS' recipe books, so if I work on those today :guilty: and print them out tonight I might get a few done - they are only 7" pages so will be much quicker than my normal 12" pages!

[StitchIsOurHero]

WOW!!! Look how these pages are adding up!!! TammyNC--you have inspired me. I want to find a weekend crop! :)

I didn't get anything done this weekend--lots of being a slacker and lying on the couch! :rolleyes1 Tonight, we have a far away ballgame, so I am spending the night at my mom's after it (she lives in the town where I work). No scrapping tonight. I hope to get a little bit done tomorrow night, but it may be this weekend before I can get a few more pages done. Only 58 days until our WDW trip--must get June 06 and Oct 05 scrapped before then! :dance3:

GREAT JOB, EVERYONE!! You all are awesome!! :cheer2:

ETA: Welcome aboard, stacylm!! Happy scrapping!

[TammyNC]

I didn't get any pages done yesterday but I'm working on my Christmas Card page idea that someone posted on the boards a few days ago. I'll take a picture and post when I'm done.

I think it is great that we are all working towards getting our pictures scrapbooked, in a safe album and journaled so that our family down the line will know who everyone is.

[Fran98765]

I did another one this morning go me! :cheer2: rah rah

[ImaDizneyNut]

got another 12 pages done (10 today and 2 on Sunday)
I'm up to 37 woohoo (I even redid a page I did last week but didn't count that in :) )

I'm gonna try to get more done tonight but if not i'm still happy

[plgrn]

I didn't know this existed! I'm a budget board freak. :clown:

Count me in if it's not too late. I have done 6 pages this month. :wave2:

[RRBB]

Last night I spent a couple hours making a mini photo scrapbook for an internet friend. I've never met her in person, but just like here on the DIS after a while you feel you "know" the people you post with. Her son, just a few months older than my 2yo, has been in the hospital since Dec. 27. Actually he's been in and out of the hospital his whole short life with issues stemming from his premature birth (29 weeks). It's heart wrenching to hear all this little boy has been through in such a short time. The other day his mother posted she's trying to take as many pictures of his now as she can because with all that's just recently gone wrong in his little body there's no telling what the future may bring. I found a few pics of her little boy where he's not hooked up to all kinds of tubes and wires and put them into one of those BBP mini albums along with some stickers, rub-ons and quotes. I left lots of room for her to add other pictures - she has 2 other sons, 3yo and 9mo - or to add comments as she wishes. I just hope this brings a little smile to her face whenever she looks at it.

[TammyNC]

Oh, she is going to love it and feel so blessed to you have as a friend. I'm sure it will help her get through those rough days and remember the great friend you are for doing that for her.

Last night I spent a couple hours making a mini photo scrapbook for an internet friend. I've never met her in person, but just like here on the DIS after a while you feel you "know" the people you post with. Her son, just a few months older than my 2yo, has been in the hospital since Dec. 27. Actually he's been in and out of the hospital his whole short life with issues stemming from his premature birth (29 weeks). It's heart wrenching to hear all this little boy has been through in such a short time. The other day his mother posted she's trying to take as many pictures of his now as she can because with all that's just recently gone wrong in his little body there's no telling what the future may bring. I found a few pics of her little boy where he's not hooked up to all kinds of tubes and wires and put them into one of those BBP mini albums along with some stickers, rub-ons and quotes. I left lots of room for her to add other pictures - she has 2 other sons, 3yo and 9mo - or to add comments as she wishes. I just hope this brings a little smile to her face whenever she looks at it.

[luvmy2sams]

Another 5 pages down for me, bringing my total up to 52 for the month.

We're iced in here with another forecasted storm on the way. DD8's been monopolizing DS3 during the day, so I've been scrapping my afternoons away. Poor DH stopped by the store on his way home from work and made the mistake of asking if I needed anything. I was almost out of adhesive so I talked him through the store. Talk about a man lost...he would have been more comfortable in the feminine products aisle! :rotfl2:

[luvmy2sams]

Last night I spent a couple hours making a mini photo scrapbook for an internet friend. I've never met her in person, but just like here on the DIS after a while you feel you "know" the people you post with. Her son, just a few months older than my 2yo, has been in the hospital since Dec. 27. Actually he's been in and out of the hospital his whole short life with issues stemming from his premature birth (29 weeks). It's heart wrenching to hear all this little boy has been through in such a short time. The other day his mother posted she's trying to take as many pictures of his now as she can because with all that's just recently gone wrong in his little body there's no telling what the future may bring. I found a few pics of her little boy where he's not hooked up to all kinds of tubes and wires and put them into one of those BBP mini albums along with some stickers, rub-ons and quotes. I left lots of room for her to add other pictures - she has 2 other sons, 3yo and 9mo - or to add comments as she wishes. I just hope this brings a little smile to her face whenever she looks at it.

What a wonderful thing to do for your friend! I'm sure she'll cherish it forever. :goodvibes

[RRBB]

We've got snow/ice outside and the roads are a mess. Schools closed all over today. Hopefully DS2 will give me a chance to do a little scrapping, but he usually gets mad when I sit down to do that rather than play with him so we'll see.

It's going to be a loooooong day around here, but the worst part is I won't be able to send off that album I made the other night. (The little boy was airlifted to a children's hospital the other night so the family is split, mother at the hospital with K and father out in the sticks somewhere with the other 2 kids.)

[Honeybehr1]

I have been trying to clean up my scrap area the last couple of weeks. My sticker binders are jam packed and by organizing them and condensing a bit, they are getting better. And I am finding things I didnt know I had:lmao:

I have managed to scrap 11 more pages

[dyjama]

7 more for me and more pics came today from my trip this january. I will be very busy!!!!:cool1: -Kim

[pjlla]

Okay.... I've been busy finishing up a bunch of half finished pages so I am FINALLY on the boards with 38 pages! Yea me!!.................P

[luvmy2sams]

I completed 5 more pages today. That makes 57 for the month. :cool1:

I spent the evening listening to American Idol :happytv: and organizing my papers. I'm running out of room!

Happy scrapping everyone!

[hopemax]

I did 3 more today.

I also got the wedding pictures for the book I am making DSIL for her birthday. I'm scared to begin. I made a small (only big for a 4 x 6 and a small quote per page) one for DMIL for Christmas and everyone was so impressed, so I am feeling the pressure to perform.

[MazdaUK]

two more pages for me - first pages for DS recipe books! And I think I've worked out how I'm going to handle the rest of the pages (7x7 seems so tiny after 12x12) once my photos arrive. Mantime I'd better get the Christmas ones done I suppose. here's hoping for scraptime tonight!

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good morning, everyone! I don't like this away ballgame stuff--it keeps me away from the DIS!! ;)

You all are doing so great on your scrapping! RRBB, your book sounds so awesome. I am amazed (and thankful) for the friendships the DIS gives us! hopemax, I know your book will be beautiful! All of your work is always amazing!!

plgrn--welcome aboard! We're glad to have you with us!!

To all of you who have snow. . .could you send a "little" of it here? I don't really want snow, but a snow day could be fun!! ;)

Keep up the awesome scrapping!! I can't wait to see how many pages we can get done this month!! :dance3:

[TammyNC]

I finished my Diamond Christmas Card page yesterday, so I get to add one more.

We have snow this morning. We homeschool so not a day out of school but the kids are going crazy this morning. Think we'll have some outside fun today. Maybe even do some science with the snow:).

[jennyL]

I'm hoping to get some scrapping in this evening. It was snowing this morning here too but I still went onto work.

[KAMommy]

I'm not playing this month, but WOW you guys are amazing. :thumbsup2

[MazdaUK]

Two more for me - that's St Nicholas Day done, Christmas tonight hopefully!

[StitchIsOurHero]

I've got us updated to here! We're going to have an awesome page total by the end of this month!!

Happy Friday, everyone! :goodvibes

[plgrn]

plgrn--welcome aboard! We're glad to have you with us!!



Thanks for the add! :goodvibes I'm hoping to get some serious scrap time in on Saturday. :banana:

[TammyNC]

I'm hoping to get a few pages in tomorrow and Sunday. Today I've got to get some cards made that I need to send out. Have a great day everyone!!

[luvmy2sams]

I finished 3 more pages last night, so I'm up to 60 this month. School's been closed here all week, so DD8 has been keeping DS3 occupied while I scrap. I owe her a date, I believe! Forecast calls for another winter storm to move through this evening and linger until Sunday, so I'm hoping to get some major scrapping done this weekend.

Have a good one, everyone!

[Fran98765]

Another 1 done for me :cool1: :banana:

[Mickster]

2 more for me. Don't get too excited for me though. I think I now have 11. Yipee! I did clean my office, so now I have work space! That is exciting!

[LisaB]

add 4
more for me

[plgrn]

I cleaned up my scraproom which was a disaster. Does that count for anything? :lmao:

[luvmy2sams]

11 more pages today, so 71 for the month thus far. :woohoo: At this rate I might actually get through my box of loose pictures before the end of the year. :rotfl:

[MazdaUK]

6 more for me! Got Christmas done and made progress on the recipe books - I'm really pleased with how they're turning out! But if anyone else plans to do it go 8x8 or bigger, as its a tight squeeze on 7x7 (yes, but they were a BARGAIN!).

Pain typing up recipes too!

[Fran98765]

I agree on recipes being a pain, I made some recipe cards for my neice for Christmas and had to change some of the steps a bit to make them fit on the cards! Hope those cookies turn out well still!!! :lmao:

[tiggerfan6]

9 more for me today. I went to a all day CM crop. It was so much fun! I won a 10.00 GC and a special gift for bringing a friend who is new to scrapbooking.
Erica

[hopemax]

I didn't quite double my total, but I did 11 pages today!

I started DSIL's wedding album. It's 11" x 8/5" (so the long direction is horizontal, not vertical). It's different from what I'm used to, but so far so good. It is actually a little easier than I was expecting because most of the pages have been covered with photos. Still nervous though because I don't know if what I like will be what she likes.

EDIT: I did 2 more pages, so that makes 13 total for the day, and I DID double my monthly total to 26!

[plgrn]

Well, so much for my Saturday scrapbooking blitz. I did get 2 pages done though bringing my total up to 8. :rolleyes:

[MazdaUK]

Add 8 for me! PLus I sorted out all my paper stash and pulled out stuff for the cookbooks (mostly checks - I thought they looked sort of homey!) AND made my first batch of serendipity squares. I used a glue pen and got very sticky, and when I cut it up I had to keep securing odd bits. MUST get a Xyron before I try that again ;)

[JandJ]

I went to a crop yesterday and got 10 pages done.

It would have been more (should have been more!) but when I got there my CM coordinator was having a huge sale (she just moved and was doing a big clean-out) so I spent an hour shopping, then I sat down to unpack and couldn't find my pictures! I searched both bags and they just were not there, so I had to drive home to get them. Thankfully I live close, but it still wasted time. When I walked in DH said "Was it canceled? You can't be done?" and when I told him I forgot my pictures he just laughed and laughed. The sad part is, this is the not first crop I've been to where I forgot my pictures! Oh well, at least I got some pages done, had a few laughs, and bought some stuff at a deep discount :)

[MazdaUK]

I love discount! Its nearly as good as FREE!;) :rolleyes1 :) :lmao:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Good Sunday afternoon, everybody! We were out most of the day last night, so I stayed up a little late and got 2 CJ pages done. Not much, but at least it's 2 more. I'm off to work on swap stuff this afternoon, and then maybe try to get 4 of my own pages done. At least, that's the goal!!

I've got everyone updated! We are rockin' along this month!! I think it would be interesting to keep a total each month and see how many pages we scrap by the end of the year. . .I might have to try to keep up with that!! You all are doing a GREAT Job!!

JandJ--that SAME thing happened to me when I went to a crop one time, too. DH thought it was hilarious! :rotfl2:

[hopemax]

11 more pages today.

I was hoping to finish the wedding book today, but no such luck. Unfortunately, DFIL is in the hospital. He's a diabetic and has always been stable, but the last couple of days he's had extremely low blood sugar and this morning things escalated a bit and he was admitted. So not the best atmosphere for scrapping because DH has been worried.

But I have everything done except the reception, so about 3/4ths done, and I should be able to finish things up tomorrow. I've been using the Bazzill BLING paper, and I give that paper two BIG thumbs up. The shimmery stuff is really pretty with the "dressy" photos. Very classy.

[Fran98765]

I got another one done. I was working on a 2 page LO digitally and had found a lot of pics to use (like 15) over the span of 6 WDW trips, so it took a long time to find these photos and then my program crashed out! I was so bummed, couldn't do any more. :(

[dyjama]

3 more for me:cool1: Kim. (Been too busy doing this:laundy: andpopcorn:: and:happytv: )

[StitchIsOurHero]

hopemax--Wow! 11 more pages! Way to go, girl! I'm sending pixie dust your way for your DFIL :wizard: ! I hope he feels better soon! Also, thanks for the review of the Bazzill Bling paper. . .I was looking at it online, so I'm glad to hear of someone that's used it!

fran98765--don't you hate it when you have a "plan" and the scrapping materials won't cooperate!! :sad2: That happens to me frequently!!

dyjama--I've been doing the :happytv: , too! Darn NFL playoffs! I'll get you updated!

Happy Monday scrappin', everyone!!

[MazdaUK]

12 more for me! I may get some more done this evening once DS(7) is in bed as DS(13) will be at scouts and DH is working. Do I want to get everything out for 1 hour scrapping? Course I do!:thumbsup2

[hopemax]

I finished up the 7 pages from this weekend that I couldn't count before because they needed titles.

Unfortunately, it's going to be another night in the hospital for DFIL. His blood sugar crashed several times last night, so until they can get that stablized he's not going home. :sad1:

I also remembered, that I still have some photos to edit, print and scrap for this, so I won't be done today or tomorrow. :P DSIL had a luau for the reception so I have pictures of them preparing and burying the pig and pulling it out of the ground, but I want those to be small (2 x 3) so I have to resize them, put them in one file so Costco can print them, and then get over there to pick them up. However, those will be 2 two page layouts, so once I do get them, it should be quick to get them in the book.

[Honeybehr1]

I have finally finished re-organizing my sticker albums. I did 4 out of 5 of them (didnt do the Disney one because I did it after I finished the last album) Now my desk is clean - too clean. I did two more pages. But not sure what I want to do next.

[hopemax]

I did 6 more while watching tv this evening.

I think I will have 11 more to finish this book. I got the other photos I needed printed, DH will pick them up on the way home. So I think maybe I will finish tomorrow. Then it will be time to focus on swaps again.

[MazdaUK]

I did another 4.

hopemax, you are so clever to scrap watching TV. I often don't even have music on!

[StitchIsOurHero]

I am so impressed with you all!! I usually only manage to get my scrapping done on the weekend. I need to get motivated to work a little each night.

Hope--I hope your DFIL gets better soon!!

Honeybehr1--I'm impressed that your table is clean! I don't think mine has a top, since I haven't seen it in so long!! :rotfl:

Mazda--I know what you mean about the TV. I can't scrap with something I haven't seen before on. I have the seasons of Gilmore Girls on DVD, and I've probably seen each episode 20 times. So, I just put those in for "background music".

[hopemax]

7 more pages, and DSIL's book is DONE!

And DFIL is out of the hospital, with stable blood sugar, and already working at home :rolleyes1 . Although his doctor is working with a endocrinologist to figure out what happened. So everything is looking good and DH is feeling much better.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Congratulations, Hope, on finishing your album!! That's great! I'm glad your DFIL is feeling better, too!!

As difficult as this is to believe, we only have 8 more scrapping days (counting today) in January! I don't know about you all, but I think it has flown by!! Let's have an AWESOME end of the month and keep those pages coming!! :thumbsup2

[rlovew]

I got 2 pages finished yesterday.

Rebecca

[Fran98765]

2 pages done last night and I have officially started my Disney A-Z book! :cool1: Not like I needed to, I am so way behind on the last 2 trips to WDW and another trip to NY and, and, and, etc... :rotfl2:

[pjlla]

Okay.... put me down for 6 more pages. I would have done more but I ran out of pictures!! And I would have printed some at home, but I am out of photo paper!! Guess it is time to place another order with Shutterfly. But on a good note, it did give me time to sort out some of my scrapping clutter and get ready for the gift albums I am starting very soon.................P

OH MY GOSH.... I'm such an idiot. I hopped from here to Shutterfly to order prints. But when I got looking at what I had in albums there, it seemed to me that I had already ordered them, so I went searching. I have TWO large envelopes of photos, waiting to be scrapped.... but I had put them in an unusual spot. Just glad I didn't order more! Well... back to the scrapping table for me!.....P

[Mickster]

13 for me tonight. I was at a crop! :cutie:

[MazdaUK]

Just one for me - but it was a 12x12 one and I did it from scratch (I had no idea what I was going to do with a batch of pics).

DH is off today and early shift tomorrow and Saturday so probably no more for me for a couple of days unless I manage some Saturday morning.

[StitchIsOurHero]

I've got everyone updated! :thumbsup2

Mickster--you got 13 pages done at a crop! That's awesome! I always manage to talk too much to get that many done! ;)

pjilla--I have done that SAME thing with pics! Just thinking as I was getting ready to order, "Those look familiar", and then there they are on the shelf somewhere! :)

Mazda--have fun with your DH! :)

Fran98765--I have stuff from a swap for an ABC album, but I haven't started it yet. I would love to see pics of yours after you work on it! :thumbsup2 I keep wanting to start it, but I am so far behind on everything else! :sad2:

Happy Thursday, everyone!!

[Fran98765]

Fran98765--I have stuff from a swap for an ABC album, but I haven't started it yet. I would love to see pics of yours after you work on it! :thumbsup2 I keep wanting to start it, but I am so far behind on everything else! :sad2:

I have them up on my server to share with my family and friends, so you can spot them at http://home.insightbb.com/~baity-scrapbook/disneyatoz.html. I got the intro page and A done. It was done digitally. Maybe I'll do B today. :)

On topic, I got another 1 page done yesterday.

[plgrn]

5 more for me from yesterday. Chacha was down which sucked because I didn't make any money, but at least I invested the time wisely in scrapping. ;)


Grand total....a whopping 13. :rolleyes:

[LindaM]

I would love to join in....my May 2006 Disney vacation scrapbook and previous scrapbooks was put on hold last year as I was elected to do a scrapbook for our parents 50th wedding anniversary....that took me 250 pages and several months to finish...I have now taken my break from scrapbooking and ready to join the band wagon again.....this is just want I need for motivation :banana:

[plgrn]

Got three done today (with DH home sick so it was QUITE a feat. ;) ) bringing the total up to 16.

[BernardandMissBianca]

I would love to join in....my May 2006 Disney vacation scrapbook and previous scrapbooks was put on hold last year as I was elected to do a scrapbook for our parents 50th wedding anniversary....that took me 250 pages and several months to finish...I have now taken my break from scrapbooking and ready to join the band wagon again.....this is just want I need for motivation :banana:

Welcome aboard Linda!! :wave:

[Fran98765]

1 more for me! :cool1: :cheer2:

[mikamah]

I would love to join you all with this challenge. I started scrapping my disney trip 2 nights ago and have done 9 pages. I can't wait to put my son to bed every night. Thanks.

[StitchIsOurHero]

Fran--your pages are so pretty! Great job!

plgrn--I hope your DH is feeling better!

LindaM & mikamah--WELCOME ABOARD!! I think these scrapbooking challenges are a great motivator! We're glad to have you all!! I'll add you to the front page!

Happy Friday evening, everyone! May your weekend be relaxing and bring plenty of time for scrapping! :thumbsup2

[Fran98765]

Thank you. I'm learning more each page I complete!

[MazdaUK]

Two more pages for me! (I was starting to get the shakes :jumping1: )

[StitchIsOurHero]

That's great, Mazda! (The pages, not the shakes! ;) ). I'm about like you. I've been working on swap stuff and then stuff for work, so I haven't done any of my pages in a while. I must do that tomorrow!! :)

[RRBB]

Woohoo! I got another 4 pages done tonight - 2 for my CJ and 2 for someone else's. I think that brings me up to a whopping 11 for the month. I may be able to squeeze out one or two more by Wednesday night, but I'm not counting on it.

I know I won't be working on it this month, but I decided I really need to make an ABC album for my son. He's 25 months old and pointing out letters to me all the time now - and he's never wrong.

[tzuhouse]

I'll play.

I've done 24 2 page layouts, so far. So,

48 pages in January, so far


Mary

[StitchIsOurHero]

tzuhouse--You found your way here--yay!!! :dance3: I'll get you added to the first post and updated. 48 pages in January? Sounds like you are on a roll!!


RRBB--I'll get you updated! How neat to make an ABC book for your son!! He'll love it!

[stacylm]

WooHoo:banana: I got 10 pages done at LSS crop on Friday night. Gotta love pizza, chocolate and scrapbooking. Stacylm

[StitchIsOurHero]

Great job, Stacy! I'll get you updated!! :banana:

[MazdaUK]

3 more pages done today - DS(13) 1st day at school, so I'm getting there! Only another 9 1/2 years til I'm up to date. This thread has been really helpful motivating me to get my stuff out for even just an hour or so at a time:thumbsup2


Could we start an annual thread just to keep track - if whoever hosts each month can keep two threads up to date at once:angel: it would be great to see our progress over a year as well:cool1:

[StitchIsOurHero]

Ooh! I like that idea Mazda! I would be happy to start an "annual" thread--whoever wins each month could do the monthly thread, and I could just add in the updates (as they're posted on that thread) to the annual thread. Does that sound good to everyone? I'm like you--I'd like to see our progress over a year!! :thumbsup2

[Fran98765]

To make it easier, you could just do the annual thread after each month is completed. Maybe in Dec could do it more often since it's the end, but make it easy on yourself the rest of the year! :)

[StitchIsOurHero]

That would be easier! I could just update at the end of each month--I think it would be cool to see how many we get done! :thumbsup2

[WDWAurora]

I'm in! 26 pages so far for January!

[RRBB]

I love the idea of keeping up with annual totals. I have some smilies I made for a scrapbooking forum on another (now defunct) message board that people could put in their signatures if they wanted, too. Or maybe use them to group scrappers by total pages completed or something.