Monday, 27 December 2010

Memories...

As my Mum's memory becomes worse and worse I've realised just how important it is to cherish and preserve the photos we have of people and places from years gone by.  I must admit I have been meaning to do something with my Mum's photos for some time and while Boxing Day might seem a strange time to make a start it was actually perfect at our house.  Mum was able to show off how well she can remember things from the past and Laura and I spent a lovely afternoon creating the first two pages of an album about our family. 
The wording was printed onto acetate and then attached to the card cut from the original folders that the photos were in.  I've laid a piece of black over the names as being paranoid you just never know what information should and should not be included on the internet.  
 




The background paper of roses is by DCWV and we both agreed it was perfect for the theme as we wanted to use black and white, but most of my papers were way too trendy.  This one seemed to fit well, especially seeing as my mum loves roses and had some in her bouquet.
We did consider adding some pressed red roses that I remembered were somewhere in my stash, but one of the memories Mum came up with was about her bouquet.  She remember wanting red roses, but was told that they would look black on black and white photos so she plumped for pink instead.  She can't remember opening a Christmas present from five minutes ago, but her Wedding Day is as fresh as ever.

Seems like ages since I entered any challenges so I'm really pleased to be able to link our pages to the challenges at...
My early New Year resolution is to do much more scrap booking, especially as my daughter loves it so much and we can play together.  As she says in the future she will look at our album and not only remember Gran, but also the fun we had doing the pages.
Enjoy your day whatever you have planned.
Hugs and smiles.
Ann xxx

Thursday, 23 December 2010

Five Favourite Christmas Cards...

Debbie at A Scrapjourney wants us to choose our five favourite Christmas cards of 2010 and post them on our blogs.  I think this is such a fun idea and decided to have a look back at all the cards I did for Bah! Humbug! throughout the year.  
I think our favourites tend to change depending on the mood we're in, but anyway here come my most loved Christmas creations ...

 





I was going to write a little about each card, but hey it's CHRISTMAS  - much more fun to just look at the pictures.
Only two more sleeps now - yeah so exciting! 
I am trying to visit all my blogging buddies, but seem to be running out of time so I'll take this opportunity to say 'Hope you have a wonderful Christmas time.'
Ann xxx

Sunday, 19 December 2010

It's Christmas....

Yeah only days to go to the big event - still got masses to do and 'am I bovvered?'  
Think I've given up all hope of doing any crafting at the moment as I'm busy at work and racing round like a mad women (more than usual) to get things done for me and my mum.  Who isn't?  So before I close up shop till the New Year I just wanted to wish all my dear friends a very, very Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year.

I'm really looking forward to playing with my Christmas crafting stash.  Santa was sent a list with HOUSE MOUSE and LOTV stamps in capital letters, but I must admit to being a bit worried as I've not really been all that good.  Maybe he was looking the other way when we had the team's Christmas night out.  I really hope so!

Big hugs to all and hope your Christmas stockings are bulging with your favourite goodies.

Ann xxx

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