Mom's "brag" books

Not like she could actually carry them somewhere so she could brag about them! But thought I'd share a few pictures. This shows 2 views of the pages I've completed in my mom's books. Still have to get those 2005 pictures printed and worked on this week. EEK!

Connie's Beslan Book

If you read my post here, you know that I did this book for a friend of mine who went to Russia last year. Did a total of 16 8x8 pages. . . .not going to post all of them here. I'm trying to get the book out today and don't have the time to scan and post them all .. . but here's 4 of the pages:








All the tags, extended mats, etc are so Connie can journal about her trip.

Even though I lost the first book I did, I had enough in my "stock" of stuff to completely do it over again. Scary, scary! Even the pages that are the "canvas" for each page, and the bookcloth for the binding.

Taking care of some backlog

I've been remiss in actually posting anything that I've been doing on the challenge Jamie, Jess, and I have going. Between now (well, actually Sept. 12) and Dec. 2, we're going to see who can complete the most pages/projects without spending any money. The 2 "losers" will pay for a scrapping night that all 3 of us will do. As Jamie Says, everyone's really a winner!

Here are the rules (copied them from Jamie's No Spend Challenge blog):

~all pages must be made with supplies you currently own
~the challenge will run from September 12th- December 2nd
~pages larger than 9x9 count as 1 point
~2 pages smaller than 9x9 count as 1 point
~challenges will be made during the time frame for bonus points-first challenge: eyelets, use at least 5 eyelets on a page for double points, use and excessive amount of eyelets and receive triple points!
~keep track of any money spent on scrapbook supplies, the person who has spent the least at the end of the challenge will receive 10 bonus points. Exclusions are adhesive, photos, and replacement blades & mats
~the winner will receive one night paid stay at a local hotel for kid free scrapping with the other participants...cleary a win/win situation!

Going to upload pictures. My total only includes the pictures that are on here. . . I've got more in progress/haven't been scanned yet.

Did these Prayer Journals for a Lady's Day at church . . .used donated product . . . I did 20 of these (using a variety of papers, flowers and ribbon . . .sad that I had enough EXTRA ribbon to donate it to the cause . .. 50 some odd journals in total) I counted these as 2 for 1 point:



Allison's teacher asked for a clipboard she could use in class . . .couldn't very well send a plain one in, huh?



Finished up my Christmas cards a couple nights ago (they're actually even signed already). Both were designs from a RC class, although I didn't use their card program or the exact papers they used. The tree one was used with RC papers. . .thank goodness I had something still in the bag w/ receipt from before the challenge started (how sad is that???) to use for the RC papers. Everything else I got using a store credit from a garage sale. I made 70 cards . . . 2 different designs!