The Love and Hate CJ *Host EMMAK*

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The Love and Hate CJ

Organizers Name Emmak (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/private.php?do=newpm&userid=10015) - Emma Harrison

Signup Deadline: 17th April 2006


Participants:
EmmaK
Wyrd-thing
KrystalMajik
RozRoz
Bethlee

Details
Description:
Each person to complete a double page LO on the theme of love and hate – topics TBC


Status: Open

Posting Frequency: every three weeks

Completion By: 5 February 2007

Posting Schedule:
1st posting: 29 May
2nd posting: 26 June
3rd posting: 24 July
4th posting: 21 August
5th posting: 18 September
6th posting: 16 October
7th posting: 13 November
8th posting: 11 December
9th posting: 8 January
10th posting: 5 February

Rules for Mailing:[list]
Posting of CJ, in a heavy-duty, bubble padded envelope which will take the reuse and abuse by Royal Mail!
It is recommended CJ is placed in a sandwich/ziplock bag to protect it from the elements.
Posting should be Recorded 1st Class and on the dates listed above




**Please leave the first message below this for the host to post!**

[Emmak]

*CJ NOW FULL*

Hi all! Well I'm very excited to be hosting this CJ, it's my first as a host, so please be gentle with me!

Can all of those who want to join please pm with the following details as soon as possible, so that i can figure out the route the cj will be taking:

UKS Name
Real Name
Address
Email Address
Contact telephone number
Any posting dates that coincide with you being away
The topic you have chosen

CJ format:
6x6 or a5

CJ theme:
How you interpret the theme is up to you. You could do a CJ on what you love/hate about summer, music etc. or you could make lots of labels, each with a different topic, and people then pick a label. It's entirely up to you.

Don't forget to use your introduction page to explain to people what you would like them to do, for example do you want a photo of them on their LO etc. Please remember to put staples, brads, eyelets on your pages before attaching them to the book. It's also helpful if you add your address somewhere in the book in case it gets lost in the post.

I realise that life can get in the way sometimes, so if you find that you will be delayed by more than 3 days within the posting date, please get in touch with me or post in this thread so that we know what is happening.

I'm really looking forward to starting this and seeing everyone's entries! It should be fun!

[Emmak]

Posting Schedule:
1st posting: 29 May
2nd posting: 10 July
3rd posting: 31 July
4th posting: 21 August
5th posting: 18 September
6th posting: 16 October
7th posting: 13 November
8th posting: 11 December
9th posting: 8 January
10th posting: 5 February

Posting order:
Claire to
Lynne to
Michelle (scrapbooking) to
Hannah to
Emma (childhood) to
Anne-Marie (pick a colour) to
Beth (what's in your wardrobe) to
Sam (being a girl) to
Roz (men) to
Jaqueline (the girl in the mirror)


Where is my CJ? Updated 27th July
Claire has: Roz's CJ & Sam's CJ
Lynne has:
Michelle has: Claire's CJ & Jaqueline's CJ
Hannah has: Lynne's CJ
Emma has: Michelle's CJ
Anne-Marie has: Hannah’s CJ
Beth has: Emma's CJ
Sam has: Anne-Marie's CJ
Roz has: Beth’s CJ
Jaqueline has:


http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/emmakh/whereismycj-1.jpg

[samb]

Just signing in. Can't wait to do another CJ with you fab ladies :D

[Emmak]

Hi Sam, great to see you on here! Can't wait to get started.

[beck]

i've just pm'd you emma

[Emmak]

Hi Beck! Great to see you here.

[wyrdthing]

Signing my life away until next year again :D

My first thought was food as a theme as I absolutely detest bananas (the smell makes me nauseous even) and I love chocolate (of course) but then I thought I'd probably end up with 10 sides with chocolate so probably not the best idea :lol: I shall have a think...

Anne-Marie

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi girls, Just want to say hello to everyone and say that i cant wait to get started....im trying to think of a theme.....i have a few ideas but will decide shortly!

[Emmak]

Anne-Marie, I completely agree with you on the banana and chocolate thing! I'm trying to be really good and give ds a bit of everything but there is no way I am going to touch banana so he has to wait until his dad is around before he gets any.Mind you, he doesn't seem too keen on it either!

Hi Georgia, good to see you here. Can you pm me your details if you've not already done so please? My brain is a bit fussy at the moment and you may have already sent them!

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi Emma,

Just to let you know that i have pm you with my details.

[samb]

If I was to pick loves and hates of the 80's are you all old enough to remember?:)

[RozRoz]

hi ya, just signing in, can't wait to start this cj with you girls, will be good to do another one together. Have no idea on my theme, might just leave it completely open for you to put in anything you hate and love if thats ok emma.

[Emmak]

Roz, leaving it open is absolutely fine.

[Castey]

Is there any room for another? I'm a newbie would that be okay? Have sent my PM

[Emmak]

Hi girls. This CJ may have to go on hold until the girlie wirly CJ has completed but I'll let you know as soon as I know.

[Emmak]

Hi all and welcome to Castey and Sweetiebabie. I've had confirmation that the CJ is fine to go ahead. We just can't start the CJs on their route until the other CJ I am in has finished. It's due to finish the 15th May and the first posting date for this is not until the end of May, so that all works out ok. Gives us plenty of time to think of topics!

[Castey]

Just signing in. Have yet to think of a theme but am racking my brains as I type!

[georgiamudfudge]

Im so gald that this cj is going ahead. I was wondering, (can you tell im a newbie?) do we normally make our own journals for cj's and each person adds their page onto the one in our album/book or do we all do our own and then join it all together once its completed?

[Emmak]

Hi Lynne. You need to either buy a ready made journal (pink pig and Sara books do them) or make your own, and then decorate the cover. You'll also need to include sign in pages, intro explaining what you want people to do, for example do you want a photo of them on their LO or sign in tag? And then complete your own double page spread. You'll then post it all on to the next person on the list. You will always be posting to the same person each time to avoid any confusion. It will then go on it's route and then eventually make it's way back to you. I would advise posting it in a ziplock bag and then a strong jiffy bag (and bear in mind that the finished book will be bigger when it comes back to you, so not too small an envelope.

Alternatively, you could make your own. I made mine out of strong card that I bought for about £1 from my local picture framers (mountboard scraps) and then bound it with 1inch book rings which you can buy from Staples or some of the sponsors sell plain and coloured ones. If you want to make your own but have trouble getting hold of the stuff let me know.

If you want to take a peak in the gallery you'll be able to see everyone's CJs and how they have made them.

[Emmak]

Hi everyone. It's a bit quiet in here. I hope that you are all well and that it will get going when we get nearer to the posting date!

[samb]

Hi all. Emma, can you change my theme to loves and hates of the 80's please :D

[wyrdthing]

Just checking in. Still no idea on a theme though, might go for the "pick from a selection" option unless I think of something better :)

Anne-Marie

[georgiamudfudge]

Morning everyone, awe my internet connection has been down all weekend and i cant belive how reliant i am on it!! I have never been so happy to get into work on a monday morning. Thanks for your help emma about the journal - i will take a look into it.

[georgiamudfudge]

hi, just to let you know that i have bought my sarabook for this cj. I bought the round one - hope that is ok with everyone. Hope you are all doing well.

[sweetgirlie]

I did get one from hobby craft a hard backed booked

[RozRoz]

Emma, I've decided to make my own book, will be 6x6 with a hard cover and book rings. Theme is gonna be left open, but you can't put chocolate or family in it, want people to think out side of the box. Thanks, I'll make a start on this this weekend ready for the first posting.

[beck]

i will be making mine aswell hopefully i will start on it this week

[Emmak]

Hi all. a round CJ sounds like a fab idea. I've cut all the pages for mine and need to make a start on the cover. I bought a pack of book rings the other week and have tidied them away somewhere and now I can't find them! I might have to start emptying my drawers at this rate. Perhaps they'll turn up when I stop looking!

I'll leave the topics list open then unless anyone wants anything added at any point, and that way they will be a nice surprise when they arrive through the door.

[Krystal Majik]

Hi Emma just back from my holidays so just signing in - will havea think about my topic and let you know. Can't wait to get started on another CJ with you all and a few new girlies too!!!

[Krystal Majik]

Hi Emma, have had a think and would like to do a general CJ with tags that people can pick from the back with their theme on it if thats okay.

[Emmak]

Sounds great to me Jacqueline. Will update the list.

Jaqueline, Roz and Beth could you let me have your addys please and then I'll confirm the order of posting. Thanks.

[georgiamudfudge]

morning all, my internet connection is still down at home so instead of being able to do the cyber crop this weekend i decided to work on my circle journal. I have done my front cover, instruction page and sign in pages. All that is left for me to do now is my own first page of love/hate and then i will be ready to post it off. If i ever get my internet up and running at home i will post a pic of my pages. Hope everyone has a good day today

[samb]

I must make a start on mine. Will probably be last minute as usual!:unsure:

[Emmak]

Wow, that's fantastic Lynne. I have to admit that I've not started on mine yet either. I'm going to complete another CJ that I'm in and then hopefully get cracking on this one next week.

[Noodle]

Hi all, just crashing this thread :rolleyes: - Hope you don't mind, just wanted to book mark it & maybe pop in and see you all from time to time? Seeing as the GW CJ is almost over & I'm gonna miss you all!!!!!!!!

[samb]

I don't know why but I thought you were in this one Hannah?;)

[RozRoz]

Hannah, why you not in this one with us, not gonna be the same without you and your beautiful layouts.

Emma have pm'd you my addy.

I've not even started yet, can't believe some of you are almost ready to post, must start to panic now. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh:wacko:

[Noodle]

Well I had already signed up for a Disney CJ that has started & the TPDW one.... Then I opted out of the TPDW one but this was full! I didn't originally sign up because I thought two was enough for me to try to do at once :rolleyes: - anyway, just starting to think about the GW ending & didn't want to loose touch, so thought I'd keep an eye on you all here :D. Hope you don't mind....

[RozRoz]

of course we don't mind you dafty, will be great to keep in touch with you. :wub:

[Emmak]

Hannah, it's lovely to see you on here and you are more than welcome to join us if you'd like to. The CJ does not start until the end of May anyway, so plenty of time to think about it. As Roz says, we'll all miss your lovely LOs! :)

[samb]

Go on Hannah, you know you want too :D

[RozRoz]

Come on hannah, please join in, we will miss you so much if you don't :wub:

[Emmak]

Sadly, Beck has had to pull out of the CJ becuase of home and work commitments. Although, I'm obviously sad to see Beck go, there is a silver lining in that there is now a space free if you wan to join Hannah. And if you, we all know where you live :ph34r:

[Noodle]

:o - Well if you are going to send ninja smilie after me :ph34r: , I better join in :lol: :lol: - SO can I come and play?

[samb]

Yes Yes Yes Yes:D :D :D :D

[RozRoz]

:lol: yipppeeee I'm doing somersaults, not at Becks leaving :( but at Noodle joining :lol:

[Noodle]

Awwwwww :wub: - So happy to be here!

[Emmak]

Hurrah, that looks like that one is sorted then!:D For those that don't know Hannah, she's really lovely and does the most fantastic layouts.

I'm hopefully going to get the CJ route posted tonight and then you can find out who you will be posting to. I just need to look on a map to see where a few locations are - you wouldn't believe that I did geography A level, my geog is appalling. :( My family still won't let me forget that I once got Northampton and Southampton mixed up, not sure how seeing as the clue is in the name. :rolleyes:

Anyway, that's probably enough revelation for one day. I'm off in a desperate rush to Sainsburys as I have 5 mums and babies arriving in an hour and I forgot to get any lunch in. The babies will be alright but I'm not sure that the mums will be too happy on Heinz baby food!:)

[Emmak]

I was also doing a bit of a brainstorm about topics and came up with the following if they are any good to anyone.

Holiday Destinations
About the UK
About yourself
Food
T.V. programs
Seasons
Pet hates

[Emmak]

I've just posted the route for the CJ. I've tried to organise it so the CJ is going to the nearest county each time where possible. This does mean that Hannah, Anne-Marie and myself will be posting to each other again. I hope that's ok, shout if not, I won't be offended! I've also added the first names just so it's easier to work out who is who. If anyone is not happy with their real name being posted just let me know and I'll delete it. You should be receiving the address of the next person in the link by the end of the day, so if you don't receive a pm from me by tomorrow, please let me know. Thanks!

[Krystal Majik]

Hi Emma I got my PM - thank you will have to get a shift on and make my book now!

[georgiamudfudge]

Thanks em, i have got your pm. I cant wait to get started!

[RozRoz]

Emma got your pm, how funny is that, I'm now going in reverse, ha ha, will make a change from me seeing the lovely layouts that Jacqueline creates and feeling totally idequate as I can't do anything as nice as she does. :mellow:

[bethlee]

Well, I can't believe that no-one missed me! I'm sulking now! ;) ;) ;) ;)

Seriously, I didn't even know there was a thread, and it's been going for a short while now, hey ho, though, have been in touch with Emma, as I'd nearly forgotten about it, and is all sorted now. Think I must have the glooms on me, as I thought and had that complex when you feel everyone is talking about you, it won't last for long though! :lol:

I really don't know what to do for mine, have had a quick read through some of the suggested themes though.

Are there any more updates, or new themes suggested? I need inspiration, because I no longer have a brain, or a head come to that! :lol: I think someone else is using it, and I have my suspicions that it's our dawg Oz! Hee, hee. :wacko:

I don't know any of the newer girls on here, so a big hello from me to you, no doubt we'll all get to know each other, apart from the existing ones, the Girlie Wirlie ones, who already know one another.

My gosh, I'm trying to keep up with it all, CJ's, ATC's, and that's not including h***ework, c**king..........................:rolleyes: :D

Catch up with you all later.

[RozRoz]

Oh Beth hunny, we have not been talking about you, thought you had fell of the face of the earth though as not like you to be so quite :lol:

I'm stuck on my theme as well, so am leaving it open, but stressing that they can't pick certain things like family, chocolate, etc, as want us all to stretch ourselves a bit and not take the easy root, plus sometimes you feel obliged to say you love your family, when really you want to put down that you love your new shoes cause they are soooooooooooo girly wirly :D

[bethlee]

Gosh, nobody has been on here for a week. I haven't even started making my CJ for this one yet, yet alone think about what my pages are going to be like. I really hope not to hold anyone up. Do I have a couple of weeks to do something, yikes, I hope so! :wacko: :mellow:

Hope your all well. :)

[Emmak]

Beth, don't panic it doesn't need to be posted until the end of May. I've not got very far with mine either. I've done the front cover and know what papers I'm using but I've come to a bit of a rut. I hope it's going to clear soon.

Apologies again for not letting you know there was a thread. I think it's so quiet on here because a lot of us are talking on the girlie whirlie thread, or at least I hope that's the reason ;).

I've not got a theme for mine either. I'm toying with a room 101 idea but I'm not sure how well it will work.

[RozRoz]

I'm so relieved you two have not started your's yet, neither have I. :lol:

[georgiamudfudge]

I em i think a room 101 theme is a brilliant idea.

[Emmak]

Thanks Lynne. I'm not sure how well it will work. I was thinking that we would all have 3 loves and 3 hates (the hates go into room 101) and then the next person on the list could save one of your hates or put one of your loves in to Room 101. But not sure what would happen if no one did either! I guess it would still be a good reflection of people's loves and hates.

[bethlee]

Erm...I'm panicking now, what's this about Room 101? I have no idea what I have to base my 2 pages on, could someone wake me up and enlighten me please? :) :lol:

[Krystal Majik]

Hello well I've been thinking - did you hear the noise? I've eventually came to a decision about this CJ and I know you'll probably all hate me for it But if its okay with you all I quite fancy doing Things I Love/Hate About the Girl in the Mirror - hmmmmmm what do you think?

[bethlee]

Yeah, but who is she? :lol: Doh, one of my brunette moments then.........:lol: I think that's a fab theme jacqueline, go for it. I'd need a huge book if that was my theme. Now, what can I do? I haven't thought of anything, or even made a start on what papers to use to even make the CJ with, I can see myself delaying you all.

Is it to be a page, say the left side on things you love, and the right side on things you hate? I really can't concentrate to think on this one. :(

[Krystal Majik]

I think thats what its meant to be Beth although I'm just off and running now as I was completely stuck for ages then I had this blinding flash:wacko:

[bethlee]

Do you know what.....I'm exactly like you Jacqueline, isn't it funny how we're quite similar in personalities etc, hee, hee. :lol: I take ages to think of these things, and then when I do, I've either got 1 day to do it all in, and then panic, get hot and flushed and make a mash of it. Some peeps can just think of these things like that, in a jiffy, but nope, not me. Must try and think of something now. I think I'll have ACTORS I LOVE AND ACTORS I HATE! You can guess who the loved ones are gonna be, can't you? :lol: Must think now what I'm gonna do. :)

[Emmak]

Hi all. Beth, the room 101 is not set in stone, I'm still thinking about it, so don't panic. Room 101 was a t.v. show where celebrities would tell the host what things (a person, food, object, whatever) they would like to put in room 101 (under lock and key never to be seen again) and then the host would either agree or disagree. They had 4 nominations but only 3 would go into the room. They really had to argue why they wanted a particular thing in the room.

The layouts can be done however you want them to be done. So for instance you could have both pages as love and then under a flap on each page you could hide your hates. Whatever you want basically.

Jacqueline, I love your theme, it sounds fab. Beth, your idea is great, plenty of lovely men to drool all over! I already know my love - gonna have to be Johnny Depp! Do you both want me to add it to the first page as confirmed or are you still thinking about it?

[bethlee]

I'm still gonna have to think about mine Emma, ta lovely. Will try not to be too long though. :)

[Emmak]

No rush, Beth, so don't worry.

OK, I've just had another think about this and I think that the blinding flash that hit Jacqueline has come my way! My theme is now going to be childhood. I don't know everyone's personal details but I hope that it's not going to be a difficult topic for anyone. It can be anyone's childhood (so your children's would count) or just childhood in general. I'm not sure when you are legally an adult, is it 16 or 18? Anyway, which ever it is would be the cut off age. I hope that sounds ok to everyone!

I also thought it might be nice to do a brief intro about ourselves as although most of us have worked together on the other CJ there are some new peeps to us all. Oh, and perhaps we can ask a question, which the next person to reply should answer?

OK, here's me! I'm 32, married with a 10mth old son who refuses to eat anything off a spoon unless it's yoghurt! I've been scrapbooking for just under 7 mths (I think!) and I live in Herts which is where I am originally from but I've lived all over the UK from Southampton to Scotland. See my avator for what I look like (*seriously thinking about changing it, where do you all get your pics from?).

Q: What made you start scrapbooking?

[RozRoz]

I started scrapping because my sister in law dragged me to a crop just over 2 years ago in February, I instantly fell in love with this addictive hobby, was previously a card maker and still am, but my passion is now changing to altering things, not altering in the arty farty way some people do, but little books and the likes of that instead. I'm 36, gonna be 37 in a few weeks, am married to Gerry and have one DS Ben who is 11 and a monster at the moment, but I love him to bits, I have a daft dog called Trevor or Fat boy depending on mood and I live in Scotland, but was born in London and raised in Manchester, so have a very strange accent.

My question to the next one who answers is Basic Grey or Doodlebug?

[Krystal Majik]

HMMMMMM Doodlebug every time, love the colours, patterns and all the matching ribbons and embellishments!!!!
I am 35, married to Gary with three kids and a loopy old english sheepdog, live in Donside in Scotland on a beautiful country estate (very picturesque). I started to scrap about 2 years ago, fell into it through card making. I am a company secretary and partner in two businesses and a full time mum/scrapbooker, and do book keeping/accounts to fund my hobby!!!!!

Q. Whats your style, lumpy, plain, loads of photos, journalling?.......


Oh and my CJ is ready for posting!!!!!!!!:P

[wyrdthing]

Q. Whats your style, lumpy, plain, loads of photos, journalling?.......
A. Yes! Well, I don't think I have a style yet - I suppose I'm plain mostly and I tend to either do a page about something with lots of pictures and journalling or a page just for the sake of it with less pictures and no journalling... :lol:

I'm 30, 31 in July, married for very almost a year with no kids and no pets. I live in Oxfordshire (born in Oxfordshire, lived all over... Oxfordshire!). I'm currently a Data Analyst but have just received the letter with my redundancy notice so am unemployed at the end of July - just started searching for the next thing I fancy doing! I have been scrapping for about a year and have (like everyone) far too much stuff and don't do a lot with it... I haven't started on this CJ at all yet :wacko:

Q: Scrap "for the next generation" or for fun? :)

[Castey]

I scrap for something for future generations to look back on to see what my life (and others) was like. I also scrap for fun as if I didn't I wouldn't enjoy it and therefore wouldn't do it! I'd think it was something I had do to and not something I like to do.

I'm 25, single, no kids, no pets, no siblings - nothing. I still live at home (yes I know I'm nearly 26 and still live at home but the fact is I cannot afford a house of my own! Plus I like spending my money on stash and if I moved out I'd have no money for it!). I'm a legal secretary and have been for nearly 8 years! Can't believe it's been so long!! I've been scrapping for nearly 2 years and it was just a natural progression from cardmaking.

Q: Fave embellie?

[bethlee]

Ooooh, fave embelly - let me think, don't think I like annnnnny...........!! Do I look like I have a big BUM? Yesssssss. Sorry, messing about then. Ermm, mine would be, at the mo, BRADS, though I do go through changes. :lol:

Rightio, grand introduction, (I don't think), :wacko:

I'm Beth, 38, married for 14 years this July, and we have one darling little boy, Martyn aged 11 and a yorkshire terrier, (mad one at that), called Oz aged 4 this July. Live in Gwent, South Wales. Not presently in employment, but have had a few jobs ranging from Special Police Constable, Legal Secretary, Asst. Branch Secretary, worked in Sales too. Hope to either start up in something relating to my hobby, but would dearly love to work from home. Started card making about 5 years ago, and it gradually progressed into scrapbooking a year ago. I didn't think I'd be keen on it, and at first, thought that all the papers, embellys etc were all a bit over rated, and often distracted from the main issue, being the "photo", still feel the same mind, but at the same time, CANNOT resist the temptation to buy loads of stash! :lol: Slowly developing a love for altered art. Fave part of this hobby is rubber stamping, love the versatility of it all, and am endeavouring to involve it more within my scrapping. :)

Qu:- Are you a clean and simple OR a grungy/distressed type of scrapper?
I'm in between the two at the mo, and can see the fascination/appeal of both.

[Noodle]

Hi all,

Well I am getting more into the whole grungy distressed kind of thing :) - But need to learn a bit more... I am probably in between too & am still enjoying learning new techniques (well sloshing loads of *stuff* about & calling it a technique :lol:)

A bit about me..... I am now 30 (Scary!!!) & divorced, live in Suffolk with my DOH & kitten named Blossom :). I am happy here but dream of emigrating to Canada or Austrailia, not sure of that will ever happen :(. I work full time as a Social Worker, with children from birth to 18 who are in care proceedings, foster placements or adoptive placements. I love my job, but enjoy my free time more! I like to travel & am making the most of being able to at the moment, I love scrapping but seem to like collecting stash more! I also like the general stuff, hanging out with my friends down the pub, going out for yummy food, cinema etc.... Usual suspects really.
I am looking forward to going to my first scrapping retreat in September, it's local & looks like it might teach me some interesting altering techniques :).

Urmmmmmm.... Is that enough?

Ok so next question: What are your top 5 scrapping essentials?

Mine (in no particular order) Bazzill, AMM Tote :wub:, Trimmer, Cheapy Dovecraft Tape rollers (great value refills just £1.50 & they work just fine) & Scenic Route (at the moment... changes often!)

[wyrdthing]

I'm assuming that if I've already answered a question and introduced myself I leave the question for the next person? :)

Anyhow, I have also been hit by the inspiration that's going round and have decided on my theme. Inspired by Hannah's coloured tag CJ I'm going for a similar idea - you pick one colour (free choice) and choose things you like/love in that colour and things you dislike/hate in that colour. It doesn't have to be a favourite colour, just one that you can think of several things that are loves/hates. For instance, I'm not particularly fond of yellow but am going to choose yellow as I can think of several things that I hate that are yellow (bananas!!) and also several things that I like that are yellow too - and it will be a challenge to do a layout I like in a colour I wouldn't normally use.

Does that idea sound okay and make sense to people? For instance - you could choose brown and have Love: chocolate, brown clothes, wooden boxes; Hate: spiders, nuts, mud. Although I think chocolate should be outlawed or I'll get a monochrome CJ :lol:

Anne-Marie

[Emmak]

Sounds like a great idea to me Anne-Marie. Hope everyone is ok.

[Noodle]

Although I think chocolate should be outlawed or I'll get a monochrome CJ :lol:

Anne-Marie


Great idea...... but why not insist everyone has a different colour? I know it would get more challenging by the end... but I think that is part of the fun :). Then you woud have a pretty muti coloured CJ, just sitting here & thinking about colours & I'm sure I could do love & hates for most!

I'm still not sure about a theme :(.......... Waiting for that inspiration that seems to be flying around to head for Suffolk & hit!

[Krystal Majik]

The ideas are flowing now, I love the colour idea and the childhood one, this is going to be so much fun again, desperate to get going now! (I know how sad is my life?)

[georgiamudfudge]

This all sounds fantastic ladies. I cant wait to get started either. I feel like a little kid waiting for santa. My first cj and i have just signed up to my first swap. How exciting!

[Noodle]

Anyone up for a mystery page kit swap?...... I am hosting one details are here (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=110113). If anyone would like to join in my fun!!! :D

[samb]

OK, I've decided and I think that I'm going to go for love and hate about being a girlie! Do you think there is enough variation for people to work on?

[Noodle]

That sounds great Sam :D - Have you recovered from Bonanza yet?

[samb]

No!! My feet are still killing me, my nails are still stained with ink and I can't even face unpacking my stash.However, I can't wait to do it all over again next year :rolleyes:

[Noodle]

:lol: I really want to go next year! *note to self.... wear comfy shoes & forget the manicure*

[Emmak]

I'm glad that you had such a great time Sam. I'd love to go next year as well. Do they only do one show a year? I'm desperate to try and get myself booked on a retreat but I can't work out which on to go to. Any recommendations (I know there is a thread about this but nice to hear from people you know) or do any of you have retreats booked?

[samb]

I've never been on a retreat but really would love too. Bonanza is just once a year, and it really is fab:D

[Noodle]

I've never been on a retreat, but am going on the Scrapping Angels one in Sept :D. Emily Falconbridge from the US will be teaching (she contributed to the fab "Freestyle" book).... Also Kirsty (Wanna Scrap?), Anne Hafferman & Anna Bowkis (Bumblebee) will be there. Doing some altering too I think!

I have just heard that Scrapmanic sold out in a day :(....... There is also Scrapper Paradise in Oct, two girls from my local crop went last year & LOVED it, they made some fab stuff... one has already booked to go back :).

[Emmak]

I saw the scrapping angels one and thought it looked rather fab. I liked the fact that they had an American scrapper doing some lessons. I was thinking about that one or the Scrappers Unlimited one. Apparently scrapcamp are about to announce something but they are taking too long, I'm worried that everyone else will sell out by the time they let us know what they are doing!

Hannah, could you measure my Cj cover and pages for me so I can make the ones that Mina had please? Thanks.

[Noodle]

Oh yes, sorry Emma I knew there was something I needed to do, sorry! I will measure it in the morning & pm you :D.

I know a few of the girls going to the Angels retreat & they are all LOVELY :wub:. I think it is worth thinking about.... I love the style of Emily Falconbridge, she has a blog you can check out too.... let me know if you would like a ink to it :).

[Krystal Majik]

Elsie Flammigan is going to Modern Scrapbooking one in September but I am hoping to be in Houston at CKU then so will miss it, quite like her stuff although can't doodle for a LO to save myself but check out my phone pad and theres some amazing squiggles!!!!


http://www.scrapcamp.co.uk/

[Emmak]

I would love to meet Elsie and have just checked out the site but unfortunately they have sold out of singles already! Darn it! Where did you see the announcement?

[Krystal Majik]

It just came in on email about ten minutes ago - so I guess I was at the end of the list! I am assuming you're talking of Elsie Flannigan - sorry butting into you and Noodles conversation!!

[bethlee]

Yep, that's right, we have Elsie coming to Scrapcamp in September. I hope to go, but tbh, funds will be short as we are hoping to go on our first proper hols abroad as a family, (once the passports have been finalised, not filled the forms in yet), :lol: so I think all the girls are excited about Elsie. The girls are lovely on the thread, and I'm off to Bristol on the 27th of this month to their local crop, only been once, and that was in Feb. So, fab things are happening. :)

[Emmak]

Hi, the conversation was open to all, so don't worry about butting in! I just signed up too late then. Are you going?

[Noodle]

Oh no one is butting in! We are just nattering, everyone welcome! :D

[Emmak]

Where is the scrapcamp thread, I tried to find it earlier but couldn't.
Hannah, I forgot to say, I've signed up for your page swap. It sounds like fun.

Does anyone else keep getting booted out of this site and the browser page shut down? I've got a couple of pages open but it only seems to be UKS that I keep losing.

[Noodle]

Oh snap!!

[Krystal Majik]

I've never been to an organised crop before never plucked up the courage yet to put it all on the table and face people with it like the anonymous bit just now - maybe soon!

[bethlee]

Oooh, yes, I think the single full weekend went rather quickly. Nevermind, I'm aiming and planning for next year. :) Maybe we could all keep in contact, and arrange to go then to it, if our finances are ok? :lol: What do you all say? :)

[Krystal Majik]

I'd be up for it I think, although would have to work out flights/transport etc I'm not exactly handy!

[Krystal Majik]

God Andy is staring at me again how are you meant to concentrate with those come to bed eyes drilling holes in me - oh need a bucket of cold water!!!!

[bethlee]

That would be lovely Jacqueline, forgot you live a little further away!:lol: Something for us to look forward to then. Better gate my skates on and find a job then! :lol:

[Krystal Majik]

Best get on, should be working and just couldnt resist a wee look at UKS x

[bethlee]

LOL Jacqueline about Andy. Shall I put a different one up, erm....maybe Al Pacino or Johnny Depp, or....................................?:lol:

[Emmak]

Beth, that sounds like a fab idea!

Jacqueline, you'd better not put a picture of Johnny Depp up or you'll have me hammering on your door! Actually, I wonder where my lifesize Legolas has gone! (Before you ask, my parents bought it back from the States for me).

[RozRoz]

Hannah, I'm going to the one with Emily and Kirsty as well in Sept, what session you booked on for, I'm on in the morning, taking a friend who is a relative newbie, thought it might be good to chuck her in the deep end and see if she can swim.

Sam, what classes did you do to get ink all over yourself, have a feeling it might have been the same as me, as I was also covered in ink, gesso and paint, :lol:

[Noodle]

Oh are you coming to the Scrapping Angels one down here???? That would be fab!! I am in for all of it 2 days! Or are they doing another one ???

[Emmak]

I'm not sure that anyone answered Hannah's question so here it is again for anyone who has not introduced themselves and done the question bit yet.

Ok so next question: What are your top 5 scrapping essentials?

Scary, how close the 29th of May is now, May seems to have just flown by!

I've not seen Fay around for a while, so I hope she's ok (waves to Fay). Does anyone know who does the blinkies? It would be nice to get one for this cj.

[Krystal Majik]

I think Tracey Johnston done the blinkie for our team, but not sure! Well we have just taken delivery of our decking boards so guess what I'm going to be doing for the next few days (150 boards to lay - oh joy) Hope you're all hving a good day I am shattered so going to lay low today didnt get finished my work until 1am this morning!

[RozRoz]

Hannah, I'm going to the one at Joy's place in the cotswolds, think its called cotswold keepsakes at the end of sept, its only a 1/2 day thing, bit of a treck from scotland but hopefully its worth it

[RozRoz]

OK, brain waves have arrived in scotland and now have two ideas but not sure what you will think of them.

First one: what you love/hate about your body
Second one: what you love/hate about men

Let me know what you think, cause I'm hoping to make my book this weekend.

[wyrdthing]

Hannah, I'm going to the one at Joy's place in the cotswolds, think its called cotswold keepsakes at the end of sept, its only a 1/2 day thing, bit of a treck from scotland but hopefully its worth it
I've not been to Cotswold Keepsakes yet but I only live 18.9 miles away (according to Multimap!) It's near Witney which is where I grew up, went to primary school and the place I lived more than half of my life, I'm now living near Abingdon but there's a non-sponsor scrapbook shop 2 miles from me so I go there if I'm not buying online or avoiding spending money :lol:
First one: what you love/hate about your body
Second one: what you love/hate about men
I would find the first one really difficult - well, the love part anyhow :lol: But they're both good and challenging is fun.

[Emmak]

.

First one: what you love/hate about your body
Second one: what you love/hate about men



Ermm, my answer to the top one might be that I hate all of it! But both would be a challenge, which is great as it will get me thinking! As long as you don't want photos of bits of our bodies mind! Or at least, you might get Jennifer Anniston's body parading as mine!

Good luck with all the decking and I hope you don't get too many splinters!

[bethlee]

I can see the men one being fun to do, spesh the hate part, re hating their disgusting habits, and other habits, which aren't really habits, but that's another story..................:lol:

I really hope I can get to make mine up before the 29th. I don't have any time really on the weekend, as I'm off to my first 12 hour crop, though I won't be staying the 12 hours, as it will be my first time to drive there on my own, and am nervous of new places etc, but if I get a chance on sunday, I doubt it though, I will start it, though I have no idea what my theme is going to be. Any suggestions and help here for me please lovely girls? :) :wub:

Love all your themese to date, and I spend so long doing the pages, let alone making the journal aswell. I just hope I don't let you all down in delaying you.

[Emmak]

Beth, if it's hard to come up with a theme you could just do a CJ without a theme or ask people to chose 5 of each. At least when you are at your crop you will be able to pick up some pretty papers to decorate your CJ and you never know you might be able to spend some time there on your CJ, but if not, don't worry, just let me know if you don't think you'll be able to make the deadline.

How is everyone else getting along with theirs? Do we need to extend the first deadline or does everyone else think they will be ready in time. I'm a bit worried about Fay as I've not heard from her. I sent her a pm last week to ask her to come and join us but I've had no reply. I'll have another try but it may be that we will have to go down to 9 people. I'll let you know.

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi girls, sorry i have not been around that much lately but work has been hectic and life at home seems even more. Emma, i am fine with the deadline but if we need to move it back that is no problem. Also, i think i have messed mine up. Are we doing one thing we hate OR one thing we love about each of the themes or are we doing one thing we love AND hate. Oh no!

As far as the question goes, my top 5 scrapbooking essentials are number one and most often used is my eyelet setter, flowers (i love flowers) alphastickers(although next month i am goind to look at buying my first stamp set), a ruler and some gooooood music.

[bethlee]

Thanks for that Emma. :) Though I'm totally lost now, what is this about choosing 5 things? Is that 5 things about love, and 5 about hate? I've come down with this awful scratchy throat, and cough, my head is bumping, managed to just clean and down save doing it sunday, and am sweltering. I have so much to do, but feel so yuk. Oh well, I have to go on, us women do, don't we? Sorry to be confusing about all of this.

[Emmak]

Lynne, I think we need to do something we love and hate about each of the themes, or at least that's what I was planning on doing. But your CJ is completely up to you, so if you just wanted people to chose one thing that they love or hated then that would be fine as well.

Beth, the five things that you love and five things that you hate was just an idea for you that you could perhaps use for your CJ, you don't have to do it.

For instance my topic is childhood and I have come up with 4 things that I love about childhood and 4 things that I hate and I will do a page on each. But once I get started on the LO I may discover that I don't have enough room and do fewer.

Does that all make sense or have I confused everyone even more? Basically, just do whatever you want for your own CJ and we will just follow your instructions.

[wyrdthing]

How is everyone else getting along with theirs? Do we need to extend the first deadline or does everyone else think they will be ready in time.
Um... If there is an extension going, I wouldn't mind one actually... I can probably get it on time if everyone else is okay, but having the bank holiday weekend (which I won't have because I am an awkward so-and-so and can only go to the post office on Saturdays :lol: ) would really help... :unsure: It's my own fault for having not started on the last Girlie Wirlie one with the same deadline :blink:

[bethlee]

Funnily enough, I was going to post to say the same. Apart from being bogged down by this and that, I have now developed a yuk cold, cough, and feel poo poo, and if this is okay with everyone else, even if it's by a few days, that would be grand. :) Don't normally have colds, but if I do, they're about 18 month between each other, so shouldn't grumble. I really hope it's not going to turn into tonsilitis, that is the pits, had it 5 years ago, and was a bit poorly. So, I have the house to myself till 1pm, when hubby comes home from o/t, Martyn has just gone out with Grandma and Grandad for the day, as initially I was supposed to be going to the crop in Stroud, that's 2 cancelled this week now for me, not my lucky time, so Martyn has gone anyway. Will go back to bed in a min, not like me to lay about in the day either. Oh well. Hopefully I can start on CJ, not even made it yet, on Monday, if better. Thanks girls. :)

Have a good day okay? :)

[Emmak]

Beth, sorry to hear about the cold and the fact that you have missed two crops because of it. The crop I go to is only once a month and it's always really annoying if I miss it becuase I then have to wait ages until the next one!

Ok, the general consensus seems to be that people would like some more time. If I extend the deadline to the Friday (2nd June) of the same week will that be long enough or do people need the extra weekend as well? If you have already completed your entry you can still post it on to the next person for the original deadline, but please post on here to let us know that you have done so, so that I can keep track of where all the CJs are. Thanks.

[Emmak]

Sam, honey, you need to clear your mailbox. Just tried to pm you and it was bounced back.

[samb]

Sam, honey, you need to clear your mailbox. Just tried to pm you and it was bounced back.

I've just cleared some hun.
As for the post date I'm happy to go with the majority:D

[georgiamudfudge]

ok, im a litte too eager i guess. I have just finished my last page before i am able to send my cj on. I need to let it dry overnight and then will post it on monday. Im so excited - its sad, i know. :-)

Em, i will confirm on monday when i have actually sent it off.

Beth, hope that you feel better soon. I hate feeling terrible.

Hope everyone has a good evening.

[bethlee]

Aww, thanks Georgia for your well wishes and Emma too. :) I feel realy yuk, it's one of those itchy, scratchy coughs, and my chest feels sore, and ohhhhh.............

I thought I'd better pop on and say that I'm going to do my best to start to make the covers for my CJ this week sometime, I really hope to get this done, and if I feel I'm not getting anywhere, I will let you know Emma. Gosh, not felt so yuk in a long time, not in the "cold/virus" way anyway. Off back to bed now.

[RozRoz]

Beth, hope your feeling better soon sending you big hugs and love :wub:

I have done the covers on my CJ, sign in pages and the intro pages, just have to do my own layouts now and I'm ready to post, so please can we decide on a posting date. I'm away from the 6th June till the 15th so can't do anything during that time.

[Emmak]

OK, we'll push the posting date back until Friday 2nd June and that should give enough time to those who need it. If you are posting before, please let us know so that your postee can keep an eye out for it and so that I know where they all are.

[Emmak]

Sam, I was just going to pm to ask you not to send your CJ out just yet as you are meant to be posting to Fay (sweetiegirl) but I've not heard back from her yet. If she's not posted on here by Wednesday I'll assume that she's no longer joining us and you can post to Roz instead.

[RozRoz]

I'm all done, and ready to post, can't believe I managed to get this done, not like me at all usually late with everything.

Theme is things we love/hate about men. I have done my layout for the first one and have listed 10 things I love and hate so if anybody is struggling for inspiration they can take one of these as a starting point to help them along, but don't you will struggle with this one, maybe the love one but not the hate. :lol:

its here (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=77470&nocache=1) if you want to have a peek.

[Emmak]

Roz, your CJ is fantastic! And well done on getting it completed ahead of time, both you and Lynne must have been working hard to get them completed early.

Ok, I have a question. I had to change my sign in pages slightly as the fab idea I had wasn't as practical as I thought so I now have 4 signing in pages instead of 3, which means my last page is blank. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I could do with it? I was going to do my address bit on a tag, so I don't really want that at the end of the CJ.

[Castey]

Who is posting to me? I'm going on holiday on the 3rd June and want to discuss with them when its being sent etc. My CJ is nearly finished, just got to finish my entry and the signing in pages and then its done. It'll get sent out probably at the end of this week.

[samb]

Roz, I love your CJ:wub: I might use the blonde moments papers too. I bought the black and white set at Bonanza and I just love them:D

[Emmak]

Claire, Krystal Majik, (otherwise known as Jaqueline!) is posting to you. Are you going anywhere nice?

[RozRoz]

Sam & Emma, thanks for you comments about my CJ, was a no brainer really using the Blonde moments papers, they screamed out to me, use me, use me, plus I have tons of them for design jobs, ha ha.

[samb]

Sam & Emma, thanks for you comments about my CJ, was a no brainer really using the Blonde moments papers, they screamed out to me, use me, use me, plus I have tons of them for design jobs, ha ha.

I am niot jealous, I am not jealous. I brought some lovely goodies from them at Bonanza. Do they have a web site Roz?

[Castey]

Only down to Devon for a break. Off to Disneyland Paris in November so I need to start saving!

Claire, Krystal Majik, (otherwise known as Jaqueline!) is posting to you. Are you going anywhere nice?

[bethlee]

Hello lovely girls, I nearly back from the dreaded lurgy. Gosh, doesn't it get you down, and I don't get a cold often, in fact, only every 18 months approx. :lol:

I have made a start on my CJ.....................YEAH!!Thought I was going to have to back out, but didn't want to, so thankfully I have felt a bit better today, and got cracking on it, and am glad also that we have extended the deadline too. :)

I wasn't sure how many of us were in this CJ, so will have to check at the beginning of the thread. I've cut 10 tags, so not sure if that's enough or not.

Anyway, hope your all okay. :)

[bethlee]

Dear me, cos I've been in such a pickle with flue etc, I forgot to say what my topic was going to be. It's going to be What you LOVE and HATE about the contents in your wardrobe! Hope that won't be too complicated. Was ages trying to think of something. Any probs, just ask me, okay lovelies? :)

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi em and lovely ladies.
Just a little update as i said i was going to get my cj posted yesterday. I got rushed into hospital on sunday and only got out this afternoon so havent been able to send it out yet. I will probably only get it sent on thursday now. sorry girls.

[bethlee]

No probs Georgie. Are you okay, hope it wasn't anything awful. Send it when you can. Sending you lots of love to wish you better. :wub:

[Noodle]

Urm have I missed something? I seemed to think we were posting them on Friday??? (this week...... Have I missed posting :wacko:)

[bethlee]

Emma said:-

OK, we'll push the posting date back until Friday 2nd June and that should give enough time to those who need it. If you are posting before, please let us know so that your postee can keep an eye out for it and so that I know where they all are.

Hannah - I'm quite relieved that we've extended it, though I think some, if they had finished, were going to send as per the original date. So, it's entirely up to you, but I'm sure Emma will shed some light as to what she thinks. :)

[Krystal Majik]

Hi everyone, Beth glad you're feeling a bit better, love your subject although I can think of loads more hates than loves - maybe its time for a shopping spree! Will post mine on the 29th to Casey as she is off on her hols at the end of the week will update when its in the hands of the RM! - gulp! Here we go again!

[bethlee]

Thanks Jacqueline. I can think of lots more hates, but the ones I love, I'm wearing nearly all the time, will be worn away before too long, spesh with my fat bum in them! :lol: I don't wear much of the other stuff in there, mostly old clothes, that I think I will lose weight and end up fitting in them. So I've taken photos of the things I wear often, and a 2 or 3 of the ones I don't like on me. All I hope is that I haven't got the dog's tail on the end of one of them, as he was snoozing on the bed, whilst I was taking the photos! :lol: Not checked them out yet. :rolleyes:

[Noodle]

Oooooh I love your idea too Beth :D.... Hope this inspiration comes to Suffolk soon!!! :lol:

[Emmak]

Wow, I've missed so many posts!

Lynne, sorry to hear that you had to be rushed into hospital but glad to hear that you are ok now.

There is no rush as the original posting date was the 29th (I'd obviously not realised that it was a Bank Holiday when I originally came up with the dates). I have extended the date until Friday 2nd June for those who need a bit more time. I was going to say that it would be ok to post ahead of that date but since the other CJ has not finished yet I'm going to have to ask everyone to wait and post after the 30th (i.e. and up to the Friday 2nd). This is just because I officially need my trader rating from Nicky before I can allow you all to get started. Sorry! The other CJ date has been pushed back until 26th so we should still be ok for the 30th. Clear as mud?!

I'll aim to get the 'Where is my CJ?' table up and running soon as well. It will be on the first page so you can always check to see where your CJ is.

Beth, I'm so pleased that you've not had to pull out, I'd hate to lose you. I love your theme as well, sounds great.

There is only 9 of us in the group now as Sweetiegirl (Fay) hasn't got back to me or posted since she originally wanted to join, so I'm going to have to assume that she is no longer interested. This does mean a slight change to the posting. Sam you'll now be posting to Roz and I'll pm you her addy in a minute.

Lynne, I keep meaning to ask you how you came up with your UKs name.

[Krystal Majik]

Lynne hope you're okay, and yeah how did you get your name its lovely and makes me feel hungry for some reason!!!!

Had a peek at Roz's CJ - yummmmmmm its just gorgeous can't wait to hold it and stroke it and just look at it..............aaaah how to while away a day!!!!

Due to your last post Emma I'll hold onto Claires until she gets back from her holidays but will post just before she gets back IYKWIM so it'll arrive when she arrives back home??????? Not making much sense am I?????

[Krystal Majik]

Lynne hope you're okay, and yeah how did you get your name its lovely and makes me feel hungry for some reason!!!!

Had a peek at Roz's CJ - yummmmmmm its just gorgeous can't wait to hold it and stroke it and just look at it..............aaaah how to while away a day!!!!

Due to your last post Emma I'll hold onto Claires until she gets back from her holidays but will post just before she gets back IYKWIM so it'll arrive when she arrives back home??????? Not making much sense am I?????

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi girls. Here is the story behind my name. Before i moved to the U.K i moved to the U.S and once a week a group of south african friends all met at an ice-cream parlor called Dairy Queen. The first time i tried an ice-cream there i had a georgiamudfudge and i feel totally in love with it. Yum Yum!! And that was the only thing i would ever buy from dairy queen. Somehow the name just stuck and i have been using it ever since. Krystal, now you know why it makes you feel hungry...hehe

I will hold onto my journal until next week and then post it - that actually makes it easier for me too.

Hope everyone has a good day

[Krystal Majik]

Oh Yum, I am addicted to a coffee icecream tesco finest - its so tasty!!!! Georgia Mud Fudge sounds so much yummier though.
Lets just say the weather is unpredictable today so I am hiding inside and the garden is taunting me! Wish I could see an end to it now!

[RozRoz]

Jacqueline, posted CJ to you today, 2nd class recorded, so should be with you by Saturday all been well and you can stroke to your hearts content.

Mint Choc Chip for me please. :lol:

[Krystal Majik]

why is this post not updating for me?????Help

[wyrdthing]

Aha, the posts have appeared at last :wacko: I wondered where they were earlier too...

[Noodle]

Ok so this is a bit late.... just been catching up on the thread :wacko:.... Anyway, hope you are better now Georgiamudfudge :wub:, I am off to NY soon & will look out for a Dairy Queen! Perfect excuse to look for that rather yummy sounding ice cream :) yum yum.... anyway hello all, just popped in quickly, hope you are all having a lovely week. xxx

[Emmak]

Oh. Off to NY Hannah, that sounds rather glamourous! ARe you going for long and more importantly, are you planning on doing any stash shopping when you are there?! I really must get my passport sorted. I need to do RObert's and mine but I've had two sets of photos taken so far and I don't like either of them! Far too vain for my own good! Oh, and what was your lovely orize fir your me LO in the end?


Are there any more updates on cj themes?

Lynne, I love how you came up with your name. I tried hard to think of something but my mind just went blank, which is why it's so boring! Jaqueline, is your name after champagne or the TV character? And hannah do you like noodles?

[Krystal Majik]

My name comes from my prize pooch Tilly its her kennel club name, in fact our house is named after her too (not Krystal Majik) but Berrywood, she is Berrywod Krystal Majik!!! Havent had a glass of chanpagne for ages, have strawberries coming from tesco today might shove a bottle in the fridge for tonight - lovely! Really think I should start eating breakfast in the morning I'm starving what with champagne and ice cream.......yum!!!

[Emmak]

Wow, what a fab name for a dog! Champagne and strawberries, yummy, not a bad start to the day. Now you just need someone dishy to serve it to you! (Johnny Depp would be my choice!)

Ice cream fave would have to be Ben and Jerry's New York super chunk or Phish Food.

I actually came on here to post something and my mind has gone completely blank...

[Krystal Majik]

Emma I was the same this morning really thought I had something constructive to say but bam! it went as soon as I started to think about food!

Well have eventually loaded my CJ on

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=77907&cat=4897&ppuser=11254

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=77909&cat=4897&ppuser=11254

[RozRoz]

Phish food for me every time :P

Jacqueline your CJ is stunning, well done you, can't wait to get my grubby hands all over it. :lol:

[Krystal Majik]

Thanks Roz, can't wait to see yours in the flesh it seems really strange that you're posting to me now but I'm sure we'll cope!!! I get to see all of your lovely entries before anyone else:P

[Emmak]

Jacqueline, it's gorgeous.

I'm really peeved at the moment. i posted some stamps to a buyer who has been nothing but trouble from the start. I almost told her that I wasn't going to sell her the blessed things. And now, lo and behold, she's not received the stamps so I've got to go and search for the POP. I knew I should have sent them recorded.

[bethlee]

Emma, you can guarantee something like this will happen, and if you'd sent it recorded, I bet she'd have received them, sods flipping law eh? Hope it all sorts itself out for you. :)

Jacqueline - love your CJ, it's beautiful. :wub:

[Emmak]

Hi all. Beth, fortunately I found the POP so I'm just hoping that they still turn up as the PO office that they went from seems to be much slower than the main PO. I don't use it now if I can help it.

Great news, we have a 10th person joining us. Michelle, aka Mouse1981, is a friend of Hannah's who has just joined UKS :D . Hannah promises to keep her in line (although I'm sure she won't need to:P ) and she'll post to me as she lives near Hannah anyway. I hope that this won't have messed up any of your CJs if you've dropped the pages down to 9 entries. I hope this is ok with everyone and welcome to the group Michelle.

Jaqueline, how do you manage to post all of your pages under the one entry for your CJ in your gallery?:huh:

[Emmak]

Can I just remind people that when they post their CJ to put it in a large enough jiffy bag that it will take the extra width when more pages are added to it. I've just received one from another group that is at the first stage and has been jammed into the jiffy bag, so now I need to go and get another one. Which isn't a problem, just a bit of an inconvenience. Thanks.

[Emmak]

We have a team logo courtesy of Coleen. I'm waiting further instructions on how to use it as I've forgotten, but here it is incase any of you can remember how to do it.

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=38039&d=1148700846

[Krystal Majik]

Hi everyone well its not a nice day today!!!! Warm but pouring with rain! I got Roz's CJ today - WOW!!!! Even more beautiful in he flesh and i agree with every sentiment!!!!

[bethlee]

Hi Emma, glad you found the POP, well done. I think the logo you linked to, (typed licked then, ha, ha), I think it has to be uploaded to Photobucket or similar host, then the link from that, is it IMG needs to go into our signature line, then it should appear, though I'm probably wrong, as this sort of thing is double dutch and triple french to me. :lol: I'll try it after anyway, see if it works.

So, how many of us are there now, I've cut 10 tags, but can do more, no problem. :)

Also, welcome to our CJ Michelle, hope you'll enjoy it with us, I think you will. :)

[RozRoz]

Oh Jacqueline I'm so relieved it got there safely and that you like it, spent days working on it.

Its amazing how different that one is to the one I just got back, now hate the cover I did for it and might re-do it, as need something to reflect the stunning pages inside it.

Can't wait to see what your entry is like.

Emma, I'm away on holiday from the 6th to the 15th so can't do any CJ during that time, but I promise I will do it the weekend I'm back as at a crop.
Hope this is ok and does not hold anybody up to much.

Thanks

[Emmak]

Hi. Beth, I'll give the hosting thing a go and see if that works then. Roz, that's fine. where are you going on your hols? Not long to go now, are you getting excited?

There are still only 10 of us because Michelle has taken Fay's place.

We're off to the local county fair today so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good weather!

[RozRoz]

I'm off to Tenerife, my best friend lives there so get to spend some quality time with her, I'm looking forward to it, but DH & DS are not coming with me so will miss them so much.

Have to start thinking about what I'm going to be taking though clothes wise, my friend always sends me a shopping list and my case ends up half filled with stuff for her that is quite heavy, like cleaning fluids and the such so I have to be careful in what I take.

There is a brilliant little craft shop in Los Crist that I love to go to whilst there, I always take one of Janets classes as well, so I'm excited about that as well.

Hope everyone has a good bank holiday weekend B)

[bethlee]

Roz - have a lovely time on hols, try not think about worrying over DS and DH. They'll be fine. Mind you, I would be the same, so I'm not much help. :lol: We are wondering where to go in Spain for a hol, so if anyone has any recommendations, please hollar. :) I think I've asked nearly everyone on UKS. :lol:

Emma - will continue with my CJ this week, despite it being half term, as it is busy, as usually, hubby is off for a week, but he's working this time, so as to save his hols in case we go away before peak time. I've cut 10 tags, or maybe it was more, not worked on any crafting since Tuesday.

[Krystal Majik]

Roz your holiday sounds like bliss, IKWYM about leaving DH & DS but hope you have a great time!
Just wanted to say thanks for all the lovely comments on my CJ, can't wait to post it now.
When is the posting date? I know it changed but too lazy to check back the thread was going to post it to Claire before she goes away on her holidays if thats okay?????

[Emmak]

Jaqueline, the posting date was extended to this Friday. I've still not had my rating from Nicky but she's not in touch with anyone at the moment. Anne-Marie has received her completed CJ back from me now anyway, so I hope that the powers that be will be ok with this one starting now anyway.

[Krystal Majik]

Great will get my CJ on its way then!

[Noodle]

Hi all :D,

Well I completed the front cover of my CJ a while ago..... Just made it a generic love/hate cover..... But have had a total change of heart for the inside :rolleyes:, I had 10 little themes to do love & hates on, but it all seemed a bit vague & meaningless (or "blah" as my teenagers seem to say all the time at the moment.... not my own actual teenagers btw; the ones i work with :lol:)...

So anyway I was thinking about doing "Love & Hate - Dreams and fears for the future" - But want to run it past you all first... You can be as deep or shallow as you like!! lol, as I know sometimes talking about fears will be difficult.... But think around the theme & you could do something about the little girl you once were.... what would you have loved to have been or acheived? What did you imagine you might hate or fear? Were these realistic... Who are you now? Have you faced some of your fears & come out the other side?

BUT - You could do a lovely page of more simple loves & hates..... Dreams of a gorgeous new bedroom in the colours you love (so the LO could have these in i.....) & fears of something you would hate like your Garden dying in a drought? (hmmmm that is a *bit* bleak I must admit!!)....

Urm.... would you LOVE to fit into a favourite dress in the wardrobe? Do you HATE that you seem to be turning into your Mum??? Or feel frumpy??

Or on a deeper level would you love to find something new.... are you searching for happiness? a baby? .............Would you fear/hate to imagine life without something?

Hmmmm now I have typed all this out you can probably see I am not really sure what I am blithering on about! But opinions would be welcome.....

Sorry I'll go now & come back when I have thought this through a bit more!

H xx

[Noodle]

Ok Ok...... Just read this back, I am thinking of making it more restrictive & maybe going on the "little girl you once were" scenario....... You can still do emotional meaningful stuff or more everyday love/hates that way?

Sound ok?

[Emmak]

LOL, so how much work did you get done today Hannah ;)?

So would I be right in thinking that we would do a LO on dreams and fears that we had for the future when we were young?

[RozRoz]

OMG, I'm so lost, hannah what the hell are we to do with your CJ now, I am so confused, not hard to do though. :lol:

[bethlee]

Hiya all, I'm nearly there with my CJ, have spent quite a while on it today, and hope to get it finished before Friday, but kids are off schooll, and there are so many other things that need doing, but I will hurry on with it.

Just wondered, if any one can help me please? I'm trying to print out some photos for this CJ, using Photoshop CS2, very, very new to it too, and want them roughly 5cm x 6cm (w by h), and am getting awful muddled with the resizing, as since I've had a new camera, the pixels are a lot more, hence the file being bigger. My photos are roughly 3488 x 2616 pixels, or 2.15MB jpeg, (it's a 9 million pixel camera), and I've tried resizing using image size, then cropping after that, but when I go to zoom in on pic before printing, it's all pixelated. :rolleyes:

Maybe I shouldn't zoom in, and just print it off in draft?

Only, after resizing etc, it reduces the picture to about 1"x1" (that's from looking at it on the screen mind), so I don't know. I know I need to resize it first, cos when I printed first one off, although I just cropped it only, it came out the size of the A4 sheet, but I had not resized it the first time.

If anyone can help, I'd be ever so grateful, but I need these photos to go in my CJ. Arghhh, so frustrating, and I just wanna get on with it, instead of spending hours fiddling with Photoshop, when I have more time, that would be better then. :)

Thanks girls.

[Emmak]

Beth, I'm having the same problem as you with the resizing. Someone started a thread on the general board that might be able to help. I'm going to try and download them into Word and then do it that way. Mind you, I'm no good at reading the measurements for Word either so I think I'll just have to do it by trial and error and hope that no one looks too closely. I think you don't need to zoom in though.

[Krystal Majik]

Can't help on the computer front - hopeless with all things technological! Hannah I think I understand, like the theme if I've understood it properly so easily confused.

[Mouse1981]

hello there I am looking forward to doing the circle journal, my lap top is not working at the moment so I cannot get on here as often as I would like, but Hannah will nag me and keep me up to date (in a nice way)!

Michelle

[wyrdthing]

We have a team logo courtesy of Coleen. I'm waiting further instructions on how to use it as I've forgotten, but here it is incase any of you can remember how to do it.

http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=38039&d=1148700846
Talking of resizing... I had a go with uploading this and putting it in my signature but it comes up with a message saying pictures have to be smaller than 175x100 pixels so I tried resizing but when I save the program I use optimises the image and it looks splodgy.

Can the person who created the original logo resize it at all? :)

Oh, and hello Michelle :)

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi Michelle it is nice to have you on board. Emma and Noodle, just to let you both know i posted off my circle journal at lunch time today 1st recorded so it should arrive either tomorrow or friday. If there are any problems just let me know.
Hope everyone is all ok - i havent had much time for scrapbooking lately but hopefully i will get back into the swing of things this weekend.

[Noodle]

Ooooooh looking forward to seeing it :wub:...

[bethlee]

Anne-Marie - the logo looks fine when I click on it lovely.

Also, hi to Michelle, *waves*, welcome abroad, sorry aboard, (that's talking about holidays). :lol:

[Emmak]

Hi all and welcome to Michelle, sorry to hear about your laptop not working.

Anne-Marie, I've asked the girl who made it for us to resize it so fingers crossed.

Right, I'd better get round to updating the where is my CJ table.

So far I have:

Lynne's CJ is in the post to Hannah
Jacqueline has Roz's CJ
Jaqueline's CJ is in the post to Claire

[Mouse1981]

hello again -thank you for the nice welcome. I have worked out that I can log in at work (if I have time!) and then if I manage to bagsy time on the computer in the evening I can get online then too!
I dont know how I managed without my lap top!

Are people having problems with resizing things? I may be able to help? can be quite good at times on the computer -I know there had probably been discussion about htis but not good at navigating this site yet!

Michelle

[bethlee]

Oh Michelle, if you can help, you'd be a little darling, honest. I'm not too technically minded, but once it's clicked, I'm okay, it's just getting it clicked thats the prob. :lol: Any help would be lovely, ta. :)

I've tried to sort this little problem out:- When in Photoshop CS, I've tried reducing my images, which are rather big is size, as they are from a 9 million pixel camera, and on either basic or fine quality, so I want to reduce them in size first, and then crop to about, eg 6cm x 5cm, (little tiny pics), and I'm following the guidelines, but when \I look at the pics, they are not as clear as they look on screen, they seem only very very slightly blurred, hardly anything, but I can tell. Any help would be very advantageous, cos I'm doing my head in. Maybe I'm not doing it the right way round, I don't know. I've cropped first, then resized them in Image Size, then, altered the resolution from 72 to 200, (is that right), confused on that score. Then okayed it, saved it, then it says about being 8 is medium, (medium quality), so I just click ok.

Thank you. :)

[Noodle]

Hey hey hey..... whats all this! My personal computer genius offering her services about :rolleyes:

Nice to see you on here again M :wub: (see you tomorrow anyway!) xxxxxxx

[Krystal Majik]

Welcome Michelle, just to let Emma and Claire (who has not been on here recently - should I be worried) that my CJ (or should I say my precious) is on its way to her so she has it before she goes on holiday. Fretting already.......

Oh and can someone help me get the love hate logo into my signature - now when I say help I mean a step by step instruction as I am hopeless!

[Noodle]

Don't stress! Claire is about, she was on our team thread today (she is our leader :wub:)..... she is just a little quiet unlike us :lol: :lol:, I'm sure we will get her talking more before the end ;).

[Emmak]

Hi all. I think some people just tend to come on CJ threads when they have received or posted their CJ. I've been doing the TP CJ and although I'm sure that the girls on there are just as lovely as you all are, I just don't seem to spend much time on that thread. I really should mind you. Hannah, it's good to know that Claire is your 'leader' and you know that she is about.

Jaqueline, I don't think the team logo is quite right yet. I've asked someone to have a look at it as I tried to load it on to my sig and it was coming up as being too large. Michelle, are you any good at resizing logos as well ;)

[Krystal Majik]

Thanks for the update Hannah, I was starting to think that I'd maybe gotten her holiday dates mixed up!

[Noodle]

Hi all...... Just *really* want you know know I have a dodgy L key on my laptop :lol:..... I'm sure you have realised by now! I have to edit most of my post's but sometimes forget when I am in a hurry :lol:..... so please ignore all my random typo's... you will usually find adding a L or two will help!!!!

Oh & I know what you mean about CJ threads...... I am in a disney obsessed CJ & people only really post for sending & receiving.... I think we are lucky to know each other well & think it was partly as we were all quite new when we started the GW CJ & also that we were not in teams etc at that point & therefore gave each other lots of support. I :wub: you all & look forward to getting to know our other CJ members more on this one.

[bethlee]

I can only reiterate what Hannah (Noodle) has just said, sorry I'm seem to get Hanna's and Anne-Marie's names mixed up, gord knows why, hardly the same........it's your user ID I get mixed up. Nutz or what? :lol:

I've forgotten what I was going to type now, hang on..........*pauses to rack brains......................scrolls down to check the messages too*, hee, hee. I'm nearly there on my CJ, but I'm awfully sorry but it won't go out tomorrow, have only done half an hour about 6pm tonight, and with kids off too. Not complaining, just explaining the circs. Plus, I know the extended deadline was for me in particular, so I am grateful to everyone, just don't want to hold those up who have already posted theirs.

Thanks lovely girls. :)

[Emmak]

Hannah, those sentiments are sweet and I feel the same about all of you guys but I wouldn't be able to express it so elegantly.

Don't worry Beth, I'm sure it's all swings and roundabouts anyway. I've completed my book but not yet started my entry (opps!) so I'll be doing that tonight and then I should get it in the post to Anne-Marie tomorrow.

I'm off to a scrap at the weekend, my first in months and I'm really looking forward to it. I need to think about my layouts in advance though otherwise I'll just sit there for hours racking my brains. I've only got loads of baby pics though and I'm getting a bit bored of them!

[Noodle]

Does anyone fancy joining a photo swap then? (inspired by the "It's all about you" challenge in the CC)..... I was going to set one up after the page kit swap for our team members.... But if anyone else might fancy a go at scrapping a totally new pic I'll do an open swap? :unsure:.... We swap pics, scrap them & post back to the pic's owner?....

This is mainly as I have animal pics to scrap!!! And love doing different ones.... I have a pic of Nickibee's (uks member) daughter to scrap & am really looking forward to it :lol:.....

Sorry just more random mumblings! :lol:....

[wyrdthing]

I'm nearly there on my CJ, but I'm awfully sorry but it won't go out tomorrow, have only done half an hour about 6pm tonight, and with kids off too. Not complaining, just explaining the circs. Plus, I know the extended deadline was for me in particular, so I am grateful to everyone, just don't want to hold those up who have already posted theirs.
I'm the same I'm afraid - I hope you don't mind waiting an extra day or two as I'm posting to you :rolleyes: I'm just useless at the moment, and it was me who asked for the extended date too :rolleyes: When's the next posting date? :lol:

Anne-Marie

[Emmak]

Hannah, that would be a fab idea.

Anne-Marie, the posting dates are on the first page, I'll just go and check.

[wyrdthing]

Anne-Marie, the posting dates are on the first page, I'll just go and check.
Oh good, nice big gaps in between the posting dates :)

I don't think my pages are good enough for a page swap, actually I haven't done much other than CJs recently :lol:

[Emmak]

Next date for posting is 26 June.

[Emmak]

Sorry, I hadn't realised that my message was to close to my previous message and therefore hadn't posted!

That's true, how would the photo swap work, I guess we would be sending the page back to the photo's owner?

[bethlee]

Thanks Emma.:)

I would have loved to take part in the photo swap, but I have promised myself not to take anymore on, on here, in the way of CJ's, swaps etc, as I think I've slightly over loaded myself, and what with "life" aswell, am not able to cram it all in, as much as I love saying yes to this and that, I think we just get carried away with all the excitement, and then the deadlines come, (moreso with CJ's , you know, bigger projects/time commitment), and there's a mad rush then.

I like to take my time personally, and am a slow scrapper/creator :lol: and plus I don't even work at present, so thumbs up to those who do, and get it all done aswell. I only craft one or two days a week too. Anyway, maybe another time, I don't know if any of you girls do the same as me, ie join in all these things, then find the time runs out? :lol:

[Noodle]

Yes, a photo swap is just that.... a group randomally swap photos (or just email them if we all have printers etc....).... Then we get to have a bit of a challenge by scrapping a totally new pic.... and yes post back to the photo's owner.... You then get a pic of yours scrapped for you & sent back :D.

Particularly good if you have some photos for a LO & you really don't know what to do with them!

Anyway..... You would both make scrummy LO's! As you have in all our CJ's.... Anyway this is just an idea... open to suggestions. If we did an 8" x 8" LO would that feel better?

(ps- If I host a swap there really is no pressure for you guys to join... but suggestions & ideas on this theme would be welcome before I think about starting it :D)

[Noodle]

Thanks Emma.:)
I like to take my time personally, and am a slow scrapper/creator :lol: and plus I don't even work at present, so thumbs up to those who do, and get it all done aswell. I only craft one or two days a week too. Anyway, maybe another time, I don't know if any of you girls do the same as me, ie join in all these things, then find the time runs out? :lol:

I am just like you Beth! That's why I didn't originally join this CJ..... as although I REALLY wanted to; I had commited to Smurfie's TPDW one & knew I couldn't do more. I have stopped taking part in swaps for the time being to, apart from team ones (well I also do an open swap alongside the team ones... but I only host direct swaps where peeps post to each other rather than to me & I have to post out again! Such a lazy host :lol:)

But I would rather do this than get totally overloaded... I probably only get 1 scrapping day a fortnight :(....

[Emmak]

Thanks Hannah, that makes sense. It would depend on dates but I'd still be interested. 8x8 might be easier as it would be (theoretically) quicker to do and less pressure to fill the page.

[Krystal Majik]

Hannah I'd like to take part, as long as noone minds getting pics of my kids they really must be the most photographed kids in the world!
Morning all, off to do the garden - again!!!! BOOO HOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Emmak]

Beth, did you get your photos sorted out? I did mine in Word in the end and worked out how to resize them by clicking on the photo once inserted and then format picture and then it lets you chose the size. I'm not sure whether that will help you with your quality or not though.

Robert was up early this morning with a really high temperature. It seems to have come down somewhat but I'm hoping that he'll sleep for a while so I can get my cj finished!

[Emmak]

Can I just ask, If you sell something to someone and it does not arrive but you have POP. Should it be you or the buyer who puts in the claim?

[bethlee]

Hmmmm.......when should they have expected it to arrive Emma? Is it overdue? I'm not sure really, but at a guess, or if it was me, I would probably instigate the procedure, (cor, big words there for 9.20 in the morning). :lol: Unless you get any more feedback on this, I would contact Royal Mail etc and go from there. Not much help I know.

[Noodle]

I assume the sender, as they have the proof of purchase. WIth a bottle of smashed Primas I got in the post the other day :( - It was the sender who made a claim. Hope that helps :wacko: - But prob on RM website too.

[RozRoz]

Hannah, what challenge are you on about, I can't find one with that title or did you mean the one kirsty did?

I'm so thick honestly, so will apologize now :mellow:

I'm up for a challenge like this anyway, if any body fancies having a pic of what ever I send them, it will probably be of Ben my DS or even one of my dear cat who is sadly no longer with us.

Who ever is posting CJ to me, don't panic if I don't post I;ve received it, will reply when I get back from hols, B)

Take care everyone and I'll catch you all in two weeks time,

Oh hannah have a fab time in NY.

[Noodle]

It isn't a challenge yet... Just a random swap challenge I was thinking of hosting :). Seems like a few peeps are interested so I should a least fill a group..... Will get on to it after I have finished the page kit swap & back from hols B) - You have a fabby time too Roz xxxxxxx

[Emmak]

Thanks guys. I'd better head to the PO and get the form today then.

This may be a bit of an odd idea but I've just found 4 6x6 los of me that I did for our team book down the side of my computer. I wondered if anyone on here would want to swap for similar page about themselves and I'll add it to my team book. Sounds a bit odd I know, and they are not the best LOs in the world as I did them when I first started on here but it just seems a shame to throw them out.

Actually, now I've thought about it, I'm not sure why anyone would want a LO with me on it anyway! Excuse the mutterings of a mad woman. It's my first time of the month in almost 2 years and I think it's sent me slightly dolally. See I can tell that you are all slowly walking away from the computer!

Roz and Hannah have absolutely fab holidays and I look foward to hearing more when you get back. Would it be helpful to have people's holiday dates on the first page or would that seem a bit of a security issue?

[bethlee]

Oh Emma, first time in 2 years, oh dear, hope your alright lovely, I know things go like this, don't even ask me about them, you'll all be running from the pc, not walking away. :lol: Thinking of you anyway. :)

Just to say........................wait for it......................I'VE FINISHED MY CJ! Does anyone need help with picking themselves up off the floor? :lol: :wacko: Spent nearly all day on it saturday, finishing it off, thing is, it's quite bulky, and I have a funny feeling the 1" book rings are not going to be big enough, as it goes on it's journey.

So, what I thought, (yes, lots of steam and smoke coming from my ears), :lol: Whichever one of you girls receives my CJ, and feel, when you put your pages in, that it is getting really difficult, please, by all means, take mine out, and just wrap separately with the rest of the CJ, when you go to pack it up to send to the next person. I just hope it's not going to be too costly. I'm sounding about it as if I have metal pages in it, it's not so much heavy, just a bit bulky, with light stuff in it. Anyway, any probs, just shout, we'll sort it out. :)

Also, I've cut up the pages (6x6) in black and turquoisey coloured cardstock, only I thought it wasn't worth using the nicer card like Bazzill etc, (one because I haven't got a lot left in the colours I wanted to use anyway), and thought well, they're gonna be covered over anyway. So, excuse the NOT so contrast pages!:lol:

Right, I've said my sermon, getting down off the box now, hee, hee.

Couldn't come back on here last night, as our pc encountered these spyware threats, and said that the registry and file system had Spy Sheriff, and was extremely dangerous. I nearly pooped myself, cos hubby was at this Rock Festival, and I didn't know what to do, plus it said that our Symantec virus wasn't enabled. It's been adding folders in my document folder, really weird, and I've been wondering what it was, and thinking, I didn't create that folder. Anyway, Simon has done a restore, and is getting new adware downloads. This spyware were all the Trojan Back Door type, we've had one of those last year, an absolute pig to rid. I guess we should back up everyday. Does anyone do that?

Also, what does everyone else use as they Virus protection and Spyware protection? It's worth knowing. Thanks girls. Definately going now, cos Corrie is on. :lol:

[georgiamudfudge]

Hi Castey and Emma, I just wanted to let you know that your circle journal arrived on saturday. It is beautiful Castey - i love what you have done with it.

[georgiamudfudge]

Oh Beth, i forgot to add that we use McAFFE anti-virus on our computer. Actually my b/f sorts all that out but i like to think i know what i am on about :-)
I hope you lucky girls who are going on holiday have a great time.

[samb]

Hi all, hope you're well, just to let you know Roz that I have finished my CJ and it will be on its way to you tomorrow:D

[bethlee]

Good morning girls, another nice one too. Looks good for all week aswell.

Aww, thanks Georgia, (though I think I read in earlier messages that your name is different, lol), I've heard good reports about MacAffee, though I've been told by hubby that McAffee is just a virus package and cannot prevent spyware, which is what our prob is at the mo. Oh I dunno, I let Simon get on with that side of it too. But it certainly isn't right. Anyway, thanks for telling me Georgia, all info helps, doesn't it? :)

[Noodle]

Hi all, Just a quick message before I am off B).... Michelle has been stressed out about her CJ (and she will be really mad with me when she reads this :unsure:).... So I have been telling her not to worry, that we all felt the same on our first CJ & the fact that she only had a few days to get a book together... no one will expect it to be perfect etc... I have told her how lovely you all are :wub: & am asking that you look after her whilst I'm away! Please! Thanks (I know I can trust you all to do that).

Anyway the problem is half solved - I will be posting my CJ to Emma today (as originally planned) & Michelle will give me hers when I return from hols....

So whoever is posting to me - I will pass the CJ to Michelle for her to do the first entry & she will pass to me & so on..... And we will continue like that so they don't get out of sequence, if that is ok. Of course you can post to Michelle directly in the future if you prefer, Emma had the addy.

Hmmmm well I hope that kind of made sense! Please all take good care or yourselves & each other whilst I'm away, I look forward to catching up when I'm back :).

Oh and I'm going to upload some pics of my CJ in a mo, so keep an eye out!

Hannah xxxxx

[samb]

Hannah, Have a fantastic time (I am not jealous, I am not jealous):P

[Emmak]

??? I think my head might be spinning! Hannah, that sounds fine. I can't wait to see your lovely CJ and please tell Michelle not to panic, I am sure that whatever she does will be fab.

My CJ is finally on it's way to Anne-Marie, sorry it's so late, not a good example am I?! I'll post pics later. Had a fab day at the crop yesterday and created a magnetic LO that I can't wait to share with you all. Hannah, have a fab time in New York!

[Emmak]

Oh, and I forgot to say that your new avator photo is really lovely.

[samb]

??? I think my head might be spinning! Hannah, that sounds fine. I can't wait to see your lovely CJ and please tell Michelle not to panic, I am sure that whatever she does will be fab.

My CJ is finally on it's way to Anne-Marie, sorry it's so late, not a good example am I?! I'll post pics later. Had a fab day at the crop yesterday and created a magnetic LO that I can't wait to share with you all. Hannah, have a fab time in New York!

Emma, was that with the WUBE papers? If so I used them in a class at Bonanza and I am hooked:P

[bethlee]

Oh tell Michelle not to worry, we were all like this in the beginning. I'm sure her CJ will be lovely. We'll look after her. :)

Have a fab time Hannah, snot fair! ;) :)

Cor, too hot for me out there today, and I've only been to the docs, chemist, bank and home. :rolleyes: :wacko:

[georgiamudfudge]

Oh no. I sent my cj on to Hannah last week and i just checked my royal mail reference and they said they have left a card for her on the 1st. If no one collects it do you know if royal mail return it to me?

[Noodle]

Hey don't panic I'm still here!!! Haven't had a card though :unsure: - I will walk down to the sorting office & try to wrestle to parcel off them now!

[georgiamudfudge]

oh thank you, i thought you had left already! If it helps the reference number is Dk 9060 4106 0GB.

[Noodle]

Ok, it's collected :D, and passed to Michelle to do the first LO before coming to me. So stress not it is safe, sound & starting it's journey - H xx

[georgiamudfudge]

awe thank you. i am so glad. i could kiss each and every toe of yours. hope you have a great time on holiday!

[bethlee]

Phew, fank goodness it's safe. Let's hope Hannah has lovely smelling tootsies! :lol:

[wyrdthing]

Just posting to say huge apologies as I am completely behind - I need a couple of little photos to finish off my CJ and I haven't had the chance yet. I should get it in the post on Wednesday though... Anne-Marie

[Mouse1981]

thank you all for being so kind. Hannah has sorted me out tough for now!!! so panic over what would I do without her.

I'll get onto finishing my CJ and then get on with georgiamudfudge's

Again thank you for being supportive

[Noodle]

what would I do without her.

Have a more peaceful & serene life :lol:.

[bethlee]

Been on this thread a couple of times today and still kept forgetting to say that I am popping my CJ in tomorrow's post after school in the afternoon. Not had chance to pack it up today, and hate rushing to do that job, gotta be calm and collected, bit like a stake-out! :lol: So, Sam should receive it by Wednesday then.

Talking of Sam, how are you lovely, not seen you, unless I've missed you! :lol:

[Emmak]

Sam, yes, it was a WUBE paper kit. Lorraine got them in for Bonanza when the supplier mentioned that someone was doing a bonanza class with them. They are fab, although my magnetic paper does seem to have warped somehow and does not sit straight on the fridge.

[Emmak]

Hey, Hannah, what's this I see about a removed for publication notice in your gallery?! Tell us all.

[Noodle]

Oh it's my Kirsty Lo! They are publishing it :o - Along with about 5 others from the challenge. ScarY!

[Emmak]

wow, congrats for that! Which magazine will they be publishing it in and I'll keep an eye out? Will it be SI?

[Noodle]

I *Think* it is The Scrapbook Magazine? Hmmmm is there one called that? Well I'm sure it's not SI... Well anyway it'll be in July I think... I'll let you know more when I can think clearly!! :lol:

[bethlee]

Congratulations Hannah, well done and well deserved. :) Haven't you left for hols yet? :lol:

Emma - What are these WUBE papers then, not even heard of them? :)

[samb]

Well done Hannah and hope you have a fantastic trip.
Beth, the WUBE papers are fab. Ther have a magnetic backing so you can use them as fridge magnets etc. I don't know if you can even call them paper to be honest as they are quite thick, but they cut in a paper trimmer and you can use them as you would other paper. I just fell in love with using it at Bonanza.

[bethlee]

Sounds lovely Sam, are they selling online anywhere then?:)

[samb]

I honestly dont know. There was someone selling it at Bonanza, but I can't remember if they were a sponsor or not :rolleyes:

[samb]

Beth, you can find them here (www.scraprevolution.co.uk)

[Emmak]

Hi all. I've posted my magnetic LO in my gallery if anyone wants to take a peak. The link that Sam posted is for the girl who runs the crop that I went to at the weekend and who designed the page kit that I used. I bought a sheet of the blue magnetic paper to have a play with at some point as well. It's not too pricey either. I love it.

[Emmak]

OK, I'm just about to upload the table showing where everyone's CJ is (if I can work it out). Can everyone please take a look and let me know if I have made any mistakes or missed anything out please? Thanks. The little map like symbol means that you are in possession of that CJ. The brown book symbol means that you have completed that CJ and posted it on to the next person. 'In the post' means that CJ is in the post to that person. Actually, I'm pretty sure that I've made some mistakes so please let me know.

Please let me know as and when you receive or post on your CJs. Thanks. I've also done a quick summary below just in case the table is confusing.

Roz has got Sam’s CJ
Michelle has got her CJ and Lynne's CJ
Anne-Marie has got Emma’s CJ and her own CJ
Hannah’s CJ is in the post to Emma and she has no CJs
Lynne's CJ is in the post to Hannah
Jacqueline has Roz's CJ
Jaqueline's CJ is in the post to Claire
Claire is on her hols at the moment but probably has Jacqueline's CJ and her own?

[wyrdthing]

I have your CJ but haven't seen it yet - just rang DH to see how his dentist appointment went (he broke a tooth at the weekend and he hates dentists) and he said there was a box he had to sign for :)

I haven't posted mine to Beth yet (still...)