Relaxing week

I have a few new things to show today since I have

been home sitting with my dog after his knee operation.

Last Thursday my golden went in to fix a tendon that

he tore completely and I haven't had much sleep since then but

since I have to stay with him day and night so that he doesn't

chew threw all the staples and run anywhere then I have

gotten a few things done.  I got my box of Webster's in

the mail and decided to make this chunky flap book to

put lots of photos and memorabilia of the things 

that we do for the Christmas Holidays this year.  We

decided to do lots more family events instead of spending

so much time in the malls and it is really going to be

a special year because of it.  Much more relaxing I think...

and thank goodness for online ordering too :)

 So if you don't know what flap books are then you

are missing out.  These 2 products are from Pine Cone

Press in So.Cal.  They made these chunky chipboard books in

2 sizes this year and you can really do alot of pages

inside of them.  I made 6 sets of the flap pages for

this and the fun part is you can always add more flaps

if you end up with more photos that you need to scrap!!

 Each of the sections opens up to have more

places for photos.  You can also add flaps up 

or down or envelopes that open up with other fun

things inside of them.  It is really fun and makes 

for an incredibly fun book to look at.  You can't just 

flip through fast on this one and the more you add

the more fun it is... I am going to add lots of paper

clips and pockets too as I get things in the days ahead

so I will show it again when the season is over..

 The measurements for this are 6x17.  You can create

your own by cutting a 12x12 in half and scoring it

at 6" and then adding a flap under the right edge by

cutting a piece of 6x6 and scoring it at 1" and then

gluing it under the first flap on the right edge.  It's 

really easy.  The center of the book is a folded 

accordion piece of paper and each of the flaps is

glued in with Scor Tape.  It works fantastic to keep

hard to hold things in place just in case you haven't 

tried it. I love the it and its easy to apply too!

So with that said I am catching up on scrapping some of

my trips this year.  I was going to use this paper to

do a page of all the blue eyed people in my family,

but it worked even better for my snow trip to Zion.

Being from California we don't get snow much so

being in Zion which is one of my favorite places

in the world on a first snowfall day was just amazing!

I took so many photos and think I will have to do a 

book just for Zion photos now in different seasons.

The papers on this page are from Authentique and I

love the blues.  I would love to decorate my whole house

in this if it were fabric because it is just so pretty.

Thanks for stopping by and seeing what's new

and I hope you are all as excited as I am to celebrate

this year with friends and family...