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A Christmas poem

I read this on the destitute gourmet ... A Visit from the Christ Child A Visit from the Christ Child by Père Robért for Maria, Ida, Isabel, Maxine, Crozet & Audrey Twas the morning of Christmas, when all through the house All the family was frantic, including my spouse; For each one of them had one thing only in mind, To examine the presents St. Nick left behind. The boxes and wrapping and ribbons and toys Were strewn on the floor, and the volume of noise Increased as our children began a big fight Over who got the video games, who got the bike. I looked at my watch and I said, slightly nervous, "Let's get ready for church, so we won't miss the service." The children protested, "We don't want to pray: We've just got our presents, and we want to play!" It dawned on me then that we had gone astray, In confusing the purpose of this special...

Warm, Fuzzy & Slicing

It was my turn to set the dare at No. 8 Wired . My dare is to put some warm fuzzy stuff into your page...i.e. felt, velvet, flocking.....Give it a go and remember to post a comment to say you have done it and where you have put it for people to see :-) RK & P are sponsoring it with a $20 voucher and a pack of 3 fat quarters which were being saved for kits in the new year (the winner will be very spoilt!). I did this using a paper bag, peg, some buttons and the blue spotty fabric from RK & P . my fuzz is some felt lettering and some felt circles. & a digi one using felt circles and a felt bracket thingy - all the elements are from We Are Story Tellers except the journaling page which is by Jessica Sprague. so give the dare a go and maybe you can enjoy the goodies from RK & P. Now back to playing with my slice... want some more memory cards for it now...luckily I'll get one with the rebate send in since SBO is a VIP seller and they can pass this bonus onto their...

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handmade :-) check ScrappyKea Handmade for some more pics.

No.8 Wired & Eidou

The dare is to create a layout about nature (no people photos) & it must include a haiku poem. Last week of the Eidou challenges & I uploaded my response to the final challenge this afternoon which you can find in the Cropstar Week 5 gallery . There are some cool layouts and cards there...so take the time to vote for your fave this weekend...the winner gets a cool graphics tablet! Have enjoyed learning about digital scrapbook stuff and giving something I was rather scared of a go! We have been given quite a few free digi kits as part of the challenges too -Thank You!