Merry Christmas Everyone!

I Hope everyone is nearly ready for christmas, all the shopping done, christmas cards all written and posted?

We've had our christmas dinner early and Santa is making a special delivery on Christmas Eve so that the children can have their presents before we go away on Thursday.

I saw this version of Twas The Night Before Christmas on Ukscrappers and couldn't resist sharing it with you all.

Twas the night before christmas (scrappers version)


Author: Unkown

Twas the night before Christmas,

And all through the home,

Only one creature was stirring,

A late night scrapper alone.

While she cropped and she trimmed,

Under her breath she was muttering,

"He hid my darn Hermafix",

The poor wife was stuttering!

When out on the lawn,

There arose such a clatter,

She sprang from her table,

And dropped her Magic Matter.

Away to the window

She flew like a flash

Thinking maybe it was UPS

Bringing more for her stash!

But what to her wandering eyes

Should appear

But a miniature (die cut) sleigh

And eight (punchie) reindeer!

With a little old driver

So lively and quick

She knew right away

It was Jolee old St Nick

He carried a sack

Filled up to the brim

With paper packs, cardstock

And templates crammed in.

There were Punches, and stickers

And eyelets galore

There was even a Sizzix font

Not yet in the stores!

He went quickly to work

Storing it all under the tree

The wire, the fibres

And all acid free!

"Those whale Punches are heavy"

She heard him exclaim

Then he turned to his reindeer

And called them by name:

"On Buyer and Stasher

Puncher and Cropper,

On Scrapper, on Matter,

On Trimmer, On Cutter"

And he sprang to his sleigh

But before he could leave,

The woman yelled "STOP",

And pulled a camera from her sleeve.

She snapped some quick photos

For future keepsake,

Thinking all the while,

Of the layout she'd make!

And she heard him exclaim,

When she finally let him go,

"Happy Scrapping to All"

And to all "HO HO HO"

All Scrap Cafe crop dates are now listed at the side of this post and to book a space email me : lorraine.bilsby@c2data.co.uk
I will be taking bookings for crop after the christmas break.

Happy Christmas Everyone!

December is here!

Well it's officially winter - it's cold and frosty and not long to christmas!!!! AHHHHHHHH!

Panic shopping starts now! Nathan's birthday is next week so party plans are in hand and birthday presents are nearly all bought. Need to find a shop that still sells birthday cards in december.

Anyway it's our last crop for 2008 this comming saturday in Caversham. So if you need some chill out time, no christmas shopping ( unless it's for another scrapper!), maybe a mince pie?! Or two? We will be at Church House, Caversham 10 -3pm. You can book online at http://www.thescrapcafe.co.uk/ or email me lorraine.bilsby@c2data.co.uk to reserve a space.

There will be the usual sketch challenge and a christmas layout challenge. So bring along a christmas photo or two, and some embellishments to take part.

If you can't make the crop then have a lovely christmas and I will see you all in the new year.

Dates for 2009 will be posted very soon with a few all day crops to put in your diary! So keep watching the blog for more info.....