Well we finished Day 1 of the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat! Here are some pictures from Friday evening.
Welcome pail and bag at everyone’s seat when they arrived.
Getting started for a crafty weekend!
Friday night treat – skeleton Smore’s
our fire (Tyler built it for us)
Yvonne & Kim working on their Christmas boxes
Cindy – up late finishing her boxes
A fun start to a fun weekend!
Have you seen the new Witches’ Brew Washi Tape in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog? It’s a fun collection. This is another quick and easy Washi tape note card –
For this one the Washi Tape is overlapped on the note card and then I stamped directly on the tape with Black StazOn ink – the little “happy halloween” from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I also stamped in once above the tape too.
I added a tiny Pumpkin Pie button tied with some Linen Thread.
To seal the envelope I think the skull Washi Tape would be really fun to use. Really a very quick an easy card. That makes project #7 from my Washi Tape class – and yes there are still more to come!
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I’m extending the registration deadline for the retreat until after the holiday weekend – Registrations due August 31st September 3rd for the September 27th – 29th – Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat
Are you ready to get away from it all? Leave behind the family, the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning and come join us for a fun Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat. Our theme is “Tackle the Holidays!”.
Join us at Monika’s House September 27 – 29, 2013. The fun starts on Friday and lasts until Sunday. We have Make & Take projects planned as part of the retreat – everyone will receive a Goody Bag with supplies and extras. There are optional projects that you can add. And bring whatever create projects you would like to work on. You will have table space set up for the whole weekend – so bring your scrapbooking, card making, knitting, laptop for My Digital Studio, bring your sewing machine if you want to sew – the choice is yours.
We plan to feed you and pamper you with little surprises throughout the weekend! Games & Prizes too!
I have some space in my house if you want to spend the night here instead of going home or there is a hotel one exit south just a few minutes away.. Earliest to register gets first choice on where they sleep – I have a couple of Queen beds upstairs, a queen and single sleeper sofa in the basement, some sofa space, and some air beds for the floor. Or stay as late as you want in the evening – go sleep at home and come back in the morning!
We will send out a schedule and list of what you need to bring in early September. A non-refundable deposit of $25 is due with your registration form by August 30th – this holds your spot. We will be ordering supplies after the deposits are received. The remainder of the money is due by September 15th.
There are also some Optional Projects – payment for those is due on August 30th so we can order supplies.
Spots are LIMITED – we are only opening this event up to 15 people! So reserve your spot today!
Registration form is HERE.
3 Make & Take projects included in your registration fee plus these Optional Projects can be added on –
Thanksgiving Tablescape & Journal
Holiday Planner
Joy banner
Brr Banner
You Be You – MDS hybrid frame
Cindy and I (Monika) hope to see you there!
I’d like to introduce some new products from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog –
I used all four products on this note card that we made for Stamper’s Club this month. The Envelope Liners Framelits dies include three sizes to line the envelopes that we sell in our catalog – the little square envelopes, the note card envelopes and the medium sized envelopes. You use these with your Big Shot and standard cutting pads.
On this card we put the Washi tape on the card and then stamped “Truly Grateful” directly on the tape. If you want to learn more fun ways to use Washi tape be sure to come to my class this Friday, August 16th – Wild about Washi! We will be having fun making a variety of cards using Washi tape in different ways. The class is offered twice on Friday – at 10:00 am and at 7:00 pm – go HERE to rsvp on my website for the class you want to attend.
Upcoming Events you don’t want to miss:
Friday, August 16th – Wild about Washi class
Saturday August 24th – Buy One Get One free Sale & Mini Class
Wednesday August 28th – Card Maker’s class
Friday August 30th – Wow Scrapbook class
September 27th – 29th – Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat
Have a wonderful day! I have all three of my boys at home right now. Kyle returned from California last night. So I’m a happy mom today.
One of my favorite parts of the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat weekend was Saturday night when we hung out around the fire pit. A fire, smores, talking, laughing, and dancing with friends!
I used a digital template from My Digital Studio – called Back to School. I duplicate the column of photo boxes until I had enough for all my pictures. Changed the title added journaling, deleted a few elements that were school related that I didn’t want and added a couple of others and I was done.
If you’d like to learn more about My Digital Studio and you live in my area come join me for an Intro class this Friday night. You can find Details on my website Events page or on my Facebook page. The software is such a great deal for only $19.95 but if you aren’t sure you can try a 30-day trial for free. Come see what this thing can do – it will really expand your creative world!
I love to play Bingo Stampin’ Up! Style! You can use the Bingo Stamp (it’s on the retiring list) or My Digital Studio to Create the Bingo card. And because it is so much fun I made sure that we included it as part of the Stamp, Scrap & Create Escape Retreat. During the day on Saturday everyone stamped their own Bingo Card using the Every Little Bit stamp set (also on the retiring list). And punched out markers for their board. Stamp each image only ONE time on your card.
On Saturday night – Tyler grilled burgers for us. I missed getting a picture of him – I wonder if anyone else took one.We had a good dinner before we played Bingo.
Then we played Bingo for prizes.
I use the stamps as the call pieces – I just drop them all down in my little SU trash bin.
After Bingo we went out to our campfire for smores – I’ll post those pictures tomorrow.
If you enjoy the Bingo idea be sure to get the stamps before they retire – there is also a Spooky Bingo Bits for Halloween and a Jolly Bingo Bits for Christmas. Get them before they are gone! I can order them for you or go to my website to place an order – www.monika.stampinup.net .
Milton, Georgia
Hi! I am a Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrator in Milton, Georgia. I love being creative and want to share it with you! On my blog I will share creative ideas using Stampin’ Up! products and you’ll also hear about my family and my dogs.
I look forward to helping you get your creative juices flowing!
Lets get crafty,
Monika Davis
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