SCRAPBOOK PAGES FROM WEEKEND RETREAT

Well, here they are as promised.  I did more cards and scrapbook pages this past weekend then I did this past year!!!  The one below is what I came up with for the challenge of using what we had in our $60 goodies bag.  I used my butterfly embossed diecut for the first time and also made the flowers with the Sweet Pea felts and ribbon for stems.  The designer paper was in the Sweet Pea 12x12 pkg that was in our bag of goodies.  We also got several 12x12 sheets of textured solid color paper.  (CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGEN)

This is an 8 1/2 x 11 double page that I made for Easter.  I had these Easter cutouts for over 5 yrs. and finally decided to make something with them.  I used the new pink satin ribbon on the right edge over the designer strip (used the new lacy scallop punch).  I still have 2 bunnies and 2 baby chicks so may have to do two more pages to use them all up. LOL

This is one of the four make-n-takes we did.  It is an 12x12 page and the designer paper is from the Sweet Pea paper pack.  Click on it to see the vibrant colors. I just love the color combination, how about you?

The next two pictures are the pages we did for our scrapbooking class

This is one I made a couple of years ago when I first learned to do embrodery flowers. I made several of these flowers but can't seem to locate them now.

This is someone's entry into the Goodie Bag Challenge. The colors for the Sweet Pea paper package is so versital. If you haven't got it you better before time runs out.

 

 
Okay that is all for tonight. I will try to put up the card samples from our card class and the other 3 make-n-takes.  MSU is falling behind so I need to cheer them on.. YAH YAH YAH GO MSU

WEEKEND RETREAT RECAP........

Hi everyone, Well, I finally got a chance to post my memories from this past weekend.  It was a blast and my first for staying all 3 days.  Last Nov. I came for the day only (Saturday).  I plan on going again this November.  Our hosts were Ronda and Melissa:

They are the best.  Everything was planned so well and I loved the extra room we had.  Behind them you will see the food table and to the right was were the desert was for Saturday night.  This is what we had:

Fresh fruit in our own champagne glass with some strawberry fluff is you so desired.  Friday night we had Air Popped Popcorn served in those cute plastic popcorn containers.  I didn't get a picture of that but it may be in one of the photos further down.  Right next to the fruit was chocolate and white cupcakes with SU flowers on some of them...

Friday night was pizza night in our P.J.'s.  Some of the ladies decorated their PJ's and the two judges couldn't pick out the best so we had to do a secret ballot and "Maxine" won. (That is my niece, Tricia). Here are a few pictures I wanted to share of this contest....

The flower ladies, Diane (Flower Garden), my sister, Kathleen (Pixie Lady), and my niece, Tricia (Maxine)  Get a load of the slippers...Maxine's slippers (made by her mom, my other sister) are made using maxi pads (the kind you get from hospital after birth of child). Click on picture for better view!! In the background is the tables we used for our classes and make-n-takes. Also there is a table with items that were part of the silent action. Here is another of all the ladies who entered the PJ contest:

Kim, Patti, Sandi, Diane, Kathleen, Jane and of course, Tricia (better known as "Maxine"--THE WINNER)

 

Kim, Cheryl, and Patti's work tables. In the background you can see one of my sisters, Kathleen. (the snack table is against the wall behind Cheryl)

This is the group across the room from our section.

A closeup of my station (bottom left), Kathleen's area (top center) and on the right side is my niece's (Tricia) work area.  On the bottom is where my other sister, Sandi has her station (didn't get it in the picture).  See the popcorn container on Tricia's table.  Cool, huh.

Well that is all I will post for now.  I will add some of the scrapbook pages we did and some of the cards we did in two of the four classes we could sign up for.  Keep smiling and look forward to sharing more with you later.

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