Wow! What a productive day!

OMG! We completed a total of 187 pages/cards today at the Scrap-N-Stamp Extravaganza. We played new games and won a lot of prizes. I had so much fun today that I didn't want it to end. We had three new scrappers with us today: Pam, Lori, and Janna. They kept me laughing and won a bunch of prizes as well. And Julie scrapped at Creative Escape for the first time, she drove all the way down from Wisconsin!

Our Creative Escape Crop Goddess is Jamey Schuett!

Our big prize winners this time were:
Jamey - Girl Paper Set
Janna - Boy Paper Set
Nancy - Tote and Xyron
Tricia - Crop-A-Dile II Big Bite
Pam - Mystery bag filled with Love Elsie paper, stickers and stamps, and a gift certificate.

I had so much fun and I hope to see everyone again soon:)

Another Weekend Away

Well, I'm off to another weekend scrapbook retreat. I leave in only 3 hours, and I'm not even packed yet. I can't wait to leave and I'm hoping to get a lot done. The retreat is in Aurora and I'll let everyone know how it is when I get back.

If you still have not signed up for the All Day Extravaganza on July 26th, now is the time to sign-up. We have only 4 seats still available.

Wow! What a Day of Scrapbooking!

We had another great day of scrapboking and completed 59 pages/projects between 8 people.

We have so much coming up in the next couple of weeks, I hope you can join us. Check out my website for details.

What a fun evening

We had a great time scrapping and rubber stamping this evening. It was great to finally meet Nancy's sister from GA. And we discovered that used to listen to her on the radio when I was back in high school. Carol was a DJ for the WABT 103.9 when we lived in Dundee. What a small world.

We also had Toni join us for the first time. I am really amazed by all the wonderful stamping Toni, Nancy and Carol were doing. They are sooo creative. And Tami was able to play with the Cricut for the first time and really enjoyed it.

And we learned so much from each other. Carol is trying to get a group together in GA to scrapbook and rubber stamp. And Tami showed us a new way to make layouts.

I had so much fun and can't wait until we all meet again.

I must be insane!

At least that's what my husband calls me. Last Friday, I went to my friend Jamey's house for a scrapbook slumber party. She said that we could stay up as long as we liked and scrap the night away. Well, I don't think she meant literally, but we did stay up all night. We listened to the birds at 4:15am starting thier morning calls, and then watched the sun come up. I finally left at 6:30am figuring I could sleep in my own bed, since it was morning and all. So when I arrived home, my DH was just coming out the front door to let our littlest dog out (can we say spoiled). He asked if I went to sleep at all and I gladly said "no." I proceeded to give him a kiss and went off to bed.

So last night I was determined to finish a baby book gift for my husband's co-worker. Well I figured that I would be up late, but didn't realize how late. When my husband got up at 5:30am to get ready for work, I realized how late it was (or should I say early). With having the scraproom in the basement, I don't get to hear the birds wake or watch the sun rise, so I never know what time it is. I could look at the clock on the wall, but that would be to easy. So anyways, my husband's first words were "Are you insane?" I must be! But I was on a roll and by the time he got up, I was on my last page. So of course like any scrapper, when you finish a project and are thrilled with the outcome, you are giddy with joy. I was actually bouncing around the house with excitement!

Because I can scrap the whole night away and still be chipper in the morning, my husband calls me "INSANE."

Here's a sample of what I was working on. You can see more in my gallery on my website: http://www.creativeescapeil.com/.

Another Good Book

Well it took me a couple more days to read "Scrap Everything" by Leslie Goulde. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to my scrapbooking buddies.

A Few Good Books

Ok Ladies, I have had my head in two really good books by Rebeca Seitz. They're both novels about women that like to get together and scrap. What more can you ask for, right? But there is more. They also have a little romance (what's a book with out that), friendship, drama and more. I loved them so much that I spent two nights reading until 2am. The first one is "Prints Charming" and the second is "Sisters, Ink". And now Rebeca is coming out with a sequel on July 1st called "Coming Unglued". I'll definately be first in line for that one.

Here's the link on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Prints-Charming-Rebeca-Seitz/dp/159554271X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212331731&sr=1-2.