10th Slumber Party Retreat

My 10th Slumber Party Retreat is on, January 31-February 1, 2015.

Join us for 32 hours of uninterrupted time to scrapbook, make cards, or work on any of your latest projects. Spend the night at my house in one of my 2 guest bedrooms, or travel home to sleep in your own bed, or stay at the hotel less than 10 minutes away.

Festivities start at 9am on Saturday (Jan. 31) and end at 5pm on Sunday (Feb. 1). There will be a goodie bag waiting for you when you arrive.

Plus, brand new product in prizes given away all weekend long.

Plus, fun, fellowship, and friendships!

Retreat Fee of $95 includes:

• All meals (Sat. lunch and dinner, Sun. breakfast and lunch)
• Goodie Bag filled with new product from the just released Seasonal Expressions Book
• TONS of new product giveaways from the just released Seasonal Expressions Book
• Snacks and drinks available all day long
• Your own 5' hardwood table and comfortable task chair

Cost is $95

$25 Deposit will reserve your seat.  All money is due January 15th.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jaime

Scrapbook Club–Chalk It Up

I hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season.  I spent the weekend in North Carolina visiting with my extended family.  I was able to spend some time with my aunt and cousins and their families whom I generally see once a year.  I am so grateful that we all still make the time to connect with each other. Even if it is only once a year.  I hope you are able to do the same with your families.

Well, I’m here to share another set of scrapbook layouts  that we will make at my Scrapbook Club in January featuring the Chalk It Up collection.

This collection is perfect for all of those school pictures that you have of your children.  Since I don’t have children I choose to keep mine more neutral to be able to use for something else, like retreat photos – yeah! 

The stamp set that comes in the Workshop on the Go Kit is a great for titles and journaling spots.  As shown below.

I chose to add some glitter paper from the Teal Glitter Paper Pack as photo mats.  I think those photos are really going to “sparkle” right off the page.  Ha!

Above is the second layout that I created as part of my Scrapbook Club that will meet in January.  I again used strips of a different piece of glitter paper along with a few strategically punched pieces of cardstock using the Chevron Border Punch.

Now I believe in giving credit where it is due.  I didn’t decide to use the chevron border punch, my sister did. She also had this brilliant idea. 

She used the Designer Creations Slate Paper Bags as an additional photo/journaling holder behind a photo.  How awesome, a product that was meant to be used for party favors or gift giving can become an embellishment on a scrapbook page.

Now you too can create these pages.  Simply purchase the Workshop on the Go Kit or if you are local to Amelia, VA simply join us at the date below.

So who wants to join in the fun?

Thursday, January 8 at 6:30pm

Sunday, January 11 at 2pm

Cost starts at just $30 and includes a full paper packet (you'll have leftovers) and all of the embellishments needed to complete the pages.
But, remember you choose how much you want to spend and purchase only the embellishments and tools that you want.

Register soon

If you can't make it to the workshop, simply purchase a kit and I'll include my instructions for both layouts for free.

Mark you Calendar for upcoming Scrapbook Club Dates:

February 8 & 12

March 12 & 15

April 9 & 12

May 14 & 17

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Jaime

ShinHan Touch Twin Marker Blog Hop

Hello everyone!  Today I am participating in another Blog Hop, this time featuring the ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.  We have 42 consultants participating in this hop.

If you have come here from Brenda Lapp’s Blog you are on the right path. 

I chose to share a layout that uses the Paper Fundamentals paper packs, Great Job stamp set, and ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.

I prefer to stamp my images with the Black Mini Pigment Pad and allow it to dry before coloring with the ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.  

 I colored my images with the Turquoise Blue B68 (Z2465), Leaf Green GY234 (Z2454), and Tender Pink RP198 (Z2464) markers.  Then I went over the solid areas with the Colorless Blender Marker (Z2469).  The colorless blender acts more like an “eraser” than anything.  It sort of “moves” the ink.  In my case allowing for variations in the solid areas. 

To continue on with the hop head over to Maria Myers’ Blog next.  If you would like to see more of this layout with other colors continue reading.

This layout was the make-n-take for my recent weekend retreat.  I allowed customers to choose their own colors of paper from the Paper Fundamentals assortments which comes in all 4 color assortments; Basic, Whimsy, Enchantment, and Adventure.  Here is what they came up with.

It was really neat to see how different everyone’s turned out. I have to say that I was so proud of myself for this idea.  It was a huge hit.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jaime

Come Scrap Away

I just spent the weekend at the Hilton near the Richmond Airport for the Come Scrap Away Retreat.  I had such a great time.  I got a little bit of scrappin' done, but more importantly I met some really great women. 

I was given the opportunity to share Close To My Heart with the ladies at the retreat and offered them a small Make-N-Take Card.  (I'll have to post a picture later because of course the camera is in the house and I'm in my studio.)

If you weren't there you should definitely check out the Come Scrap Away website and be there next time.  It's an amazing deal for a retreat.  Plenty of food and the rooms are great because they have their own mini kitchen and living space in addition to the bedroom.  I can't wait for the next one (to be scheduled sometime in early 2013).

Thank you so much to everyone, but especially to Susan for giving me the chance to share CTMH with everyone. 

This is Why!

This is why I haven't posted anything in over 2 months. This is our detached 4 car garage that we have been building since last fall.

The upstairs is where I will now host all of my workshops, classes, crops, retreats, and music lessons. We have been working like crazy to finish it. There is still a lot of painting and fine touches that need to be finished.

Our goal was to have it functional for my 3rd Semi-Annual Slumber Party Retreat August 20-21 and functional it was.

The ladies showed up Saturday morning to a beautifully painted room complete with their own 5' hard wood table and rolling task chair to scrap the weekend away on. I promise I'll post more photos of the weekend soon.

In the meantime, we are up and running and I'm having my next event this Saturday, September 3 from 9a-9p. Come to an All-Day Crop for only $35; lunch and dinner included as well as a project and prizes. Email me before Thursday if you are interested.