Join Me at Desert Scrappers Retreats!

Desert Scrappers Retreats has graciously invited Scrapbook Royalty to conduct a silent auction at their May retreat!

The retreat runs from May 30-June 1, 2008 in a gorgeous Spanish-style resort in Palm Desert, CA. There are only 5 seats left so hurry and register! I will be there as well teaching 2 two classes on the morning of May 31. Plus there will be vendors and other teachers teaching all day Saturday May 31. You can check out all the classes HERE.

The silent auction will run from about 9am -2pm on May 31st. We'll have tons of awesome items to bid on, all to support charity! You don't have to register for the retreat to bid but once you see all the fun the croppers are having you'll wish you had. So get in while there are still a few spots available. See you there!

And the winner is....

CORI!! Thanks so much for visiting my blog!! Someone had to get a gift on my blog birthday and you are the winner! I'll be emailing you to get your snail mail addy to send off your box.

Now I'm off to Girl Scout camping for 3 days. Hope I make it back in one piece! LOL Have a great weekend!

Black & White And Scrap All Over!!

June, 2008 - Yes the whole month! Black, White & Scrap All Over

Join Scrabook Royalty for an event like no other! For a $35 registration fee, you will visit 6 wonderful stores during the month of June in the Temecula/Murrieta area and be treated like Royalty. At each store you will complete a two page layout make and take for a 6x6 mini book.

Find your goodie bag:

You are encouraged to visit all 6 of the stores, however, one of the stores

will have your name on a special goodie bag list. You won't know which

store has your name and your name might not be on the same list as your

friend's name. So make sure you visit all the stores to find your black or

white Scrapbook Royalty tote hook in a specially designed handmade case

as well as the acrylic cover and chipboard needed to complete your mini book.

Store Raffle:

Each store will have a great gift basket to raffle off:

• Visiting a store gets you one ticket.
• Completing the make and take in the store gets you one ticket.
• Every $10 you spend in that store during the month of June gets you one ticket.

Each store will draw a winner at the end of the month and we will make the announcement on the website.

Win a $50 gift card to each store:

After you have visited all the stores, you will have 6 - two page black and white layouts. You can then go home and using one more color, complete the book, decorate the cover, and bind it. Send us photos of your completed book and each store will choose a winner to win a $50 gift card!

Go to Scrapbook Royalty's website for more info!!

Another Class Added & It's My Birthday!

If you loved the Soccer License Plate Book I taught last year, you'll love my new sports books this year even more! I'll be teaching the class at Collective Journey on June 8, 2008 from 1-4pm. You can choose ANY sport you want. Just go to Sports Chalet and get 2 of their free license plate covers for the sport you want. The Sports Chalet in Redlands already knows you're coming if you want to stop there (Chrsitine from CJ's showed them the book and they are totally psyched about helping us scrappers out!).

Choose from a blue/grey/kraft color scheme (cover pictured):


...or yellow/green/orange color scheme, whatever best fits your sport (a set of interior pages are pictured):


I'll have a set of embellies at the class for you to choose from to customize the book to your sport. I already have stuff for baseball, soccer, basketball, football, and tennis and am working on items from any other sport you want. So if you need something for cricket, I will find it. I'll also be bringing my Quickutz Silhouette electronic diecutting machine if you want to change the title to "Swim Hard" or "Play Ball" or whatever, we can do it!

This is a really awesome book and you will learn alot. Ladies who have taken this class before have replicated the book over and over and given it as gifts and such--so you'll want to take the class to learn all the short cuts--plus you'll get the finished book! Hope to see you there!

Oh yeah, it's my birthday!!! My BLOG BIRTHDAY that is! LOL

I'm giving away a Priority Mail Flat Rate box with TWO past class kits of mine worth over $50 PLUS the rest of the box is FILLED to the brim with brand spanking new fun stuff like punches and more! Just post a comment here with your email addy (or another way to contact you if you don' like posting your email addy in the open). I'll draw ONE name from those comments first thing in the morning on Friday April 25 and you'll receive this box full of goodness (US only please)!! Thanks so much for reading my blog. It is so fun to do and I love to read all the comments!! Here's to another year!! Wooohoo!!

Spring Time Fun!!!

Yesterday I participated in a little Spring Time Fun! I went to a Spring Party hosted by my friend Elena--everyone made gifts to swap with each other--it was a really fun "just the girls" day! I made some cute little people for some new friends and old friends as part of the gift swap. I used Maya Road keychain people (thanks for the idea Elena!) and decorated each one according to my idea of that person's style and their fave colors. Everyone brought me a small pic to put as the head--it was really fun! My favorite one is of Lead Fiskateer Cheryl Waters (above)--I just love how it turned out!!

Here are all the "people" and their people:

Melanie:

Georgia:
Gloria:
Sally:

Elena:
April:
Cheryl:

I made one more for a friend who could not make it (Anita--we missed you!). I forgot to take a pic of that one! I used the Teresa Collins crown print paper (which I won from a Desert Scrappers blog drawing!) and it was all pink and black and fun! I still have to make one for myself too.

I had a great time, had great food, and fun conversation. I had to get home to the kids and get Katie over to Girl Scouts so I could not stay as long as I would have liked. I hope we do it again--this group is all artsy, talented, and super nice ladies and I love all the fun thoughtful gifts they made for each of us!

The day ended on a bad note though as I was rear-ended by a teenager on the 215 coming home for Girl Scouts later that night. But Katie, Matt, and I are all okay (we are going to the Dr this afternoon to get checked out anyway) and I have that special "you'll wanna curl up and die if you hit me" insurance coverage so I am sure all will be fine. Guess when you drive as much as I do it is bound to happen!

Another Banner!

This one is a make n take at The Scrappin' Table on National Scrapbook Day!!! I don't know the pricing yet but it will be good because you are basically getting a CLASS! We'll be using Basic Grey's super yummy "Two Scoops" paper line along with some awesome diecut letters The Scrappin' Table has, the new "Threading Water" Fiskars border punch that's super hot right now...just a really fun project thatmakes a great gift or great home decor piece! Anyone can come in to the store to do the make n takes so don't miss out! May 3rd at The Scrappin' Table!!