New Moon Acrylic Frames for Sale

I created New Moon Acrylic Blocks for the Holiday Boutique I was in earlier this month and have a few left over that I thought I would post here for those interested.  There are 10-12 left so if your interested in seeing them stop by Roberts in Sandy tomorrow between 9-5 or Jan 5-7th between 3-9pm and I would be happy to show them to you.  I am asking $5.00 a Block.  They sit nicely on a desk or since they have a magnetic back can be put on a fridge or locker.  Hope everyone has a Happy & Safe New Year our family will be celebrating with Movie Marathons & a Mega Junk Food Fest!   Happy 2010 Everyone hope to see many of you at one of our future Retreats.

Retreat Dates 2010

2010 RETREAT DATES

January 15-18  Three or Four Day Retreat for Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend
Cost $130 for Three Days $170 for Four Days
Theme  Dates to Remember.....

We can't wait to start this year off with a bang!  Bring your holiday pictures to scrap & any scapbook goodies Santa brought you this Christmas.  Our goodie bag will be a Stocking stuffed with treats.  For those staying for Four Days we will include 8 meals and flexible check out on Monday.  We will have padded chairs for all and a third Cricut Expression Machine.  We will also have the Spring Mini Cartridges available and some NEW Release cartridges you can't buy in stores yet.  Come have Fun with us on this long weekend.  We have 7 seats booked so Register Early so you won't miss out.

February 19-21  Three Day Retreat
Cost $130
Theme  What I LOVE to Cook.....

Let's celebrate something we should all love  FOOD!  Bring a favorite recipe to share with the group.  We will create our own Recipe Swap.  Bonus for those that bring a 3x5 picture of their sweetheart.  Lets scrapbook our memories and talk about the things we love to cook & of course EAT. 

I have 4 Seats Left-Reserve your spot TODAY!!

February 26-28  Private Retreat for Mindi's Group
Cost $130
Theme Contest-Submit a Theme Idea and Win a Free Scrapbook T-Shirt

14 Seats reserved-Looking forward to a Spectacular Retreat!  FULL

March 12-14
Cost $130
Theme Ready for Spring......

6 Seats Available-Going FAST ladies.  Let's Spring into action and get our albums spruced up this year.  Make the time now to organize your photos and get them Scrap'd

March 26-28
Cost $130
Theme  Thank you Easter Bunny.....

EXPO Weekend.  I have 6 seats available. Let's get our Easter surprises started.  Mini Class will be a fun Easter Giveaway.  Pictures to follow in February.

Winter Quarter Classes for Jan-Feb-March Retreats

Here are the projects available to order as Mini Classes for the next Quarter's Retreats.  The Snow Fun mini album is a chipboard album with 10 pages and costs $12.00 to make.  The 2010 Calendar Class includes 12 pages that fit into a 4x6 Acrylic Frame and 12 matching monthly magnets that you can place on the Calendar  and will cost $12.00.  The mini notebook is a covered compostion book and will cost $5.00 to make.  I can keep the cost low on these projects if I have at least 5 people interested in the class.  All classes are taught on Saturday afternoon usually following lunch.  If you are interested in buying any of these projects pre-made (all put together and read to use) just email me a note the cost is $3.00 more to cover my adhesive & time.  Looking forward to our next Retreat!!!

*********Roberts Night Owl Sale*********************

Well its that time of year and we are all on tight budgets.  If there are some last minute items you still need to complete your Christmas Shopping think about stopping by the Sandy Store to enjoy some of the bargains.  Cricut Fans will not be disappointed-great savings on cartridges & machines.  The Jar Candles will all be on sale and of course its the blowout event for those Christmas Decorations.  The special discount prices are valid December 22 & 23 from the hours of 9PM to Midnight.  So if your feeling a little restless or your up anyways: sewing, baking, wrapping, scrapbooking your fingers to the bone-take a break and pick yourself up something fun for Santa to add to your stocking.  Have a Happy Holiday Season and a Very Merry Christmas.

Who Farkled????

Well ladies this question might take the cake!  I'm laughing now just thinking about how easily the question wound up in conversations had on our December 4-6 Retreat.  As you can see our Birthday Retreat was alot of FUN even with the Farkling.  We decorated party hats, had CAKE & ICE CREAM, watched what else but TWILIGHT (yes again!) scrapbooked, shared gifts and snacked on NEW MOON candy.  We ate, we played, we slept (well not much) and can't wait to come back again.  This clever group even helped me realize we have a four day weekend coming up that would be perfect for our next Scrapbooking Getaway.  Thank you for the wonderful Birthday Gifts-you ladies were so THOUGHTFUL and FUN.  As you can see there were 5 of us with December Birthdays and we enjoyed sharing the Party together.  Everyone got to take home a shirtless Edward (even Grandma thought he was cute). and although lots of our homes received a few inches of SNOW we had no trouble getting in & out of Eureka.  I have always liked having a December Birthday and you ladies: Colleen, Catherine, Sara, Joyce, LeAnn, Ruth, Jennifer, Wendy, Grandma & Deanne made it extra special this year.   Thanks again......

New Website

I've been asked to make the Blog a little more accessible with an address that is easier to REMEMBER.  So I hope this works for everyone-----In three days give or take a day you will be able to access this site by using the following address http://www.creativecutter.org/   I hope this is easier to remember and faster to type in!  I would appreciate any feedback or comments that will help make this site user friendly.  I have been asked to include more project pictures so I will be working to try and get this request filled.  Thank you all for your support & response.

Four Day Retreat in January

Thanks to the very smart ladies attending our December Retreat we have discovered that our  January Retreat listed as Jan 15-17 falls  right before a Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr Day.  Since this is a Federal Holiday many of us have a four day weekend to work with.  For anyone wishing to stay thru Monday we will add three more meals and an additional nights stay at the Bed & Breakfast.  The cost for an additional day will be posted next week.  Our December ladies have already spoken for 6 spots so we have 8 seats available.  For the new year we will have padded folding chairs for each person (no more wood chairs) and one trash can per person (no sharing).  Hope this makes our weekends even more enjoyable.  We will also have 3 Cricut Expression Machines and one personal Cricut available for use.  Let's get the new year started with some fun and join us for a fantastic weekend!  Free Class options & Pictures of Mini Classes offered will be loaded before Christmas.  We have also had a Private group request the February Weekend previously posted February 26-28th.  so it is now FULL & CLOSED.  To accomadate those interested in attending in February we will add another weekend February 19-21st.  Please let us know ASAP if you are interested in January or February as Dates are filling up quickly. 

New Projects

This year has flown by so fast I can hardly believe we are getting ready for Christmas already!!!  I haven't had a lot time to create and design this year.   With working at Roberts, getting this Retreat business off and running, teaching and designing for store events its been a little crazy.  But my first love will always be playing with paper and coming up with new projects & designs.  I have a few pictured here that should be pretty easy to duplicate.  The two cards are from my Layering Workshop were we talked about how to organize your Cricut mat for layering and all of the different styles of layering the different Cricut cartridges contain.  Hope you like the cards I used Mickey & Friends cartridge to get Goofy (I put an elf hat from Paper Doll Dress Up to make him more festive.)  The Tree is from the Christmas Noel cartridge (The T in Greetings looks like an F but that's only because the dot for the I is attached.)  The page layouts are works in progress but I thought they would be pretty simple to duplicate.  The gingerbread housecame from the My Community Cartridge.  This layout still needs a Title-I'm open to suggestions????  My husband's choice is Walking in a Winter Wonderland (I like it but it seems to long to Cricut cut)  My Christmas mini album is made of Chipboard and is from a Class I taught last year.  I have tons of supplies left so I may do another class on this one in the future.  I am still working on my NEW MOON album and will post pictures as soon as its finished.  I will also post pictures of my "Cards in a Box" from this years Holiday Boutique next week.  I will sell these up thru Christmas for $5.00 a set.  My snowman head is also in progress and will be a class in January's Retreat.  I will also be selling those to anyone wanting one in January.  Hope we can all find some time to work on a fun project this holiday. I really believe the homemade gifts are the best.    I am looking forward to the holidays this year I hope all of you are as well.

Your Story Bargain

For anyone interested in purchasing The Your Story-Book Binding Laminating Machine-They are drastically reduced right now at Roberts.  Regular price $99.99 this week on sale for $39.99.  We have been getting lots of calls on this and the Ad Price is correct not a misprint.  I don't own one yet but for this price might be worth trying out?

November 13-15 Retreat

WOW-This retreat was so MEMORABLE!  What a Fantastic Group of Ladies I had the pleasure of getting to know this weekend.  This was our largest group 13 of us in Total.  Many of these ladies teach at West Valley Elementary School and what a FUN bunch they are.  Our school system is in good shape if these ladies are any indication of the dedication teachers have today.  They spent this weekend and I'm sure many of there weekdays thinking about and planning for their students.  This very talented group of ladies produced many, many beautiful pages, completed some calendar kits, and even learned my never-ending card fold in record time.  They also started a new TREND-rather than freeze the bra of the first person to go to bed, or toilet paper the desk of the first person to take a nap they decided to Serenade the last person awake with a boisterous rendition of Where are you Christmas (Nice).  I also want to thank all of them for being so understanding & patient with me.  I ended up getting sick just before the Retreat and had my energy level just bottom out on Saturday-this fantastic group of ladies proved to be great care-givers and I want to especially Thank Tricia for all the wonderful tea.  I also want to thank my good friend Anne who made sure everything ran smoothly and shared her teaching talents with the group making the Twilight Albums. 
This Retreat, like many of the others leaves me with a feeling of awe and inspiration.  In the quiet moments when we get to share our STORIES our lifes ADVENTURES our STRUGGLES I am amazed what we as women must sometimes endure.  I feel really blessed to have this avenue to make new acquaintences as well as life long friends.  The ladies that have attended all of my past Retreats have really enriched my life-I sincerely thank each and every one of you for your support of this endeavor.
Cassie, Cherie, Tammy, Cheryl, Maria, Tricia V, Kerry, Brenda, Dianne, Joan, Tricia & Anne It was truly a pleasure-Thank you for attending our first Retreat with snowfall  It was truly memorable.
A Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Snow Friends & When its Cold Outside

Yes we finally have these two at the Sandy Roberts.  Just $19.99 a cartridge - these come with really cute set of 50 shapes each.  If you come get them on Black Friday they will be 14.99.  Also all cricut cartridges will be on sale black friday from 6-11am .  Any four cartridges will be $100.00 and you must purchase all four for this price.  This is a great way to get those fun new cartridges in time for Christmas.  Happy Thanksgiving to all my wonderful crafty friends.  I am of course so grateful for a wonderfull family with loving good kids, a super fantastic understanding husband who is the light of my life and for the AMAZING WOMEN I have had the privelege of meeting and getting to know through this Retreat Venture and my passion for Scrapbooking.  Bless you all this Thanksgiving-enjoy the feast, your families and loved ones and don't forget to TAKE THOSE PICTURES----I will see you at our next Retreat to scrapbook them!

Mrs. Claus Boutique

Wanted to let you know about a Boutique I am participating in on December 3-5, 2009.  Boutiques are a great way to find that special handmade gift.  There will be over 40 crafters participating so I hope you can come and check it out.  My vendor # is 1140 so be sure and check out some of my creations.  I plan to sell my NEW MOON Chipboard Album at this Boutique.  Be sure to stop by one of the three nights its held. Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 10 a.m.—6 p.m. (Each day)

Located at:
Jessup’s Gym
2600 E. Creek Road
Sandy 84093

Batman & Superman Cartridges

Here is a sneek peek at two of the cartridges coming soon from Provo Craft.  They have also decided to do a three more mini cartridges for spring.  They are called Love Struck, Easter and Mother's Day.  More info to follow and of course I will let you know as soon as cartridges are available to buy at Roberts. 

They're Here....

We now have new Cartridges at the Sandy Roberts including Very Merry Tags for $19.99.  Passion Pagoda and Old West are both $69.99 each.  Dino Tracks is also in for same price.  Hope this helps some of you get a jump start on your Christmas Shopping.

Gypsy now at Roberts

We are all still anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Holiday Cartridges-I do not have a delivery date yet, but I did want to let you all know that the Gypsy has arrived at Roberts in Sandy.  They sell for $299.99.  We also have the sleeves, and car chargers in for those that already own one.  If you have pre-ordered then come on by and pick it up.  I have already started playing with mine and have noticed there are several upgrades since their first release.  I will try to create my NEW MOON album using my Gypsy and will keep you posted when its done.

Christmas Open House at Roberts

Hi Everyone-Roberts is having its Christmas Open House this week.  We have decorated the store and are having some fun displays with Christmas gift ideas.  I have also created some cards & a Brrrr Layout that you can see for some holiday inspiration.  The North Pole I made was really easy and a fun way to mark our new Roberts Workshop area.  So if you get a chance stop by and see what we are working on.  There will be a GREAT Drawing on Saturday November 14th at 6:00 pm so be sure and enter to win one of our two gift bags full of Roberts products.  I put these together myself and wish I could win it so I hope one of you My Scrapbook Friends WINS!  Oh and don't forget we are having a Midnight Crop on Friday November 13th from 5pm-Midnight in the Studio.  Bring a potluck dish to share and your scrapbooking supplies.  There will be a gift for those that attend-its always alot of fun so put it on your calendar.  I will be at another Retreat this weekend and will post more from Eureka on Saturday.  Have a fantastic week and remember please post a comment on this blog to be entered to win a FREE 12x12 Album-I will draw out a random name on November 23 and let you know who wins. 

Here is a fun Christmas Layout Titled "Christmas Joy"  The Santa & Singing Elves are paper pieced items I created for a special order-you can easily replace them with Cricut Images.  The layout is pretty simple and lets you have lots of room for pictures and journaling.  

Retreat Dates in 2010

Here are some NEW RETREAT DATES for those of you ready to come Party after the Holidays.  Bring those Family Pictures and get them Scrapped!!!!

Jan. 15-17 Weather Permitting!!! I have 10 seats open. The owner of the Bed & Breakfast has snow removal equipment and the Hwy & State Roads are all kept clean & sanded.


Free Post it Note holder class.

Mini Album Class will be the album in a box. Cost $10 Pictures to follow in December.
Mini Album Class will be Snowman Head.  Cost $15 Pictures to follow in December.

February 26-28th I have 12 seats Available-Pick our Theme Contest.  Anyone attending this Retreat can submit a Theme Idea when they register.  The winning Theme Idea will be used for the goodie bag and challenge project and the Winner will receive a Free Scrapbooking T-Shirt.


Price is $130.00 per person. Deposit of $30.00 must be paid in advance to Reserve your Seat. We will no longer accept payments the day of Retreat (Sorry ladies but it delays when I can pay Margaret). Please have your balance paid in full a week prior to your Retreat Date. Thank you for your understanding.

Also this weekend I will post my Holiday Projects (Layouts, mini albums, cards, etc.)  Anyone that posts a comment to the Blog will be entered into a Random Drawing for a FREE 12X12 Album.  I may also throw in some scrapbook goodies so keep checking back for more details.  I want to make sure the information I post is helpful to my fellow scrapbookers out there.  So any feedback is APPRECIATED.

Cartridges Available at Retreats

I've been asked to list the cartridges that are available for use at our Retreats.  I have access to others not listed here so if you are considering a Retreat and need a particular cartridge just let us know we can certainly make it available. 
 50 States- Accent Essentials -Animal Kingdom- Base Camp- Baseball-Beyond Birthdays Calligraphy Collec.- Camp Out -Cars- Celebrations- Cuttin Up- Christmas Cheer -Christmas Noel Doodlecharms- Doodletype- Don Juan -Dreams Come True -Fabulous Finds- George-Graphically Speaking -Going Places- Happily Ever After- Hello Kitty Font -Hello Kitty Greetings- Home Accents -Home Decor -Jasmine -Joys of the Season -Jubilee- Life is a Beach -Lyrical Letters Mickey & Friends-Mickey Font -Mini Monorams- New Arrival- Paper Doll Dress Up- Paper Pups Plantin Schoolbook- Pooh and Friends -Pooh Font Set -Sesame Street Friends -Soccer- Storybook Stretch you Imagination- Tags, Bags Boxes & More- Tinker Bell & Friends-Walk in My Garden Wild Card-Sports Mania- Wedding Marriage- Opposites Attract- Office Help- Hanna Montana Sponge Bob- My World-Stand & Salute- Locker Talk-Stamping- A Child's Year- Ashlyn's Alphabet- Alphalicious- Indie Art- Everyday Paper Dolls- From My Kitchen- Designer's Calendar Winter Wonderland- Stone Script- Street Sign
I have a list of 40 other cartridges that I bring along-some are duplicates but there are some different ones also.  I will try to add these tomorrow

Cricut Design Studio Update

Hi Ladies-I had a friend call this week and let me know she had trouble loading her CDS update to her computer.  She went thru alot of heartache to finally resolve the problem with Cricut.  I am posting some instructions here in the hopes that some of you will not have to spend hours trying to get your updates done.  Thank you Joyce for calling attention to this problem your struggles will help others avoid the same issue.

Cricut Design Studio Update


If your firmware update is not working do the following:

1. Go to start

2. My computer

3. C drive

4. Program files

5. Cricut Software folder

6. Cricut Design Studio

7. Firmware releases

8. Click on the file Cricut_v2_34.enc , then right click and add an a after the 34. So your file should read Cricut_v2_34a.enc.

9. Then click on the file Cricut_v2_34b.enc, then right click and just delete the b. So your file should read Cricut_v2_34.enc.

10. Go to your design studio and do your firmware update.

11. When your firmware update is done and you turn on your Cricut it should say version 2.34.

My thanks to Jennifer Boyd from the South Jordan Roberts for getting the instructions together in such a concise easy to understand format.  Hope this helps anyone having trouble with their Cricut Update.  Happy Cutting!!!

Free Halloween Template

Martha Stewart had a free template for a treat box I thought I would share with you.  You can get the small paper mache boxes at Roberts or any craft store.  You should be able to open the site with the link below.

Happy Halloween.

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2009Q4/msl_1009_eyesofnewtlabels.pdf

Date Night

With six kids its not often that my Husband and I get to go out on a Date Night.  This week one of my kids helped us have a Date Night to La Caille resteraunt.  My daughter is taking a Food and Nutrition class at the Junior High and was able to get discount dinner reservations to La Caille for the three of us.  This Etiquette Dinner is a fun way for the kids to practice all of the information they have been studying on table manners and table placement. I enjoyed getting dressed up for the occassion but I loved seeing my holey t-shirt wearing husband in a suit even better.  I think he cleans up rather nicely.  My daughter looked beautiful and much too grown up for my liking.  The food was spectacular of course, but even more then the fancy meal I just enjoyed time with two of my favorite people.  I also made some mental notes on a couple of home decor styles I want to try.  You think my husband will mind if I paint faux bricks on the dining room walls??? 

October 23-25 Retreat

Thank you Ladies for a wonderful Retreat.  I am going to have to dub this group the Worker Bees.  When we added up all of the pages there were a couple of you around 20 pages completed this Retreat-AMAZING!!  We also had our first digital scrapbooker attend-your pages were Fantastic Patty.  Along with the Sandra Bullock movie marathon(who doesn't love Hocus Pocus & The Proposal);  we had Jaime surprise us ALL with shall we say white fluffy stuff everywhere (no I don't mean SNOW).  The sunset was incredible-the rain & sleet made us glad we were inside and the Sunshine Sunday morning made us appreciate the beautiful surroundings.  We even enjoyed a very special visitor-the local deer population decided to trot right up to the road by the Inn.  I enjoyed laughin' and scrappin' with all of you:  Alease, Arnell, Barbara, Vicki, Patty, Grandma, Deanne, Colleen and Sara your amazing women and it was my pleasure to get to know you better. 

Congratulations Angie!!!!!!

Those of you that attended our October 9-11 Retreat will be happy to know that Angie had her baby.  She was kind enough to send some pictures so we can all see this Beautiful Angel.(Link Below)  She is adorable and healthy!!

Her name is Annie Marie Simmons and she is 10lbs 7 oz 22" long. Mom is doing well and we hope she will be back to her old self soon.  We shared the news & pictures with this weekends Retreaters and they all agree she is Beautiful.  We send our Congratulations to Angie and her family and can't wait for her to join us  again to scrapbook all of the adorable Baby Pictures we know she will have. 

http://web.me.com/bfsimmons/Annie_Marie_Simmons/About_Me.html

Fright Night at Roberts

I want to be sure all of you know that Fright Night is this Saturday from 5-9pm at Roberts.  I will be off to another Retreat but we've been working hard to make sure there will be som FUN activities lined up for kids of all ages.  We will have Trick or Treating going on in the store-a pumpkin walk for prizes for the kids-Danielle from Media Team will be in our store to do a Make n Take for Adults and there will be Make n Takes designed just for kids.  So dress up your cuties and bring them to our Sandy Roberts for a good time.  There is a Costume Parade at 6pm and prizes every half hour.  I will be posting some pictures tomorrow so you can see the fun we have planned!  There will also be a Buy One Get One FREE sale on Solutions Cartridges that night.  I hope to hear from some of you about this event-so come and enjoy FRIGHT NIGHT.

Mini Cartridges Coming

This is a screen shot of one of the new mini cartridges Cricut will offer this holiday season.  There are three total coming soon to a Roberts near you.  They will cost $19.99 and are solutions cartridges that will offer just 50 shapes (but boy are they cute!)The other two are called Snow Friends & When its Cold Outside.  Here is a list of other cartridge's soon to be released.

* Destinations

* Dinosaur Tracks

* Elmo Party

* Old West

* Pagoda Paradise
I can't wait!!!!!!

This is the page I created at the last Retreat.  I used Cricut Cartridges to cut the Title, Arrow and circles.  There is tons of room for pictures & journaling spots.  Hope you like this one its a real simple page that could work for a Birthday or any celebration.

Fall Fun at Four.....

My little four year old Kylee loved the Hay Maze & Pumpkin Patch done by Engh Gardens in Sandy.   She picked up a little pumpkin and as I grabbed my camera said "This one's little like me".   I  tell you this was definitely an "Awww" moment.  I just love this age-everything is so exciting & fun.  I love that at four years old she takes time to figure STUFF out and then explain it to me.  I rememer how excited she was this year to tell me that her Grandma was actually Dad's Mom.  What a discovery!  I'm so glad she clued me in.  What would I do without my little helper making life so clear?   I also love her enthusiasm for LIFE.  When she finally made it to the end of the hay maze she jumped for joy shouting I Did It!  Wouldn't life be so much easier if we could all share the things we have figured out with others???  Wouldn't it be a happier place if we could always share our Joys???  I can't wait to Scrapbook Kylee's Fall Fun!

Retreat Dates

Here is a current list of Dates & Seats Available:

October 23-25  I have 10 confirmed reservations I have room for 2 more ladies.
There will be a free card class for those interested: we will make a neverending card & a pop up card.
There are three mini classes available for $10.00 each  Acrylic Halloween Album, CD Desk Calendar, and Acrylic Block Class.  Limited amounts of each.

November 13-15  I have 11 confirmed reservations-This is a Private Group.
There will be a free card class for those interested: we will make a neverending card & a pop up card.
Mini Classes will be done by request for this private group.

Dec. 4-6 I have 7 confirmed reservations-This will be a Deanne & Cathie Birthday Party complete with games, cake, ice cream, and all things Twilight.

Jan. 15-17  Weather Permitting!!! I have 10 seats open.  The owner of the Bed & Breakfast has snow removal equipment and the Hwy & State Roads are all kept clean & sanded.
Free Post it Note holder class.
Mini Album Class will be the album in a box.  Cost $10  Pictures to follow in December. Similiar to Halloween One already pictured this month.

Price is $130.00 per person.  Deposit of $30.00 must be paid in advance to Reserve your Seat.  We will no longer accept payments the day of Retreat (Sorry ladies but it delays when I can pay Margaret).  Please have your balance paid in full a week prior to your Retreat Date.  Thank you for your understanding.

Your comments and questions are welcome.  Please let us know how we can make these Retreats Memorable.



Anyone wanting a T-Shirt please let us know ahead of time we are offering Tintic Goldminers Inn shirts, Don't Bug Me I'm Scrapbooking Shirts, and New Moon T-Shirts that are made with YuDu.  Cost is $15 sizes and colors uestions vary so please email requests early.

Halloween Projects

Here are some of the Halloween projects I've been working on.  The acrylic album is one that is offered as a kit at the October Retreats for just $10.00.  The album in a box will be an item I sell at the Mrs. Claus Boutique this December 3-5th at Jessup's Gym on Creek Road in Sandy.  More info to follow.  Hope you like them.

Never too old to TP!

Here's what happens if you're the first to go to sleep (or just take a nap in this case) at one of our Retreats.  Everyone decides your never too old to get TP'd.  This time honored tradition of messing up the home or in this case scrap table of the offendee is captured here in this wonderful picture. Ladies I think this is soooo much better than the other option of Bra Freezing!!!!  By far the best part is hearing everyone say "pass the toilet paper"whenever someone had a goopy mess to clean up-its so nice to share with friends (awww).  Who says you can't recycle gently used toilet paper???  So as you can see another fun trip to Eureka.  This weekends winner of our Acrylic Block Challenge Project was Angie-do you think she had some inside help from her little girl (Angie is 8 months along and was still willing to join us in some scrap fun). Thank you ladies for some Great Memories.  You make each Retreat special & FUN!!!!!

This is the Card I made this Month for my Card Club.  I used some watercolor pencils and a water brush to color in the stamped image.  Makes a fast and easy way to watercolor.  Inside the card it says:  Just Flying by with a Halloween Hi!  A simple card is always great when you have to make multiples.  I am off to another Retreat this weekend-I will post some of this weekends projects & pages tomorrow.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I keep hearing the statistics about Breast Cancer & I tell you I am just BLOWN AWAY.  The one most commonly heard is that every single person on the planet either has had breast cancer or knows someone that has had breast cancer.  Oh my Gosh-this is just too many women!!!!  So if YOU are a breast cancer Patient or Survivor my heart and prayers are with you.  At this moment in time I have a sister in law and an Aunt that were diagnosed with breast cancer.  My Sister in Law was only 36 and pregnant when she found out.  The doctors had to deliver her baby boy early so she could begin treatment and this amazing women went thru treatment, kept working and raising her two older girls and cared for her newborn baby.  My Aunt had a lumpectomy 10 years ago, and just this year during a routine mamography she found out the cancer was back & had to undergo a full mastectomy.  I am just at awe at what a women can go thru & just how strong she can be when she is determined.  My thoughts and prayers are with the hundrends & thousands of women out there trying to survive.  It is with these ladies in mind that I created a design for this years Ladies Night Out event I am including a picture for any out there that may want to duplicate this card for their loved one.  I know the lesson that I take away from these amazingly strong women battling this disease is HOPE.  We must HOPE for a positive outcome, we must HOPE for a cure, we must HOPE our challenges and struggles will educate the next generation.

Halloween Explosion Box

Halloween Explosion Box that also works as a nested set of boxes.  These fun boxes can be made for any holiday or special event and are so much fun to give as gifts.

Ladies Night Out at Roberts in Sandy

Here is your Special Invitation-You are all invited to Ladies Night Out at the Sandy Roberts on October 3, 2009.  It will be Saturday from 5-8PM. There will be several cute Make N Take Projects, Demonstrations on Cricut Vinyl cutting and on the New Pink Slice (great Pink Journey card), a Chocolate Fountain & Music by Paula's Husband (he plays guitar).  An all around good time for all and PRIZES.  The best reason of all to attend is the Drawing held at 8PM for several great prizes.  A Pink Slice, A Bo-Bunny Bag with treats inside, a Grand prize Basket of great Roberts Products, and a  Large Crop in Style Scrapbooking Tote on Wheels.  Did I mention great incentives to buy a Cricut Expression & Fantastic prices on cartridges.  Hope to see many of you there. 

September 25-27th Pictures

SEPTEMBER 25-27 RETREAT-THANKS FOR SO MUCH FUN LADIES!