What does one do at a retreat? CREATE. CREATE. LEARN, PLAY, LAUGH, EAT and occasionally SLEEP. Cat offers all of this and more. National Scrapbook Day at Cat's takes FOUR days to celebrate. We had a mass of classes to chose from, along with inclusive classes only available to the retreaters. (But we'll get to those in a bit.)
I worked on some layouts for my kids scrapbooks. Catching up on the school portraits for each year thing. The above is Erin in the seventh grade. I used some Heidi Swapp, Pink Paislee, my fabulous Tim Holtz stamps and a variety of tissue and washi tapes. I also played with goodies from a RAK I received a while back.
Now these pages are still under construction, I have titles, journaling and embellies to add. I have three projects to share later. I took three classes while on retreat, two taught by Mr. Pickle himself and one by Cat (her's is my favorite)
If you're able to attend any of Cat's retreats.. I strong recommend it (she has THREE a year), if you can't make a retreat, check her blog or website because she ALWAYS has something going on for you to learn or buy. Card classes, mini-scrapbooks, tags... you name it. You'll be hanging with some awesome women, learning fun techniques and creating/preserving your photo's.
7 comments:
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these layouts of your kids. So much creativity! We did have a BLAST at the retreat...can't wait until the next one. Planning on going to the September retreat for lots of cropping fun!
Shaunery these pages are stinkin' awesome! Totally love all the layers and depth in them. Thanks for all the kind words. I love it when the ladies have a blast at the retreats. Just never know what you will get at a Cat's retreat.
Looks like you had a blast, Shaunery! Wonderful pages. Those bricks on the top page are so cool!
Helloooooo, Shaunery! It was so much fun to sit near you at the retreat. Your pages are beautiful. I remember hearing you talk about the Crazy 8's but never saw your layout - great idea to focus on the number as a theme. Hope we get to do it together again soon! (Yeah, "it" is a retreat or crop! LOL) So impressed you've taken pics and posted what you did. I haven't even unpacked - life/work has been crazy busy here since I got back.
Ohhhh sounds like heaven to me. My girlie time away is my fave thing ever. I love these layouts that you created. Just awesome :D
wonderful LO's...I always enjoy looking at your creations!
Awesome layouts as always! I really enjoyed sitting by you at the retreat! It made it even more fun!!
~sandy
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