Sarah's Cards March 2012 retreat.

This weekend was the 4th Sarah's Cards retreat and I must say it was fantastic as always.
I feel a little jet lagged today after the trip up north, but would do it all again tomorrow.
This time I was a 'proper' teacher, and I think most attendees liked my class.
This is the layout I taught, using chalk inks to get a misting effect and lots of layering of stickers as embellishment clusters.

This is my favorite photo from the weekend, it's the whole group, including a guest appearance from the hotels white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland.

There are lots more photos on our blog and also on our facebook page here.

Not that I want to wish my life away but I really can't wait for the next one!

I even scrapped

Whilst at the Sarah's Cards retreat last weekend i actually scrapped!! I snatched time between assisting in classes, working the till and calling the bingo to do just one page over the whole weekend. This is actually the first page i've done since March, (expect for doing my sample page for Jen's class). I really enjoyed doing this page and absorbed some creative vibes from the talent around me.
The papers i've used are from American Crafts - Chap range.

There are still a few spaces left for our next retreat in March, but i don't think they will be be around much longer.

Sarah's Cards Retreat November 2011

We've just had the 3rd Sarah's Cards retreat in Warrington over the weekend. It was a fabulous weekend, spend with an amazing bunch of ladies. Although it was very tiring i loved every minute. Think i'm suffering jet lag after travelling so far up North. :)
Check out this post over on the Sarah's Cards blog for some photos of the weekend, and keep your eyes peeled for some pictures of the class layouts that are coming soon.
This year our charity was the Alzheimer's Society which is very close to both Sarah's and my hearts. Lots of money was raised through raffling off a gorgeous quilt made by Sarah, the charity table and also from a card class i did, which £2 from each kit sold went to the charity.
Here's  the cards, that were part of the class i taught. I think i was aiming a little high to think we would get anywhere completing three cards in an hour, but most people finished them off in the crop room.

Mummy & Me

Here as promised is another one of the layouts i created at the Sarah's Cards retreat last weekend, (i've even scrapped a page since i've been home!). I'm not sure why i stopped scrapping and starting making cards because i still enjoy it. I had so much fun playing with these gorgeous MME Stella & Rose - Hazel papers, and that lace effect stamp stamps so cleanly, i just love it! The photo's are of Me and my Mum in 1968.

Sarah's Cards 2nd Retreat

This weekend was the 2nd Sarah's Cards retreat in Warrington, i drove up on Thursday, leaving home at 9am and arriving at the hotel just after 2pm, it was a long and lonely journey but i'm so proud of myself that i did it.
Just like last year the whole weekend was a blast. I loved spending time with Sarah, Lianne and the rest of the DT girls, wish we could all get together more often. There were 6 fabulous classes, make and takes, challenges, and a very well stocked shop. On Saturday evening we had a few games of bingo, which had the room fall silent.  I was the caller and got a fit of the giggles, i blame Sarah/Lianne and  a few mishaps with the balls.

We all had to decorate our own canvas aprons this year. I made lots of flowers from Buckram, using the Tim Holtz Tattered flowers die, and used almost three whole bottles of Mica Mists!

I assisted the mega talented Rachael Elliott in the classroom. Here's my example of the layout she was teaching. It was a fabulous class and very Rachael.

I actually made three layouts over the weekend, which i will share later.

I can't wait until November when we get to do it all again, with different classes of course.

There are a very limited number of spaces left for November (only 5 as i type), and you can checkout all the details here.

I scrapped!!!!

Here's the two LO's i made at the weekend, i haven't scrapped for so long i'm not sure i remembered how, think i'll stick to cards in the future.

 This one is very influenced by Rachael's work, she actually chose the papers for me, they are all from the new Prima Flights of Fancy range.  I have used one of my new MS punches on this page, which i purchased from the retreat shop. I think that this gorgeous butterfly punch is my favorite. I also bought the lace, but seem to have misplaced the rest of it. :(, think i may have left it behind.

Oh and the little baby in all these photos, that's me!

On this second LO i did a bit of gutting which our very own Lou is famous for, you'd never tell from the front, but the view from the back is a totally different story, sometimes i wonder how it's all held together. Lou is also responsible for me buying that cute MS Bird on a wire punch too.

Sorry about the poor pictures but it's raining here and i had to use my daylight lamp which caused glare in the top left of the LO.

Retreat weekend

I've just had the most perfect weekend, at the first Sarah's Cards retreat in Warrington. I met some of the loveliest people i have ever had the pleasure to meet. I chatted with them, laughed with them, and even cried (just a little). I think i drank too much water as it was leaking from my eyes. lol

These two beautiful ladies, Sarah (right) & Lianne (left) were responsible for the whole event and have been working hard planning it for almost  a year, they thought of absolutely everything, and their attention to detail was beyond amazing. I feel so honoured to be part of Sarah's design team, they are all such a great bunch of ladies, i love everyone of them to bits. 

The classes were fantastic and class kits were huge, and included far more than needed to complete the class. Everyone received a very generous goodie bag too. I think i can safely say it was a roaring success, and i'm sure it won't be last one, (please Sarah).

I assisted  the mega talent Rachael in her class, she was an amazing teacher and you'd have never have guessed it was her first time teaching. We also room shared and had lovely chats into the wee hours, i really missed that last night. :(
There was an extensive shop and i couldn't resist a little retail therapy,  a few Martha Stewart punches were calling my name so i had to bring them home, call them an early birthday pressie for next month.
I was so sad when it was all over, but i will have very happy memories forever.

I even did a little scrapbooking, something i haven't done for a while, i will share what i did when i have taken the photo's.