Post Retreat

I got back Sunday afternoon from a 4 day scrapbook retreat. I had a blast. As usual, I took too much stuff. I have been trying to plan for these better by deciding on what projects I'm going to work on ahead of time but that just didn't happen.

I met some new people, got better acquainted with some others, learned some new things, ate wonderfully home-cooked food, enjoyed some amazing sunsets, laughed so hard I couldn't breathe and did some crafting. All in all it was a pretty productive weekend.

One of my dear scrapbook friends and fellow horse lover had a birthday the first day of the retreat. I made her this card.

I've used this image before on another card I made not too long ago. It's a Mo Manning image. I just love it! I colored it with my copic markers, used some MME patterned paper and some ribbon from my stash.

I did get some page layouts done. I also made some Christmas cards.

I stamped with the star with Versa Mark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Then I stamp the word "joy" with Versa Mark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The ribbon is from my stash. I'm still playing with this one. I'm thinking about using a white background and embossing the star with red then the word "joy" with gold.

I also made a tag. I had hoped to make more but I lost my momentum.

The entire scene is an embossing folder. I colored the image using a blender pen and my TH Distress inks. I then used liquid pearl for the white on the penguin and the Santa hat. I used stickles on the snowflakes, the ornaments on the tree and the snow on the ground. I used my blending tool to add a little color on the rest of the tag.

Monday night I made a birthday card for my granddaughter Remi. Her birthday is Thursday and I needed to get it in the mail Tuesday so she would get it in time.

I used Seems A Little Sketchy: Sketch 26 for this card. The papers are Authentique "Lively". The image is a rubber stamp I purchased at my LSS Cat's Creations. I don't know what company. I colored with my copic markers and fussy cut her out. I used a Spellbinders die behind her. The ribbon is from my stash.

After reading my friend Sandy's blog I decided to do a card for Clear It Out Challenge. The challenge is to use red from your stash and anything goes. Since I need to make Christmas cards, I pulled some scraps from my Christmas box.

This is more of a burgundy than a bright red. The ribbon is also burgundy. I circle cut the "Happy Holidays". The paper is We R Memory Keepers. These papers were left over from making my mother a little Christmas book of last year. I think it turned out kinda cute.

It's WOW Wednesday at Cat's Creations blog. Blog candy is the prize to a random commenter to mine or any other blogs linked up to Cat's so check them all out. If you have a blog, be sure to link up. We would love to see your creations!

Have a good one!