October Workshop

We all had such a great time at our October workshop that the time just flew by. This workshop was a little different in that we invitied a couple of gals who do Stampin' Up to come and teach us how to make an exploding scrapbook box, which they did, plus had us make four cards as well. Carrie (my cousin) and Jenna were fun and informative and did a great job with us slow learners. (I had actually learned how to make the box from a dear friend at work, Renee, who is a Close To My Heart consultant, and wanted to share this with my group, however, only having done the box once with my friend I wasn't confidant enough to show them how so we brought in the experts.)

The box is easy to do but very time consuming and detailed but when you are finished you have a great gift for someone or to keep for yourself. I have included some pictures of the box I made for my friend Karen who is our member-in-spirit. The first picture is the finished product and the second one is still under construction. The last picture shows the box folded with its lid on. It was very fun to do and turned out fabulous! We did all the stamping on the box before we put it together. I did my stamping at the workshop and then took it home and finished it with the photos and embellishments. I found it easier to complete each section then when I had finished all the sections I assembled my box by attaching all the layers.



Besides the box we made four cards, each a different theme, and of course, had a great time doing that as well. I don't do much card making -- but I like it -- it's just that I have so much scrapbooking to do that I don't get a lot of time to sit and make cards. Some of the other gals are avid card makers and do go to a lot of stamp camps. Here are a few of the cards that we made!



I did learn how I can incorporate stamping into my scrapbooking and can't wait to start using some of the tips I learned. All in all it was a great day spent having fun and being creative -- two of the things we love to do best!!!