Scrapfest Oshawa 2010

Well, it would appear that I have been remiss in posting on my blog! I guess life just got busy and I hadn't really thought of it until someone pointed out to me that I hadn't posted once yet in 2011!

So I am going back in time to try and capture a few of the things that went on in the fall of 2010. One of the big ones for me was Scrapfest 2010 in Oshawa. It was my first time being a vendor at a purely scrapbooking/cardmaking event. It was busy and we had a great time. We got to meet so many new people and I loved seeing some of the new trends that were popular that I hadn't had a chance to try yet.

I am looking forward to doing it again in 2011 and I have to thank Tracey and Emma for helping me out - I wouldn't have been able to do it without them!

Scrapbooking layout Connor prom

My layout using the Capella line of paper from BasicGrey. I absolutely love this layout! I converted the
pictures to sepia when I printed them and it really makes the entire layout look so much more coordinated.

BasicGrey Calendars - preorder today!

Here is the look of the new 2011 BasicGrey calendars. I am ordering in limited quantities, so if you are interested please email me at Cathy@thecropstop.org.

I think they look great, using the new lines of paper from this year. I love doing them and I give them as gifts to my Mom, my Mother In Law, and my Sister In Law.

All Day - April 11th

Well, we've had another successful All Day event!

As usual, all of the attendees were so nice and are such a great group of girls. We had a lot of laughs, and got a lot done - even me! Everyone enjoyed the croissant sandwiches that I picked up at Costco, and of course the dessert was appreciated by all!

The door prize was a Bo Bunny word album kit - Beach, and was won by Crystal. I hope she has a lot of beach pictures to put in it!

Summertime

Here is my layout of my daughter and my niece last summer. I miss the green grass and warm weather, doing this layout reminded me that it's not too far away!

I used the Cosmo Cricket Snorkel papers, letters and embellishments. I loved this line, I thought it was such a versatile summer line....not just for boys!

Here is my layout of Emily finishing up her swimming lessons this past summer. I used the Karen Foster Swim team line - the papers are Swim Tiles, and the stickers are from the Swim Team as well. The cardstock was Prism - classic red.

Christopher's Swim Meet

I used the Karen Foster Swim Team line for this layout. The papers are Swimming lanes, the stickers are Swim Team, and the brads are from the swimming line as well. I used Prism classic red as the coordinating cardstock, and as usual I used my signo uniball white pen for journaling.