Back from the weekend retreat

It was a great time and I enjoyed quite a few laughs...

I have to say the best incident was a delay in supper being served and it sparked a scene from the Snickers commercial.

Great Bunch of Ladies to scrap with!

Over all I came home with 23 pages...
SO that works out to be...
* 9 pages completely finish just need to slide them into the correct albums.
* 11 pages that just need the date added or just a touch of something.
BUT mainly just the correct date...since when I printed them they only had the month and/or year.
* 3 pages started and a bunch of photos cropped and ready to go!

I had brought a bunch of Christmas pictures to scrap and a pile of cards with ideas...BUT just needed more time!!!!!!

This was the 1st time I attended a crop/retreat with nothing ready to go...
What I mean is I usually pull all the papers to match the photos and group them together and even sometimes include those embellishments too!
Which means a bunch of extra paper bins loaded up...

Here is some of what I got done on Friday!

A Random Fun Page to get me going...

Just need to add the date...

On to a page that needed to done to finish off our moving road trip to Newfoundland.

Title made from Scraps out of Jennifer's Scrap Bin...She does have a good stash.

Page 1 from pictures I forgot were on my phone from our moving road trip to Newfoundland.

Usual Pit Stop at Cabela's in Scarborough, ME

My Journaling tag from my left over scraps.

Page 2 in the store having fun after being stuck in car seats.

The 2 page spread...

Now It's School Time for a bit!

Some stitching I did and washi tape.

Fun using my Close To My Heart Cricut - Artbooking cartridge and stamps.

Journaling & Date

The Big Picture all together ready to slip into her album.

I had to back up a year and a half to finish her Kinderstart page.

Using CTMH - Classmate Alpha Stamp Set

The Date and Marshmallow Snowmen using the CTMH - Vintage Type Alpha Stamp Set

Borrowed a snowman punch and added a pearl belly.

Full View

Mya Dog and The Boy who named her....

Because when asked who's dog she is, his response is "MY A DOG"

Using the Cricut - Paper Pups Cartridge

The Boy and his "MY A dog"

My Back To School Page is up over on XOXO Scrapbooking!

SO, the night before school my husband was singing the Staples TV commercial tune..."It's the most wonderful time of the year!"  I have to admit I was looking forward to school starting too!
We only have one in school right now and she is only in 1st Grade this year!

My daughter was super excited picking out her School Gear but not so much for 1st Grade!

Check out what the rest of the XOXO Design Team has created for Back-To-School.

Now on to my page.... 

Using the Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge I cut out the post and sign for my title. Embossed the edges of the sign and my title. For the post I traced the edge in a hot pink gel pen to add dimension to the page. 

Using Studio Calico Yearbook paper I border punched the edge with Notebook punch and ink distressed using Bamboo ink from Close To My Heart. Doodled here and there and added my journaling.

Here is the completed page I created using those tags for her School gear.