Levant Crop

 Sandy Tompsett, Creative Memories Consultant, held another great crop at Levant this weekend.  I got a lot done.  I'm working on Project Life 2011 and decided to purchase a 2nd Project Life kit to get my 2010 photos into an album.  I'm having a lot of fun with this very different way of "scrapbooking" this type of album.  The good news I'm mostly finished through October 2010!  And hope to finish the rest next weekend at Anna Estus' crop in Kennedy.  Here's a general view of one half of the room.

In the next photo, Amber Smith, owner of the online store, Amber's Scrap Attic is helping a couple of croppers with her make'n take and answering a customer's question.
And in the last photo, Sandy Tompsett (standing, dressed in black) is talking with a couple of croppers. 
Just a reminder that this Tuesday is the One Little Word Blog Hop again.  Hope you'll stop back here for that.

What I've been up to

It may seem like I've not been creating or into crafting for a period of time, however, I have been doing a lot of things related to creating.  The photos on the left were taken at Scrap Stamp Art Tour at the Fairgrounds in Hamburg, NY.  From top to bottom are the following booths - Scrap Dazzle (online store), Buffalo Stamps and my friend Amber's online store Amber's Attic.  Links to their stores and/or blogs are below.  I was one of the first through the door so the booths haven't gotten busy yet - it was nice I could get up close and see all the goodies very well.  I've also been to JoAnn's, Michaels and AC Moore using their coupons to save on my purchases along with visiting Buffalo Stamps the day before the Scrap Stamp Art Tour.  I'm stocking up on supplies for the holidays and for creating through the winter months. I've also been been watching quite a few videos - Suzanne Dean's, Marianne Walker's, Tim Holtz's - to name a few.  I've been using my Cricut a lot cutting stuff for Christmas cards & tags - nothing is put together yet but once I get going I'll show you what I've come up with.  I've also colored several images with my Copic markers - I just have to put those together as well.  Hope everyone has had a nice Labor Day weekend.

Preparing for Amber's Crop

My friend, Amber, the owner of Amber's Scrap Attic (online store) is hosting a crop this coming Sat. and I'm spending part of the day to get my stuff together for that. Its been awhile since I've actually been able to go to a crop to work on my scrapbooking! I've promised myself that I will try to regularly work on my family's album this year. In the past, I've either been a vendor or teaching so this should be a relaxing and hopefully productive crop for me. I'm trying to be very careful and avoid the "taking everything but the kitchen sink" mentality. I have my layouts planned and in some cases already done except for adding photos, journaling & final touches. My photos are in the page protectors with the embellishments for those pages. I still need to get some coordinating papers and a few more embellishments together. I also need to make some titles with my Cricut this week. Pack my tools in my rolling tote and I'll be ready to go! Check out the link to Amber's website below the posts. Future crops and craft events are listed to the right.