Class at Scrapbook Island...

Had a great time at Scrapbook Island teaching my Tattered Angels Textured Backgrounds class.

The girls had fun digging for charms in the treasure chest....

 

 and getting creative with Glimmer Glam!  Here are bits and pieces of a few of the fabulous creations from the day.

A Trip to Colorado...

Had a great time visiting with my ACP friends in Colorado Springs over the weekend.  

Note to self for future travels…double-check the weather report BEFORE you get to the airport, not AFTER you’re already packed and AT the airport…last I checked, it was supposed to be in the 80s...

We had a great time catching up, eating, cropping, eating, creating, eating, and shopping…and did I mention eating? 

I brought a variety of things for the girls to make a fabric card and alter bottles. 

One night, everyone altered one of several spice jars for Hayley's booth.  Here's mine...

and here's the spice rack full of them...not bad considering tequila was going around the table as well...

 and then the next day, we decorated a bottle to take home.  Here's mine...

 and a group shot of some of the others.

The "Grande Mark Challenge"

It's been a very long time since I've blogged, but what a great way to start blogging again by telling you about the "GrandeMark Challenge" I entered into. I just love my AccuCut machine!

I had been checking my email and watching my phone all morning before I went off to have a creative play day with a couple of friends because today was the day the winner would be announced. I entered the AccuCut challenge in all but one of the categories, hoping maybe one of my entries would win one of the $100 shopping sprees---a girl can never have too many AccuCut dies.

It was early evening by the time I returned home.  I thought I had read that winners would first be notified by email or phone.  I didn't receive an email before my play date, and I didn't get a phone either. Oh well.  When I got home I checked my email and saw a generic email from Accucut with the subject line:  "See Who Won the GrandeMark Challenge" so I opened it to see who the winners were and saw this:

So I clicked on that red "See who won!" button... and boy, was I ever surprised to see this!

WOOOOOHOOOOOO!  I was the "Grande" Prize Winner!