Well what a fantastic weekend!  The Stamparoos had our annual camp and wow what a great time we had.  My upline and gorgeous friend Ngaire Anderson did a wonderful job in organising our camp and as last year, it was a great event.  We started off on Friday night with a group dinner and then got serious with our swaps.  As there was 30 of us there it certainly made for a long but fun night of stamping.  I remember thinking at about 9.30 we were travelling well and it wouldn’t be that late a night but I think I put my last stamp down at 1am and then of course with 4 girls giggling in bunk beds there was not much chance of a quick goodnight.  My roomies Keesh, Charmaine & Monnie Moo all have a wicked sense of humour and we always have a good laugh and enjoy a fantastic friendship! Thanks again Stampin’ Up! for introducing me to such wonderful friends.

Saturday morning I was first up teaching the ladies this beautiful Christmas Album.  I purchased the class tutorial from Andrea Walford and just fell in love with it.  I can’t wait to have some lovely Christmas pics to put in it!

The front cover

Inside front cover

Another fold

This pic shows the album fully unfolded however it doesn’t do the album justice as you can’t see all the backs of the pages.

It really is pretty spectacular and the colours and papers are just beautiful.  To make this album I have used the I Wish Simply Scrappin’ kit.  It uses only a half a kit so  you can make this whole album plus have enough papers and die cuts left over to make loads of Christmas cards or a second album for a gift. 

I am going to run a class in my home to make this album in mid November so watch this space to find out more details. 

After lunch we were treated to some more classes from the lovely Charmaine and Jan.  Charmaine showed a technique called smooshing which so simple and so effective and makes a terrific background.  It’s also a little bit of fun and so easy to do with just ink and water!  Char had asked us to bring in an old style photo to go with the page she planned and I’m pleased to say my page turned out beautifully.  For this page we used Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa and Choc Chip ink and the stamp set is Sense of Time from the Summer Mini Catalogue.

I really love how this page turned out!

Next up was a Fantasy Keepsake Box presented by Jan White.  We could choose our own papers and colours for this and it was wonderful to see all the different creations around the room.  This came together really easily once we got the hang of the box making and as I just love the Parisian Breeze DSP in the Summer Mini so am really pleased with it.  I have embellished the top some more of the DSP punched out and topped off with a button from the Button Boquet collection.

Last but not least, here is a pic of the Stamparoos!  What a fine looking bunch and what a great group of women.  Thanks ladies for another unforgettable stamping event!

Have a great week!