Best Crop in Years ~

That's awesome! I kind of had a good one...I managed to troubleshoot my cameo software so that I can use it in the morning and made a layout last night that just needs journaling. Note: I did not use a cut file on that layout. Hopefully on one today.

That is great! I really miss having a LSS with crops.

I did get into my scrap space last night. I cleaned it up, sorted a huge order of photos, and started a layout.

This is beautiful.

I did go to a crop this weekend and really, it checked of everything for me that makes a perfect crop. I even chatted with those two irritating ladies from my last week's crop ON PURPOSE!

My friends and I are going to a crop 8/26 at our LSS which is 45 min away. It is always a nice group, good light, 1/2 of an 8' table, cushy chairs, nice snacks and plain music at a decent volume, a little chilly, but I bring a l/s shirt for that. We always have a theme, take a group picture and are given supplies for a one page layout for the theme. This crop, the theme is Sweet Treats. We are supposed to bring a recipe for something Sweet. We haven't been since May (NSD), so we are looking forward to the crop.

grammadee and I had a crop of sorts. Just the two of us at her house. I made 17 pages in two days and she made 26? or so. Less distractions (except for her garden) and no store although Dee has enough stuff that she is willing to share that I don't miss it. We do this a couple of times a year.

not a 'great' scrappy day, but I typically don't scrap at home at ALL during the weekend, so... for me, it was a pretty big deal. I finished a four-page layout (minus the journaling and a title) last night while we were catching up on Netflix tv series episodes. It's pretty simple (mostly cardstock and a few embellishments), but hey, it's [almost] done!

ETA:  my next task is editing photos and sending an order to Costco, because I'm going to be attending 2 1/2 days of cropping at the SB store over Labor Day weekend.  (I think it's going to be kind of tough, though, because it's the stores *last hurrah* crop right before they close...     I anticipate feeling pretty sad about it, even while we're having fun SB'ing.)

I have a scrapbooking group that meets the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month from 6-10pm... I love it and it makes me want to scrapbook all through the weekend!

Yes we do, and it IS fun!  The best play dates are scrappy play dates!

Ooh! Ooh! Pictures?

My Distress and Distress Oxide haul arrived yesterday from Joann's sale, and I'm looking for ideas!

Here is the photo. I smooshed the oxides onto my craft mat, then sprayed with a homemade Perfect Pearls and water mix. I pressed watercolor paper to the oxides, drying with my heat tool between pressings, until I was happy with the look. I let them dry for an hour or more, then cut them with the MFT Big Thanks die and mounted them onto 110# black card stock.

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The one with the speech bubble (my favorite) was an afterthought when I realized I had the LF Speech Bubble die (oops!) The little guy is from an old October Afternoon set called Night Light - no dies so he was fussy-cut.


Sorry it's sideways, and so small.  

Thanks kate . The thing I learned with the oxides is you need to dry them between pressings so the inks don't get muddy and if the watered down ink on my craft mat gets muddy I wipe it off and put fresh smooshes down, then resume my pressing. I have a lot of practice pages. Also if you add a small amount of Perfect Pearls in your water it gives the project an iridescent sheen.

(I'm not sure if it's actually called smooshes and pressings, but it's what I'm doing)