Crop & Create Sep 2024

I worked on the spring items at a weekend retreat earlier this year. From what they saw, five of my friends signed up for this fall event. We are working on our unfinished classes together at our November retreat. 

I love the value of the SCT events. They have also helped me cut back on my other shopping.

I was thinking the same thing--my two fav's were the Baking Spirits Bright and the penguin cards you ladies have shared. But all your cards look amazing. Just thinking that I would have had the most fun with those two kits.

Glad you are back marg, hope you have a speedy recovery!

I actually finished all 16 classes and the mini Altenew class. Made 55 cards in total. Here is a link to the cards I made, photos aren't great: pin.it/4FwDjSgfZ

The only cards I haven't done are Jennifer McGuire's cards in her inspiration video and one of LDRS bonus cards. Those were gorgeous and maybe one day I'll work on those. I wish she taught the class live, she is a wonderful instructor.

Glad I tried all the classes, even the ones I didn't think I would like. I am sure someone I know will like them. I loved all the ink blending, die cutting, and folding classes. I tried but I am just not a fan of mixed media and pastes, it's too messy for me but it does give a very pretty look.

Overall, that was a really fantastic event. I signed up for the March event since I know they always put on a great event. Now I need to go and finish last year's fall event before the March event.

Hello all. Love seeing all the pretty cards!

I lost power for several days with Helene during the live classes , and had no internet when power came back up. Once I got both those back, I got called up to help run a laundry trailer for Disaster Relief, as a lot of our area was without power for two weeks. After that, the trailer has moved to an evacuation shelter and been running there. So busy, busy, busy. I think I jinxed myself by paying for the retreat, LOL. I still am not complaining though, because about 40 minutes from me, Westenrn NC is heartbreaking . I still have a home, although I have not been here much, and all my people stayed safe.

Anyways, I have worked through a few things here and there.

Random thoughts: Lawn Fawn in traditional Christmas colors. Still don't like/not good at coloring, but the mice were minimal so I think it worked. And they are cute. Did not love the light stencil like I thought I would, but suprised at how much I ended up likeing the mice and stamped lights. And the die cut. First thought was ewwww when I saw the sneak, but I think I really like the be Merry. Taylored Expressions with diff colors, and I liked them more than I thought I would. I am a stencil fan, so no surprises there. I finished all three of Cathy Z/Concord and 9th. Used their colors. Not my fave colors, my brain was too fried to look for alternatives, but suprisingly, don't hate them. Love that cupcake. Finished Brutus Monroe. I thought they would be some of my favorites, but I decided I do not like rub ons. And his ink was a disaster. My pad was opposite his, as some of the commenters said as well, and all my color was basically the same mixed orange funk. But I did hear him say on the video it should not have been stored on its side, which mine was in a mesh bag. Product fail. Also thinking that the card designs should not have been based on rub-ons that were limited release. Yes, I get buying more product. But those will not be available anymore after he sells what he ordered, so what is the strategy there? He was not even going to offer those, but did last minute. I love the stamps and dies , though, and will use them some more.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Honey Bee dies. Have no clue what i will use them for as I don't know a lot of bakers, but inking, stenciling and glueing the little pieces has been cathartic in all my Helene chaos, and they are so cute. Bummed that the wreath is not a stamp, but some of that paper will be available for purchase. For now, I have copied it onto cardstock in my inkjet printer/copier. Sssshhhhhhhhh.

I am going back and forth on March. This was my first Crop and Create. I feel guilty signing up for another one, since I have done so little of this one. But I really intended on doing most of it real time and had prepped most of the classes. Mother Nature had other plans. It has pushed me already, as I am finding things I like that I did not think I would. And the prep and lead up, meet and greet videos, etc has been fun. I can see being burned out after doing a few, but I am not yet after just this one. I like the class descriptions for March. Will prob end up sighing up. Hoepefully I will find the time to post pics on the near futur.

Ok, ladies, please help me out.

I've been crazy busy and I've only done a couple classes. Defective products need to be reported by Oct 31st. I've checked and I'm not missing anything, but I've got stuff going on and don't have the time to check every kit for defects. So, did any of you have any defective products? If so, which ones and I'll check those. Thanks in advance.

I'm just gonna say that I absolutely love the color combo for the P&M kit (I'm using GinaK inks, but similar colors). I might use that combo for the TE cards. And I love that the P&M papers are loose. Can you tell which class I started with? haha