Oak Knoll Winery First Annual Scrapbook Event

Here's the room with everyone working hard on their projects.  We had 15 women in all.  Everyone got a lot done and had a lot of fun. 

Here's me sitting for a second enjoying the fabulous brownies.

Here's the food all set up.  We had BBQ beef sandwiches, veggie lassagne, fresh fruit, an amazing salad with a dressing made with some Oak Knoll wine.  It was wonderful and all made by the fabulous Tasting Room Manager Natalie.

Take a look at this brownie!  It has some Oak Knoll Toasted Cow Red wine in it.  It was so yummy!

Everyone got to taste up to 6 different wines from the list of Oak Knoll wines.   I made it through 4 and loved them all.  I don't drink much or often so this was plenty for me.  We played a fun little Leprechaun Left-Right game that I wrote especially for the day. 

One special group of ladies were there working on a very special project.  They had all the books, notes, and pictures of a close friend who is suffering from cancer.  These ladies took it upon themselves to finish the albums their friend had started.  The self-designated 'non-crafty' ladies took it upon themselves to sort through all the photos.  While others worked on school albums and baby albums putting in pictures and leaving space for their friend to write a few words to her children.  I got to help them crop some photos and cut some photo mats.  I didn't help as much as I would have liked as I was pulled away with questions and I felt somewhat in the way of their very driven mission.  I also didn't want to ask too many questions because I feared with all the wine flowing we'd all be sobbing.  I pray that they are able to accomplish their task so that their friend can see the albums and add her special notes to the pages for her children.  Afterall this is the reason we scrapbook - to leave something of ourselves behind for our children.

Scrapbooking in Wine Country!

Well today is the day.  I'm off to Oak Knoll Winery to sample some fabulous Oregon wines, have a delicious lunch catered by Reedville Cafe, and I will teach the 2-page layout pictured below.  We have 15 signed up for the first ever scrapbook event at the winery and I hope we can make it an annual or even semi-annual event.

Here's the layout:

The pattern is from the How-to book Magic is retiring very soon.  I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut the flowers, stamped them in Olive Exclusive Ink using D 1491 Hooray Bouquet.  I added some bling buttons from the bling assortment Z1466, and Paradise Paper Flowers Z1710.  The bases are Bamboo cardstock and the B&T is from the Florentine paper pack X7153B.  Everything can be found on my website http://karencpa.ctmh.com

Check back later today (or maybe tomorrow depending on how much wine I taste today) for pictures of the winery and the class.

Until then, everyone have a fabulous day and don't forget to Cut, Paste and always Accessorize!


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My Superhero!

I have not been able to update my blog as planned.  I've spent a good part of February fighting the colds that are going around.  However, I managed to get a couple of layouts completed over the weekend.  I used the Superhero Paper pack with the stampset from the Workshop on the Go.  I just love the black and white photos on the comic strip paper. 

Check out the height on that jump too!

Harrison doesn't care that he's in a class full of girls.  He loves to dance when the music is playing and he loves the applause even more.  I used some of the Superhero complements on this layout with the Dimensional Elements Stars and Comic Badge Buttons that come in the workshop on the go kit.  Fast, easy, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!

Items used: Superhero WOTG G1037; Superhero Complements Rub-ons X7152C; Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Z1686.

Want to get the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge for 1/2 price or even free?  Host a PARTY with me and you can select the Art Philosophy cartridge as a 1/2 price item.  Want if FREE?  In March you get it FREE when you sign up as Close to My Heart consultant on my team!   Now the opportunity to make extra cash, catch up on your scrapbooking, and throw fun parties comes with Art Philosophy! 

Want to know more about the opportunity? Join me March 1st, March 8th, March 22, or March 29 to hear about it.  Email me at karen.gerlach@comcast.net to RSVP.