Scrapbooking marathon

Hello everyone and welcome back.

I was extremely busy last weekend participating in the first ever Crop & Create Delivered weekend from Scrapbook and Cards Today (SCT). 

Every September for the past 6 years, I along with 220 other women have gathered in a banquet hall at the Cornwall NavCan centre to spend 29 hours over 3 days scrapbooking precious moments. Due to COVID we were not able to gather in person this year. Despite the pandemic, Catherine Tachdjian, her family, the talented teachers and the SCT team managed to provide us, plus 700 additional women, the same experience - VIRTUALLY. 

I registered for the Crop & Create weekend back in July and in October I received, on my doorstep, a box full of supplies to complete 4 classes, some make and takes, and bonus products. It was like Christmas had come early. So exciting. I think receiving a box of crafting goodness is better than shopping for it. 

Every year I am rushing around at the last minute trying to prepare my own projects for the weekend. Gathering pictures, making project kits with paper, embellishments, stickers, etc., creating a packing list of tools and general supplies. This year, because of isolation, I was ready. I had plenty of kits/projects to work on. I had printed over 600 photos. I am going to get layouts done, memories into albums, I am going to get caught up in my monthly pocket pages. 

Um, No! 

The virtual setting was a little different than being there in person. In person, I may take one 3 hour class and the rest of the time I work on my own projects. 

The Crop & Create Delivered came with 4 fantastic classes and the class projects kept me busy for 5 days. I had taken 6 days off from work but found that 5 days is the maximum number of days I can craft non-stop.

I want to share with you my finished projects from each of the classes. Unfortunately, I will not be sharing my projects from Jess Forster - "Life by the Numbers" because much of it is journaling and quite personal. Life by the Numbers is taking a snapshot of your life right now (things you do, don't do, enjoy, don't enjoy) and journaling it in terms of numbers - like "2 is the number of hours a day I save not commuting to work" or "0 is the number of meals I love to cook" and then you expand on this for 2 to 3 sentences. It is an easy way to document your life.

Before I show the classes, I want to show my workspace for the 5 days. It didn't stay this clean but I did clean up after each project and started fresh for the next. 

The first class is from Virginia Nebel -"Collection Kit Crush". We created 4 layouts and the purpose was to use most of the kit. 

She did an amazing job at crushing the kit. This is all that I have left on my 12 x 12 sticker sheet.

Next we have Vicki Boutin - "Our Happy Home interactive album". I had never done an interactive album before and Vicki teaches it in a manner that is easy to follow. I am only showing a few pages from the album; some of my favorites.

Lastly we have Nicole Nowosad - "Creative Collage". Virginia crushed the kit but Nicole's techniques would definitely crush our scraps. I only managed to complete one of 3 projects that Nicole taught this weekend. I do plan on getting the others done before the end of this year. Fingers crossed.

I don't think I have ever used so much foam tape but it makes this layout sturdy.

Here are some of the bonus projects that SCT included in the box.

I did manage to complete one of my own layouts.

SCT is going to offer another Crop & Create Delivered in April 2021 and I can't wait.