Meeting Notes

I have been so busy with the Permian Basin Fair that I am just now putting up the meeting highlights from our September meeting. Ammie Riggs was our guest speaker and her presentation was great. She brought a new product for us to enjoy, "Embellish Your Story". Here she is putting one of her favorite scrapbook pages on the metal display board and adding the cute magnet embellishments. I can hardly wait for October so we can see and buy the fall embellishments. I WANT the pumpkin and the little cute magnets. My fridge is black and the ladybugs I bought are adorable on it as well!

We also discussed the upcoming competition, "CROPPED" and had four gals sign us as contestants and one as an alternate. If you missed this meeting you'll really want to come to October's meeting to learn more about this fun new event we're going to make a regular part of our "Must Do" list. If you want to learn more about CROPPED read the previous blog posting.

I shared a technique using the new "Day of Gratitude" rubber stamps from Stampin' Up! and the marker pens. We will be using this new technique at my monthly stamp club meeting in Gardendale. If you haven't signed up holler. We'll also be doing some cute "Trick or Treat" cards with hilarious punched embellishments. Hope you come. You can always email me at cerwelt@gmail.com to learn more about the stamp club.

I'm working on something fun for October's meeting. I like to be a couple month's ahead, but getting ready for the fair really set me behind. I'm also collecting cards and scrapbook pages for our group submission for next year. You can submit any kind of greeting card, paper craft or scrapbook (single pages as well) and I will submit it under the group's name with the individual name of the gal submitting. I want everyone in the group to go home with a ribbon next year! Think about it now and when you make duplicates of something save it for our box and I'll keep them until we can submit next September.

We will be discussing forming an actual club next month so if you're interested in really participating and adding your thoughts PLEASE come. I have been the "little red hen" in previous clubs and know better. I will let this club go if I can't get gals interested in helping. I need you and your gifts. I don't mind starting something, but keeping a dead horse alive isn't my goal. If you love scrapbooking and love sharing your hobby with others then I need you to participate. Good clubs don't survive with one person doing all the work. They get old, dry and boring. Your thoughts, your creativity makes this thing work.