Only Seven Days Until CROPPED!!!

Gals,

It is just seven days until our fabulous "CROPPED" event happens. You do NOT want to miss this fun competition. What is CROPPED? Well imagine four experienced scrapbookers sitting at their respective seats with all their scrapbook supplies and four mystery packets in front of them. There will be four elements plus a layout that they MUST incorporate into their scrapbook pages. In 20 minutes they will be asked to design a 6"x6" page with an unknown picture and unknown papers, and embellishments. All four gals will have identical items in their mystery packets so the challenge will be to take the provided layout and supplies and make their pages stand out from each other.

We will have three experienced judges from the scrapbook world. Each one will add her "artist's eye" and pick the one scrapbooker who will be "CROPPED" from the competition. The three remaining gals will be moving on to the second round and the process will continue. In round two they will be making 8"x8" pages with new mystery elements and pictures. Again the gals will take the 30 minutes given for round two and create pages that are imaginative, use all the elements and the given layout and make a "stand out" page. The one whose page is the least effective in making her page her own will again be CROPPED.

Finally the last two gals have 30 minutes to make a 12"x12" page and the judges will then eliminate the one gal whose page is the least effective in using the elements provided. The last one standing will be given the title, "CROPPED CHAMPION" and will win some fabulous prizes.

All the gals who worked so hard will come away with ribbons, prizes and a really fun time. The rest of the onlookers will have the fun of being cheerleaders for the gals. We hope you will be a part of the fun and think about competing in our next CROPPED challenge.

Our thanks to Barnes & Noble, Michael's of Midland, Texas, Creative Memories, Scrapping the Moments of Snyder, Texas and our noble judges and brave contestants. For more information you can email me at cerwelt@gmail.com.

When: November 9th, 2010 at 7:00PM (come early for good seating)
Where: Barnes & Noble, Midland Texas
Why: 1st CROPPED competition
Who: Anyone who loves paper crafting of any kind

Cost: Free, but please bless B & N by either picking up a book or buying a cuppa java at the cafe.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Cerise Welter
Permian Basin Jewels Paper Crafters
Ambassador

CROPPED

Please mark your calendars on November 9th 7:00pm at Barnes & Noble, Midland Texas for this fun scrapbooking competition! Four experienced scrapbookers will go head to head creating one of a kind pages using secret pictures, papers, embellishments, layouts and more. You want to come early to get a cuppa something yummy at the Barnes & Noble Cafe and to get a good seat. Space is limited but the fun is not. Hope to see you there!

For more info email me at cerwelt@gmail.com

Cerise Welter
Permian Basin Jewels Paper Crafters
Ambassador


-Enjoying life and the challenge of life in Christ.

CROPPED T-Minus 2 Weeks and Counting

Gals,

It is just two weeks until our fabulous "CROPPED" event happens. You do NOT want to miss this fun competition. What is CROPPED? Well imagine four experienced scrapbookers sitting at their respective seats with all their scrapbook supplies and four mystery packets in front of them. There will be four elements plus a layout that they MUST incorporate into their scrapbook pages. In 20 minutes they will be asked to design a 6"x6" page with an unknown picture and unknown papers, and embellishments. All four gals will have identical items in their mystery packets so the challenge will be to take the provided layout and supplies and make their pages stand out from each other.

We will have three experienced judges from the scrapbook world. Each one will add her "artist's eye" and pick the one scrapbooker who will be "CROPPED" from the competition. The three remaining gals will be moving on to the second round and the process will continue. In round two they will be making 8"x8" pages with new mystery elements and pictures. Again the gals will take the 30 minutes given for round two and create pages that are imaginative, use all the elements and the given layout and make a "stand out" page. The one whose page is the least effective in making her page her own will again be CROPPED.

Finally the last two gals have 30 minutes to make a 12"x12" page and the judges will then eliminate the one gal whose page is the least effective in using the elements provided. The last one standing will be given the title, "CROPPED CHAMPION" and will win some fabulous prizes.

All the gals who worked so hard will come away with ribbons, prizes and a really fun time. The rest of the onlookers will have the fun of being cheerleaders for the gals. We hope you will be a part of the fun and think about competing in our next CROPPED challenge.

Our thanks to Barnes & Noble, Michael's of Midland, Texas, Creative Memories, Scrapping the Moments of Snyder, Texas and our noble judges and brave contestants. For more information you can email me at cerwelt@gmail.com.

When: November 9th, 2010 at 7:00PM (come early for good seating)
Where: Barnes & Noble, Midland Texas
Why: 1st CROPPED competition
Who: Anyone who loves paper crafting of any kind

Cost: Free, but please bless B & N by either picking up a book or buying a cuppa java at the cafe.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Cerise Welter
Permian Basin Jewels Paper Crafters
Ambassador

October PB & J Paper Crafter's Meeting

Gals,

Just a quick reminder that we have our monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, October 12th. We will be covering the plans for November's competition, planning upcoming workshops, CROPS, and discussing what it will take to make our group more organized and efficient. Ammie Riggs will also be bringing "Embellish Your Story" goodies.

We will be writing the rules for "CROPPED" and sharing all the ins and outs of this really fun event. We have sponsors including Barnes & Noble, Michael's, Scrapping the Moments, Creative Memories and Stampin Up! All will be adding door prizes for the November meeting and grand prize for the CROPPED champion. You will not want to miss the next couple of meetings as they will be so full of good information and fun.

I will be bringing a fun CD for the PB & J October monthly CD. I'll do my best to print out a nice selection from the CD so you gals can see just how much fun they are. The cost is $5.00 to cover the CD, labels and envelopes. All the content is free, but I must recover the cost to burn the files.

Looking forward to seeing you there. Don't forget to invite a friend.

When: Tuesday, October 12th 7:00PM
Where: Barnes & Noble, Midland, TX Off of loop 250 behind Olive Garden
Why: Fun, fun and oh yes, fun! Door prizes, new techniques and gals who share like interests.
Who: Anyone who CROPS, makes cards, uses paper in creative ways

For more information or directions you can email me at: cerwelt@gmail.com

See you there

And The Winner Is....

I had a wonderful booth for PB & J Paper Crafters at the Permian Basin Fair this year. I had a drawing for a door prize. (A gift bag full of all sorts of goodies.) I know everyone wants to know who won so I'm announcing here that Melody Daniels of Wink, Texas won it.

I now need to mail it to her. Thanks for everyone who came by the booth and supported me. I'm hoping to have some other gals sit for an hour or so and make crafts AND submit goodies in the fair. If you'd like to enter something next year let me know. I'll walk you through the process. I know I loved winning 14 ribbons, but I know that had you gals submitted that number would have been much smaller! So seriously think about a card, a scrapbook or page you'd like to enter. I have minimal experience in this arena and won. I can only imagine what you gals with years of paper crafting experience could do.

Have an awesome weekend. I'm going to a CROP tomorrow and having a workshop at "The Littlest CROP House in West Texas" on Sunday afternoon (Gardendale, TX). If you'd like to know more let me know. You can always reach me at cerwelt@gmail.com. I get my emails on my cell and answer real mail VERY quickly.

Till then.

Cerise Welter
PB & J Paper Crafters
Ambassador

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.

CROPPED!!!

Hey you GALS!!! Tonight is going to be so much fun. We have a great guest speaker (Ammie Riggs) and she's bringing an awesome presentation. She's demoing "Embellish Your Story". This product allows you to actually display your favorite scrapbook pages in a creative and easily changeable way. You pick a magnetic background in one of several colors. Then you choose the magnetic words and embellishments that not only hold your page but dress it up. You can create a triptych (three pages) or even just a two page spread of your favorite pages. You will love this demo and would hate it if you missed it.

NEXT we're planning our November competition "CROPPED". Loosely based on the TV show, "CROPPED" from the Food Network (http://www.foodnetwork.com), this game will be a blast. We will have three gals lined up on a scrapbooking table. Each will be given identical scrapbook supplies (gals need to bring their own photos and tools). They will compete for 30 minutes and make a layout. After time is called their work will be judged. The one with the lowest score will be eliminated. Then we repeat the process. Again the pages will be judged. The winner gets a great prize and the other gals will get ribbons. I know it will be great fun. I need all of you to come and help me determine rules, and plan all the details.

We will also talk about the fair because there are still several days left to come see the Creative Arts submissions (BARN G) at the Permian Basin Fair. I really want to submit cards, scrapbooks and other paper crafts from our gals so we'll talk about next year's theme and how EASY it is to submit and win. It's so nice to have folks see your work (after all most of our scrapbooks are relegated to coffee tables or bins in the attic).

If you have ANY questions you can email me at cerwelt@gmail.com.

When: Sept 14, 7:00PM
Where: Barnes & Noble, Midland TX
What else: door prizes, and don't forget to get something good from the cafe!

Come be part of the fun.

Cerise Welter
Permian Basin Jewels Paper Crafters
Ambassador