It's A Date!!

Dig out your calendar! Save the date! The date for the 5th annual Go All Night Scrapbook Event is March 2-4th, 2012!
It is sure to be our best one yet!
All night Scrapbooking & Crafting, complete with great food, prizes, services and pampering! We are always imitated, but never duplicated!
Stay tuned for more info as we start the planning for our fifth and most fabulous event ever!

A decade...

It is hard to believe that ten years have past since that dreadful day when the Twin Towers fell. This is just a wish and a prayer of hope for our neighbors to the South, as the sun rises tomorrow.

Stay safe,
Bonnie

I'll Make Ya Famous

This is one of the best movie quotes ever! Spoken by William H. Bonney in Young Guns.
Well,the quote is not new. What is new is the Fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker!
And nearly every attendee from our 2011 Go All Night scrapbook fundraiser is in it!
That's right! Pick up your issue today and check out our moment of fame!
Make sure to drop into the CS Facebook page and thank them for "makin' us famous"

Till next time
B

Great Times, Great ideas!

Hot Hot Hot! Hope your summer is going great! I apologize for the delay in posting, but sometimes you have to live your life and document it later!

First off, I want to share that we took in a fabulous crop down in Grande Prairie, AB with Tanya Fix and her team at Artully Inspired. A nice store, with great food service and a perfect location to the rest of the city! It was a weekend filled with friends, shopping, great food and some interesting scrapbooking.
One thing Tanya shared, was her love for the new Tim Holtz Distress Stain. Here is a link to the ever-popular http://www.scrapbook.com/ that shows how you can apply this fun stuff to your next project: http://www.scrapbook.com/videos/?m=view&v=2049

Then, I want to share another fun opportunity for those of you ready to attend a scrapbook weekend in September.

Scrapbook for a Cure
September 16/17 in High Level, AB at the BEST CANADIAN MOTOR INN
Early Bird registration is only $50!! before August 26th!
They will feed you and treat you all weekend!
T-shirts and classes are available!
Great room rates for out-of-town travellers!
Call Cindy at 780-841-8568 for more info!

(Psssst! I think they might even show you a few tricks with distress stain..................)


Finally, I just wanted to let everyone who will listen know that our Relay for Life team for the Canadian Cancer Society (a.k.a: Fighting Down Under) is presently selling teal rubber bracelets to share awareness of Cervical Cancer.
We will be actively fundraising throughout the year to support the team. Whether you are a scrapbooker, or not, if you would like to show your support, please drop me a line and let me know at bonnies@fvsd.ab.ca .Any ideas are welcome!

Take care, and enjoy the sun!

Summer is Approaching...

Are you a summer scrapbooker?
Summer is a fabulous time for taking pictures! The natural daylight and sunshine, mixed with the all the excitement of children, gardening, and barbeques, make for amazing photo opportunities!
Consider taking an online digital photography course, or even just re-reading the instruction manual for that awesome camera that you have.
This summer, get the best out of your camera, and your photos! They will make for wonderful scrapbook projects in the fall!

A New Technique!

This is just a little tidbit I happened to find interesting!

What a fun way to play with tissue!

http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2011/06/make-it-monday-18-adding-texture-with-tissue-paper.html

Enjoy! Till next time!

B

Sisters For Life - All Day Crop!

Last year, as the date approached for the Canadian Cancer Relay for life, in Whitecourt, AB, my sister was invited to participate on the "Survivor Lap". She had taken up a battle with cervical cancer and was overwhelmed by the closeness and connections she made through this event.

She decided that the Relay would be her mission in the next year (2011), and that she would enter a Team. (Now, at this point, you need to know that although we are a family of 8 children, we are spread out over 15 years within our family, and have lived in different parts of Alberta and British Columbia for many of those years. During my time, I have ventured into many strange hobbies, projects, and travels and my Sister has always jumped on board, no matter how goofy the adventure might be. She has given me a place to rest my head, and even the much needed proverbial kick in the A**. This makes the next part more understandable to some, although I rarely feel that I need to explain myself on most days.)

It was at this point, Team Fighting Down Under was born. It was to represent the fight inside of each of us, and the battle that she had won. There is multiple members, but they include myself, my 2 sisters, and my mom of 75 years of age!!

I have learned a few things about this relay...

• It's mostly at night


• It's a ....RELAY, which may involve me out there...at times...by myself?!?!!


• It connects people that have a common goal: to beat this disease we call CANCER!


• Our team needs to raise a minimum of $3000 to enter the Relay.

I would like to exceed the goal, however, we have to start somewhere. Since her decision to build this team, my Sister has found out that her battle is not over. The cancer has returned in another form and her fight with this disease has once again become our fight.

When you have the feeling that there is nothing you can do to help and make a difference, you can only do what you know...and this is my way of doing what I can, from where I am....This was the moment when Sisters For Life was born....

On Saturday, May 28th, we will host an All-Day Crop in High Level, at the High Level Learning Store. The fee is $30 per person, payable by May 23rd. We will provide some thank you gifts, lunch and a place to work on your projects! There will be random door prizes, 50/50 and raffles to help support the cause. Please email me at bonnies@fvsd.ab.ca or call me at 780-841-7712 for more info.

All proceeds will be going to support the Team. Donations are welcome, and appreciated. Join us as scrapbookers, as Sisters coming together to fight this wicked disease, that we know can or has affected so many of our friends and families.

Till Next Time,

P.S: Please feel free to learn more, or make your donations online here:
http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFL_AB_odd_?pg=team&fr_id=9409&team_id=246625

-B