Express Yourself with Vellum Verses and Embellishments...

My name is Kristin, but I am called Kris. I have been teaching album making for more than 13 years (I became a CM consultant in 1995) I have made more than 38 family albums and I have made 19 gift albums and more than 8 for my customers (this is something I have just started to do).

I specialize in PowerSort (photo organization) and Power Layout method for completing albums.

In teaching this step-by-step method I help my customer's complete classic albums that are generational legacies for their families. I love what I do! I teach at the Valle Vista Community Center in Hemet and have additional classes and workshops at my studio in Avery Canyon, where I live. However, I love sharing fast formulas for easy pages. My designs look complicated, but are quick and easy!

Class time is 2:00 PM to 3 PM on Saturday, May 31st.

Spring inspires fresh and colorful ways to express yourself in memory celebration. Ten timeless verses printed on vellum and matched to spring perfect pastel color mats. They are perfect for any memory. For use in your album, or on a card-

Class cost is $15 and includes box of CM frosted photo splits- that disappear on vellum. You’ll have HUNDREDS left over to use on your other vellum projects. (400 Photos splits retail for $6. /box)

I have kits for 24 scrapbookers. Click here to register!

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Click on the date of my class during the weekend scrap...May 31st....

Order what products you want....on Address 2 line put code of MAYDSW during check out.... fill out info, I'll email you with your total that I will be placing on your credit card....-including savings -but order by May 18th and I'll deliver at the retreat.

Weekend Retreat Specials!!! AND FREE Shipping all weekend!

Sale special will be 30% off all retiring paper, albums, pages, page protectors and album kits (limited to stock on hand)

Plus 15% off all other products purchased or ordered during the weekend.

Attend my Vellum class and recieve another 5% off all purchases for a total of 20% during the weekend!

Desert Scrappers for Charity! Silent Auction Info

Scrapbook Royalty is proud to be hosting a silent auction a the Desert Scrappers Retreat. Laura Miller has generously offered to donate 100% of the money we raise to http://www.cancercopingcenter.com/. A group of professionals who volunteer their time and expertise in order to relieve the suffering of those afflicted with cancer by providing coping strategies for cancer patients, their family members and caregivers. Their mission is to enhance and improve their quality of life through creativity. We all know how much we improve the quality of our lives and the lives of our family and friends by scrapbooking! Art therapy is a powerful and genuine tool for coping with life.

Details have not been finalized yet but we plan to offer 50 auctions ranging in value from 11am till 2pm. At the end of the auctions, we will total up your winnings and you will write one check directly to Cancer Coping Center. The Cancer Coping Center is a registered California non-profit so your donation is tax deductible. Please bring your checkbooks and shop for charity!

If you are interested in donating to the silent auction, please contact us at info@Scrapbookroyalty.com. Oh! and handmade items are our favorite thing to auction off!

One last thing... our own Jennifer Priest will be teaching two classes Saturday morning. Jennifer's classes are always full of inspiration and cute techniques. Scroll down to see photos.

Details about the Theresa Collins/Acrylic/Bind-it-All class

Whew! I finally got the sample done and photographed for you guys! I LOVE this project because it is so versatile and you will learn a lot of skills and techniques in one class sitting! Just to recap, I will be teaching an acrylic mini-book class featuring Theresa Collin's new line of paper, "Journal-It," fabric paper, StazOn ink, Tim Holtz rubber stamps and more! Then we'll bind it all together with the Bind-it-All, using matching o-wire! This is a great class for anyone who wants to learn new techniques with the Bind-it-All and acrylic, especially rubber stamping on acrylic! And the project features calendar grids on each page spread. So, you can use this as a year-in-review album, a birthday reminder book, or journal, such as an event or weight loss journal. I only have 24 seats available for this $20 class, so be sure to sign up early! If you would like to pre-register before the event, send an email with your name, email address and phone number to: jessica@kits2remember.com. Sign ups will be taken at the crop if space is still available.

Plus, I will also be vending at the crop. Anyone who takes my class will get a 15 percent off discount on their entire purchase at my booth the weekend of the crop. Want to make sure I definitely bring something you're looking for? Order ahead of time and I will bring it with me to the crop! Pre-orders receive a 10 percent off discount by using code MayDS. Be sure to designate Will Call so you won't be charged shipping! At the crop, I will have Bind-it-All supplies, acrylic, chipboard, crop supplies like adhesives, Stickles, paint dabbers and small embellishments, just to name a few! Take a look at my web site www.kits2remember.com to see what K2R carries...

See you all in a few weeks!

Jessica

More Classes at May Retreat!

Jennifer Priest here from Scrapbook Royalty!! I just love teaching at Desert Scrapper's Retreats and am so glad to be able to come teach again at the May Retreat!! Sadly, :( I won't be attending the retreat this time around but I will be there on Saturday most of the day (we're moving). Below are the descriptions for both of my classes. Please feel free to sign up by posting a comment here to this post on the blog. Photos of the "Play All Day" Sample will be available in the next week or so. See you at the retreat!!

"Play All Day" Layout Class
(photo to be posted soon)
May 31, 2008
10am
$10
Desert Scrappers Retreats

We’ll be creating a playful layout showcasing your playful boy using Bo Bunny’s “Play All Day” paper line.
Supplies: General class kit, 3D adhesive (foam or pop dots), glue dots, and Chalk Cateye Inks (Chestnut Roan color).

"Our Little Sweetheart" 6x6 Book
May 31, 2008
1130am
$15
Desert Scrappers Retreats

“Our Little Sweetheart” is the perfect scrapbook to showcase the love of your life. This sweet little mini book is embellished with lovely details, such as chenille stems, ribbon, brads, and more. Bound with the Zutter Bind-It-All machine, “Our Little Sweetheart” features innovative techniques to increase the number of photos the book can hold, without increasing the number of pages.
Supplies: Adhesive (glue dots and a liquid glue or glue stick), 12” paper trimmer, sharp scissors, and black ink if you’d like to ink.

About Me & Scrapbook Royalty:
I teach scrapbooking classes at several Southern California scrapbook stores to help promote Scrapbook Royalty. I've been teaching for about 5 years now and scrapping for over 10. years. I am also a member of the Who Gives A Scrap? Yahoo Group.

Scrapbook Royalty is a group of volunteers who organize crops in the United States, mostly in California, to benefit charities all over the world! Desert Scrappers works with us to help raise funds for the charities we support and we really appreciate being able to be a part of Desert Scrappers' events as well. To check out our upcoming events, please see our blog.

Close To My Heart- Special

Laura Miller (760) 791-6304

Not only am I organizing the Desert Scrappers Weekend Retreat but I will be bringing my Close To My Heart goodies. YEAH!

I offering a 10% discount on all pre-orders as well as free shipping.

How to Shop: Go online at MyCTMH to browse the online catalog. Select your items and email me at scrapbooking4fun@gmail.com or call at 760-791-6304. Do NOT place the order from my website - call or email order only- that way I can calculate the discount properly. Then I will hand deliver our orders at the May Retreat.

Order By: May 20th -HURRY!! - for delivery to May's Retreat!

In addition: all purchases at the Retreat qualify for buy 4 kits get 1 FREE special.

Final Deal: Sign-up to be a CTMH consultant between now & May 31st and receive an extra Free item from my inventory. You choose the item! No max. value!
** May be combined with any other consultant incentives being offered by CTMH.

Complimentary Facials by Andrea

Who couldn’t use a little break from all that hard scrapbooking work to have a complimentary facial? I’ll make you feel like a million $$, and you head back to your table refreshed and ready to scrap the night away! Plus you will learn some skincare and anti-aging tips to take home with you. We will finish with some makeup to replace what you took off, in some very complimentary colors picked out just for your skin tone. I’ll teach you some tips for applying your makeup as well. I’m a scrapbooker myself, and I know how hard we all work on our albums. Laura has been gracious enough to allow me to come and pamper you. Make your weekend retreat an opportunity to relax and be refreshed!

Sign up early for the facial appointment on Saturday only…they will fill up fast and space is limited to guarantee that all your questions are answered. Plus, a bonus gift will be given to all my appointment attendees.

Check out my website at www.marykay.com/writetodre if you want to order something ahead of time and I’ll have it there for you. Otherwise, my special will be free shipping on all orders over $25, placed at Laura’s retreat AND a free gift with any $40 purchase.

Chatterbookz!

OK. I am a total dork. This is the first time I have ever used a blog, since Laura is such a great person I am doing this for her! Her retreats are pretty awesome too and I am so looking forward to the May retreat. I will be teaching a mini album class featuring Top Line Creations limited edition "I Love You" Chatterbookz! If I did this right you should see a picture of the album along with this post. See you all in May!

SoCalScrap.us is IN THE HOUSE!

Hi Ladies!

I'm offering a 25% discount on all orders placed by Desert Scrapper's attendees for the May event! Whoo-Hoo! I will hand deliver your order the day of the Desert Scrapper's Retreat. This means FREE SHIPPING for you. If you would like your order delivered BEFORE the retreat, just pay for shipping and I'll be sure it's delivered within a week of your ordering.

If you haven't been to SoCalScrap.us, you are certainly in for a treat. We are an awesome community of scrapbooker's mostly located in, you guessed it, Southern California. We have recently started growing with members from across the United States! Everyone is welcome at SoCalScrap.us.

We have tons of contests, challenges, tips, card making, scrapbooking, altered art. We have a wonderful gallery that is just booming!

Oh yeah, and the store. We fill our store with product that YOU want. If you are looking for something specific, we will do our darndest to get it for you.

If you have a group of people who want to go in together on a particular line of product, we can help you set up a buy-in.

Not included in your 25% discount, but an even BETTER deal is our $1 Bin, 50% Clearance Section and 60% Clearance Section.

So come on by and see if there's anything you'd like me to bring to the crop retreat for you. The Desert Scrapper's coupon code is DS May. This coupon code is good from now until May 28th. If you want to save on shipping and have me bring your order to the retreat, be sure to click on "Pick Up Order" in the shipping section. This will give you FREE SHIPPING!

We've been getting orders in our store about once a week, so be sure to check out all our new product!

Massage by Rachel

Hi, My name is Rachel and I'm a massage therapist. I will be doing chair and table massage at the retreat. I have been doing massage for about five years now. I use different techniques of massage depending each clients individual needs. Chair massage ,I charge $ 1.00 per minute, with a ten minute minimum and will do up to thirty minutes, and table massage is $ 70.00 for an hour session. If you would like to schedule a time you can contact Laura. I will be available for earlier appointments as well. Thank you so much, I look forward to meeting all of you.
I will be there about 9:00a.m. Friday if you would like to schedule a massage before the retreat starts please give me a call. @ (951) 378-4935 or @ rperrault16@aol.com Sincerely, Rachel Perrault

Theresa Collins/Bind-it-All Class

Jessica Guthrie here! Wow! I don't know about you, but 2008 is just flying for me! I am VERY MUCH looking forward to the Desert Scrappers crop at the end of May - I always manage to get a lot of scrappin' done! I will be teaching an acrylic mini-book class featuring Theresa Collin's new line of paper, "Journal-It," fabric paper, acrylic paint dabbers and more! Then we'll bind it all together with the Bind-it-All, using matching o-wire! This is a great class for anyone who wants to learn new techniques with the Bind-it-All and acrylic. The project is not quite finished yet, but as soon as it is, I will post pictures. Plus, I will also be vending at the crop. I will have Bind-it-All supplies, acrylic, chipboard, crop supplies like adhesives, Stickles and small embellishments, and more! Take a look at my web site www.kits2remember.com and let me know if there is anythinbg specific you would like me to bring for you! Everyone at the crop will get a discount, but if you take my class, you'll get a higher one. I am looking forward to cropping with you all in a few weeks!