Sunflowers

Oh Fall..... it is truly my favorite time of year. All the colors, all the crunchy leaves - I love this time of year so much! I am particularily a fan of sunflowers so when Stampin Up! brought out the Sunflower background

stamp I couldn't resist.

This month we were at Monica's in Leduc! It was definitely a great night - I should've popped popcorn to watch Monica, Jackie and Jenn M in action after a few glasses - ahem - bottles of the peach wine ;) What an awesome night! This month Elita also brought her cousin Molly so I am really hoping she joins our silly and crazy and fun group!!

So here are the pics of the creations this month:

Retreat 2011!!!

Retreat Weekend! And what a weekend it was! We retreated to the Lone Pine Ranch (http://www.lonepineranch.ca) and were treated to an amazing weekend of scrapbooking, cardmaking, eating and perhaps partaking in a few glasses (ahem, bottles) of wine. If you have never stayed out at the Lone Pine Ranch and eaten Sylvia's cooking you have missed out! (don't worry there is always next year) There was just the 6 of us there but it was a perfect way to spend a weekend. We shared ideas and laughed for 3 days. What an awesome time with some of my favorite people in the world. Thank you for an awesome weekend! (and a huge THANK YOU to Nancy for being the paprazzi for the weekend).

Here are a few snapshots of us, the cabin, the Wolf Den and a sampling of the fabulous food that we got to eat.....

Something different.....

Hello friends! This month's club night was hosted by our very own Megan (who was extremely tired from flagging but got to leave work "early" so she could hang out with us!). We also had a little crafter join us for club this time around. Jackie brought Addison so those of us who hadn't met her yet could. I am so glad she did because I absolutely love cuddling a new baby. :)

This month I took a step outside our scrapbook pages and card making circle and dabbled in a little idea I got from my Stampin Success magazine called matchbook scrapbooks. They are mini scrapbooks that you make with cardstock and designer paper and embellishments and and and whala - this is what you get (oh and a few shots of us being crafty too - and Chrystal hogging cuddles from Addison):