ScrapCamp 2008

Is confirmed! A three day weekend over ANZAC Day - 24th - 27th April. Those who come for the third night (actually the first) will just split the costs and so far there are 12 ladies wishing to do three nights. That means if YOU still wish to book in, please let me know ASAP

It's all over!

But it was a great weekend. Yes I stressed a lot about people who cancelled, and people who booked and cancelled all in two weeks, and wooden letters that did not arrive, deliveries that were late, and finances that were stretched to the very limits but it was a FANTASTIC weekend. All the ladies were impressed with the goody bags which represented a retail value of at least $95 and many people were using bits from the bags all weekend.



The Tool Taxis from Fiskars were a hit as were the baby Xyrons from Esselte.


The pens from Scrapbook Outlet were great and the piles of stuff from Scrapbook Essentials both as gifts and to buy were fantastic.



Lots of scrapping got done and the wooden letters class by Jo was a wonderful success and represents a retail value of about $40 - thanks Jo - we know what value we got

Many thanks too to Up2Scrap, Nik Wilkinson, Cadburys, Haley Ingram, Making Memories, Paula Alcock, Marie Thompson, Krislyn d' Souza, Joan Childs and other sponsors

The plane from Christchurch was delayed by 15 minutes and the luggage by FIFTY! That meant we were a bit late getting to Sharlene's for lunch. We played the toilet paper game - each person had to take "enough" and then for each square had to tell us something about herself. Irene took one; Jo took many!

Tania and Suazanne scrapped until 5.00am the first day and 5.30am the second. Self-catering was great and easy and I got compliments for the food. Porridge for breakfast remains a hit!

It is a pity that Forest Lakes has become run down and very grubby as it is an ideal venue for our purposes

Will there be a next time? Yes .......because I want a weekend away!

Three Weeks to go

I am so excited about ScrapCamp! With less than three weeks to go here is some information for you. Instead of each of us bringing a plate for dinner for Friday night, I thought if we each pay $4 I’ll pick up some roast chickens, wedges and coleslaw on the way up. Thanks to all those who have made final payments and if you still need to pay some money can you do that quite soon?

Here’s some more information to help you with your planning:
ScrapCamp Programme

Friday

5.30 – 6.pm: Arrive, unpack
6pm: Dinner – (Bring $4), and a bit of “getting to know you” fun
7pm: Scrapping until whenever you want to go to bed

Saturday

Whenever you like: Breakfast consisting of toast and spreads, porridge
After breakfast:Scrapping
12.30pm: Lunch – make your own wraps
After lunch: Class by Jo Burney, and then more scrapping
6pm: Dinner – pasta and mince
After dinner: Scrapping

Sunday

Whenever you like: Breakfast as per Saturday morning
After breakfast: Scrapping
12.30pm: Lunch - quiche and salad then pack up and prizegiving
3pm: Depart

Fruit is provided; feel free to bring anything extra (chocolate cake)
Bring anything extra: special coffee, tea, coke etc
Bring your favourite CDs – can someone bring a CD player?
Bring your own linen, towels, toiletries etc pillows are provided – bring your own pillowslip
Bring a torch if you need to walk down passageways at night
There are some lovely walks and hopefully the weather will hold. There is also a pool for those brave enough!

Supplies needed for Jo’s class: Please note: this may have to change
Paint – no more than a test pot quantity
Patterned paper scraps
Buttons, ribbon, lace, etc – whatever will look good on your “word”


*There will be a Sizzix machine: you’re welcome to use it for a small donation
*Please feel free to bring supplies to swap or give away

SCRAPPY will be at camp again!

Jo will have supplies from Scrapbook Essentials for sale

Sponsors

I am always grateful to those companies and individuals who sponsor us and I would encourage you to support them. So far I have had donations from: Scrapbook Outlet, Scrapbook Essentials, Esselte, Cadbury's, Fiskars, the lovely Nik Wilkinson ... the list is growing. Please tell them you love them or buy some of their products

For Clarification

The ScrapCamp that I run is not run as a business neither is it affiliated in any way to any scrapbook shop. Donations of prizes etc are requested and given with no strings attached. It is essentially a group of friends who get together for a weekend where costs are shared. This is by invitation: there is no element of entitlement.

This year's class!!

Taught as usual by the wonderful Jo Burney

Have a look at page 78 of the December (Spring) 06 Up2Scrap. Some of you may have done a class similar to this but of course our Jo’s class will be spectacular

You will be supplied with up to four letters of your choice and they may be joined up

As everyone will want a different colour/design etc on the words, you will need to supply your own paint and patterned or plain paper. Now remember the paper can be scraps and the paint can be a test pot. Also bring along any bits of ribbon, lace, buttons etc that you would like to use on your letters …this is a great way to get rid of all those little bits you’ve been saving!

I need your choice of letters by 16th February or I will order “Life” in Bookman Old Style for you

You may choose whatever font you like and up to four letters each. Letters will be 150mm high by 12mm thick

If you want joined letters, you may choose:
am, ate, Joy, Eat, Love, Live, Noel, Star. Only available in Bookman Old Style and Ravie

If you want more letters or a different font, please email me for the extra costs. Extra costs will be about $3.50 per letter and more if they’re joined or a special die has to be cut for a different word. There are some names available – email me and I’ll let you know.

I am trying to load the fonts as they should appear, but Blogger converts them all to its own font. If you have any idea how I can do this, please let me know

Stop Press!

There are two places available so if you're interestedd please contact me asap

Visitor to ScrapCamp

Well ScrapCamp 2007 is now fully booked with 16 ladies coming along. All deposits have been paid and in some instances the full amount. And the visistor? Well, the lovely Andrea from www.scrapbookoutlet.co.nz is sending along a cricut to play with us!

2007

Dates are 31st March – 2nd April which is the last weekend of the first term. The weather should be better, and hopefully fewer of our children will be sick. It is close to the school holidays so we will all be able to rest then too. And it will still be fairly light so we can have our own “Daylight Saving Time” for the weekend if we choose.

Remember this is the best ScrapCamp in New Zealand – although I’ve been told ours is technically a retreat – I actually quite like that – a retreat from husband, children, chores with lots of time to scrap!

There is space for 16 people and to date there are 13 signed up

After the Event

Hi from the tropics of a wet North Canterbury. Well I think I know what a stunned mullet feels liks cos that is how I feel today! I had a lovely sleep in this morning and still feel very lazy with not much ‘get up and go’, thank goodness I didn’t have to work today.

What can I say about ScrapCamp? It was fantastic and awesome and fun. We had a lovely goodie bag which had a trio pack of Bazzill cardstock, patterned paper, tea coffee etc, fibres and my mind has gone blank for the other bits and pieces, oh yes choccies or lollies.

Jenny put a game together called ‘get to know your fellow scrapbookers’. She had purchased individual items that we had to link with a person like jar of marmite for Wendy, cat for Katrina, dog for Irene (which I didn’t get) etc etc. It was great fun.

We had a soft toy called ‘Scrappy’ and every time you finished a layout you called out for Scrappy and held on to him until he was ready to be passed on again or if you still had him when the timer went off, you were entitled to pick a prize from the Scrappy bag. Also when you completed a layout you put your name into the box for a draw at the end of ScrapCamp.

Jo, sub editor of Up2Scrap taught us a lovely heritage layout and the papers were courtesy of Up2 and very nice they were. Jo was very patient with us giving us all individual assistance and tips and the end results were all so different and very beautiful.

Before lunch on Sunday we all laid out our completed layouts and we had to choose our 3 favourites and also our favourite simple layout.

During the course of the weekend most of us made a card and Wendy won that category. We were also given a wooden coaster to decorate and some beauties were turned out. Some of us made an angel with safety pins and beads.

The food was delish and of course our ‘black coffee’, ‘pink lemonade’ and ‘apple juice’ went down a treat!

Great game of Rugby and great comadarie throughout the weekend!

Katrina and I were to fly out of Wellington at 7.15pm but we had such a good run from Otaki to the airport that Jenny dropped us off at 4.15pm and at her suggestion we enquired whether we could change our flight. A very grumpy staff member told us that our flights were actually non transferable but as Ch airport had been closed and was currently open then she would ‘do us a favour’ and got us onto one that was to depart at 5.15pm! It took us an eternity to check in our luggage but we eventually got it through. Ch airport was marginal when we took off but the Captain did a great job and got us down. As you already know my tote didn’t make the same flight as me, despite being checked in alongside Katrina’s. However, it was a happy reunion when the First Direct taxi driver pulled up my drive at 10pm with personal delivery, courtesy of Air New Zealand – watch their profits drop this week!

Once again I had a very, very foggy drive home at times down to 60kph with headlights on low beam and following the centre line. To put the headlights on a high beam just made it worse. Despite all that I got home just in time to see the start of Dancing with the Stars so what more could I ask for?

Well that is a brief long summary of the weekend. Oh and did I tell you that………………..? It was the team that wore red and black ......from Irene

Have you ....

...scrapped last year's photos yet? If so, bring your l/o with you to ScrapCamp

ScrapCamp Logo

Well, here's a ScrapCamp Logo - I also have a date file (which I can't upload here - Blogger doesn't like the font). If you'd like a copy - to put on a transfer for a T-shirt, to print out for your ScrapCamp l/o or whatever, please email me and I'll send it to you. By the way, does anyone know how I can change this to pink?

One week to go!

Are you packed yet? I am, but I have to get a few more photos printed. I am soooo looking forward to the weekend as I have been very busy at work. I will be at the airport at 1pm to fetch Katrina and Irene, and after a coffee with Sharyn, and a supermarket stop, we will be on our way. I have the fun and games packed so I hope you are all prepared for a good weekend!

Fourteen sleeps to go

Directions:
The directions to get to Forest Lakes are: From Wellington travel north on SH1. There is a roundabout on the northern side of Otaki; about 5kms beyond this on the left is Forest Lakes Road (there is also a big signboard). The camp site is at the end of the road.
For those of you coming south, about ten minutes after leaving Levin, the Forest Lakes turnoff is on the right hand side.

Times:
Plan to arrive around 5.30 pm - 6pm. We'll eat around 6.30pm (or earlier). We'll depart around 3pm on Sunday. Lunch is brought to us at 12.30pm and dinner at 5.30pm. We make our own breakfast when we get up.

Bring with you:
Scrapping supplies
Linen & towel
Toiletries
CDs ...and maybe someone has a CD player LMK
Camera (do I need to say that?)
Anything extra you want eg special coffee, chocolate

Supplies
There will be some extra supplies available
Bring supplies to swap/give away

Three weeks to go

Well, the countdown is really on now! In three weeks time some people will have gone to bed, but a number will still be up scrapping.

Irene has suggested that we divide into groups for the food so here goes: groups of four to bring the following: Salad/bread; Main; Dessert; Cake/slices for the weekend. Some people have already so what they would bring; let me know the group you would like to be in:
Salad/bread group: Marie (potato salad), Kris (bread), Joan (coleslaw) , Sharyn (green salad), Irene
Main: Julie, Wendy (lasagne) , Kate, Leigh, Joh
Dessert: Sharyn (lemon meringue) , Sara, Sue
Cake/slice: Katrina, Paula, Janice, Jo

Remember to bring all toiletries including shower gel/soap; sleeping bag/duvet & sheet; pillowslip (pillows are provided). I’m hoping that the weather will be reasonable; there is heating in the dining room (our workroom for the weekend) but none in the bedrooms. There are some nice walks at Forest Lakes for those who need to keep their pedometers going!

I’m sure by now you’ve started getting organised; if you want a document about page kits, please email me

Jen - this one's for you!

Now some of you know that my lovely sister-in-law is called "Jenny" (isn't he cute?) and we married brothers so we have the same name! My SIL also so scraps so we always have lots to discuss. Jenny watches our ScrapCamp blog every week and I know that she wishes she was coming with us (I do too) - maybe next year, Jen!

Prizes, prizes, prizes!

Yes, I have some really nice prizes to give away; I'm not going to tell you all of them, and there will be a limit on how many you can win. However, I will tell you about one prize now - the very kind people at Fiskars are giving us a Shape Cutter with four templates etc and the prize is for the best description of Why I Love My Fiskars Cutter/s - and this can be a description of any/all of your Fiskars cutters......Euro trimmer, Soft touch, general purpose scissors etc. Bring it to Camp and we'll vote on it there.

Another prize is the grand weekend prize - every time you finish a l/o you put your name into a box and we will draw the prize winner just before we leave on Sunday. And if you do the journalling as well, you will get a bonus entry.

A third prize is kindly donated by Irene .....and I'm not telling you much more except to say that if you're an eyelet lover this this one's for you!

Important details (like food)

As there are some new people coming along, I thought I’d just let everyone know a few details again

Accommodation: everyone has their own room except Marie and Joan who are sharing. I have put Janice, Sara and Sue in the Top Flat, which is separate accommodation just a short walk away from Lake Lodge (you may like to bring a torch with you) – I hope that’s okay with you three?
There are eight bathrooms in Lake Lodge and one in the Top Flat. I have grouped people in Lake Lodge as follows:
Marie, Joan, Jess
Paula, Kate
Wendy, Julie
Kris, Joh
Sharlene, Leigh
Sharyn, Haley
Jenny, Irene
Jo, Katrina
One person out of each pair/three may like to bring a hand towel to leave in the bathroom for the duration

Food: We have to provide our own meal on Friday night, so it will just be a pot luck meal (maybe you should let me know what you’d like to bring so we don’t all bring the same thing!). They provide lunch at 12 pm and dinner at 5.30pm. They supply bread, jam, butter, cereal, oats (yes, I’ll be making porridge again) for us to make our own breakfast. They also provide milk, tea, coffee, sugar, fruit and a few biscuits. If you’d like to bring a small slice/cake to share during the weekend, that would be great. If you want anything else, please feel free to bring it. Forest Lakes does not allow alcohol on their premises. As we work in the dining room, we either eat outside, or at our places or there is a lounge upstairs

Transport: If you would like to arrange to travel together, please feel free to do so

I’m looking forward to a great weekend

Who's Coming!

From the South Island: Irene, Katrina and Kate

From the Central North Island: Jo, Julie, Wendy, Paula, Janice and Joan

From the south of the North Island: Kris, Johanne, Leigh, Sue, Sara, Marie, Sharlene, Sharyn, Haley, Jess and me

What to bring

This is a reminder of what you need to bring:

* All scrapbook supplies – there will be some supplies for sale
* Linen (sheets, towel, pillowslip, duvet/sleeping bag)
* Toiletries
* Something for a shared meal on Friday night. Either pot luck bring a plate, or we decide what we want and then everyone brings something – let me know what you think
* Slice or biscuits etc to share during the weekend

* Photo for Jo's class

* Laughs and smiles

The date is getting closer now!