2010 Brings Changes and Challenges!

Hello Again!

Well, we have much to talk about. First, lets talk about QuicKutz (one of my favorite topics!) and the changes that they're going through.

I was extremely sad to find out that QuicKutz has decided to stop the Ambassador program. I know that their company is going through a lot of changes at the moment and I am sure that they want to concentrate on getting everything settled, as well as they wanted to supply an Ambassador to all of their regions which isn't possible at the moment so they're looking into other avenues. I know that they are going to suggest to the retail stores that they hire their own ambassadors which could work out nicely. I also know that I am still going to be helping Pages From the Heart in Monrovia with their QuicKutz projects/classes and, as always, I will still be teaching classes at Collective Journeys - one being a QuicKutz Class where we'll do different projects focusing on using the QuicKutz dies and supplies.

So, now I'm onto my Challenges! Let me share with everyone so that I will have to be accountable! I want to complete a 2 page layout a week of my son's scrapbook. Once I catch-up with that, I'll branch out and finish my wedding album, our family album and START a Christmas ONLY album. Another challenge that I am giving myself is to use the supplies that I have before I just run out and buy more! This, in turn, leads me to my next challenge which is to keep my Scrafice (I like to sound professional so I combined Scraproom and office!) organized all the time!!! I am fortunate that I have a Scrafice which we've bought storage solutions for (LOVE IKEA! Going again soon!) so that I can be organized! And my last challenge is to remember how fortunate I am to have an outlet where I can play and create - and if I can remember this then I'll never feel overwhelmed when I am making my class samples or creating a project for a sample or when I'm making my class kits at 11 o'clock the night before the class.

I will leave you all with some pictures of projects that I've completed in the last month.

If you have any questions please leave me a comment! I hope you had as magical of Holiday's as I did. Adam was an amazing little person who lit up Christmas for me and my whole family made my birthday the best one yet! Happy 2010 to Everyone!

Andrea

Hey, it's Christmas!!!

Hi Everyone!
Well, it's been a LONG time since I last wrote, but, we'll, it's the Holiday Season! I just get all crazy about Christmas cookies, and lights, and waiting until last minute to make gifts and cards and tags . . . so I am so sorry that I don't really have much to report right now! I am going to be the featured blogger on QuicKutz blog on December 21st, so stay tuned for that! Also, I'm working on fun and cute Christmas projects/presents and as soon as I'm done I'll post some pictures, so thanks for your patience! Hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season and spirit!
Andrea

QK Crop at Collective Journey's Tonight

Hello All!
Sorry for the last minute update, but there is a QuicKutz Sponsored crop at Collective Journey's, Redlands, CA tonight starting at 5 and ending at 11! We will be playing QK Bingo - I've just spent 3 days cutting out 352 shapes! Whoa! And of course, with games comes QK prizes! And, not to spoil the surprise, but possibly some prizes from the Santa's Workshop Release! Ohhhh! Well, I must be off to finish getting ready for tonight, but if you come up to me and mention this Blog you'll get a fun goody! Hope to see you there!

Oh, and check out this make-n-take that we'll be doing during the crop - fun-fun! Not to mention that Amanda made cupcakes - it's her signature treat! So many reasons to pick up the phone and see if there's still spaces open!

Let's Get to the Heart of Pages from the Heart!

Hello All! Happy Friday and almost weekend! This Sunday, November 15th, I will be Pages from the Heart in Monrovia celebrating Kathy's 10th Anniversary. And, I really must say that Kathy's way of celebrating is by giving all her customers great deals! That's her way of saying thanks for being part of her store! So, I posted pictures of the Gingerbread Album that we'll be making, but I just made a small gift card holder from Santa's Workshop Wintergreen that we'll be using also! Look at the pictures, you get the Gingerbread "Joy" album, a cute gift card holder and a treat box from Silhouette for $10! Isn't that crazy? See what I mean about the great deals for the customers! And, for every $10 that you spend on QK you'll get a raffle ticket for QK goodies, and they are GOODies! So, if you come to the QK class on Sunday and you mention that you saw this post I'll give you a goodie just for being such a great supporter of QK! Hope to see you there! And hope you have a beautiful weekend filled with all your favorite things (which means QK, of course!).

Andrea

Halloween Cutie!

I told myself that I'd never do this, but I just have to share a picture of my Little Guy in his Halloween costume. If any of you have seen Madagascar, I'm sure that you'll remember King Julian of the Lemurs - well, Adam loves to "Move it, Move it", so we decided that he was a perfect little lemur king! Take a look at the pictures, this is unofficial QK business, but he was so adorable I just had to share! Hope you have a "move it, move it" fun filled day!

Upcoming Events

I am getting so excited because I have sooo many fun and exciting events coming up that I hope many of you will visit me at! This Friday, November 6th, I have a QuicKutz Event at Scrappin In the Hills, Anaheim where we will create an "Animal Fair Book", using all the safari animals that QK came out with last year (I think it was last year . . .) and I must boast, because this book was my favorite book that I've ever created! It was so much fun playing with the elephant, lion, leopard (my favorite!), monkey and the Archivers monkey, they became my little friends.

Also, this Sunday, November 8th, I will be at Collective Journey's, Redlands for their Let's Wrap Up Christmas Seminar. This event is super fun, I've gone almost every year with my Mom and we see all the great ideas that the ladies from CJ's come up to help make your Holidays a little more special. I am happy to say that this year I will be there on an official capacity, I'll be doing a Make-n-Take using the new Santa's Workshop release, and, of course, I'll be giving out goodies throughout the day! Please, call and sign up today, you'll be super happy that you did and you'll walk away with a head full of Christmas cheer!

And last, but certainly NOT least, I will at Pages from the Heart, Monrovia on November 15th from 11-1 pm. I am so happy to be participating in this stores Anniversary weekend! Kathy has been wonderful to me and I'm so happy to meet and scrap with her customers! We will be making an 8 page album using Gingerbread from the latest QK release and I hope to have everyone make a card using the new Letterpress from QK - cross your fingers!

Here's the pictures of some of the projects that I'm talking about. I hope to see everyone in the next couple of weeks! Please, take care and have a wonderful day! And, if you can, pull out your QuicKutz and make a little something and then post it on their website, for the first person that does this and notifies me, I'll send you a little QuicKutz goody and brag about it on my blog!

QK Adventures!

I am so sorry and so embarrassed that it's been sooo long since I lost blogged to tell you what's been going on. I've been super busy ambassadoring . . . it's a tough job but someones got to do it! Last Friday I hosted a QK Crop at Scrappin in the Hills in Anaheim, CA - it was a lot of fun! Elaine (the store owner) and I had fun playing with the new, top secret, QK release; I even shared the release with the ladies at the crop - they did have to take a bag of "Pop Secret" popcorn which was our contract that they wouldn't share the secrets, so it was really a win-win for them! We played a QuicKutz version of BINGO which I called DIES, and everyone was a winner! I gave away a TON of 2x2 dies from the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas releases along with a Haunted Font and a couple of borders. I am super happy to report that we have a couple new QK enthusiasts from the group - who wouldn't be after playing with the QK dies all night?! I made cupcake toppers as the make-n-take for the croppers and Elaine supplied the cupcakes - yummy. I'm posting a picture of some of the ladies which some of their loot!

 My next couple of QK events are:
11-5-09 @ Hearts and Crafts, Covina - QK Crop
11-6-09 @ Scrappin in the Hills, Anaheim - A is for Animal Book
11-7-09 @ Collective Journey, Redlands - Lets Wrap Up Christmas Make-n-Take
11-15-09 @ Pages from the Heart, Monrovia - Mini-album class and Letterpress Make-n-Take
11-20-09 @ Collective Journey, Redlands - QK Crop

If you're interested in any of these event's, please contact me or the store for more info. In fact, if you are at my next event, the QK Crop at Hearts and Crafts and you mention this blog I'll give you a goodie! If you mention this blog and you bring a friend I'll give you and your friend a goodie! Hope to see everyone soon! Thanks for sharing my fun!
Andrea