Eat, Sleep, Craft Repeated 2018

Our 2nd annual Creative Craft Retreat in BC

has been so much fun!

Alex took this photo of 6 smiling faces:-)

Left to right..Nancy Littrell, Trina Pham, Susan Bridgman, Loll Thompson, 

Christine Alexander, and Darnell Knauss:-)

Be sure and check out all the girls links to their Retreat Posts:-)

We have been playing with new and old techniques for 5 days and still have one

more fun day of techniques, sharing, laughing, chatting and eating delicious healthy meals.

Here is my cool underwater scene card!

I used Christine's stamps and sentiment. The stamped images were from Invisible Image. 

The sentiment a Rubbernecker stamp.

I will soon be sharing finished cards with all my backgrounds after I return home.
I did finish one card for this special post

  using Alcohol Ink on Yupo paper and blended with Blending Solution.  

Then stamped my images with Archival Ink.

I am also sharing photos of our Dirty Pour Canvas Paper Technique using acrylic paints.

Very marbled look with many color variations.   They will make beautiful backgrounds 

or can be used for die cuts.

We all have had so much fun creating together and making such wonderful 

close friendships.

Our dear friends,  Bonnie Klass and Nance Salkeld joined us via Skype for 3 days!

Once the "technical difficulties" were worked out,  they added to our fun!
We were all jealous of Bonnie's amazing crafting room.


Nance and Bonnie

I will be home in a couple of days and will be catching up with my commenting, etc.

and of course,  gardening.  

   Having afternoon tea at Susan's and seeing her gorgeous garden's
was a wonderful break from our crafting.

Susan's scones...her grandmother's recipe were delicious.

I am closing with a cute photo that Darnell took of Christine, Loll, Susan and myself

at Susan's beautiful tea party:-)  Hats courtesy of Susan.

Thank you again Christine for hosting our retreat at your beautiful home,  Loll for all the organizing and Susan for the lovely tea party.  Thank you Darnell for always being so entertaining:-)
Sharing link to our 2017 BC Retreat!

Enjoy and Happy Crafting my friends.  Hugs...