Vegas , Vegas, Vegas!!!!!

The poll has closed and we have a date for our Las Vegas weekend, we will be road tripping to Las Vegas on Jan. 29 - 31, 2010!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!

Thank you to everyone who posted a comment on here and on facebook, you were all entered into the drawing.


The winner of the prize pack is, (drum roll). . . Rochelle!! Rochelle posted the following comment:

Rochelle said...

I am sooooooo looking forward to a Scrapbook retreat in Vegas!!! Woohooo!!


Thank you also to those of you who offered alternate dates, unfortunately next year we cannot do February due to a retreat in San Diego in mid March.

Thanks again everyone and all the retreat details will be going up asap, plus a special EARLY EARLY BIRD CROP INCENTIVE.

Rochelle, please send me your address and I will send you a prize pack!!

Guess who is coming to San Diego in August?

Well besides Scrappin' Escapes, besides our fabulous teachers, besides our wonderful vendors, guess who? SCRPABOOK ROYALTY!!! YAY Elena from Scrapbook Royalty, Elena will be joining us from 10:00 - 2:00 pm on Sat August 22nd to bring us a few raffles, some fairy fly-bys, and a Canon photo printer for you to use for a small donation. All money raised will go to ChildHelp, a child abuse and treatment organization.

So even if you can't join us for the whole weekend join us on Sat. for classes, cropping, games, contests, dessert, and a ton of fun!

Thanks to everyone who has voted

Thanks to all of you who have voted in our Las Vegas retreat poll, you still have one day left to vote!! This poll is the final word in when we head out to Sin City, so cast your vote now!

Las Vegas, NV Retreat - we need your help (again =-)

Las Vegas, NV Retreat - we are narrowing down dates and we need your help, take part in our poll to the left to help us decide when we will road trip to Vegas. When you have voted simply leave a comment here stating that you have done so and you could win a prize. Winner will be drawn when we close the poll on July 31.

Check out where we will be staying, Suncoast Hotel & Casino

4 weeks till San Diego & I need your help!

YAY! I can't wait I am totally looking forward to the upcoming retreat (actually I look forward to ALL my retreats) I always get to meet some awesome individuals and and I get to see many faces I only get to see at the events.

I need everyone's help we will be playing scrap trivia at the retreat, I have a bunch of trivia questions but would love to hear yours. If I select yours you will be entered into a drawing for a fun prize pack AND you will already know the answer to one of the questions.

To submit your trivia question please keep the following in mind:

*Please keep your questions related to the scrapbook, stamping, and crafting industry.
*Please submit the answer to your question.
*You may submit TRUE or FALSE questions.
*You may submit as many questions as you like, each question I select will be worth an entry into the drawing.
*You do not need to be attending the retreat to participate, you can still win the prize pack.
*Submit your trivia questions to jessica@scrappin-escapes.com or rivpunk@aol.com with the subject line Trivia

Looking forward to your trivia questions. Have a great day!

Cricut cartridges available

Hi everyone!

I know you have been asking what cartridges I have so you know what to bring with you to the retreats so here you go I have the following 26 cartridges and both machines (Cricut & Cricut Expressions. Plus I have the Design Studio software available for your use, please contact me with any questions. Thanks, Jessica S

Accent Essentials
All Mixed Up
Alphalicious
Base Camp
Celebrations
Christmas Cheer
Cuttin’ Up
Doodlecharms
Fabulous Finds
George & Basic Shapes
Going Places
Home Décor
Jasmine
Jubilee
Life's a Beach
Locker Talk
Makin'the Grade
Mickey & Friends
Mickey Font
Mini Monograms
New Arrival
Opposites Attract
Paper Doll Dress-up
Plantin School Book
Simply Sweet
Sports Mania
Storybook
Tear Drop
Walk in My Garden

Special Discount plus a NEW BLOG!

In honor of the launching of the new Creative Holiday Blog and because I just want to I am offering a great deal, this is a chance to save some money off of our already awesome retreat prices.

For one week only you can register for the San Diego August and November retreats with a $25.00 deposit, so here are the details

· This deal is only valid on registration for BOTH events, the August Fun in the Sun Retreat in San Diego AND the November Creative Holiday weekend. If you register for both then you are only required to pay a $25.00 deposit per event ($50.00 total) to hold your spot for both events.
· PLUS you will receive an additional $10.00 discount per event off of the early bird rates!!

To take advantage of this special offer enter the following discount code when registering.

CHRINJULY

This offer expires at midnight on Sunday July 26th, 2009

Creative Holiday

Creative Holiday

Well So I haven't said too much about it other than it will be totally awesome! Well here is one more wonderful detail for you too look forward to:

3-days of creative classes.

Samples, Samples, Samples ... I know you all want to see samples, don't worry I hear ya you will. For those of you who are familiar with CHA it is right around the corner and all the manufacturer's will be debuting their new fall lines well once those papers and yummy goodness start rolling off the line you will start to see samples coming your way. Plus 3 of our teachers work with different manufactures in the industry so they are busy getting all their samples ready to take to the shows. Let me say that the projects we have planned for you are your fun scrappy projects but we also have some "OFF" the page things coming your way!.

Have a great day!

Summer time Mini Book with Nicole!

Nicole Capote will be doing this darling summer mini-book at the August Retreat, don't forget you can always take the class even if you are not attending the retreat!

Space still available for our August Retreat!!

Have you been thinking about attending our San Diego August Retreat, but aren't sure yet? Well what are you waiting for? We are are planning some awesome stuff for you, I mean who doesn't wanted to play scrap trivia for prize3s, plus with 2 awesome theme days that means twice the opportunities to win. As if that wasn't enough we are up some great sponsors for prizes, check back here as we start unveiling them.

Final Invoice for August Retreat are starting to go out.

If you have a balance for the August Retrea I will be sending out paypal invoices over the next few days. As always you are not required to have a paypal account to pay by this method, you can also mail a payment or call and pay by credit card over the phone. Final payments are due by August 1st, if you have a problem with this time frame please contact me personally to discuss alternate arrangements.

Have a great day!!

Creating, Kitting, Driving, Planning . . .

And the list goes on and on and on, yup it has been a busy summer I am actually feeling a little dizzy, anywhoo I wasn't blogging to share how hectic my life is (I'm sure everyone out there can feel my pain) I wanted to blog to share some fun news with you all!!! First San Diego is just 6 weeks away WOOHOOOOO, it is totally going to rock. We have some fun challenges and contests planned, let's just say that this event will be a bit "Magical". In case you have not had a chance check out the awesome classes we have planned for you in August, i added the link below. Don't forget you can join us just for classes, you do not have to be a registered guest to attend classes, however you must pre-register for classes. See you in San Diego!

San Diego Classes

Happy 4th!

Hope you all have a fun and fabulous 4th of July!!