Scrapfest Pictures and all the fun!

Hi ya everyone! I just wanted to share all the fun at my first ever Scrapfest! I met up with my fellow Hero Arts groupies first thing in the morning and proceeded to have a blast!

First up for the day was the Tim Holtz class! Barb (in the pink)  and I stood in line hoping to get right up front and we ran into Sarah (in the white & gray) from Canada right away.

Tim's class was a total blast and we got to sit in the front row (wohoooo!)  I even talked with Tim a bit (nervous as heck) asking him if Ranger was ever going to make distress ink markers. He told me they were in the works but they were working on getting all the technical difficulties figured out and it would still be a while before they hit the stores! He was making jokes and keeping us all motivated throughout the whole class. We got to have our picture taken with him once our class was over and all of us walked away with some very nice goodies (NEW embossing folders not in the stores yet and a big pack of grunge board- plus we got to keep most of our supplies used in making the wonderful memories book!)

Her I am working on my project.

Barb and I were in 7th heaven- it was so fun to sit only 5 feet away from him the whole time (he is so nice and of course incredibly COOL)!

Then Barb and I had to run upstairs to go to our 2 Hero Arts classes! We met up with a few more of our fellow Flickr friends and I must say- this class was soooo fun  and very fast paced.  Shari and Jennifer were so nice and so goofey throughout the whole class-  even though they were barking out orders the whole time.....but in a good-fun way! They kept giving away fun Hero Arts goodies all through the class too which was very unepected :) I ended up winning a wonderful Christmas sentiment stamp, a pack of felt snowflakes and some yummy red poinsetta flowers and Hero Hues gems!

Here is Natasha with Jennifer at the end of the class. Natasha is just a little firecracker (8 months pregnant too!) and she is just the sweetest little thing that can even outtalk and outshop my own mother. We ended up going to Archivers and wow- she just kept adding more and more goodies to her shopping basket! Love you Natasha!

So now I thought I would show you some of the wonderful cards we made in the Hero Arts class and a few from the make n takes as well.

Aren't these just gorgeous creations! Love using all the Perfect Pearls and distress inks here! Plus we got to use a ton of the new stamps from the "Jingle All the way" catalog. Another fun bonus- we got to keep one set of new stamps that we used to make our cards! I got to keep the set "Real Leaves" which was one of the sets I was going to try to find at buy Archivers! OMG can you imagine my excitement getting the set I've been drooling over for free- how very generous of Hero Arts!

These were all made on the first day- wow we were busy!

Then I had a nice relaxing lunch with my neighbors from Minnesota- Linda and Barb! (sorry Barb- this was the only picture I had of both of the 2 of you!) A bit more shopping and walking around and by then I was pooped out and ready to head home for the day. I must tell you all, I came home with a huge bag of free goodies- I was really shocked and amazed at the amount of stuff that Hero Arts and Tim Holtz gave away- plus I had my fair share of things purchased at Archivers too!

I'll be back to post another round of photos later today or tomorrow. My camera died on me half way through the second day and I'm waiting for my friends to email me some of the pictures they took. It was a great first day at Scrapfest and the best part was getting to meet and hang out with my new friends! Barb is the sweetest lady and soooo darn FUN- I knew I was going to like here! We plan on getting together again very soon to chat and make some cards! Linda is a wonderful lady as well and just being able to meet all the other ladies from the Flickr Hero Arts pool was such a joy!

Thanks for stopping by and if you can manage it I suggest you attend next years Scrapfest- it was so fun! Keep your eyes open on here for some upcoming blog candy as well- I got a few duplicate things I already have and some other Halloween goodies to give away too.

Inky Hugs, Anne