Wow what an amazing day we had !

Finally able to get on line and catch everyone up with the amazing day that we had...

Last weekend here in Adelaide we had our Fiskars "Christmas in July" Crop...

The crop day started off being a cold blustery day.. I was up early to get the urnie filled, cupcakes iced with yummy chocolate icing and the heaters cranked up to the max to make sure we stayed nice and toasty....the crop was due to start at 10am and by 9.50am we were all sitting down ready to start. With such eager people the day was a real pleasure.

The morning began with an Off The Page item to get their taste buds flowing. We altered a 500gram Nescafe coffee tin using the "Love Blooms" and "Baby Boy" paper ranges from Heidi Grace.

We had so much fun playing with the Fiskars Threading Water Punch... I tell you one punch just wasn't enough for these ladies...lol....And lets not get started on the Heidi Grace Tag's and Word's clear acrylic stamps...

For morning tea we had some amazing slices and cookies to munch on.. thanks again to my darling Mum for the amazing help providing the slices and to my darling daughter Jhane for all her made biscuit rolling.. the ladies had Mars Bar slice, Moomba slice, Chocolate Almond slice, Ginger Slice, Peanut Butter Cookies, Coconut Macaroons, Chocolate Shortbread, Anzac Biscuits and Cornflake Cookies to curb the appetite we worked up scrapbooking.

After morning tea we were able to complete the tins and everyone was so happy with the end results. So many ladies we so much more comfortable hand cutting letters and playing around with the stamps.The hot glue gun certainly got a good workout that is for sure.

We then had another chance to have a gas bag about Fiskars and their amazing products over lunch. Once again my oven had worked overtime to provide us with some warm goodies on such a cold day. Everyone plates overflowed with Pizza Slices, Mini Spring Rolls, Chicken Bites, Spinach Fetta Parcels, Pasties, Pies, Sausage Rolls, Chicken Dim Sims with Sweet and Sour Sauce, Mixed Mini Quiches and Lemon Chicken Bites. Though were all able to still fit in a few more pieces of the yummy slices and hot chocolate.

All refueled everyone was ready and raring to get onto our next projects... We started to get ready for Christmas... Non traditional Christmas cards were the order of the day and with the help of some more amazing Fiskars products it was made possible.

We played with some amazing stamps from Cloud 9 and Heidi Grace that hopefully will be available for Christmas.. we were just very lucky to have them here to play with. The ladies also discovered the wonders of heat embossing, stamping, punching, played with paint and hand stitching. I don't think that there was many techniques we didn't play around.. we all had so much fun....

So much so that I didn't get a chance to have lunch myself or even take one picture during the big day that ended at 5.30pm with everyone leaving with their little goodies boxes. I know that some of my lovely ladies have taken some photos so will have to grab a copy to show you everyone in action.

Here is a few more pictures taken just before everyone arrived... I had so much fun. Many asked when the next one was and could they book in now...lol... Congratulations again to Connie on winning the lucky door prize too... I have a few more goodie bags to draw in the next week as promised.. keep your eyes posted for the lucky winners as we ran out of time...

Many thanks to those who helped me put this amazing day together... especially to my darling husband for looking after our youngest two kids and keeping the urnie and biscuits trays topped up..these crops seem to get bigger and better than the last one..I am still in recovery mode here as I have caught the flu and have visitors over from Cairns..

Better go make a cuppa and spend some time with the family... Will catch up again soon...

Cheers and happy scrapping, Michelle :)