November Weekend Retreat Review....

So...I'm a bit behind announcing our November Weekend results......Here they are.....better late than never! 

The Scrap Cabana November Weekend Retreat was a big hit with our loyal croppers and our first time attendees! We had over 30 new scrappers attend our retreat with a total of 52 scrappers in all! We held our Retreat at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Aurora. This is our 8th Weekend Retreat at this location and I believe a great time was had by all!

Our event is open 24 hours, therefore we offer 50 hours of scrappin time for those die hard scrappers who actually take great advantage of this time. Everyone spreads out on Friday evening, gets comfy and creative and hesitantly leaves on Sunday evening. We have a lot of late night scrappers competing to be the die hards. This months Late Night Scrapper Award goes to Mary Odom from our 2nd room and our Late Night Duo, Lori Durling and Sara Wolfsmith from the main scrappin room. Mary stayed up all night on Friday and didn’t head to bed until Saturday evening at 11:30pm! WOW…30 straight scrappin hours, now that’s determination! Our Late Night Duo stayed up until 6:30 Saturday morning, earning their 3rd Late Night Scrapper Award. Congratulations to our Late Night Scrapper Winners, I hope that you were able to create lots of wonderful creations!

Our weekend retreats also offer a few enhancements for your pleasure. We have a massage therapist on hand and she helps loosen up those tight scrapping muscles. New this retreat, we had an Embosser on hand to add the perfect titles to your scrapbooking albums. We held our first “Garage Sale” Table this event…each scrapper was able to bring along those “Must have’s that have become Have Not’s” and sell garage sale style…the sales you earn can be used as Cabana Credit. Scrapper Vicki really benefited from our Garage Sale and sold a grand total of $170.00!

For each of our retreats we like to offer various contests or make-n-take options. For this event, we provided each of our scrappers with a 4X6 creative Snow Fun pad from Pebbles, Inc. Each pad included 30 sheets of paper and 4 sticker sheets. Each scrapper was offered the opportunity to create a Snow Fun card creation to enter into our Card Creation Contest or just keep the pad to enjoy. Each card creation that was submitted into the contest was to utilize at least 80% of the creative pad contents along with any additional embellishments they preferred. We had a total of 15 wonderful, phenomenal, creative card entries into our contest. Each of the scrappers, whether they entered the contest or not, were allowed to vote once for each card they favored! Our Snow Fun Creative Card Contest winners were: 1st Place: Lori Griffin, 2nd Place: Lori Durling. Thank you to all for taking the time to create such magnificent, creative, exceptional cards! Check them all out under our photo section on our Facebook account! Become a Fan of The Scrap Cabana on Facebook Today! THE SCRAP CABANA FACEBOOK PAGE

We added a new Award to our Weekend Retreats. Since this weekend is all about scrapping, we felt it necessary to add the award, Layout Scrappin Queen to our Awards Ceremony….the recipient of the first Layout Scrappin Queen Awards goes to…..Geriann Weisbrook! She completed a total of 72 layouts! She unquestionably took great advantage of her time away! Way to go Geriann!

At our retreats we have a wide variety of scrappers and crafters.

We had another large group join us again this November, MaryLou, Mary, Maria, Becky, Marian & Kathy P. This is their 2nd year joining us in November and we hope they continue the tradition in 2010~!
We also play The Scrap Cabana BINGO at each of retreats and each of our scrappers can earn Raffle Tickets to win FREE Scrapbook Gifts including a FREE Scrapbook Weekend by completing various challenges during the weekend. Our BINGO Winners were:
Cloud 9 Paper Pack: Susan

Blue Scrapbook Album: Alice

Halloween Reminisce Paper Pack: Carole K

Pebbles Paper Pack: Mary Lou

School Years Scrappin Sports Paper Pack, 12 Years with Stickers: Kim

Pebbles Ribbon Pack (8 Packs!): Alice

Hunting Reminisce Paper Pack: Kim

Creative Options 12x12 Paper Holder Organizer: Lori D.

Cricut Cartridge Font 123: Duvonna

Creative Options Brad Holder: Kelly T.

BOGO Scrapbook Weekend: Meg

Cricut Cartridge Font Disney: Meg

50% Off Scrapbook Weekend: Sara

FREE Scrapbook Weekend: Alice

In addition to offering our BINGO challenge we also award a BINGO QUEEN Award to our scrapper that is the first to complete her BINGO card….the September BINGO QUEEN Award goes to…..Alice Smith! Way to go!

CONGRATS TO ALL OUR BINGO RAFFLE WINNERS! Thanks for participating!

After a great weekend escape, I believe that we all had a wonderful, creative, relaxing 50 hours of scrapping fun! Thank you to all our loyal returning scrappers and I hope that all our new scrappers will join us once again in the future! Without all of you our event would not be as fun and successful!

We will be adding a few new perks to our future Weekend Retreats….for our Awards Ceremony, we will be adding The Scrap Cabana Sash’s that will be worn and on display until the next retreat winner dethrones the winner! What fun! We will also be introducing our “Loyal Cabana Croppers Awards”, cool buttons that showcase your retreat attendance!

Check out our information regarding our 2010 and 2011 Weekend Scrapbook Events! JANUARY 2010 WEEKEND SCRAPBOOK RETREAT! I’m confident that you will enjoy our events and we welcome new scrappin buddies to join our rapidly growing scrappin family. Our New Year January 2010 Event already has 21 registered scrappers! Sign up today as we only have room for 50 scrappers! Hopefully we will scrap with you soon!

Until our next chitchat…..Happy Scrappin!
Michelle
The Scrap Cabana

Halloween Design / Costume Contest

The Scrap Cabana's Halloween Design/Costume Contest:

It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright/ And we shall see what can't be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels/ Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms/ In masks and gown we haunt the street /And knock on doors for trick or treat/ Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it's Halloween! -Jack Prelutsky

Of course my favorite holiday just happens to occur during my ultimate, favorite season, HALLOWEEN! I love, love, love a good Halloween Costume Party, who doesn’t? What other holiday that as Adults can we giggle with glee and eagerly anticipate as if we were still children and not be sent to the loony bin? How fun is it to ponder, craft and show off with confidence our silly, fun, award winning costume. I for one love this challenge and I’m very competitive when it comes to working the room for votes! On Halloween night, at our house, my husband takes our youngest son trick or treating, unfortunately the teens have outgrown this tradition, while I get to work the door for treat or treaters. I just love watching the youngsters slowing making their way up the sidewalk and either screaming with glee, mumbling or asking with their parents encouragement, Trick Or Treat….what is more precious?

In celebration of Halloween we are announcing our Halloween Design Contest. Not only can you submit your favorite layout or card creation, we are adding the addition of most creative Costume! (Check out our previous Award Winning Costume Photos, yes, my husband is very patient and a great sport!) Submit your favorite Halloween Design/Costume Photo on our Facebook Fan Page. Enter under Fan Photo’s. Entries are due by November 30, 2009. We will pick and announce a winner on December 1, 2009. You can also e-mail us your entry and we will submit for you- facebook@thescrapcabana.com

 Best Halloween Layout/Card Creation:

1st Place: $20.00 Coupon

2nd Place: $10.00 Coupon

Favorite Halloween Costume Picture:
1st Place: $20.00 Coupon
(Good for use on all orders until January 31st, 2010.)

There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit. Since we are new to Facebook, help us make our contest a success! Don’t have a Facebook Account? It’s FREE and easy to join! Sign up today and become a Fan of The Scrap Cabana for Scrapbooking and Card Creation tips and suggestions! You’ll also have VIP Status for all our Specials & Contest Announcements!

Start sharing today……it could be worth $20~ Who can’t make use of FREE Product?

Check out our site for great Scrapbook Products to help preserve your Halloween Memories!  The Scrap Cabana

Until our next chitchat……Happy Scrappin!

Michelle
The Scrap Cabana

The Scrap Cabana November Weekend Scrapbook Retreat - WE ARE NOW BOOKED!

Looking for a place to Scrapbook? Just can’t find the time……

Join Us For The Scrap Cabana's Weekend Scrapbook Retreats!

November 13, 14, 15, 2009

Hampton Inns & Suites, 2423 Bushwood Drive, Aurora, IL 60506  630-907-2600

(Our November Event is Now Booked - 52 Total Scrappers! Stop by to Visit Us!)

If you are looking for a place to Scrapbook, meet new people and laugh then this is the event for you! Leave your career, kids, hubby, housework and worries at home and escape for a weekend of Scrapbooking!

We will be hosting a Weekend Scrapbook Retreat at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Aurora, IL this November just for YOU! Join us for the entire event or if time is still limited, you may choose to come for the day! Three Full Day of Scrapbooking! Space is limited so be sure to reserve your seat today!

50 HOURS OF SCRAPPIN FUN!  Friday 3:00pm - Sunday 5:00pm
Goodie Bags, Welcome Gift, Raffles, Freebies!

OUR ON-SITE STORE WILL ALSO BE OPEN

TO THE PUBLIC SO IF YOU ARE

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO SCRAP....

Be sure to stop by to browse our exciting

scrapbook products!

Saturday 10am - 8pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm.

PRINT THIS PAGE AND PRESENT IT FOR 20% OFF YOUR TOTAL ORDER!* *WALK IN'S ONLY

Check out all the details under Weekend Scrapbook Retreats at The Scrap Cabana! It’s the perfect chance to catch up on all your scrapbooking!

All Things Autumn Creation Contest

All Things Autumn Creation Contest:

Since autumn is my favorite season, we wanted to kick off its arrival with our All Things Autumn Creation Contest….submit your favorite autumn layout or card creation in our NEW Monthly Contest. All things autumn ideas….Back to School, Baseball Playoffs, Football Season, Cheerleading, Marching Band, Homecoming/Dances, Fall Foliage, Fall Anniversaries, Birthdays & Special Occasions…you get the drift…. (Halloween contest to be announced in early November)

Submit your favorite All Things Autumn Creations on our Facebook Fan Page. Enter under Fan Photo’s. Entries are due by October 20th. We will pick and announce a winner on October 21st. You can also e-mail us your entry and we will submit for you- facebook@thescrapcabana.com.

1st Place: $20.00 Coupon
2nd Place: $10.00 Coupon
(Good for use on all orders at The Scrap Cabana until Dec 31, 2009.)

There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit. Since we are new to Facebook, help us make this contest a success! Don’t have a Facebook Account? It’s FREE and easy to join! Sign up today and become a Fan of The Scrap Cabana for Scrapbooking and Card Creation tips and suggestions! You’ll also have VIP Status for all our Specials & Contest Announcements!

Start sharing today……it could be worth $20~ Who can’t make use of FREE Product?

Here is one of my favorite autumn sayings:
“Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant

Until our next chitchat……Happy Scrappin!
Michelle

Autumn has arrived...................

Autumn has arrived…..I can’t believe the summer is over. For us in the Midwest, we really didn’t have that great of a summer, weather wise, lots of rain and we only hit 90 a total of 6 times! Very rare for us, indeed. Fall has always been my favorite season; I love how the air turns crisp, the scent of bonfires and the beauty of the multi colored landscape. It’s also great to rummage through the closet for your favorite pair of jeans and sweaters! (While also hoping and praying that they still fit!) If only the beginning of fall didn’t also indicate the conclusion of long sun filled days, the end of the sound of children playing outside and the inevitable colder weather arrival.

Lets take a second to relish in the celebration of the arrival of Autumn….School is back in session, the halls are alive with the anticipation of Homecoming festivities and Open Houses. Baseball dreams are either crushed or realized. (There’s always next year has become a ritual in this diehard Cubs Fan’s household) and football season has finally arrived! Halloween is also a huge hit with our family…..time to decorate the house, inside and out. Our outside Halloween decorations take months of planning and the children are obsessed with having the scariest front door experience for all our trick or treaters. (Very few little ones ever return...)

At The Scrap Cabana we have heaps of wonderful products to help you celebrate and preserve your autumn memories. Back to School, Homecoming Dance, Football, Baseball, Autumn and Halloween Celebrations! We have added Scrappin Sports & More "New Name of the Game" Collection that includes great 12x12 2-Sided Sports Paper and Stickers. A must have to enhance your sporting adventures. Check them all out. Very shortly we will be adding Reminisces 7 Stunning New Releases, “Safari”, "Trick or Treat", "Travel Guides", "The Halloween Collection", "Autumn Forest", "Christmastime & Santa’s Workshop". Plus the limited edition, "Miss Halloween". Be sure to check back soon for the first look at these exciting brand new products! If you haven’t had time to scrap your summer travel memories, take a peek at our “Under The Sea” New Collection from Reminisce…..lot’s of great scrapbook papers, stickers and embellishments.

We are proud to announce that October is also our Anniversary Month. We will be celebrating with various specials throughout the month. Check back in October to take advantage of our Anniversary Specials and share with us in our excitement! In our second year of business, I’m determined to commit to blogging! We will share craft tips, offer valuable links pertaining to scrapbooking and share in our excitement of all that is scrapbooking! Please follow us in our new adventure and feel free to comment and share in our passion for scrappin!
Until our next chitchat……Happy Scrappin’
Michelle
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Weekend Scrapbook Retreat September 2009 WRAP UP!

The Scrap Cabana September Weekend Retreat was another magnificent getaway for our loyal croppers and our first time attendees! We held our Retreat at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Aurora. This is our 7th Weekend Retreat at this location and I believe a great time was had by all!

We had a total of 45 croppers at our September 2009 event! We had a great mix of loyal Cabana scrappers and brand spankin’ new Cabana scrappers!

Our event is open 24 hours, therefore we offer 50 hours of scrappin time for those die hard scrappers who actually take great advantage of this time. Anita Sorenson was once again our die hard scrapper earning her 3rd Late Night Scrapper Award, staying up until 7:30am Saturday morning and then again until 6:00am on Sunday. (I found out her little secret this event; she reserved a room at the hotel on Sunday evening to catch up on all her sleep!) Unfortunately she is unable to attend our November event so the award is up for grabs! Any takers??? Lori, this is your opportunity!  Since we have 2 scrapping rooms at The Hampton, I also awarded another Late Night Scrapper Award to our new Cabana scrapper, Brenda Tisdale, who lasted until 4:30am on Saturday night! Congratulations to our Late Night Scrapper Winners, I hope that you were able to create lots of wonderful creations!

For each of our retreats we like to offer various contests or make-n-take options. For this event, we provided each of our scrappers with a 4X6 creative Spooky pad from Pebbles, Inc. Each pad included 30 sheets of paper and 4 sticker sheets. Each scrapper was offered the opportunity to create a Spooky card creation to enter into our Card Creation Contest or just keep the pad to enjoy. Each card creation that was submitted into the contest was to utilize at least 60% of the creative pad contents along with any additional embellishments they preferred. We had a total of 25 wonderful, phenomenal, creative card entries into our contest. Each of the scrappers, whether they entered the contest or not, were allowed to vote once for each card they favored! Our Spooky Creative Card Contest winners were: 1st Place: Sue Boylan, 2nd Place: Jamey Schuett and our Honorable Mention Winner: Maria Godoy! Thank you to all for taking the time to create such magnificent, creative, exceptional cards! Check them all out under our photo section on our Facebook account! Become A Facebook Fan of The Scrap Cabana

At our retreats we have a wide variety of scrappers and crafters. Lori Pervinich was our true die hard; she attended our event while her wedding is this following weekend. She was putting the finishing touches to her wedding programs and enjoying the time away prior to her crazy wedding festivities! Happy Wedding Lori!

The Chicago Western Suburbs Creative Crafters Group also joined us this weekend and we were very excited to have them join our group! Dolores Sendziak was our crazy card maker this weekend, completing 90 Christmas cards! Wow, now that’s what I call organized, I don’t even want to start thinking about Christmas…how bout you? Naomi was our youngest scrapper; I love it when teens are able to convey their creative abilities! We also had 2 brand spanking new scrappers attend our event, but I’ve got to tell ya, they had very artistic creations! I only wish my first layouts and cards were as good!

We also play The Scrap Cabana BINGO at each of retreats and each of our scrappers can earn Raffle Tickets to win FREE Scrapbook Gifts including a FREE Scrapbook Weekend by completing various challenges during the weekend. Our BINGO Winners were:

Sports Paper Pack: Donna S, Linda L, Kelly H, Naomi, Donna S, Linda L, Kirstin S

Pebbles Ribbon Iron: Jamey

Heidi Grace Paper/Sticker Pack: Linda L.
Scrapbook Album: Alice
Paper Loft Paper Pack: Alice

Blue Fabric Album: Mary Ann

Scrapbook Calendar: Julie

Cricut ABC Font: Erin

Heidi Grace Halloween Paper Pack: Dianne

Breast Cancer Awareness Tape Runner, Lanyard and Creative Memories Book: Jamey
Reminisce Freedom Collection Paper/Sticker Pack: July J

FREE Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Dianne N.

What's more is we always pull an additional winner from all the raffle tickets for a special unannounced prize, Congratulations to our 50% OFF a Weekend Scrapbook Retreat: Tammy Russell!

In addition to offering our BINGO challenge we also award a BINGO QUEEN Award to our scrapper that is the first to complete her BINGO card….the September BINGO QUEEN Award goes to…..Alice Smith! Way to go!

CONGRATS TO ALL OUR BINGO RAFFLE WINNERS! Thanks for participating!

After a great weekend escape, I believe that we all had a wonderful, creative, relaxing 50 hours of scrapping fun! Thank you to all our loyal returning scrappers and I hope that all our new scrappers will join us once again in the future! Without all of you our event would not be as fun and successful!

Check out our information regarding our remaining 2009 & 2010 Weekend Scrapbook Events! I’m confident that you will enjoy our events and we welcome new scrappin buddies to join our rapidly growing scrappin family. Our November Event already has 20 registered scrappers! Sign up today as we only have room for 50 scrappers! Hopefully we will scrap with you soon!

Until our next chitchat…..Happy Scrappin!

Michelle

The Scrap Cabana

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National Scrapbook Day is May 2, 2009! Scrap with Us in Sandwich, IL or stop by for Great Celebration Specials!

Celebrate National Scrapbook Day, May 2, 2009, In Style! We still have 10 Scrappin' Spots Available! Meet 50 new scrapping friends! Can't crop, stop by to visit with us! Can't stop, visit our on-line store for National Scrapbook Day Specials and FREE SHIPPING Promotion!

The Scrap Cabana

Join The Scrap Cabana Weekend Scrapbook Retreat Celebrations, May 1, 2, 3, 2009
Best Western Timber Creek Inn & Suites,
3300 Drew Ave, Sandwich, IL 60548

We welcome you to join us for our National Scrapbook Day, May 1, 2, 3, 2009 Scrapbook Weekend Retreat in Sandwich, IL.

Why not get a group of scrappin’ friends together
and escape for a weekend just for YOU!
Join us for the entire event or just come for the day!

You won't want to miss out on the celebrations!

50 Hours of Scrappin Fun.
Friday 3:00 pm - Sunday 5:00 pm.

8x30 Scrapping Table Per Scrapper
Lots of room to spread out!

2 Catered Meals
Unlimited Soda, Coffee or Tea.

Lots of Giveaways!
Goodie Bags.

30+ Raffles.
Including our Grand Prize Raffle:
12x12 Cricut Cutting System!

RAFFLE TICKETS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC!
$1.00 FOR 1 TICKET, $5.00 FOR 8 TICKETS.
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A 12X12 CRICUT CUTTING SYSTEM! $300.00 Retail Value!
Winners need not be present to win.

Our on-site store will also be open to the public
so if you are unable to make it to scrap...
Be sure to stop by to browse our exciting scrapbook products!
Saturday 10am - 8pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm.

PRINT THIS BLOG FOR 20% OFF YOUR TOTAL ORDER!*
*WALK IN'S ONLY.

We hope to see you at our Weekend Scrapbook Retreat!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly! Michelle@thescrapcabana.com

DON'T MISS OUT ON ALL THE FUN!