Reveal of Inky Escape! (Craft Retreat)

Hello friends!  November has come with the pretty leaves on the trees and the coolness in the winds.  I always turn to comforting “things” this time of the year and it always gives me a sense of peace before the year comes to an end.  A warm fuzzy blanket, socks/slippers, sweaters, etc.  is what I usually turn to.   What is your comfort “thing”?

I promised to share with you the fun things we did over at the “Inky Escape” event that I recently attended and it was wonderful to see all of my crafty friends again for laughs and fun together.  I think I miss them already!

I lifted this fun photo from the Inky Stamper FB page as I don’t have any photos other than seeing what others took.  There were a total of 18 of us this time:

Everyone received a “swag bag”…but the case this time was a Christmas stocking full of fun goodies and one of them was that everyone received cute fluffy socks. I’m not exactly sure which one is me in that photo, but I did have a polar bear sock! LOL We each placed one foot in the circle and Chelsea took the photo.

And speaking of the “swag bag”/Christmas stocking…here’s what we each received:

When I got to the event, there was this black stocking on my table with the cute tag attached to it with my name.  Each person received a personalized tag on the swag bag, plus the “skull” dies that were used to create the tag which was inside the stocking!  There are my polar bear fuzzy socks (I’ve already washed them up by hand so the colors wouldn’t bleed in the wash…and they’re so warm and fuzzy!)  I also received the cute “Christmas bulb” drink holder with a candy cane straw and a little ghost stopper for the top!  We used these containers to hold the “Jingle Juice” that we drank at some point!  And then I received a light up Christmas bulb necklace that has different settings when you push the button the back.  The theme for this event was called “Merry Spookmas” which you can see the greeting for that on my personalized tag.  So fun!

And speaking of fun…here are all of the Make-n-Takes that we created during the event.  We sat and made 4 projects and then two of those projects were “bonus” makes using some other special items.  (There is a “story” about one of them, but you can check out each project up close in the gallery below.)

*If you are on my website, just click on each photo to enlarge and scroll downward to see more information about each photo while it’s enlarged.*

The first four make-n-takes were made using the brand new Inky Stamper release that came out during this event!  You should go check them out now on the website! (They’re all shown on the home page under “Featured Products”.)  My favorite is that darling “Gifter” stamp set!  I’m sure you’ll be seeing something from that set soon from me! *wink*

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And since I was there to “crop” (as they say), I brought some things to work on that I really wanted to get done.  So I decided to pull out some more Inky Stamper images to color and make a “Sheetload of Cards” using the September Sheetload of Cards Template by Crafty Al.  If you’re not familiar with her, check out her You Tube Channel and look for all of her “Sheetload of Cards” videos to see how you can find instructions for each month. #SUYSSep2024 #ShowUsYourSheetLoad

I utilized her template to create the full 12 cards as demonstrated.  The dimensions of the finished card design is 3.5″ x 6.25″ which I really liked as it helped to use up the full 6″x6″ size of those paper pads!  Also, you don’t have to create envelopes for these as they fit perfectly inside those #6 envelopes (3-5/8″ x 6.5″) that you can find at any office supply area of a store.

As you can see, I used a variety of images that I stamped, colored and cut out for each design.  I matched up my design papers to coordinate with the images.  All of the images I used are from Inky Stamper.  All papers come from a variety of Doodlebug Design papers.

Here’s a closer look at two of the cards I made from the set so that you can see how the card opens up and the greetings on the inside of each card. (Sentiments come from Taylored Expressions.)  You can also see the coordinating envelopes next to them with the matching critter stamped in grey ink.

These cards are on the way for a special charity for ill children patients to help lift spirts and I hope each one will!

I know there were so many things going on during the event that I was even surprised that I got all of these finished.  They were mostly finished with the exception of the greeting which I added when I got home.  I had plenty to do while I was there and also enjoyed all the activities too!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my post today as well!  I thank you so much for stopping in!