Volunteers have been assigned to groups

Posted on 25. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

If you have been to Creative Escape in years past and want to select a group with a specific volunteer… here is the list:

Group 1: Bo Bunny – Carol Becher & Joyce Blobner
Group 2: Cosmo Cricket – Carolyn Gordon & Jamie Everett
Group 3: Echo Park – Dania Kinney & Michelle Aguilar
Group 4: Fancy Pants – Louise Phillips & Susan Sokolsky
Group 5: Imaginisce – Jean Harper & Karen Harper
Group 6: Making Memories – Joan Hintz & Shelley Johnson
Group 7: Pink Paislee - Marla Holbrook & Alayna Holbrook
Group 8: Tattered Angels – Joey Otlo & Melissa Jones

You are welcome to go back to Event Brite and change your group. Just go to your account, look for the manage tab, and make the change.

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Sneak peek at Vicki Boutin’s project…

Posted on 23. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

Vicki Boutin’s layout project will remind you of your childhood. It involves clever technique that are reminiscent of playing with paper dolls and opening up a new box of crayons. It is filled with all the rainy day projects you loved… all wrapped up into one fun class. If you finish early, maybe you gather a few girls and start up a game of hopscotch.

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Friday Night Extravaganza class

Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

There are 16 people all trained and ready to teach the Canvas Corp. Friday Night Extravaganza project at Creative Escape. This group is made up of staff members, former teachers, swap hosts, event photographers, and graphic designers.

We tested out the project in order to figure out the best way to teach it and to decide which supplies were a must. This project is a little time consuming but the end result is super cute.

We will get you started with the base of the project and then let you finish up the rest, on your own time. Remember to visit the Echo Park Swap/Crop Room if you still have some get-up-and-go!

Thanks again to Canvas Corp. for sponsoring the project and Sonya Bookout for designing it!

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Special gift if paid in full before June 1

Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

If you paid in full before June 1, you will be receiving a special thank you gift during registration at Creative Escape. We will have the pretty little package waiting for you to open whenever you are ready to reveal your surprise.

Come to the convention area of the hotel on Wednesday, August 24, anytime between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to check in, get your badge, wristband, fast pass, and idea book. Registration can also take place at the info booth anytime on Thursday.

Remember, everyone attending Creative Escape attends ALL the classes with ALL the teachers! No extra sign-ups required.

*Note: This isn’t the actual gift. This is a picture of an empty box we found on the internet. Just don’t want to mislead anyone…

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Make Creative Escape a family getaway

Posted on 12. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

With such low rates, consider the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa for your family vacation. You are going to LOVE this hotel — and your family will, too. It offers all kinds of amenities like golf, spa, horseback riding, casino, Wild West theme park, and water slide. To see for yourself, click here. If you planning to attend Creative Escape you can come a few days early or stay a few days more… at the low rate of $119 a night.

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Enjoy all the little things

Posted on 11. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

While you are at Creative Escape, look closely at the fine details around the resort while you are walking around the property. For example, walk over the the little table in the hallway and you will notice dry beans forming a decorative pattern. It might be  sun with curly rays today… and rippling waves tomorrow. The next day it might just say “Creative Escape.” Take a photo or just stop a moment to admire the artwork. It is special to think someone took the time to create something for you to ponder for just a few minutes of your day.

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Creative Escape…the ultimate!

Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

There will be beeswax, glimmer mist, heat guns, tulle, fabric, paper, white crayon, punch outs, staining, ruffling, stamping, gluing and so much more. The Creative Escape weekend in August will not only be the chance to walk away with fabulous completed projects, but you get to learn some really unique techniques to try again later. Not only do you get to learn from some of the most talented paper artists, ever… you get to know them! This is going to be fun!

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Sneak a peek at Amy Totty’s project…

Posted on 09. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

There is no sewing involved in the making of this album cover. This project was not only fun, but a stress reliever that truly makes your fingers do the walkin’. Another favorite technique in this class is making those darling flowers. You will want to make this project a million different ways for sure.

Note: When Amy’s supply list says to bring the BIG UHU GLUE STICK. She is not kidding. I would actually pack two of them (in case your neighbor borrows from you and then empties the tube… sorry Cat!).

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Creative Escape 2011 – Space still available

Posted on 08. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

Creative Escape 2011

August 25 – 27

Chandler , Arizona

Bazzill Basics Paper and Heidi Swapp are joining together to host the sixth and final ultimate scrapbook indulgence…Creative Escape. This event features a weekend of pampering, decadent meals, clever ideas, uplifting inspiration, with some of the best teachers around! Space is still available. Register today!

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Help Stephen & WIN 2 CE Tix

Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by lisa.

Stephen’s made: 41,500 cards
Bazzill friends have made: 8,232 cards

Grand Total (so far!): 49,732 cards for U.S. Troops overseas

As of 6/10/11

WIN Two Tickets to Creative Escape!

Donations are being accepted from anyone who would like to create handmade thank you cards on Stephen’s behalf. For every five cards sent to Bazzill, the maker will be entered into a drawing to win two FREE tickets to the last Creative Escape 2011 (travel and accommodations, not included). Cards must be received by July 1, 2011. Click here to download and fill out the entry form. Mail it along with the cards to:

Stephen’s Thank You Card Project/Bazzill Basics Paper
7001 W. Erie St., Ste. 2, Chandler, AZ 85226

Other prizes include:
A subscription to Scrapbooking & Beyond magazine, Paper Creations Magazine, or “Picture that sound” recording inserts for cards.

Details:

1. A2 is the preferred card size. That is half of a piece of 8.5 x 11 cardstock (Bazzill, of course!) cut into a 4.25″ x 5.5″ strip and folded.
2. It doesn’t have to be red, white and blue… it can be anything your heart desires as long as it is made with love!
3. Do not use glitter! Be careful the card does not become too bulky.
4. If you can send envelopes along with your cards, that would be appreciated. If not, Xpedx is going to be donating 20,000 envelopes to fill in the gaps.
5. Yes, sign it. Imagine Stephen going back to sign 180,000 cards! We need to save his hand so he can play sports in his free time.
6. Download the pdf entry form from the Creative Escape website, fill it in, and send one copy with every five cards. All the cards can be mailed together, but we will be using your paperwork to pull the name of the winner. You can fill it in once and make photocopies, if you’d like. For example, if you send 50 cards, include 10 entry forms.
7. Send as many cards as you would like!

For the fifth year, Bazzill Basics Paper and Heidi Swapp are hosting Creative Escape…the ultimate scrapbook indulgence in Phoenix, Arizona on August 25 – 27. Over the past few years, the guests attending CE participate in raffles and live auctions raising more than $100,000 for charities including the American Cancer Society and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This year, the fundraising element of the event is switching to a service project for U.S. troops overseas:

Boy making cards for 180,000 troops

Ten-year-old Stephen Goodman, a fifth-grader in Surprise, Arizona, wants to send a thank you card next to military personnel. Not to one platoon, or to just one division, but to every actively deployed service member in the U.S. military. Stephen said he thought of the idea while spending the summer with his grandparents in Phoenix. “My grandpa went to Vietnam and didn’t get any cards, and he felt forgotten,” he said. Stephen started locally, creating and hand-delivering 218 Fourth of July cards for patients at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix. The feedback was so thrilling and positive that Stephen started thinking: Why not send one to everyone deployed? He began paying attention to news reports. Somewhere, he gleaned the number of overseas troops to be 180,000. “I was really taken aback when he said he wanted to do one for all the troops,” said Stephen’s father, Steven Goodman. “I explained to him it was a big project, and because of what his intentions were, he would have to carry it out.” Each thank you card is handmade, using “construction paper and scissor designs and markers and stickers and my imagination and that’s it.” according to Stephen. The entire family pitches in. So far, they’ve made about 15,000 cards. Vice President Joe Biden happened to catch Stephen’s story while traveling through Phoenix last August. Stephen got his own thank you in the mail. “It just said thank you for what I’m doing, the soldiers will appreciate it,” he remembered. The letter made Stephen’s summer. “It made me feel very excited to know that the vice president sent me something,” he said. When all 180,000 cards are done, the Goodmans plan to take them to Luke Air Force Base where they will be delivered overseas all at once to make sure no soldier is over looked.
– Original story by Amy B. Wang, writer for The Arizona Republic.

During the August event, Creative Escape will be staging a service project area for its guests to visit and help Stephen complete his enormous thank you card project. Bazzill Basics Paper, Provo Craft/Cricut, and other scrapbooking manufacturers in the industry, are supplying product and preparing kits to help make the workshop run quickly and smoothly.

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