A Great Slide show by Stampfully Yours

Cathy at Stampfully Yours did a great slide show of the pages for Black White and Craft All Over! Here it is...Thank you Cathy!

Scrapbook Royalty will be at Desert Scrappers Retreats this weekend!

Scrapbook Royalty is collecting canned food at Desert Scrappers Retreats!!!



Jennifer Priest will be at Desert Scrappers Retreats selling tote hooks and aprons, teaching classes and make n takes, selling raffle tickets and collecting food for charity.

Right now Scrapbook Royalty has partnered with Fiskateers to collect canned food for the homeless and those in need. We always do a raffle to benefit charity at Laura's retreats (thanks Laura!) so this time I am offering one raffle ticket for every 3 cans or boxes of nonperishable food you bring to me at the retreat to donate. If you bring 10 cans, you'll receive a goodie bag! For example, bring 20 cans of food and get 6 raffle tickets and two goodie bags.

We'll also be selling raffle tickets in the traditional sense: $2 per ticket or 20 tickets for $20. The proceeds from the two raffles I am doing will be split equally between Scrapbook Royalty and the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is a disease that has affected nearly every member of my family. Scrapbook Royalty has yet to help a charity regarding this disease so this is our opportunity to make a difference for yet another worthy cause.

Here's a checklist for the retreat:

• Bring Canned Food. Get a raffle ticket for every 3 cans, goodie bag for every 10 cans.
• Bring $ for Raffle Tickets. $2 per ticket or 20 tickets for $20.
• Shop for Scrapbook Royalty loot: and help support our charity. I'll have tote hooks and aprons at the Hydrangea Hippo booth.
• Shop at Hydrangea Hippo. Kits are Buy Two Get One free, lots of ribbon, stick pins, banner kits, grab bags, and more.
• Sign Up for Classes. Check out this post for the Paypal buttons and class pics and descriptions. Get a goodie bag for signing up by May 28 and paying online through Paypal.
  
• Have fun!

Check out the awesome gift basket!

If you are participating in Black White and Craft All Over in June, you will have a chance to win this great basket from Stampfully Yours!! Its valued at over $105!! Every store will have their own basket with all different things in it and you can win at multiple stores!

Raffle tickets are given:

• just for visiting the store
• for completing the make and take
• for every $5 you spent

This is a really really great value just for a $35 donation to Scrapbook Royalty!

There are a limited number of spots!!

Sign up today!

We need your support!

They're Grrrrrreat!!

I remember as a kid I loved Frosted Flakes. It was always a race to see if I could eat my whole bowl fast enough to not let the flakes get mushy!

Now, you know we love to tell you about what grrrrreat things are going on in the world of giving. Part of our mission is to create opportunities for crafters to give...

Kellogg's Frosted Flakes has a program called the Earn Your Stripes (EYS) field renovation program thats aimed to renovate neighborhood sports fields across the U.S. Thousands of fields have been nominated some with as many as 700,000 supporters! Those fields have now been narrowed down to 100 finalists and your vote will help determine the winning fields.The semifinalist fields were chosen based on the feasibility of the field makeover, the location and age of the field, how often it gets used, how many events take place, what teams use it, the number of other athletic fields in the community, the demand, condition, and the impact a field renovation would have on the community.

So... if you could please visit the Frosted Flakes website and vote for your favorite "field story" you would be helping a communities dreams come true!

Do you know CPR?

We are not just about raising money we are also about raising awareness so here is some awareness comin' your way!

Scrapbook Royalty recieved an American Heart Association CPR anytime kit courtesy of Mom Central . This kit is amazing and comes with:

• A personal, inflatable CPR manikin
• CPR Skills Practice DVD
• An American Heart Association Heartsaver AED Student Workbook
• Heartsaver AED Anywhere software
• Pocket mask and non-latex gloves
  
  It is seriously like having a CPR class in your own home! Super easy to follow along and really really important!
  
  Did you know....
  
• Almost 80 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur at home and are witnessed by a family member
• Only 6.4 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims survive because the vast majority of those witnessing the arrest are people who do not know how to perform CPR

This is important! Take a moment to visit the website and educate yourself. You could save a life!

A much needed donation...

Miss Vicky of Cut-It-Up has generously donated 5 industrial shelving units, 6 pink grid walls, and a ton of collage page kits. She has been an incredible supporter of SBR and donated tons and tons of stuff to our cause. We can't thank you enough!

Vicky hosts retreats in her little town of Dutch Flat, CA. Its a historic mining town that will melt your heart. To see some photos of Miss Vicky's Place, visit our Founder, Elena's Blog, She just drove down with Miss Vicky to transport the above mentioned shelving. Not only did Vicky donate it, she also drove it down! What a huge heart!

Reflecting on Reflections

Scrapbook Royalty was around town this past weekend sharing the crafting love! Jennifer P was all over the place doing a really really cute make and take. She posted all sorts of photos on her blog Debby and Jennifer T. helped out at the Scrapbook Expo with getting a wonderful posterboard to the lobby and back. Did you get entered into the raffle? Hope you didn't miss out!

Elena spent out National Holiday at Reflections in Newport Beach. She posted on her blog as well.

We are all super busy getting caught up after this weekend but will be posting more soon!

Where will you be on National Scrapbook Day?

Once a year we have this day, dedicated just to scrapbooking and papercrafts! What are you doing for "NSD"?

Here's my schedule for the weekend. I hope to see you there--even if you're cropping at a store I am not at, come by one of these stores while I am there to create a make n take and get a Fairy Fly By! EVERYONE who comes in the store while I am there will receive a free goodie from me & Scrapbook Royalty, aka "Fairy Fly By". All of my make n takes cost $5, which will be donated to Scrapbook Royalty.

*********************FRIDAY MAY 1, 2009*********************

I will be joining Elena at Reflections, a huge event put on by Scrapbook Oasis. Scrapbook Royalty will be running a silent auction to benefit the American Heart Association. Come by and see us! Admission to the Isle Carnival is $25. For more info, see the Reflections Blog.

*********************SATURDAY MAY 2, 2009*********************

"My Peeps" Make N Take
*Prima Endorsed Class*
Featuring the Zutter Bind It All
$5 Donation to Scrapbook Royalty

10am-1230pm
Ph: 714-961-8011
The Scrappin' Table

1pm-2pm
Ph: 714-998-8855
Scrappin' In The Hills

3pm-7pm
Private Crop

8pm-9pm
Ph: 714-838-1200
The Red Bee

11pm-12am
Ph: 951-372-8214
Scrapper's Cafe

*********************SUNDAY MAY 3, 2009*********************

"My Peeps" Make N Take
*Prima Endorsed Class*
Featuring the Zutter Bind It All
$5 Donation to Scrapbook Royalty

10am-12pm
Ph: 909-793-2200
Collective Journey

Mystery Make N Take
1pm-2pm
Ph: 714-961-8011
The Scrappin' Table

See you there!!! Happy Creating this weekend.

Scrapbook Royalty at Prom

CHECK OUT MY PROM DATES!
Yes, there was Royalty at the Friends of Scott Prom last Friday night. 150 kids and tons of volunteers gathered at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park, California for "A Night of a Thousand Stars" This prom is for children ages 11-19 who have battled or are battling cancer. On this night, they are not sick, they are just kids going to a milestone event in a young person's life. Some of these kids are too sick to go to their own prom, or embarrassed and some sadly do not live to go to their prom. That is what makes this so special and such a worthy cause. SBR volunteers Dawn T, Jennifer T, Jessica P, Julie M and Elena decorated 200 goodie bags for these courageous kids and their dates. It is a major event with food, entertainment and lots of laughs!

There was even an 80's style dance-off with some really talented dancers!

Jennifer T, Julie M, and Elena attended the prom to pass out the goodie bags. One thank you from one of these brave kids makes all the work worth it

How do you thank Sponsors? Tell every one about them!!

FloraCraft donated 200 awesome styrofoam stars for us to alter for the goody bags! We can't do this without generous companies like FloraCraft.

The Diva in action...

Diva Danielle, actress and singer extraordinaire is once again using her talents for good. Check it out! www.cadfy.org click on the flyer to see it full size.

Eliot Raffit Ribbons

Hello Charitable Crafters! Elena here, I got a call the other day from another wonderful company that wants to become a sponsor. Eliot, the owner was very curious about all things Scrapbook Royalty and after I explained what we do, he offered to send us some ribbon and to promote us at the New York Stationary Show where he will be speaking. He really loved that what we do is not just for one charity but for all causes that want our help. After I got off the phone with him, I got an email saying that he sent us a box of 1000 yards of raffia. Well, the box arrived and it is amazing. I will photograph and post tomorrow.

The online website is a must to explore. http://www.raffit.com/default.asp Just beautiful! Scrapbook Royalty's proven track record is really gaining recognition and I am so proud to be a part of it!

Look we did yesterday!

For the Friends of Scott Prom for Kids with Cancer

Last year we made 150 frames for the goody bags at the Friends of Scott Prom. This year we are making ornaments. This is for teenagers with cancer who may not be able to go to their own prom.

I know it is sad to hear but some of them are going through chemo and bloated or bald, some of them are hospitalized and some of them don't live to see a prom.

I love being a part of this very moving very special event. So Floracraft donated 216 Styrofoam stars and a case of diamond dust and we are making ornaments that the kids can keep as souvenirs.

Here is an unfinished sample...

Jennifer T, Dawn T, Julie and I are pounding out rosettes, glittering, tying ribbons and as you can see Julie and I painted till we were literally high yesterday. I did have a headache afterwards. Thank you to Mira Mesa Self Storage for letting us use one of the empty storage units for painting out of the wind :)

and look what else arrived...

can't wait to try it!

Scrapbook Royalty has teamed up with the Fiskateers to "feed our community":

A food drive to feed the hungry.

So from now until June 13th, Scrapbook Royalty is going to be collecting and posing a challenge to you to ‘feed our community.’ Here are the specifics . . .

• As a scrapbooking community we will gather food and other non-perishable items and donate them to our local community food banks.
• The members of the charity fiskamittee and Scrapbook Royalty will be setting up dates and locations where food can be donated. We are hoping this will provide a great opportunity to meet with other fiskateers and papercrafters giving to the same cause and to connect. If there isn’t a location near you . . . by all means, set up your own plan to do the collecting in your area and make the drop off to the food bank of your preference.
• We know the economical crisis is hitting home for so many of us. The Dollar Store is a great place to get canned foods and other items to donate.
• For example, Cheryl, Lead Fiskateer, will be sending out more details but will be leading efforts to donate to the Orange County Rescue Mission which does a great deal of wonderful work here in Orange County. She is hoping that on Saturday, June 13th she might be able to meet many of you fiskateers at the OC Rescue Mission (have to figure out details) and greet you as you drop off your donation. http://www.rescuemission.org/
• We will collect and attempt to have a meeting date/drop off date on Saturday, June 13th or otherwise specified. There will be other dates and times you can also participate and donate . . . Maxine Hodges will be collecting during National Scrapbook Day, Sudie and Debby will collect during their SC crop in May. There will be other opportunities as well. Stay tuned here on the front side of the blog, the message board and the fiskateer calendar.
• After speaking with a gal at the OC Rescue Mission she informed Cheryl that the biggest needs they are seeing at this time are the needs for non-perishable food items such as boxes of Mac n’ Cheese, canned food, cereal, spaghetti and tomato sauce, peanut butter, and pasta to name a few. As well, there is a great need for formula, diapers and wipes (new) as these can be expensive items.
• Feel free to collect a brown paper grocery bag and craft it to your heart’s delight with a personal message from you . . . as a fiskateer or crafter. Then fill your bag full of groceries. Check out the dates and times (as they are announced) and decide at which time you want to go and drop off your donation.

We would love your support on this! It would be great if you would collect cans in your store, in your neighborhood, or from your family and friends.

On National Scrapbook Day, Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks will be offering anyone who brings a can of food to the store 10% off of any item. Every can of food counts towards more items!

We will also be promoting a drop off party on June 13th at the San Diego Food Bank

9850 Distribution Avenue | San Diego, California 92121

Elena will be there from 10 am till 12 noon with volunteers to collect food and give out fairy fly bys to the first 25 people who bring food to donate.

May 1st - May 3rd
Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
1107 Jamboree Road
Newport Beach, California 92660

Scrapbook Royalty will be celebrating National Scrapbook Day at the Reflections Retreat.

We are so thrilled they invited us to be a part of this event. We will be hosting the Friday and Saturday night crops with Fairy Fly Bys and fun and sponsoring a Silent Auction to benefit the American Heart Association. Heart Disease is the #1 killer of women! This issue is something that affects us all.


Want to help this worthy cause? We would love your handmade creation to add to the silent auction! email us for more info or mail your item to:

Scrapbook Royalty
PO Box 910665
San Diego, CA 92191

Reflections is going to donate a portion of the proceeds of the whole event in addition to what Scrapbook Royalty raises! For more information on this amazing retreat, visit the website

There are just a few spots left for this amazing event. Here are some of the great teachers that you will get to create with:

Stephanie Ackerman
Mara May
Maggie Holmes
Christine Middlecamp
Jamie Waters
Shannon Tidwell
Melissa Phillips

and a whole 'nother group of amazing women will be hosting make and takes!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Raffle to Benefit LIFE4PAWS

It's another Royalty On the Road event!!!

The lovely owners of Scrappin' In The Hills chose to have their Royalty On the Road event benefit the worthy cause, Life 4 Paws, an animal rescue charity based out of the San Fernando Valley.

Stop on by Scrappin' In The Hills in Anaheim Hills, CA on April 18th to get a free Fairy Fly-By and to enter raffles to benefit Life 4 Paws. Better yet, sign up for the class offered during the event and receive a Goodie Bag AND a Fairy Fly By!

"Princess" Crown Book

Join Jennifer Priest for a wonderful * Prima Certified * class! We'll be creating a Princess-themed, crown-shaped, mini book with acetate covers using the Zutter Bind It All and Prima's yummy Morning Song paper line. The book is filled with glittery details such as Prima's Say It In Crystals, Center Kisses, of course, flowers! Jennifer will have a Prima Festive Flower and Glimmer Mist bar set up to customize your blooms in the class. You'll also receive an entire set of Prima chipboard alphabets in the class!

April 18, 2009
2-5pm
Scrappin' In The Hills
Anaheim Hills, CA
Ph: 714-998-8855
$40

Raffles to benefitLife4Paws

PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE HERE

Here's what the raffle basket looks like:


It is filled with TONS of spring themed Jolee's, stickers, stamps, a mini book kit in a box, a Spring wall hanging, and more! Definitely over $100 value!!

The class fee will benefit Scrapbook Royalty:


To sign up for the event, contact the store at the number listed above.