Scrapbooking Retreat At Cape Cornwall

I had the most fantastic time last weekend! I was working with Linda Knight of Just Scrapbooking at her first retreat, which was held at Cape Cornwall. The views from the terrace outside the crop room were breathtaking and that was before setting eyes on all the goodies for sale in the shop!

The first evening local photographer, Adam Gibbard, hosted a workshop on taking better photos and making the most of your camera.

We started indoors with some flower shots.

Then we went down the hill to Priest's Cove, which I recognised from an episode of Wycliffe!

We took photos of the cove with little rowing boats pulled up onto the slipway and Sea Pinks on the banks. On the horizon, you could just about make out the Scilly Isles, some 28 miles off the Cornish Coast.

We travelled up and over a hill and saw the ruins of the tiniest little Chapel imaginable and in the distance a cottage clinging to the steep hillside.

We set up our tripods and waited as the sun slowly sank behind the clouds. Sadly it was not a dramatic sunset, but a pretty one nontheless!

There were a series of workshops and demonstrations to help inspire the croppers. Artist, Kathy Wray, came and showed everyone how to paint and decorate their own backing papers. These were used to make a layout featuring photos taken in Adam's workshop.

I worked with deep embossing and made some tags suitable for a beach layout, along with some alcohol ink decorated pieces.
I also made a Meander Book and other tags and pockets suitable for hidden journalling.

The food was excellent and was on a Greek theme for the weekend. I am a vegetarian and was very pleased with the alternative options to the meat dishes.

One of the delegates has posted photos of her layouts, which you can see on her blog here.

All too soon, it was Sunday morning and time to finish the retreat and pack up.
Still, there's always the next one to look forward to in September!
Perhaps you'll join us next time.
Please e-mail me at Heartfelt.Stamping@hotmail.com if you'd like to know more.

Thank you for stopping by!

~Debbie~