What a retreat weekend!

This weekend was the Crop Til You Drop Oktoberfest Extravaganzaa scrapbook retreat and what a weekend it was.  My friend, Jen, and I worked mostly on dog-themed items that we're donating to a wonderful cause, the Placing Paws Pet Rescue.  Jen adopted two dogs from Placing Paws and has fostered others.  She is very involved with the organization and being a pet lover myself, I was excited to be able to make some things to sell as well.  I also worked on a few sports layouts for a friend of mine.  This retreat was the inauguaration of the Pazzles Inspiration machine, so I used the embossing tool and Core'dinations Color Core paper to make the background words .  I think it turned out awesome: