Well I went to my first crop on Saturday, and it was great. I wasn't really very organised. I'd printed some assorted photos, and had a few I'd already printed to scrap using classes from a UKScrappers Cybercrop. But I didn't have papers chosen for any of them, let alone embellishments, so I just chose a fairly random selection of papers and cardstock to take with me.

I met Vanessa first, as we were both quite shy about turning up on our own. As it was we were there first - oops! We were made very welcome (probably aided by us helping set up!), and got ourselves a couple of spots next to each other. I was pleased to see that one of the ladies brought her Sizzix and lots of dies, including a few alphabets. Vanessa then decided to pop back home and get her Cuttlebug and dies too (she's only a few minutes walk away)! I'll have to take my dies next time - I have a couple of different alphas amongst other things.

One of the ladies had brought an album she'd just finished so we were able to have a look through that, lots of good ideas and inspiration.

There were 11 of us there, and plenty of space, we each had a large table so were able to spread out. I started work on a holiday LO, but then decided that I needed some bits I'd left at home to get any further, so abandoned that one. I didn't get much done at all with the next one I tried, as I couldn't quite find papers to match. I did manage to put some papers together though, so I've made up a couple of page kits ready for photos for next time!

At that point I was struggling so I decided to have a go at a card instead, in the hope that I'd actually complete something. I'd taken some 7Gypsies papers with me to do the current "Use Your Stash" challenge on UKS, and fairly quickly came up with a plan. I used snaps to attach some flowers, and borrowed a Crop-o-dile - another gadget that has now gone on my wish list!

Then I decided to tackle one of the classes I'd prepared, and this time I managed to find the perfect papers. With a couple of buttons donated by Vanessa, and the use of her Cuttlebug alpha for the title, I just got my LO finished before the end of the day.

All in all I was really pleased with what I got done, although I plan to be a bit more prepared next time. Everyone was really nice, and I couldn't believe how quickly the day went. It was fun being able to see other people's work in progress. Even my husband said how fab my finished LO was - result! Can't wait for the next one now!