Had a wonderful workshop today with Diddy and her friends. The party lasted 9 hours with tons of crafting and girl talk.

Join My Team

Here is a personal message from the owner and co-founder of Stampin' Up! on why you should join this month. If you have been on the fence for a while this is the perfect time to join. Not only do you get all the great benefits from Stampin' UP!, but you get invited to attend my monthly team meetings with SWAPS galore. You get to attend my classes and events for 1/2 off. So please contact me or just go and sign up on my Stampin' Up! business website.

Card Box

This is one of the make and takes we got from convention. The one Stampin' Up! had the sides of the box white. I felt I had to add a little pizzazz to it. I layered Timeless Portrait Designer Series Paper on to Basic Black Card Stock. Covered the top of the box with matching Timeless Portrait Designer Fabric. The Flower on the top is several layers of differnt sized pettals and topped off with a Antique Brad.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you decorate the outside of the box before you put it together, make sure you are decorating the outside, not the inside of the box. I am not saying I learned this from experience, but you can say you learned from my mistake.

Yha! My dirty cloths made it home from convention. Who else ships their dirty cloths but brings home their swaps and Momento Mall goodies on the plane?

Convention Highlights

This is what you missed!
Convention 2011 Highlights

I am packed and ready to head home... I REALLY hope it is under 50 pounds. It is packed full of swaps and a few things I won/bought this week.

Walked the stage

I love the color of bronze... Yesterday for the fisrt time I got to walk the Main Stage for my accomplishments. I really enjoyed being in the spot light for 30 seconds. Thanks to all my Downline that make my job so much fun! Love you guys! I hope that more of you can make it to Convention next year.

Silly Hat

I won a stamp set, brads and ribbon... This year's convention theme is "GROW" Wednesday night we had a little kick off party. I got a "pot" hat and added a few Stampin' Up! fabric flowers and "GROW" across the front that I cut had out on the Big Shot and glued on with a Glue Gun.

No Room For Cloths

I got my suit case packed for convention... But now I have no room for cloths because it is full of swaps!

Check In for Convention

I was so delighted this morning when I went to check-in for Convention online. It said "CONGRATULATIONS! You have won an award!" I can't wait to check in and see what it is :)

Spanish Fan Page

Stampin' Up! has started a new Facebook Fan Page for those who are interested in Stampin' Up! in Spanish. Check it out and "Like" it. I always have been in love with the Quinceañera stamp set. I wish I had someone I knew that was turning 15 so I could help make cute invites and party favors.

Glitter fun

My youngest daughter has been helping me today. She is in love with all the glitter paper. She likes playing with the little pieces that are left over from the punches. Ummm What do you think you can make out of rows and rows and rows of red glitter boarder strips. Any good guesses?

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

Swap Nightmare

Good Morning Ladies, I hope you all slept well last night. I was up kinda late working on my swaps for convention. I went to bed about midnight. I awoke from a dream that no one would swap with me at convention because the Sizzix Milk Carton was retired. Before I even made coffee I ran for my new Catalog and was very happy to see the milk Carton in print.

As you can see I outline mine with a silver marker to see the lines better. It helps when you are up late, tired and getting excited about convention.

Convention is almost here

7 day countdown until I am off to Convention. I am excited for a fun week of stamping with old and new friends. We have been working hard on swaps for the past two weeks. I hope to wrap it up by Thursday. But I have a feeling I will still be working on them on the plane ride. Here is a sneak peak at one of my swaps. It is a shoe box swap. You ask what a shoe box swap is, because who really wants an old shoe box? Well I prepare everything to make a fun project, (design, measure, and cut paper) I take all the supplies with me to finish the card. We sit around tables and pass around out boxes and create each others masterpieces. So here is one of mine...
I used the new Stampin' Up! Pennant Parade set and coordinating punch and Designer Series Paper. The colors are, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, and Wild Wasabi. I also got out the Big Shot and rolled out a couple cute milk cartons to fit in the holder.

To make the holder cut a 5 1/5 X 8" piece of cardstock. Score at 1", 2 3/4", 3 3/4 on the 5 1/2 side and score 1" on each side of the 8 sides

Hope you enjoy!