Stampin' Up Convention 2011

I had the glorious opportunity to attend the Stampin' Up Convention this year in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is my 2nd year attending and I was just as blown away this year as the previous year.
There was so much to see and do. I took too many pics to place on my blog so I decided to pick a few of my favorites. These were taken of the " Flirtatious Product Suite." I love the bright and playful colors. It just puts me in a Happy mood. This product suite can be found in the New Idea Book and Catalog that was just released this July (pg.126).

I really liked the fans (in the pic below). They are so cute. I wish I had a spot in my house where I could display something like that (without the kids touching it).


One of the first things we do on the first day of convention is go pick up our bags. At check in, we were handed a Beautiful Black bag with embroidered flowers. I updated my profile pic with one that was taken of me at Convention (holding my black bag). We were also handed a few stamp sets, to place in our bag, and use at our make-n-take session.

By the time Convention was over and I had to pack up my suitcase, I was worried all my FREE stuff would not fit. Luckily I had left some room in my suitcase for all the wonderful stuff I got to take home.

Overall, Convention was amazing and I am looking forward to next year!

$99 Starter Kit and FREE Project Kit Promotion

Stampin' Up has a Fabulous Promotion for July 2011. This is a limited time promotion and is the perfect opportunity to start your Stampin' Up adventure. I know some of you have been "on the fence" about signing up before.....well, now is a great opportunity, just for you, at a great price!

The Starter Kit contains over $185 in products and business supplies, including products from the New 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog.

And there's MORE.......

If you sign up in July 2011, you will also receive a Christmas Keepsake project kit for FREE ($40 value).This kit contains everything you will need to create a Beautiful Keepsake box. You can visit my site for more details or simply contact me.

Projects

I recently had my first class since we moved to Camarillo. I had a really great time with the ladies. They were so sweet! I made these post it note holders for them. I had so much fun making these. I think it was partially because I knew they would be really excited to receive them. It's hard to see in the pic but I put Dazzling Diamonds on the inside of the flowers too. The top pic shows the holders closed and the bottom is a pic showing you what they look like when they are opened. I can't remember right now where exactly I got the directions for these cute holders. If you really want to know, simply email me and I should have located the info by then. :0) Enjoy your day!

Teacher "Thank You's"

I made these for my son's preschool teachers. I just wanted to share the different options you can do with Stampin' Up products. I took a plain white gift bag and dressed it up with some Designer Series paper, ribbon and stamped cardstock. It's hard to see but the Orange colored flowers are actually heat embossed with Tangerine Tango embossing powder. The gift card holder was simple to make and it turned out pretty cute, I must say. I used velcro w/adhesive to keep the gift card holder closed. On the bottle of flavored soda, I simply wrapped it was DSP and added a small tag and ribbon. I delivered the soda and gift card inside of the gift bag. I hope they liked it!

Thinking of you....

I made this card for my husband. Every once in a while I make and card and send it to my husband at his office. I like to surprise him from time to time to let him know how much I love and appreciate him. He is such a wonderful man and I like to remind him how much I cherish him.

This card was made using the following Stampin' Up supplies:

Summer Splash Stamp Set (Summer Mini)

Tangerine Tango Embossing Powder (Summer Mini)

CS: Whisper White, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise,Naturals White

Ink: Real Red, Tempting Turqouise,Crumb Cake,Bashful Blue

White Baker's Twine (Summer Mini)

Pewter Build-a-Brad

*I made the clouds by stamping the outer edges of a punched out piece of cardstock from a 1 3/4" Scallop Circle XL punch.

Box to match the card

Here is a little treat tote I made at the last mintue to match the card from the earlier post. It was made using the Bigz XL Fancy Favor with the Big Shot. I also embossed the box (before I folded it) with the textured impressions Vintage Wallpaper.It's kind of hard to see but the Four Frames stamp was stamped with Versamark Pad, covered with White Stampin' Emboss powder then heated up with the Heating tool. It produced a white shiny textured stamped image. I stamped white tissue paper with the key stamp(w/Cherry Cobbler) from the Artistic Etchings stamp set.

The Countdown begins....

I am Officially registered for the Stampin' Up Convention 2011!!! Convention is held in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is an amazing event where Stampin' Up Demonstrators get together and get spoiled and pampered by the Stampin' Up Company. Not only do we get lots of great gifts but we are also educated on the company and how to run an efficient home based business. I love every second of it. There are lots of demonstrations, hundreds of card examples, different examples of products made using Stampin' Up items, games, entertainment, the list goes on and on.....

Today my 6yr old is home sick. I feel so bad for the little guy. Once I picked him up from school yesterday, I saw the look on his face which told me everything I needed to know. He just had such a sad look. He told me he had a headache. Took his temp at home and it was 101. So, today is a lay low day for him.

This morning I made a card using some of the items in this month's Special. Click HERE for more details on the Special.

This is what was used to make the card:

Paper: Not Quite Navy(textured), Cherry Cobbler, Paisley Petals (DSP),Watercolor paper

Ink: Staz On Jet Black, Not Quite Navy,Smooch Spritz(Silver Foil)

Stamps: Four Frames, All You Do

Ribbon: Crochet Trim Victoria, 1/2 seam binding ribbon in Baja Breeze(Occ.Mini Catalog)

Punch: Extra Large Decorative Label

Extras: Trinket Key (Occ.Mini Catalog), Jewels basic pearl

Embossing folder: Text.Impressions Vintage Wallpaper (used w/BigShot)

Enjoy your day!

~Ness