Yes, it is that time of the year again when Susan and I go crazy and start getting ready for Christmas. I know you must be thinking we are crazy for starting so early but there is a method to our madness. We hold 4 Holiday stamp a stacks each year. We hold one in August, September, October and November. We offer 15 cards or 20 cards that you can make each month. We calculate that if you attend each Stamp A Stack, you will have made 60-80 cads (depending how many you chose to make at each session) by Thanksgiving. How great is that, all your Christmas cards finished before the Christmas season begins!
This is one of the cards that we will be making during the first Stamp A Stack. Every year we try to put a blue card in along with the more traditional red/green cards. I love the color of this card. And if you look closely at this card, you will see that the Mosaic Madness stamp set was used. How cute! All this week, I will be posting the cards that we are offering for our first session.
I will be hosting the HOLIDAY STAMP A STACK at my house on August 18, 2013 at 1 PM. The cost is $25 for 15 card/envelopes or $35 for 20 cards/envelopes plus a package of Rhinestone Jewels. I will be offering 4 different designs. If you want to make 20 cards, you will make 5 cards of each of the four designs. If you want to make only 15 cards, then you will make 5 cards each of the 3 designs that you choose.
Please contact me if you are interested in attending.
I have a busy day ahead of me. I am starting to cut supplies for the Holiday Stamp A Stack for those you have signed up already but I am also watching the smallest grandson today. He was always the quiet one, but since he learned how to crawl I find that now I am chasing after him more and more. I am not complaining. I love every minute of it because I know that time goes so quickly and he will be grown up before you know it. Enjoy the day!
Thursday evening, Opening Session of convention started. This is a picture of the front stage which a sign that read, Be The Difference, which was the theme of the convention. A male singer ( I forget his name. I'm sorry.), came out singing the theme song. He had a marvelous voice. And then some pyrotechnics were set off. It was fantastic!!!! So we started off with a bang. It was a wonderful evening.
Shellie spoke with us about Stampin' Up's partnership with the Ronald McDonald Houses. Stampin' Up donates $3 to the Ronald McDonald Houses from every Ronald McDonald stamp set it sells. This year's RMCH stamp set is titled "Tag It". Shelly then introduced Ronald McDonald to us and he spoke to us, what this charity is all about. HE stayed for a while while demonstrators drop off hand made cards to be given to Ronald McDonald Houses where families there will be able to use them. Stampin' Up demonstrators also volunteer at Ronald McDonald Houses all over the US. It is one way the SU demos can "Be The Difference."
A lot more went on, but I will post that on my next blog post. There is alot of "new" going on at SU and I will tell you more about that then. Enjoy the day!
I'm finally back home after convention. I had a great trip coming home on the train. Although it takes longer, I enjoy the view and you meet such nice and interesting people.
Today I want to show you one of the convention gifts that I got. When our small group gets together and we go to stamping events, we always make gifts for each other. This year the gifts were unbelievably over the top. This gift was made by my sideline Susan. It is a gift box. When you open it up. There are 4 note cards, a piece of chocolate, and a tea bag inside. It is so cute! The first picture is the box closed. When you remove the Belly Band, you can see what it looks like inside. Everyone in the group loved it.
This is a group picture of all of us together at the Stampin' Up office at Riverton. What a great time we had. Tomorrow I ail post another gift and also a swap card. There is just so much to share with you.
Enjoy the day!
Sorry I have been away for a bit but Convention started on Thursday and we have been kept very busy. The first thing that we did on Thursday was to go on a tour of Stampin' Up's home offices in Riverton, Utah. This is also the place where the orders are filled. It is an unbelievable place. I would love to work there. The lobby has a waterfall and the view form the office is spectacular.
Cindyrae and I went out to the rock which is the first thing that you see when you enter the road going up to the office building. Cindyrae is my sideline and lives in Massachusetts. We do not get to see each other except these events.
When we walked into the office, we were greeting with this colorful banners. It was a beautiful sight. You can on the next picture, the waterfall which is in the middle of the office building. How soothing is that?!
We took the tour of the facility. We went through an area where they have rooms that are decorated using SU products. Check out the lamp shade which is made entirely of paper flowers. The three dimensional flowers on the walls match the paint and are also made form SU card stock.
When we entered another room, there were canvases on the walls using Stampin' Up colors and using the Betsy Blossoms image. There was a nice large sofa and we all sat down and a staff member at the office offered to take our picture. Here is our group. We had a such a great time visiting there.
Just one last picture of our morning trip. This is a picture of SU employees in the warehouse where they pick our orders and pack them. The place was huge! It is amazing to see them picking our orders and packing them up for delivery.
It was an amazing morning adventure! And it was just the beginning of a wonderful couple of days of convention. Monday I will try to post again. I leave on the train in a few hours to come back home. Enjoy the day!
Isn't this card adorable! Another baby card! I told you that I had baby cards on the brain. This card uses the new stamp set, "Zoo Babies". I used a lot of new product on this card. I love the color combination on this card and I managed to use 3 of the new 2013-15 In Colors for this card. The supplies that I used on this card were:
STAMP SETS: Zoo Babies, Sweet Essentials
PAPER: Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana
INK: Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
ACCESSORIES: Alphabet Press Embossing Folder, 3" Circle Die, Bitty Banner Framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Blender Pens, Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Cantaloupe Markers
This is such a cute card and I hope the people I swap with tomorrow like it also. Today the rest of the gang will arrive in Salt Lake City. Once everybody gets to the hotel, we are going to do some sightseeing. Will try to post tomorrow before the first general session starts. I am so excited!!! Enjoy the day!
Okay, rough time trying to get everything ready for various events this month. It just seemed like there was not enough time in a day to get everything done. So here is the second swap and it is also a swap that I already used for an earlier swap this past May. I had extra left over and decided to make more for one of my swaps. This card uses "The Open Sea" stamp set. It is a great stamp set and I use it often. Do not worry, tomorrow's post is a brand new design I came up with for convention.
I will not bore you with the supply list since I already posted it earlier. Convention is getting closer and I am getting more excited. I should be getting into Salt Lake City tonight. Can't wait.
Tomorrow I will post my last swap card. My other friends will be flying in this morning. Then we plan to do some sight seeing before convention starts on Thursday. Enjoy the day!
You are going to say that you have seen this card already. This is similar but I made a few changes to it so that it would be made using all current product. When yo are swapping at SU events, you need to make all your cards using current product.
I made this card for Technique class when I was showing the CHALKBOARD TECHNIQUE. I had used a chevron patterned DSP for that card. But this card I used the new "Positively Chevron" stamp. I love it! I was so pleased that it came out looking so nice. I also changed the background to Smokey Slate card stock. I really like the changes and could not be happier how this card turned out. The supplies that I used for this card were:
STAMP SETS: Blooming with Kindness, , Positively Chevron and Oh,Hello
PAPER: Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Whisper White
INK: Versamark, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
ACCESSORIES: Dotted Scallop Edge Border Punch, Apothecary Label Framelits, White Embossing Powder, 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon
I was running out of time and so I decided to use a card that I had made earlier but changed it up a bit. Convention starts Thursday so I still have a bit of time to finish the rest of my swaps. Enjoy the day!
