2011 Stampin' Up! Convention starts today!

2011 Stampin' Up! Convention started today! As I sit here, I know the thousands of demonstrators are sitting in Utah

CHEERING!...and are so excited to hear the start of the convention! They've been trading and trading and hugging each other, greeting friends that they haven't seen since last year! And taking in all the visuals that Stampin' Up! has on display!

and...seeing all the new goodies in Memento Mall!

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UdderlyAwesome - Designer Fabric

My friend Helen Homet is a fantastic demonstrator. She used the fabrics that Stampin' Up features in the Holiday Mini Catalog, and the adhesives. I loved how beautiful that the colors and the fabrics coordinated with each other.

In each package, you receive 3 large fat quarters of each piece for 9.95. Each fabric also has 48 matching buttons for an additional 8.95!
Each package also contains ideas to make using the fabrics.
From coasters, to personalized pillowcases, and tea towels, and ornaments. I love how she made a pinecone ornament using the fabric!

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More Udderlyawesome - Fall Fun Ideas -Happy Card Making Day!

One of the highlights is seeing demonstrator demonstrating ideas for different products! This demonstration was for the fabrics, Big Shots and fall. I love the fall colors!
They all were beautifully decorated and the ideas were just amazing!

Cards displayed using the fall colors
Fabric die cut leaves with the adhesive backing

A wreath created by using the leaves on a grapevine wreath would be lovely on the door to greet your guests!

Happy CardMaking Day!

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Udderlyawesome!

Last week, when Julie came to visit, we went to the UdderlyAwesome meeting. My upline/upline is Sandy Hancock. She has meetings that she opens up to demonstrators in her downline, and she graciously allowed me to invited Julie to the meeting! It was a hot day in Duarte, not just the weather (at 9 am it was close to 90 degrees), but also with Stampin' Up! Demonstrations and card ideas shared were just flowin!





Someone brought their card tree, and it is the cutest thing! I love how it displays the cards! ( I think I NEED THIS!)



Since tomorrow is WORLD CARD MAKING DAY, I will show more ideas that were shared at the meeting on my blog tomorrow! Stay tuned!









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WCMD - World Card Making Day!

Yesterday was World Card Making day!

So, I planned for my daughter and her friends to come and make cards for the Ronald McDonald House Charities. They would be able to have some fun being creative, and also get community service hours, which they need to graduate.

Our goal was to make as many cards as we could. Of course there was supposed to be more girls, but only 3 showed up (including my daughter).
But, I had planned for at least 100 cards. I thought it might be close where we might not finish, and maybe if more girls had shown up, it probably wouldn't have been completed (funny how that works) but with these 3 girls, and 2 moms plus myself, we did pretty good!

We actually did 118 cards!

Teamwork...(the girls are from our Basketball team!)

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Silhouette Season's Greetings

Meeting at the Spaghetti Factory and demonstrations are what greets you after seeing these 3 familiar faces!







Of course, Richard has a great display of BAB (Build a Bears)












Barb Jackson demonstrating why she's so successful at her business!


My SAS class is today! This is one of the cards we're doing this weekend...simple and FAST!




This card reminds me of the 'typical' style that you get for Christmas...but can be personalized by your own touches!









The deer is from Nature Silhouettes, and the trees are from Lovely as a Tree both stamped in Basic Black.


The snow was created by using a torn mask and sponged just using printer paper. Tearing and masking is probably the best way to create a background or foreground, without spending money on "snow"!


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New Cards 2008

Seeing friends and meeting new ones! Anne Oshiro from Hawai'i, and Susan Everingham from Virginia, and Julie Ward from Kansas....new and old friends...and always a friend...
We had a great time, and it was really fun to spend time with new friends and old ones too. We met Susan and roomed with Susan this year and she is such a great person...you've got to love someone who just makes you smile about everything in life. Julie has a great attitude and has great ideas to share and Anne, will share everything with you! All of these ladies made Convention 2008 very special, in their own ways...and if you ever get to go, be sure to make new friends. It is so nice to say "I have a friend who lives in Kansas, and I have a friend who lives in...."

This fun set is called TWO COOL DUDES!

Can you see the possibilities? I hope that there will be more fun ideas shared ...I can't wait to see what others come up with! This looks to be a great addition to the holiday stamp sets!

The tag punch coordinates perfectly with this....and love the scallop edge punch too!

This one used the round punch (I punched out the center of the snowflake to make the O in snow) And to tie the ribbon, again, I used the circle punch to make a 'hole' in the fold to tie the ribbon on.

My daughter got her wisdom teeth extracted, so I have been busy "watching" her. Well, I have been in the same room with her...just letting her rest, and get better.

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Room to Get Organized!

On Display at Convention 2008


Compact stamping....No room in your house to stamp? Well, instead of room for your stamps...create a stamp area in your room...make it compact.





This was demo'd at Leadership or Regionals..I can't remember, but it was such a great idea that I think anyone can accomodate this cabinet...


The cabinet is from IKEA, as well as accessories shown.












Decor Elements decorate the cabinet. After seeing it demo'd at convention, I can see the possibilities that can be accomplished using the Decor Elements!

A desk to stamp on, punches easily accessible on a towel bar


Magnet board to hold accessories, like buttons, brads, etc...cups for other cool things like scissors, air spritzer, markers and pens (and decorated with the Home decor)

Cabinet holds Forget-Me-Not Keeper (available in the New Catalog! starting August 11th.) All your Classic and Craft Ink pads, reinkers, Embossing powders, etc....

Cardstocks, and Stamp sets!

More magnetic boards decorated with the Designer Papers, looking cool, and ORGANIZED!

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Convention 2008 Looking over the past few days....

Open the Door to the World of the Stampin' UP! Convention....it is filled with surprises, and wonderful color and people!

The banners hanging in the Convention center made it feel so festive. It made you feel like there was something significant that was going to be taking place this week, and it sure wasn't a disappointment!

Displays of WOW projects were all over!

The displays were INSPIRING!

The New Designer Papers were not to be MISSED!

And of course, we can't forget the displays of cards!!!

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Greetings from convention!

I am having a great time, and it has been really nice here. The flow is nice, and we're all having a great time stamping and swapping trades! I have almost traded (given away) all of my scissor charms!

I don't have photos, because I can't download them to this computer, but I hope to post some later...

THE new Catalog is AWESOME! I think you will love them, and the NEW Home Decor is so cool! The next Phase will be even more awesome than the first, and I wasn't as thrilled with it....but...I think even the most skeptical will love it! I can't reveal it to you now, but I think the details will be coming out more tomorrow...

Shelly spoke to us about some of the new things coming, but left a lot of teasers...isn't that always the case? leaving us all hanging in suspense!!!

I bought lots of goodies that I might even do a blog giveaway after I get back!

I will be back on Sunday, and so far, Convention, Day 1 I have taken over 700 photos!


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DIANNE!~


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New Product Line Coming!

HOME DECOR ........

Yesterday, all the lists were a buzzing...did you hear anything? Well! Stampin' Up! is coming out with a new product line...and it is really going to change what potential Stampin' Up! can bring to your home!


The brochure is amazing, and you can decorate any room in your house with lovely decor. I think that you will find this will bring art on your walls to new dimensions!

This was posted on the buzzings....(compiled by someone who I can't give credit to...if you know who compiled this...let me know)

Décor Elements

Vinyl Wall Décor
* Makes decorating easy
* Allows us to decorate on a budget and as often as we would like
* Easy to use
* Gives you the same ahha of stamping
* Uses SU’s artwork
* Can be removed easily
* Can use SU artwork in a BIG format
* Self-adhesive vinyl can be used on walls, windows, furniture, around door frames, tiles, etc
* Easier to use than rub-on’s
* Very forgiving product, can pull up and then put back down
* 100 images in chocolate and white,1 in craft
* Alphabet and phrases and art images
* Different styles
* SU is manufacturing product themselves
* Smaller introductory offering to start so they can avoid back-orders
* Need to see it to know it’s real possibilities, the catalog doesn’t do it justice
* This is Phase 1, there are more phases to come
* Sales brochure to be downloaded through the website and through a Demonstrator (eMail ME!)


STAY TUNED for more on this exciting venue!

I can't post photos until later...sorry, I had to delete the photos from my blog....Contact me and I will send you more information...THEY will be posted to my blog on July 1st~ (per Stampin' Up!)...thanks for your understanding!

THANKS!

Dianne I

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New Video Training for Demonstrators!

The Newest Announcement on the Stampin' Up! Website for Demonstrators!

There will be new training videos for products on the website!





Home > Training > Product & Technique Training > Video Techniques > Heat & Stick Video
The first video is Heat & Stick and Glitter...and for me who is glitter challenged..this is a cool idea! If you are a demonstrator, go check it out!!! Or if you are thinking of becoming a demonstrator, contact me or your demonstrator in your country to find out more about this new training technique!




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Sharing and eScape

NEED A cool gift card? I got the idea from AMY CELONA....
This is a candy holder/giftcard holder/treat ...etc. I used the word window punch to put the slot to hold the item (in this case...a Gift card for CPK...coordinates perfectly with the chef from Voila! don't you think?) (Amy has great directions on her blog that you can download - FREE!)

I used Old Olive, and then stamped the chef in black on white cardstock, cut him out, and then attached him to the old Olive and used the dish around the window punch so that it looks like he's almost carrying the pizza.....

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This one, was a irregular cut card, where I cut the front shorter than the front, so that the chef would hang over the edge. I then highlighted or spotlighted the birthday cake by coloring it in, over the area where the dish would be. I had to stamp the arm and the dish FIRST on the cardstock where the cake was and then stamp the cake afterwards. I colored the cake only, and then my daughter said the rest of the card needed something, so I colored in his face and hand.

This uses paper from the Home Again SS Kit, that was left over from my Family Treasures class, on Chocolate Chip cardstock that was cut shorter in the front than the back, and then the slot punch holds it closed

The truck is from the Loads of Love set, and the dogs are from the accessories set. I stamped the guy's face first, masked him, and then stamped the girl's face. It looks like he's in the drivers seat in the truck (no, I didn't think of doing it the other way with her driving...)

I love these dogs! :)

I colored in the truck using Prisma color pencils and using the brown to give the truck some age...!

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The blue card, is actually a trifold card. I scored it using my Scor-PAL into thirds, and then thought, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH IT NOW?? I decided it could look like a photo card and decided to punch it with the 1 3/8 punch several times. I kept punching and lining up the holes so that it was large enough for a photo to be place inside. I then attached adhesive to the card so that the top was open and I could insert a photo....I stamped it using the One of a Kind, and then stamped the flowers using Brocade Blue, Brilliant Blue, and Ballet Blue, and then punched the flowers out with the Boho Blossoms PUNCH...they match up pretty well! (they're supposed to!)
This is the inside of the card. Now, you can also do it so that the front is punch with a hole and put something behind it for the front.....

I like how this came out...I will have to post photos of how I lined up the punches so that it created this nice frame!

have a great Sunday tomorrow.....

blessings!

Dianne
NOTE: Sunday, I will be using my iPhone as my inspiration...curious???

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eSCAPE

Remember when you got letters in your mailbox instead of your "inbox"? This month in June, unplug, unwind, and reconnect with your friends and loved ones through handmade cards, eScape with Stampin' Up!

Connect with your "wireless network" by attending or hosting a eScape event. Take advantage of the 25% discount on select products when you purchase the eScape Bundle, and create that special message from the heart.

eSCAPE in JUNE

eSCAPE Bundle (#113700)

Love Notes Assortment pg 16 8.95

Circle of Friendship stamps pg 143 17.95
Rose Red Classic Stampin Pad pg 165 5.25
Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon pg 191 7.95

Total: 30.00 (40.10 if purchased separately)

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