Workshop Scrapbook page

Greetings All!
I wanted to show you something really cool! I introduced my last workshop ladies to this 6 x 6 page. It is a very simple page to put together with two techniques - clear embossing the sun and markering a stamp. I used Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango and Riding Hood Red; accenting with Summer Sun - very summery looking page in my opinion! I chose the Life's A Breeze set because, quite frankly, I am still scrapbooking the summer... course, I haven't scrapbooked in a really long time so....... hey i started here! LOL!!

I then asked and answered this question, "What if I don't scrapbook 6 x 6? What if I scrapbook 8 1/2 x 11?" I showed them what they can do with this page by dropping it into the 8 1/2 x 11! I got a lot of "Ahhhs" from this. It got them thinking, ok, this can be used in many ways. I love to get customers thinking. I watched them and it was so quiet at that moment that you could have heard a pin drop! I wanted to take their pulse at this time so I said, "Do you see how the 6 x 6 easily fits into an 8 1/2 x 11?" A little more silence and some nodding... this is good.

Then I went for their next shock because I normally don't scrapbook in 6 x 6. Now, I then said, "Ok, now what happens if someone asks, "I don't scrapbook either of those two sizes. I scrapbook 12 x 12. I am ready for them when I show them this: then I showed them what a 12 x 12 could look like. Peoples eyes got bigger as I finished up the demonstration. I still had one trick up my sleeve though! However, like me, when I was shown this way of showing customers what they can do with a 6 x 6, I had that same awe-struck face.


I asked if anyone was NEVER going to scrapbook ever... silence. "Good, well if anyone cares to make a card out of their scrapbook page..." I showed them what a card would look like, just in case there were people there that didn't or wouldn't scrapbook. I showed them this card. It uses the exactly elements that I made the scrapbook page. I literally just folded it in half.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my little presentation! By the way, I have no idea what happened to the scrapbook page above. It was right when I uploaded it... now it's all crooked! UGH!

Workshop Card

Good evening! Well, I had a bunch of scanning to do so I thought I would share a card I did for my workshop on Friday. Thanks to Lorinda my club is just missing one more player! It was missing 4! I will happily fill in until we can fill it! At any rate, I met some super nice ladies that I hope all come and stamp with me again soon!

I love using Fun & Fast Notes at my workshops! It's so versatile. This card came out pretty, in my opinion. The biggest hit was DEFINITELY the Scallop Edge punch! I am surprised I got to bring it home!

DVD Tin Class

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to post something new more often. Here is my DVD tin class that I am had tonight. Is it not gorgeous??? I am totally in love with it!

I used the Big Shot (and my customers will too) to cut out the Top Notes shape both in Very Vanilla and Basic Grey. Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze are the dominant colors in this project. It is absolutely lickable! I also love the filigree brads too! WoW!! This project made me sit up and take notice!

I showed it to my upline and she looked at it... looked at it some more and said... "I wouldn't change a thing." That is such a HUGE compliment for me! WOO HOO!!

Anyway, I had to share... aren't you sorry you didn't sit in for this class? You should be! hehe!

Oh My!

Ok, I was NOT a huge silohuette fan... I say was... coz... NOW I AM!! I got this delicious stamp set at Convention this year. It is simply gorgeous! I have another card that I made with it but I totally CASEd it. I will post it on my site tomorrow. Now, this one, I am pretty sure someone else did it but I got the idea from Kimberly... she oriented the card differently and did different things with it but this is my interpretation of the card!

I did two other versions of this card - one with glossy paper and versa mark... yummy... and one exactly the same as this one but with Very Vanilla Craft Ink and More Mustard... oh that's pretty too!

At any rate, I hope you enjoy this card! It is very simple stamping but oh-so-elegant!

3D Swap

I can't wait to show you all the cool stuff happening at Stampin' Up! Some of it is going to happen later rather than sooner but the latest tidbit is the New Demonstrator incentive! $99 Starter Kit! Sign up under me after August 11th and there is an extra incentive for you - $50 in free product from the new catalog, from me. Click on the Join My Team link to find out how!

Now, here is the 3d swap that I did. I made this scratch pad holder. It is refillable - you can take the pad out and put another in. It's very cool! This is one of three projects in an upcoming "You have to have a paper Trimmer" class. It highlights the Stampin' Up! paper trimmer and why you need one!

I have always used the Stampin' Up! tabletop cutter and was just peachy using it... until... until... I discovered the beauty of the Paper Trimmer. Yeah, I know, I know... I am slow but I am cute. Anyway this is NOT my convention swap. I gave them all away. This is my "I am using all my Wild Wasabi" give-away! I used the new Riding Hood Red and Bella Rose Paper instead but it looked very similar to this one!

Convention!

Oh my goodness! Convention was just amazing! The announcements that were made were just unbelievable! All I have to say is that I will be a BIG SHOT with the BIG SHOT soon! Yes, we are getting our own, Stampin' Up! Exclusive, Big Shot! We will have exclusive dies that no one else will be able to get unless they order through a demonstrator! We got a sneak peek at just some of them! OH, I can't tell you enough about it!! September is when customers can order the Big Shot from SU!

One of the great things that happens at Convention is that most demonstrators swap card fronts, 3d items and such. It is meant to give other demonstrators ideas on card, 3d items, etc. Here is a picture of my card swap. This uses Whisper White, Basic Black and Close to Cocoa paper as well as Bella Rose, our NEW Double-Sided Paper (aka: DSP). It features Sanded and Dreams du Jour (a NEW stamp set). I have another swap I will show you tomorrow!

My upline, Kimberly Van Diepen, made the number 7 demonstrator in the United States of America (there are almost 50,000 demonstrators in the US)! I couldn't have been more proud of her achievement! Kimberly works hard all the time. She has moved her SU! business 4 times and she is always teaching us things she's learned and put into practice. She is an inspiration to us all! Kimberly - you deserve that award and more! Enjoy every moment of it!