Stampin’ Up! Convention—Here I Come!

As you may have noticed, I've been "out of the stamping office" quite a bit lately. I've been busy over the past few weeks getting my old house ready to put on the market.  Wow—there was so much to do that I was completely overwhelmed!  If it wasn't for my dad, my other mother Dawn, …

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Paisley Prints Convention Make & Take CASEs

One of the sets that we received at this year's Convention was Paisley Prints and we made the cutest Make & Take card with it!     Although this card is simple, I think it really packs a lot of punch!  We stamped the Paisley Prints pumpkin once in Pear Pizzazz, then created a cut-out version …

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Stampin’ Mist Ink Wash Card

At next month's Stamp Club, we'll be trying out a couple of new techniques that I learned at Convention.  Stampin' Mist Ink Wash and Heated Satin Ribbon Flower.  Here are a couple of cards I made using the technique…    This was the Make & Take card at my Demo Meeting a few weeks ago, …

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More Fun With Fabric

Along with all the cool fabric ideas that Shelli and Sara showed us, many additional fabric projects were on display at the Gathering Place at Convention.  During our lunch break, we would head there to pick up our boxed lunch, then we'd spend most of the break looking at all of the showcased projects.  I'll …

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Fabric Fun—The Shelli & Sara Show

My absolute favorite presentation at Convention was on closing day when Shelli Gardner and her daughter, Sara Douglas, presented ways you could use the new fabrics coming in the Holiday Mini. As soon as they walked out on stage, we immediately saw that their skirts were made from the new fabrics!  Shelli, who usually has …

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More Inspiring Projects From Convention

This is going to be a hodge-podge post of more fantastic projects we saw at Convention.  There were so many awesome examples shown, but here are a few of my favorites! Vintage Design-A-House: Remember the haunted house from yesterday?  Here is a full shot of the Design-A-House, this time decorated with a vintage theme.  Isn't …

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