Convention Make-n-Takes Part 1

Hello! Today we went and got K's schedule for her freshman year. There were lots of freshman girls but things moved pretty quickly and she only had one class that she wanted but couldn't get in. Not to bad I guess for her freshman year. I did make a card today but I am going to save it for tomorrow as it is a birthday card for Saturday and even though the birthday person won't be on my blog I am still going to wait. Today I am going to share with you two of the cards we did while at Convention. I really love this new stamp set (Just Believe) and will be using it quite a bit I predict. The first card is fairly simple but shows a fun why to add dimension to your one layer cards. The second card is a little more complex but still doable to workshops or classes. It showcases our Stampin' Write Markers (which are tax free August 6-8) and the Color Spritzer. If you haven't tried the Color Spritzer why not schedule a private class for you and your friends and I will show you how to use the Color Spritzer. We also used the Wonderful new Buttons. I love how shiny and smooth they are and they colors are so wonderful. I have the Brights right now and will be adding more on future orders.

If you would like more details on the cards please let me know and I will add more. I will be back tomorrow with a new card with a new technique and style layout. Please let me know if you want to place a Tax Free Order so I can get it placed tomorrow. I will be headed out to do all my kids back to school shopping tomorrow. With four kids to buy for it could take a while. :) Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Convention Open House

Happy Monday to You! This week is gearing up to be a fun week, but so was last week with Vacation Bible School at church. Everyday was something new and exciting and I really enjoyed spending time with the preschoolers. I also held my Convention Open House this weekend, thank you to everyone that came by. I thought I would share some pictures with you today from the open house. The first is of my Swap Display. This is most but not all of the cards I received in Swaps while at convention. The next picture is of our new Pop Up! Trash Cans that have the Stampin'Up! Logo on the side. The are great to have setting out for classes or workshops so all the scraps are easily contained. I have been using this one since I got back and I really like it. I had several display areas set up and the one below is of all the cards we did while at convention and a few other goodies like the cute flowered shopping bag (book a workshop during August and you will receive one as part of your thank you) and if you look closely there is Stampin'Up! Salt Water Taffy. This was made especially for Stampin'Up! in three of our colors Peach Parfait, Melon Mambo and Pear Piazzazz.

Here is a close up of the shopping bag, the owl is actually a tag and there are flowers on all four sides of the bag. It really is super sturdy and would be great to hold groceries or stamp supplies.

On this table is our new Greenhouse Gala Supply Tote, Cherry Cobbler Stampin'Up! T-shirt and the Greenhouse Gala Ruler. There were other items but the pictures were don't great and I will retake them and add more in a later post. I am working on a new Locker Caddy for an upcoming class and will be sure and post it when it is finished. If you have a teen or tween age son or daughter who might be interested in making their own locker caddy before school starts let me know and I will get them signed up for the class. Thanks for stopping by and as always if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I am always happy to help. Have a great day, Tonya

Convention Roomies!

I borrowed this picture from my wonderful roomies Facebook page with permission of course. :) I had the best time with my wonderful room mates. They were so much fun and even though only Sarah and I knew each other before we arrived in Salt Lake City it was like we knew each other forever. Thanks again ladies for letting me room with you. Let me know when we can do it again.

Tara was also kind enough to send me a photo of my Five Year Walk. I had been looking forward to this walk since last year when I realized that I couldn't do my walk. There were quite a few of us walking this year but every year is different. I can hardly wait to see what my ten year walk will be like. I know that it will be here before I am ready.
I have so much more to share with you but unfortunately it will have to wait for another day as I am ready to call it a night.
If you are interested in seeing more from Convention and are in the area then be sure and stop by my Convention Open House. I will have projects for you to do that are straight from Convention, card swaps to share and so much more. Thanks for stopping by! Tonya

Recruit Crew Breakfast

Hello! If I haven't mentioned it in the last few posts I really enjoyed Convention and Stampin'Up! had so much planned for us while we were there. One of the highlights of the week was my walk for my Five Year Anniversary. I will soon have been a demonstrator for six years where has the time gone. I don't have any pictures to share at this time but hopefully one of my roomies will send me a picture so that I can share it with you. Stampin'Up! believes in recognizing their Demonstrators for their accomplishments and there are several Milestones you can Walk the Stage for.
Another great moment was our breakfast with Shelli and the corporate team. To attend the breakfast you needed to be a member of the Recruit Crew and sign up a new Recruit during a certain time period. I was thrilled to do both and get to attend the breakfast. We also received a pass to get advanced seating during the morning session after breakfast. This was our table of Demonstrators. Thanks ladies for the wonderful breakfast and most of all thank you Stampin'Up! for all that you did for us to make this years Convention a fun and memorable one. I will be back later with a card post for you but I wanted to start sharing some of the Convention pictures with you. I hope you enjoy hearing about Convention and remember it is never to early to start thinking about next year. I have the dates and would be happy to talk to you about joining my team so that you can attend next year.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Tonya

Cottage Garden Swap

Good evening! I am still a little tried from last week and this week is a busy week for our family again with VBS at our church. The kids and I are involved with some part and are having lots of fun. I am also getting ready for my Convention Open House which is Saturday from 1pm- 3pm at my house. Need directions just give me a call and I will be happy to give you directions. If you are attending please contact me so that I can have your projects cut and ready for you.
Today's card is another swap that I made for Convention. This swap was a new stamp set swap and we needed to use a stamp set that was new to this catalog and not a preorder set. I picked the new Cottage Garden Stamp Set and decided to pair is this some of our new In Colors, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, and Peach Parfait. I really like the new colors as they are so bright and cheerful. I also used the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Beautiful Butterflies Wings Embosslits Die and the Scallop Trim Coroner Punch. I also added a few of the new Basic Rhinestone Jewels. If you have any questions about this card or if you would like to place an order let me know. I am hoping to post some pictures tomorrow of convention and some of the projects that we did. I won't post everything in one day however so be sure and stop by again. Well, I am off for the night. Thanks for stopping by, Tonya

Fun New Hostess Set

Hello, wow what a week I have had. I returned from Stampin'Up! Convention last night and it was a great time. I have new ideas to try and lots of new card samples to share with you as well as ways to make my business better and help my downline with their business too. I have a lot of things to share with you but first let me tell you about a hostess special that starts July 27th and ends August 31. If you host a workshop that has a sales total before taxes and shipping of $350 or more you will receive an additional $25 in hostess benefits. This is on top of our other hostess benefits so you can get more free merchandise. I can't believe it! Want to host a workshop and earn free merchandise then give me a call and we will set up a date and time.
Today I want to share with you one of the swaps I took to Convention. I was making 50 of these cards so I decided not to watercolor the whole image but rather spotlight a small portion of it. I used Pretty in Pink Card Stock and added texture with the Polka Dots Embossing Folder. I also used Riding Hood Red Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock and Baja Breeze Card Stock. I used the new Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border on the Baja Breeze Card Stock. I used two stamp sets the new hostess set Birthday Bakery and All Holidays for the Happy Birthday Sentiment. I used the Stampin' Write Markers in Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, and Pretty in Pink to color the image I spotlighted. For the spotlighting I used the 1" Circle Punch and the 1 1/4" Circle Punch. Now usually for spotlighting I stamp the image twice and punch out the portion I want from the second image to use on the first, but I decided that instead of wasting paper and stamping the second image I would just punch out the portion I wanted from the main image and cover the hole with the Pretty in Pink 1 1/4" Circle, then the cake image. I also used the new 1/4" Early Espresso Grosgrain Ribbon on the card and paper pierced about the ribbon for extra interest. I have a few more swaps that I haven't shared with you yet and I am going to start working on new samples for August as well as workshop cards.
Thank you for stopping by today and if I can help you with any of your stamping needs just let me know. Thanks, Tonya

Christmas Time!

Hello! It is Friday and day two of Convention. I have two organized swaps today but I am only going to share my Christmas Card today. When the new catalog came out I fell in love with the Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set. It is just so vintage looking and the kids are super cute. This card uses a lot of layers, and accessories but I am thrilled at the way it turned out. It is time consuming but definitely worth it. So for the supplies, Crumb Cake Card Stock, Blushing Bride Card Stock, Riding Hood Red Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set, Four the Holidays Stamp Set, Basic Gray Classic Stamp Set, Riding Hood Red Classic Stamp Pad, Wild Wasabi Classic Stamp Pad, So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, Blush Blossom Stampin' Write Marker, Chocolate Chip Classic Stamp Pad, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Scallop Circle #2 Die, 2 1/2 Circle cut with the Circle Scissors, Victoria Crochet Trim, Eyelet Border Punch, Crimper, Chunky Essentials Glitter White. I used both 2 way glue and Crystal Effects to attach the glitter. It is hard to see in the picture but I used shaved Very Vanilla Card Stock to add a fur like trim to her coat and hat. There are so many details in this card, I made 25 of them and it took most of a day, but I would do it again and I can't wait to get 25 new Christmas Cards to share with you. It is never to early to start thinking about your Christmas Card designs. ;) Tonight we have a wonderful dinner and stampin' Evening planned. I will be sharing those projects after I get back from Convention. I can hardly wait. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Tonya

Delight In Friendship

Hello to all. This is the first day of Classes and Opening Session. The excitement is really hard to describe but it is so much fun. One of the swaps I sign up for at Convention is the Getting Started Collection Swap. For this swap we could only use the colors that were found in the Getting Started Collection. I decided to use Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive. I love this colors and they are so fun together. The stamp set is one of my favorites Vintage Vogue. I have used it so many times and still keep pulling it out to use over and over again. The other supplies are Whisper White Card Stock, Scallop Trim Border, and 1/8" Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon.
I am going to keep this post short but if I can I will update later this evening. Remember that you can text or email me while I am away with any questions you might have and you can place orders online at my website. Tomorrow I will be sharing a Christmas Card with you that uses a fun new stamp set so be sure and stop by again. Oh, and if you want to make some of the fun projects that I am making while I am at Convention then be sure and attend my Convention Open House at my house on July 30 from 1-3pm. Have a great day, Tonya

July Club Card

Good morning, today is the first day of Convention and I am probably standing in line waiting for the Memento Mall to open. This starts the fun and excitement of Convention. If you would like to join me next year all you need to do is sign up to join me team and we can make the trip together. The line to get into Memento Mall is a great place to swap cards with all the other people and this year I am taking this card for one of my swap cards. We also made this card for our July Stamp Club and now I would like to share it with you. I pulled out the new products for this card and a technique that my club ladies found fun and easy. It is faux suede and the Basic Black strip across the card is done with this technique. The rest of the card consists of Crumb Cake Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Daffodil Delight Card Stock, Jet Black Stazon Ink, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Newsprint Designer Series Paper, Black Brad, 1" Circle Punch and Artistic Etchings Stamp Set. The edges of the card stock are Distressed. I made 50 more of these for Convention with the help of my stampin' assistants. They were both big help with punching, stamping, and labeling. Well, I am off be sure and come back tomorrow when I will have another convention swap to share with you. If I get a chance I will update later today but today is a getting settled day and tomorrow starts all the real excitement and fun! Have a great day, Tonya