Convention 2010 - Long Post ahead

Wow, another great Convention has come and gone.  What a fantastic time I had in Sydney.  Before Convention started, I took on the challenge of climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge with my very good friend  and roommate Flick (or is that Phlick, lol).  Now I am not good with heights, so this was a very BIG deal for me.  The ladder parts were the worst, especially coming down, when you climb down between the train tracks.  Not only did I have 1 train zip past me, but 4 - OMG.   My hands were absolutely filthy from the Death Grip that I had on the railings, a fact that was evident in the photos they took at the top.  The view was utterly spectacular, as we climbed as darkness fell, but I'm glad I can add the climb to the 'been & seen' list!

Onto Convention.  We were a little late getting started and as a result I missed out on getting one of Teneale's great swaps - check it out - it is defiantely a highlight of convention to get one of Teneale's swaps.  I didn't make as many swaps as I did last year and as a result swapped mine out very quickly.  Then it was on to Momento Mall, where I was lucky enough to grab one of the fantabulous Card Trees (photo to follow), along with a beautiful black cardigan with three cute rosettes made out of the wide black striped grosgrain ribbon.  I'll have to get of a photo of that too.  I also picked up the super cute Pink Flamingo Beach Towel.

Our Convention bags contained some brand new stamps sets that will be featured in the new catalogue and some super cute rub ons.  We used those in our make & takes.  I'm not sure if I can post them here yet - if I can, I will as they are really, really sweet.  I still have one to finish as I am a bit of a slow stamper.

Day 2 started with classes (man, a little more sleep may have been good, lol), then another general session, in which Shelli gave another great stamping demo.  I have lots of great photos of Shelli's fingers as she was doing the 'Price is Right' wave over the cute elements.  Day 2 finished with the last prize patrol, which I was lucky enough to win  the Cottage Garden set from the Autum/Winter Mini.  Then everyone was whipped into a frenzy when Shelli said that she was sad that not everyone had received a free stamp set and wouldn't it be good if everyone got a free set.  Up on the big screens came ANOTHER brand new stamp set, and this was handed out to ALL of us.  This one coordinates with alot of our current punches, the wide oval, the scalloped oval, the curly label, the scalloped circle, the round tab and the modern label, which is a bit of a sneak peek for us.

As this is getting a bit long, I'll finish up with a couple of photos

The registration area, waiting for the doors to open.

This one is of me, Chris and my adopted upline, Gail.  Gail and I are both signed direct to SU! and she has been lovely enough to allow me to join in with her and her great, fun downline.

This is the display board from Shannon's great presentation using the Circle Scissor Plus.  I can't wait to pull mine out to try some of these ideas out!

Well, that's it for me tonight, just waiting to see who wins Survivor!

Cheers

Ch,Ch Changes

Yes, I've changed my blog AGAIN.  My friend Chris alerted me to the fact the Blogger now allows for static 'Pages', the whole reason I moved over to Wordpress in the first place.

Wordpress and I never really clicked, so I've returned back to my friend Blogger.  Long time, no see Blogger!

I've also updated to a funky new template and added a Classes page, where you will find my upcoming classes listed.  They are also listed on the My Events page on my Stampin' Up! website.

OK, that's all from me tonight, catch you all again soon.

Crazy for Cupcakes Class Details

As promised, here are the details of the Crazy for Cupcakes Class:

Make your next birthday celebration an event to remember when wow your friends with one of these gorgeous cupcake themed birthday cards.  Or you could give  the entire set to a friend or loved one for a birthday gift they'll be sure to 'cherrysh' !



Date:   Friday March 26th, 2010
Time:  7.30 pm
Cost:  $25.00 which includes all materials to make the 4 cards (with envelopes) and CupCake shaped card box.
Location:  My Studio, 29 Hume Street, Upwey  VIC   3158

Please email me to sign up for this class.

Supplies
• Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, On your Birthday
• Inks:   Basic Brown, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose Classic inks,  Optional: Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose WWC.
• Paper: Sweet Always DP, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Medium Whisper White envelopes
• Accessories: Sticky strip, Snail adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, 2-way glue pen,Crystal Effects, 1" Double - Stitched Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon, 5/8" Regal Rose ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter,silver brads, paper snips,  1/16” handheld circle punch,  1 ¼” circle punch,   ticket corner punch,Key Tag punch, crimper (optional), blender pen, Stampin’ Scrub, Stampin’ Mist, paper trimmer & scoring blade, bone folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig,Uni-ball Signo gel pen,Embossig Buddy (optional) Stampin’ Sponges, pencil & ruler, Velcor circles






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Upcoming Events

As I have mentioned before, I have a  Stampin' Up! Website .  My SU site has had some new features added, such as a Blog, a Hostess Portal and of course, you will also find information Stampin' Up! promotions, links to catalogs etc.

It also contains a calendar, which I have updated to show my upcoming events.  I have added 2 new classes -

Crazy for Cupdakes - to be held Friday March 26, 2010, commencing at 7.30 pm

Occassions Card Class - to be held Friday April 30, 2010, commencing at 7.30 pm

I will post further details and samples tomorrow, as they are saved on my 'other' computer *wink*

Classes will be $25 per person and will include all materials required.

All classes must be prepaid 1 week prior to class being held to reserve your place.  Classes can be paid via cash, direct deposit or PayPal if you wish to pay by credit card.

EDITED:  I have been trying  able to add PayPal buttons here  - Hooray for modern technology. 



Please email me to reserve your place today, as places are limited

Look forward to seeing you soon

Missing MoJo Challenge 1

A few weeks ago my demo friends at GailForceStampers threw down a challenge to help us find our missing mojo.  The challenge was to use the colours from the Kaleidoscope Papers - Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Only Orang, Pink Passion and Pixie Pink - just slightly bright colours.  Thank goodness we were allowed white (and only white) as our neutral.  I actually made 4, here are my favourites:



This card is 20 cm x 10 cm  nope, it is 8.5 " x 10 cm (finished size) (I think - I do know that it does fit into a DL envelope though).  Man I like to make things difficult by using metric & imperial measurements, lol! ( Not really, I used PaperTrey's Stampers Select which is 8.5 x 11").  I used Butterfly Prints and the coordinating punch, both from the Summer Mini catalogue.  I didn't have orange or yellow bling so I coloured some clear ones with my Copic markers.  I'm pretty sure the sentiment is from Trendy Trees but it is stamped in Basic Grey, which was not part of the challenge.



This one is 5 x 5" (I think) and uses the actual Kaleidoscope papers.  I had cut these papers for a different project (that didn't work) & thought a patchwork would.  I think it did.  The frame is from PaperTrey's Borders & Corners Monogram and the sentiment is from PaperTrey's Mega Mixed Messages.  It was punched using the 1-3/8" SQ punch and I then rounded the corners to coordinate with the frame.  This came togther so quickly that I made another 6, all with different frames & sentiments.  Again I've used Basic Grey - so again I fail to meet the challenge requirements. 

Well, that's all for tonight, I have been busy creating, and have even taken photos.  Just have to get around to posting them here.  Tomorrow night I have to clean up the 'studio' - it is a disgusting mess.

Thanks for taking the time to visit and I hope you have a great day/night wherever you may be.

Ciao

Supplies Used:

CARD 1:  Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Stamps: Butterfly Prints, Trendy Trees

Cardstock:  Stamper's Select White - Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Only Orange, Pink Passion, Pixie Pink, Basic Grey

Accessories:  Butterfly Punch, Self Adhesive Gems - Kaiser Craft, Copic Sketch Markers

CARD 2:  Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  Mega Mixed Messages, Borders & Corners - Monogram

Cardstock:  Stamper's Select White, Kaleidoscope DSP - SU!

Ink:  Basic Grey - SU!

Accessories:  1-3/8" Punch, Corner Rounders (1 retired, 1 current) - SU!

PaperTrey Emboss Resist Challenge

This is my entry. I think I'm extremely close to the cut off time so I'm going to post and run and come back and post details in a minute.

 

The challenge for Day 5 of  the PaperTrey 3rd Birthday Celebrations was an Emboss Resist.  Since this challenge fell over a weekend, I was able to participate.  I thought I was running low on time but it looks like I actually had a couple of hours to spare :)  That 's what happens when I try and work out time differences in my head, lol.

My inspiration for this card came from this photo I took from our balcony of a sunset a few months ago.  Ever since I took it, I thought it would great for an emboss resist technique.  I love how the stamped image turned out, but I'm not sold on the rest of the card, and may even pull it to bits after this.  (It kept me awake last night thinking of other things I could try to 'fix it up').

Supplies Used:  All Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Stamps:  Life - PaperTrey Ink, Happy, Happy Birthday

Cardstock:  Glossy White, Basic Black

Ink:  Pacific Point, Ballet Blue, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Riding Hood Red, Versamark

Accessories:  Black Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Sponges, Black Satin Ribbon - PaperTrey Ink

Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Till next time...