I will say these are a few of my favorite Stampin' Up! Convention swaps but really I was barely able to single these out because I got some really good swaps! But for the sake of this post, here are some that particularly jumped out at me! Sorry that I don't have the names in front of me of who created these lovely swaps.
Now that you have been inspired, go stamp something!
There are a lot of reasons to love the new stamp set Easy Events, but I have a special reason for loving the cuckoo clock image. When my father was in the Air Force and visited Germany, way back when, he bought cuckoo clocks to bring home to my mother and both sets of my grandparents. So when I see cuckoo clocks, it reminds me of all of my family and their homes. I remember exactly where the clocks were hung in their houses and ours. Cuckoo clocks are fascinating to children to see that little bird pop out and chirp or to help pull up the cuckoo clock weights to keep the clock running. I was amazed to see that this image would be included in a Stampin' Up! stamp set!
I used the Color Coach to choose my colors for this card (Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze and Soft Suede….except I used a darker brown..Chocolate Chip) and when I saw the new Scallop Dots Ribbon on my table I decided that would be the perfect embellishment for my 4×4 card! I colored the image with Stampin' Write Markers and a Blender Pen.
Easy Events has stamps for almost every occasion, such as baby, Christmas, wedding, thank you and more….and if you omit the sentiment you have even more uses for the images….and of course you can always use the sentiment by itself.
Order your Easy Events stamp set and all your stamping products HERE at my Online Store.
Whenever I hear one of those questions like "What famous person, dead or alive, would you most like to meet?" or "What celebrity would you like to have dinner with?" I realize I am not too starstruck because there aren't many names I would use to answer that question. But Lucille Ball would be one of them!
Today would have been her 100th birthday and 60 years after she started her famous television show "I Love Lucy". The show first aired in October 1951. I don't know when I first started watching it, but to hear "I Love Lucy" or to hear the theme music of that show takes me back to my childhood. The show was on at 9:30 am, which means I could only watch it during the summer (if I was up early enough) or on days when I was home sick. Even if I was sick, it wasn't too bad to get to stay home and lay on the couch and watch "I Love Lucy"! I can't imagine how many times I saw those episodes over and over and over again….and they were always hilarious! In later years, Lucy had some shows with Ethel that were shown in the evenings. My family and I loved those too!
There is a new exhibit that just opened dedicated to the "I Love Lucy" show at the Library of Congress. Raymond White, the curator of the exhibit, said, “The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz papers at the Library of Congress provide a unique opportunity to view the development of the show from the perspective of their family–in terms of the items that were preserved in the family scrapbooks, and this was our point of departure for the exhibit,” he says. “…the scrapbooks contained a wealth of materials documenting the early careers of Ball and Arnaz…and a treasure trove of photographs that present the extremely photogenic Ball and Arnaz in the height of 1940s Hollywood glamour.”
So you never know where your scrapbooks might end up! Consider the importance they might have in history!
Click HERE for more information on the Library of Congress exhibit. Sounds to me like scrapbooking played an important role!
One of the most fun parts of the Stampin' Up! Convention and even other Stampin' Up! events is swapping with other attendees. Swapping means a Stampin' Up! demonstrator makes a bunch of the same card front to trade with other demonstrators. Usually we make more than one design. Really almost from the time you arrive at the airport swapping among demonstrators begins…but for sure once you arrive at the Convention hall! You will see demonstrators in the lobby and everywhere with their hands full of swaps to trade and this continues for days. Besides being fun and a good way to get acquainted with others, it gives us samples to show our customers for ideas on what they can make with their stamping supplies. Some demonstrators sign up for special organized swaps with a certain group or with a certain theme….it might be 3×3 cards, or scrapbook pages, or 3D items, or gifts or pop-up cards or whatever! You might see them meeting in a circle in the lobby and trading their swaps in an organized fashion. Whatever the method, it is REALLY fun, and so fun to come home with lots of samples to show!
(You might be able to click on the photos to enlarge them.)
It's fun making little 3"x 3" notecards, and these were perfect for putting in my customers' bags with their Stampin' Up! orders!
Stamps: Pretty Postage, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Calypso Coral
Paper: Pool Party, Whisper White, and Calypso Coral card stock; Pocketful of Posies Designer Series Paper
Accesssories: Postage Stamp Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Stampin' Write Markers for words: Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo
Try making some 3 x 3 cards for fun! Maybe you will think they are less intimidating that a full-size card, just to get your creative juices flowing!
If you need any stamping supplies, just click on over to my Online Store!
Having fun making Fun Flowers with the Bigz Fun Flowers Die #121812 with mostly the new In Colors! We saw flowers similar to these all over the Stampin' Up! Convention! So easy with the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine and paper!
Click image to enlarge!
Today begins the Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Promotion….Buy 3, Get 1 Free!
Just as it says, when you buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper, you will get to choose one free! There is no limit to the number of free packages you can earn! And there are beautiful papers in the new catalog! Click HERE to read all about it!
Specialty Designer Series Paper and Hostess Designer Series Paper are not part of this promotion and cannot be redeemed through this offer.
This offer is good through August 31, 2011.
You can order online at my website HERE, contact me with your order, OR plan a workshop with your friends and earn Hostess Benefits for more free stuff!
Go HERE now to see all the beautiful designer papers available for this offer!
Today, Sunday July 31st, is your last chance to begin your stamping and scrapbooking business for only $99. And for an extra bonus, receive this Christmas Keepsake Box FREE with your first demonstrator order beginning August 1st. This box is part of the Shelli Signature Collection which means Shelli Gardner, founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!, had a large part in the design of the product. I told you that this box was much more beautiful in person than you can tell in the flyer about the promotion, so I hope you can get a better view of it here in this photo I found in my Convention photos. It was on display in a glass case! Really a gorgeous project!
But the box is only a small part of the opportunity, excitement, and fun of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. With your Starter Kit, you can begin your Stampin' Up! business and take it to whatever level you like…maybe even earning the Incentive Trip to Fiji….or Hilton Head Island! Or if it suits you better, just have occasional get-togethers with friends or family to enjoy the art of rubber stamping, or scrapbooking, or digital papercrafting. You are also welcome to order the standard Starter Kit if you prefer to receive more stamping supplies than this smaller kit provides. If you have been a stamper or scrapbooker or previous demo and already have lots of product, this $99 Starter Kit is for you!
Go to my website NOW and click the JOIN NOW button on the left. You can sign up online and be a demo in minutes! If you have any technical difficulties, please contact me and I can try to help you solve your problem.
Click the photo above to go to the promotions page!
Don't worry about not being creative or not knowing what to do once you are a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator because there are PLENTY of Stampin' Up! resources to help you, plus my own knowledge, expertise, and experience. It will be a great journey for you….you will be surprised!
Today won't be your last chance to sign up, but it is the last chance to sign up for only $99 and to receive the bonus Christmas Keepsake Box with your first demo order.
Here are more details about the $99 Starter Kit:
$99 Starter Kit
Contains over $185 in products and business supplies–including new products from the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog! All items below are recommended, but a new demonstrator can substitute a similar item of equal or lesser value.
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Page |
Item |
Description |
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57 |
123225 |
Easy Events Clear-Mount Set* |
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69 |
122740 |
Pennant Parade Wood-Mount Set* |
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177 |
102277 |
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad |
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177 |
105216 |
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad |
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177 |
103133 |
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad |
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177 |
119706 |
Brights 8-1/2" x 11" Assorted Card Stock |
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180 |
101179 |
Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad |
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182 |
107311 |
Whisper White Note Cards (20) |
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185 |
124339 |
Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper* |
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195 |
124142 |
Chocolate Chip 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon* |
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203 |
122129 |
Blender Pen (1) |
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205 |
118486 |
Clear-Mount Block C |
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206 |
104332 |
SNAIL Adhesive |
*New to the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog!
Business Supplies
The business supplies in the promotional mini kit will be the same business supplies that are in existing starter kits; no alternative selections can be made for business items.
Contact me today with any further questions at Karen@Karenstamps.com.
Stampin' Up! started a new program this year to celebrate demonstrators' birthdays by sending a card and giving a discount on one product during our birthday month! So guess what I got in the mail today??! Even though August is only a couple of days away, this card took me completely by surprise! It's made with My Digital Studio but has two real rhinestone jewels stuck on the front! The inside is decorated to match, which is a cool thing you can do with MDS cards…you can color the inside of the card and add elements to be printed. So now I just have to decide which product I want to buy with my birthday discount!
Wouldn't you like to be part of a company like this?! While you can sign up in August and every month afterwards, you can sign up in the next two days, by July 31, and start your own stamping and scrapbooking business for only $99. July 31st is Sunday, so don't hesitate! You can sign up online on my website in minutes! Look for the "Join Now" button on the left! Contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
I can't wait to put these on my order!! New My Digital Studio downloads every week!
Be sure to click to enlarge! I was so excited to see each of these, really…probably especially the Letters To Santa Embellishments..and the Hello, Doily Stamp Brush…and the Lace Ribbon Border Punch…well, you get the idea!
Click these images to enlarge!
Be sure to order My Digital Studio today!
Go right here!
If this Stampin' Up! Statement of the Heart speaks to you, maybe you would want to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.
You can choose from those two Starter Kits OR until Sunday, July 31st you can choose a smaller Starter Kit for only $99!
And best of all, as a bonus, receive a beautiful Christmas Keepsake Project Kit, a $40 value!!!
I saw this made up at Convention and believe me, this photo does NOT do it justice. It is just gorgeous! What a way to begin your Stampin' Up! career! Imagine receiving this with your first demonstrator order you place after Aug. 1st and sitting down to make it!
Contact me for more information and details!
Stampin' Up! has collections of stamping products that coordinate called "Suites". One is called the Domestic Goddess Suite! One of the sheets of designer paper actually looks just like an old tablecloth I have….and many of you probably have, too.
Since I have been busy this weekend working on some kitchen remodeling, I thought it appropriate to post some of the photos from the Domestic Goddess display at Convention! There are two stamp sets, Now You're Cookin' and House & Home, both available in either wood- or clear-mount. Also in this Suite, are the new Mini Clothespins! Don't forget to put those on your next order!
You can get some of these products as digital downloads for My Digital Studio, too!
Isn't this a better use of an ironing board??!
All images copyright Stampin' Up! 2011
So cute! So cute! So cute!!
If you want to place an order, just click HERE to go to my Online Store!
Here is the only general swapping card I got made this year for the Stampin' Up! Convention. Usually I make LOTS but I only got about 40 made of this one. However, I was also part of an organized swap and I'll show you that swap card next. The Christmas trees are punched with the new Petite Pennants Builder Punch, cardstock and the Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper. The little greeting and star is stamped with the Pennant Parade Stamp Set. For the tree trunk, I just used a Stampin' Write Marker but you could also stamp the little pot in the stamp set. This was faster! This isn't the best lighting on this card as I took the photo in my hotel room! But it is a fun and easy card to make!
If you want to order the Petite Pennants Punch or the Pennant Parade Stamp set in wood or clear-mount, then just visit my Stampin' Up! Online Store HERE. Pennants are the trend right now! Don't miss out! They're fun!
Stampin' Up! offered three +Fun classes on Friday evening during Convention for an extra charge, and I chose to take the "Creating Fabulous Hybrids with My Digital Studio" with Holly Linford. Hybrid means using digital as well as traditional papercrafting. We were given this calendar (July to July) already made in My Digital Studio and a bag of goodies to use to embellish it. Then Holly went page by page through the calendar suggesting how we could embellish some of the pages. Afterwards she went through and gave us tips on using My Digital Studio to design these pages. So we ended up with a lovely calendar, some extra Stampin' Up! products, new downloads, more MDS training….and even cookies and treats! Here are some photos:
We added the bow on the spiral and the little flower on the front.
The white thread is the white Baker's Twine #124262.
You can barely see them, but we added butterflies to some of the centers of the printed butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die #118138. Holly taught us how to design the digital image so that the paper image will fit correctly.
This stamp set, Day of Gratitude, is absolutely gorgeous in "real life" and you can see from this page it is equally beautiful in the digital version! Love these colors together! We just added a little flower and pearl to this page.
We just added some Rhinestone Jewels #119246 to these Merry & Type ornaments . This is a new stamp set in the new IB&C on page 31 and also a digital download #123139. Holly taught us how to add color to these ornaments being as they are outlined shapes. Just add colored punches behind them!
For January we added some bling with the Rhinestones and learned how to do a monochrome look digitally by using drop shadows.
This is one of the cutest pages, I think….we just added some paper flowers from the new punches to the printed digital flowers.
If you haven't tried My Digital Studio yet, you really should learn more about it! The more you use it, the more you love it! It's not hard to learn….I'd NEVER done any digital scrapbooking before….but you just get in there and play around….and it is for way more than digital scrapbooking, as you can see! To learn more about My Digital Studio, click HERE or contact me!
There is so much to show and tell about the Stampin' Up! Convention that I don't even know what to post! I'm having trouble finding where my photos downloaded on my desktop computer so I am using my laptop instead. I think I will show you some photos from Memento Mall, the first afternoon, my first stop! The displays were so cute! (Of course I will be saying that everyday about every display!!) Memento Mall is a place to shop for "souvenirs" and things to use in our business. It is always a popular place for demos!
Paper flowers everywhere!
A few things to buy!
What a clever display of umbrellas!!
So cute!!!
More paper flowers!
Houses of Stampin' Up! Cards!
Stampin' Up! Playing Cards
Wheelbarrows full of ribbon charms!
Darling paper flowers!
"Tickets and Tags" Lunch Sack and Flowers
Shirt Fabric display…and paper flowers!
Convention Shirt…matches "Pocketful of Posies" DSP
Beautiful Pocketful of Posies design
Photo Op!
The Gathering Place….Huge!
Welcome Sign at my hotel!