Well what can I say except wow wow wow, what a fantastic couple of days I have had in Germany at the 2012 Stampin Up Convention.  The first highlight was making it there! (I don't do the flying thing!!) the next was the hotel and room which was amazing.  In fact everything was amazing so I wont list it all as you may get a tad bored!!

I met Shelli Gardener our co-founder and CEO, she was lovely and I had my photo taken with her and thought you would like to see it.

 

I made 200 swaps using the new sponges, post it notes and the new set Serene Silhouettes, and i swapped all of them, therefore bringing back 200 fantastic new ideas.

 

 

 

Back soon with next swaps.

Good morning,

Here is a  swap that I made for our team training meeting, the base card is Very Vanilla, and has been embossed on the big shot using the new Lacy Brocade folder.  The bauble was stamped and embossed with black powder and the cut out using the Holiday Ornaments framelits dies.  It was finished off using the champagne glimmer paper. 

 

 

 

 

There are several Promotions running with Stampin' Up! at the moment!

 

For NOVEMBER only :

If you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and Candlelight Christmas Speciality Papers

 

OR

 

If you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes Bundle and Candlelight Christmas Speciality Papers

You will receive The Festive Paper Piercing Pack absolutely FREE! (value £7.25).

 

 

 

The second offer runs from .....

1st NOVEMBER until 16th DECEMBER:

If you host a Stampin' Up! party that reaches sales of at least £325, or if you place an order of that value .......

You will receive a set of 10 New Firm Foam Ink Pads absolutely FREE! (VALUE £44.50)

You will be able to choose either the Subtles, Regals or Brights sets as your freebie!

 

Hello everyone,  well as promised here are photos of the projects I made for an inspiration table at Amanda Fowlers quarterly training day.  The theme I went for was Anniversaries.

This is the first an exploding box for a 25th (Silver) Anniversary.

 

 

The second was for a 40th (Ruby) Anniversary, I made this to look like a book so that all the detail inside the main section could be stuck to the concertina section to give more depth.

 

 

 

 

The third one is for a 60th (Diamond) Anniversary which is a basket made from the petal cone bigz die, this was then filled with flowers made from vellum and then decorated with rhinestones.

 

 





 

 

The last idea for the 50th (Golden) Anniversary came from the internet, and it is a 3 tiered cake made from wedge boxes, and the idea is that you make enough wedges for your guests, pieces of cake are placed in the boxes and at the end of the evening everyone gets there own box to take home!  The flowers were made from different punches and stamp sets.

 

 

 

 

The Roses were made using the ornament punch, and the freesias were made from build a blossom stampset and punch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

The smaller flowers were made from the Blossom punch scrunched up and held together with an antique brad.