Exhausted but on a high!

Happy Tuesday all!
I cant quite believe it, but after all the frantic preparation over the few weeks, it's been nearly a month since convention and i'm back down to earth and busy with class and Christmas preparations! I had an absolutely fantastic time meeting my fellow demonstrators from around the UK, France & Germany in Addington Palace and came back with lots of new ideas and inspiration - now I just need to find some time to implement them all - roll on the 8th day in the week :)

We found some crafty time too, and there were a number of fantastic demonstrations up on stage - I could have sat there all day watching Pam and Shelli making pretty things with our products! The awards night was a truly glitzy affair, although I had to be on my best behaviour as I was sitting next to the new SU president Rich Jutkins. I had the pleasure of seeing my Stampin' Up! mum walk up on stage to claim third place in the 'Demonstrator of the Year' award - congratulations Monica!!

There were a couple of very exciting announcements, including details of our promotions for January/February. I can't reveal any details as yet, but suffice to say it's worth getting your workshop bookings in for January/February as there are additional rewards for both customers & hostesses. Contact me to book your workshop and beat the January blues.

We were also given details of the location for next year's convention - we're going to Disneyland Paris!!!!!!!!! So, do you fancy coming along and joining in the fun? To register for convention you need to be a Stampin' Up! demo, read here for more details, or feel free to contact me for a chat about the opportunity to join my team!

So enough waffle - I'm guessing you'd like to see some piccies! Unfortunately I didn't take too many photos as the lighting was really poor, but I have some good ones of the swaps I made, and more to follow of the lovely cards I got back - there are some truly talented ladies out there. The first is the 'general swap' which I made 200 of (with thanks to Pat, Rebecca, my mum & Darren who were helping me with the frantic preparations)

Then there was the 'gift item swap' organised by Karin - the challenge was to make a gift for five of my fellow demos, and I came up with a convention memory scrapbook in a tin, here's the finished item

I'll be back later in the week with some more pictures when I've had a chance to photograph the gift items that I received in the swap. I also need to show you my samples for the design team challenges on In Love With Stamping this month.

Until then, have a great week.
Linz
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It's the Weekend!!

Morning folks
apologies, i meant to post a couple of days back, but unfortunately a nasty tooth infection struck me down and i've been struggling to get back on track since! today i'm running a papercraft class using the greenhouse garden stamp set, which is currently reduced by 20% until the end of August! We're making a gift tote and four matching cards using the one sheet wonder technique.

The set is based on one by my upline Monica for Stamp With Us, but I've changed the colour scheme to a much brighter variation of rich razzleberry, melon mambo & old olive, which all feature in the new brights collection from SU! I'm loving the polka dot grosgrain and will be very sorry to see it disappear soon.

The month is racing by, and it'll soon be time for a new catalogue (launch date of 1st October). If you'd like to receive a copy of the new catty on its day of release, then I can post it to you at a cost of £3.95 - email me to pre-order your copy!

Of course to make way for all of the yummy new colours, papers, accessories and stamps we'll be retiring some products. the retiring list will be posted on 1st September and you'll be able to order items from it whilst stocks last, up until 30th September at the latest. This is particularly important if you have a favourite colour that's retiring as there'll be no more after that date, so stock up now!!!

I'm very excited as tomorrow I'm meeting up with a number of other demos to play with stamps and ink in a shoebox swap - i'll be back tomorrow to share my card candy and project. Until then i think that's all for now.

Have a fab Saturday

L

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Sneak Peek

Hey folks!
Happy middle of the week :) it's almost the weekend again, and I'm not too sure where time is disappearing to at the moment! I'm back with a sneak peek of the greenhouse garden set that we'll be making at my class this month. For those of you who haven't heard, SU have a 20% off offer on a number of the 2-step stamp sets this month, click the link in the sidebar for more details!

The class uses the one-sheet wonder technique to make 4 cards and a matching tote bag. and we're featuring two of the yummy 'newish' colours from Stampin' Up - rich razzleberry & melon mambo.

If you'd like to join us, the class runs on 21st August from 1pm-4pm, email me to book your place!

Well that's all for today, I'm off to start the prep for next months class!

Linz

Two-Step Promotion

Morning Folks
just a quick post to let you know about a new promotion from SU! this month. A number of the 2-step stamping sets have a promotional discount of 20% applied for this month only.  I for one am eyeing up 'loads of love' - the list of stamps included in this offer is in the flyer below. 

If you wish to place an order, feel free to email me.

have a great day!
Linz
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Stamp With Us New Year - Challenge 1 and Mojo Monday

Well it's been a busy couple of weeks, and I've been finding lots of time to spend in my craft room (though still not as much as I would like!!).  Last week saw the start of the stamp with us new year classes and challenges, so I'm in the process of making a number of easter treats which I'll be posting in the next couple of days. The first thing I have to share today is the first challenge card, which had to incorporate regal rose, bashful blue, barely banana and certainly celery (all SU colours), I based my card on the Mojo Monday 123 sketch and used the greenhouse garden stamp set, which I'm loving at the moment.

I liked the layout and effect so much that I changed the colour scheme the next day and had another go.

It was Darren's gran's birthday last week (Happy Birthday Phyllis!), and she still loves to write to her friends, so I made her a little box of notelets, using the design and colour scheme from my limited supplies challenge in the ILWS challenge cup back in January.  I've made a co-ordinating box, five 4" notelets and stamped five co-ordinating envelopes, I'm just awaiting her feedback now!

And finally, I've found some time to get my 'wild about you' stamp set inky, for my friend's son's 4th birthday, he's loving his bright colours at the moment, this design was inspired by one that I saw on a blog somewhere - but I cant find the link right now.

Recipes:

SWU NY Colour challenge - Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Sincere Salutations (Stampin Up!)

Cardstock: Regal Rose, Barely Banana, Whisper White(SU!)

Ink: Bashful Blue, Regal Rose, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery (SU!)
Other: Certainly Celery Poly Twill Ribbon, scalloped circles nestabilities, flowers and brads from stash

Greenhouse Garden Birthday- Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Sincere Salutations (Stampin Up!)
Cardstock: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White (SU!)

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy (SU!)
Other: Haiku DSP (SU!), Red Grosgrain Ribbon, scalloped circles nestabilities, flowers and brads

Notelet Set - Stamps: Miracles Blossom (Verve Stamps)
Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU!)
Ink: Basic Black (SU!) Image coloured using markers
Other: Black & White DSP (Papertrey Ink)


Have a Really Wild Day - Stamps: Wild About Ypu (SU!)
Cardstock: Real Red, Brocade Blue, Green Galore, Yo-yo yellow
Ink: stamps coloured using markers
Other: Red grosgrain ribbon, scalloped circle and circle punches, quickutz star numbers and shadows, mirror card, foam pads

Well, thanks for stopping by, that's all for now, hopefully a couple of valentines and some easter treats to share over the next few days (providing work doesnt get in the way of me having crafty time!)

Linz