Some of My Goodies...

I thought that I'd share with you some of the goodies that I get to take home from Convention! Four of the stamp sets and the wheel were in my Convention bag when I picked it up and the other four stamp sets I received from the awards table for a variety of things from downline promotions to my sales this year. Yes... it is as good as it sounds!

What a Night!

Well, tonight was the big awards ceremony and although I knew that I had won the Rising Star Award for Canada, I wasn't sure of what place I'd come in until tonight. I will admit that I burst into tears when I heard the words," and the number one Rising Star from North Vancouver is..." the rest was a blur! That's me in the teal coloured dress standing next to Shelli! Sorry about the blurry photo:) This was definitely the highlight of Convention! I received a beautiful necklace from Tiffany's as well as a $2000 cash award... talk about spoiled! The other two women with me are so talented and I felt so honoured to be up there with them.

Swap Card #2

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This was the card that I decided on doing for my second set of swap cards. I only did 44 of this particular card and altered it slightly to make use of the supplies that I had on hand. I absolutely love the colours of the new Cottage Wall DSP... watch out for my class on September 1st featuring this DSP! I'll post the details when I arrive home on the 9th:)

I DID IT!

First of all let me start off by saying that Convention is absolutely CRAZY and I now understand why people love coming so much. It is much more than I ever imagined and today made it absolutely AMAZING! This picture is of me at the awards booth today. I received a message when I did my online check-in last week that let me know that I had won an award and that I needed to report to the awards booth. I received 6 new stamp sets on top of the ones that I got in my Convention bag. Then I received the best news ever... I was going to Founder's Circle. For those of you saying "huh?" I'll give you a brief explanation. Every year Stampin' Up sends about 130 demonstrators from across North America to Utah for a 5 day retreat. As a Canadian there are very few opportunities to earn this reward as we only make up about 10% of the demonstrators in North America. We only make up 22 of the roughly 130 demonstrators. I am in that group! We found out at the Awards Booth only when they brought out our Founder's Circle Convention bag which we go in addition to the already adorable convention bag (yes Sabriena, it's too cute!:) Everybody in the area screams when the Founder's Circle Bags come out of the back and makes a huge deal. It was so much fun and my upline Kari, who is also attending Founder's Circle snapped this pic as I was receving my bag. Tomorrow night is that actual awards ceremony and that is where I will find out what place I came in for the Rising Star Award in Canada as they award this to the top three demos in Canada for their first complete year. Can't wait to share more with you! I've got some fabulous swaps to show you over the next little while! Tomorrow morning is the first General Session and apparently we will be hearing some big news tomorrow!

Convention Week Special

In celebration of Stampin' Up's annual Convention (which I get to be at for the first time........yipppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee) I wanted to offer everyone who will be at home reading about the fun a little reward as well! From August 5th until August 9th, any orders placed through my online ordering ( CLICK ON MY SHOP NOW LINK) you will receive the following specials offers:

All order of $50-$74 $10 gift certificate given to you by me towards your next order

All orders of $75- $99 Free Christmas Stamp-a-Stack Class* ($15 value) on Tuesday Semptember 28th

All orders of $100+ Free Cottage Wall Card Class (See above photo)* on Monday Semptember 1st ($35 value and includes the Cottage Wall DSP as well as 10 of your own your own Fresh Cut Notes)

*If you can not attend these classes I will mail you them as a take home class at no additional charge!

Convention Swap #1

Well, I would love to brag and say that I completed all 97 of these cards on my own, but that's not the case. I was lucky enough to have had my mom and dad staying with me for the past three weeks and my mom loves a challenge! When I designed my original swap card last week I decided to share it with my mom to see what she thought. I probably should have explained to her that I planned on making a 100 before I asked for that input as the card just became more and more complicated:) I actually stopped at 97 as I ran out of supplies. I was so thrilled to be done three days before I left that we actually did 44 more of another card that I'll share with you tomorrow!

Today, I'm on the plane on my way to Convention in Utah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to share with you while I"m there, make sure to check back daily for updates:)

On another note I wanted to wish my AMAZING husband Happy Anniversary! Not only does he put up with all of my crazy stamping and support me wholeheartedly, he also agreed to me ditching him on our anniversary! (I have a strange feeling that this could come back to haunt me:)

August Stamp Set Giveaway is here!

Here is the Monthly stamp set Giveaway for August, the Level I hostess set called Holiday Best! It has some great stamps in it for the upcoming holidays including: Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas as well as Valentine's Day. Every $15 you spend this month with the exception of your initial club order gets you another chance at winning!

Winner of July's Giveaway is...

The winner of July's stamp set giveaway is Monica Szakun! Congratulations, you've won the Level I hostess set called Love Bug! I have your stamp set here ready for you!

Big Shot Club Project #2

This was the second little project that we worked on the other night as part of Big Shot Club. This was made using the adorable new Fancy Favours Die. I'm having so much fun with making things just a little bit more detailed by adding the punches and Window Sheets. I used my wide oval punch and then secured some window sheet in side. Then I punched the snowflake using the new Snowflake Punch and Glittery White Cardstock and I used a brad from my Pretties Kit for the center. Some of you may be wondering about the fabulous cord that I used, but it was from last year's Holiday Mini. I tend to hoard things and this was one of them:) The sentiment was from the Teeny Weeny Wishes set, which in my opinion, if you're new to stamping, is the be all and end all as you've covered all of your sentiments in one shot!

Adorable New Growth Chart

Check out the adorable new Growth Chart available as part of the Just for Kids promotion! This is a limited time offer on this growth chart and as a added bonus you get the applicator tool for free!