And The Winner Is...

Well, I've done my draw for all of you who were kind enough to leave me comments and join my followers group in that few days that I was away in St. George Utah. Thanks so much! I will admit that it is those comments that inspire me to sit down and create as it is so nice to know that someone is out there looking.

The winner is joined my followers group with dragonfly in her name... could you please contact me with your mailing info?

Stamp-a-Stack II Almost Full!

This Christmas card was done using the extremely popular Stampin' Up Dasher stamp set (#116816) along with the Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (#116792) and the gorgeous Christmas Cocoa Specialty paper (#116770). This new flocked DSP is absolutely amazing! I love having texture on my cards!

This is one of the cards that people participating in my September 28th Christmas Stamp-a-Stack(now full) had the option of choosing. My second Christmas Stamp-a-Stack of the year will be held on October 18th and although I never had the opportunity to advertise for it, there are only two spaces left! If you'd like to be at this evening please contact me ASAP!

Christmas Stamp-a- Stack II
Sunday October 18th
7-10pm
Come and Make 15 cards for $15!
(3 different designs, 5 of each) choose from 6 designs
*includes envelopes

*Organize a class for you and your friends in October/ November or early December and get the Dasher stamp set for free for the hostess! Contact me quickly as my nights are filling up fast!

Amazing New Friends!

First off, this is a page that I did using Stampin Up's My Digital Studio while on my plane ride home. (yes, it's that easy!) Sorry that it took me so long to post. It seems that I came home with a MAJOR cold and I headed back into my classroom of probably 15 other sick people!

While at Founder's Circle I met an amazing new friend...now maybe it has something to do with the fact that we share the same name... but I still think she's amazing:) Here's some photos of Angie Juda (aka Chic' n Scratch) and I at the dinner on the final night. If you are in the United States and looking for an SU demonstrator or team leader, Angie is definitely someone I would recommend!

Ordering of SU's new My Digital Scrapbooking starts in just 9 days! I will be placing an order that morning for all my keeners and I've decided to throw in a free package of In Colour Markers for all people who order their My Digital Studio that day! If you choose to order online I will send you out your markers!


Click here if you'd like to place a Stampin' Up order

Best Pillow Present EVER!!!!!!

I am giddy with excitement as I just came to the realization (duh) that I could use My Digital Studio to post some of my pics as Scrapbook pages instead of just a photo. I just killed two birds with one stone as another one of my Founder's Circle scrapbook pages is now ready! This took about 5 minutes to do and that was mostly because I keep playing instead of remaining focused on the the task at hand! I don't know about everyone else, but where I live in North Vancouver we get a lot of rain in the fall and spring and I have been DYING for a new pair of cool rain boots! My hubby laughed when I email him the photo when I got back to my room lastnight as I think he was relieved to see and end to the rain boot hunt I've been on for the past few months!

Another embarrassing Angela moment... when I arrived back in my room to these boots lastnight, I squealed with excitement and ran into the hall where a ton of other women were all screeching with excitement... in my excitement I forgot my room key and felt my stomach drop as I heard the door click behind me:) Typical Angela having to trek down to the front desk in bare feet and pajamas to beg for another room key (I had no ID).

Founder's Circle Swap Tutorial #2

*Scroll down to see Tutorial #1!

6. Put the third Vintage Ornament stencil in place and use mask to cover portion of original soft suede ornament that you want to protect.
7.Repeat sponging process using Bermuda Bay ink.
8. Finish off top of ornament with Soft Suede sponge dauber.















9. I used the Soft Suede In Color Marker to draw in the strings for the ornaments.
10.The Berry Merry stamp set was used to stamp the image on the center ornament (Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry), and on the Bermuda Bay ornament (Encore Silver ink pad).
11. The flourish on the Rich Razzleberry ornament was done using a stencil again along with a sponge dauber and the Encore Silver Ink Pad.
12. The clear rhinestone brad was used for the center of the Bermuda Bay ornament.
13. Stamp Merry Christmas sentiment using Soft Suede ink and the Christmas Greetings Stamp set.

Hope that this helps out a little...I'm now practicing some video tutorial so watch for them soon!

Founder's Circle Swap Tutorial #1

As promised, here's my Founder's Circle Swap card tutorial using Stampin' Up's Vintage Ornament Stencils! You'll have to bear with me as I've never done a tutorial before and I know that I have ALOT to learn:)

1. I started off by sponging the Soft Suede Ink onto Kraft cardstock using a Sponge. I did attempt using sponge daubers, but the circles were obvious. I found that the best technique was to using a circular motion to rub the ink over the stencil. It gave the smoothest image. When I was finished sponging the ink into the main part of the image, I used a sponge dauber to put much heavier ink into the hanging part.
   
2. Next, I created a mask in the shape of the center ornament by simply tracing it onto a piece of cardboard and cutting it out.
   
3. Place the stencil down where you'd like your second image to go and then cover up the portion of the first image with the mask that you'd like to protect.
4. Sponge on the Rich Razzleberry ink using the same method as mentioned before and finishing it off by using the Soft Suede sponge dauber for the hook again.
5. Move on to Tutorial #2 (blogspot can only hold 4 images per post... or at least that's all I can do!)
   

Presents Galore!

Stampin' Up has spoiled us rotten from the time that we found out that we were attending Founder's Circle, but these past three days are insane. The book was a copy of The Secret Garden with a message from Shelli personally written on the inside cover. It was very fitting considering the theme for this year's Founder's Circle is "BLOOM". The markers, ribbon, gussetted envelopes, and a stamp set that I can't show you yet (coming out in the next Mini!!!!!) were pillow gifts on Thursday night. The HO HO HO chipboard, ribbon and corduroy buttons were all items that we got on the bus today! I won the buttons playing BINGO and the other items were given to all of us! (yes, that is Dawn Griffith and a very pregnant Heather Summer that you see in the photo!)

In Shelli's apartment... can life get any better???

These photos were taken today at the Kanab Facility. Shelli has an apartment over top of the factory. It is just as classy and tastefully put together as Shelli always is. This apartment is used by Shelli and other employees from Salt Lake City when they are visiting the factory. One neat thing that I wanted to point out is the headboard on the bed... in all of the bedrooms the headboards are made out of old doors!

What a DAY!

Today was AMAZING! We toured the Kanab manufacturing facility. I was blown away to see where the stamps are made and the process behind it. Something I realized is that not only is Stampin' Up an amazing company to represent, but the hands on approach is present in every aspect of their business. I have always assumed that the stamps were made using row after row of machinery, but I saw today that so much of it is hands on! I was even able to die cut a stamp set today. (proud to say that Quality Control found no errors:)

The photo of me and the other three girls was taken early this morning at breakfast as we had to be on the bus for 8am. The two hour ride there was a perfect opportunity to catch a little nap, chat with friends and participate in a discussion with Shelli who was on our bus on the way there!

Make Sure to Scroll Down... lots of Posts today!

I thought that I'd share with you just a few of the photos from last night's dinner! To start off with, that picture of Shelli is taken without using the zoom on my camera! It was such an amazing feeling to be sitting in that room lastnight, everything was so personal! The Cottage Wall theme continued into dinner and you can see here some of the decorations on the table as well as the flowers, napkins and tablecloths that all coordinated. I had a giggle as I sat down for dinner when I realized that I was sitting with Dawn Griffiths! Yes Sandra.... I was that close to her:)































Today is just a quiet and relaxing day of Make-n-takes, sitting by the pool, spa treatments, shopping and talking with new friends. Tonight, a quaint little group of 90 of us:) are going out for dinner to the local Olive Garden and then tonight I'm off to the Tuacahn Amphitheatre to see Elton John's and Tim Rice's Aida.