More Convention Photos

Convention’s opening night General Session began with a theme song which I  mentioned on an earlier post but I was not sure of the name of the person performing. It was Ryan Innes from The Voice for those of you who watch that show. It is one of my favorites. […] Read more »

A Little This & That

I spent today doing laundry and just trying to recoup from several days of limited sleep, lots of walking, and time change differences. So I thought I would share a few more photos from convention and Salt Lake City. These are the gift bags I made for my downline and […] Read more »

Convention Day 3

The third and final day of convention was Saturday and jam-packed with activity.  We had more general sessions and break-away classes, plenty more give-aways and even some final swapping. In the past not everyone would win a prize from the Prize Patrol but this year they arranged it so that […] Read more »

Convention Day 2

Before I get to day two of convention let me do a wrap-up of day one. Stampin’ Up! was trying to set the Guinness World record for the most cards mailed from one location and we did it with 2,984 cards. We were told about this several weeks ago so […] Read more »

Travel Day

Today (Wednesday) we were  lucky enough to have good travel. No bad weather or delays in getting to Salt Lake City and we came to appreciate that even more when it was realized that some of my downline were stuck in Charlotte and experiencing very long delays. In fact I […] Read more »

Creating the Catalog Cover

Stampin’ Up Idea Book and Catalogs are known for having great covers. This year is no exception. Click here for a behind the scenes look at the making of this years cover. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tomorrow is the final day to get everything ready to go to Salt Lake City. Swaps are […] Read more »

Paper Bows

This card was inspired by demonstrator Mary Brown, aka Stamper Camper. You can see her card here.  These paper bows are showing up all over the internet on handmade cards and they are so easy to make.  Start with the oval punch and punch out two ovals. You really need […] Read more »