I had so much fun stamping Halloween projects this year, mostly because of my new favorite Halloween stamp set, Batty for You. Here are this year's creations and 2 from last year.
My Catalog Kickoff Stamp Camp is coming up!!! If you are in the Boise, Idaho Area, you should come!!!
Carrie's Catalog Kickoff Stamp Camp
Thursday, August 25th
6:30pm - 9:00pm
At My House
Registration = $20
RSVP: carrierhoades@msn.com
I wanted to show you all one of the fun projects we will be making. It is a take on one of the make and take cards we did at convention. I always like to share some of the convention fun with my customers!
This card was inspired by one of the make and takes from this years Convention, I changed up some of the colors to make this card my own. I love the use of the new Timeless Portrait Fabric (#122337) on this card!
I can't wait to show you the other Stamp Camp creations that we will be making on the 25th and hope that you will join me for some Stampin' Fun!!!
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I had so much fun at convention this year. It is always a blast. I can only describe it like this, remember when you were like 5 years old and that feeling you got on Christmas eve, anticipating Christmas and then the actual day being MAGIC? Well, that is how I feel about Convention! So, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite things about this years convention....
1. My friend Janet's super cool Designer Paper Hat!
2.This dress made with Stampin' Up's new fabric, Timeless Portrait #122337, Made by my friend Britiney!!! Who is pictured below in black...
3. Quality time with friends, that's Britiney and me, she is one of my besties!
4.Walking across the stage with my downline Marissa and side line Cheryl, not sure who the gal on the far left is, but she is cute and excited.
5. Winning the new Simply Scored, yeah, this might be my favorite thing about convention! I have been waiting for years for us to get a scoring product, I am super excited!
6. My downline Georgie (in the yellow) meeting her blog friend Brandi Wiggins, I think they were separated at birth!
7.Shelli's demo is always something I look forward to, this year she demoed with Shalae who rocked it! I loved it and I got my new all time favorite quote from Shalae "No one is going to die and no one is going to get pregnant" which is what the stage manager said to her before she went on to help calm her nerves. I found my self quoting it this morning when I was talking to my friend about the state I found my house after being at convention for 4 days and my husband left to fend for himself and the girls with out me, the house is a reck, but ... "No one died and no one got pregnant!" See how it could work for so many situations!
8. I loved Donna Griffith's demo!!! But what I loved most is when she chatted with me at the +Fun class and told me how she keeps trying to steal my stuffed owl that is on display at the home office, I demoed it at the Boise half day Regional Seminar, which Donna was at. I will be making Donna her own owl and sending it to her!!! Check out my owls here!
9. The Stampin' Up! displays of our newest products always rock! I loved this shabby chic dresser, made into a chicken coup complete with paper chicks, eggs and hens!
10. The vintage bike was fun too, this is Patty, my downline, pretending to take it for a spin! She kept us laughin' that day!
11. Okay, I had to be silly too!
12. My downline might be the queen of silly, she was super excited to walk across the stage for 5 years, can you tell which one she is?
13.Shannon West and Santa!
14.Carrie Cudney's demo mixing paper crafting with CANDY! Who would not love that!
15. Stampin' Up!'s Convention Highlight Video set to the Convention 2011 theme song!!!
Thanks for visiting! I hope you are intrigued and if you have ever thought about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, here is another reason to join, so you can go with me to convention next year!!! For more details click here!
Thursday night was our Stampadelicious Group Meeting. I am not sure if "meeting" is exactly the right word. There is lots of stamping, swapping, chatting, snacking... lots of fun! I wanted to share with you all our creations. The theme was Spring and Flowers. I will start with our make and take projects and then show you the card swaps!
This is the make and take designed by the hostess of the meeting, Cheryl Pierce:
The second make and take card was designed by Beth Suhr:
Pretty Cool cards!!!
I planned one of the make and takes as well, a FLOWER BROOCH:
I had a lot of fun stamping with my friends. I can't wait for next month!
Now on to the card swaps:
Hand Stamped by Angela Wilson
Hand Made by Patty Sowell
Hand Made by Shauna Sanderson-Ray
Hand Made by yours truly, Carrie Rhoades! I loved the idea of punching out the Manhattan Flower with the Fancy Flower punch and just had to make a card out of it!!
Hand Made by Heidi Hawks
Hand Made by Fontella Henderson
Hand Made by Beth Suhr
Hand Made by Erlene Kuntz
Hand Made by Pat Dion
Hand Made by Cheryl Pierce
Hand Made by Andrea Leads
Hand Made by Leslie May
What a great time. It is one of my favorite things about being a demonstrator, getting together with other demonstrators, stamping and sharing. Thanks ladies for a wonderful time!
I am back from Convention! WOW, as always it was a great time! I can not even begin to tell you how much fun Stampin' Up! Convention is! There is so much stamping fun, it's like I died and went to STAMPIN' HEAVEN!
I had my sweet Hanny with me this year, so I did not take as many photos as usual. But had to get this photo taken as proof that I was there, however, we really could be in any crowd. Hannah was a good girl and I was just happy to be there. TODAY, she turns 1! We will be having her birthday celebration next weekend, due to the fun family trip to Salt Lake.
I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with friends. The Great demonstrations. Meeting Blogging friends. Awesome displays. Shopping at Momento Mall. Being Inspired by phenomenal speakers. Seeing Shelly. Walking across stage for 10 years with SU! Seeing a card of mine on the display board. Good times!!!
Here are a few of the photos I took of things that stood out to me at the display boards...
This is one of the prettiest things I have seen made with the Tulipe Die. Loved it!
Loved this scrapbook page, so simple. I am always looking for simple, crisp, clean projects. I love the look but always seem have a harder them achieving that on my own.
POP UP CAKE in a BOX. This is just seriously too cute. It is in an acetate box! See how it is sitting on a little plate! I just loved it.
For real, that is like all the pictures I took, lame I know! So, this is a SHOUT out to my demo friends who were there with me.... Send me all those cute pictures you took of me and the baby! I did have a great time and the one thing I took away from convention this year... SAVE MORE MONEY FOR MOMENTO MALL!!!
HI! I tried to post this last night, but was having trouble uploading all the pictures. Demo Day was a blast! I loved spending time with my fellow demonstrator friends. The demonstrations were nothing short of AMAZING! The make and takes rocked. Lunch was great. I took a bunch of pictures of it all to share with you. I added notes on the pictures, hopefully you will be able to read them when this posts. I thought I would try it and see how it worked. Sorry if there are type-o's, I was editing and typing with a sleeping baby on my shoulder. She would not have any part of my laying her down after being held by many loving SU! demonstrators yesterday!
Enjoy!
Carrie
This is my friend Cheryl, she made me the cute Fifth Avenue Floral thank you card below!
