The new all occasion stamp set called Easy Events (#116958 wood mount or #123225 clear mount) found on page 57 of the Idea Book and Catalog is a lot of fun to work with.  We were given a "Workshop in a Bag" while at convention and I've been playing with the cards.  They are so stinken cute.  It's one stop shopping with this set, it has a little of everything.  What do you think?

Isn't this cute.  It is a note-sized card #107311 found on page 182 of the Idea Book and Catalog. 

The envelope was sealed, 1" was cut off the top and I used the 2 1/2" circle punch to make the dip in the envelope.  Everything was stamped with Jet Black Stazon Ink.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was put on the outside as well as adding it to a banner on the inside.  The cupcake was colored with our Stampin' Write Markers then I added Two-Way Glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  The last embellishment was the a Melon Mambo flower with a rhinestone in the center.  It is even cuter in person!

and here is a little LOVE card made from the same stamp set.

Well that's it for today.  Thank you for stopping by.

Tonight some of us that went to convention got together and did our make and takes.  We started out with pizza and wings, dips and some delicious desserts (actually we ate all through the evening mmmmmmmmm).  It was nice getting together once again. 

Here we are working away!

Here is a card box I will be doing as a class, it has matching dividers.  Don't you just love the top?  It's covered with our new fabric called Timeless Portrait #122337, I used the matching Designer Series Paper (#122352 Timeless Portrait) to cover the dividers.

Here is one of the cards we did.  We used the Raining Flowers stamp set (#122765 wood mount or #122767 clear mount)  and the It's Your Day Stamp set .#123682.

and a little note card…We used the Raining Flowers stamp set (#122765 wood mount or #122767 clear mount)  and the It's Your Day Stamp set .#123682.

and here is another card we did, this time we used the Best Friends Forever stamp set #122805 wood mount or #122807 clear mount along with the It's Your Day stamp set .#123682..

These are just a few of the things we did.  Like I said it was so much fun getting together with the group again. 

Hope you liked my post, thank you for stopping by.

When I went to Convention, I had to SHIP home a lot of my stuff, I just didn't have the room in my luggage!  So what do you get…just take a look…

When you go to a Stampin' Up! convention, you always receive a "bag"…but the bags are not just a bag…this is the bag we got this year.

I made eeveryone a tag with their name on it so we could tell whose was whose!  There were thousands there and they were all the same! so this helped out just a little bit.

Here is the matching pen, charm and pin.

and did I tell you about the free stamps???? these are just SOME of the stamps I received FREE!!!!

And this year we had a special breakout class.  I chose the Village of Cuteness class…stay tuned until tomorrow and I will show you what this little village looks like all finished!

And on top of that, we got a "workshop in a bag"!  All the supplies you will need to have a workshop with ten people…cut and prepped for us!

And here are some of the items I purchased at Momento Mall…SO COOL!

Okay that was just a sneak peak of a few of the the things that we got.  Convention is soooooo much fun.  How about joining me next year!  FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Gald you could stop by!  Have a great day.

Hidy Ho Stampers,

I just LOVE the beginning of a new month!  It's always a time of excitement….and August is no different. 

During August, get a FREE package of Stampin' Up!'s exclusive Designer Series Paper – a $10.95 (plus free shipping and tax on that one) – when you buy three.   Choose from a wide variety of designs and colors available in the 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog and 2011 Summer Mini Catalog.  Click on the link below and see for yourself how beautiful the papers are!  This is a fantastic deal!  Check out the card below done with our papers.  I LOVE DESIGNER SERIES PAPER!

This is a Congratulations card made from our Designer Series Paper by my friend Jan Burnett…Love Love Love all the punches too…

And here is Jan Burnett herself.  Notice her beautiful apron.  She sewed it herself!!!

and here is the one she made for me!!!  I JUST LOVE IT!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by!  Hope you enjoy every minute of your day.

Remember this picture I posted a few days ago?

This is my L L Bean Bag that I filled with snacks for the girls…welllll…..we had a guy in our group this year soooooooo what was I going to make for him???

Here is my version of a fishing box.  Isn't it adorable!  It's so manly!!!!  :0)  I think Chris liked it also!

Then it was time to shop in Momento Mall!  That is sooooooo much fun.  Here are a few pictures of that event.

Stampin' Up! does such a great job of decorating!!!  This window was gorgeous.

And flowers! to go along with the GROW theme.

This wheelbarrow was filled with Ribbon Samplers.

Here is a banner made from our new die.

and here are the ribbon samplers close up.

This was the new lunch tote and they filled it with flowers!  I bought one for Katie.

These mugs were flying off the shelves.

One of my favorites were these umbrellas!  I love my Stamping Up! Umbrellas.

And here is my card for the day!  I just love the new punches!

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed what I had to share.  Have a great day.

And more pictures…

So we stopped in Chicago to switch planes!  Look who we found there??!!

And another flag siting…Here is Mandy stopping traffic with her flag so we could cross the street.  Isn't she cute.

And here we are sightseeing.  Isn't  this beautiful.  It was in Temple Square.

And I don't think I showed you the winner of the Challenge this month.  It was Barb Stomieroski's.  Isn't it gorgeous!!!!!

And last but not least, two of my downline earned the Disney Incentive trip for next year so I made them both something special.  I dressed the mouse up to look like Minnie and I planted them in this pot because our theme for Convention this year was "GROW"!  It was so cute. 

I hope you enjoy my post…see you tomorrow.

Wait until you see our video…  Remember our picture from yesterday?  The one with the matching teeshirts? 

Well click on the picture below and watch the Stampin' Up! Video.  In the very beginning, you will see our group SINGING!!!!

Did you see us?  If you are receiving this in your "inbox" you may need to go to my blog directly to view it.  I'm not sure the feed will work if you get it in your inbox.  That is Stampin' Up's Convention song.  Isn't it so much fun???  I can't tell you how fun this job is.  You too can be a part of it, this month (only until July 31st) you can become part of my group for only $99.  Contact me and we will talk but hurry, time is running out.

Thank you for stopping by…see you tomorrow.

Here are more fun pictures from Convention…

Isn't this beautiful?!

Here is the display window outside Momento Maill.  Isn't this pretty?!

This is one of my favorite sites.  It's made from entirely SU products.

And here is the picture they took.  WE MADE THE SU VIDEO!!!  with Grow Grow Grow!!!  :0)

And how fun is this.  This group is awesome.  We all did so well together…goofy is what it is all about!  I love them all!

Didn't I tell you they were goofy?!  Putting their toes on the butterfly?  That was a game we played at the "Kick Off Party".  So much fun.

Here is my friend Linda Heller, she and her husband Matt are the ones that run Stamping School.  She did a presentation on the "Button Buddies" and our matching buttons.  She is awesome.

That's it for tonight, thank you for stopping by and not giving up on me!  :0)  Love to you all!

Some more fun pictures from Convention:

 So here are my very good friends.  We all made it into Founder's Circle this year.  There is me, Patsy, Linda, Jan and Sue.  YIPPPEEEE

 And here is our group in front of the Home Office sign.  They have one of these down in Knab Utah also where the manufacturing plant is.

And I just had to share this photo…we are four generations on my team! 

 This is inside the home office.

 This is inside the home office where they "pick" your orders.  My group taking pictures.

They had many projects on the desks of the workers that I will share with you in upcoming posts but this was one of my favorites.  Isn't it too stinken cute.

 And here is our group.  Aren't they just awesome!  Love you guys and gals!

 So much fun!!!!

okay, so you have to come back tomorrow so I can tell you exactly what Francine is doing!!!

Well here we are on the opening day of Convention.  Some of the girls walking into the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Walking in…soooooo much excitement.

Kathy taking pictures of the doors that were decorated.

Linda was soooooo excited when she received her bag.

Inside their bag were all kinds of goodies, including our new binder.

And here is Val starting to swap for the very first time.

Here are two ladies that had a very unique way of swapping.  So cute.

Here are two of my swaps.

Isn't he cute?

I have my family here visiting from South Dakota so posts are short.  We just spent the entire day in New York City – it broke another record for heat!  It was HOT!!!  but we had so much fun.  Tomorrow we will be tubing down the Sacandaga! 

Thank you for stopping by!