Jan 31, 2012 | Big Shot, family, Occasions Mini 2012, Thank You |
Today is the last one. The last radiation treatment for Greg’s Mom. I’ll be going with her in just a few minutes.
We are so very grateful that the doctors caught this so early, that her surgery went so well, her recovery was quick and her radiation treatments have been quick. And now it is the last one and we can celebrate with her that all is well and she will live a long and healthy life.
Greg’s mom asked me to make some chocolate covered strawberries to take to the treatment center today. So I made them last night –
But being that I am a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I needed to create something pretty for the packaging. I placed them in a white bakery box and then added some ribbon and a pretty label to the top.
I used my new Framelits Labels collection and the Apothecary Art stamp set both in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. The label image is stamped on Very Vanilla card stock with Soft Suede ink. The flowers were colored with Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Write marker. Then I have a Pink Pirouette layer and finally Soft Suede – all the layers were sponged with Soft Suede ink.
I added the vintage button brads to hold the label onto the ribbon. And finished with pearls in the flower centers and some butterflies.
I hope everyone at the radiation center enjoys this little thank you treat. They were all so very nice and took such good care of Greg’s mom.
Jan 30, 2012 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Sale-A-Bration 2012, Thank You |
One of the stamp sets that all the Leadership Attendees received was called Mixed Bunch. I used it to create this card.
I wanted to use the little butterfly brads that are in the Brad Pack that you can get free during Sale-A-Bration. There are five different brad designs in the pack and my favorite are the little Soft Suede butterflies. This card has a Soft Suede card base and then a Crumb Cake layer. On this layer I stamped the flower images from the Mixed Bunch stamp set and the small medallion. I also used the splatter from the French Foliage stamp set. everything was stamped in Soft Suede ink. The flowers were colored in with a Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker. I added the butterfly brads to the center of each flower. On one flower I added a Jewelry Tag with the “thanks so much” from Tiny Tags stamp set. And finished the front panel with a piece of Very Vanilla Seam Binding that I tied in a bow.
I’ll be back tomorrow.
Jan 29, 2012 | Stampin' Up! Events |
For me Day 2 of my trip to Leadership in San Antonio was Wednesday. In the morning we got up and picked up our cute Leadership bags – made from brand new fabric that will be coming out in the next catalog. I realize we didn’t even take any pictures of us holding our bags. After a bit of swapping I headed to the Make&Take area since I was a helper – we had to go help with a bit of set up and get some instructions and what our responsibilities were during and after the session. And there was a cute surprise in there for everyone!
We all received a fabric organizer that matched our bags – with a tag signed by Shelli – plus a box of chocolates that were hand made by one of the Stampin’ Up! employees. Here is our gang at the Make&Takes.
All the Stampin’ Up! employees (well the girls) made their own aprons using the same fabric as our bags. Here I am with Carrie Cudney and Donna Griffith
After M&Ts were over we headed out to the Riverwalk for lunch and then visited the Alamo -oh look there we are with out bags – Becky and Diane are holding theirs.
After spending the afternoon at the Alamo – we hurried back so I could get ready to got to my first Manager’s Reception! I received my promotion to manager this past year so this was the first time I qualified for this extra special evening of fun. This year the event was held in the convention center so we didn’t have to travel anywhere – the show was in the Theatre –
Lily Cockrell Theatre
We started the evening with a mix and mingle in the lobby and they had waiters serving us Chinese inspired appetizers. I spent the evening with my friend Pearl and later we met up with Patty and Cindee to see the show. I also got to talk to Shelli for a few minutes and have a quick picture with her – although not a very good picture.
The show we saw was the Chinese Acrobats – here are a few pictures of their strength, flexibility, and balance.
That wraps up another day of my trip.
Jan 27, 2012 | Stampin' Up! Events |
Last week Tuesday was Day 1 of my trip to San Antonio. This was our travel day. Diane and I flew in from Georgia, Linda also flew in from Georgia but she was on a later flight. Fran came from Alabama, Michele from Iowa and Becky from Pennsylvania. We all stayed in two rooms at the Grand Hyatt right next to the convention center where all the Stampin’ Up! activities were taking place. After everyone arrived and we checked into our rooms our tummy’s told us we were way past lunch time! The closest place to eat was at the hotel restaurant and lucky for us they had seating outdoors right on the river.
We took a nice little boat tour down the river as the sun was setting.
Linda, Michele, Monika, Diane, Fran, Becky
Later we went down to this restaurant and ate on the river – it was Casa something – I’ll have to go find the name.
That’s it for today.
Jan 26, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, My Digital Studio, Occasions Mini 2012, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Events |
here are the pictures from the rest of the Make&Takes –
Dreams to Plans Decor
This one is a printed page that was created in My Digital Studio and then we embellished with card stock, ribbon and flowers and some distressing ink. It belongs in an 8×10 frame so that you can hang it on your wall. I don’t have a frame for it yet.
Jar o Cards
This is the Jar o Cards – we did not get jars at the leadership conference but I happened to have a wide mouth mason jar at home. The jar is supposed to have cards inside – here is the card –
Stick the cards and envelopes inside the jar and give as a gift to a hostess. Pretty cute idea don’t you think?
Thanks box
This one was a fun idea – it is the Fancy Favor box on it’s side and then you make a slightly smaller box to slide inside of it. Then a belly band to wrap around it. Tuck a little treat inside and this could also be a hostess gift.
Wonderful You Scrapbook
This one is and 8×8 scrapbook page. So imagine a picture in the middle of it. I thought I would print a picture of myself – maybe one from Leadership if I can find a good one and put it on there. The little tag on the right side is a place to write the date and/or place. We had several projects that used skewers this time for little pennant flags.
I think that was it for the Leadership Make&Takes – as you can see there were a lot and it wasn’t meant for you to finish them all there. Since I was a helper I had to make mine ahead and that means they are all finished – yeah!
Have a nice day – it is rainy here – a pretty yucky kind of day. I’m finishing up scrapbook layouts for my class on Friday, then my downline meeting on Saturday night and I have workshops on Sunday night and Tuesday night. Lots going on! So if I don’t post don’t worry – I just ran out of time. But I will try to get something up every day. And if I don’t these last two posts had lots to look at and provide inspiration for you. Bye for now.
I used my new Framelits Labels collection and the Apothecary Art stamp set both in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. The label image is stamped on Very Vanilla card stock with Soft Suede ink. The flowers were colored with Pink Pirouette Stampin’ Write marker. Then I have a Pink Pirouette layer and finally Soft Suede – all the layers were sponged with Soft Suede ink.
I added the vintage button brads to hold the label onto the ribbon. And finished with pearls in the flower centers and some butterflies.
