Aug 3, 2010 | Build-a-Bear, Contest Winner, Wildlife |
Sorry this post is so late… I have been working most of the morning on my Monthly Newsletter and also on a newsletter for my PAWS downline group. I was trying to use some new features that Stampin’ Up! released with an upgrade to our business websites. With everything new there is a learning curve to figure out the little tricks and things to get it to do what you want when you want it. Let’s just say I need a little more time – when I was finally done with my PAWS letter I went to save it and nothing happened – apparently I took too long and my session timed out so all was lost! Save often is maybe a good thing to keep in mind. Instead of tackling my monthly newsletter with new features I decided to stick with what I was already doing since I am two days behind anyway.
But I’m sure you are much more interested in the title than all of that. The winner I am referring to is my 50/50 jar winner. I had Kyle pull the winning ticket this morning and here it is:
Oh but wait… you want to see what name is inside – don’t you? But first let me show you who visited my yard this morning:
A little bitty turtle – of course Aspen found him – but he doesn’t think turtle are very fun – they don’t run like chipmunks do. So have I stalled enough – you really want to know who won? How about I tell you what the winner gets?
$50 in Free Stampin’ Up! product from me! How fun is that? I love free stuff. We got several free things during convention including some items from the new Holiday mini catalog that will be starting Sept. 1st. Make sure to visit my Open House on August 14th if you want to see some sneak peeks from the Holiday Mini – I can’t show you here until later.
Oh – I almost forgot about the winner – but that Holiday mini – is oh so exciting too – you really do want to come see it.
I guess I’m in a weird mood – sorry about that – but OK – now the winner of the 50/50 jar is…..
Make sure you send me an email with your choices!! Congratulations!
Have a fun day!
Jul 31, 2010 | Stampin' Up! Convention, Stampin' Up! Events |
One of our favorite classes at Convention is the Make ‘N Take class. In our convention bag we get stamp sets that we use to make our projects during the class. This year for the first time we got to choose if we wanted Wood stamp sets or Clear stamp sets. I think everyone was happy to have the choice. Do you wonder what I chose? It was Wood. I really like the feel of the wood blocks, but I do love the storage of the clear mount – so I go back and forth and have a mixture right now.
I wanted to share some pictures of us real quick. I didn’t actually take pictures of what we made – stupid me. So I’ll have to do that later and put those in another post. We had one other person at our table that took our picture for us – I can’t remember her name but “Thank You” for doing that. I also took some of us individually working on our projects.
Becky
Diane
I think every picture I took of Diane I have three versions – the first and the second one either she is making a weird face or has her glasses on and then the third one I get a good one without the glasses and a nice smiling face!
Michele
That’s it for now. Thanks for stopping by.
Jul 30, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, Punch Art, Stampin' Up! Convention |
My Bobble-head Dog card was very popular at the two meetings I shared it at. He is really cute in person. First I made them for a full-card swap for the UDI dinner and then I also used it as my demo at the Udderly Awesome gathering. I told everyone at my demo that I would share some more details on how I made the punch-art dog and the card since they didn’t actually get one. Everyone also wanted to know where the inspiration came from so I wanted to show you that too. Here is the link to my original post during convention – CLICK HERE – there are more pictures and some of the creation process on that post.
The swap for the UDI dinner had some specific guidelines and based on those I was thinking of ideas in my head. Every day I walk into the house from my car and past a metal dog that hangs on the wall – that became my inspiration for this card. Looking at him gave me the idea for the Bobble-head – after I had my idea I just had to figure out how to get it to do what I wanted.
Here is a picture that Sandy took of me doing the demonstration at the Udderly Awesome gathering – I got there late so if you left early you missed it. I didn’t even remember Sandy taking the picture but I was looking directly at the camera so I guess I knew it was happening at the time.
The head on the dog bobbles or spins or whatever you want to call it.
I created a separate Cherry Cobbler panel that I punched a small circle in using the new little circle in the punch pack.
I used a jumbo brad and put it through the hole. Because it isn’t tight it wobbles around in the hole.
I attached this panel to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals to keep it raised so the brad could move.
The dog head is glued to the top of the jumbo brad – I used the Tombow glue for this. The dogs body is then attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals so that it tucks behind the head.
Here are some details on the punches I used to create the dog. All the white pieces were sponged with Black StazOn ink.
Head = Wide Oval punch
Tongue = end of Wide Oval punch (then add chunky red glitter)
Snout = Jumbo Heart punch – with the point folded over
Nose = tip of Jumbo Heart punch (then add chunky black glitter)
Eyes = large circle punch from the Crop-A-Dile and white gel pen
Ears = Modern label punch – with one end rounded
Body = Wide Oval Punch
Legs = Modern Label punch – cut in half – mark toes with black marker
Tail = thin strip of black card stock cut on the paper trimmer and curled around a skewer
Big spot = piece from the butterfly punch
Small spots = random pieces of card stock or black marker
Bone = Modern Label punch – trim out the insides to make it skinny – words were printed using My Digital Studio on card stock and then punched
I hope that answered the rest of the questions that people had about this card. I was so excited that everyone loved it so much.
Thanks for checking in with me today!
Jul 29, 2010 | Stampin' Up! Convention, Stampin' Up! Events |
One of the best things about the Stampin’ Up! Convention is all the friends that you get to make. I saw friends that I have made from earlier events that I only see this one time a year, and made new friends almost everywhere along the trip including at the airport on the way and at the airport after I got back I ran into another demo who was also trying to find her luggage from our canceled flight.
I felt really special when someone recognized me from my blog! That was the highlight for me to have someone say “Your Monika Davis!” It always made me feel so good – thanks so much to everyone that came up to me at convention! Here are some of the pictures of new and old friends from convention this year.
Michele, Diane, Becky and Me - Roommates 2010
Michele and I met at my first convention – I needed a roommate and found her through one of the demonstrator groups – we met for the first time in the hotel room we shared that year. Two conventions later she brought Diane along and I brought Sue (who couldn’t come this year) and the four of us roomed together for a couple of years. Since Sue couldn’t join us this year I put out a note that we were looking for a roommate and Becky answered so we met her this year in the hotel room we shared. Michele and Diane are both from Iowa and Becky is from Ohio. The four of us had a great time together this year.
Katy
We met Katy and her group on the bus ride over to the Stampin’ Up! corporate office. We continued to see them throughout the week. I thought we had a picture of their whole group but I couldn’t find it – I think what happened was that we took pictures of their group with their cameras not ours. If I remember correctly they were from Tenn. And Katy was one of the Rising Stars this year – an award that new demonstrators can earn during their first full year with Stampin’ Up!
Me and Maxine
This is my first time to meet Max. She is a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and an employee at Stampin’ Up! (how fun is that!). She has a group called Utah Divas International which I joined earlier this year to share ideas and business tips. I met many new people in the group at a dinner and swap we had on Friday night.
Becky, Nancy, Carolyn, Libby, Michele, Diane, Monika, Carole and Brenda
We got together with some of the ladies from the STARZ group for dinner on Saturday night. Nancy and Carolyn I met a few years ago and they brought Libby for her first convention – they are all from Texas. Carole I have also known a couple of years and she came in from California. Brenda was a new friend that Becky met earlier in the day that came to convention alone and was staying alone in a hotel so we invited her to join us for dinner – friendships are easy to find at a Stampin’ Up! convention. We all have something in common! Brenda is from Florida.
Sandy and Me
This is me with Sandy Hancock. She is my 4th level upline and lives in California. Her group is the Udderly Awesome group and she had a gathering on Friday night. She asked me to do a demonstration for her gathering and I was so honored. I’ll have another post with more on that.
Robin and Me
This is Robin who I met for the first time in person this year at convention. We have connected online over the year and I was very excited to meet her in person. She is one of the top demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!. She won many of the awards at awards night, was one of the ladies doing demonstrations at the Flower Power Party and was selected for the 2nd year in a row to server on the advisory board for Stampin’ Up! and honor given to only 8 demonstrators each year. She is a Stampin’ Up! Idol!
Becky, Shannon and Me
This one is Becky and I with Shannon West – she is a demonstrator and works for Stampin’ Up!. She was one of the class instructors and did a product demonstration on the main stage the last day of convention. I have met her a couple of time before – she is so nice and loves Diet Coke – can you tell?
Tricia and Me
This was Tricia who I met at the Recruit Crew Breakfast. She is from Canada. We sat together during the morning general session after the breakfast. I met so many other demonstrators – these were the ones I had pictures of. I’m trying now to find the business cards and swaps that I exchanged and see if I can add my new friends on Stampin’ Connection. I’m so excited to have so many new friends! Someone else said that it didn’t matter what airport you were at in the US you could find a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator that could come get you if you were stranded – I guess you just need your computer with you so you can send out the plea – I almost had to do that in Salt Lake City on Sunday but most of the demonstrators were also trying to get home.
Jul 28, 2010 | Stampin' Up! Convention, Stampin' Up! Events |
On the Convention Check-In Day we had a fun Flower Power groovy party. I brought tie-dyed t-shirts and groovy flip-flops for my roommates and I to wear.
Becky, Michele, Diane, Shelli, Sterling, Monika
Stampin’ Up! had all different booths – several demonstration booths – with Demonstrators showing us their creative projects, face-painting, Twister, Hula-Hoop, dancing, games for prizes and a chance to try out for the annual game show that is on stage on the last day of convention. In the past they just picked random demonstrators but this year we had to try out for a chance. They usually model the Stampin’ Up! game show after a real television game show but add a Stampin’ Up! twist to it. The game was the Win it in a Minute – and to try out we had to do the cup stacking (I don’t remember the name exactly). Michele and I decided to try out…
You had to move the Red cup all the way through the stack in under 60 seconds to qualify and then they selected the top 15 times. It sounds easier than it is and some practice would have been a good helpful.
I got mine done in 55.43 seconds – yeah! But nearly good enough to qualify for the on stage game show. Michele took longer and didn’t get in under the minute.
The games on stage were very funny. One was Ribbon Roller – you had to use a Stampin’ Write Marker to wind up a roll of Stampin’ Up! ribbbon and the first to finish was the winner. Another was the cookie one where you move the cookie from your forehead to your mouth using only your facial muscles – hilarious! Then they had the one where you shake a box that is tied around your waist and knock out in our case wood stamp blocks. I think on the real show it is cotton balls or something like that. There were several more games that resulted in one final winner – I think she ended up with $250 Stampin’ Up! Shopping Spree and the other ones that played got $50.
I don’t know what they have in store for us next year but what ever it is it is sure to be fun!
Thanks for stopping by!
Oh but wait… you want to see what name is inside – don’t you? But first let me show you who visited my yard this morning:
A little bitty turtle – of course Aspen found him – but he doesn’t think turtle are very fun – they don’t run like chipmunks do. So have I stalled enough – you really want to know who won? How about I tell you what the winner gets?
Make sure you send me an email with your choices!! Congratulations!
