SU Regionals April 19th, 2008

Saturday, April 19th was my 1st SU Regional Convention. When I left my house at 7 AM I did not know what to expect. My morning started off when a man in the car next to me at the stop light on 6th and Wells told me I had a roll of tape sitting on top of the trunk of my car. Sure enough I turned around and there was a roll of duct tape. That duct tape stuck to my car all the way from Muskego, on the freeway to downtown at 6th and Wells. My wonderful son used the tape the night before and set it on the trunk of my car and forgot to put it away. Got to love duct tape!! How embarrassing, can't image what people were thinking as they saw me driving 60 miles an hour on the freeway with duct tape stuck to my trunk, lol.

OK, back to Regionals. Not sure how many people were there but I would have to say a few hundred. We received a free stamp set, "So Much" from the Spring/Summer catalog. I was so excited to get this set. I was planning on ordering because I thought it was great for scrapbooking and card making. We made several cards and scrapbook layouts throughout the day. I learned several new techniques, met lots of good people and took 154 pictures of cards and scrapbook pages that were displayed. I will share some of them with you as soon as I learn now to create a slide show. Stay tuned. The day ended around 5 PM. The group picture is me on the left, Michellle in the middle (my upline) and Liz another demonstrator under Michelle on the right.

Heartfelt Thanks

I think Heartfelt Thanks has to be one of my favorite stamp sets. It is so versatile for both cards and scrapbooking. I made 30 of this card for the card swap at Regional's on Saturday. I gave out my 30 cards and received 30 cards from other demonstrators. I got so many new ideas from some other demonstrators that attended Regional's. I will post some of them by the end of this week along with some pictures from Regional's.

Stamp Set: Heartfelt Thanks

Ink pads: Basic Black and River Rock ( this is my favorite In Color ink and it goes so well with black)

Card Stock: River Rock, Basic Black and Whisper White

Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals

Live your Dream and Die Cut Blooms

Thought I would show you one more card using the Die Cut Blooms from the Occasions Mini. These are only available through May 31st. I use the following:

Card stock: Soft Sky, Whisper White and Pumpkin

Ink pads:Old Olive and Soft Sky

Accessories: Die cut Blooms, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Old Olive Poly-Twill Ribbon

Post a comment to let me know if you like it.

This week's posts

Sorry I didn't post any new ideas this past week. It's been a little hectic this week. So here are some of my creations from this past week. I have my Grandson this week so if I can I will try and post more ideas when he is either napping or in bed for the night. So with that said here are 3 cards for you.

Happy Birthday Card - Love this set for kids.

Ingredients: Stamp sets - Zoofari and Itty Bitty Background, Ink Pads - Chocolate Chip and Basic Black Card stock - Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black and Whisper White, Accessories - Brads and Chocolate Chip ribbon from the Occasions mini catalog.

Birthday Wishes Card

Ingredients: Stamp sets - A Tree for all Seasons and Sincere Salutations Ink Pads - Chocolate Chip and Basic Black Card Stock - Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie, Accessories - Colored Pencils, Brads and Chocolate Chip ribbon from the Occasions mini catalog.

Happy Card

Ingredients: Stamp set - Be Happy Ink Pads - Basic Black and Real Red Card stock - Real Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White Accessories - Brad, Black Gingham ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals and Crystal Effects

Let it Snow! - My thoughts for today

One thing about retirement you don't have to go anywhere when it snows! Here we are in Wisconsin on March 21st, and we have snow. Not just flurries, but we are expecting anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of more SNOW. You know that pretty white stuff that we hope for on Christmas Eve but come the day after Christmas you wish it was gone. Yesterday was the 1st day of Spring, today is Good Friday and we have snow. GOT TO LOVE WISCONSIN!! Here's a picture from my front door at 10:40 AM today. Thought I would share. Well this will give me time to do some stamping and post ideas this weekend. To all my friends and family out there, be safe and take it easy on the roads today if you have to drive in this weather.

Live your Dream - Occasions Mini

Worked on a few quick cards using Live Your Dreams. Thought I would share.

Paper clip bookmark

Sorry there hasn't been any updates in a week. Unexpected family illness required me to watch my Grandson for 3 days. We are very lucky and at the moment all is well. So I am back!

This is my 1st attempt at a paperclip bookmark. Not bad for my first but I am going to try a few more designs this week and will share them with you.

I found these jumbo sized paperclips at Wal-mart, 12 for under $2. I used the following:

Paper: Whisper white, barely Banana, and old olive.

Ink: Regal Rose and Old Olive

Accessories: 3/8" punch, silver brad and glue dots

Let me know what you think. You can post a comment below.