Back in May, I received a call from Ellen Richardson who works at the Home Office of Stampin' Up! in Riverton, Utah. My heart stopped when I heard her voice. She was calling to ask me if I would like to be a presenter at Stampin' Up!'s 2011 Convention in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I was smiling from ear to ear and SO SO excited! I was also very nervous at this time too!
Well, after talking about all the details...I agreed! I am still on Cloud 9! I am SO honored Stampin' Up! asked me to be a presenter! I have been to three Conventions and I always wondered what it was like backstage and now I get to have the chance to see!
I will be on stage with two other great demonstrators chatting with Ellen about the "New Gardener". Our theme at Convention this year is "GROW". Most of our class attendees will be NEW demonstrators OR someone who wants to jump start their business. Ellen will ask us specific questions about when we were new or what made us move on to being a business demonstrator. This is a VERY comfortable topic for me to talk about and I am very excited, and yes nervous, to be sharing this with other demonstrators.
I will tell you all about it when I get back as it is only 2 weeks from yesterday when I will be presenting. I will have lots of Convention pictures and news to tell you about!
The Stampers by the Sea Team held a swap last week for the Sneak Peek of the new catalog. I participated in this swap and I want to share with you the card I made for my swap.
This card uses a few new products from the NEW catalog which goes live today! Yes, you can order from this great new catalog TODAY! Go to my online store to see the catalog and order your new supplies!
This new cute birdie is from the stamp set Best of Everything. We actually received it FREE on the Alaska Cruise as a pillow gift. I knew this was one we couldn't so I thought it would be perfect to make a swap for others with. The scallop circle is from a new die which fits the 2 1/2" Circle Punch perfectly and is called Perfect Pennants. The bird is stamped in a new In Color called Island Indigo and his wing is stamped with Baja Breeze and cut out. The branch is stamped with yet another In Color called Lucky Limeade. I couldn't go without Crumb Cake and Early Espresso...hehehe! The strip of DSP is from the new Pocketful of Posies Collection!
I just LOVE images that I can plump and pop up! See this bird!?! I cut out the Island Indigo birdie and then cut him out. After I cut him out I laid him face down on my foam mat from the mat pack. Then I took the round end of my paper piercing tool and pressed down on the bird and plumped him. I added a Stampin' Dimensional to keep him plumped. I then did the same to the Baja Breeze wing.
I had SO much fun creating this card and I even sent a few out to some great people. I love surprising others with a handmade card!!! I hope they like it too!
Thanks for letting me share my news with you and my swap card! I still have more cards to share with you!
Have a great July 4th weekend!
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