Well I am just back from an AMAZING European Stampin' Up! Convention. My team is called the Dazzling Dreamers and 10 of us went along and had a ton of fun and learned loads of fabulous things to share with you. In the photo you can see Sara, Nichola, Nina A, Tracey W, Naomi, Tracy L, Me, Carolyn, Leigh-Anne and Nina C.
Now the MOST exciting thing for our team at convention is that we WON THE CONVENTION VIDEO COMPETITION! We are so excited about it - so today I have two videos to share. Scroll down to see a cute Santa project - and click right below to watch our very hammed-up contest winning video! (BTW, for my non-European blog visitors, 2007-8 was the very first catalogue released in Europe when the market opened here).
Did you spot some of my lovely girls from the photo above - and of course my fabulous upline Amanda Fowler?
I hope the video made you laugh and smile - and maybe it made you think about your journey with Stampin' Up!? I am beyond grateful to Amanda and my team and everyone at Stampin' Up! for enabling me to share all that I love with my friends, customers, blog readers and YOU!
If you are a Stampin' Up! customer and you think it is time to start your journey as a demonstrator - why not join the Dazzling Dreamers? You could be in next year's team photo from Stampin' Up! Convention which is going to be in Brussels. Contact me and we can have a chat about your crafting business hopes and dreams.
So - after that excitement - down to business! Today's video was inspired by a project by France Martin - thank you Frenchie for the fabby idea. Enjoy the video.
Today I am sharing a project I learned how to make from a lovely fellow demo called Hazel Benn. I just loved the cute little crackers - and they were SO easy to create.
I couldn't wait to teach my lovely class ladies. They are made from Whisper White cardstock decorated with Seasons of Style DSP.
I finished them with the Christmas greeting from 'That's the Ticket' and the fabulous Silver ribbon from the Autumn/Winter catalogue.
If you are local to Hampshire and want to join me for a class, why not contact me? I would love to hear from you.
I had some giveaway projects on display for my team recently including a Hexagon Gift Box that I made some time ago. My lovely downline Sara picked up the box and was trying to figure out how to make it. You can see the box below on the left.
So I thought it was time to do a festive re-design and share it at my September classes. This box is made using the Mini Milk Carton Bigz die from Stampin' Up!
For the festive one I used the Season of Style DSP and Merry Minis Punch Pack, (in case you can't see this in your catalogue, these and other festive goodies are carried over from last year - ask me or your demo for details).
I also used the Christmas greeting from That's the Ticket and finished with the truly gorgeous Silver Ribbon from the new Autumn/Winter catalogue.
A little card I made for a neighbour who had just had a little girl. I do like making new baby cards - especially in pink! You can make them as pretty as you like.
I figured out this design for a pram using the decorative label punch, four circle punches, a scallop circle and lots of pearls!
I ran a piece of Whisper White cardstock through the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. I layered up the pram and finished with the That's The Ticket stamp set from the Spring/Summer catalogue, cut out with the matching Ticket Builder Punch.
This Valentine's card is made from the back of the card from the Happy Hello Simply Sent kit. This kit is one of the choices during Sale A Bration. I used the card front to make another project and used the back to create this project - 2 cards for 1!
First I used the fabby new Ovals Collection Framelits dies to cut an oval in the white card and then cut a smaller oval from the offcut.
I stamped the oval and the chevrons using images from the Oh, Hello! stamp set from the Spring/Summer catalogue. I stamped the white outer area using the flourish from Creative Elements.
The tickets are from the stamp set That's the Ticket, also in the Spring/Summer catalogue. I punched out with the matching Ticket Builder punch and finished with Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding ribbon and Basic Pearls.
Happy Valentines day for next week to all my blog readers!
