More Waterfall Cards

Here's another waterfall card that we stamped at my events this month.  This great card uses Doodle That from the Spring Mini Catalog and also the Au Chocolat designer paper.  It's a fun little flippy project that my stamp club members loved!  Clubs are filling fast so email me today if you want to take the last spot in my scrap club or the last spot in my stamp/technique clubs! 

Do you have Your Palette o' Prints Yet?

Did you order your Palette o' Prints yet?  Don't forget that the last day to place an order for this great designer paper sampler is Thursday, May 31st!  You will be able to order full sheets of this great paper starting on July 1st but don't miss your chance to  get your hands on these beautiful designer papers before everyone else!!

My Personal Challenge

It's great to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and there are so many benefits!  One of the great things that I get to do is to earn FREE stamps and who doesn't like that???  Well, my problem is getting them all put together to use!  Does anyone else have this problem?  Here is my box of unmounted stamp sets - there are twelve shown here.  And, I'm here to say that my plan is to get caught up with these by the end of June and then stay caught up!  I love to stamp and love getting new sets to stamp with so I don't like seeing any in this box!  I did put one set together yesterday so I'm officially at 11 to go.  I'll post my progress over time so check back for more updates! 

If you're like me and have a problem getting to putting your stamp sets together then consider making my challenge your challenge.  If you want to join me in my quest to get all your stamps mounted then feel free to post a comment to this post, either now or when your box of unmounted stamps is put together!

And, if you need a box of unmounted stamps to put together, consider browsing the list of retiring stamps and getting the ones you can't live without!! 

Stampin' on a Boat!

Yes, we did stamp on the Stampin' Up! cruise and here's proof.  This is me at my stampin' table with two of my sidelines, Laura and Bobbi and three other ladies that we stamped with that morning. 

The night before stampin' day I returned to my room after dinner to find a beautiful package which included a new stamp set (Flowers & Flourishes to be included in the Fall-Winter collection starting in July), inkpads, a new wheel and other stampin' goodies.  We used this to make three great projects two of which included some new designer papers! 

One of the very cool things that Stampin' Up! did was to include the large ribbon from the Seaside Ribbon Originals on everything they gave us - this is even what our nametag lanyards were made of!   

Waterfall Cards

Last Monday at the demonstrator gathering we held at my house for my downline, one of the projects we stamped was this waterfall card.  Waterfall cards are so much fun!  The confetti white squares flip to reveal the full image below when you pull on the tab with the ribbon. 

Once you pull the tab all the way out you see just the last image and the greeting underneath! 

When I was on the Stampin' Up! cruise I saw another demonstrator who had made a waterfall scrapbook page as a way to showcase a bunch of photos of one event without having to have a ton of pages on that event.  I am planning on having that be one of our projects in my scrapbook club that will be starting in July!  So girls, you have that to look forward to!  Speaking of cruise, watch for more photos to be posted this week on my virtual scrapbook!   

Not Exactly my Favorite Card

OK, so I admit that this is not my best work.  But, I wanted to play along with my friend and downline Diane's card challenge this week and time was running out!  So, I grabed my stamps, colors and started to play.  I liked the idea of using the Wishing You the Best stamp set because the purchase of this set sends $2 to benefit the Ronald McDonald House charities and I think that's a great cause.  I also think it pairs well with the Lexicon of Love stamp set and both are retiring at the end of June! 

Maybe the color combo for this challenge didn't speak to me but this is what I came up with.  Not my best work but it's still OK.  And, not every project we stamp will turn out exactly to our liking! 

In other news, last night we had a demonstrator only swap at Diane's house and you can see photos of us stamping (and me being goofy) also on Diane's site.  Swaps are a great way to share ideas and you'll probably see some of the cards at upcoming workshops because they were all great ideas!! 

More about my trip to Canada!

Here is a photo from the Stampin' Girls Convention that I attended in Canada two weeks ago.  I have a previous post with more information but wanted to share this photo of us!  That's Josee Smuck on the left, the leader of the INKredible Canadian group, Vicki Garrett, the truly talented guest artist is in the middle and I'm on the right.  You'll notice that I got to be an honorary Sparkle Daisy Stamper for the day and love the pin!! 

Also while in Canada we went to the Tulip Festival which was great fun!  We learned how to write our names in Japanese, saw beautiful downtown Ottawa and spent the lovely day outside.  Here is a photo of my hosts, Josee, Dave and their daughter Hailey.

I thought this was a really fun photo too!  After Josee and I wrote our name in Japanese we had a little fun with a photo op! 

Check back soon for more of my stamping adventures from the Panama Canal Cruise!!