Still here and there and everywhere!

Sorry for the complete lack of activity.  I am still stamping but not as much as I am expecting my biggest creation ever!  She is due in about one month.  I hope to post and be more active later this year!

Back from convention and so much to share...and show!

Okay disclosure time...I took over 350 pictures at Stampin' Up! Convention!  This post will be long but I have done my best to narrow down the pictures and only post the most informative ones.  First things first.  I went to Salt Lake City with my downline (the Nicole's).  We left on tuesday evening and got back sunday afternoon.  By the time we came home our heads were full of ideas and fun techniques we can't wait to try and share.  I don't know about the Nicole's but I had to take a break and didn't touch my stamps yet!  But I am planning on it this weekend before I forget everything.

 

 

If you have never been to a huge event like this, there is a tradition to make card fronts to swap.  I met so many women while I was swapping my 100 or so cards.  In future posts I will feature some of the swaps I got.  Some card makers did an awesome job and they did it over and over and over again.   Here is one of my swaps.  I used one of the triple punches to make the flower and then used Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstock.  I also stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry ink.  It is a fun phrase from the huge birthday set, Bring on the Cake.  Don't forget the bling in the middle of the flower!

 

The Kick Off Party was themed "Picnic in the Park" or something like that!  There was a make your own hat contest.  I made some hair flowers for Nicole and I, but as you can see Nicki went all out.  Her hat was ALL STAMPIN' UP!  This sign was in the lobby of our hotel.  We were still full of energy at this point.  The pictures got less fun and eventually turned into documenting ideas versus ourselves!

 

 

This is a woman we met from the midwest.  Her hat had every color of cardstock and all hand made embellishments.  We all agreed it was a first place finisher!  She hand carried it the entire way to Salt Lake City!

 

Here is Nicole with our very first Convention friend, Pam.  We met her in the airport and then saw her several times a day as she we were all in the same hotel.  She also gave us the cutest "I love stamps" pins.  We have to make her something really fun and mail to her...all the way in Missouri!

 

The main stage was quite a spectacle.  The colors changed with every presentation and event.  The flowers even grew in the back ground as convention went on.   One of my absolute favorite things was when they presented products from the upcoming holiday mini catalog.  In the picture above you can see that they hid the products under large boxes with fabulous paper flowers on top.  It was just like the Oprah show!  They would "unveil" the products one by one by removing the boxes.  All of us attendees would scream and squeal.  Even more so if they gave something away as a prize.  A women by us won a prize and she jumped up and down like it was a new car!  

 

After awards night there was an after party.  Don't you all love the "pocket sillhouettes" stamp images projected on the walls?  We had so much fun dancing the night away.  Too bad we had to get up sooo early for the First timers breakfast the next day!

Another place where I spent a lot of time was at the super creative vignettes that were set up in "Product Park".  Look on and drool.  There were also rows and rows of card and scrapbook samples.  This is where my camera really went to work.  I will post several of these card ideas at a later time.

The make-n-take session was like nothing I have ever seen before.  With 5,000+ attendees and only four make-n-take sessions you can imagine how many people were in each section!  We got lucky and sat by some lovely ladies that seemed to work at our same pace.  I had a great time but finished none of the projects! 

 

After the make-n-take session we went to lunch to meet our Idaho sisters!  Originally I joined Stampin' Up! through a friend of mine in Idaho.  However, I moved right after and never got to meet any of my upper upline.  We had fun making two cards and doing a swap of 20+.  The swap went fast, sorry for the blurry picture!  The little snowman card was one of our projects. 

Over all I had a great time and would go back to another convention tomorrow!  Okay maybe not tomorrow  but seriously considering next year!

Another Stampin' Up! Special!!!

 

Have you ever wanted patterned paper that exactly matches your cardstock, ink, and ribbon colors?  Now is the deal your won't want to miss.  For the month of August if you buy three packages of Designer Series Paper you get one free...AND there is no limit!  eeeeeee!  To shop you can contact me or go directly to my site wendyhalverson.stampinup.net

Stay tuned for my convention posts.  It is hard to sort through the 300+ pictures! 

CONVENTION!!!!

I am so excited.  I get to go to my very first Stampin' Up! Covention today!  I have been a demonstrator for five years last month.  So check back for postings of my swaps and pictures of the fun.  EEEEE!  So excited.
While I'm gone check out the brand new catalog.  It has roughly 65 stamp sets that I MUST have!  You can search it online by clicking HERE

Scrapbook in a day fun!

We had a great time making scrapbooks!  Even scrapbooking virgins made beautiful pages and were so pleased!  Here is my cover page and a layout I contributed.  Happy summer!

Where it all began!

One summer in 1988  I got to take art classes from a woman in her home.  We did all sorts of art projects and in the very end we all got to paint a picture on her front window.  Mine was the penguin on the ice block.  I was a little 9 year old, with shorts up to my armpits, but I already knew I loved doing crafty, artistic things.  Have a great summer and do something crafty!

Scrapbook In a Day Class!

Hi all.  To kick off summer my friends and I are having a scrapbook in a day class.  The class will use the Playful polkadots scrappin' kit from the Summer mini catalog.  For further details check out my site wendyhalverson.stampinup.net  The scrapbook will be 6x6, the perfect size for a fun gift or to keep for scrappin' a summer trip!  Let me know if you would like to come by June 3rd!
Happy stampin' scrappin' and craftin'!
Wendy