This has been a most memorable Convention! 🙂 It has been a whirlwind and I can’t believe today is the last day! It’s been sooooooooooo fun to meet so many of the friends I’ve made through blogging…. a HUGE THANK YOU to every one of you who has stopped me to say hi – it truly means a lot to me!
Here are a few highights from Convention yesterday..
the main stage from where our group sits in the bleachers:
Swapping everywhere… our own Heidi and Rachel are swapping:
Winning door prizes is FUN! Our own Joy and Jen both won prizes…
and hmmmmmmmm what did Jen win?? Well.. she won a die for our very own brand new BIG SHOT DIE CUTTING MACHINE!! That’s right… Stampin’ Up! owner, Shelli, announced that we have partnered with Sizzix to sell a die cut machine and our very own exclusive designs in dies!! We can make the most awesome projects.. OH MY GOSH>> you should have heard the audience go crazy over this announcment!! YAHOOOOOO Stampin’ Up!!
and the coolest thing is.. as a demonstrator, last night I already placed my pre-order for this machine and 8 of the new dies!! And the CUTEST carrying case you’ve ever seen! This will be available to customers soon! Watch for info in your upcoming Mini Catalog! I will have this on display at my Open House on Aug. 11 !!! 🙂
here is just one sample with the pennant die and alphabet dies and our Designer Series papers:
Our group has tried to stay together, but we are all never in the same place at once.. here is part of our group getting ready to watch Workshop Wow’s yesterday:
A couple of my favorite ideas/samples from the workshop wow presentation:
a new set called Upsy Daisy.. tooooo cute!
and VANILLA Hodgepodge hardware…. oh my gosh…
and then to top it all off.. last night I had the huge honor of giving a presentation to Janice’s Stampahowlics group:
my dear friends (L to R): Janice, Jan, and Kelli (and me):
More updates later…
Patty
What an honor to be able to have all this much fun with the Stampin Up family. I just love all the new stuff so far. I can’t wait to hold the new catty in my hand, but first I’ll have to get a bib so I don’t mess the cattie up. (tee hee)
Awwwwww, I missed seeing Kelli Purkey; if you see this “Kelli with an I”, it’s me, “Kelly with a Y” and I definitely missed seeing you this year! Jan, Patti and Janice, keep being the positive influence you’ve been and continue to be, it helps us little people to hang on in times of need. Hope you all had a wonderful time! I missed everyone immensely but an just as jazzed from staying home to start the new Stampin’ year!
Looks like you are having a fantastic time. Congrats on the board appointment. It is well deserved.
I’m so excited about the Big Shot! I can’t wait to see the dies!
Congratulations! How very exciting! SU! could not have chosen a better demo for the spot.
Exciting news coming out of this year’s convention! So much to BUY!!! I can’t wait for the release of the new catty! Thanks for sharing all the updates. Can’t wait to see more.
WOW YOU ARE GOING TO NEED A WEEK JUST TO CATCH YOUR BREATH…. Congratulations on your many awards and accolades. You really deserve them. Love your blogs, tutorials and being able to buy your projects. Thanks for all you do. MaryAnn
WOW YOU ARE GOING TO NEED A WEEK JUST TO CATCH YOUR BREATH…. Congratulations on your many awards and accolades. You really deserve them. Love your blogs, tutorials and being able to buy your projects. Thanks for all you do. MaryAnn
Congratulations on all your awards! I love the looks of that Vanilla Hodgepodge and can’t wait to get my new catalog! I love the looks of those new stamp sets that received also.
Patty – it was so nice to meet you in person…unfortunately – I did not see you (at least close enough to talk to again!!LOL there were only about 6500 ladies in front of me…heh heh) to tell you a whopping CONGRATS on Advisory Board! I was so happy for you!!!
((()))Maureen Stivala
Patty – it was so nice to meet you in person…unfortunately – I did not see you (at least close enough to talk to again!!LOL there were only about 6500 ladies in front of me…heh heh) to tell you a whopping CONGRATS on Advisory Board! I was so happy for you!!!
((()))Maureen Stivala
How was the Upsy Daisy card done? It is gorgous