Texture Boutique Embossing Folder

Hey look at this exciting new product! It is Stampin Up's new Texture Boutique Embossing Machine. This machine makes embossing all of your items a snap. You simply put your embossing folder between the two plates (included) and insert into the machine and turn the handle till it comes out the other end.This item was just released and is available in limited supply till the new Catalogue comes out in June. Watch this blog for more ideas and pictures next week when I get my machine in the studio. If you want to order one now do so while supplies last.  TheTexture Embossing Machine (132657) is only $36.95 Cdn.

More Pop Up Box Cards

Today I want to show you the next couple of Pop Up Box cards I have done! As you can see the ideas are limitless. Just go to your favourite stamps and create away! If you want to know how to make these boxes I am hosting a class in my studio on Friday Feb 28th. Contact me for more details.

Then top box uses the new Sale-a-bration Set called You're Lovely as well as the new Petite Petals Punch and stamp set. The lower box uses a variety of stamps from my studio. 

Pop Up Box Card

Today I have an interesting card for you and it is totally foldable and can be mailed. This type of card seems to be all the rage and I will be holding a class on Friday February 28th at my studio if you would like to try this design. I chose a male themed card for the guys in my family in mind. As far as I am concerned you can never have too many guy type cards, especially in our family as my husband and I only have brothers (10 between the two of us). Add to that three sons and you can see why I gravitate to the male type of card. The Stamp set is one that I've had for years and is now discontinued called Extreme Snowboard, the paper is all Stampin Up DSP. The clouds are cut from the new Stampin Up Framelits called Word Bubbles (132968). The hearts are from the framelits Hearts Collection (125599) and the stars are retired Stampin Up punches. Hope you enjoyed the project, if you would like to make some of these boxes contact me to join the class.

Leadership Conference 2014

Well I am back from Stampin Up's Leadership Conference in Houston Texas and what a great time we had! We started off the event with a General Session on Thursday morning and then attended Share Fair classes on Thursday afternoon for demonstrators by demonstrators. I came away with lots of new ideas. For all the Demonstrators who have the title of Manager or above Stampin Up puts on an event just for them! I was able to attend and we went to the Houston Aquarium. My roommates Jan and Loni (whom I met two years ago in San Antonio, Loni is from Utah, Jan from Kentucky) went with me! 

 The meal that they put on for us was amazing, we were able to eat outside on the upper deck.

There was lots to see and do at the Aquarium, rides, great food, photo ops,  huge aquariums with fish and other sea life, as well as white tigers! Spectacular!

On Friday we again attended classes and learned about some new products coming out this spring. Watch for those announcements here on this blog and at my upcoming Open House Workshops. On Friday night we had a huge stamp event with 1000 women seated at round tables stamping our Make and Takes. All of us got an orange bag with Two Stamps Sets and our Make and Take projects. We spent the evening stamping, watching live presentations, and eating popcorn. Fun fun! 

Loni (on the right) had gotten three matching scarves and we wore them each day in various styles with our various outfits and boy did we ever get a lot of comments on them. We received a t-shirt and stamp set from our evening at the Aquarium so one day we had to model them as well. Doesn't it look like we are having fun? The hardest part was finding someone who could take our picture.

On Saturday the final day we again headed over to the Houston Convention Centre and participated in more classes and live presentations. I am telling you Stampin up sure knows how to make the presentations fun! We had a "Game Show" presentation on Saturday that had us all in stitches.

Jan (on the right whom many of you met here in the studio in the fall of 2012) took along fabric flowers and we wore them on our scarves on the final day. When the last session ended we had a bit of free time and so we explored downtown Houston, it was a very nice day at 73F and look at what they do in Houston for fun......

........in the park where we walked they were skating on one side and directly across from that there was a water fountain area where kids were running through the sprinklers. 

If you would like to join in on all the fun consider joining my team, contact me for more details.

Catching Up!

Happy New Year to all of you! Are you ready to get started stamping again? We have finished a very busy catering season and have had a good rest and now I am ready to start stamping and holding classes again. Take a look at the picture to see these four girls who were so proud of the fact that they were the first group done their 12 cards in my Stamp a Stack in December even though they were beginner stampers:) Congratulations! Great Job!

The new Occasions Catalogue has also come out a few days ago and there are many new and wonderful products for your paper crafting needs. Let me know if you would like a copy and I will do my best to get one out to you, (Canada only).

I am busy preparing for two Open Houses later this month, Friday January 24th at 7:00pm and Saturday Jan 25th at 1:00pm. The Open House is free to all who can safely attend and there will be prizes, card making and refreshments. Please register so I can prepare projects for you. I will be featuring products featured from the Occasions Catalogue (pictured above).

Tomorrow I leave for Houston Texas for Stampin Up's annual Leadership Conference. Stay tuned for pics and updates as I try to battle snowstorms and icy roads in my effort to get to Buffalo Airport to fly to Houston.