Archive for August, 2008
Here it is!!
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My order is here! Actually it arrived on Thursday, but I have been so busy playing and preparing for my open houses that I haven’t stopped. Do you want to see what is inside?
The SIZZIX BIG SHOT!!!
That’s Right! Starting September 2nd you will be able to purchase this product from ME! YEAH! This was announced at Convention. You should have heard 6,000 demonstrators screaming at the top of their lungs and jumping up and down! We have been waiting for something like this for a long time. I personally don’t buy anything that is not Stampin’ Up! I always thought the die-cuts and embossing folders were really cool, but if I can’t endorse it I don’t buy it. Now I can!!
There will also be a selection of Stampin’ Up! exclusive dies that will create amazing 3D projects and coordinate with some of our stamp sets! I hope you will be excited as I am. I purchased the starter kit (I will share specifics another day) and a few extra items to play with as well.
As soon as I opened the box, my girls were ready and willing to start playing with mommy’s new toy! My girls are 7 and 5, so I thought I would try showing them how to use it and see just how easy this thing is to use. Well, they had a great time and so did I! The Big Shot is so easy to use, I couldn’t believe it. I am also an Occupational Therapist and most of my former patients suffering from arthritis or Carpal Tunnel can’t use other Die-Cut machines, but the Big Shot is definitely something I would recommend for them!
I did pick up a few other goodies as well. A new scallop square punch, glassy glaze embossing powder, love notes, a new wheel for Halloween (wait until you see what I plan to do with that), and two hostess sets. One of the good things about getting a Big Shot and Dies from SU! is the FREE Hostess Products you get along with it!
I also ordered the supplies I need to finish my Sister-In-Law’s wedding invitations. I am making 140 pocketfold invitations. I am really excited and can’t wait to show them to you. After both open houses I will post some pictures of the invitation so you can tell me what you think.
I’ll be back to stamping soon. I can’t wait to really dig into all of my new products. Have you seen the new catalog yet? If not contact me at jenfoley@inkspiredcreations.com and I can send one to you. There is so much to see!
Happy Stamping!
Convention Make-n-Takes!!
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As I promised yesterday, here are some pictures of my Convention Make-N-Takes. This year there were two Make-n-Take sessions. Each session consisted of 4 projects. This bookmark was the first project I completed and it is my favorite. This will definitely be a project in a future stamp camp! Sorry no specifics tonight guys, I am very tired!The Scallop Square is from our On Board Essentials (Chipboard). You may not have seen the new Designer Brads, make sure you take a peek. They are so beautiful. The silver pieces in the center of the flower and at the end of the ribbon are Designer Brads from the Filigree Assortment. In case you didn’t notice, the ribbon is our NEW Pacific Point In Color Striped Ribbon! I love this color combination!
This “Note of Thanks Box” was fun to make. It is a basic box with scallop punched DSP added to the top. Very basic, no big deal. The fun part was making the rosette. It is made with our new Pink Pirouette 1 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon. Using linen thread I stitched along the edge of the Ribbon with stitches about 1/4″ apart. Then I pulled the thread and gathered the ribbon into a circle to make the rosette. I tied a knot at the end to hold it together. The glitter is added to the end of the ribbon with crystal effects!
This is project #3 which I didn’t get to finish putting together at the MNT session. I just barely stamped everything, LOL! This is the “For You Mini Album” made with Love Notes Cards and Envelopes! LOVE IT! This is going to be one of the projects at my open house this weekend. This picture does not show it clearly, but there are little orange beads attached to the front with crystal effects. I swear I don’t use that stuff enough! Lots of great ideas at Convention this year!
OK, so this project was not even made by me! My friend Kathy White completed the dry embossing for me because we really had to go. The image is created by lightly using the brayer on the debossed side and accenting with the white signo gel pen. Thank you Kathy for stamping this so I could put it together later!!
You may be asking yourself…why didn’t you get to finish your projects? Well, I played mother hen for a little while. I went to convention with a wonderful group of women that love to spend time with! Most of them live an hour away from me and we don’t get to stamp together very often. I was trying to get everyone together at the same table to stamp together. (Staying together is virtually impossible at Convention without a cell phone. Then if you have a cell phone it is almost that impossible to hear it ring over the 5-6,000 people that are there!) Anyway, I started stamping a little later than everyone else because I was trying to find everyone that was separated from the group. I really had a great time at Convention this year and hope we can do it all together again next year! You guys ROCK!!
Happy Stamping!
The New Catalog is Here! Online Ordering Coming Soon…
Posted by: | CommentsYeah! I have placed my first deomonstrator order for the Fall-Winter Idea Book and Catalog!!! Wait until you see what I have ordered. I chose 2nd Day Air shipping so that everything will be in for my Hostess Cookout and New Catalog Open House, both this weekend!
I did stop posting Convention pics over the past few days because I was preparing for today!!! I can’t tell you how many times I rewrote my wish list!! I was so proud of myself at the start of Convention because I decided to only use the new stamp sets from Convention for now and get some new tools and some designer paper. Well, as Convention went on and NEW product announcements were made, I realized I was in BIG trouble!! LOL!There are so many things that I want from this new catalog.
There are some great NEW products that are going to be released between September and January. So check back over the next week to see what I am talking about! I will post a sneak peek on Friday of what is in my order that you will be able to order soon.
Sometime in the Fall you will be able to order products ONLINE 24/7!!! I have added a link to the new catalog in the sidebar to the right. This online catalog is not the same as previous and I am not quite sure if you will be able to view it right now. : ( It is a VERY LARGE pdf document, not an online catalog, so I have not been able to download the entire catalog yet. Sorry about that! But on the upside of that I have been told that the Technology Team at SU! is working very hard to get Online ordering up for you as quickly as possible! I will be calling Demonstrator Support tomorrow for more detailed information on this situation.
I am so excited about online ordering! This will make the ordering process a lot easier for everyone. I am also hoping that someday we will be able to take workshop orders this way as well. SO, if your friends cannot make it to a workshop, they can order from the online catalog whenever they have the time and it would be credited to your workshope sales. I will be plugging that idea tomorrow as well! I haven’t heard anything about those capabilities yet, but wouldn’t that be really cool!!
Since you may not be able to view the new catalog online I thought I would share pics of the NEW stamp sets we received FREE at Convention this year!!
Eastern Blooms
Flight of the Butterfly
Inspired by Nature
Want to see some pictures of the make-n-takes we made at Convention? Check back tomorrow, I am so tired my eyes are rolling in my head as I type…LOL!
Happy Stamping!
