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Stampin’ Up! Convention- Day 1

Posted on July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 by Josee

On Wednesday, thousands of Stampin' Up! demonstrators flocked to Salt Lake City, swaps in hand, ready for Convention 2012!

All day long, demonstrators picked up their bags (a fun summer canvas look with a chevron pattern), hit Memento Mall (shopping!), strolled through the Demonstrator Resource Center, went camera-crazy around the display boards, and shared lots of laughter and hugs.

In addition, busses headed to Riverton throughout the day, where demonstrators were greeted by Stampin' Up! staff for the traditional home office tours. And many demonstrators took advantage of the open stamp time in the afternoon, getting a jump start on the wonderful Make & Take projects.

In the evening, demonstrators gathered for the first official convention activities–the (optional) Wednesday evening project classes–where they created pinboards, played with Designer Series Paper, met and learned from our amazing team of concept artists, or designed a My Digital Studio board book.

I had my team dinner for those Inky Divas who attended convention this year. Each Inky Diva received a special gift from me and many who didn't know anyone got to get to know others and became instant friends!
stampin up convention

And this is just the beginning. Every day got better at Convention!

July 17 & 24- Weekly Give-Away Winner

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Josee

Sorry I missed last week, I was away at convention and ran out of time before I left to post…so this week, I will have 2 winners!

The WINNER of the past 2 week's Summer Spectacular Give-Away is: EILEEN MCLEAN who wins the Gumball Green and MIdnight Muse ink pads and CHRISTINA GRENIER who wins Summer Starfruit and Primrose Petals ink pads!

For this week, I'm going to give away the Cute as a Button Card Kit (from last year's book):

This card kit makes 8 super cute cards!

To find out how to win, CLICK HERE

Stampin Up! Convention Theme Song 2012

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Josee

I had an absolutely fabulous time at convention this year. I had thought I'd get some cards posted and scheduled to go on my blog before I went, but, life took over and I barely had time to pack my bags! 🙂

I have tons to share about convention, but for today I thought I'd share the convention THEME SONG! Each year we have a different theme song and this one is so catchy I can't get it out of my head!

REMINDERS:

Don't forget to enter this week's WEEKLY GIVE-AWAY for a chance to win 2 In Color Ink pads Find out how (since I missed last week due to convention, I'll be giving away 4 ink pads in tomorrow's draw!
July classes have been updates- lots to choose from! Thurs. July 26th, I have a Christmas in July card Class…don't miss it!
FREE July Tutorial of the month click here for details

Reason to Smile by Kimberly

Posted on July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 by Josee

This past week has been so crazy trying to get ready for the Stampin' Up! convention and also taking part in my church's VBS program as a volunteer. I'm trying to stay on top of everything…but, you know how it is-it is summer after all and I have to put in time for some fun too?!

I'll be leaving in 5 days for Utah and cannot wait to join over 3000 fellow demonstrators for stamping, learning, swapping, eating and just having TONS of fun!!!

I just recently joined a demonstrator card swap where I made 15 cards and got 15 different cards back so I thought I would share the lovely cards I received.

Today's card was made by Kimberly Simmons and features our deal of the month!

She used the Reason to Smile stamp set that you can get for only $5 this month when you place a minimum $60 order.

Reason To Smile
After you've placed at least $60, just enter 131274 for wood mount OR 131275 for clear-mount and you'll get this stamp set for only $5.