Prize Patrol

One of the most exciting things at Convention is prize patrol.  Today Dianne Gill won a stamp set and a punch.

 

 

Sandi Dailey won the Bigz Die that makes the bows.  Laurie Ringle, Sandy Haynes and I all won new product but it wasn't even in town yet.  Hopefully we can pick it up tomorrow.  And I can't tell you what they are until they're released. 

 

Ronda gives us a good morning hug every day.

 

I've got a ton of pictures to post but it'll take me a while. 

A group of us went to the Cheesecake Factory tonight for supper.  The food was good and the cheesecake was delicious. 

 

 

Susan Wohlfort and Kristen Brown

 

Susan and Laurie Ringle

 

Eleanor Faught and Sandi Dailey.

 

Eleanor had lettuce wraps

 

 

Kristen had crab cakes.

 

Laurie had fish and Susan had a Santa Fe salad.

 

 

I had a Navaho sandwich and sweet potato fries.

 

And then came the cheese cakes.  This one is lemon raspberry.

 

Not sure what kind this one is but it looks delicious.

 

This is mine and it's white chocolate macadamia.

 

Tomorrow the convention gets underway.  A tour of the home office, lunch with Ronda and then the opening session and a social afterwards. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We're here in Salt Lake City enjoying the heat.  Well, kind of.  It's cool (73) this morning but of course it's only 7:35.  But yesterday it was 98 when we got here.  Sandi was ready to eat as soon as I got here so we went down to the restaurant.  After we gave the waitress our orders we waited about 1/2 hour and asked someone how long it was going to be and they said that the order was in and the cook was busy.  Well, we waited longer and noticed that people who came in after us already had their meals.  So we asked again.  Well, they couldn't find our order.  For some reason it never made it to the kitchen.  So our supper was free and we got vouchers for breakfast this morning.  So we're about ready to head down there.  And then we have to decide when to go to the mall.  I think we'll go this afternoon and then stay for supper.  Cheesecake Factory!!  I can hardly wait.  We went there last year and I was the only one who had the cheesecake.  It was wonderful.  Then tomorrow things get going.  Going out to the home office in the morning and lunch with Ronda in the afternoon and at 5:00 the doors open for our first session.  Well, we're going to breakfast and I'll take my camera with me and try to get some pictures.  Talk to you later.

 

Here's the newest recruit special from Stampin' Up!  Now if you sign up to become a demonstrator between July 15th and August 31st you can also get a Free project kit.  So you're getting the kit for $99.00 and you get to pick $125.00 worth of product out of the catalog and one of the four featured project kits.  The choice of project kits is

 

Build A Banner Simply Created kit AND Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory kit.

 

or

 

Build a Banner Simply Created kit AND Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory kit.

 

or

 

Thankful Tablescape Simply Created kit

 

or

 

Tag A BAg Bundle AND Tag a Box Bundle.

 

Check the first three kit's in the Holiday catalog and the last kit is in the Big Book. 

 

This card is one that we did at one of Ronda's events and I used it for my card class.  The stamp set is Label Love and the matching punch is called Artisan Label.  The designer series paper is in the new catalog but I'm drawing a complete blank on the name. 

 

I sent an email out tonight with information about the class calendar.  The biggest thing is that I've planned a Christmas planner class for August 8th and I'll need to know if you're attending by July 30th so that I can order supplies.  Watch this blog for more information and maybe some pictures. 

 

Don't you all have someone who doesn't want to have another birthday?  Here's the perfect card.  It's from a set called Giggle Greetings.  There are four stamps and they're all a little 'not so nice'  I really like this set and the best thing is that I got it free.  I won it in a raffle at one of our meetings.  Just another of the perks of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

 

Christmas in July.

 

Last year at convention I heard someone say that they do a Christmas card every month at card class.  That way when it's time to make cards you've got some samples.  So I decided that I need to do the same thing.  If you come to my classes you'll always make a Christmas card.  Here's the card that we did last week at card class.  It's a total case of one of Ronda Wade's cards.  And it's not even a Christmas stamp.  The ornaments are stamped with the Mosaic Madness stamp set and punched out using the new mosaic punch.  The greeting is from the set Sweet Essentials.  The Cherry Cobbler layer was embossed using the mosaic folder.  Does this get you in the mood to make some Christmas cards?  Then you need to come to my Christmas Stamp A Stack on July 30th.  We'll be making 20 Christmas cards with matching envelopes.  Watch my calendar for more information.