Patty's Stamping Spot

Road Trip.. I've been in L.A.

I drove down to the Los Angeles area on Friday to participate in a Stampin' Up! Downline meeting for my dear friend Michelle yesterday. It was loads of fun!!  It was fabulous to meet some new friends, put faces to "virtual friends" and reconnect with old friends!! 

When I arrived at my hotel, I giggled to see "towel art" in the bathroom... I thought that only happened on cruises!!  LOL

It's just a hand towel with the edge folded back like a collar and the washcloth folded for the tie.. what a hoot to do this for your husband or Dad on Father's Day!  LOL

Anyway.. I had a few hours so I made swaps for the meeting:

All images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2008

I took a few photos at the meeting as we were setting up... then found out I brought the camera battery that was NOT charged... ugh.. so there ended my picture taking for the day.  waaaah. (or DUH!)

The displays I brought with me:

Cute altered pop top cans - great display!

Vicki demo'd a cute pixie stick holder:

Rub-ons and glitter rounded out the morning demos.

EDITED TO ADD 4/29/08: For all of Ann's FABULOUS glitter "before and after" projects, please visit her blog HERE.

Thanks for a great day ladies!  See you next year!

Sandy, me, Michelle, Amy (thanks, Amy for the photo!)

Patty

Bermuda Cruise - Samples from Display Boards

Cruise Achievers brought samples to display on boards in the Hospitality Room and of course I took lots of photos.  Here are just a few of my favorites.. more to come in the following days.

If you see your card here, leave me a comment.. I'll be happy to add your name and give you credit!

All images copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2008.

Card below by Amy Celona:

Card below by Ruth Bingle (watch for Ruth on stage this year at Convention.. in a BIG way!) :)

Desk Calendar project above by: Kelly Acheson

Card below by Ruth Bingle:

Bermuda Cruise - Make & Takes

EDIT 4/8/08: many of you have asked if the new set we got on the cruise was die cut.. YES IT WAS!!  We were speculating if that meant all the sets in the new (Aug. 11, 2008) catalog would be die cut... they did not tell us.. but it would appear that at least THIS new set will be!  yahoo!

One of the highlights on the Stampin' Up! Cruise each year is our Make & Take session. Stampin' Up! gives us a new set and some accessories to make our projects.  This year we got a new set called  "Owl Together Now", seen here:

We were also given the markers and 2 pads in the CUTE tote!!

Here are the projects we worked on during our "at sea day" make & take session.

EDIT: several of you have asked for the pattern for the card below... it couldn't be easier.. it's our mini 3x3 envelope with the flap tucked inside!!  yahooo!  too cute, huh?  :)

enjoy!

Afternoon Tea

I LOVE the new Afternoon Tea DSP from Stampin' Up! 

The colors and patterns are GORGEOUS! :) 

(BELOW) This is a card we made with that paper at the Stampin' Up! Oakland Regional Seminar:

And then I made 2 alternate designs, both using the same Afternoon Tea DSP and the Live Your Dreams stamp set!  The brown part above and the white part below is an envelope, sealed shut, then cut an inch off one end, and insert your card that way.  Fun design!

Above: Soft Sky

Below: Groovy Guava

Here is a close up of my embellishment, using the scallop punch, white "A Perfect Day" Rub-ons, and a metal edge tag.

Hope you enjoyed those!

12 More Samples and 200,000 hits!

Here are 12 MORE samples of 4x4 cards using the Tie the Knot Simply Scrappin' Kit from Stampin' Up!   I just love this kit and as you can see, I have combined it with our Sale-A-Bration Rub-Ons, taffeta ribbon, wide Grosgrain ribbon, and the fabulous new Poly-Twill ribbon from the upcoming Occasions Mini Catalog.

AND... WAHOOOOOOOOO... can you believe it... my blog received it's 200,000th hit overnight last night!!!  OH MY GOSH!  In just 9 short months - 200,000 hits!!  wowza!!!  To celebrate, I'll be randomly picking 4 people who leave a comment to this post, and I'll be sending you some of these Tie the Knot Cards!  good luck! (winners selected at 9:00am Tuesday, Feb. 19)

Did you know our Scallop Circle punch fits the "heart/flower" rub-on perfectly?? (upper left card below).. I didn't know that until I tried it .. but it's too cute!

Have a terrific day and THANKS for stopping by!

Info from my Stampin' Up! Regional presentation

NOTE - Sunday AM:  I have added a couple photos to this post since yesterday.. please see below.

My quick 5 minute "Workshop Wow" presentation today at the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar included info on how to cut your 12x12 cardstock to make at least 36 cards from a Simply Scrappin' Kit! 

Using the 9 pieces of textured cardstock, and cutting them according the the figure above will yield 36 4x4 cards, and you still have 6 sheets of patterned cardstock in the kit to use!  Use the little 4x4 piece to punch out embellishments for your cards.

I added these supplies to embellish the cards:

And came up with several different card designs.. here are some of them.. enjoy!

"Altered" clothespin using the Tie the Knot SS kit.

 

More info can be found in the following previous posts:

I Polka-Dotted my ribbon

Tie the Knot Details

So Why 4x4 Cards You Ask?

Let me know if you have any questions,

another SU! Regional Swap

This was the first swap I worked on for the upcoming Regional Seminar.  It turned out to be pretty labor-intensive and has really aggravated my pinched nerve again, so I had to stop after about 25 of these and move on to the Summer Picnic cards (here). 

I started with a 4x4 square of Pomegranate cardstock, and put a smaller folded card on top of it, layered with Berry Bliss Designer paper from Stampin' Up!  It's embellished with Build-a-Brad, the new Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Pink Taffeta ribbon and stamp from "A True Friend" and Boho Backgrounds. 

This one was inspired by Cambria in this post. 

Thanks for looking!

Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar... here we come!

I was getting out a nametag lanyard for the upcoming Regional Seminar this weekend, and came across the zip-lock baggie with all my past SU! nametags.... I counted 33 nametags for various SU! events I've attended!!  These include Convention, Regionals, Managers meetings and Cruises!!  WOW!!!  I just thought this was kind of a neat picture to share!  The upper 2 (purple and brown) were the first 2 conventions I went to in 1996 and 1997. 

Regional swap photos to be posted soon... check back...