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Mar

Cambridge Mega Stamp Camp with a Class Kit-to-Go Option

Posted: Friday, March 13th, 2009 | Comments (8)

*Scroll down to see another post and the winners of the scrapbook planner give-away!*

It’s time to register for the second annual Spring Cambridge Mega Stamp Camp!!! Brought to you by my team of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. This event is perfect for both newbie & experienced stampers alike. During the stamp camp you’ll get to make 12 different cards using the Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin’ Kit. You’ll also receive a beautiful clear box with a belly band in which to package them.

Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 63 Grand Ave. N, Cambridge, ON

Early Bird Price: $50 (if you register by March 29th – FIRM)

Regular Price: $65 (until Saturday, April 4th – FIRM)

*No refunds after March 29th*

Registration Fee Includes:

FULL LUNCH & LIGHT AFTERNOON SNACK
ALL DAY COFFEE, TEA & BOTTLED WATER
DOOR PRIZE DRAWS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
GRAND PRIZE DRAW TICKET
PROJECT DISPLAYS
ALL SUPPLIES FOR 12 CARDS & CLEAR BOX

Seating is limited to 50 people, so do NOT hesitate; call your friends, then reserve your spot by clicking on the button below:

Do you wish you could participate but you live long-distance to me? I am offering a Class Kit by Mail for the stamp camp projects. Check it out HERE. Because I can only offer these options to my Canadian customers, I will be making a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator version available for US and other demos so that you can offer this as a class kit by mail to your own customers. The demo version will be available in a couple of weeks.

Categories : Cards, Events, For You / Thinking of You, Friendship, Thank you

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Feb

The Total Woman Show

Posted: Monday, February 16th, 2009 | Comments (18)

Whew – what a crazy, busy, but FUN weekend I had at the Total Woman Show! Although it was a lot of work getting ready for it, it was so totally worth it! I’d like to thank everyone that took the time to stop by my booth for a visit. I really enjoyed seeing all of you, and having the opportunity to personally meet many of you. We had over 500 people stop and make a card. Isn’t that awesome? If you loved stamping and want to get more involved then don’t forget to mark Friday, March 6th on your calender and either email me andrea@sunnystampin.com or call me (519) 620-8810 to reserve your spot in my Get Started Stamping class - it’s only $5 and you’ll get to make two simple but beautiful cards. If you weren’t abe to make it to the Total Woman Show you’re welcome to come as well for the same great price. Don’t forget – you’re always welcome to bring a friend. If you can’t make it that night then be sure to keep checking my classes & events calendar as I’ll be updating it with a lot more great classes.

Since so many of you don’t live close enough to have been able to attend the Total Woman Show, I thought I’d share a few pictures of my booth and what we did with you. The first three pictures I’m going to share, I took just before the show opened on Saturday. Sorry the pictures are a bit over-exposed – I always find it hard to take photos indoors and have them come out looking okay. The picture you see below is what my whole booth looked like. I had a 10′ x 10′ corner booth with two 8′ x 10′ black panel display boards, a banner graphic in the center, a table for my door prize, catalogues, etc., and a Make and Take table.

This next picture shows you a bit of close up of the panel and table I had on the left:

Here’s a picture of the right hand panels:

Throughout the two days of the show our booth was quite busy – thank heavens I had such wonderful helpers as I couldn’t have done it without them (I’ll introduce you to them in a minute).

Here’s a close up of the Make and Take table. We were able to fit up to 8 people making a card at one time with two demonstrators showing them how to make the card:

Below is a picture of the card that everyone made – we used the Garden Greetings stamp set and the Sweet Serendipity greeting set. We used Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss Classic inks.

And last, buy definitely not least – here is a picture of me with my helpers at the end of a great show. From left to right: Karen Harman, me, Tracy Wegener, Maureen Walford (my mother-in-law) and Christina Clarke. I also had one more helper – Val Promoli, who was there on Saturday – but unfortunately I didn’t get a picture with her. I want to extend a HUGE thank you to all of them. I would never have been able to do this show without them. Not to mention the fact it wouldn’t have been half as fun without them!

Thanks again to everyone who stopped by – I look forward to stamping with you again soon!

Categories : Cards, Events, For You / Thinking of You, Friendship, Stamping Ideas, Thank you

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Feb

My Banner Graphic for the Total Woman Show

Posted: Sunday, February 8th, 2009 | Comments (12)

Today’s post is just a quick one. As promised I’m sharing the banner graphic that I put together for the Total Woman Show. I’m having a pop-up banner stand designed and printed for the Total Woman Show and wanted some kind of graphic that represented what types of things you can do with Stampin’ Up! products. I also wanted to have actual pictures of products as part of my shot. Because the decision to have a banner stand printed was kind of last minute – I didn’t really have the time to create 100% original artwork for my project samples. The bird card on the Carousel Note which I shared with you last post, and the Jelly Bean box were both 100% original designs. The So Saffron card on the right was adapted from the card on the cover of the Catalogue Sampler. The scrapbook page was adapted from pg 90 of the Spring-Summer Catalogue and the basket was CASEd almost exactly from pg 198 of the Spring-Summer Catalogue. Once the samples were made, I arranged them in my photo box (don’t know the official name for it) and one of my assistants helped me “artfully arrange” Stampin’ Up! product amongst the samples. Considering I don’t really have an “eye” for setting up shots like this, I’m quite pleased with the results.

That’s it for now! I’ll show you an actual picture of my booth once the Total Woman Show is over (the show is next weekend – Saturday and Sunday from 10 am – 5 pm at Bingeman’s in Kitchener, ON – you can get full details HERE.)

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Feb

Good Morning Sunshine!

Posted: Friday, February 6th, 2009 | Comments (9)

*I’ve got 3 posts for you today, so make sure you read on!*

Valentine’s is not even here and already I find myself in need of a change away from the pink and red color combination. Also, right now I’m preparing for a huge trade show I do every year called the Total Woman Show. Although last year I brought in a partner, this year I’m going solo. I’m really excited about it – it’s even bigger than last year’s which drew crowds of about 4000 over the course of the two days. We had an 8″ x 10″ booth squished in between two other booths – which got pretty crowded with all the people stopping for the Make and Take. We had 480 people stop by our booth just for the Make and Take alone.

This year the show itself is bigger – there’s almost double the exhibitors, and for my booth space I’m going bigger! I have a 10″ x 10″ corner booth in a fantastic location. I’m planning a Make and Take again (which I’ll share with you sometime next week) and this time I prepped for about 600. I have two big 8″ x 10″ black folding panel displays and I’m have a banner stand made as well to go in the corner. So right now, I’m really busy trying to figure out what kinds of samples I’m going to have on my boards as well as working with a graphics arts company to get signs done. I want something really nice for the banner stand so I’ve been working on a few coordinating samples which I’m going to set up along with some artfully arranged SU product (well, hopefully I’ll be able to arfully arrange it *lol*) in my little home-based “photo studio.” The project I’m sharing today is going to be one of those projects photographed for my banner stand. – once I have it all together I’ll post the photo for you guys to look at.

All the supplies used on this project at Stampin’ Up!. Directions are at the bottom of the page.

Stamps: Good Friend, Curvy Verses
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Summer Sun Classic inks, Old Olive Craft ink
Paper: Rose Red, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip CS, Good Morning Sunshine Bulk DP, Carousel Notes
Accessories: 1/16″ handheld circle punch, 2-way glue pen, Light Blue Fine Cosmo Glitter, On Board So Tweet, heat tool, Big Shot, Multipurpose Platform, Cutting pads, Cherry Blossom embosslit, paper snips, vintage brads (black), Circle Ice Rhinestone Bras, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy buttons, Flower Assorment designer brads, Rich Regals brads, Circle Scissors Plus, Glass cutting mat, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Empressor Stylus, Pick a Petal Classy Brass Template, Light Table, Boho Blossoms punch

Directions:

Take one of the leaf stems from the On Board So Tweet chipboard set and cover with Old Olive craft ink. Let dry. If necessary add a second layer of ink. You can spead up the drying process with your heat tool if necessary. Set aside.
Take your Baja Breeze Carousel Note and dry emboss the scallops using your light table, empressor stylus and Pick a Petal Classy Brass Template. Set aside.
Cut a 5″ circle out of Chocolate Chip CS using your Circle Scissors Plus. Cut a 4 3/4″ circle out of the Good Morning Sunshine DP. Mat the DP onto the CS circle. Stamp the “good friend” greeting in Chocolate Chip Classic ink near the top left edge of the DP. Use a stamp-a-ma-jig if necessary. Set aside.
Stamp your bird from the Good Friends stamp set twice onto a scrap of Whisper White CS in Pacific Point ink. Stamp the beak on one of them in Summer Sun ink. Cut out the bird with a beak leaving a small white border around the edge. Cut out just the wing from the second bird leaving a small border of Pacific Point around it.
Take your wing piece, cover it in 2-way glue and sprinkle on the light blue fine cosmo glitter. Attach the wing to the bird using a Stampin’ Dimensional.
Punch a hole in the eye of the full bird using your 1/16″ handheld hole punch. Insert a small vintage black brad. Set your bird aside for a moment.
Die cut two of the embosslit Cherry Blossoms using your Big Shot and Rose Red CS. Cut out one from the Good Morning Sunshine DP. Cut the “inner flower” out from the flower you die cut out of DP and one from the Rose Red CS flower. Mat the yellow flower onto the larger Rose Red flower. Punch a hole in the middle using the 1/16″ handheld punch & insert a corduroy button.
Take the other Rose Red CS flower “center” and punch a hole in the middle and insert a Saffron brad from the Flower assortment of designer brads.
Punch out a small flower from Rose Red CS, using the Boho Blossoms punch. Punch a hole in the middle and insert a So Saffron Brad from the Rich Regals collection.
It’s now time to assemble your card. Center and mount the matted DP to the Carousel Note. Stick down the chipboard leaves with mini glue dots. Attach the flowers and bird with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Take a second carousel note. Cut a 5″ CS circle out of Whisper White CS using your Circle Scissors Plus. Center and attach it to the second Carousel note. Stamp a greeting from the Curvy Verses in Chocolate Chip ink.
Lay the top carousel note on top of the second carousel note. Punch a hole at the top. Insert a medium-sized circle celery rhinestone brad to hold them together. You’re done!