Leadership Excitement and As You See It Challenge #19

First of all, I have to apologize for no post yesterday, but when you hear my woeful tale, you'll understand why.  We were supposed to fly from Seattle to Houston for Leadership on Wednesday and arrive by 3:30 pm or so, giving us lots of time to visit, eat supper with room left over to write my blog post. We arrived at Seatac Airport at 6:30 am and got to our gate on time and boarding had even commenced on time, when they announced that the plane was broken and we needed a new one.  But it took until 11:30 am to arrive and so that meant we missed our connection to Houston in Las Vegas.  Southwest rerouted us from Seattle to Vegas to Denver and then to Houston and we didn't arrive until 10:30 pm.  Of course, then we found out that they lost our luggage and by the time we filed the report it was after midnight and we still had to make a midnight run to Walmart to get some things that we needed that were in our suitcases.  And my laptop was in my suitcase.  And we had to order in a pizza since we had not had time to eat more than the pretzels and peanuts they gave us on our flights, plus a quick sandwich in Denver.  So we didn't get much sleep that night.

Thankfully, our suitcases had arrived by morning, and we headed out with clean clothes to the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston.  Here we heard about some amazing news from Stampin' Up that I will share with you as soon as I'm allowed.  Or better yet, join my team, become a demonstrator, and learn about all the news first hand!!

But today is As You See It Challenges #019 and here's the colour challenge this week:

Beautiful!  And here's my sample for the Design Team:

• This card would be of the Quick and Cute variety, so it's not too hard to replicate.
• The Champagne Glimmer Paper is actually raised up on Dimensionals, which is hard to see from this angle.
• I've used two stamp sets here, Simply Celebrate, from the Occasions catalogue and Banner Blast from the Sale-A-Bration brochure, which you will be able to earn starting Jan. 28 for a $60 or more order. 

• Here you can see the 3D version a little more clearly.
• The coloured twine that the banner is on is also from the Sale-A-Bration brochure as part of the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack with colours in Pool Party (seen above), Crisp Cantaloupe and Summer Starfruit.
• The banners were made with the new banner punch, another product you can earn during Sale-A-Bration!  Aren't you getting excited?  The longer ones were cut just slightly narrower than the punch and inserted in the top of the punch and out through the side, so only one end of the paper strip is punched, leaving the longer end to be cut the length needed.  The triangular banners were made with the Petite Pennants Builder Punch.

This is a card that you could easily duplicate on your own, once you own a few of the new products.

Just one more shout out for Leadership 2014.  We received an amazing bag.  Here's a quick photo:

Yes, it's Smoky Slate and it's hard to see, but there are debossed chevrons along the bottom right.  See, you've got to get in on these freebies.  Just click on "Join My Team" in the top menu!

• Petite Pennants Builder Punch
• Simply Celebrate [english, wood]
• Simply Celebrate [english, clear]
• Pool Party 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock
• Pacific Point 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Champagne Glimmer Paper
• Squares Collection Framelits Dies
• Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
• Banner Blast Stamp Set*
• Banner Punch*
• Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack*

*Found in the Sale-A-Bration 2014 Brochure, available to be earned on January 28.

One More Sneak Peek

Here's one more sneak peek at some of the new products before I go back to Christmas stuff again!

• What you're looking at is a little of many different packages and products.  The base is one of a variety of the Watercolour Wonder Designer Notecards and Envelopes.
• The hello is from the Simply Celebrate stamp set and the flower is an old favourite from the Oh, Hello stamp set from the currant catalogue.  
• The DSP, both the mini Fancy Fan Crisp Cantaloupe and the gold foil are from the Calypso Coral Add on Kit for the Celebrations Basic Kit - fantastic stuff for throwing a party or celebration of any kind!

• The self-stick label is also from the Celebrations Basic Kit which you will be able to purchase January 3!
• The ribbon is currant - the 3/8" Ruffle Stretch Trim in Crisp Cantaloupe and I used some Calypso Coral Candy Dots to add some balance and take away from the all-too symmetrical look of the card.

It was a quick card to make and lots of fun.  I know you're going to love so many of the new products.  I'll share more when my first order arrives!

In the meantime, Stampin' Up! has released three new Valentine's stamp sets, some pre-printed Valentine products and the final Best of 25 years stamp set.    Here are the Valentine sets:

Flowerful Heart Stamp - Wood $11.95

Follow My Heart Stamp Set - Wood $19.95  Clear $14.95

Love You More Stamp Set - Wood $26.95  Clear $20.95

Monster Hugs for Boys Kit - $7.95

Monster Hugs for Girls Kit - $7.95

Sweet Sayings Cards and Envelopes - $7.95

Sweetheart Treat Bags Kit - $6.95

The new Best of 25 Stamp set is called Best of Sale-A-Bration:

Best of Sale-A-Bration - $17.95

                                           

If you have been purchasing these all along, make sure you remember to redeem your free stamp set for every 6 Best of sets that you have ordered.  All the Best of sets are available until March 31, 2014.

Thanks for dropping by again!  Have a great Wednesday!