Roomie Gifts I Received at OnStage

One of the absolute best perks I have received as being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is the perk of meeting so many wonderful new friends, both among my customers and fellow demonstrators. Recently a group of fellow demonstrators and I attended OnStage Local in Red Deer, Alberta and we had a great time despite the freezing temperatures!

One of the sweetest traditions at Stampin' Up! Events is the tradition of Roomie Gifts, little presents that you give to your hotel roommates! It seems I forgot to take photos of the boxes I made for my roomie gifts, but I did photograph the wonderful containers my roomies made to hold the gifts they gave me! It was like Christmas! I wanted to share what these talented ladies created!

This lovely box was created by my sideline, Holly Finney, from the Sale-a-Bration Specialty Designer Series Paper, Springtime Foils! Gorgeous, isn't it? I love the way Holly added the cut out flower from one of the designs on the top and the two little tags on the side with the Copper Metallic Thread and bow from Gold ribbon. Those mixed metallics are so on trend these days.

This beautiful gift bag was the creation of my downline, Karen Bridden! I love the design with the overlapping flap at the top, but what really got my attention was the eye-catching tag with my initial on it! Look at the masterful layering of all the elements on it! Love it!

My downline, Doreen Austgarden, did something I've always wanted to do, but never got up the gumption to try. She stamped tile coasters for all of us! Won't these be fabulous on our craft room desks? Her image is from the Beautiful You stamp set, which will be in the new catalogue, and the sentiment is from the Work of Art stamp set, which is retiring this year. Then she created the perfectly sized box for them from the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack with tags to match!

Terry Hamilton, a fellow demonstrator, created some really unique gifts in her mini shopping bags!

I love this Post It Note holder she made from scratch, using some old White Corrugated Paper as the hinge (what a perfect solution!!) and some DSP from the Delightful Daisy series, which is actually now sold out. And that cute tag, stamped with the Labeler Alphabet Stamp Set.

Then she got out her Crafting Forever stamp set and Shrinky Dinks sheets to make us these adorable scissor charms! She had quite the adventure trying to find the proper chain to make them for as well!

So what do you think! I was spoiled, no?  I didn't even show you have the stuff that was in the boxes! So amazing! Just one more reason for you to join my team to get to know all these creative, kind people! There's just no one like crafters!!

Don't forget to order your faves from the Occasions and Annual Catalogues while supplies last!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make these projects today.


Product List

Beautiful You Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143004] $48.00	Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143637] $34.00	Work Of Art Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134114] $29.00	Work Of Art Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134111] $40.00	Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set [141936] $21.00
Crafting Forever Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143955] $40.00	Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143958] $27.00	Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack [144131] $29.00	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00	Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137] $14.50
Gold 1/8" Ribbon [134583] $6.75	Copper Metallic Thread [141696] $4.00	Metal Rimmed Pearls [138394] $6.75	Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151] $9.25	Delicate White Doilies [141701] $4.00
Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $35.00	Tranquil Tide 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon [144136] $9.25	Whisper White Thick Baker's Twine [141688] $5.25

Seasonal Potpourri for As You See It Challenge #168

Hey, Stampers! It's Friday and the weekend, which to crafters means More Time in the Craft Room! It also means there's a new challenge over at As You See It Challenge and this one (#168) is a sketch challenge, which is particularly appropriate for the season, given the conditions in our corner of the world! Here's the sketch:

And here is why I took the sketch pretty literally, making it a seasonal potpourri of snowflakes and Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist:

It's a little hard to tell here, but it is snowing huge, gigantic snowflakes and has been for a couple of hours! I mean really huge! So I made a card with snowflakes, and in the process, used a few stamp sets I haven't used for a long time like Work of  Art, and Sheltering Tree, along with the Colourful Seasons stamp set, which has been taking a bit of a back seat to the Holiday and Occasions stamp sets!

• I used Work of Art to create the little pieces of chevron designs in the background. I used one of my favourite techniques, which I call the Whisper technique, to get only patches of the image stamped instead of the solid, full image. I inked up the stamp and laid it very lightly on the cardstock, then applied extremely light touches of pressure on different areas of the stamp, like a "whisper touch". I used Pool Party full strength but stamped off the Lemon Lime Twist once before applying the Whisper Technique.
• I used the smaller snowflake image from Colourful Seasons for the larger stamped snowflake in Pool Party, and the small snowflake image from Hang Your Stockings in Lemon Lime Twist. The snow flurry stamp from Sheltering Tree was used to fill in the gaps.
• The die cut snowflakes were made with the coordinating dies for Colourful Seasons, Seasonal Layers Thinlit Dies. I backed the cardstock with Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets before die cutting, so they were easy to apply, just like stickers.
• A piece of vellum punched with the 1 1/2" Circle Punch separated the two largest snowflakes.
• See the snippet of Lemon Lime Twist Mini Striped Ribbon  and the Silver Metallic Thread loops tucked in behind the vellum? The rhinestones in the snowflakes finish off the snowy look.

Pop on over to As You See It Challenge today and try your hand at our sketch this weekend!

In my last newsletter, I promised that I would be loading many of the photo tutorials that I had made for my past newsletters on to my blog site for you to download. These include past tutorials up to 4 months previous to the latest newsletter. I am sharing them with you for free, so just go to the top menu to the Photo Tutorial Tab and download to your heart's content.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.


Product List

Work Of Art Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134114] $29.00	Work Of Art Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134111] $40.00	Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set [137163] $31.00	Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Stamp Set [142114] $26.00	Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set [143726] $33.00
Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle [145348] $69.25	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $9.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924] $10.00
Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245] $10.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982] $8.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $8.50	Lemon Lime Twist 3/8" (1 Cm) Mini Striped Ribbon [145611] $10.75	Silver Metallic Thread [138402] $4.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75	Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies [143751] $44.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Big Shot Die Brush - New Configuration [144262] $16.50	Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets [144106] $13.50
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	Glue Dots [103683] $7.00