SWEET CENTERS!

Here is another swap that Nancy Gelle made. She made lots of swaps, and I really benefited from her talent!

I swear, swapping is like Christmas morning all over with every card!!

DELIGHTFUL DECORATIONS!

Debbie Prante made this ornament with her Delightful Decorations stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The ornament part is a piece of chipboard and there is lots of glitter on this one! What a great addition to your holiday tree.

SILLY SEPTEMBER SPECIAL!

Saturday I will be leaving town again to attend yet another Stampin' Up! event. I shall return with more make-and-take projects to share with you, as well as swaps and stamping knowledge!!

With two SU! Demonstrator events in one month, I am feeling very special! Naturally, that makes me want to help all of my wonderful customers feel special too. SO, I am offering you a "Silly September Special".

All you have to do is place an online order for a minimum of $30 in great Stampin' Up! merchandise, and I will enter your name into a drawing for a $30 gift certificate. Yep, that means if you place a minimum $30 order, you could win a $30 gift certificate for more awesome Stampin' Up! products!

Use the "Online Ordering" button at the top of my right side bar or go directly to my website HERE to place your order!

You must place your order online before September 30th to be elligible for the drawing.

PETALS-A-PLENTY!

My demonstrator friend and travelling partner, Nancy Gelle, made this swap. She used the Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder and the five-petal punch! Whe I swapped this one, I knew I would have to order that embossing folder!!

PUMPKIN PATCH!

Isn't this just the funnest little card? Looking at it just puts a smile on my face. Darla Cummins made this one to swap at Regionals with the Pumpkin Patch stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog.

ORNAMENT PUNCH GOES LEAFY!

How about this unique idea? Linda Young swapped this card with me, and she used her ornament punch to make these leaves. I tell you, the creativity of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators always blows me away!

ALWAYS!

This card was made by Cindy Hill to swap at Regionals. Cindy used the Always stamp set and embossed the heart on the front. It is so pretty!

ELEGANT BOQUET!

This swap was from Karen Volk. She used her Elegant Boquet embossing folder and brayered her folder with ink to add the color and keep the flowers white. What a great technique!

MEDALLION!

Emily Mullin swapped this card with me. She used my new favorite background stamp, the Medallion. This stamp is so cool and so versatile it will work for any kind of card!

LOADS OF LOVE!

This swap was made by Nicole Hartley, and she used the Loads of Love stamp set! there is some glitter on it that you can't see too well in the photo, but it is beautiful in real life. I love the little rhinestone brad "bling" in the corner too.

MORE SWAPS!

It's time to share a few more Ohio Regional swaps with you! I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoyed receiving them. I will continue to post swaps throughout the week, so be sure to check back so you can see the rest of them!

CHRIST IS BORN!

This is a really cool swap. It is an envelope that was sealed and cut. The top part pulls up and the bottom part was put through a crimper... I love the pattern, and what an original idea. This swap was made by Carri Miller, and she used the Christ Is Born stamp set.

BRANCH OUT!

Here is a Regional swap that Carri Miller made. She used one of my favorite new stamp sets, Branch Out.

RAZZLE DAZZLE!

Here is another Ohio Regional swap. This one was made by my friend, Caroline Morgan. She used the Razzle Dazzle stamp set! I love, love, love that little tiny flower pot!!

BUILD A BEAR GOES TO OHIO REGIONALS!

I was so excited about receiving this swap! It is just the coolest thing, and, YES, it has convinced me that I NEED to buy this die and stamp set and some clothes.....

Here's the "rest of the story". This swap was made by Nancy, who is a part of my demo group, whom I am now referring to as my design team, since they share so many great designs with me that I always end up making in classes and workshops. I get to show off all their talent, and it makes me look so creative!!

This swap is a little folder/purse that holds some bears and clothes for them too. Yep, she even put a couple bears and clothes into each swap! I know, she rocks!! I did take a photo of the outside of the little folder/purse, the inside pocket that holds the bears and clothes and the folder/purse open with my bears all dressed up and showing off.

Want the "deets"? Well, Nancy has given me permission to post them here. See, you gotta love her as much as I do :o) One day while Nancy and I were "working" (okay, for those in the know, that means "playing", but since we're both demonstrators, we refer to it as work and feel less guilty we're not doing cleaning and laundry), Nancy saw a "stationery purse" that I had made, and she really liked it. The stationery purse came from a group/class that Dawn Rapsas has called UStamp, and it was made by Tracy Old. The stationery purse was made to hold the Stampin' Up! Love Notes and had a pocket on each side of it when you opened it up, so it was a bit different than what Nancy was looking for, but she knew she could make it work, and she did!

Here are all the details for Nancy's BAB Folder Purse:

1. Elegant Eggplant cardstock cut to 4 1/2" x 12"; score at 5 3/4" and 6 1/4"
2. Only Orange cardstock cut to 4" x 4 1/2", score at 3/4" and 1 1/4" then attach to the top of the Eggplant cardstock for the fold-over top. Add a velcro closure.
3. Elegant Eggplant cardstock cut to 6 1/8" x 3 1/2". Score the long side at 1/2", 15/16", 5 3/16" and 5 5/8"; turn cardstock and score at 2 1/2" and 2 15/16". Attach to the inside of the back of the folder with sticky strip to make the folder pocket.
4. Designer Series Paper cut to 4 1/2" x 3 1/4". Attach to the inside top of the back of the box (just above the folder pocket).
5. Cut 9" of grossgrain ribbon and attach it to the top of the folder with brads to make a handle.
6. With your Big Shot dies cut some bears and some clothes; put them into a small cello bag and then put the bag inside the folder.

THANKS SO MUCH, NANCY, FOR THE GREAT IDEA AND THE AWESOME SWAP!!

WORKING WOMEN!

While I was at Regionals I met some wonderful ladies, and one of them, Julie, shared some photos with me. So, now I'm shareing them with you! Below are a couple photos of me with my Stampin' Up! demonstrator friends at Regionals.

MORE OHIO REGIONALS!

See how hard we were working on our make-and-take projects. On the left is my new friend Heidi, then MaryJo, me. After that comes my traveling partners, Keri and Nancy! Although, it looks like we were all concentrating, we were still having a great time. And look at how many people were there! Attendance totalled over 500 for the day. Imagine the energy in that room~~it was awesome.

REGIONALS IN OHIO!

Here is a picture of me with my new friend MaryJo. As you can see, she is busily working on her make-and-take project, and I am still trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing, and digging through my packet trying to catch up!

RAZZLE DAZZLE!

This is a swap from my demonstrator friend and travel companion, Keri Blake. For this swap she used the Razzle Berry stamp set!

BELLA BLEAU DESIGNS SERIES PAPER!

This was a card my Ohio roomie, Keri Blake, swapped wtih me. She used the Bella Bleau DSP and the sentiment is from Close as a Memory. I love this elegant look!

AUTUMN SPLEDOR!

This was a swap Kelly Peschke traded with me in Ohio. She used the Autumn Splendor from the Holiday Mini Catalog, and I am definitely going to be making this one! I love the Fall colors.

FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLY!

Here is a card I swapped with Kelly Kluesner in Ohio. She used the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and the little butterfly on top is stamped on vellum and the wings lift up. It is too cute!

WOW, I AM HOME!!

I have returned from my trip to Ohio for a Stampin' Up! Regional. This was my third Regional event, and by far my favorite! I got some great swaps that I'll be posting here so you can enjoy them too. Of course, they are all much better looking in real life. Which means you definitely will need to visit the Rubber Room for a class or workshop soon so you can check them out in person.

In addition to all the swapping, there were AWESOME techniques and stamping tips and information and training for new products..... the amount of information was seemingly endless, and I will admit my head was swimming at first. Now, I am just so anxious to get started on putting all that information I absorbed to good use. That means there is no time the rest of this month for cleaning, cooking, laundry... nothing but stamping going on! Wonder how my husband is going to take that news?

Be sure to check out my calendar (at the top of my left side bar) and make arrangemetns to get to the Rubber Room soon so I can share the latest and greatest in the Stampin' Up! world with you!!

Until I see you in the Rubber Room, please enjoy the posts of my swaps!

MEDALLION!

Here is a swap card I traded with Katrice Faulkner in Ohio. She used the new Medallion Background stamp. I just got this stamp, and I am already loving how versatile and easy it is to use!

RAZZLE DAZZLE WITH RASPBERRY LEMONADE!

This is a swap that Evelyn Osinski traded with me in Ohio. She used the Razzle Dazzle stamp set with some Raspberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper. She made these in colors to match all of the new Stampin' Up! In Colors, and they were all so beautiful!

CIRCLE CIRCUS!

This is a swap Judy Haney swapped with me in Ohio. For this card she used the Circle Circus stamp set, and she used dimensionals to pop up some of the layers on her circles. I love the color combination!