Leadership!

I had the great pleasure of attending Leadership this year. It was great fun! I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. I roomed with 3 wonderful women whom I hadn't really met before. We have been "talking" to each other online (Stampin' Addicts) for quite some time. We decided to room together and had a blast!

Left to right: Yapha, Staci, Lyssa, and Shelley (me)

We were able to leave our window open all night and day if we chose and it was the first week of January! That is something that we don't get to do in WI very often!(Remember the January tornado of a couple of years ago?) We saw some beautiful sunrises from the 16th floor of the Wyndham hotel. I love the mosaic look to the sunrise.

This is another reflection from our hotel room window. You can see the hotel we were in. It's the short building with the round looking windows in the center of the photo.

I really was awed by the reflections! You would think I've never seen a mirror before. What can I say! When I don't have the mom and wife responsibilities I just let me hair down! I got to meet Sterling Gardner (Shelli's husband). What a patient man to put up with all those women! He always had a smile, even when one in my group decided to sit in his lap!


I have to show you the picture of the integrate Stampin' Up! logo that was hanging at the front of the stage. I LOVE the way this looks.

If you even have the opportunity to attend any Stampin' Up! function, RUN TO IT! They do a fabulous job of putting on these events. I am planning to attend the Milwaukee regional in April, want to go?

And then came volleyball!

Hoodoos in Bryce

After our amazing trip to the National parks, (Bryce being the family favorite by far!) I came home to find out that I would be coaching 7th grade volleyball. A day later I had an interview for a part time job at Curves that I was later hired for! So between practices, games and my new job I was gone full time! It was fabulous and I LOVED coaching the girls. I'm still enjoying Curves but it left little time for updating my blog!

Then I thought that I would have more time when volleyball was over. Well, that all changed when I was asked to assist a friend with cheerleading! We also had two ladies quit at Curves and one fell and broke her ankle! So the hours have steadily been rising! Then there was Halloween costumes to make, Thanksgiving to prepare for and then Christmas was upon us!

Missing Miriam who was a monkey.

There are many other things that have happened to me this fall but I won't go into detail! I know that you are here for projects so I will get to them very soon. I would like to post at least 3 times a week with projects that I have done or am working on. I'm stating this to you so that I'm held accountable for this.

I've been missing!

I can't believe how I've neglected my wonderful blog! My goal is to post several times a week! I need your help to keep me on target. If you don't hear from me, shoot me a friendly email and remind me that I need to update!

Since my last post, lots and lots has happened! I'm going to touch the highlights! I had the privileged to attend convention this summer. While there, I roomed with 3 wonderful women from all over the country,


I got to walk the main stage for my 5 year anniversary! No, I didn't and still don't know the lady that I'm walking and cheering with! That's the beauty of Stampin' Up! We are all friends just waiting to meet!

I also won the stamp set Pendant Park and note cards! I will show you a couple of creations with the stamps in the next couple of days. I'm really liking that stamp set!

We also took a family vacation after convention and travel to several National Parks (Arches, Bryce, Zion) in Utah and ended up at the Grand Canyon. It was great!

Well, I better head to bed. I'll be back tomorrow with more! Stay tuned!

Shelley

May Mighty Stampers

The month of May Mighty Stamper cards were lots of fun! We did Faux Frosting, Acetate Accents, Floating Re-Inkers, Ruffled Edges and Glitter dots.

This first card has lots of texture that you just can't see! The top of the cupcake looks like it was just frosted and ready to eat! YUM!!

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery Craft, Summer Sun craft
Card Stock: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Aquapainter, Crystal Effects, White Embossing Powder, heat tool, Acetate, glitter

I really love this card! It uses a set that I have struggled to use but this one is one of my favorites! It does have a fall feel to it but I still LOVE it!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Accessories: Glue dots, Fine Supernova glitter, Wide oval punch, dimensionals, scallop edge punch, Chocolate Chip Patterns designer series paper

This has to be one THE best techniques ever created! You really need to see this one in person! The Rose is stamped on Shimmery White cardstock so it has a glitter and sheen all it's own. It really makes you say WOW! when you see it!

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Short & Sweet
Ink: Ruby Red, VersaMark
Card Stock: Ruby Red, Garden Green, Whisper White, Shimmery White
Accessories: Top Note die, Big Shot, Little Leaves Sizzlet, White Embossing powder, Ruby Red, More Mustard, Cameo Coral re-inkers, aquapainters, water spritzer

Happy Stamping!
Shelley

Mighty Stampers--June

Mighty Stampers is a technique class that i teach at Epiphany Lutheran Church on the second Tuesday of the month. The Mighty Stampers in June created the following cards. The ladies at this class actually used stamp sets that retired and are no longer avaliable so I changed them up to use some current stamp sets.

The first one is a diaroma card. I really like the way this one turned out! The bear and racoon are just so cute!!
Stamps: Inspired by Nature, Under the Stars
Card Stock: Kraft, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Summer Sun, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, aquapainters

The next card is using a stamp set that I got for FREE for attending the Stampin' Up! convention last year in Salt Lake City! It's called Flight of the Butterfly. They have now come out with a punch that matches this stamp set! The two techniques that are used on this card is Bleeding Markers and Spiral Pop-Up. This is the outside of the card.

This is the inside of the card!

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly

Ink: Stazon Black, Pretty in Pink, Pink Passion, Certainly Celery, Old Olive

Card Stock: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Whisper White, Watercolor, Basic Black

Accessories: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Pink Passion, Certainly Celery markers, 1 3/4" circle punch, glue dots, Old Olive ribbon

The last card that we made is using Clossione and Wrinkle Free Distressing. I LOVE the colors of this one. I think they are really pretty together!

Stamps: Embrace Life

Ink: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Bordering Blue, Basic Gray, Versamark

Card Stock: Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Bordering Blue, Brushed Gold

Accessories: Ticket corner punch, gold brads, gold embossing powder, Aquapainter, page protector, water spritzer