Over the summer, we got notification that on November 14th, 2015 there would be a Stampin' Up! On Stage event in Dallas!
ANY chance I have to get into Texas, I'm going to automatically jump at... and a stamping event at that!?! Of COURSE I was going!!!
The next things to worry about after you signed up and know all the particulars is to make your swaps. An event like this where there were only 5 or 6 venues in the US, one in Belgium, Australia, New Zeland, as well as Austria... I wanted to be prepared! There were going to be LOTS of demonstrators!
I made a total of 85 swap cards. 20 of the dinosaurs above. They are from the stamp set No Bones About It. We have a "new" baby in the family so I jumped at this set of stamps. I then dug out my very FAVORITE stamp set.... Gorgeous Grunge and made 20 of the Camouflage card above. I wasn't sure how these to cards would be received by the other demonstrators, but they ended up being very popular!! I was pleasantly surprised.
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Soft Sky, and Bermuda Bay
This one is my FAVORITE! LOVE that Bermuda Bay! |
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Now we get to my favorites. I made 9 different color schemes with this butterfly design, 5 of each for 45 cards in all.
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| Pumpkin Pie, and Tangelo Twist with the black die cut overlay. |
Basically, all the butterfly cards were the same: Soft Sky card, black mat, white card topper stamped with the Watercolor Wash stamp in Soft Sky (some in Marina Mist). I then added the border along the right edge in Crumb Cake. The sentiment is from the Tin of Cards stamp set/project.
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| Soft Sky and Lost Lagoon stamped off. |
On captions under each butterfly, I've typed the names of the ink colors I used for each....but there are only 2, and I stamped 3 times! How, you ask? With the largest butterfly image, I used the first color, and stamped off. Then for the 2nd layer (edges) I used the color full strength. I then used the 2nd color for the centers.
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| Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo |
We (my upline Kathy Douglas, my demo partner Robin Smith) thought there were approximately 360 demonstrators at this event! It sure seems like more than that. 10 tables across, 6 tables deep with 6 demos on each table? There were LOTS of people!!
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| Pear Pizzazz and Tempting Turquoise |
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| Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant |
Usually I come home with swaps I've made... but not this time! I swapped out in about 30 minutes. SO exciting!!!!!
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| Daffodil Delight and Wisteria Wonder |
Now I have 85 different card designs for ideas!!
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| Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry |
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