Close to Cocoa, close to gone!!

Hi stampers,

Wow, been a while between blog posts, sorry!

Just wanted to let you know that Close To Cocoa A4 cardstock has just about run out! There will be no more after this so PLEASE, if you need some, order it right away!! It is expected to be all gone in a few days time. Probably a good idea to get the ink refill for you ink pad too if you are stocking up on the colour.

Convention News

Wow, what a whirlwind few days at the Sydney 2010 Stampin Up Convention!

Big news first - you too can join in the fun be becoming a demonstrator for 20% less! From now until the end of July, the starter kit will be only $259! You will receive well over $500 value as well as enjoying a 20% discount on your purchases, a "job" that you can work in around your family life, fun and friendship with other demonstrators and more!

My other piece of big news is that I placed 18th in the demonstrator of the year awards for 2010! I have to admit I really was not expecting to place anywhere in that top 25, let alone 18th so I was very excited and honoured. I couldn't not have achieved that without my wonderful upline Liz (who place number 6 this year!!!), my wonderful downline or team members and of course my fabulous customers and friends. :-)

More news to share later but for now, here are a few pictures from the event:

Me, Shelli Gardner (CEO) and Liz

Liz and Me with our prizes for sales awards

Some of my lovely team members

Liz and me at the Managers' Reception with mega hot chocolates!

Colour Renovation Coming!

Colour Renovation

Wow, some exciting news! Stampin Up is going to be having a "colour renovation" in September with the new Idea Book and Catalogue!

Some of our current colours will be discontinued and there will be some brand new colours introduced, along with the return of some of our favourite in-colours!

Our colours will then be organised into 4 Colour Collections, rather than the Colour Families we know at the moment. Some of the colours have moved into different collections and I just love the way they look - so fresh and vibrant!

There's still quite a bit of time before this comes into effect so don't worry - you will have plenty of time to collect any of your favourite colours that may be discontinued.

If you have favourties that you just can't live without, its a great idea to purchase the ink refill bottle so that your inkpad can last almost forever! And you might like to purchase a pack or 2 of the matching cardstock to see you through.

Personally, I know that I will fall in love with the new collections just as much as I love the current ones so I am not too worried. I do love Kiwi Kiss though so I may have to stock up on that one! LOL!

You'll see and hear more about this as September draws closer, but for now, enjoy your colours and keep stamping!

Brisbane Paper Craft Festival

This past weekend, a few of our Paper Angels team and I held a stand at the Brisbane Paper Craft Festival. What a great time we had! It was an exhausting 3 days but we met lots of lovely paper crafters and had a great time helping them with our free make and take project.

Did any of you blog readers happen to pop by? We'd love to hear what you thought about our stand so leave a comment here on my blog if you like. :-)

Baby Shower for Bell

A few months ago my lovely sister-in-law and (valued team member) Bell had a baby shower. Today she had her baby!!! I will be going to visit and meet my new niece tomorrow but in the mean time, here are some pics of the baby shower gift packaging I made a couple of months ago...

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes (the pram image)

Inks: Pretty In Pink

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP, Pretty in Pink Patterns DSP

Accessories and Tools: Butterfly Punch, Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Soft Subtles Brads, Chit Chat Rub Ons.

Face Book Fan Page

Hi All,

Just a quick note to let you know I have started a Face Book Fan Page for "Stampin' With Bec". If you're a Face Book User please come and join my page!

Bec.

9th Wedding Anniversary

My lovely husband Matt and I were married on this day, 9 years ago. :)

Here is the card I've made for him this year.

You can see here that I've used Dimensionals to raise up the hearts. I've also used glue dots under the smallest hearts just to get a different height on them. The hearts were punched with the "heart to heart" punch.

I've used the Regal Rose patterned paper from the Level 1 Hostess pack as well as Night of Navy cardstock. I've done faux stitching around the navy cardstock with my white gel pen.

The "Happy Anniversary" is stamped and embossed in Whisper White.

I was really stuck for an idea for this card. I think it is taking me a while to get back into the swing of things after not doing any papercraft for 2 weeks! In the end, I pulled out a card magazine and had a flip through until I found something that caught my interest and then off I went. Here's the card that inspired my creation: