Mini-Convention - Day 3

This is our last day together and it's kinda' sad.  It has been so nice to have friends over to play with!

Today we start off with 2 word games.

 

Here we have Mary, Cherie, Jan and Blythe working on the Word Search puzzle.  I went to www.discoveryeducation.com to build a Word Search Puzzle.  You enter the words you want them to find and the website makes the puzzle for you and lists the words they should be searching for.  All of the words had something to do with rubber stamping and scrap booking.

 

The second game we played was a Cross Word Puzzle.  All the answered were stamping related and everyone attending was an answer too!  Coreen and Jann are working hard on the Cross Word Puzzle.

Mary, Jan and Jann were the co-winners of the Word Search Puzzle and Mary was the winner of the Cross Word Puzzle.  They each won a stamp from the $10 and under page.  Mary took the Reindeer and Jann and Jan each took home the Snowflake stamp.

This morning, I demonstrated how to make a Sweet Treat Flower.

 

The Holiday Mini that will be available on September 1ST, has a stamp set called Sweet Treat in it.  This stamp set is designed to have the centers punched out and a small cup placed in the hole and you can add whatever fits inside!  Don't do the candy DOTS.  They were too big and I used a few anyways and 3 days later they popped right off!  It took me hours to figure out why the DOTS were on the floor!

 

Here's a flower close up.  Very easy to do, I promise.  Because the Holiday Mini has not been released yet, this is all I can show you.  Another word of advise, save your $ for the Holiday Mini.  This Mini will last for 4 months and will adversely affect your wallet!  LOL.  This Flower will be featured in my September Newsletter.  To get step-by-step directions, sign-up for my newsletter now.

The last of the official projects was completed quickly.

 

This card was CASED from Stamp Addict 77 on Splitcoaststampers.  The bling you see in the picture are Hot-Fix Crystals that were set with a Kandi Kane tool.  I didn't have enough Clear Rhinestones for everyone to use and it was too late to order them.

Stamp Set:  For All You Do
Cardstock:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White
DSP:  Cottage Wall
Accessories:  Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sparkle Sizzlet Die, Big Shot, Snail

The rest of the day was spent playing.  I demonstrated some different techniques using the Embossing Folders and Texture Plates so a station was set-up to try the different techniques.  Another station was set-up to make cards from the Mover and Shaper Die Cut.  The last station set-up was to make the new O Christmas Tree.  This die will be available in the Holiday Mini.  This die is exclusive to Stampin' Up!  Sizzix does have another Tree like this, but it is missing the third layer.  The third layer really completes the tree.

 

Now how cool is this little tree?!  It is actually a pop-up, but everyone made one without putting it on a circle or in a card.  Sometime in November, I will invite my friends and customers to help me make gifts for Santa to give the residents at Silvercrest and I think this is it!  Everyone will get their own little Christmas Tree!  I tried to convince the Convention Participants that we needed to make 70, but no dice!  Actually only need around 40 to 45 for Silvercrest and I was thinking the left-overs would be Les' and mine Christmas Card!  LOL.

Lunch today was THE best!  Les made Salt and Pepper Shrimp.  Oh it was better than yummy!  It was served with Japanese Rice (or sticky rice or short grain rice) and veggies and fruit.  Heaven in our tummies.

Throughout the Convention, when everyone heard the Woo Hoo Song, they would see what bracelet was being displayed on a card and if it was their's they won a door prize.  Everyone was a winner of something fabulous out of the catalog.  Today we choose the Grand Prize Winner.  A $50 shopping spree and the winner was Jann Patton.  She was a very happy camper!

Tomorrow I will start sharing the different swaps.  Thanks for stopping by!

Comments

[Janet Smith]

Kathy - I'm Blythe's sister - I wanna come next year!! Your convention sounds like it was a real blast! The projects are wonderful. I would love to have the instructions on anything that you made.