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2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat 2011 - Part V

 Yes my lovelies!  You read that right, Part V!  We had so much fun I wanted to capture it all........lol   Let's get started!

Here is our Princess Sheila, getting ready to present a fantabulous Brayer Project!  Gosh I LOVE this card!!!

Is this not beautiful!  Sheila has such a knack for this brayer technique.  She was so patient with us!  We practiced on "cheap paper" first (lol, why waste the good stuff, right?), and then on we went to this gorgeous baby!

Fontainne S. presented an adorable file folder project!  This was her first time presenting and I must say, she looked like a "Pro"!  She did a fantastic job!!!

This is the one I made, love that Red!

Side view of the file folder........:-)

Here is my younger sissy, she made this adorable Quilled Card Creation.  I am soooooo glad Stampin' Up is showing more quilled cards as my sister Margie is an "expert" at quilling!!  I have shared some of her fabulous creations here on my blog!

Isn't this "gorgeous"!  I just love it and believe it or not, with her instructions, it was easy peasy!

Here is an adorable Kimono Card I CASED from Dawn Olchefske, you can see instructions on her blog here.

I wanted a more masculine look and used the Frostwood Lodge DSP in the new Holiday Mini!

Here is the view with the card opened.

And another view with the card inside flap open so write a sentiment, or whatever you want.  I just love this cute little card!

After all the laughs, creatin', eating, kiddin', chillaxin', for 2 1/2 days it was time to say good-bye......:-(

I still have the video I am trying to get on my blog, if I can just figure out how to edit it!   Also, if you are ever in the area around this time next year, maybe you can attend our Team Retreat in Georgia!  Until next time my lovelies!

Remember to hug the ones you love!

 

 

 

2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat 2011 - Part IV

 Hello my lovelies!

Can you believe I "still" have more to share with you?  Well I do, let's get started!

Our lovely Queen Rhonda was presenting her project.  I completely forgot to take a picture of all the goodies she received for being our Queen for the year.  It was a BOATLOAD of stuff, but Rhonda did send me a pic of the Queen T-Shirt I made for her.

You see that lovely VIP attached as well.  All 3 of my top performers received this "exclusive" pin!  O.K., now on to Rhonda's card she presented to the team.

 

This was my version of the "punch art" card Rhonda presented.  I was sitting next to Kathy M. and she had these cute little heart eyes on her card, so I just had to give my little fox those adorable eyes, and eyelashes!!

Here is another card I presented and we made as a team.  I saw this swap at convention, but didn't get a chance to receive one (especially since I LOVE the S.W.A. K. lips stamp set), and this was PERFECT for that single stamp.  Anywho, click  here for Lorri's tutorial, it's absolutely precious!

 

Another presenter was Mary C.

Ohhh oh, where did Mary get this crown?  Yikes, did she snatched it from the Queen for this picture! lol  She said something about how "it looked cute on her"......I must say, I agree, this would be adorable on anyone!

Yes my friends, it took 3 tries to get the "right" picture for Mary, lol, so I thought I would share all three......teeheehee

Here is the card we made, isn't it stinkin' cute!!!!?

It's a two part stamp, you can see her "tail" when you open the card.  We had such a great laugh on this one.  She a had little boy, little girl, etc stamps.  I chose this cutie pie because she reminds me of ME!

Here are my sweet girls chillaxin'!

Having their "coffee" break....didn't want you to think we had no down time..... :-)

Isn't she adorable?  She's also teeny tiny and SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!!

Kathy M. was one of our presenters as well.  Love that STOCKING!!!

Don't you just love this card with our "new Stocking Die"......adorable!

I added some new "dazzling details" to mine.....love that glitter glue!  I already need MORE!!

That's it for today, I have one more days worth of pics to share, so come back soon!

Remember to hug the ones you love!

 

 

2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat 2011 - Part 3

Hello my lovelies!

I am back for Part 3 of our Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat.  Let's jump right in and get started.

Rhonda was our Queen for 2010/2011 and she was kind enough to send me these photos I didn't take.......:-)

Sheila O was one of our Princesses!

Jennifer (in the middle) was a Princess as well....as you can see she learned the "wave" very quickly!

Our 2010/2011 Court!  Thank you ladies for a fabulous year!

We didn't get to make this adorable project, however I did show the girls how easy peasy it was to take thier Baker's Twine ribbon and place it neatly into one of our Stampin' Store Containers for easy access!

Here is another project I created, but just ran out of time to Demo to our team.  It's a mini album using the luscious Mocha Specialty DSP, our Fabulous On Board Chipboard, and our AWESOME new "Simply Scored Tool" for the little Rosette in front of the Album!

Here is the Mini Album opened up, I simply used some 1" Binder rings to create the binding.  The rest is 100% Stampin' Up Product!

I Used Crumb Cake Cardstock for inserts in the Mini Album.  I counted the number of places you can add some "real estate/pictures or journaling" in this mini album and it adds up to 50!!!  Pretty cool for a mini which only measures 4 1/2" X 5".

A couple more views!

Side view, I added some of our Black Satin Ribbon, and Seam Binding in Crumb Cake to hide the binder rings......:-)

Here is Shelly P. presenting her adorable card!  She said when she say the new "Penant Punch" she immediately saw Pizza!  I love how creative mind work!

It's an Invitation to Pizza Birthday Party.  I love it! 

Here is the inside.   This was so much fun to make.  Thanks Shelly for thinking "outside the box"!

Here is Jenny F. getting ready to present her adorable project.

Isn't this the cutest thing evah!  I had my Stamp Club make that Melon Mamber Daisy a few months ago and needed a vase, but just never had the time to figure this out, but thanks to Jenny, I now have a Petal Cone Die Vase AND another beautiful flower which she showed us how to make to add to my collection.  Thank you Jenny, this was sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

O.K., more to come to stay tuned!  Remember to hug the ones you love!

 

 

2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat 2011 - Part 2

   Hello my lovelies,

As promised, here are some more pictures of our fabulous retreat last weekend......hope you enjoy!

We saw this box when I attended Stampin' Up's Convention in July 2011, I knew I wanted to replicate that box.  Can you believe it's made with our "Milk Carton Die"?  Yes, that's right, our milk carton die, you just use two panels instead of one, glue them together, and walla!  An adorable trinket box.....I love it!

The girls loved this box, a couple of them are making some for a "craft fair" they are participating in the Fall.

We ran out of time, but I wanted to share with you this cute bag I made with our fabulous Designer Paper "Mocha Specialty", it's just beautiful, and is flocked, for a luxurious feel!

Close up of the cute flower.....you know it's suppose to look like our Stampin' Up Simply Scored Bag Holder.  We were able to purchase the adorable bags made with our Holiday Mini Designer "Spice Cake" Fabric.  I brought home a couple extra bags, and Shelly won one for  cute decorated Fruit, sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!

Breakfast Saturday, August 27th!  Gotta have our Java first thing!

Lisa enjoys her cup of Joe here...... :-)

My sissy Margie and Rhonda on Saturday morning!

Fontainne still in her Jammies, aren't they cute?

Hubby walks in and says "What the", why aren't you all in Glo's Stampin' Studio Creatin'!  He was such a trooper putting up with all us women!  He only left to go to dinner on Saturday night with the guys.  He wanted to stay available in case we needed him.  He is a keeper I tell ya!  Love my man!!!

Come back for more pics of our cute projects, everyone participated, and I LOVE my team for being so willing!  Sweet, sweet, gals!

Remember to love the ones you love!

 

 

2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat 2011

Well hello my lovelies!

Seems like forever since I have posted.  Let me just say our 2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia was a success, but it whooped my tail!!

I want to share a few pics with you over the next several days.  Each of our team members presented their special project to our team, along with some special items I made for them to try out as well.

I also am editing a video of them all doing a bit of their presentation and some other fun antics....stay tuned!  O.K., let's get started!

Of course we start our retreat on Friday, August 26th at 6pm in the kitchen!  Gotta eat first and get that energy level up!

Shelly and Jenny in the kitchen putting food up, etc.

We had a contest on who could bring the most unique piece of "fruit", and as you can see Shelly won hands down!  Isn't this adorable?!!  Last year we "dressed up bananas", then made some banana splits, this year we made a fruit salad, yummo!

Here is Rhonda Nelson who came in Number 1 for the year 2010/2011....wohoo.....I gave her the fabulous crown she is wearing.  Looked great on her.... :-)

We had 2 "princesses"  Sheila and Jenny, however I missed getting a picture of them.  I will need to make sure someone sends me their picture so I can post later.

 
This is one of the projects I shared with the girls.  Thank you Jackie Topa for sharing how to make this lovely basket  by using our new "blossom box die".  This was my sample, the picture above shows the one Rhonda made, cute right?

Here is a close up of the punch flower in front.  Notice that yummy paper from our new Holiday Mini - Holly Berry Bouquet.

I also presented how to make these cute little butterfly easel cards.  So easy peasy with our Stampin' Up Butterflies die.  Also, noticed the cut box to keep your love notes in, it's the "Stampin' Up Fancy Favor Box", goes to gether very easily, and only 2 pieces of sticky strip needed! 

Close up of the card and box.  I love, love, love these little note cards, and they fit perfectly in our 3X3 envies.

I'll be back soon with more fun pics!  Until later.....

 

Remember to hug the ones you love! 

 

 

Bigger is Better!

Hello my lovelies!

Well my Bigger Stampin Studio is just about complete....sorta.....just a few more things that need to be done before I will call it complete.  My daughter-in-law Lynn placed this Stampin' Up Decor Elements on my door leading into my craft room.  I think she did a great job!!

We had our 2nd Annual Luv2stampinGeorgia Retreat last weekend here at my home in Covington, Georgia.  I will be sharing a video and some great pics over the next few days.  But in the meantime, let me share with you a "small thank you" I gave to my Stamp Club in  August.

 

Aren't these adorable?  The lovely Frenchie came up with this idea last year for Halloween, so I decided to use it this year as a thank you for my lovely ladies.  THANK YOU Frenchie for always SHARING my friend!!

Here is one in Peach Parfait with Matching Ribbon and our fabulous Rhinestones.

Another one using cardstock as the handles, but I think I love the ribbon handles better.

At Convention we received this fabulous stamp set, and I used it to insert a quick note to my fabulous ladies!

Don;t you love the new stamp set "It's a wrap"?  I do, this made a perfect cover for those chocolate favors inside the purse.

That's it for today, I hope you have enjoyed this snippet, and come back for more fun pictures from our retreat this past weekend!!

Remember to hug the ones you love!