Designz By Gloria

Convention Swaps Take IV

I know your probably tired of these swaps, but really they are just beautiful and hopefully will give you some fun inspiration.  Here we go:

This card was made by Tammu Nowatzki, and uses the fabulous Floral Fest Stamp Set....Love all the colors.

This beauty was made by Cheri Stewart.  It uses one of my "favorite" stamp sets, Cute and Curly

Carmen Reimer put together this gorgeous card!  It uses our gorgeous fabulous florets stamp set.

 

Eeeek, Corie Urey did a fabulous job on this gorgeous card using the Penant Punch and the Penant Parade Stamp Set, love that BLING!!

And finally this beauty was made by Cathy Stephenson.  She was fabulous enough to place what she used on this card on the back of the swap, so I am going to share it with you.....

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Baha Breeze,Island Indigo and Island Indog Patter Stack DSP

Ink - Island Indigo

Stamp Set - Four Frames, Nature Walk, and Petite Pairs

Ribbon - Baja Breeze Seam Binding

Accessories - Framed Tulip Embossing Folder and White Signo Pen

Hope you enjoyed my sharing.  Remember I mentioned I swapped over 120 cards, so you know this is the tip of the iceberg.  But I need to miss in some of the items I am currently working on now. or have worked on since I returned from convention. 

I had a workshop AND a card class last Saturday (yes crazy busy day, what was I thinking?) I will have pics of that workshop tomorrow.

 Until next time, Remember to hug the ones you love!

 

More Swaps to Share.......

 

Are you loving this card!!  This was made by Karie Beglau....thanks for swappin' with me.

Here is a close-up of the dahlia fold flower...love it!

Is this stinkin' adorable!!!!  It's a flip flop invitation made by Martha A Sanders.

I turned it side ways so you could see the inside of the invite.

Remember to hug the ones you love....:-)

 

Convention Swaps take II

Well, let's just dive right in and get started.

Too stinkin' cute right?  Simple yet adorable!!!  Big candles and a "Wish Big" sentiment, perfect!!

 
My daughter absolutely LOVES any snowman stamp, so naturally this was one of the first stamp sets I ordered, and lookie here, I have something to CASE....I love this card (and so did Monica, my daughter).

What a sweet friend card this would make, right?  This happens to be one of my favorite sets as well, go figure, right?

Simple and sweet wway to just say thank you. 

More to come.......stay tuned.  Always remember to "hug the ones you

love".

 

Sharing Convention Swaps!!

Hello fabulous peeps!!

Today I am sharing some of my fabulous convention swaps!  I love them, hope you do too.

Is this not just simple elegance!  Love it, especially the bling on that sweet cupcake!  Gorgeous Cherry Cobbler Cardstock with Whisper White over the top gives it a lucious look!

Another fabulous card, we had some "very" talented women at convention who were a joy to speak too, hang out with and swap....fun!!

This is one of our new stamp from our Fabulous 2011/2012 New Catalog....love, love, love this sweet baby set.

Rich Razzleberry is so yummy, and our new punch adds some added punch to this pretty card.

 

That's it for today, but come back tomorrow because I have a ton, ton more to share for your inspiration!

Blessings to you all, and remember to "hug the ones you love"!

 

 

Buttons, Buttons, and more Buttons.....

While at Convention I took some pictures of this adorable button display.  The fabulous Linda Heller created for our viewing pleasure, check it out.....

 What a bunch of fabulous ideas on how to further beautify your handmade cards, I love it!  Here is a close up:

and more.....

 

So dig thru your box of “this & thats” and create your own unique accessories to doll up your projects!

Hugs the ones you love!!

 

 

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Such Talent.......

Hello my lovely ladies!

Take a gander below:

Is this not absolutely gorgeous!  It was made by a very talented Stampin Up  Demonstrator who won the Stampin' Up "Artisan Award".  It is a very prestigious award to be had, only 10 folks are selected out of a potential 40,000 demonstrators!!!

What about this beauty!  Good grief, we have some very talented women!!!

Adorable, right?

Everyone who attended Convention received the above Make-N-Take, absolutely gorgeous!  Of course I will be offering as a class in the very near future....interested in attending?

Now this is one of my favorites....I love Stamping, but also LOVE jewelry making.  Will definitely be making this sweet thang for me!!

Too stinkin' cute, right?  Yes, my stamp club will be making these as well....love these talented women!

Just a quick share, I made it to the stage with some other fabulous ladies!  I was quite nervous, who would have thought it, right?

Well, that's it for today, have a fabulous evening and remember to hug the ones you love!

Blessings to all.

 

 

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Some Fabulous Convention Ideas-Shares

I cannot begin to try and explain what a great time of inspirtation and fellowship we had at convention.  I did want to share a few pictures of the experience.

A Sea of over 3000+ women!!  Fun, Fun, Fun!

I went on the tour to Stampin' Ups Home Office in Riverton.....this is the employees lunch area!!!  A real waterfall, with live plants.....oh so relaxing.  I NEVER worked at a place that cared so much for their employees like Stampin' Up does!!!

We toured the Stampin' Up Creative Ideas room.  This is just a little peak of what we saw there.....very crafty, creative people work here.....:-)

Isn't this absolutely adorable?  Wouldn't it be great for a baby shower, wedding shower, whatever!  So stinkin' cute!

The theme this year at Convention was "GROW", we had flowers EVERYWHERE!!!

Shelli Gardner (Founder of Stampin' UP) shared this "to die for" scrapbook page.  I love it!   And the really neat thing is we received the stamp set used on this page for FREE at check-In....along with a ton of other FREE stamp sets, goodies, and fabulous Convention bag.   Will share those pics tomorrow.

If your even thinking about joining the Stampin' Up Family, NOW is the time to join, below is what you will receive in your starter kit for only $99.00!!!!

I would love, love, love to have you join our team of fabulous women!  If your even thinking about it, drop me an email at: designzbygloria@gmail.com or call me on 770-363-6539 so we can chat about this fabulous offer from Stampin' Up........Oh did I mention I have a fabulous Gift for the first 3 ladies who sign up with me?  Check this out......

We now have a scoring tool and it's FABULOUS, it's called Simply Scored and will be making it's Debut in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  This is the storing case for it and NO you cannot purchase it because it was exclusive to Convention attendees only.   Absolutely love it!  Made with our Stampin' Up Fabric called "Spice Cake" which is also is in our upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog!

 
Here is a close up of the "removeable" flower (in case it needs to be washed).....I just love the look and feel of this fabulous bag/material....truly superior!!

Well, I had to throw in this picture below.  My family was waiting to greet me at the airport on Sunday when I flew into Atlanta from Salt Lake City, Utah!  I almost keeled over with excitement and glee!!!!

 
My first born grandson Ryan Jesse had a hard time saying "Grammy" when he was learning to speak, and my husband calls me "baby" a lot.....(gosh I love that man!)....so Ryan picked up on it...at least that''s what we are guessing, and he started calling me "Bebe".....I love it!  So Bebe I am in stead of Grammy.   It's original, neat and I LOVE IT!   I was overwhelmed with love and my heart as they say.......runneth over!!  Thank you Lord for a fabulous, supportive, and loving family..... ;-)

I will have a ton of more pictures to share with you, along with a ton of swaps/ideas from the ladies at Convention.  Oh, also will post "my swap" for you as well.  Until the next time, much love and blessings to all of you.....remember to hug the ones you love! 

 

 

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Stampin' Up 2011 Convention Highlights!

 

 

Oh my goodness, just retured from our Stampin' Up Convention......what a BLAST!!!  Went by way to quick!!   I am wore out, but had a great time wih my downline Rhonda Nelson and our roommate CIndi Brandeis!  Here is a picture of us together.....

Cindi on the right, I'm in the middle, and Rhonda on the left.

I will post more tomorrow after some much  needed rest, but in the meantime, check out the below video for tons of Convention highlights!!

 

Miss you all last week, praying blessings to all of you.