Stamping fun!!

I have just been spoiled this month with stamping events... We had a fantastic time in Vancouver at the Stampin' Up! Regional Training Seminar!! There were 9 people from my group there and I was so thrilled to spend the weekend with all of them!

Here's a picture of everyone from my group who attended. We were excited to have Shelli Gardner join us for this photo! Check out our t-shirts - Melanie made these fun shirts for all of us! Do you recognize the Bodacious Bouquet stamps that she used? It was fun to have matching shirts with our group name - Canadian INKspirations - on them. To make the shirts, Melanie used iron on transfers. She printed "Canadian INKspirations" on them using the Write Me a Memory Font CD and then stamped the flowers with Craft Ink. She ironed the transfer onto our t-shirts - so cute!!

We learned all sorts of great things... I'll be including lots of the great ideas in upcoming classes but here's one that was a favourite - you might like to try this out! Instead of using a 2 Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to add sparkle to your stamped projects, try using a VersaMarker with Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder. Use the VersaMarker to draw on your card stock or paper where you would like sparkle, then sprinkle on the Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder and heat to emboss. It's a tidier way to add sparkle!

We were also invited to put a team together to play a friendly Stampin' Up! version of Family Feud. Sonia, Stacey and Maggie joined me on our "INKspirations" family team... The questions were all related to being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and we had a blast! We were tied going into the third and final round and unfortunately the other team managed to steal the 140 points we had managed to get up on the board... oh well, we each left with a free stamp set and some extra memories! Here's a picture of us up on stage - I'm just getting ready to ring in on the first question.

Check back in a little while. I'm going to scan a few of my swap cards that I received and post them this evening.

One last reminder about the "Say it with Stamps" special which ends on Monday... You can order any of the following stamp sets for 20% off:

Warm Words (pg. 177) - $22.36

All-Year Cheer II (pg. 178) - $32.76

In My Thoughts (pg. 183) - $31.96

Tiny Talk (pg. 190) - $18.36

Everyday Flexible Phrases (pg. 191) - $43.96

Short Order Alphabet (pg. 194) - $43.16

Make sure you get your order to me by 6:00 pm on Monday if you'd like to get in on these great prices! There is no purchase required for this special!

Happy stampin'!

Bev.