Convention "Gibbs" Sistas!!

I'm back from Convention and one of my highlights was meeting up with my

"Sista", Di Gibbs. A while back I had chatted on line with her and asked her if she

knew that my maiden name was Gibbs (of course not but you never know with

Cullen followers!!!). Anyway, she said no but did I know that her maiden name was

Fox. She is so witty and just as cute in person as she is on her blog. So full of energy

and talent and it was fun to meet her. Just wish we had more time to sit down and

chat but maybe next year!!! Well I got back to Virginia Beach after one o'clock this

morning. Spent yesterday traveling across the country and hanging out in airports

with one of my best friends, Linda. We took a couple of extra days after convention

and did some sightseeing in Utah. It is a beautiful area. Loved being surrounded by

mountains. Something I don't see everyday. Today I unpacked, did laundry, bonded

with my dogs, and caressed all my new stuff I brought back from convention. Shirts,

apron, tote bags, pens, paper, and of course new stamp sets. One of the biggest

surprises for me was when about 20 minutes before convention closed, Shelli Gardner,

the CEO and founder of SU gave everyone there a Christmas stamp set from the Holiday

Mini, along with Christmas DSP, a stamp pad, and some of the new glass glitter, also

found in the new Holiday Mini. It was so much fun seeing the SU employees come out with

shopping bags with our goodies in them and giving them out. I felt like I was on the Oprah

show. So much fun. I have lots of new ideas and card swaps and hundreds of pictures of

card ideas. OMG the samples and presentations were unbelievable. I hated to see it end but

I don't know if I could have absorbed anymore fun. I am already looking forward to regionals

in Baltimore and hopefully Leadership this year. I hope you had a good day.

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"An Evening To Remember" Swap

Well this will be my last post probably until I return from convention

next week. I made fifty of these fronts for my swap on Friday night. I hope

the girls like it. I love Baja Breeze (surprise, surprise!) and so I put it with

Real Red and Whisper White to create this crisp looking card. The stamp set

is one of the new catalog items called "Friends Never Fade". I am so looking

forward to this next week of friendship, stamping, new ideas, and a whole lot

of fun. Until next week..... I hope you have had a good day and have a great

week. I know I will.

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Last Minute Swaps

I haven't started to pack and here I am at the last minute deciding

to make some more swaps just for general trading. I made my own

DSP and then used the new Elegant Lines embossing folder. I added

a sentiment from Perfect Punches. I used Old Olive and Poppy

Parade for my color scheme. Tomorrow is going to be a busy

day. I hope you had a great day.

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Let Me Count The Ways

This set is so wonderful. It's easy to use and fun to color. I have seen

so many different ways to color the flower and combine different DSPs

with it that are amazing. We made this card at my Open House and it was a

big hit. I used Peach Parfait card stock as well as the ink for the flower. I

also used Pear Pizazz for the stem. The ribbon is some of the new Poppy

Parade which the ink was used for parts of the flower as well. Well it's

been a busy day, trying to get my swaps done and gets things done

around the house before I leave for convention. Only three more days

till I get on that big bird!!! I hope you had a great day.

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Blueberry Crisp

I'm suppose to be getting ready to go to the eye doctor but had to finish

this card before anything else. I don't usually go for blues but decided I

need to broaden my "horizons" and branch out a little more. So I combined

this wonderful new DSP Blueberry Crisp (117392) with Pacific Point, Night of

Navy, and Sahara Sand card stock. The stamp set is Pocket Silhouettes (111672)

and the flower punch is from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309). I also used

the Modern punch and Word Window punch. To finish it off I used a piece of

Night of Navy ribbon and last but not least....the new Basic Pearl Jewels (1192470).

These half back jewels have adhesive already on them so they are so easy to use.

I hope you have a great day!

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Open House

Hi Everyone. Tonight I am having an Open House and my stamping friends will make

three cards using a lot of the new stamp sets and accessories. This is one of the cards

they will make. It is more stunning in person (of course) but couldn't wait to share it

with my internet blog buddies as well. I hope you like it and I hope you have a great day.

Stamps: Studio Sketches, Perfect Punches

Paper : Concord Crush, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla

Inks: Concord Crush, Marina Mist, Certain Celery

Accessories: Scallop Oval Punch, Ribbon, and Blender Pen

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A Little Ray of Sunshine

Well it has been humid, hot, and very dry here. In fact the grass is all turning

brown. So today the rain has come in downpours and the sun is no where to be

found! My dogs need to go out but I keep waiting for the rain to stop and it hasn't

happened. Of course Mr. Darcy doesn't like to get his feet wet so I will have to

pick him up and carry him out to the grass somewhere. Well as soon as it stops

thundering and lightning. I love this new set called "For Everything" and it has

eleven different stamps in it. I also used a couple of the new half back pearls that

already have adhesive on them. Love them, love them, love them. There are also

rhinestones available with the adhesive. Try them both out!!!! Page 188 in the new

SU catalog. I hope you are having a good day.

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