Roar your birthday boy greeting with Dinoroar; Heirloom show

 

I'll miss this cute dinosaur in the retiring stamp set Dinoroar! I added shades of Lucky Limeade to him, using a blender pen and ink pad. This was one of the card designs for a 10-card class earlier this week.

 



I cut 2" x 2-1/2" pieces of In Color dsp from the 12" x 12" pad. The colors used here are Lucky Limeade (retiring at the end of the May), and Island Indigo. I love the personality the dots and stripes add to the card when paired with the dinosaur, which was punched out of Whisper White card stock with the 2-1/2" Circle punch. The sentiment also comes with the stamp set!

Tomorrow I'll be setting up a terrific booth at the Heirloom Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival in Puyallup with my bestie Kim. Her kidnapper van is already loaded! I'm so excited for the weekend. We stay overnight on Saturday, which is lots of fun. If you have time either Saturday or Sunday (or both!) I hope you'll come down and visit us - and buy a bunch of stuff. It's CRAZY how much retired Stampin' Up! stuff we have between the two of us - especially the NEW stuff!!! You'll find everything from stamps and ribbons, to punches and fabric, plus many more items we made with our own little hands!

If you'd like to order any of the above items, please use my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net. Thanks!

Stamps: Dinoroar;
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Lucky Limeade pad;
Paper: Whisper White, In Color dsp paper stack;
Accessories: 2-1/2" Circle punch, dimensionals.

Mosaic Madness and Secret Garden make and takes

 

A handful of rhinestones add sparkle to this card, which was a make and take Kim brought for our demonstrator gathering this past weekend. The Mosaic Madness stamp set has a coordinating embossing folder and punch. Love it!

 

 

Mary Ann brought a Wisteria Wonder and Eggplant Envy Secret Garden card. The sentiment is from Blooming with Kindness. We colored the flowers with ink pads and a blender pen, then added 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the center of each flower.

My group is wonderful! Some of the demos volunteer to bring projects for everyone to make, some bring food (we had a very nice spread Saturday!), and swapping cards is always optional and fun! We're winding down the number of days left to order from the current catalogs (annual and Spring), so if there's something you want, order it soon. You may always order thru my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net.

Finally, this Friday is when Kim and I are setting up our 10' x 10' booth at the Heirloom Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival in Puyallup at the fairgrounds. We'll be right up front with our shabby chic/vintage furnishings holding a ton of retired stamps, punches, ribbons, and so much more! I hope you can join us this Saturday or Sunday (or both!). Have a wonderful day!!!

Capping a fun weekend at Heirloom show in Portland

 



Wow! What a fun weekend my bestie Kim and I had in Portland, OR, at the Heirloom Productions Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival. We sold tons of retired Stampin' Up! stamps, punches, Big Shot dies, purses, card kits, ribbons, embellishments and more! If you missed us at this show, we'll be doing an Heirloom show in Puyallup at the Fairgrounds May 18-19, 2013. We'll be adding MORE items!

 



 

We set up and took down our booth in record time! We got an amazing amount of product in our 10' x 10' spot, even having a walkway through the middle. These photos were before the show started. We didn't have time to take photos during or after.

 

 

It made us happy receiving all of the nice comments everyone had about our booth. We even had some offers from people wanting to buy our suitcases, and other display items! It was also great seeing many of our friends, who traveled from Kitsap County to visit us. Thanks so much! Hope you have an amazing day.

 



 

 



Ears to You card and getting ready for a big show

 

Bunnies are the cutest! I had to get this single Ears to You stamp when Stampin' Up! listed it with nine other stamps (visit the links under my Promotions tab). I mean, how cute are they when inked separately and cut out? Love it!

 

 

 

This is my make & take for my American Ink gathering this morning. I started with a Whisper White card base, and added a Polka-Dot embossed texture to the 5-1/4" x 4" Pink Pirouette layer. Then comes the 1" strips of Birds of a Feather dsp (the middle design has eggs on it!) cut like banners, with an Island Indigo label framelit on top. I used Primrose Pink, Island Indigo and Summer Starfruit markers for the bunnies, and Daffodil Delight 1/8" taffeta.

 

 

It's been a busy week. My bestie Kim came over to the studio twice to empty large boxes of retired SU! stuff to price for the big Heirloom Productions show we're doing in Portland, OR, March 23-24.

 

 

Between us, Kim and I have been with Stampin' Up! a combined 20 years! And we have the stuff to prove it. Ha ha! We've been delving deep into our garage and cabinets to dig out things that haven't seen the light of day for years, pricing it and stuffing it onto already stuffed shelves.

 

 

We have so many stamp sets, it's ridiculous! This white picket shelf hardly holds anything - and it's got a big basket of fabric there too. There are a couple older catalogs, but I've got boxes going back to 2002!

 

 

We're even selling some of our display items - like this cute rolling rack and the stepladder. And we have many SU! logo items like this chevron convention bag, a couple of black jackets, card trees, rulers, reusable shopping bags, cookie cutters and a collapsible scrap bin.

 

 

This is one of the two suitcases we have filled to the brim with wood-mounted stamps.

 

 

And this white bookcase holds many of our clear-mount stamps, along with card kits, buttons, embellishments, washer necklaces, and boxes to hold cards.

 

This isn't everything. We're actually saving some items for the Heirloom show in Puyallup, WA, in May. Oh, and that stepladder shown above is for sale too!

 

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