Hello, Lovely {Friday}

And....here we are at Friday again.  Lovely, lovely Friday...HELLO!  It's a rainy Friday in my neck of the woods, but it is supposed to clear up later this afternoon and make way for some sunshine tomorrow!  That makes me happy :-)

I've been pulling out some of my old favorite's lately and Hello, Lovely is one of them.  I love using this stamp set with the Etcetera DSP...they just work well together!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Etcetera DSP

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Jet Black StazOn

Stamp Sets ~ Hello Lovely, Dictionary

Other Supplies ~ Natural Chevron Ribbon, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Gold Sequin Trim, Boho Blossoms Punch, Mini Silver Brads, Linen Thread

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'm off to prepare for my Stamp Club tonight...my favorite time of the month!

 

Happy Stamping!



Truly Grateful & Thankful...

...pretty much sums up my feelings the past few weeks.  I really do have so much to be grateful and thankful for!  I won't get too mushy and lovely, but thanks to all of YOU for all of your kind and inspiring words...you help keep me motivated to keep on creating!

Wheat harvest has started in our area, which inspired this card.  As I was putting everything together, I was really wishing I had a sewing machine to add just a little bit of stitching to the card.  Add that to my mile long wish list!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky

Ink ~ Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede

Stamp Set ~ Truly Grateful, Hello Lovely

Other Supplies ~ Burlap Ribbon, Candy Dots, Expressions Thinlits, Aqua Painter

 

Off to squeeze in a quick walk with the kiddos before work and before it gets too hot! 

 

Happy Stamping!

 

 

 



Back to Reality...

Monday...after 5 days off...UGH! Need I say more?!?!? 

I'm back home and back to reality after 5 crazy-awesome, fun-filled days in SLC.  I can honestly say I have never experienced so many different emotions in such a short period of time...LOL!  I was so happy to see my hubby and all 3 of my babies waiting for me at the airport yesterday.  I missed them all so much!  But as soon as I got in the car, I quickly realized my vacation was over and I was back in "Mommy Mode".  Unpacking, laundry, birthday gift shopping, checking on work...I jumped right back in.  It's a good thing we get to head to the beach soon because I need a vacation from this vacation!

I have a few Convention pictures to share today and I'm sure I'll have more this week as I go through everything.  Here are a few (and when I say few, I mean get ready for quite a few pictures!) of my favorite highlights from Convention 2013... 

The streets of downtown SLC were lined with these banners

Visiting the Riverton home office

Top 20 Artisan Finalists...Great group of ladies!

Finally got my Artisan Finalist ribbon!  I may not have made the top 10, but the experience of being in the top 20 was amazing!!!

My Artisan Display Board...just call me Breelin Sandwich!  LOL :D

My 3-D items...the wreath and the Kraft box.  I'm still not sure who made the hot air balloon, but it is awesome!  Sorry for the blurry picture too...not easy taking pictures when you are in a room with almost 6000 other demos!

We made birthday banners for the children at Primary Children's Medical Center in SLC...this really touched my heart and I was honored to be a part of it.

And you can't go to your first SU! Convention and not get a picture with Shelli Gardner!  She is the sweetest person EVER!

PRIZE PATROL!!!  There were more giveaways this year than ever before and they were all A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

Convention is all about friends..new and old!  My roomie and friend, Cynthia, are already making plans for next years Convention! 

All Things Stampin' Up! Facebook Group 

Convention running buddies! 

Beautiful view of the state Capitol we were treated to on our morning runs

Sea of Swaps

Closing Session

 

I still can't believe we didn't any pictures on Awards Night!  What were we thinking?!?!?  I will blame it on nerves!  Next year we will be sure to get a picture of us in our fancy dresses! 

 

I have so many more pictures, but these were some of my favorites! 

 

I do have one more picture for you...one last card I made for a swap.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Etcetera DSP

Ink ~ Old Olive, Calypso Coral

Stamp Set ~ Hello, Lovely

Other Supplies ~ Chevron Embossing Folder, Vintage Trinkets, Crochet Trim, Denim Ribbon

 

And now it's really back to reality with a nasty 4 letter word...WORK! 

 

Looking forward to getting my stamp room back in order tonight and spending some time stamping!

 

Happy Stamping!!!

 



Convention Day Two ~ Awards Night

It has been another amazing day at Convention! We kicked off the day with a morning session where we were introduced to some amazing new products that will be coming soon! Some of the new products include Framelits, a new board to design your own envelopes and a cool new line called "Undefined", which is a product where you can carve you very own stamp! Awesome!!!

After general session, we had the chance to attend the Expo...lots of great stuff and I will post pictures soon! 

We ended the day with Awards Night, the night I've been waiting for! It seems like it took HOURS to get to the Artisan Design Team Award! All 20 of the finalists were asked to stand and then the top 10 were called up on stage. Sadly, my name did not get called :( I was a bit bummed, but it was an amazing honor to be a part of the top 20 with all of these amazing and talented ladies! A huge congrats to the winners! Very well deserved for sure! 

We did go to the after party for a bit then came back to the hotel and enjoyed our Cheesecake Factory cheesecake.

One more day of Convention left! What will they have in store for us tomorrow?!?

I'll have more pictures for you soon, along with more of my swaps! 

Happy Stamping!

Hello, Lovely..

Happy Tuesday to all of my Stampin' friends...we made it through Monday.  I've been trying to work on some of my Inky Fingers Guest Designer cards, Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop cards, end of the year teacher gifts and Convention swaps...but I keep getting distracted by other ideas that keep popping into my head when I see a new sketch or color challenge!  So, I've given in to temptation and set some of my other projects aside and had some fun stamping this morning and playing along with the latest Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Etcetera DSP

Ink ~ Calypso Coral, Night of Navy

Stamp Set ~ Hello, Lovely

Other Supplies ~ Crochet Trim, Stamp-a-ma-jig

This DSP is so pretty and I love all of the colors in it!!  And this stamp set...the possibilities are endless!  As much as I want to keep playing, I've got to get back on track and get my Stampin' To-Do list under control!

Happy Stamping!