Stamp Sets Looking for a New Home!

Hello! 

Just letting you know I am still here!  I have been busy for the past four weeks being a new Mom!! :)

I just updated my "Retired Stamp Sets for Sale" blog and wanted to let you know.  Here is the link to them: For Sale.  Please contact me via email if you have any questions or would like to give any of them a new home!

I will be back soon with some actual projects!

I'm a MDS Contest Finalist!!!

I have some exciting news today!!!  I recently entered a contest in which I had to make one scrapbook page and one card using Stampin' Up!'s digital design software called My Digital Studio.  I received a call a few weeks ago notifying me that I was chosen as a "finalist" (top 5) and I was super super excited!!  To become a "winner" (top 3) I need as many votes as possible for my projects.  This is where I need your (and everyone you knows) help!!!  Please vote for my projects!

Here is how you vote: 

- Follow this link (it will take you to my projects): http://mydigitalstudio.net/page/contests-rochelle-g

- Click on the "Like" Button (the one with the thumb next to it)

- Sign in using your existing Facebook, Google or Yahoo account and create a MyDigitalStudio.net. account.  

- And you are done! 

Voting is open today, October 31, 2011, till this Friday, November 4, 2011 at 11:59 PM MST.

I appreciate you taking a minute to vote! 

If you have any questions, please let me know!  I would love to answer any you may have about My Digital Studio!

Thanks again!

Rochelle 

Artisan Award Finalist!

As some of you may know I entered Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Award contest this year again (last year was my first year). You make 5 cards, 3 scrapbook pages and 2 3-d items and submit them to Stampin' Up! and then they take it from there! It is such a great experience and a lot of hard work but worth it in the end when you see your projects displayed on the display boards at convention!

I did not have the honor of being in the top 10 (the winners), but I did make the "finalist" list again. (that means I was in the top 25 of all the demonstrators that entered!!)

Over the next week I will be uploading my projects I submitted. So be on the look out for My Artisan Award 2011 Submission blog posts! (There will be 10 in all!)

Convention 2011 Highlights Video

Just returning from Stampin' Up!'s annual convention with my friends/fellow demonstrators Lou and Lindsey....We had a blast! Here is a highlight video from convention this year! This will give you a taste of what it is like to be there! What a fun time it always is....enjoy!



Do you want to be apart of this fun and exciting event Stampin' Up! puts on every year? You can be! All you need to do is become apart of my Stampin' Up! team! Right now they have a fabulous promotion going on through July...you can join for only $99 (a $185 value!)!! Contact me if you are at all interested!

I am back!

Remember me? You may not...I have been MIA for about a month, life got busy and I needed a break, but I am back!

I will see you back here tomorrow for a new My Digital Scrapbook page I had made for the colourQ color challenge this week!

Also stay tuned to see the projects I submitted in for this years Artisan Award entries for Stampin' Up! It was exciting to learn that I was a finalist this year again too!

See you back soon!

8 Things About Me Award- MDS

Noelle over at paper & ICE has given me the Stylish Blogger Award. Thanks Noelle! I feel honored! I met Noelle over at the colourQ blog as she is a fellow DT member! She is a stamper and scrapper and always puts so many details in her scrapbook pages! Check out her blog!

So the "rules" to this award are to share 8 things about yourself and then pass the award along to a few other Stylish Bloggers.

I usually am not good about sharing things about me, but I came up with a fun scrapbook page that does just that!

Here is is. You can click on the page to make it bigger and so you can read 8 things about me! I used the ScrapSketch25 layout to make my page. I felt it was perfect for this page!

I made this page in My Digital Studio (MDS) as I do with all of my digital pages. Stampin' Up! just released the newest updated version and is has some FANTASTIC updates!! Be sure to check it out if you have MDS (it is a free update) and if you do not and are interested, let me know!

Alight, so the people I am going to pass this award onto are: Krystal, Erica and Stacy. Be sure to check out each of these ladies blogs...they all offer a little something different! Thanks again Noelle!

Thanks for looking!

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Tote-ally Awsome Promotion!

Have you ever though about signing up as a demonstrator? Well if you have now is the tote-ally perfect time for you to take action!

September 1- October 18 (or while supplies last) you will receive this Greenhouse Gala Craft tote as a bonus for signing up...that is a $39.95 value!

The tote will hold anything you would want from 12"x12" paper, to ink pads, to punches!

It really is a tote-ally awesome promotion!! Contact me or visit my SU! web site for more details!

Create with Connie and Mary- Holiday Mini Edition

I have some very exciting news......

A few weeks ago a submitted my application to be on the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team and guess what? I made it! I am so excited and honored that they picked me to be one of the three for this super fun Holiday Mini edition Design Team! I am looking forward to creating new and exciting things and sharing them with you and also learning a lot too!!

Check out the newly decorated for the holiday's Create with Connie and Mary blog here. Be sure to sign up soon......they have an early bird special going on now!

Thanks for stopping by!

Artisan Award Contest 2010

As some of you may know this year I entered Stampin' Up!'s Artisan Award contest. It was my first year and I am so happy I did it! It was such a great experience! Now that I know what to expect, I will do it again!

I did not have the honor of being in the top 10, but I did make the "finalist" list. (that means I was in the top 25 of all the demonstrators that entered!!)

Over the next week I will be uploading my projects I submitted. As I look back now, I kind of wonder what I was thinking with a few of my cards! I know I can do better than that!!!

So be on the look out for My Artisan Award Submissions 2010 blog posts! (There will be 10 in all!)

Here is a collage of all my projects as sneak peak of what you will see!

Retired Stamp Sets looking for a New Home!

Just wanted to post a quick note here to let you know I just posted over 20 (some wood mount and some clear mount) recently retired stamp sets on my Retired Stamp Sets for Sale blog....you can find the link at the top of my blog or click here.

Thanks!

Share What You Love- Stampin' Up! Convention 2010 re-cap

Where do I start?! Last week was Stampin' Up!'s annual convention and it was a blast as usual! I went with a group of demo's from my area and had a great time! I will give you a brief overview of the week:

My friend and roommate for the week, Lou, and I arrived a day early and went to dinner with a friend of mine and rested up for the big week ahead of us!


Day 1:
Check in and receive your bag and free stamp sets from SU!. Go shopping in Momento Mall(this is a store SU! sets up with all kinds of fun stuff for us to buy!). Visit the display boards and see all the projects that demo's submitted to SU! Walk through the Sweet Shoppe that SU! made (it was set up like a cady store and EVERYTHING you could images was made out of paper and establishments!) Attend SU!'s Flower Power Party (a 60's themed party with giveaways demonstrations and games)...oh yeah eat dinner with your demo friends! Sleep!

Day 2:
Attend Opening General Session (where all 2000+ demos in attendance meet for the morning to listen to the motivational speaker, see fabulous demonstrations, learn new and exciting things and win free stamps!!..it is like a huge party for people who love SU!) Then eat lunch provided by SU and participate in an organized swap (I signed up for one put on by Stacey from Stacy's Stamping Stage.) That afternoon attend classes and learn all kinds of things related to stamping and even do "make and takes"! (I hosted an organized Big Shot Book swap right after classes today too!) After classes eat dinner with demo friends and then attend Awards Night and find out I WAS on the FINALIST list for Artisan Award!! (This is not the top ten, but this does mean I was in the top 25 of all the people who submitted projects this year and I got to stand up and be super excited...it was a complete surprise!!! I will be posting the projects I submitted on my blog here soon!) After Awards there was live entertainment! Sleep!

Day 3:
Attend General Session in the morning, eat lunch and then attend classes in the afternoon. (I hosted my second organized Big Shot book swap right after classes today too!) Go to dinner with a sideline, my up-up line and another demo friend and talk stamping. Look through swaps we received and get some new ideas! Sleep!

Day 4:
Attend a General Session that Shelli and her daughter Sara put on to show us new and exciting projects with new and exciting products!! (coming soon! ;) ) Attend one more class, then eat lunch and then attend the Closing General Session and get more FREE products and learn more new cool ideas!! Eat dinner with my roommate, Lou. Sleep!

We got home the next day exhausted but inspired and re-energized to create new things!

Convention is always such a blast and SU! always seems to amaze me with everything they do to put on this incredible event! Thanks Stampin' Up!

That's it! My Convention 2010 re-cap!

**you will see links to blogs that have pictures of the things I am talking about, please know that I did not take these pictures and that they are property of the person's blog I linked to....thanks to those of you who took some pictures!***

Convention 2010

It's time for the annual Stampin' Up!'s convention and I am going! I am excited and know I will have a great time! I will not be posting any projects over the next week, but be sure to check back Thursday for the Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge for this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Exclusive Curtain Call Color Challenge Swap for Demo's!

Any of you fellow demonstrators want to be apart of an awesome swap started by Stacey from Stacey's Stamping Stage, home of the Curtain Call color Challenge? The swap will take place at Stampin' Up! convention in July, but even if you are not going you can still join! Click here to visit Stacey's blog and all the details about this swap! (I wasn't going to join any swaps this year, but once I saw Stacey had started this swap...I knew I had to join!)

Here are the colors that we are using for the swap! What fun colors!!! I am soo excited for this swap!!!

What a great idea Stacey had for this swap!!!

I would suggest you go by Stacey's blog and sign up now, as sign up ends July 5!!!

SU! Color Renovation!

If you haven't heard Stampin' Up! is going to do a color renovation which will take place in the up-coming 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog that starts July 1. I wanted to let you see the changes now, so you have time to order colors that we are bidding a fond farewell too and to get you excited about the new colors that will make up the new color collections!

Here are the colors that will not be returning in the new Idea Book and Catalog:


Here are the colors that will be in the new Idea Book and Catalog:
I am very excited about this renovation/change and I hope you are too! If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!

Step into Spring with Stampin' Up!

Spring is here and Stampin' Up! has a great promotion to help you get ready for it!

Click on the picture in this post or find the link to the "Stampin' Up! Specials" on the right side of my blog to learn about all the fabulous details!

If you have any questions, please leave me a comment or contact me.

Thanks and Happy Spring!

Leadership with Lou!

A little something different tonight! As some of you may know, I am at Stampin' Up's Leadership conference this week. I am having a blast here with my friend Lou! She has been taking pictures and posted them on her blog! To see day one click here and to see day two click here.

I am having so much fun and learning so much!

Thanks for checking in with me!

For Sale Updated!

FYI, I updated my stamp sets for sale blog. Go check them out! There are some great deals to be had!

Click on the For Sale sign on the left side of my blog or click here!

Happy World Card Making Day!

That's right, today is World Card Making day. Celebrate it by making a hand made card and giving it to someone. You will have fun making it and they will enjoy receiving it!

I am celebrating World Card Making Day tomorrow with a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators by holding a group stamp camp for all to come join!

Have a great day!

3rd Birthday Bear Boy

There are endless possibilities of what you could do with the new Build a Bear line that Stampin' Up! just launched today. Here is a card I made for a little boy who turned 3 yesterday. I made the boy bear using the brand new exclusive Build a Bear Die from Stampin' Up! that is available today in the Holiday Mini Catalog! (If you need a copy of the mini, let me know and I will get one right to you!)

He was so fun and easy to dress and make. If you would like to book a workshop using the new Build a Bear items that Stampin' Up! has to offer contact me to set it up and we will have a beary good time!

Here is a close up and little more detail of bear.

Thanks for looking and
have a great day!

Stamp Sets for Sale

I just spent sometime uploading a lot of the retired stamp sets that I have for sale and thought I would let you know where they are! I have created a new blog for them, the address is http://istampicreateihavefun-forsale.blogspot.com/ or you can click here to go to it now.

I will be adding more stamps sets and accessories along the way, so keep checking back!

There is also a link on the left side of my blog (look for the "For Sale" sign) to go to the Stamp Sets For Sale blog.