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CONVENTION – MY VERY FIRST!

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I know that I have been very quiet, again  … but guess where I went?

I didn’t even post anything about my going to my very first Stampin’ Up Convention … but believe me, I was very excited!

After I had my card making frenzy over the Easter long weekend, I spent the rest of my school vacation preparing all my class work (for school) so that I would be ready to take my long service leave to attend convention.

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This is the swap that I made – 50 in total … it was so much fun to make and even better when I was able to meet so many amazing demonstrators from across Australia and New Zealand as we swapped and enjoyed the three days of convention activities.

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… and we all got to meet the Stampin’ Up teams from the South Pacific offices as well as the crew from Home Office, USA.

Sarah was a delight throughout Convention … and very graciously shared many photo opportunities with those of us keen on being snapped with her …

I was lucky enough to go to Convention with my upline, the wonderful Tanya Bell.

We enjoyed our time on the Gold Coast and have returned to Bundaberg brimming with great ideas for the coming year.

The new 2015-2016 Catalogue is filled with sensational new products and ideas … you only have to wait a little while until you get to have a look and begin to compile your wish lists.

Check out my Stampin’ Up blog for my class schedule soon:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/mmmstampintime/     and this blog, when I finally learn how to add events.

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TEN LONG WEEKS

I cannot believe that it has been ten weeks since my last post … however, it has been a very busy 10 week term at school.

During this time there has been far too little cardmaking and creativity! I did manage to make it to one of the Stamp Club classes that I enjoy so much.

School finished Thursday and I am now enjoying the Easter weekend followed by another week and a half of school holidays!!

I know this might seem amazing …. but you should see my preparation to do list … that starts Monday!

So with that nasty list hanging over my head, yesterday I chose to make Good Friday the start of a crafting frenzy. The aim was to try to find my crafting ‘mojo’ and use up some retired papers to create some cards to pop away into my stash.

I am pleased to ‘announce’ that I have made 23 cards, used up some retired SU product and with the ‘Sending Good Thoughts’ card I finished half an hour ago … I have found my mojo.

This is an example of another way to source inspiration – be desperate – I started with retired Designer Series papers, matched current cardstock, selected current stamps and used a range of tools (1-2 retired) … but, I did it!

I hope you enjoy these samples from the last 24-36 hours! (P.S. spot the one card that is upside down!)

And … thank you to those of you who have checked in to my blog during my prolonged absence!

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BACK TO SCHOOL

I am sorry that I am not posting any school related projects … this is, sadly, about me being BACK AT WORK!

For those of us in the southern hemisphere, we are about to begin our new school year … and if you’re a teacher, like me, you know what we’re preparing for.

So … it is with great sadness, that I mention that I might not be posting too many things over the next week or so!

Please drop by just in case I have decided to ditch my ‘homework’ and be creative … I hope to surprise myself and create some of the projects that I have been planning.