Stampin Stresss Away with Carole'Anne

Stampin Up 2010 Convention Over the top swaps

Over the top Swaps continued

Hi there to y'all (this one is for you Lee he eh )

so after getting off work yesterday (hey pretty good only 11 1/2 hour day - yhahoo)

I made supper and then wait straight to my craft

oh yha you guessed it - it need to be cleaned - and cleaned GOOD

It only took me 2 1/2 hours not bad uh?

but I can create in that space now - and let me tell you I am excited

the first thing I am working on is a complete tutorial for you

on the Aurum Lily card

I will be releasing it on Saturday

I am a little nervous cause it will be my first try at selling a tutorial

it will be a complete PDF document with lot's and lot's of photos! (it's only going to $5.00)

Wish me luck with this! he he :-)

okay let me show you first my craft room then I will move onto the over the top swaps

look at my floor he he

oh yha 

let the creativity flow

and from all the wonderful swaps I received it should be good right??

take a look at my sis' card

adorable!

the photo really does not do it justice

it's so pretty 

Sandi MacIver

   love the corner!

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another swap card came from

Cheryl Le Force

 
ouh I just love love this card Cheryl you did an amazing job

gorgeous in and out!

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are you ready for another card?

  
  Thsi card is Julie Collins

and the inside!

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now onto Sandy Hancock's card

I love the velum enveloppe on this!

don't you!

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ouh wait till you see the flowers

   look at this

It's Sue Kempton-Miller's card

whow uh?

and the inside!

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okay one last card I have to share with y'all!

I just love the belly band on this card

don't you and all the sponging she did and the embossing

and what about the inside of 

Vickie Ellis-Ettresman's card

whowzers

how fun is this uh?

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ouh and you know those cute little card holders??

you can buy them from Lee - they are fabulous and they would so well!

you can click right here - to get them!

All right now you know what to do right

you need to go visit to more of my dearest friends blogs!

Lee

& Sandi

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

and please come back on Saturday! 

I hope that the tutorial is a huge hit for y'all!

thank you so much for all your wonderful comment!

so so appreciated!

Embossed hug to you from me!

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway!

Oh and The Ribbon Share will be on my Blog on Sunday!

   

Over the top Swap & Post Stampin Up! Convention moments 2010

Stampin Up Convention is over & we are home trying to make heads or tail of our next few days

this is not going to be easy LOL!

Hope you are all doing GREAT!

I am catching up on some sleep

but I need some much needed time in my craft room!

wanta see how bad it is???

that is what happens when you spend 14 hours at work!

 

THOSE ARE JUST MY OVER THE TOP SWAPS

 

HELP!

ANYONE!!!!!!???????

 

OH MY!

I WILL GET THIS UNDER CONTROL

YOU WILL SEE BY TOMORROW HE HE :-)

LET ME SHOW YOU SOME FABULOUS CARDS FROM THE OVER TOP SWAP

THIS CARD WAS CREATED BY 

ANNIE MEDIGOVICH

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THIS CARD IS FROM

DONNA BAGWELL

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HOW MUCH WORK IS THIS?? CRAZY BEAUTIFUL

THIS CARD WAS CREATED BY :

EVELYN NORRID

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OH MY WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS CARD!

AIN'T IT JUST AN WHOW!

 

HELEN HOMET'S CARD IS JUST SO AMAZING

I LOVE THE WATERCOLORING!

THIS IS JUST AMAZING! DON'T YOU THINK?

 

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AND THIS IS KAREN DUKES CARD

I LOVE THE BIRD IT'S SO SPARKLY!

 

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NOW THIS IS ALOT OF WORK!

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CARD

WHOWZERS

 

 
CREATED BY:

LAURA SCHMITT

WONDERFUL CARD LAURA!

 

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OUH YES THIS NEXT CARD

IS FROM

ONE OF MY ROOMIES

 

THIS IS FROM THE FAMOUS LEE CONREY!

 

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OKAY LOOK AT ALL THE EMBOSSING ON THIS ONE!

 

BEAUTIFULLY DONE BY:

SUSY MILLER!

 

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OKAY ONE LAST CARD FOR YOU!

AND THEN IT'S LEE & SANDI'S TURN TO SHOW YOU SOME BEAUTIFUL CARDS!

 

 

AND THIS ONE IS CREATED BY TAMMY SMITH

I LOVE I HOW SHE CREATED THE MOSAIIC

HOPE THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD HE HE

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Okay so I truly hope you enjoyed my highlights from the 

"Over the Top Swaps"

it was such a wonderful event 

Barb you did such a GREAT job

I will show you the fabulous dinner event at the

Over the top swap evening tomorrow okay?

 

anyways for now though please go visit my two roomies

we have 

 

Lee Conrey

 

& Sandi MacIver!

 

please make sure sure to leave a comment for them okay?>

I am going to announce a new blog candy draw on Thusday

and I am getting ready offer a 

Ribbon Share!

That will go live on Thursday as well

holly cow we got lot's going on uh?

what a week after convention!

okay well got to get more work done!

wishing you all a wonderful day

Embossed hug

from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

Stampin Up convention last day of events! 2010

NOW FOR OUR LAST DAY OF STAMPIN UP CONVENTION IN SALT LAKE CITY!

Good morning y'all

I am home! (well at work anyways) lol

I hope you all had a great week!

sorry we all did not post on Sunday!

The three  us were all travelling home and we made a decision to continue our mini three day tour today instead! hope you undertand ouh and wait it dont' stop here!

today were will each announce the blog candy winners - and we will be doing some swap highlights as well!

so that will be Tuesday and Wed.

Fun stuff uh?

okay so let's get started

So the morning session consisted of a grand entrance by

Shelli and her beautiful daughter Sarah

it was fabulous

they came down the isles and they were throwing OUR NEW BEAUTIFUL Stampin Up Frabics

in the crowd how cool is that??

Here is Shelli and Sarah

wearing skirts created with the new Stampin Up Beautiful Fabric

oh my goodness I can't wait to get my hands on that STUFF!!! HE HE :-)

Are they not too cute

Shelli is sitting on Sarah's lap!

look at those trees!

This is our new fabrics that will be available on Sept.

you have to see it out of the package!

 
okay so you are thinking 

what am I going to do with fabric 

well lot's!

he he 

even cards!

how neat is that??

ouh and you want to sew something??

look at this!

love it

okay sorry I got carried away with the fabric 

I have a few photos to share of our grand entrance of that morning session

so cool

all the Stampin Up staff were lined up and they were giving us all a high five

so cool take a look!

take a look at Sandi with 

Kevin (Stampin Up Employee)

 

now take a look at the attendess!

this is only a portion of the 2700 attendees there are bleachers full as well

what a great project to do in mini scrapbooking!

The new impression plate

this is beautiful don't you think???

fun stuff!

okay so want to see more??

okay a few more and then I am out of here!

This is from left to right

Sandi, Lee, myself and Heather!

 

my last photo that I want to share with you!

I just love this

it was on one of the displays!

Isnt it just gorgeous?

all right so now you know the drill

you get to go visit my two other special Friends

We have 

Lee's Blog

and Sandi's Blog

ouh and YES

the winner of the Trash Can is.........

Are you Ready???

It's

Paige!

congratulations

please email me privatly at

caroleanne@xplornet.com

for shipping address please?

Thank you 

don't forget to come back tomorrow!

have a good day

Embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski
 
   

Stampin Up Convention Day 2 Fun

ouh Yes STAMPIN UP CONVENTION DAY 2!

morning y'all

yesterday was a fabulous day and I can't wait to share the highlights!

we have a fun fun share today

first remember how we chatted about doing a mini tour between Sandi, Lee and I??

well guess what???
it's happening just for you our loyal fans!

soooooooooooo each of us are going to have some special photos to highlight our day 2

AT THE STAMPIN UP CONVENTION HERE IN SALT LAKE CITY!

are you ready???

ouh but wait we have something else

each of us are going to offer some Blog Candy!

ouh YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

BLOG CANDY!

 

Details will be found at the end of this post along with the link to move onto the next blog!

this first photo is of some of the fabulous display boards

onto an amazing page that I just love!

 
whow uh?

I KNOW!!!!

oh wait I have way way more he he :-)

baby diaper cake and little party favors

Shelly co founder and CEO of Stampin Up!

don't you just love the stage??

so cool!

I love these two samples so pretty!

look at this board with all the really cool punch art!

lot's of great 3D ideas as well

Talking about 3D look at this beautiful clock!

look at this cute photo of us! he he

From right to left

Sandi

Lee

and Me!

yhum pretend candies he he

our Sandi has an up close of the cool candy tray!

way way toooooooo COOL!

I think this is so brilliant I love the way this was done with DSP

to make it look like a sunflower!

so I was so excited when I spotted one of my cards on display ouh and then

right next to it my asian book was on display!

I found a scrapbook page that I did on display

take a booh

and how about this amazing Scrapbook page

poor little Max is so sad

without me

ahw! :-(

 

ain't this the most adorable??

I absolulty love this page

So inspiring don't you think??

love it!

 

so this is our beautiful new convention bag and the stamps that we received upon check in

you know you could receive this fabulous bag too,

all's you have to do is join my team and become a demonstrator

and oh yes and convention experience could be part of your July 2011 plans!

Fun stuff uh??

we had a really wonderful dinner last night as well

 

here's Sandi and Lee

at dinner!

 

look at the beautiful goodies I got in Momento Mall

ouh and yes and you know we are going to be drawing some fabulous BLOG CANDY

and soooooooo

want to see what it is????

how would you like to win 

this WONDERFUL COLLAPSABLE TABLE TRASH CAN!

adorable uh?

and here it is collapased!

What do you need to win this???

simple

y'all need to leave a comment to win this fabulous Blog Candy!

we will each be giving one of these away - so that means you have

3 chances of winning

But YOU must leave comments to win!

so please make sure you post a comment!

This blog tour will continue till Sunday!

we are excited to share more photos with you!

so please come back tomorrow!

isn't this fun

Thank you Sandi you are so smart to come up with this wonderful

Mini Blog Tour event!

now please don`t forget to go visit my two wonderful friends!

here are the links to

Sandi`s Blog

&

Lee`s Blog

Draw will be on Monday!

 

Fun Fun Fun!

okay so until tomorrow I wish y'all a really wonderful day

Embossed hug from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway

 

Stampin Up Convention 2010 Salt Lake City Utah

Good morning to y'all my blogging friends!

I am here in Salt Lake City Utah! I am thrilled to be here for a week and most of thrilled to finally meet Sandi & Lee! We have been friends for over a year now and we had never met!

Whow I have to say that it's been super special to have this oppertunity! I am so blessed to have my blog due to Stampin Up!

ouh la la okay I got to show you a few photos................ and I finally got to meet Roscoe's mom too! Hi Carey! how's you on this fine morning????

please come by so I can get a photo with you!!!!

all right so now let me show you some cool photos!

 

and here they are

Lee Conrey is  the lovely lady on the left

And

Sandi MacIver on the right - my beautiful sis!

ouh and I have to show you a photo of yesterday morning looking out of our room

 

and here is the card that Sandi created

The three of us tought how to make this card to many fellow demonstrators

ain't that cool

if you would like a tutorial on how to make this beautiful card,

you need to go over to Sandi's Blog, cause guess what???

She has it!

I will post her link at the end of my post!

After teaching in the morning the three of us set out for a walk

and ouh let me tell you - it was REAL hot!

silly me I wore jeans in 98 degree weather! LOL

as we walked out of our hotel room we were greeted by this beautiful building!

 

aint that too cool?

it's the old train station and the inside is just as spectacular as the outside I tell you!

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okay so you all know I am have been holding out on what I have been creating right??

well I am going to give you a peek into what my craft room looked like the last few weeks!

 

What do you suppose I did with this??

he he :-)

this is part of the My Over the Top Swaps! he he :-)

I know how cruel of me LOL

 

here's some swaps that Renee, my Mom, Jackie  and I worked hard on!

I shipped them to the hotel early so I would not have to carry them on the plane

it was bad enough that I had ONE big Suitcase FULL of all Stampin Up Stuff

and the other was just my clothes!

 
little gifts for Lee and Sandi!

and ofcourse I shipped a HUGE tin of Tim Horton's Coffee

ouh yes got to have my Tim's

Sandi was a happy camper too he he :-)

 

this was my craft room a few days before I left

what a mess

but hey that is what you get for work in progress right???

okey dokey I promise to post again today with more goodies for you to see!

I am truly sorry that I have been missing in action so much lately

I would like to extand a special thank you to My Special Chikie, to my mom and to Jackie for all your wonderful help in the last few weeks prior to convention

I would have never been able to do what I did without you!

so I thank you and love you all so much

ouh and I have some awesome news!

I will be doing a HUGE ribbon Share

Sandi is helping me and for all you Canadian's I will have an online Ribbon Share that you can order from right here!

so please stay tunned to that!

Aint that just so much fun???

okey dokey as promise you need to go see Sandi's blog so you can get that fabulous tutorial!

 

Click here to get to Sandi's Blog

and well that is it for me for tomorrow

until tomorrow!

have a super GREAT DAY

and thank you all so much for you patiences the last few weeks

really really does mean tones to me

Embossed hug to you

from me

Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski

AKA Stampin Stressaway