Scallop Folded Flower

Hi Stampers!

Beautiful morning in the North Georgia Mountains.  And...I am still continuing the celebration of my birthday week! :)  My sweet dear friend of many years is taking me to lunch and a movie today.  Since I'm running late this will be a quick share.

I created this card as my swap for the August PAWS meeting.  This flower was used in a project at convention this year.  It was in one of the extra classes that we were able to take in the evening.  It's made with the 1-3/4" Scallop Circle.

• Punch five scallops.
• Take 4 of the scallops and crumple them in your hand.
• Open them out and fold each of them in half and in half again.
• Use the extra scallop as the base and glue each quarter folded scallop to the base.
• Make sure each folded scallop is facing in the same direction as you glue them around.
• They should fit perfectly on the base.  If not, you can refold the the scallop so that it will fit.

I actually created this card first for my swap and then realized that I didn't have enough of this patterned pattern paper to make all the cards.  That's what I love about this project...the color combos are endless.

The Adorning Accents Folders added a sweet extra touch to this card.  I used the small hearts across the middle.  And then added the the edge folder that coordinates with the Edgelit I used to cut the bottom of the whisper white layer.

This is is such a fun flower!  Here you can see the many layers.  The Boho Blossom Punch was used for the center with a Bitty Button and Basic Pearl.

If you decide to give this flower a try.  Let me know how it turns out or better yet email me a pic.

Gotta run!  Have a wonderful day.  Don't forget to leave a comment and share it with others.  It makes my day!

Convention - Stampin' Up! Sample Boards

Today I wanted to share some more pictures of samples form Convention. These projects come from the Stampin' Up! product boards...I hope.  My pictures are so mixed up.  I thought I had everything organized put after downloading pics from other people my Photoshop Elements Organizer is a mess.

There were all types of projects.  I loved the boards with all the different ways to make flowers so I included a few here.  The variety was amazing! The My Digital Studio Projects would make you want to sign up for the free trial right now!  Actually I bought MDS2 Plus this morning!

So take a peek and every so often I will post some more of my convention pictures.

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Got Birthday? Gift Card Holder

It's taken me a few days to get unpacked and organized.  My mom left the hospital as I was leaving for convention so we've had to do some follow up visits in Atlanta with docs.  I also have a fancy fold card class tomorrow night so I have been preparing for that.  By the way, there are a few spots open so if you are local and would like to join us give me a call or text me today.

Thought I would share one of the cards for the class with you.  It's a folded gift card holder.  Summer Starfruit is one of my new favorite colors.  This color has had to grow on some people but I loved it from the start.  The cupcake is from the Got Milk Stamp Set.  It's a cute idea.

• The color combo is from the Color Coach...the Sweet Set for the color Summer Starfruit.  It's a great tool if you need a place to start.  It gives you 3 ideas for each color - a Dynamic Duo, a Creative Combination, and a Sweet Set.

• The Stripes Embossing Folder gives texture to both the inside and outside panel.  Once you own your Big Shot it's an inexpensive way to add interest to your layers.

• The embossing folder mimics the stripes in the cupcake and the Scallop Dots Ribbon does the same with the cupcake sprinkles. This helps to pull the entire project together.

• Then add a little Dazzling Details to the sprinkles for that extra touch.  Wish you could see it in person. :)

A view to show the gift card holder.

Now let me show you all the swaps, gifts, and make and takes I brought back from convention!  The container (much larger then it looks in the picture) is full and overflowing.  Just think if I would have had even more time to make the general swaps I had intended to make.  There's so much to share it's difficult to know where to start.

Here's an idea that was shown on main stage.  At the time I thought for sure I would remember who showed what projects but I'm finding my memory is not as good as I hoped it would be. :)  

What a great way to use those cute colorful Dahlias.

 A darling little Valentine's Card.

This one would surely cheer someone up.

Clean and Simple but so sweet.

I think my favorite is the Christmas card...do you have a favorite?

This next card is at the opposite of the spectrum.  Nothing clean and simple about this card but it's so different and gorgeous.

Let me end today with a sweet scrapbook page that I'm guessing was on the boards.

Thanks for stopping by.   If you have questions feel free to text or email me...and always feel free to leave a comment.

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Stampin' Up! Convention Day 2

Where to start....I did make it to convention even with all that's been going on in my life the past several weeks.  Have to say I have a wonderful husband and without him I would not be here having so much fun!

I was hoping to post every day but we are on the go so much it's difficult to find the time.

Convention officially began yesterday.  Here's everyone waiting for the opening session.  Lots of cheers as the door went up!

The theme this year is I am...  They have been asking us to finish that sentence and right now all I'm thinking is... I am excited to share everything about convention with all of you!

This is the project Shelli shared with us on main stage .  A cute porcelain frame with magnets made from the new buttons that will be in the holiday mini.  A great project for a Christmas gift. 

Dawn Griffith shared two cute cards using ribbon.  

She also shared this cute baby gift box.

And inside was a baby's headband made using the new Scalloped Tulle Ribbon in the holiday mini.  You are going to love it!

Laura Milligan shared some great projects using Stampin' Up! fabric.  She showed us both a sew and no sew version of the scissors caddy using the Petal Cone Die.  I can't wait to make one for my paper snips.

She also shared several cloth bags with cute fabric flowers.  And...a great tip...use some card stock in the layering of the flower to give it more dimension.

Meg Wheeler showed projects using the Snowflake Season Simply Scrappin' Layout Kit also in the up coming Holiday Mini.  I think this is going to be my favorite mini. :)

Then she shared a non Christmas page using the extra numbers and embellishments.

Using the snowflake cutouts from the same kit she made a beautiful snowflake.  Scrapbook kits are a fun and easy way to make lots of projects wether you are a scrapbooker or card maker.

This year I was able to take the tour of Stampin' Up!'s headquarters.  It was really quite amazing.  Here I am with several demo friends.  

Here's where all the creative work, demo support, and shipping happens.

Everyone's desk in customer and demo support was decorated in cards.  Looks like a fun place to work!

The warehouse is huge!

Here's Fran Kennedy and I at pre-convention with our Late Night Stamper's project.  It was a lot of fun being an instructor this year.  Thank you Ginger and Leishman for helping us cut 140 of the projects. 

Convention is so exciting!  No pictures can depict all the fun and learning that is going on.  I am hoping that some of you might join my team this year and consider taking a trip of a lifetime with me.  Let's plan for convention 2013!

I have so many swaps to share with you so make sure you stop back soon!