Looky What Came in the mail for Me!

I'm so excited because I'll be heading off to Stampin' Up! Leadership next month.  I missed last year because I didn't register in time.  (Trust me this year, I was one of the first!). 
What is Stampin' Up!'s Leadership Conference?  Well this year its in San Antonio towards the end of January.  And its where the demos who are wanting to build their business go to rejunevate after the holidays (if you will).  Its a conference packed full of ideas for business building, and of course Stamping!! 
Stampin' Up! totally spoils us at any of their events but I LOVE this one because its a little smaller than convention and I pick up so many new ideas I can't even begin to implement all I learn.  And they always have a fabulous Manager's Reception.  These is for demos who have acheived the title Manager and above and boy do they spoil us!!  In past years we've had Manager Receptions at:  Disney World (Florida, this one my first one about 9 years ago), Dinner and a Polo Match in Palm Springs, a 50's type gathering, complete with cat eye glasses and pink bowling bag!  Universal Island of Adventures in Florida, where we had the park ALL to ourselves and I got up close and personal with Spidey himself!~
So you get the picture, we get AMAZING spoliage happening.  And this year we'll have an exculsive showing of the Chinese Acrobats of Hebi.
And here's the invitation I received in the mail today.  Of course it came wrapped in Timeless Portait Designer Series Paper.

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Early Bird SAB Recruit Special!

Hello Stampers!

I know its been a looooong while since I've posted.   I promise in the upcoming days, I'll post some awesome Christmas cards that we swapped at convention.  But for now wanted to make you all aware of this great opportunity:

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration Starter Kit Early Bird Deal - Dec 13th & 14th


Stampin' Up! is offering demonstrators attending the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference the opportunity to share the upcoming Sale-a-Bration Starter Kit Special and BONUS for just TWO DAYS (December 13 & 14). That's over one month before it's regular offering of January 24 to March 31st).
Here's the Early Bird Sale-a-Bration details:
•Only available December 13 & 14

•Starter Kit for ONLY $125 (regularly $175 - for over $340 of Stampin' Up! product and business supplies)

•Choose Standard Starter Kit or Digital+ Starter Kit

•Starter Kit Sale-a-Bration Bonus!! NEW this year...from Feb thru Dec 2012, you'll get to choose either a Free Designer Series Paper Pack or Free MDS Digital Download. That means for each month (11 months) you can choose one or the other. (Shipping not included)

•When you join now, you'll have access to the Sneak Peak Pre-Order for demonstrators only - for the AWESOME 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog.

•After joining, when you place a demonstrator order between now and January 3rd, you'll qualify for FREE Sale-a-Bration products for orders of $50 increments!!

•Ready to join my team?  I'd love to tell you about ALL the awesome benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I'd love for you to join my team, The Craft Pots.  Please go to http://www.robynscherzer.stampinup.net/ to learn more and what comes in the great kit!


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Punch Art

Last Friday I had my Let's Get Punchy 2 and these were the cards we created.  Now keep in mind, I'm always searching out ideas and most of these I found from someone else and than changed them up a bit to make them more "mine" if you will.

The first 3 cards, I totally CASED from my friend LeAnn Gref, she's a total punch art artist!  The snowman I barely changed at all, it was so stinking cute just the way it was!

The second card I also CASED from LeAnn, but I have to tell you, one of the gals who came to my class is a cake decorator and she changed the way the cake was, by putting on a 3rd layer.  I just keep thinking, I wish I had a cake topper instead of candles and "DOINK" when I saw what she did, I changed mine too!  Thanks Lori!

And of course this 3rd card is from LeAnn as well.  Isn't she amazing???!!! I love the DSP its from the Holiday Mini and its called Spice Cake.  YUMMY!!

This 4th card I called the Bluebird of Happiness but Edwin keeps asking me why I've made an angry bird!
I got this idea from FusbyRuth on SCS.  I love that all those gals are so giving and love to share!!

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Family Gift Giving!

I just finished this project for a class I'll be doing in December and I just LOVE how it turned out!  I think I'll be doing one for multiple family members....shhh, don't tell!  And I think YOU would love it too to make for Grandma/Grandpa, mom, aunt etc....
I actaully CASED this from Stamp to the Max.  I didn't do it exactly like her, I changed a few things up but what an awesome idea!  Thanks Max!

Here's the deaIio...If you were to do this project on your own, you'd probably spend over $200 on just the supplies used. Heck, the Serif Essentials Alphabet, for the Big Shot, alone is $149.95. (Which by the way I just got and I DO love them. Can't wait to make some birthday banners and holiday banners with it).

I'll be offering 2 classes to help you in your Christmas gift giving for only $30! Saturday, December 10 at 2pm and Friday, December 16 at 7pm. The class includes what you see above (except for the cute family pictures), the frame and a bottle of Tombow Multi Adhesive to help put it all together.

If you are distance from me, I'll be offering this by mail as well, cost is still $30, only thing I won't ship is the frame.  But written directions and all elements will be included, you just need to buy the frame and put it together at home.  Shipping will begin week of November 21, 2011.

 Email me if you are interested.

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Chalkboard Technique

At my last downline meeting, Vicky Brockman, did our make and take and here it is....

We did a technique that in my 10 years of being a demo, I've never done........we stamped in white craft ink (we used Awash with Flowers) and colored them in with colored pencils.  We than outlined everything in white gen pen.  I think it looks pretty cool.    Thanks Vicky for sharing!

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Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Here's a card to wish you well on this day!  I totally CASED this from Jan Hoyt's blog.  I just love the little owl from the hostess stamp set, Warmest Wishes.  And of course to be able to just punch him out with the owl punch is an added bonus!  Only thing I changed was the Happy Halloween.  That's from a new stamp set in the big Idea Book called Delightful Dozen.

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Pumpkin Carving and Pumpkin Punching!

WOW, October has certainly flown by, I can't believe Halloween is in 2 days!  I have a quiet moment and thought I better get some posting done!

I have to share a few personal pictures.  My neice, Piper and my daughter Sage have carved pumpkins together now for a few years.  They love each other and unfortunately we don't get to spend a lot of time together even though we only live a city a part.  Life just gets in the way, but times like this make me think we HAVE to make time for the fun family times!!!

This first picture cracks me up, because notice Marley in the lower left hand corner??  He's totally absorbed in what the heck the girls were doing.  He sat like that the whole time they were craving.  Whereas his brother, Murphy really didn't seem to care.

Of course there was lots of messing around before the finished products were done.  You know, pretending to eat the guts of the pumpkins.  Feeding the pumpkin to the dogs etc.

But below is the finished pumpkins.  I really love this picture of Sage and Piper, no clowning, just their beautiful selves!

 And course because this is a blog about papercrafting........here's what we made this month in some of my workshops.  I'm forever forgetting to write down where I found the idea.  But I get most my inspiration from SCS.  And a gal there was kind enough to do a tutorial on how to make the below pumpkin.  Of course its punched out with the 2 3/8 scallop circle punch.  You do that 6 times, score them in the middle and add a little inking around the edges.  Attach 3 of them together, so you have 2 halves.  Using sticky strip on both halves, put a paper clip in the center of one of the halves.  The branches are from the bird punch, you put those on the sticky strip as well.  Cut the bottom scallop off each half, put a penny on top of the sticky strip at the bottom, for weight.  Put the 2 halves together and presto! you have a great name place holder for Thanksgiving!!!

When my club gals saw this, they started going on about all the other great ideas you could do....if you had a buffet, place in front of each of the dishes.  Make them out of the ornament punch for Christmas, make them out of the Scallop Square punch like Christmas presents, etc etc.....they're so smart!

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