Shoebox Swap time.....

So for any of you who have not already done a Shoebox Swap - it is so much fun. You make up a card design sample, and then kits to make that card.  Everyone brings their kits and supplies in a shoebox and places them at a table station - and then you rotate and make one of everyone's card.  My downline members, Sarah and Virginia, recently hosted a great shoebox swap at a local restaurant - and today I'm gonna share of few of those cards.  The theme was SPRING!

Here is Betty's card

and my take on Betty's card

Christel's card

Stop back tomorrow to see a couple more of our great cards.  ~Maureen

Personal Post Monday..... Kind of :)

Well - I guess this has a bit to do with stamping :)  Last weekend my daughter Heidi, our friend Christel and myself did the Simi Valley Snowfest Craft fair.  It is a wonderful family event with 80+ vendors and mountains of snow for the kids to play on - which was good because temperatures were in the mid-80's.

We had a great booth though with cards, papercrafts, homemade natural candles, body scrubs and bath bombs and more.

 Heidi set up our booth and it really looked great -

And we did pretty well - most every other vendor we spoke to sold little or nothing - but we did fine.  I think the heat was causing people to not buy - but our little nook was shady and cooler :)

 We also got several contacts for future workshops and stamp camps -

 And sold a bunch of cards and other items -

So like I said - a GOOD day!!  Those of you who live local - we'll be having a stamping open house and craft fair at my home on December 14 - so watch for details!! ~Maureen

Our Christmas GIft Exchange

Okay - soooo sorry for the delay - I thought I'd better try and get all my Christmas Posts done before January's over :)  Can't believe how time flies - so enjoy seeing all the great items we exchanged over the next few days.  We just asked that something be stamped - it could be the item or the wrapping or both. 

Christel's gift from Paula

She painted the sign and included the wine :)

And the packaging was adorable.

Darlene's beautiful candle and cute bag from Christel.

Delores' gift from Lois

Close up of the stamping and ornament she included

  Stop back tomorrow for more great gifts!!~Maureen

CSL gifts - Part III

Here we go with another round of gifts ~Maureen

Here is Elaine's with her adorable tissue holder from Christel, using our Storytime paper.

Heidi's is a Secret Sister gift so a bit more - Julie made her this great apron in a jar using our SU fabrics - how cute is that!

Here is Karen's great Secret Sister gift from Lois - it's a pot with paperwhite bulbs in it for the holidays - and a set of our adorable SU ornaments from Convention.  Karen was not able to make it, so wasn't able to be in the picture.

Thank you for your support at Snowfest!

Last weekend Heidi, Christel and I had a "Stampin'" booth at Snowfest in Wood Ranch Simi Valley - and what a great day we had!! Thank you to so many of you for stopping by and showing your support - we had some great sales, lots of entries for the SU giveaway - we'll be getting the prize basket to the winner from Simi Valley soon.  Mostly we loved chatting with each and everyone of  you about your love of papercrafting!!  Stampers are the BEST!!

 

 

Snowfest is put on by the Parks and Rec department each year.  I've never been before so did not know what to expect -but it was really nice.  I didn't walk around much, as not feeling great, but could tell it was a wonderful family event - snow on the hill, bouncers, food court, dance performances and lots of local craft booths.  Consider bringing your family out next year as I hope we'll be back!! ~Maureen

Lovely Happy Birthday Cards

Thought I'd share with you today, some of the beautiful cards I received from stampers for my birthday - tomorrow I'll share some more.  Thank you to these ladies for the beautiful wishes!!

Christel's - http://craftychristel.blogspot.com/

Elaine's

Diane's

Heidi's - http://stampinking.blogspot.com/

Convention - Amazing Convention!!

July 13 - 16 a group of us "Crazy Stamping" ladies flew to Salt Lake City for the annual convention and what a great time we had - Julie, Christel, Theresa, Heidi, Maria and I all roomed at the same hotel and that meant very little sleep :) The first thing we did as soon as we arrived is SLC and dropped our luggage off was head to the Convention Center and get our bags - we're always excited to see what SU is giving us - and this year they did fantastic. Look at this beautiful bag - it's solid and slight squared off so is perfect for a tote or even lunch. And look at the beautiful embroidery on the front to match our "Grow" theme, and I love the "Grow" tag hanging from the zipper.We all just sat directly down on the floor and went through it - sooooo much fun! Here are Heidi and Maria getting out their nametags, etc. As I mentioned earlier the theme was "Grow" - here is the stage the first day - every day the colors on the stage changed, and additional flowers and foliage were added to the stage. It was amazing and beautiful to watch. The only other "Crazy Stamping" lady to attend was Diane and she was fortunate enough to be a Make and Take helper. Here she is helping out at our session and sharing a laugh with Heidi and Christel.