There's a kind of hush .............

all over the Stampin' Up!® world!!

Some very lucky USA/Canadian demonstrators are enjoying the thrills and spills at Convention in Salt Lake City - it wasnt that long ago we had ours in April in Brisbane ... what an awesome experience it is to go and such a blessing to be able to go too!

I am sure all the Diva's will update us when they return - well after they all recover!! I doubt there is much sleeping happening at the Diva Convention House!

Today is the calm before the release of the Australian/New Zealand Spring Mini Catalogue and I tell you it will warm you up from the cold snap we are currently having!

One of the gorgeous new sets in our Mini will be the very noice True Friend stamp set - I just love this set and used it in a 6x6 Mini Catalogue Swap for our team. Here is the layout I made and do you see the resemblance in those two gals?? well they do happen to be sisters and one of them is ME!! You have to guess which one!! lol

I have made my own patterened paper using the True Friend set and some pastel popping! I've also used a flower from the pretties kit which I dyed to Bashful Blue to match the layout.

Keeping in the 'blue' theme I thought I'd also share this card I recently made for a challenge on an Aussie Demonstrator group.

This one is made using One of a Kind stamp set and the flower centres are from In the Spotlight which is a lovely Hostess Set. I've used Soft Sky, Pretting in Pink and Close to Cocoa.

If you are in Australia and would like your own copy of the Spring Mini Catalogue then please leave a comment including your email address and I will get in touch with you to send you one.

I hope you all have a great day and look forward to seeing some sharing from all thats being revealed at Convention!

Leonie

~One of a Kind~

This is a message to all of the Divas in our group: "You are one of a kind"


Welcome! My name is Max and I am the founder of Utah Divas International. We are an online group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators and as our banner depicts, from all around the world (Where Stampin' Up! is) I wanted to create a blog for all our Divas to have their work shown and so our customers could see our creations.

I live in Riverton, UT and work for Stampin' Up! It is my most favorite job by far. I have 4 children, Natalie, Kayleigh, JD & Olivia. I am originally from England, so was ecstatic when Stampin' Up! went into Europe. I have been a Demonstrator since 2004 and have met so many wonderful people during this time.

I will be posting on Mondays. Todays project was made by myself. I entered it for Stampers Showcase on the Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Website. It was shown on January 18th.

In the fall, we had our first annual retreat for our Divas. We had a great time stampin' and getting to know one another. Alicia showed us how to make these cute petals using the Small Tag Punch and the Designer Series Paper. When Stampin' Up! had a promotion in November (buy 3 packs get 1 free) I took advantage of it. Hey, I take advantage of all promotions :) Not only is DSP great for scrapbooking but for making cards and cute flower petals such as these. You will need to punch 8 tags. Have the side you want to see the most face up. Take the bottom right hand corner and fold it over to the left, just below the tag top. Fold back. It is much easier to make the shape of a flower using a sticky label. Place one tag on the label, then add the rest by laying side by side.

For this card I used the following:

Stamp Set: One of A Kind

Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate and Whisper White

Inks: Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink Marker, Purely Pomegranate Ink Refill

Accessories: Berry Bliss Designer Series Paper, Pink Bead Duo, Tombow Adhesive, Blender Pen, Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Ribbon, Crimper, Paper Snips, Small Tag Punch, Snail Adhesive, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, Color Spritzer Tool