Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we've had a change of venues for this weekend's Stampin' Palooza event!

Please join us at the Toronto Legion Hall at 9 Dawes Road (South of Danforth Ave between Main St and Victoria Park Aves).

We'll be on the main floor, with plenty of parking available on-site as well as at the Canadian Tire location a half-block away!  This location is a quick 6 minute walk from both the Main Street Subway stop on the Bloor-Danforth line, as well as from the Danforth Go Station!

At Stampin' Palooza, you will have the opportunity to use your "Happy Greetings" stamp set to make 10 complete projects on Saturday June 18th.

To complete these Make & Takes on site, I suggest you bring the following with you.

INK PADS or MARKERS - see colour palette above!

• Tangerine Tango (or bright orange)
• Wild Wasabi (or bright green)
• Melon Mambo (or bright pink)
• Pacific Point (or bright blue)

ADHESIVES:

• SNAIL adhesive (or other dry adhesive for paper)
• 2-way glue pen (or wet glue suitable for glitter)
• Sticky Strip (for heavy duty use on cardstock)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (or other pop-dot for raised embellishments)

TOOLS:

• sharp scissors (for paper and ribbon)
• bone folder or scoring tool
• paper piercer & mat pack
• stamp cleaner
• PUNCH:  border punch (such as Scallop Trim border, Scallop Edge, Eyelet, Pinking hearts, etc)
• OPTIONAL:  corner rounder punch

Please REMEMBER to bring your clear blocks if your are using CLEAR MOUNT STAMPS!

If you are coming with a friend, I recommend that you share as many
of these items as possible -- this will allow more workspace at your
table. Please label everything you bring!

If you don't have all the tools necessary, we will have extras
available to borrow as well as I'm sure those around you will be happy
to share... that's the way we stampers are, after all :)

I have a few of the photos taken from the October Holiday Blitz 'Palooza loaded to our Facebook page -- you can see them here:  Facebook Palooza pics.

I'll be uploading the photos + the ones of all the projects and display boards up next week, so be sure to watch for that!

I'd like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated and assisted at our
Holiday Blitz 'Palooza!  What a fabulous time we all had putting it together and enjoying everyone's creative energies and smiles -- and I'm loving the feedback we're getting about how much YOU all loved it too.

Special thanks to everyone who donated either food for the Toronto Food Bank or cards for Ronald McDonald House...your generosity is much appreciated by the community we serve.

Please send me your feedback & testimonials to help us make our 2011 Spring 'Palooza the best one ever!

Caroline

All the printable lists that we used (and a few more cool ones!) can be found at a great websites, OrganizedChristmas!

Click HERE to print yours out!

Here's an adorable use of the new Candy Cane Christmas fabric that I saw on my recent Founders Circle trip.

We'll be using this fabric on one of the projects at our Holiday 'Palooza -- be sure to sign up before tickets are all gone!

One of the best and favourite parts of attending Founders Circle has always been getting back awesome swap cards from all the top demonstrators across North America.

I'm always inspired by the creativity of these amazing women, and these swap cards fuel my stamping fire for months, as well as serve as great samples for upcoming classes.

If you want to see them in person, including Shelli, Sara and Shalae's offering, I'll have these and many more up on display on October 2 at our Holiday Blitz Stampin' Palooza
here in Toronto, both for the daytime and then the later Demonstrator Only training event.

If you want to see them ONLINE, I will post them after the 'Palooza on Monday October 4th!! You won't want to miss it....

With our Holiday Blitz Stampin' Palooza event just a few weeks away, I figured I'd tantalize you with information about some of our guest presenters and the demos they'll be showing you!

Christyne Richardson will be showcasing the new Design-A-House kits from the Holiday mini catalogue, with 4 different seasonal houses: Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s & Easter. She also has a variety of creepy fun Halloween decorations, using Décor Elements.

Julie Leblanc will show you ways to use both traditional stamping and My Digital Studio to create beautiful inserts for our jewelery line.

Erin Calhoun has some neat techniques to share using Crystal Effects, the wonder glass-y liquid that all stampers need to have!

Dina Anker will give you great ideas on creating headbands and pins with Big Shot dies.

Blair Moch will showcase a beautiful Christmas table setting, using stamping products.

And of course, Big Shot Brent has a few tricks up his sleeve for you as wel, including how to use the new Letterpress plates!!

This is especially important as you'll be using this technique as part of one of your 10 Make & Take projects that day, so it'll be extra fun for you!

Speaking of the Letterpress plates, check out this video with the fabulous Shannon West showing how to use them.

Since I'm leaving tomorrow for Founders Circle and will not be back until late on the 19th, I've extended the Early Bird pricing on 'Palooza tickets until the 20th. Be sure to get your tickets now as attendance has been limited to only 60 people!

If you are a current Stampin' Up! demonstrator, you do NOT want to miss out on this special event running from 4:30 - 7:30pm, being held at the Legion Hall at 81 Peard St (same location as 'Palooza)!

Please plan to join us for an exclusive "Founders Circle 2010" presentation, where Caroline LeBel will share exclusive business and stamping information from SU's top incentive trip!  

You will be treated to a sneak peek at new SU product, 3 new Make & Take projects using "Day of Gratitude" stamp set and then dinner. Please bring your standard stamping kit of adhesive, scissors & bone folder with you.

Cost to attend this evening is $20 and you can register online here or by contacting Caroline directly. Hope to see you there!