September 2010

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!

Do you have any special needs in regards to food, such as being a vegetarian, or have food allergies we need to know? Please drop me a line so we can take care of you!

To all my coffee lovers out there, YES... we will have the fabulous Keurig machine with us so you can have freshly brewed "for you" cups of coffee, teas and hot chocolate all day long. 

GREEN ALERT!!
If you have your own coffee travel mugs, please bring it along to help reduce the disposable cup consumption!

Swapping cardfronts and other types of stamped objects is an enormously fun part of any stamping event, and we want to make sure you have the (optional) fun of swapping!

Here are some suggested guidelines for swapping:

· There is no minimum or maximum number of cardfronts to bring - whatever works for you! To note, we have approximately 60 people attending, however not everyone swaps.
· Be sure to add your contact information somewhere on the back of your card, such as a sticker on the back

· Do your best work and have FUN!

You asked for it, so YES... we will once again be accepting non-perishable food items for the Toronto Food Bank in anticipation of their Easter Food drive as well as accepting hand-stamped cards to donate to the Toronto Ronald McDonald House.

See how much food we received at last October's Palooza event?  WOW!