Awards Night

Awards night was a blast! It was so exciting to have my named called and walk stage with the rest of the winners! Here is a picture Christel took with me showing off the bag I bought there! How cute is that fabric!!!

Here is the gifts I got that night! An engraved heart bracelet and a yellow Gerber daisy! They must have know it would match my outfit!
Here is a picture of our group!
And below is the screen when they called my name...thanks Maria for catching that!

Be sure to keep checking back as the artisan blog hop starts in just a few days!!

Last Day!!!!

Don't you just love this box! Well the ONLY way for you to get it is to sign up by July 31st, 11:00pm PST as a new Stampin' Up! demonstrator!!!!! Plus if you sign up as part of my team you will be invited to a FREE stamp camp where you will be making coordinating cards to go with the box. Here is the great deal! $99.00 gets you started, plus you will receive your discount of 20% on every order you place after that as long as you are an active demo(minimum sales required). And your first demo order ($150.00 or more) you will get 30% off! Join today and get the chance to order from the new holiday mini before it is available to everyone else!
As part of my team you will be able to enjoy a free down line meeting every month where you will make free projects and get great ideas! Weather you want to be a hobbyist and join just for the discount or you want to make this a business this kit is for you!
Just go to my website below, and get started!

www.heidiking.stampinup.net

July Stamp Club 3-D project

Ok maybe it is just me, but I think that these hot air balloons are one of the cutest things I have EVER seen!! They were of course on my first order, in fact I think I ordered the entire collection of coordinating items! I actually came up with this cute box based on the box/bag I received at the artisan dinner with my stamp in it! The used a big shot die to create that one, but since I didn't have the die, I thought I would improvise! Plus I love creating my own boxes! I thought this would be perfect to fill with candy and a gift card for someones birthday! The colors are so happy!

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July Club Card

I had a lot of fun with this months club card. I through in a bunch of different techniques. The DSP is the new Chateau Beau along with the coordinating Fabric. We made a rosette from a strip of the floral marina mist fabric, and stuck a few mini brads and pearls in the center. Distressed and sponged the edges of the layers, stenciled, and spritzed the DSP. I was happy with how it turned out. which was good considering I had about an hour to create and prep everything :)

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Palm Tree Perks!!!!

I want to go to Fiji!!!

This year's Stampin' Up! incentive trip is taking all qualifying demonstrators to Fiji, and I want to be one of them :) So throughout the next 11months keep your eyes open for these incredible "palm tree perks" that I will be offering on a regular basis.

These are great deals for you, and will help me on my way to Fiji! Plus - if I make it to Fiji everyone who helped me get there by purchasing products from me this year - will be invited to an all out "Fiji Funtastic" event! You won't want to miss it, so check out the current amazing bundle special I'm offering you of our brand new In color products...

Order the perks "In-color Bundle"* and -

(colors are-calypso coral, wisteria wonder, pool party, island indigo, and lucky limeaide)

You'll get one package of the In color assorted Card Stock ($6.95 value)

Plus a 2 yard sampler of each of the 5 In color ruffled ribbons ($9.95 value)

(shown in lucky limeaide, but you will receive all of the colors listed above)Plus, one full package of the In color polka dot brads ($7.95 value)

And you'll get a sampler of one sheet of each color/pattern, (10-12x12 pieces) of the 2011-12 In color designer series paper pack ($5.50)All for $25.00 plus shipping & handling and tax. This is a total value of $30.35 (you basically get the paper FREE). So you'll get a savings of over $5.00 on the bundle; and a great sampler of the In-color products! It's the perfect way to try out all the new 2011 in colors. But, be sure to email me right away with your order, as this offer ends Sunday July 31st at 11:00am! All orders must be picked up from my home or an additional shipping cost may apply.
Email me now at - stampinking@gmail.com

*Note - this is a special offered and available from me personally - it is not a Stampin' Up! special.

Roomate Gifts

I know I warned you guys a few days ago that I kinda have a wand thing going on. So for my roommates at convention, I figured they all needed a wand to! I had a lot of fun with theses colors and the new Just add cake DSP. I had to add the cute little saying "Queen for a day" I thought it was perfect for everyone I was staying with! Hope they liked them as much as they seemed to ! Thanks for checking in!

Artisan Award Dinner

As part of the honor of winning artisan award, stampin up invited us all to dinner one of the nights we attended convention. I had posted the invite I received in the mail a few post back. It coordinated with the beautiful place setting we had waiting for us when we arrived at dinner. The dinner was truly AMAZING!!! Leave it to Stampin' Up! to go the extra mile to make us feel special. In the little bag in the picture above was this gorgeous stamp! I have to say I think it was the highlight of all the winners night. It was so special for them to make us these! I can't wait to put it to stamping:)
I sat on the far end of the table right across from Amy Schwartz and her husband Marco( I am horrible with names so I really hope I got that right) They were such a pleasure to talk to and get to know!
Below is a picture with the CEO of Stampin' Up! Shelli Gardner. It was such a prefect night. I had a blast! Thank you again for everything!!

Convention shoe box swap

Each year at convention, the group of us that go together participate in a shoe box swap. This years was quite eventful!!! We were all stampin in the downstairs atrium in the center of the hotel we were staying at, pretty late at night. All of the sudden we heard a child crying. I swear the 6 of us went into instant mom mode. The poor little boy was on the 7th floor, running around screaming and crying. He had apparently opened the door half asleep and locked himself out. His parents didn't know since the rooms are all suites he was in a different room then them. Finally after calming him down we were able to get his parents names out of him and security called and knocked on the door! Let me tell you that woke us all up!!! So then after the adrenaline calmed down, we were able to continue to stamp! So here is my card. I know it is a bit funky, but I liked it! Thanks for coming by!

Spooky!!!!

Some of you may know how much I love Halloween. So when I got invited to join the 9 other artisan award winners in a swap at convention, I couldn't help myself but to do something spooky:) Above is the close up of the top of my wand. You can kinda see the shimmers on it! I have been a little into wands lately, so forgive me ahead of time if you see some more in the near future!

And here is the whole thing. I love this set and this ribbon! Can't wait for October to start all my Halloween creating! Thanks for stopping in!

Convention Swap

This year was my 4th convention I have attended through Stampin' Up! I usually don't do swaps since after the first year of disappointment in quality, I figured I would rather spend my time stampin' for myself and the people I enjoy giving to. This year was a little different, I decided to join an organized swap. The rules were strict (which I loved) and the cards were great! Here is what I cam up with for my portion. We only had to make 15 which was nice.

I'm a sucker for baby cards, sets and well anything baby. I love these little onesies! I water colored with Pear Pizazz, Peach Parfait, and Pool Party, cut out and popped the onesies up and threaded a pieces of hemp twine through them!
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