Leaving....on a jet plane!

Well, it's the last day of the show today and we start our journey back home just after lunch.

Yesterday was spent yet again on my speedy cart and we got to see and get more great goodies - managed to steal this photo off of Dyan's blog - how do I look LOL! 

Bumped into more people (Shelli and Sterling again!) and there is lots of lovely things out there.  Very pleased that Shelli will be inspired by what is here for her next releases!

Stamping is everywhere at the show, as is bold brights, vintage, lots of jewellrey making and lots of excitement.

The new Ellison / Sizzix Eclips machine looks fab and I'm very happy that I never gave into my Cricut urge as I can see myself becoming an Eclipse fan!

For more pictures, get googling other blogs and sites and you'll be sure to feel like you are right here with me!

Beginning of day 3!

What a day yesterday was :)

To start with, it seems that two days in flip flops have rendered me unable to walk - great!  Michelle has diagnosed me with a March fracture in my foot but I guess we'll have to wait until I get back to find that one out.  However it did mean that I could whizz around the show - want to know how?

Well there are many humiliating photos taken yesterday of me in my "fat cart".  I'm awaiting Dyan or Lynn to put something on their blogs and then I can steal the photo and humiliate myself on my own blog.

We bumped into a few people yesterday but two of them were Shelli and Sterling Gardner (owners of Stampin' Up!).  We shared our Cadburys chocolate with them for which they were eternally grateful!

So, after a busy day of zooming around the show, we went out with the three House of 3 ladies who were really fun! PF Changs was on the menu and it was all quite surreal walking around Target craft supply shopping with a couple of the biggest names in the scrapbooking world.  Fun though!

So it's foot strapped up and off to the show to see if I can survive without my speedy cart or whether I will need to get another one today - we'll see.  This is the last full day of the show, so gotta get alot done today.

Almost forgot - more goodies to add to the giveaway pile yesterday :)

Have fun!

CHA Giveaway!

Hi everyone,

Well I have popped back from the first day and boy, have I got some "stuff" already.

So much so, that I thought that upon my return, I am going to have a giveaway of everything that I've got.  Can I say Making Memories pink aprons, can I say stamps, can I say totes and papers and and and.......well that is enough for now, you get the idea!

The biggest ooooo from the show so far I would say that I've spotted is a new die cut machine from Ellison called the Eclipse which is sort of like the Cricut and the Cricut Gypsy all in one.  And the other thing which went down well with Michelle who I am with is the Cricut CAKE.  Can you believe that they have turned the Cricut machine into one that cuts fondant, marzipan, icing, pastry - you get the idea.  It looks excactly the same as the Cricut for paper but is bright red. I did take a picture but we've not got a card reader here - boooo - I bet if you google Cricut CAKE you'll find some smarter people than us that will already have videos and photos on their blogs / websites.  Zoe - eat your heart out - you would love it.  And the stand wasn't doing Make and Take's it was doing Cake and Bakes LOL!  Decorating cupcakes - it was very cool!

So, lots of walking, talking and taking it all in and then tomorrow off for some more serious in depth looks.  It's 4pm here so I'm changing my shoes and heading back to the show for the last couple of hours.

Have fun!

4am in LA!

Morning all,

Well although I tried all week to stay up as late as possible to get into LA timing, it's day 2 and we were awake at 4am - whoops!

Great journey over - my brother pulled a few strings and it meant that Michelle and I got upgraded to Club Class, so it was lovely to get 6 hours sleep on the way over :)

Yesterday was spent adjusting to the time difference, trying to sort out business cards that didn't arrive in the UK before Michelle left and of course a little shopping :)

Show starts at 9am today, so having had 6 hours sleep last night, its going to be a long day.  We are out for dinner tonight too and we've already spotted Bubba Gump Shrimp Co which seems to have our name on for tonight.

Weather reasonable - warmer than there but still jumpers needed although it is supposed to be a bit warmer today.  If my face gets to see sunshine today, I'll let you know.

Have fun!

Evening all :)

Here is the (rather bright) card I made to say thank you to everyone who placed an order this month.  The flowers are from the Happy Moment Sale-a-Bration kit and I've seen this used a lot and liked it!

Well it's almost Friday and with any luck in 12 hours time, I should be on a plane on my way to LA LA land (Los Angeles) heading for the CHA Trade Show.  I've been told that we have a laptop and mobile broadband so you never know, I will try my best to give you a little update on what is going on!

I know we are having dinner with Heidi Swapp, Rhona Farrer and Janet from the House of 3 on Monday night - Heidi Swapp is a bit of a papercraft idol of mine, so I will try not to get too star struck LOL!  Lots of meetings planned so it will be busy busy busy but then the weather report is showing temperatures of 70 degrees, so all should be good!

Catch up with you all soon,

In 7th Heaven!

Well, the order from my Prize Draw arrived yesterday - just a few bits and peices :)

What's that big pile?  That will be all of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets that this order and everyone who ordered earnt.  Is there some of your order there? :)

I frantically repacked everything last night and will be sending everything out today! So you will get an email from me tonight letting you have your shipping details!

There is still time for you to get orders in if you want some FREE stamps!  Contact me or look at my WEBSITE to find out more.

I always send out a Thank You card to show my appreciation for everyone who orders from me so I will be back tomorrow with a picture of the card I made for everyone this month!

Hubby has had confirmation and a starting date of Monday 1st February :)  Can't wait for him to be back in full time employment again - might even book a holiday to celebrate LOL!  Best I get LA out of the way first!

See you tomorrow,

Just the two of us!

Here is the page that we did at Scrap Club last night.  Made using the To The Nines Designer Speciality Card together with some of the Pretties kit, some twill and some stickers I found in my stash!  The photo is of me and hubby well over a year ago, not too bad but then we don't seem to get many pictures of the two of us together.

This page will be available as my first Scrapbook Kit "By Mail" in February, so if you like what you see, watch this space!

I'll be here with a giveaway tomorrow, so make sure you come back to put your name down to win some FREE stash!

Have fun!