#Onstage2018 - Stampin' Up! 30th Birthday Celebrations for Demonstrators

As this posts I will have just sat back in my place having shared these lovely new products coming out in the new year with approximately 560 Stampin' Up! UK demonstrators at our twice yearly conference. Today is a special conference celebrating Stampin' Up! 's 30th birthday and I'm so excited to be part of the presentation team.  I had a suite of products to play with and share some of my top tips for demonstrators to help you my lovely readers get the most from your crafting.  The suite is called Needlepoint Nook and although at first sight is very girly and fabulous for those of you who love embroidery I also wanted to share that it can be linked with other products to produce a perfectly masculine project too. I set a challenge in my presentation which in part was to step outside of your comfort zone and so felt it only fair for me to do the same.  I love scrapbooking, but am always a little bit overwhelmed by the idea of it and it takes me time to actually do it, but when I do I love it.  I also was tasked with sharing a 'why I love this product suite' so what better way to share it than to share pages feature the loves of my life my kids!!  This is the page I made for my son Charlie.  It's a shot from our cabin balcony on the Alaska cruise which was this years Stampin' Up! incentive trip.  I used papers, colours, buttons and stamps from the suite which also coordinates with  the Pretty Label Punch up on the top right banner embellishment.

I used other embellishments like the mini wooden stars and trees that have been a popular part of the Festive Farmhouse Elements from the current winter catalogue, that sadly may have sold out by the time this posts. I coloured them with Stampin' Blends and adhered easily with tombow wet multipurpose glue.  If you put a blob on a silicone mat and then use a cocktail stick to add small amounts you can avoid a splurge when you add the button or laser wood cuts.

As the stamp set is based on embroidery/sewing I used my sewing machine to add some detail to my navy matt layer.  I printed the journaling and used a sponge to add some connecting distressing or smudging for want of a better word.

The sunglasses are stamped from the Stampin Up set Pocketful of Sunshine and die cut with the Pocket Framelits.  I coloured the lenses in with a black stampin blend and then once thoroughly dry added a very thin coat of our fine tip glue to give the shine of glass.



If you like what you see then ask your family to contact me to arrange gift vouchers for you this Christmas to spend with me in the New Year.  Make sure you get the gift you want this Christmas.  

Thanks for checking in and send me good wishes that I got off the stage OK with my crutches. I'll be back with more of my projects very soon.

Hugs Zoe x