Before I get to the fun part, talking about my "Night to Remember" Artisan Award dinner, I wanted to show you a couple cards that I had sent in as entries. I will show you the rest tomorrow, and then the next day I will share the swap that us girls swapped at the dinner. I am honored to be in such a talented group.
Here goes:
Stamp Set: A Kind Word
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Kraft, Parisian Breeze DSP, Watercolor paper
Ink: Jetblack Stazon, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Blush Blossom, So Saffron, Regal Rose
Misc: Top Note, Oval, Scallop Circle (cut in half and overlapped a little to give the look of a scalloped oval), Baja Breeze striped ribbon, Texture plate
This is the outside of the card, I used Baja Breeze for the card base, and the Hostess bundle – Hand Drawn DSP, I also used the scallop circle punch, and circle die, I used the Baja Breeze striped ribbon
Now for the fun inside of the card…
…I made it a pop-up card, using the window sheets punched out with a word window punch to make it look the smoke stacks were floating in mid-air, like the bear card we did at one of my TLC classes.
Stamp Set: Boatloads of Love
Ink: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Real Red, Going Gray, Whisper White craft, More Mustard, Sahara Sand, Jetblack Stazon
Paper: Baja Breeze, Hand Drawn DSP, Watercolor Paper
Misc: White gel pen, word window punch, window sheets, scallop circle punch for clouds, A Perfect Day Rub-ons
So I uploaded my pictures off my camera, and I was such a dope and never even took a picture of my own board that showed my Artisan entries. Ha!
I do want to share some pictures though.
First is a picture of the flowers I received and my beautiful bracelet for being an Artisan Award Winner, I need to have the bracelet made a little smaller as it falls off me. Some of the girls wore theirs to dinner, and I felt bad I didn't but I would have been sick if I had of lost it.
Here is a close up of the heart…
…and the engraving on the back
We had dinner at a very quaint out of the way restaurant called "Em's", it was so much out of the way that our bus driver drove around and around and next thing you know we were back at the convention center…I was like "oh my gosh I am so full" Shelli said the same thing happened last year, so we headed out one more time and this time we got there. The food was so yummy, we had our menus waiting for us and they matched our Invitations. I had Shelli and Brent sign the back of mine.
After dinner we all took some group photos, it was so funny cause there was probably 6 cameras and everyone was taking turns taking pictures and you didn't know where to look…we have just been emailing pictures back and forth, and this one turned out really good of everyone I think. I think I am going to enjoy getting to know these girls through out the year, we have been emailing back and forth so much already. It was so nice cause this is the first year all the winners were together at one time.
Back row, left to right: Fran Sabad, Lisa Nichols, Mary Jo Albright, Shelli Gardner, Cindy Lawrence, Angie Tieman, Shanna Jensen
Front Row, left to right: Shelley Bohan, Jolene Slack, Diana Gibbs (me), Summer Stone
So we were getting back on the van, and as I was sitting there I saw the rest of the girls were getting their pictures take just with Shelli and Brent so I was like hey me too! So I popped off the bus and got my picture taken too, I am glad I did I hate those "should have done this" feeling…now I won't have it for this beautiful night.
After all our picture taking a few of us decided to get on the other van, so we had the driver that knew where he was going, but oh my gosh, this guy drove like a maniac and we all thought we were gonna be sick, he kept putting his foot on the brake and then off, then on, so the van would make little leaps forward. Thank goodness Summer's wheel chair was strapped in. I don't know why he was acting like that. It made for an interesting end to the evening.
I will remember it for the rest of my life. Thank you Stampin' Up! I hope I can do you proud this year with my monthly Artisan challenges.
Have a awesome Tuesday and thanks for stopping in!
sounds like you had a good time. I'm glad to see you got a different shirt!! so all your convention pictures don't have you with that same shirt!!!! haha
You deserve all the awards you get! you kick ASS sister!
luv ya
Jax
Oh, my, goodness. Thank you so much for sharing your night with me. I love, love your too cute for words card and it is truely too cute for words.
The bracelet is adorable. How special you will feel every time you wear it because of the great honor it represents.
I am so proud of you. You're awesome!!!
Winthrop
Congratulations! You certainly deserve the award, and it sounds like you really had a fun time. I am having a good time just looking at all the great entries you did. Wowza!
Di, I am so envious! You so deserve this honorable award, though!!! YOU ROCK, Girlie! Huge Congras!!
Congratulations! Thanks for sharing your wonderful time with us! that bracelet is too cute~ it looks like a Brighton! Someone should have bonked the driver on the back of his head and reminded him he had AWARD winners in his presence and needed to be more cautious! LOL~
I guess all your colorin' came in handi. You ROCK! Congratulations girlfriend!
Sylvia
Congratulations on winning! When I approached the Artisan Award Display at Convention last week and saw your name and projects on display my girlfriend and I let out a little scream! We so admire your work and your blog and were so happy to see you were one of the "chosen". You deserve it!
P.S. We were in the carry on x-ray line behind you at the SLC aiport on Sunday and we were so thrilled. My upline, Beverlee gave you a hug and said hi, but the rest of us admired you from afar!
You rock, sister!