Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

Today I wanted to share with you the 2nd layout I created for my application to teach at this year's Close To My Heart convention.   Due to a new format, they cut the field of teachers back from 32 to just 18.  I was not selected this year but I will try again next year! My oldest daughter traveled to Louisville, KY with a couple of friends back in February to run in a race on her 23rd birthday.  My sister lives in Louisville and she has a daughter Kirsti's age so all got together the evening after the race and celebrated her birthday.  My sister even made her a cake.  It was a special day so I wanted to be sure to capture the memory for her. For this layout, I used our Claire paper pack, chevron ribbon, burlap ribbon, wooden mini medley accents and lots of wooden trinkets shapes!   I had not used the wooden trinket shapes yet so I had a lot of fun using them on this layout.  This layout is Sketch #1 from the Make It From Your Heart Book. ...

Just two more days until I leave for Dallas!  I finally finished all my Extravaganza Art and have carefully packed it into a carry-on piece of luggage.  I'm not letting this suitcase out of my site!! Go on.... keep looking - you won't see anything here!  It's all wrapped up and tucked away!   There are just a few things I have to put in checked luggage because 1. They wouldn't fit. and 2. I was afraid they wouldn't be allowed as a carry on item!   You will see what I'm talking about when I get back. I'll be sharing all my art work over the next few weeks and also at my Open House.   If you are local to me - you'll want to be sure and mark your calendar for August 11th!  I'm very excited about that and can't wait to share all the goodies coming in our Autumn/Winter Idea book! I'm not sure I'll be blogging while I'm gone - although I have some posts scheduled during this week to highlight our Perfect Pair special and the July S...

I received some VERY exciting news yesterday which came at the end of what has been a very stressful week at work.  If you read my previous post, I mentioned that this past week has been all work and absolutely no time to play!  It is our year end closing at work and I've been working some very late hours - not getting home until nearly 10:30 or 11:00 each night.  Then it's back to work by 7:30 am for more.  Yesterday, although it was Good Friday and everyone else got the day off, my department was still trudging along trying to get our entries done.   Late yesterday I received an email from Close to My Heart that I had been selected to teach at this year's convention in Dallas!  I was so excited I began jumping up and down with squeals of joy.   Some weary accountants looked up from their desks wondering what in the world I could be so excited about! Back in February I had carefully boxed up my submission - 2 layouts, 2 cards and a "Creat...