It's been well over a month since I've returned from Stampin' Up's Convention and I still haven't had time to make all the things I saw.
Will I ever have that much time? I dunno!
Actually, I've been working hard on something for the past month that I'd like to share with you, . . . . . but not quite yet.
I hosted 2 Over the Top Events the day that Convention opened and they were great.
I invited 50 demonstrators who brought Over the Top swaps. Now these are not your ordinary swaps, they are truly Over the Top!
My theme this year was Christmas in July and I gave out Christmas goodies, had Christmas print table covers and had aprons made for my helpers that were Christmasy too, thanks to my BFF Sandy Holleman, who also takes care of registration and the card contest at my events.
I'd like to share the Over the Top card winners from the first event with you and you can see more of them in my photo album on the left side of this page.
Everyone in the event votes on 3 favorite cards and this year, for the first time, I had a tie in my first event and have 4 favorites to share with you.
This beautiful card is by CaroleAnn. She did a fabulous job sponging color onto the Presto Patterns Paper and I just love her bow, don't you?
She fashioned the flowers out of card stock and added just the right touch by putting Jewels down the side. Just fabulous!
This cute card was created by Laura Schmitt and it stars Totally Tess in her bakery!
Laura used the Polka Dot Impressions folder for the bottom portion as was as the top awning, which is made with the Word Window punch. Clever girl Laura!
Don't you just love the way she made a shelf for some of the goodies too?
I love this snowflake card by Cheryl LeFore. She used her Big Shot not only for the snowflakes, but for the background she used the Vintage Wallpaper Impressions folder.
Glitter just had to cover the snowflake and the tiny tag in the center is perfect.
Cheryl didn't stop there! Look at the inside of her card below
Although you can't tell by the photo, the snowflakes on the upper part of the card are actually pop ups.
I love the way Cheryl used not only the snowflake die, but also the punch and cut down the larger snowflake to give them more dimension!
The snowflakes are all glittered up, just as they should be.
Wanda Clasen is the creator of this awesome card!Wanda must love to emboss because she's got a lot on this card, and remember, she had to make 50 of them!
The clock is embossed and "cracked" and even the background Square Lattice Impressions piece is embossed, as you can see below
Hope you're inspired to create something Over the Top!
Check out this Over the Top Event by clicking on the photo album
in the left column of my blog and Enjoy!
