Stampin' Up! Convention in Brussels Part 3

Hello there!

And welcome to my last instalment of Brussels 2014 at Stampin' Up! Convention. Today's post has many more pictures of Brussels than actual convention as the Saturday's events finished in the afternoon. We then had the Saturday night and 'till 1pm on the Sunday to fill. I'm so glad we did too as there was so much to see but I don't think we really did a quarter of what there was to do!

Anyway, when we got up Saturday morning this was the outlook, to the right, out of our hotel window. You can see the sun coming up over Brussels and it just caught this golden statue in its path perfectly. (I shared this on Instagram at the time, feel free to follow me there if you want)

 After breakfast we headed back over to the convention centre and had lots more talks and demos including from Paula Gorry our UK Business development manager and also a PLxSU demo by Katie, Carrie and Shannon from the home office...

 And of course the convention ended with a talk and demo from Shelli herself. We were sat right up the front for this last section so it felt like we were crafting right with her ;-)

 She was showing us projects using "Oh my Goodies" from the Annual catalogue. I must admit to seeing this set in a whole new light after Shelli's presentation...

 Shelli also shared some ideas using Wondrous Wreath from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. 

I loved this slate and silver heat embossed version. Shelli then gave away this set as her Prize Patrol. I did not win unfortunately :-( lol

 Anyway after convention ended we had a couple of hours before we met up to go out that evening but on the way back to the hotel Jules and I found a "Waffle Van" Just like an ice cream van - but much better, someone seriously needs to do this in the UK!!

We went out for dinner that evening and here is one of the very few pictures I took. This one was taken in the Grand Place and it was packed with fire engines and other emergency vehicles ;-)

Sunday came and we met up with a friend of Julies, Anne. Anne lives in Brussels and she kindly showed us around all the sights in the daylight ;-) 

Thanks so much Anne for taking the time to share this wonderful city with us x

 And before we went Jules treated us to a drink in a cafe right near the hotel, this was the view from my seat! It was so warm there that weekend.

Well, as you can probably guess I loved Brussels. I'd love to take my Hubby with me in the future so I think I best start saving!

Thanks again for visiting with me here and sharing this look back at my time in Brussels. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have...

So, tomorrow I'll be back to normal with crafty projects again. I have so many to share with you right now it's hard to decide where to start!! 

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Stampin' Up! Convention in Brussels 2104 Part 2

Happy Saturday to you!

Today I'm going to share with you the second part of out trip to Brussels for convention. I thought I might get all the pics I needed to give you a small snapshot of the weekend into two posts but there are just far too many, even after being brutal and showing only a small percentage!! So, here is Friday afternoon and Evening, in a nut shell ;-)

These are the displays that were open during the time we had to either browse this area or do the make and takes, I opted to save my M&T 'till I got home so I haven't completed them... yet. But I'm going to try to, honest! 

I love all the little accessories etc on this dresser, everything is handmade form paper, even those cups! And the stocking/bags hanging are just so sweet...

This green pyramid tree was entered into the Design Contest. I have no idea who made it but I think it was my favourite of everything that was on display, I love it!! Not that I would like to be the person choosing tbh! So, closed it looked like this (sorry, not the best picture)

**Edit to say the lovely Jo made this triangle tree, see her blog post HERE**

but lift the top off and you saw this masterpiece!!! Stunning!!

Of course there was plenty of inspiration around every corner...

You should be able to get a closer look if you click on each picture

Sally-Jo and Yvone doing their M&T's

and Julie and Sharon

After lunch we had more talks and sharing on stage plus after most sections there was a Prize patrol- These are two of the winners here!!

We went back to the hotel for a couple of hours to get ready before the Awards Night began and this was the sun setting through our hotel window when we got back, beautiful.

 OK, onto awards night. I did walk the stage for 5 years service after much persuasion from Sally-Jo and a few others too ;-) Thanks to Natalie and Kim for letting me tag along with them xx

 and here is a quick selfie with Jules and Terri in our finery before we left

Jules walked the stage 3 times but here is a quick picture of her getting a selfie on stage with Shelli :-)

At the after party prop area with Yvone, Sally-Jo, Jules, Sharon, Jane and me

 There were cakes and puddings to eat at the after party as well as a fab band, here was my pancake and the table setting

OK, I'm going to leave it there as there were way more pictures that even I thought!! Thanks for sticking with me :-)

Back tomorrow with more,

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Travelling Gifts for on the way to Stampin' Up! Convention in Brussels 2014

Good morning!

Today I'm going to have a day in my craft room designing for my Frame Class in December. I'm excited to play with the Under the Tree DSP and make it into a festive 3d frame. I promised the ladies plenty of ideas to CASE when they come so I have a lot to do!

BTW: I'll be updating you with my progress on Instagram and Facebook if you want to follow me and find out what I'm up to as the day goes on ;-)

I'm going to skip a day today about Brussels (kinda) and share with you the gifts I made for the three ladies I travelled with on the Eurostar. I wanted to make a little gift pack of things we might need (and some things we might just want of course) during our time away and came up with these..

 Inside were wet wipes, hand sanitiser, tissues, gum, mints, hand cream, chocolate plus

this cute nail file I found! I think that was all??

I made these little tags with the Tag Topper Punch and the Under the Tree DSP. This paper is perfect for tags as it's more like card and it's that yummy Kraft colour too ;-)

I used the Spiral Flower Die to make the flower and sat it on a punched Pansy as they look a little bare sat on their own. The sentiment is from Chalk Talk and was stamped in Versamark then heat embossed with white embossing powder

And I topped the bag with a lovely Island Indigo chevron ribbon bow. 

Yep, I do love my bows ;-)

 All together again to finish 

OK. I'm off to play, ahem, work!

Thanks for looking today, I hope you liked it!

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Products Used to create this project:

Angled Tag Topper Punch	Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper	Embossing Buddy	Heat Tool - Uk Plug	Heat Tool - Eu Plug	Versamark Pad	Island Indigo A4 Card Stock
Chalk Talk	Chalk Talk	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Spiral Flower Originals Die	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine	Pansy Punch	Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive
Island Indigo 3/4" Chevron Ribbon	White Baker's Twine