Hey everybody - I'm back! And boy do I have NEWS!

Convention 2008 will most likely go down in my scrapbook as one of the most FUN, Exhilirating, Amazing, Rewarding and Exhausting experiences I've EVER had! In short, it was a BLAST!

First of all, I have to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who prayed for me last week for my seminars to go well. I honestly was not nervous even one time and just had so much fun with it - I could feel your prayers! My co-presenter, Karah, who is with SU! as a demonstrator trainer, was just Amazing to work with. We really hit it off and just worked so well together - I know I have a new friend for life. Here is a photo of us together after it was all done!

I know many of you stalk other blogs out there so you may have already heard the amazing news that Stampin' Up! is now teamed up with Sizzix to bring you the Stampin' Up! version of the Big Shot Die Cut machine! AND our own exclusive collection of image and alphabet dies! When Shelli Garnder (our co-founder) announced the news from the main stage - 6000 demonstrators just erupted with joy! This is such big news and something many, many folks have been waiting for! I know you will love this addition to your stamping creation ability and I'll have one for you to play with here at Stamp camp beginning Saturday, August 23rd! We will be doing at least one project with it, if not more!

On a side note, my Aloha camp that was scheduled for this Saturday, August 9th, is now going to take place on August 23rd. Regular card camp will be held on Tuesday, August 26th.

I'm moving the Aloha camp for two reasons - first of all, I won't have all of my new goodies from the NEW catalog until after I get back from our beach vacation on the 17th AND we leave for the beach on the 10th. After a week of being gone and still sorting through piles and piles of swaps, clothes and the mess my family made while I was gone, I'm just wanting to get caught up and enjoy a bit of a break. I know you understand!

I'll have more convention photos to post tomorrow and some cute projects as well over the next few days, so stay tuned!

Much love,

Robin