OnStage Local, Melbourne, November 2017

Kieran and I had a very busy month in November. We started off by travelling to Adelaide for my future daughter-in-law's Hens Day/Night. The next day we drove to Melbourne for a week of visiting relatives, seeing The Book of Mormon (very, very funny) and Aladdin (for the second time this year) and culminating in Stampin' Up!'s OnStage Local. It was the first time for both of us and we had a ball! Lots of presentations of new products coming in January, plus the Sale-A-Bration goodies for next year as well.

It started off with a video presentation from Salt Lake City in Utah where OnStage Live was happening, then plenty of exciting new 'toys' coming soon. There were Prize Patrols plus other freebies including a cool bag and even a special coffee mug.

This is me with my Prize Patrol prize.
We weren't allowed to show the actual item until later

This is the cool coffee mug

 We had a yummy lunch followed by the opportunity to play with some of the new toys! First off we decorated a sweet little giftbox, and made a card.

These Silver Mini Gable Boxes will come in a pack of 10. They come flat but are very easy to 'construct'. We used Sweet Soiree Specialty DSP (lots of foil highlights on the papers) and the Cake Soiree Stamp Set.

This is a fun new suite. It uses the Bubble Over Stamp Set, Bubbles & Fizz DSP and Bottles & Bubbles Framelit Dies. The stamp set and dies will be available as a bundle with a 10% saving.

 We watched some more product demonstrations (some by video and some live) and then got to play again. This time we made some tags and another card.

I love this suite! The Fruit Basket Stamp Set and Itty Bitty Fruit Punch Pack (both available as a bundle, 10% off) and the Tutti Frutti 6" x 6" DSP. I was very fortunate and excited to come home with this bundle.

This card used the Petal Palette Stamp Set, Petal Passion DSP, Petal Passion Embellishments (cute metal leaves and flowers) and Whisper White Organza Ribbon.

 After we got back home to Woomera, I had some more play-time with some of the new items that we were given at OnStage or that we bought straight after (a benefit only available to OnStage attendees).

It's the Tutti-Frutti bundle again (stamp set plus a pack of 4 mini punches). I stamped the fruit onto a plain piece of Whisper White cardstock then punched out a few pieces and foam-mounted them with Dimensionals. So, so cute! The sentiment is also part of the set and I used the Duet Banner Punch (141483).

Another card using the Bubbles/Bottles bundle. The food is from the Fruit Basket Stamp Set and Picnic With You Stamp Set. The sentiment is from the Picture Perfect Stamp Set, coupled with the Everyday Label Punch (144668) and the Starburst Punch (143717), both of which are available now. I added some Lemon Lime Twist Mini Striped Ribbon as well.

This one uses the Bottles/Bubbles bundle and Lemon Lime Twist ribbon as well, plus the Pretty Label Punch (143715). The sentiment is from the Picture Perfect Stamp Set again.

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