We had a great time in Ottawa at the Stamping Girls Convention this past weekend (despite my cold upgrading itself to a nasty sinus infection).

The drive from Toronto to Kanata is over 400km (about 260 miles) but the road trip itself was fun with both Cheryl & Joyce along. We stayed at a lovely hotel and managed to get ourselves upgraded to a suite...all the more room to spread out and finish those last-minute swaps in :)



Here's my girlfriend Sarah from Cambridge...she still has that lovely cruise glow. don't you think?











The super-talented Vicki Garrett did some advanced tutorials on watercoloring (and more) - she always inspires me in my stamping and is a sweetie, too.




I came back with some great ideas, cards and projects, as I participated in another 50 WOW swap (see my box full of mini explosion boxes?)

I'll be sure to take pictures later this week to share some of those swaps with all of you.

If you want to know more about making the mini-explosion boxes, feel free to come to my Palette O' Prints class on the 30th or 31st or check out my blog in June when I'll do a step-by-step tutorial on them.

Happy stamping!
- Caroline