Stamping to See You - Rubber Stamp Conventions, Classes, Supplies, Stamping Demonstrations

Welcome to the 5th Annual Lake Superior Stamp & Scrap Weekend Get-a-Way. Join Stamping to See You and a variety of other artisans on July 27-29, 2007, at the Silver Bay Rec. Center (109 Outer Drive - below Faith Luthern Church).

We would like to invite you to spend some time, the day, or the entire weekend with us and enjoy the various scrapbook and stamping activities that are being held throughout the weekend. The Get-a-Way is designed to teach, demonstrate and educate stampers, scrapbookers, papercraft, and other artisans in the many facets of rubberstamp and scrapbook art. We hope you enjoy the relaxed and spacious atmosphere we have created, that your artistic cravings are satisfied, that you learn how to use various products, new techniques, meet other artisans with creative minds and enjoy the unique local atmosphere that this town offers.

The concept of the weekend is to combine learning, fun, socialization and open space for stampers and scrapbookers who want a weekend away to work on projects, to learn new techniques, and meet other artists with creative minds!

1. Do I have to register for the whole day? No. You can register for one class, the crop, or the Q/A session individually.

2. Do I have to stay at the hotel? No. The hotel fees are split out separately specifically for people who do not wish to stay at the hotel.

3. Can I mix and match classes on Friday and Saturday? Yes, if you would like to do the $100 package, you can split up your classes and mix for both Friday and Saturday classes.

4. What do I need? You should bring your basic supplies, including your heat gun, black embossing powder, embossing pad, scissors, exacto knife, cutting matte, personal paper cutter, etc.

5. Who can shop? The retail space is opened to the public on Friday from 10am-5p, Saturday from 10am-5p, and Sunday from 9am-11am.

6. What is the fee to come shop at the retreat? There is not a fee to come shopping - admission and parking are free to the public.

7. Are children allowed? Children are allowed in the retail shopping area; however, it is the parent's responsibility to keep them under control. Children are allowed to participate in classes for the same fee as adults. Keep in mind that these classes are all designed for mature participation.

8. What is the deadline for registration? Registration is usually cut off 1 week prior to the event; however, walk-ins are invited based upon availability.

9. How big are the classes? Most rooms are set for no more then 12 persons. The idea behind these retreats is to offer lots of attention and one-on-one assistance. Big classes take the fun out of it.

10. How can we register? You can fill out and mail in the form below or call in your registration. Do not list your credit card and email this via this format. This is not a secured line.

This program has been developed to be flexible and cost effective with a variety of price structures. Because some people may not require a hotel room, hotel fees have been separated out. Boat tour fees are also excluded from prices listed.

Open House - Shop til You Drop. This event will offer retail shopping Friday and Saturday from 10a-5p and Sunday from 10a-2p. Visit our traveling gypsy store and various participating exhibitors representing products from more than 150 rubberstamp, scrapbook, stencil, paper and art supply companies and manufacturers. There is NO FEE or Door Admission to come shop or just take a look around.

Just the Classes. Just want to take a specific class or two during the day? We have classes available for $25.00/person per class.

All Day Crop Corral. Want to just get-a-way for a day or the weekend to catch up on your cropping? Well this is for you. This space is set aside for participants to socialize in an open format with others, work on scrapbook pages, or card designs. Use the paper cutters, die-cut machines, quick cuts, scizzix, rubber stamps, art supplies, crimpers and more. Come crop or stamp in your corral at your leisure.
*Crop Friday and/or Saturday (10a-10p) $15/person
* All Day Crop Camp (Friday and/or Saturday from 10a-midnite includes all day crop, breakfast, dinnerette, and a guest bag) $25/day

Make-N-Take Camp. Created for the night owl that can't get away during the day. This space is set aside for participants to socialize in an open format with others, stamp or work on artwork, scrapbook pages, or card designs. Various mini-demos and make-n-take projects will be offered. Use the cutters, die-cut machines, scizzix, quick cuts, alphabets, rubber stamps, art supplies, crimpers and more. Complete projects or just use the tools and products available. Can't figure out how to make it work or don't know what tod do with it....we will give you ideas and techniques. Just bring paper & ideas. Make-n-Take Camp Friday and/or Saturday (8p-midnite)$15/person

One Day Package. One day pass for either Friday or Saturday, up to three (3) classes of your choice, breakfast, dinner, Make-n-Take Camp that night, and guest bag filled with treats. $100/ person.

Weekend Package. Choose up to six (6) classes offered Friday, Saturday or Sunday, breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings, dinner on Friday and Saturday afternoons, make-n-take camps Friday & Saturday night, Sunday lab, and guest bag filled with treats. $200/person

**NEW** Friday Nite Scrap & Stamp Flea Market. Opened to the public Friday night from 8p-10p for a Stamp & Scrap Flea Market. Bring your gently used stamps, old magazines, books, left over scrap book materials to sell, barter, trade, or swap. Clean out your storage space and bring home some new toys to play with for pennies. Come meet some of the artisans, have a snack or a cup of coffee and see what this is all about. Free Admission.

Artist Trading Cards & Card Contest Wall of Fame. - ATCs are the size of a business card (approx. 2"x3-1/2") and no larger than a baseball card (approx. 2-1/2"x 3-1/2"),

The front of the card is stamped, personalized, embellished, & decorated just as you would a pin. On the back side you list your name, address and e-mail location.

Bring your trading card to the facility entrance to be displayed on the wall of fame trading card board and be eligible for prizes. Prizes for best dressed, most creative, and humorous card will be awarded on Saturday night at the Creativity Lab. You can create your art before you come or at the get-a-way. ATC's must be posted by Saturday night. You must be present to win.

Pick-a-Posey Prize Garden. - This year's "game of chance" is our Pick-a-Posey Prize Garden. $1.00 gets you a chance to pick a posey pen from the prize garden. If your pen has a pink tip, then you get to make a trip to the treasure prize box. If your pen tip is white, you get to keep the pen as a souvenior. Everyone is a winner. Proceeds will benefit Susan Komen Breast Cancer programs.

Artisan Walk-of-Fame - Ever wonder what happened to the cards that were submitted for StampMania card contests? Well, now you will see. We have collected 7-years of cards from all over the U.S. and displayed them for your appreciation. Photos and sketches may be taken for your stamping and scrapbooking pleasure.

**NEW**RAFFLE. For every $10 spent at the get-a-way you will receive a ticket good for a chance to win the raffle basket. The drawing will be held on Sunday at Noon. You do not need to be present to win, but you will need to make arrangements to pick up your prize or pay the shipping fees.

Contests. Want a chance to win a prize. Well, we have several events for you!

*Doorprizes and Drawings throughout the weekend
*Submit a Artist Trading Card (ATC) Contest
*Submit cards for the Card Contest
* Night Owl
* Productivity Award (who created the most)
*Drawings after Every Class
*Gift Bag for full day registration
*Lots of products to take home from each class
*Sunday morning Raffle O'Grande
....and lots of other stuff!

Individuals are responsible for making overnight accomodations. STSY has blocked special rates at the above listed hotels; however, accomodations are not part of the retreat package. Both Cove Point Resort and Moose Country Inn will offer hotel space for those who need a room. We have blocked rooms at a special rate for this event. Hotel registration can be added to your retreat fees - please specify which hotel you would like to stay at:

Luxerious Cove Point sits right on the Shore of Lake Superior at the old Lorentson homestead. All rooms face the lake and the accomodations are breathtaking and includes a scandinavian continental breakfast. For reservations call 218.226-3221.

* Room Rates: 1 room w/1-2 persons $160.00/room per night
* 1 room w/3-4 persons $180.00/room per night

Moose Country Inn is a small economy hotel just across the street from the Beaver Bay Recreation Center. Clean rooms, warm water and a place to lay your head before the next days big events. For reservations call 218.226-0090.

* Room Rates: 1 room w/1-2 persons $75.00/room per night
* 1 room w/3-4 persons $100.00/room per night

Other Accomodations There are several other hotel/motel accomodations in the area including: AmeriSuites Hotel in Silver Bay, the Silver Bay Motel, KOA campground and the Beaver Bay Motel.

From Duluth: Highway 61 north to mile marker 51. The Beaver Bay Community Center is a cream colored 2-story building on the East side of the Highway as you enter town.

From Grand Marais: Highway 61 south to mile marker 51. The Beaver Bay Community Center is a cream colored 2-story building on the East side of the Highway as you come through the south side of town.

As part of the weekend package, each person may register for up to three (3) classes of your choice for each day of participation. The additional class may be taken for an additional $25 fee. Work-shops include a min. of $10 in product, supplies, and instructions to create projects.

Supplies. Students are asked to bring basic supplies which may include: a heat gun, black embossing powder & pad, scissors, pencil, x-acto knife, ruler, watercolor pens (Marvy, Tombo), bone folder, 2-face tape, adhesive (glue stick), cutting matte, 1/4" hand punch, stamp cleaner, personal stamps (opt.)

Fabulous Glitter T-Shirt Art. Fri. 10-Noon

Master the skills of using the Art Institute Glitter on Fabric. We will use the KK Originals Aztec Horse on a t-shirt to create a fabulous piece of glitter t-shirt art. Techniques include euro-glittering, rainbowing, deliberate contamination and more. More then 350 colors of gourmet glitter and an adhesive that allows you to wash and wear your art. Bring a t-shirt or jacket of your choice (any color except black - the lighter color the better).

Lace & Pop-Ups by Plane Class Templates. Fri. 1p-3p

Learn how easy and fun it is to create 3-d art using the Pop-Up templates by Plane Class and the elegant Lace Templates from the Netherlands. Easier then it looks, but the affects can be breath-taking, fun and even whimsical.

Iris Folding Fun Fri. 1p-3p

See how fun and easy it is to create 3-d images on your cards or scrapbook pages using the NEW geometric iris folding stamps by Stamp'N Plus. We will use a variety of tissue papers, wrapping papers and other light weight stocks to create fabulous patterns on your cards and pages.

10 Little Cards for Summer Fri. 5p-7p

Put a little pastel together with some whimsical sayings some tulips, some brads and eyelets, ribbon and bows to create some spectacular spring cards! Great ideas you wish you would have thought of!!

Landscapes I Sat.. 10a-Noon

Take a white piece of cardstock, various Stampscape designs and some dye ink and create a piece of artwork that looks like it was taken by a photo professional. We will incorporate the use of the tonal applicator, brayer, cloud photos, basic layout and landscape guidelines that make each creation more vibrant then the previous. Bring your brayer if you have one.

Landscapes II Sat. 1p-3p

Now that you have the basic rules of creating landscapes...let's take it up a notch with other products and additional stamplines. We will use the Sutter Enterprises line and incorporate the new pearlescent spray mists, bleaching techniques, chalk, inks, colored pencils, and more to make our landscapes blend and "pop". See how easy it is to blend those colors and make dreamy landscape scenes to just pop out at you.

Watercolor Landscapes Sat. 5p-7p

Let's finish the day off with some watercolor landscape techniques just right for summer fun!! For this class we will include the Art Impressions stamp line and the watercolor techniques that they have created to make watercoloring fun, relaxing and easy to conquer for even a beginner. Perfect for stamp art or scrapbook pages!

Hero Arts Workshop Sun. 10a-Noon

Come have fun creating paper craft projects from one of the leading rubber stamp manufacturers in the country. Each participant will make four (4) cards in class, take home directions for an additional four variation cards and the products used to create the cards as part of the workshop. Hero Arts is a world leader in fast, fun, elegant and classic cards created with the stamper and scrapbooker of every level in mind.

Holly Berry Medallions day & time to be determined

Holly Berry House Designs has JUST come out with some new medallion designs and the new Treasure Box designs. I know I have offered this class in the past; however, I have had many requests to teach it again...so to be fair to everyone, we will just add this class in either in place of a less popular class or it also works well as an independant workshop once I show you the technique. We could also fit this one in on Sunday afternoon. So we will decide that as everyone comes in to register.

MORE CLASSES TO FOLLOW CLOSER TO EVENT!!

____All Day Crop Corral/Stamp Camp (10a-10p) $15/day
____Friday ____Saturday

____All-Day Crop Corral/Stamp Camp (10a-Midnite) $25/day (includes breakfast,
dinner & guest bag) ____Friday ____Saturday

____Make-n-Take Evening Camp (8p-midnite) $15/day
____Friday ____Saturday

____One-Day Package $100/day (includes breakfast, dinner, up to 3 classes,
make-n-take evening camp & guest bag) ____Friday ____Saturday

____Weekend Package $200 (includes breakfast, dinner, up to 6 classes, make-n-
take evening camp, guest bag)

Register by US Mail, phone, fax, or internet. (please NO registration by US mail after July 20. Registration can also be reserved by email, telephone or in person at the door. If you require additional information, registration, etc. Please contact: