This year’s Stampin’ Up! OnStage 2025 convention was held March 13-15 in Raleigh (North Carolina, USA), Strasbourg (France), and Brisbane (Australia). I attended the Raleigh event – flew out on Tuesday, March 11 and back home on Sunday, March 16. And once again I returned with lots of creative ideas, inspiration, and great memories! I look forward to these gatherings each and every year.

Almost all those in our group arrived by Wednesday afternoon in time to attend our big team event that evening. This gathering gave everyone an opportunity to meet or reacquaint with one another, swap and gift each other, get photos, and create together.

Look at all those smiling faces. I absolutely love my group!!

Then the next three days were jam-packed! We received the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog which is always a highlight.

In fact we were able to preorder select items from this catalog and from another batch of Online Exclusives that are debuting at the same time…May 6th. I ordered and expedited a bunch of these items so they would be at my house when I got home.

Check out my live on YouTube (airing at 11:00 AM central time today) showing some of the new products, swapped cards and gifts, and items I received from Stampin’ Up! Click here (or click on this image below if you are already on my blog) to watch live or to watch the recording (if you see this later).

I hope you enjoyed the video and seeing all my “spoils.” (A few of these items are also shown below at the bottom of this post.)

Besides spending time with my team, I also love connecting with old friends and making new friends. Here are 10 of us from our Paper Pumpkin Creatives tutorial group. I was so happy that we were able to come together for this photo!

I took about a ZILLION other photos with friends. Since this post is super long, I’ve added links to where I shared all those other photos on my Facebook page posts. In fact, you’ll find a variety of photos that I took shared there. Be sure to visit my page to check out the three posts (on 3/13, on 3/18 and on 3/18).

Throughout the event we were blessed with amazing presenters and presentations. And YAY!…Sara Douglass was with us this year!

Here are a few photos I took of the big screen during the demonstrations plus a few of the display boards.

Can you tell I love this bundle?

I didn’t find much time to take photos of the display boards. But here are a few.

Did you notice that these last several are alternate projects made with the February 2025 Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin Kit? I’m pretty passionate about that product. In fact, check this out!…

It’s so fun to see this recognition! A huge thank you to all of you who get your Paper Pumpkin kits through me.

Recognition of accomplishments and milestones is a big part of the OnStage event. This past year our own Kristie Strum reached her 5 year milestone! Hooray!

And Susan Campfield (my mama demonstrator…the person I got the starter kit through years ago) reached her million sales milestone!* So exciting!

I was recognized for a big sales milestone*….

…for earning the incentive trip, and for being a top achiever in leadership, team building, and sales.* YAY!!!

This was one of the boards on display sharing the US demonstrators ranking top in these categories this past 2024-2025 Stampin’ Up! year.* I feel very blessed to be among these amazing achievers. A HUGE thank you to all those who have connected with me and supported my business in some way!

*Disclaimer: Earning the incentive trip, reaching large sales milestones, and being one of the top achievers are what less than 1% of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators achieve.

Besides walks across stage and the ribbons, pins, gifts (that you saw me share in my video), Stampin’ Up! has a special VIP lounge for the attending demonstrators that hold the title of Silver Elite or above. So those that attended my Silver Elite Retreat in January (Cheryl Lee, Nancy Forsberg, Kayla Cory and Vy Tran) were able to enjoy this room where extra refreshments were served and relaxing seating areas were provided. I forgot to take photos of the actual room, but hopefully you get the idea.

Another fun way that Stampin’ Up! makes us all feel spoiled at these events is through prizes and gifts.

And we were treated to an amazing Welcome Party the first night that included refreshments and music via headphones (a silent disco).

These next few photos are of the large room where we ate lunch and created. The area in the middle (towards the back in this photo) is the Product Playground where we were able to explore and interact with products. Again, I wish I would’ve taken more photos of this area.

Here is a photo of the gifts and goodies I received from Stampin’ Up at the event.

I also received a few extras for my achievements.

Next year this amazing event will be held in Long Beach, California March 12-14, 2026. I’m going! Are you going to be there?!

The 2024-25 Annual Catalog and the Jan-Apr 2025 Mini Catalog will be retiring soon (final date is May 5th). Stay tuned! I’ll be sharing the Last Chance List soon. It’s due to release April 1st.

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My Favorite New Glue Holder from The Country Hive
Look what Ashley & James created for us! I’m so stinkin’ excited for this new blue butterfly Tombow Glue holder from The Country Hive! It’s the first in their new Creatures line. And it was inspired by my blue morpho website “mascot.”
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KITS COLLECTION: WELCOMING GARDEN AND MARITIME MOMENTS KITS ADDED
These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.

A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Inked Occasions: Craft stunning cards with hand-painted, alcohol ink designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes textured gold foil on the card bases and sentiments, precut paper pieces, and butterfly embellishments. It comes in a beautiful coordinating box, too! Coordinating colors: Berry Burst (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Fresh Freesia, Gorgeous Grape, Peach Pie, Pool Party. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April – June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Hugs Abloom Dies (#166238) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last! If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity (link updates to this page will come soon). CLICK HERE (new link!) to sign up by April 10th for this next kit.

PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES
Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our February 2025 Hello Spring Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring March 2025 Daisy Daydream Kit will be available April 1st.)

ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES
Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our March 2025 Mixed Media Florals Suite Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Beautiful Bokeh Suite will be available April 1st.)

THE JAN-APR 2025 MINI CATALOG
Products from the Jan-Apr 2025 Mini Catalog are available. Shop the products in my online store. You may also view the catalog online.

LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS
There is now a new section called Last Chance Products in the Online Store and it includes all retiring products from any online releases and any catalogs. Additional products will be added 4/1/25. And products are available while supplies last.