I’m so excited to share with you photos of the fun we had this past weekend up in Northern Minnesota at my parents’ cabin. I took my team member, Cheryl Lee with me on this Silver Elite Retreat. And like last year, the weekend was focused on pampering Cheryl and celebrating her Stampin’ Up! demonstrator accomplishments and successes.
My parents made the cabin so warm & welcoming with all their little touches.
My mom put out treats and decorations & made us fabulous meals.
My dad helped clean up from the meals, kept the long road in drivable, and kept the cabin cozy and warm. We even had a fire in the wood-burning stove on Friday evening. It felt like we were at a Bed & Breakfast.
My mom (who is also a paper crafter), Cheryl and I each made 13 cards on Saturday: four that I had created for this event and nine cards from kits – all with new products that will be available soon. (I’ll share more on the specifics of the cards in future posts, so be sure to stop back.) Here are the ones we created with the upcoming All My Love Suite.
This card below was the most difficult of all our cards to put together. But we all gave it “a go” and had success. Yay! I’ll have to do a video for it. 😉
Here are the ones we created with the upcoming Classic Garage Suite.
This mini pinwheel card will be my featured card here on my blog this Saturday.
And this was our favorite of the three kits – Incredible Like You Project Kit!
These are the “pillow gifts” I gave Cheryl. This first one I gave to her right away on Friday after we arrived. I created this bag with the Frosted Floral papers awhile back and shared it here on my blog back on October 2nd. I loved this bag so much, I HAD to use it.
Inside the bag and the box were these personalized gifts: an insulated lunch tote and an etched Clear Block D that Tamra Davis from TaDa Moments had made for me. (She made the personalized gifts for last year’s retreat too!)
Then throughout the day on Saturday, I gave Cheryl these product-filled bags decorated with coordinating tags also made from the Frosted Floral Designer paper. (I had received gifts from Stampin’ Up! during my Alaskan Incentive Trip this past July in these drawstring logo bags.)
All the gifts were clear or silver Stampin’ Up! products to keep with the theme of the Silver Elite Retreat. And the products inside sort of hinted to the next set of cards we would be making.
It was a wonderful weekend of celebrating my Silver Elite team member – one that I hope to continue for years to come!
YEAR-END CLOSEOUTS
There are many items that are leaving us from the 2018 Holiday Catalog (which ends January 2nd), and some of them are discounted. But hurry, many items are “while supplies last.” CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to access the Year-End Closeout list. And CLICK HERE to shop the Closeout online.
OCCASIONS/SAB PRODUCT SHARES AVAILABLE!
The 2019 Occasions Catalog debuts January 3rd! That means it’s that time of year to get in on my popular product shares so you can gather up lots of new product for LESS! Sign up today by contacting me with your share choice/s. I’m taking orders for shares now through January 2nd, 2019. CLICK HERE for more information.
JOIN THE CLUB
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will kick off soon, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up. This club (which just needs one more member) begins now, but the first order can go in as late as mid-January (when Sale-a-Bration has begun).
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! Our December projects are ready!! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month.
CLING STAMPS ARE COMING!
Cling stamps will debut in the 2019 Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure! Click HERE for more information.
My preorder arrived a couple days ago, and I couldn’t wait to create with some of my new products!
I shared many of these preorder products (and more goodies from OnStage) yesterday in a Facebook Live broadcast. Then I uploaded the recorded version of this video to my YouTube channel (since I know not everyone is ON Facebook). If you missed that, you can watch my recorded video here (just click on this image below if you are already on my blog).
I created these pretty (yet super-simple) cards with the new Amazing Life stamp set, the Butterfly Duet Punch, the Black/Silver ¼” Striped Metallic ribbon, and the Botanical Butterfly designer series paper.
I’ll be adding printed invitations on the right section of the insides, but these are the left insides of the cards.
Measurements for each card…
Basic Black Cardstock: 11″ x 4-1/4″ scored at 5-1/2″ and folded in half for the card base
Grapefruit Grove Cardstock: 4″ x 5-1/4″ for the inside left
Whisper White Cardstock: 4″ x 4″ & 4″ x 5-1/4″ for the inside right
Botanical Butterfly Designer Paper: 1-1/2″ x 4″ and scrap for punching out a couple butterflies
Black/Silver Striped Metallic Ribbon: 13″
Directions:
Stamp large sentiment on the right side of the the 4″ x 4″ Whisper White piece & adhere to the right portion of the card front.
Attach designer paper strip to the left portion of the card front.
Stamp small sentiment on the Grapefruit Grove piece so it’s centered and positioned about an inch from the bottom. Adhere to the inside of the card on the left side.
Wrap and tie on ribbon as shown so the knot is on the inside of the card positioned close to the sentiment.
Attach the 5-1/4″ Whisper White piece to the inside of the card on the right side. (A great place to put a handwritten note!)
Punch out a couple butterflies from the designer paper and attach to the inside and the outside of the card. The outside one is attached with a Dimensional.
Keep in mind that the products featured here are debuting on January 3rd in the 2019 Occasions Catalog and 2019 Sale-A-Bration brochure. So they are unavailable to order right now. But at least you can get a wish list started.
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will kick off in about 1 week, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up. We are currently looking for FOUR more members so we can start another new club this month. Who is ready?!
SNOWFLAKE SHOWCASE available this month only!
These beautiful, exclusive products are here. Click here for the details. Click here to download the flyer.
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month. November’s is ready!!
ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA STARTS SOON
Online Extravaganza is coming next week! Deals start November 23 (Black Friday) through November 28.
I’m back home now. But I want to share a few more photos (47 more – lol) from the November 2018 OnStage Live in Orlando, Florida. When I posted last time, I forgot to show off the beautiful room that Susan and I shared at the Rosen Centre Hotel. Because we had booked a meeting room here for our team event, we were treated to a couple perks…
…a cheese, crackers and fruit tray and access to the VIP lounge where we received complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Speaking of gifts, did you see the goodies I shared already that Stampin’ Up! had given me so far? Here are even more items I received from SU during this event.
And here are gifts and swaps I came home with from fellow demonstrator friends. I feel pretty wealthy!
There were five all-attendee give-aways.
And each one of us got another prize based on the number on our pin. I received the Beauty Abounds stamp set – one of my favorites in the upcoming 2019 Occasions Catalog. Here’s a photo of my friend and team member, Christy Bauer getting her prize, the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set. (Check out her cute bag! I’ll be sharing more about that bag and how you can get it in a future post.)
This convention was super special because we celebrated Stampin’ Up! being 30 years old. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. In fact, I’ll be celebrating my 19th anniversary with SU in February. (I guess I started with SU when it was just 11 years old! Wow!)
Here are the three demonstrators (standing between Sara and Shelli) still active that have been with Stampin’ Up! since the very beginning…Jill Olson, Janet Baker and Margaret Goodfellow (who happens to be my 5th level upline).
Team member, Tricia Josephs walked across stage to celebrate her 15th anniversary.
And sister demonstrator, Carol Rosengren walked to celebrate her 20th anniversary. How awesome!
The 2019 Occasions (Spring) Catalog and the 2019 Sale-A-Bration Brochure will debut in early January. Here are peeks at many of the new products. And below that are stamped samples created with many of the new products. Check them out. (I’m personally going to go broke, because I want it all!)
A huge announcement was made at this convention..Cling stamps will replace our Clear-mount stamps. Cling stamps are basically the same thing except the labels are stickier and cling to clear blocks super well. Yay!
A part of me is always super sad to have OnStage come to an end. I love the energy and excitement, and I love being with my friends from across the globe.
But I’m super happy to be home with my boys, hubby and kitty. I missed them greatly. And it’s nice to catch up on sleep again, too!
I can’t wait to share my new ideas and the new products in my upcoming project posts! Be sure to subscribe to my website so you don’t miss out on what’s to come.
JOIN THE CLUB
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will kick off in about 1-1/2 weeks, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up. We are currently looking for FOUR more members so we can start another new club mid-November. Who is ready?!
SNOWFLAKE SHOWCASE available this month only!
These beautiful, exclusive products are here. Click here for the details. Click here to download the flyer.
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month. November’s is ready!!
Oh! I’m so over the top excited to share what’s been happening in my world!! I’m at Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage Live here in Orlando, Florida.
We still have one more day left of this great convention, but I have so much to share already – peeks of some new products from the upcoming 2019 Occasions and Sale-A-Bration publications and photos of the fun I’ve been having. Here I am in my hotel room drooling over all the fantastic new goodies coming soon! Aren’t the catalogs beautiful!?
Some of us got them on Wednesday night (a day earlier than the rest) when demonstrators at the title of Silver Elite or higher were spoiled with a day at Epcot!
My upline (and cherished friend of almost 19 years) were roomies this year and had a fabulous time at this magical Disney World park.
I was SO excited that I got to hug Goofy and buy up some Micky-shaped Rice Krispy treats with the chocolate-dipped ears – two big Disney World favorites of mine!!
Epcot is beautiful! We had a blast.
And in the evening before we left, Stampin’ Up! treated all of us achievers to a fun dessert bar and entertainment in this beautiful room.
OnStage officially kicked off for everyone on Thursday. And one of the first things that took place was a celebration of the top-achieving demonstrators. I made the Global Top 100 again this year!!! I’m #48 in the world out of about 53,000 demonstrators!! And in the US I’m #28 overall, #19 in leadership, #17 in recruiting, and #22 in sales!
I haven’t shared this news with you here on my blog yet. And I’m so sorry. This year we were told ahead of time. So you may have seen the post on my personal Facebook page that my friend, Susan put on my wall. But within an hour after I found out on November 1st, my kids came home from school arguing with each other. And then while struggling to get my youngest to work on his homework, my printer died. So I had to deal with that and get a new printer that evening to finish my craft fair projects and prep. My craft fair event took place on Saturday, so I used all of my waking moments on Friday to get that ready. And after that was over,….sigh… I had just two more days to get my team gifts done and get packed up for OnStage. Phew! I tell ya! The struggle is real. I’m sure you can all relate. It was a crazy busy week. Sometimes when it rains, it pours. Right? And so as you can see in the photo above (that my friend Carol Rosengren took) it didn’t even really hit me how huge and wonderful these achievements were until I was here celebrating with all my Stampin’ Up! friends.
A HUGE THANK YOU! I couldn’t have earned these rankings without all of you – my Stampers With ART peeps, fellow demonstrators, Stampin’ Up! employees, customers, club members, followers, subscribers, other friends, and my family!!
I also was chosen to be on the Demonstrator Council!!! This is new, so I can’t tell you much about it yet. But I applied and was one of the lucky ones picked!
And here is my walk across stage with Frenchie Martin and Susan Campfield for being 160,000+ Flex Point achievers. (I’m very proud to say I actually reached the max and earned 500,000 points. I cashed in 160,000 of them for Greece – the 2019 Stampin’ Up! incentive trip! My guest this year will be my sister. Yay!! I’m really looking forward to this special time that I get to share with her.
On Thursday evening our team that attended OnStage from all over the US gathered for a private event at the Rosen Centre Hotel so we could visit, dine, stamp make-n-takes, laugh, swap, and just have a ton of fun together. What a grand evening…for sure one of the highlights of this week for me!
On Thursday and Friday (the first two of the full three days of OnStage) we saw lots of demonstrations with new products, did some make-n-takes, learned about new Cling Stamps (clingier than clear-mount) debuting in the new catalogs, and we’ve been spoiled!
OH! And check out this beautiful new Stamparatus bag (coming soon)!!
One of the best things about OnStage is it gives us all a chance to meet up each year. I love my demonstrator friends! I was able to meet many that I’ve only been connected with through social media, and I made even MORE new friends (from all over the world!).
I’m going to end my post soon because it’s late and I need to get to bed soon. But here are a few photos of some of my beautiful Stampin’ Up! friends. I am blessed.
Are you following me on my Facebook page? If so, click here to watch an impromptu FB Live video I recorded this afternoon when a few of my team members – Nancy Forsberg, Kayla Cory and Vicki Spicer – let me tag along with them when they went to meet Kylie and Bruno Bertucci.
We’ve been so spoiled! I took this photo more than 24 hours ago. So just know that I have gotten even MORE gifts from SU since then. But look!!
It’s been a blast! I’ll share more soon.
JOIN THE CLUB
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will kick off in about 3 weeks, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up. We are currently looking for FIVE more members so we can start another new club mid-November. Who is ready?!
PAPER PUMPKIN CHRISTMAS CARD KIT
CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th so you can get this next one that is shipping. We are told that it will contain products for making Christmas cards – 10 cards; 5 of 2 unique holiday designs. YAY!!! Coordinating colors are Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Gold, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, and Whisper White. AND the box is a great sneak peek of what’s inside!
SNOWFLAKE SHOWCASE available this month only!
These beautiful, exclusive products are here. Click here for the details. Click here to download the flyer.
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month. November’s is ready!!
What an amazing weekend I had! I attended a special Stamp-n-Storage event Friday afternoon with my friends and team members, Nancy Forsberg & Kayla Cory, and then I took part in (presented at!) a huge demonstrator event on Sunday afternoon. So I thought I’d share a few photos.
These photos are from Friday. Here is our excitement as we are arriving in Hutchinson, MN.
Nancy, Kayla and I attended Stamp-n-Storage’s Retail Store Grand Opening & Warehouse Sale. And oh my goodness! It was so fun to experience and share in that special day. The deals were wonderful of course, so I bought a couple more pieces than I needed. But it was exciting to watch the ribbon cutting ceremony, to hear about how fast this business has grown for Brett & Mary Haugen (the owners), and to see the beautiful new location for their company that now includes retail space. Plus I saw lots of people I knew there!
If you ever get a chance to go, here is what will great you when you walk into their new place. This sort of stuff makes us crafters drool, right? Hahaha!
If you are on Facebook, you can click here to see their Facebook Live broadcast and get a peek at me waving towards the end of the recording. Click here if you’d like to shop their online store. Click here to see the Stamp-n-Storage pieces I’ve been purchasing for my craft room. And click here to see my craft room remodel video that I recorded 2-1/2 years ago when these great storage solutions came into my life.
On Sunday I took part in the 2018 Creative Connections event, an annual event hosted by a demonstrator leader group in our area that I’m a part of called Stamp Share For Leaders. We put this event on for our team members. And it’s an amazingly huge and successful event, because there are many of us all pitching in in some way. I can’t possibly name all the fabulous demonstrators that helped to pull this together. But they are wonderful, amazing people.
Terri Gaines, Georgia Giguere and Susan Campfield are the leads for this event, and they always do such a fantastic job. I was a presenter along with Patsy Waggoner, Terri Gaines, Karen Titus, Susan Campfield, Georgia Giguere, Sandy Carlson, and our special guest, Brian Pilling from Stampin’ Up!’s home office!
Here are a few photos from that event.
Notice that Brian Pilling is incognito below. These other fabulous gals with me are teammates: Cheryl Lee, Vicki Spicer, Nancy Forsberg, Kayla Cory, Sandy Stellenburg, and Ashley Kuphal.
Here is another group photo of me with my sister demos/teammates.
Here is a photo of my upline, Susan Campfield demonstrating as Terri Gaines fills in for her as the camera gal.
I love sharing and teaching, so I had a great time presenting the beautiful Frosted Floral Suite of products. I had so much fun though, that I lost track of time and went over by quite a few minutes. But I’m guessing that doesn’t surprise many of you. I love to share!
This photo shows Brian Pilling up on stage, the almost 300 attendees, and the beautiful room where we hold this event.
Brian was a delight! It was fun getting to know him a little more. And we loved all that he shared with us.
Guess what!? I now have LOTS of Frosted Floral ideas to share with you in upcoming blog posts. Hope you are up for that.
JOIN THE CLUB
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up.
BONUS DAYS
Time to redeem those coupon codes! Every $50 you spent in the month of August earned you a $5 coupon code to redeem this month in September! Click here for more information including directions for redeeming your codes with your September order in my online store.
DASHING ALONG FOR FREE
SEPTEMBER 1–30, get FREE Dashing Along Designer Series Paper (in addition to the fabulous Stampin’ Rewards) when you host a party with $250+ in sales or place an order of $250+. Limit of 1 pack per qualifying order.
*In order to qualify, the order merchandise total must reach $250 USD (before shipping and handling).
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS AVAILABLE
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month.
I keep looking back at the photos from my Alaskan trip wishing I would’ve shared a few more with you when I posted on July 30th.
So today I thought I’d do that along with pictures of some of my favorite swaps I got!
Swapping is a great way to get new ideas and samples for classes, events and just inspiration. Check out this fun pencil case made by Sophie Prestrelle, a demonstrator from France! She posted directions with a how-to video here on her blog.
This swap by Linda Bauwin inspired my last Facebook Live Video/Online Paper Crafting Class project (my cute Monster Box) that I shared on August 18th. This is a link to Linda’s blog post where you can also find her how-to video.
Here is a fun one by Erica Cerwin. She shared it her Facebook Live broadcast that she posted here on her blog. This is totally the ideal birthday card for me this year. Because though I’m 50 now, I don’t feel “old” yet. I’ll take “retro,” though. (I LOVED my boom box from the 80’s.)
This card by Jeanne Moss is so super cute! I can’t believe that I have this bundle and haven’t created with it yet.
And now my question (especially after getting THIS beautiful swap) is WHY DO I NOT OWN THIS BUNDLE? Oh my goodness! This card by Krista Frattin is so pretty!
Here is a sweet 3-D treat holder by Renee Kohnke. Wouldn’t this be great for wedding favors?
I think this card by Pam McLean is so super pretty with all the little details she added in.
Here is a fun, cheerful card by Judy Garza. It looks like she could’ve used the Stamparatus. But I think she actually lined up those flowers perfectly on her own.
Here is a card that I loved before I knew it was my swap. (I took a photo of Mindy Gray’s card on the display boards, because I was so intrigued with her flowers.) It’s such a beautiful sympathy card.
My dear friend, Kay Smith made this cheerful swap.
Here I am on the ship with her and her hubby, Kevin. They just celebrated 50 years of marriage! Yay! 50 years is definitely a reason to celebrate. 🙂
This next swap is from Natalie Travis, another dear friend of mine who I also got a selfie with on the ship. She also took good care of me when my back was sore. Hugs to you, Natalie!!
I have more stampin’ friend pics below, but I suppose I need to focus on swaps first. I have five more still left to share!
This next one is genius! I love how Eldonna Epp took leaf images and created this poinsettia.
Oh my goodness!! Look at the amazing detail that went into THIS card by Jacque Williams. She’s an artist. I love everything that this gal creates.
Lynn Feldkamp is another demonstrator who always makes lovely cards and projects. I shared her Alaskan cruise card swap a few days ago on my blog. And yay for me!! I got her 3-D swap, too! Yes, this whole collection below was her swap.
Here is a lovely card by Zahra Premji. I love all the tiny details that she put into this swap.
This last swap card by Amy Storrie is so happy. It makes me want to keep hanging on to summer. I really love what she did with this suite of products.
As you can imagine, one of THE best things about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is making friends from all over the world. And I love that I get to see many of these friends each year on these fun trips.
with Susan LaCroix & Julie Davison
with Angela McKay and her husband
with Brenda Quintana
with Patty Bennett and Darla Roberts
with Marisa Alvarez, Wendy Cranford, Dawn Griffith, Angie Juda and Kara Golby
with Linda Heller and her husband
with Anja Luft
with Kylie Bertucci
with Debbie Henderson
with Scott Nielson, Susan Campfield and Selene Kempton
And this photo is of my husband and I with our friends, Silvia & Uwe Werner. We are on our balcony (which you can see is just below the Windjammer Cafe). Simone Bartrum who was in the floor below us took this photo for us.
We thought it was pretty fun that we had a room off the back of the ship that we could see from Windjammers. So one day after lunch, my son Luke had me wait while he ran down to our balcony so I could take his photo.
We loved our trip and keep reminiscing about all the fun we had. I probably won’t get by boys to take a sushi making class with me ever again,…
…but we made lots of great memories that we can treasure forever.
I’m excited to share papers, ribbons, & embellishments with you from the 2018 Holiday Catalog debuting September 5th! CLICK HERE to find out more information about my popular product shares! I’m taking sign ups through September 4th (if shares are still available). Billing begins tomorrow, August 29th for those who sign up quickly.
NO TRICKS, JUST TREATS!
October will be here soon. And when those kiddos show up at your doorstep on the 31st, you can be ready for them with spooky cute goodies handmade by you with the help of September’s Paper Pumpkin kit! Just have an active account by September 10th. New to Paper Pumpkin? Click here between now and September 10th to sign up for this fun paper crafting kit: https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-us/sign-up/?demoid=25553
Every $50 you spend in the month of August earns you a $5 coupon to redeem in September! It’s pretty awesome, but be sure to download and read through the FAQ/details sheet below so you don’t loose the coupons you earn. Click here for more information.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I am an affiliate with Stamp-n-Storage which means I may get commissions if you click on links I provide and decide to purchase anything from this company. I love their products and recommend them because I own several myself and believe my readers will benefit from them.
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