Welcome to the June 2019 Greek Isles Achievers Blog Hop! Follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of the participants in the list below my signature) so you can see some fabulous cards and projects created by other demonstrators who also earned the Stampin’ Up!® Greek Isles incentive trip that will take place this July 2019. This month’s hop features new products in the 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuted June 4. Click here to shop online and see all the fun Stampin’ Up! products that are now available.
I’m giddy because my sister and I leave for this trip in just two weeks!!! I can’t believe this fabulous dream-come-true trip that I earned just sharing what I love is almost here!
This is the swap card I’ll be bringing with me. It’s an arrow fold card.
Since I learned how to make these arrow fold cards last month and adapted the measurements to work with our A2-size envelopes, I’ve already made a few different ones with our new products. Click here to see the one I made with the Magnolia Lane Suite of products. And click here to see the one I made with the Garden Lane Designer Paper and Butterfly Wishes Stamp Set.
I love this sentiment in the Woven Heirlooms stamp set and felt that it went well with this card design. Plus sad to say, but I’m in need of sympathy cards lately.
It’s a pretty easy card to make as long as you can measure and fold accurately. Here are the details if you would like to give this arrow fold card a try.
Measurements…
Very Vanilla Cardstock
8-1/2” x 5-1/2” scored at 4-1/4” and folded in half
Terracotta Tile Cardstock
5” x 4”
Mosaic Mood Designer Paper
4-1/2” x 3-3/4”
Scrap for fussy-cutting the flowers and leaves
Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon
About 8″
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Directions…
Mark the bottom front of the folded horizontal Very Vanilla card base at 2-3/4″. Mark each of the sides of the front of the card at 2-1/8″.
Connect the 2-3/4″ mark to each of the 2-1/8″ marks with score lines. Connect the 2-3/4″ mark to each of the upper corners with score lines.
This card is harder to explain with just written directions, so I encourage you to watch my video that I made for the Magnolia version of this card to catch all the tips and directions for making an arrow fold card.
Fold the outer score lines forward. Then fold the inner score lines backward to create the arrow. Use a Bone Folder to make the crease lines crisp. Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the folded over sections of the arrow in place.
Mark the bottom of the Terracotta Tile Cardstock in the middle at 2-1/2″. Then follow the directions in the video for cutting from this point diagonally to each of the top corners to make three triangular pieces. Adhere these to the front sections of the card base.
Mark the bottom of the Mosaic Mood Designer Paper in the middle at 2-1/4″. Cut from this point diagonally to each of the top corners to make three triangular pieces. Adhere these to the Terracotta Tile sections of the card.
Stamp the sentiment on the inside of the card.
Fussy-cut the flower and leaves and adhere to the front of the card with Dimensionals.
Tie the bow and add below the flower with a Glue Dot.
Our travel documents for this Greek Isles trip arrived last week. But it’s been so busy here, that I haven’t shared them yet.
It was so exciting to open up. Stampin’ Up! always impresses with the beautiful packaging and gifts to its incentive trip earners. We are treated like royalty. Inside this beautiful ribbon-wrapped box…
…was this gorgeous wallet with copper printed honeycomb accenting, branded with the leather SU Logo, and filled with…
…our pretty luggage tags, name tags, documents, travel guide, etc. And look at all the pockets in this wallet! We’ll be organized on our trip for sure.
Have fun on the hop! And enjoy seeing all those inspiring ideas made by fellow trip achievers using new products!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
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BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our fantastic June projects the feature a variety of gift card holders are now available! CLICK HERE for more information.
A PEEK AT JULY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT July’s “On My Mind” Paper Pumpkin kit contains supplies to make 9 mailable card (3 of 3 kinds) and coordinates with 3 different suites from the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog: Woven Threads, Garden Lane, and Come Sail Away. Cllick here to get your subscription started by July 10th for this next kit.
Coordinating colors: Gold, Kraft, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty Peacock, Sahara Sand, Seaside Spray, and Terracotta Tile
Tuesday with the help of my mom and husband, we got 100 of these new 2019-20 Annual Catalogs out the door for USPS to pick up yesterday. And then my mom helped me to get another 91 out the door for USPS to pick up today. PHEW! Normally I have Stampin’ Up! send them directly to my customers. But this time I wanted to do it myself so I could get them to my stampers right away, enclose a small gift, and ensure delivery. (Do you love how my husband’s shoes stick out on the lower left of the second photo? It the right angle, it looked like he got buried! hahaha)
If you live local to me, near Andover, Minnesota, let me know if you want me to set aside a catalog for you to pick up. (A big thank you to many of my local customers who are picking up their catalogs from my house in the coming days.) If you live further away, I’d be happy to mail you a free catalog. I just ask that you cover the shipping costs if you are not currently one of my customers. Click here, then scroll down to learn more.
I never shared with you the gifts I gave to my team members who attended Stampin’ Up!’s April 2019 OnStage event!
Once again I went to Tamara Davis from TaDa! Moments to see what wonderful new products she had. And I fell in love with her Take Your Pick Tool holders. Personally I struggled with keeping my tool parts in a place where I could always find them, so this was perfect! She finished my personalized gifts quickly and sent them to me so I had plenty of time to add belly bands and gift tags to each one.
I love how they came in and were made for Stampin’ Up!’s Acetate Card Boxes, too.
For the belly band of this one I layered these pieces together: a strip of 1″ x 12″ How Sweet It Is Designer Paper, a strip of 1-1/4″ x 12″ Bermuda Bay Cardstock, and a strip of 1-1/2″ x 12″ Coastal Cabana. (Some of my gifts also used Melon Mambo Cardstock.) Then as I wrapped this layered strip around the layers gave way a bit and shifted, so I ended up with a definite seam.
I then tied a 3″ piece of Coastal Cabana/Granny Apple Green Reversible Ribbon in a knot around a pin from the Sweet Pins & Tags kit and attached it to the seam with a Glue Dot with the pin opening forward so I could add the tag.
I stamped, punched & die-cut, and layered my tag pieces.
I even printed out a note that I folded up and sandwiched inside.
And how fun they were to give out!
Just recently I decided to recycle the box and switch out the tag to create a NEW gift. I filled the box with chocolates. Yum!
Then I realized I wanted to decorate the box a bit more. So I took the chocolates out, lined the box with a 10-1/4″ x 5-3/4″ piece of designer paper (scored at 1/2″, 4-15/16″, 5-7/16″ and 9-7/8″), and put the chocolates back in.
I slipped the belly band back on and pinned on a new simple tag.
For those of you keeping my father-in-law in your prayers, there is no further news yet. But our family will still appreciate any prayers you can send his way.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
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EVERYTHING IS ROSY MEDLEY Are you a fan of rose gold, beautiful florals, and stunning designs? Then the May exclusive Everything Is Rosy Medley is perfect for you! To access the informational flyer, click here. This bundle is $80 US and available during the month of May or while supplies last.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH! CLICK HERE to find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog (and to access the dates about transitioning into the new catalog).
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT June’s Paper Pumpkin kit is all about sharing random acts of kindness through creativity in a fun and easy way. It includes 16 fun-sized, beach-themed cards and envelopes and an exclusive carrying case so you’ll always have your cards on hand to share wherever you go. Click here to see an introductory sneak peek video. Then click here to get your subscription started by June 10th for this next kit.
Coordinating colors: Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, and Old Olive
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our handsome masculine-themed May projects are now available!) CLICK HERE for more information.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
The May 2019 Project Tutorials from our Stampin’ Anonymous team are ready! This month we created masculine project ideas to celebrate the men in our lives. Here are peeks of the projects!. Today in my Facebook Live at 11 AM Central Time I’ll give you a “taste” of one these projects. Hope you can join me!
We are excited to share these exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! There are 3 ways you can get your hands on these exclusive tutorials.
Place an order with me* (directly or through my online store) during this month of May 2019 to receive the May 2019 tutorial bundle for FREE!**
Purchase a set of Stampin’ Anonymous Tutorials (past months are also available) at $9.95 a set. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page, and scroll down find these tutorials and their associated PayPal buttons.**
Please keep in mind that these projects are exclusive and will not be shared publicly online.
*Feel free to apply a host code when ordering. If your order is $150 or more (before shipping/tax), do not apply a code. Instead, your order of this size will automatically qualify you for Stampin’ Rewards. If your order is $50+, you will earn Loyalty Rewards points (10 in a year’s time = a free stamp set).
**Once I see that you’ve made the purchase, a link to the tutorial bundle/s will be emailed to you!
Today marks the first day that the Everything Is Rosy Medley is available. Love paper crafting? Love exclusive, beautiful product? Are you a fan of rose gold, beautiful florals, and stunning designs? Then the Everything Is Rosy Medley may be right up your alley. I shared a few projects created with this medley on Sunday. But here are a few more. Click here for the detailed flyer.
My favorite thing about attending Stampin’ Up!’s April 2019 OnStage was being with my many friends I have made over the years as a demonstrator. Ones who are definitely near and dear to my heart are those in my Stampers With ART community. I was blessed to have been among so many of them at this event in Minneapolis. Most of the 32 that attended are in this photo. ❤️
After the event ended many in my group gathered for an After Party. And oh what fun!
Another blessing about being a demonstrator is that we give each other hand-crafted gifts (evidence of this is on the tables shown in the two tables above). Here are a few I received from those in my team and others.
There was only one gift (the middle one pictured below) that I couldn’t put a name on because the sweet gal that gave it to me didn’t include her contact information. Hopefully she’ll see this and reach out to me. She touched my heart when she gave it to me, and I’d love to give her credit.
Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired by these fun cards and projects. Remember to look below my signature for reminders of promotions and Stampin’ Up! news.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
EVERYTHING IS ROSY MEDLEY Are you a fan of rose gold, beautiful florals, and stunning designs? Then the May exclusive Everything Is Rosy Medley is perfect for you! To access the informational flyer, click here. This bundle is $80 US and available during the month of May or while supplies last.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH! CLICK HERE to find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog (and to access the dates about transitioning into the new catalog).
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our handsome masculine-themed May projects are now available!) CLICK HERE for more information.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT May’s Paper Pumpkin kit is going to be beautiful! It was designed with the help of Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder. Shelli worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock (a new 2019-21 In Color), Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. Click here to see the video for even more information on this kit. Then click here to sign up by May 10th for this next kit.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
Welcome to the April 2019 Greek Isles Achievers Blog Hop! Follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of other participants in the list below my signature) so you can see some fabulous cards and projects created by other demonstrators who also earned the Stampin’ Up!® Greek Isles incentive trip that will take place this July 2019. This month’s hop features peeks of the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
One of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is being able to order products early. And those that attend OnStage (Stampin’ Up!’s convention) events get to order even earlier.
I haven’t had a lot of time to play with much it yet, but I finished my make-n-takes with some extra new products we were gifted at OnStage. Here are images of the make-n-takes the way we were supposed to make them.
I only did two as intended: the bird’s nest card from the upcoming May Paper Pumpkin kit & the birds on a branch card from the Free As A Bird Stamp Set and Bird Ballad Designer Paper. So pretty, right?!
Because of the suggestion from Amanda Martin while we were working on these cards at OnStage, I punched out a section of this Bird Ballad Designer Paper before finishing my card above.
Then I brought it home and added it to a Whisper White card base along with the pink flowers from the other make-n-take card which I altered a LOT. Both of these cards below used the supplies from the Perennial Essence Suite make-n-take: the Floral Essence Stamp Set, the Perennial Flower Punch, the Perennial Essence Designer Paper, the Perennial Essence Vellum, and the Perennial Essence Floral Centers.
I didn’t do the next make-n-take as is either, because I received the It Starts With Art Stamp Set as a product gift. And someone at my table (Amanda?) gave me their make-n-take packet (so I had an extra pieces). That fun Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon is carrying over into the new catalog. So I used that along with the Follow Your Art Designer Paper, the It Starts With Art Stamp Set, a little extra cardstock, and Rhinestones to complete these two cards. Gotta love that sentiment: “Follow your art.”
These last two I made with the make-n-takes supplies from the Come Sail Away Suite and a little extra cardstock: a Crumb Cake card base and some Basic Black. The Sailing Home Stamp Set is amazing and includes some wonderful sentiments. I have a feeling it will be pretty popular. The Sail Away Trinkets are adorable. And the Come Sail Away Designer Paper is both beautiful AND handsome!
I shared several photos including product and sample display boards yesterday, on my April 15th post. But here are a few more photos from OnStage April 2019. It truly IS an amazing experience to be at one of these events!
Besides all the ideas with new products that we get to create with, that are on display, and that are demonstrated…
…we get to swap cards, receive training and inspiration from presentations, take home prizes and gifts (see yesterday’s photos to see what I took home),…
…we celebrate accomplishments…
(Kim Peck and I walk across stage to celebrate our $700,000 milestones. And below Dena Rekow, Susie Wood and LeeAnn Greff walk across stage to celebrate their $1,000,000 milestones. Amazing!!)
…and we get to connect with friends – old and new.
These gals all helped with Check-In.
Rachel Durtschi and I teamed up to check in demonstrators before OnStage began.
Here I am with my dear friend, Mary Haugen, fellow demonstrator and co-owner of Stamp-n-Storage.
You can’t help but smile when you are around this bunch. In the photo with me are Kelly Acheson, Dena Rekow, Susan Campfield and Barb Mullikin.
Susan and I got to visit briefly with our friend BJ Peters (my fellow Demonstrator Council Member for the Mountain West Midwest North Region).
I met a demonstrator from Germany (here also visiting family), Katharina Pollak.
These are three wonderful team members of mine: Joann Knutson, Vicki Bibeau, and Julie Haugen.
And these gals (Vicki Spicer, Kayla Cory, Nancy Forsberg, and Mary Marohl) are some of my other wonderful team members. You can click here to see the video of new products that Kayla made.
I’m looking forward to the next one! Not sure which location I’ll be attending (the live 3-day event not listed is in Dortmund, Germany), but I’ve marked my calendar. Would you like to join me?!
I hope I inspired your creativity and you enjoyed what I shared.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
RETIRING PRODUCTS!
And Stampin’ Up! has posted its list of products that are now retiring from the current ones: the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and the 2019 Occasions Catalog. Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products lists so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Some things (like designer papers, ink pads and refills, cardstock…) sell out quickly! CLICK HERE for more detailed information, to access the lists and links, for dates about transitioning into the new catalog, AND to find out how you can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
THE 2019-20 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS JUNE 4TH!
After attending the April 2019 OnStage event, I now have a copy of the awesome upcoming catalog!! CLICK HEREto find out how YOU can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog.
BETTER THAN FLAT TUTORIALS
I’m so proud to be teamed up with five other super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators so we can create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our beautiful April feminine-themed projects are now available!) CLICK HEREto find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. (A new one is offered each month. May’s tutorials will feature masculine-themed projects.)
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
May’s Paper Pumpkin kit is going to be beautiful! It was designed with the help of Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder. Shelli worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock (a new 2019-21 In Color), Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. Click here to see the video for even more information on this kit. Then click here to sign up by May 10th for this next kit.
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP
Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS
Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. But there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. You will not see these items in the upcoming 2019-20 Annual Catalog that debuts June 4, 2019. Click here for more information.
What a fabulous weekend! I attended Stampin’ Up!’s April 2019 OnStage event in my home town area… Minneapolis, Minnesota along with 32 others in my Stampers With ART stars group. These events bring me joy in so many ways…friends, inspiration, creative ideas, new stuff, fun and goodies, all that we take home, the swaps and gifts from others,… I’m in my happy place! 🤗🦋💕
#OnStage2019
This OnStage was centered around the unveiling of the new products coming out in the 2019-20 Annual Catalog which will debut on June 4, 2019.
Before I share some photos from this fun event I want to remind you that along with the coming of a new catalog, comes saying good-bye to the current catalogs. And Stampin’ Up! has posted its list of products that are now retiring from the current ones: the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and the 2019 Occasions Catalog.
Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products lists so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Some things (like designer papers, ink pads and refills, cardstock…) sell out quickly!
CLICK HERE for more detailed information, to access the lists and links, for dates about transitioning into the new catalog, AND to find out how you can get your hands on the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog. I’m mailing them directly this year instead of having them sent through Stampin’ Up!. So please be sure to read through how you can get your own copy sent to you.
This time the OnStage Live (the big three day event) was in Auckland, New Zealand. So I attended one of the OnStage Locals. And I was blessed to have a few team members travel far to join our big group: two from California, one from Iowa, one from North Dakota, one from Wisconsin, and many from Minnesota but a good drive away.
For those of us at a leadership level, we were treated on Friday evening to an extra special event called CentreStage. I roomed with my good friend (and upline) Susan Campfield. This is a photo from her camera that we had taken before we entered the event.
Susan’s team of Silver Elites and above (which I am a part of with my team member Cheryl) is pictured below: Me, Carol Rosengren, Cheryl Lee, Linda Larson, Susan Campfield (in the back), Kelly Burkhart, and Carol Baumgartner.
The food was incredible and tasted wonderful! I was amazed that there were so many choices for my restrictive diet. So I dished up to get a taste of everything.
I shared this photo of Cheryl and me on Saturday, but thought I’d add it here since this was a huge highlight of being able to attend this leadership event…getting the catalog early!
Cheryl and I sat with these wonderful ladies…Sandy Carlson, Terri Gaines, Denise Quale, and Sue Lehrer.
And below are the gifts and goodies I took home from CentreStage. (The bracelet was a gift from Susan.)
The next day was the main event for all…OnStage. I love how the tables were each decorated. (Notice the miniature Stampin’ Up! box filled with candy? Those mini boxes are one of the new products that will be available in the catalog. So cute, right?!)
These beautiful gals (that I sat with on Saturday) are four members of my Stampers With ART community that I met in person for the first time this weekend!! They each traveled a good distance to be here. The two gals in the back each flew in to be with our group…Jenny Rehder from Corona, CA and Amanda Martin from Plumas Lake, CA. Waving is Kym McCutcheon from Mountain Lake, MN. And next to her is Lisa-Marie Ramer from Gaylord, MN. What fun we had! Ashley Kuphal from Cokato, MN joined us later in the day but wasn’t in our photo. 🙁 Hopefully when I share more photos tomorrow, I’ll have one of her. She was delayed in getting to the event.
In fact I’ll share a few more photos of other friends and of projects tomorrow, too that you’ll want to come back to see.
The rest of these photos are of the products and samples on the display boards and a few good ones I took during the demonstrations. It’s fun to see all the NEW!!
This special double-sided display board below gave us all a sneak peek of the Paper Pumpkin kit coming next month…May’s kit which was designed with the help of Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder. Shelli worked closely with designers and concept artists to create a Paper Pumpkin kit that is uniquely hers. It includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper, and crafting materials to create 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock (a new 2019-21 In Color), Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla.
I was super excited that we got to make this card from the kit, too! Click here to see the video for even more information on this kit. I’ll share photos of this with my other cards I made from the make-n-take materials tomorrow.
Here are the rest of the display boards showing off new products!!! Eek! Can you pick out what I’ll be buying first?
The names of the new In Colors (in case you haven’t heard yet) are…
Rococo Rose
Purple Posy
Pretty Peacock
Seaside Spray
and Terracotta Tile
I overnighted my order, so I’ll have samples of these colors in my hot little hands tomorrow. My goal is to share these colors compared to other Stampin’ Up! colors (present and past) in a post later this week.
There are so many new amazing designer papers, embellishments and stamp set images! Below are products from the new suites.
There will be more Stampin’ Blends Alcohol Markers offered and six fun Pigment Sprinkles (similar to Brusho Crystal Colour). And pictured below are two new card kits.
These last three photos are of the rest of my many gifts and prizes I received.
The beautiful bag, the things that came in it, and the two all attendee product gifts: Daisy Lane Stamp Set and Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Paper
The fantastic new 2019-20 Annual Catalog, my name badge, my prize patrol button and prize I won (the Woven Heirlooms stamp set), and my recognition letter to walk across stage for achieving $700,000 in career sales.
Image sheets from the make-n-take packets and all the fun items I got to take home with me from the our products we used at our table
Come back tomorrow to see more photos from OnStage and photos of what I created with the make-n-take supplies. I changed most of mine up! 😉
Want to be one of the first to see and get your hands on new products? The new catalog is online on the demo side as of today! Become a Stampers With ART Star! Join my community, have fun and reap the rewards of being a demonstrator. Click here to learn more.
And remember to glance over the lists of retiring products to see if there is anything you need to get before these items are gone for good.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
STORAGE BY STAMPIN’ UP
Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our April projects are now available!) CLICK HEREto find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one is offered each month.
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS
Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer are retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. And there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. The order limit for the Stampin’ Trimmer Cutting Blade Refills is at six until supplies are depleted for good. (From now until September SU will receive intermittent shipments from the supplier.)
The dies and folders that will be offered will not be from our current supplier. So there will be small changes: the dies and folders will be manufactured differently; this means the way you use the new style of dies and folders will be a little different than how you used the old style. Both the new-style and old-style dies and embossing folders can work with any die-cutting & embossing machine (in some cases, adaptations like shims may be required because the gap between rollers on machines may vary slightly between manufacturers). Click here for more details regarding the changes to our die-cutting machine, dies and embossing folders.
I realize for many of you that this news may be a little jaw-dropping at first. I had a similar reaction. But after giving it a little more thought, reminding myself that change is an opportunity for new and better, and knowing what a strong company Stampin’ Up! has been for 30 years, I now anticipate some marvelous changes to come! And I’m excited.
#OnStage2019
Eek!! Many of us Stampin’ Up! demonstrators are in the midst of OnStage right now. Many of us have the new 2019-20 Annual Catalog in our hands – those who are attending in New Zealand, Japan, Germany, the UK or France and those of in the US and Canada that attended the leadership dinner, CentreStage last night! (Today all demonstrators attending OnStage will have their copy.) I’m drooling over all the new designer papers, stamp sets, embellishments, colors, etc!!
I appreciate all those who are sharing on social media using #OnStage2019 or #AucklandOnStage2019 .
It’s so fun to see what everyone is sharing out there! I’ll post more photos from the Minneapolis local event on Monday when I also share the list of products that will be retiring from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and 2019 Occasions Catalog. So stay tuned!
Saturday is typically the day I share here on my blog what I demonstrated in my Wednesday’s Facebook Live Online Paper Crafting Class. This time I couldn’t settle on just one card! So I have TWO cards for you today. I just couldn’t decide which one I liked best! I used the popular Wood Textures Designer Paper for each. And both cards have raised panels creating a channel either in the middle or on the sides. (By the way my second card was inspired by a very artistic Emma Goddard card. Thanks Emma!)
Rather than writing out all the details & directions for these cards, I shared that information in my Facebook Live broadcast. Then I uploaded the recorded version of this video to my YouTube channel (since I know not everyone is ON Facebook). Be sure to watch the video (you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog), check out the measurements and products lists below (for BOTH cards), scroll through the close-up photos, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed this video! Here are the measurements you’ll need if you plan to recreate the boots card I demonstrated in the video.
Measurements for Boots Card…
Basic Black Cardstock
8-1/2” x 5-1/2” scored at 4-1/4” and folded in half
Two strips that are 3/4” x 4”
Scrap for punching out 2” half circle
Soft Suede Cardstock
1” x 4”
2-1/4” x 4”
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Scrap for punching out 1-1/2” circle
5-1/4” x 4”
Copper Foil Sheet
Scrap for punching out 1-3/4” circle
Wood Textures Designer Paper
2” x 4”
And here are the measurements you’ll need if you plan to recreate the trees card I demonstrated in the video.
Measurements for Trees Card…
Crumb Cake Cardstock
11” x 4-1/4” scored at 5-1/2” and folded in half
Basic Black Cardstock
5-1/2” x 2-1/2”
9/16” (just over ½”) x 2”
Very Vanilla Cardstock
5-1/2” x 2-3/8”
Just under 5-1/2” x 2”
Wood Textures Designer Paper
2” x 6” – trimmed to 2” x ½”, 1” x 5-1/2” & 1” x 5-1/2”
Ribbons: Black Shimmer & Tea Room
About 3” of each
Products I used… See below for a list of products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Here are more close-up photos. Above are the ones I demonstrated. Below are the ones I had made beforehand (which are just slightly different).
Click here to see Emma Goddard’s card that inspired my simpler version above.
I hope you enjoyed what I had to share today!
If you ARE on Facebook, I invite you to “like” then “follow” my page so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. I broadcast live most every Wednesday morning at 11 AM Central Time. My next FB Live will be Wednesday, April 17th! Hope you can join me. I’m planning on having some new products in my hands!!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
Stampin’ Up! is now offering new organizational products! Storage by Stampin’ Up!® for those of us who want to interchangeable, stackable, customizable storage solutions for your Stampin’ Up! ink pads, markers and more! Click here to learn more. Click here for a planning/configuration chart. Click here to access the informational flyer. CLICK HERE to view and shop for these items in my online store.
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! (Our April projects are now available!) CLICK HEREto find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one is offered each month.
OCCASIONS CATALOG NEWS
There are some products that are selling out in the 2019 Occasions Catalog already. These products were going to retire with this seasonal catalog anyway, but due to complications with Stampin’ Up!’s die supplier & not being able to replenish the inventory, the following items are no longer available:
Doily Builder Thinlits Dies (item 148553)
Wonderful Floral Framelits Dies (item 148529)
Rose Trellis Thinlits Dies (item 148549)
Detailed Birthday Edgelits Dies (item 148548)
ANNUAL CATALOG NEWS
Due to recent supplier issues (and other factors), Stampin’ Up! will no longer be carrying the current die-cutting machine and trimmer: The Big Shot and Stampin’ Trimmer will be retiring. These changes are giving Stampin’ Up! the opportunity to research and explore replacement options. And there will be a gap when we do not have a trimmer or die-cutting machine available. When the retiring list goes live on April 15, the order limit for the Stampin’ Trimmer Cutting Blade Refills will increase from three to six (and the limit will remain at six until they’re no longer available). And from now until September, SU will receive intermittent shipments from the supplier.
The dies and folders that will be offered will not be from our current supplier. So there will be small changes: the dies and folders will be manufactured differently; this means the way you use the new style of dies and folders will be a little different than how you used the old style. Both the new-style and old-style dies and embossing folders can work with any die-cutting & embossing machine (in some cases, adaptations like shims may be required because the gap between rollers on machines may vary slightly between manufacturers). Click here for more details regarding the changes to our die-cutting machine, dies and embossing folders.
I realize for many of you that this news may be a little jaw-dropping at first. I had a similar reaction. But after giving it a little more thought, reminding myself that change is an opportunity for new and better, and knowing what a strong company Stampin’ Up! has been for 30 years, I now anticipate some marvelous changes to come! And I’m excited.
There are some products that are selling out in the 2018-19 Annual Catalog already. These products were going to retire with this seasonal catalog anyway, but due to complications with Stampin’ Up!’s die supplier & not being able to replenish the inventory, the following items are no longer available:
Big Shot Standard Cutting Pads (item 113475) – please know that even though Stampin’ Up! no longer carries this, you can still find Sizzix Cutting Pads elsewhere
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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