If you’ve been following my blog posts over the years, you’ve seen me share photos of a special weekend getaway that my parents and I have hosted at their place for my achieving team members at the Silver Elite and above title. But like many events this year, our Silver Elite Retreat was held virtually (on Zoom) to keep us socially distant during this pandemic. And today I’m excited to share with you a couple glimpses of the fun we had on Saturday and photos of the gifts I gave to the well-deserving Cheryl Lee and Nancy Forsberg!
My husband, Tim delivered their baskets of goodies that morning. And I personalized them by including beverages and treats that I hoped they would enjoy.
Cheryl’s basket included tortilla chips, salsa, Bacardi Limon (two bottles) and a chilled Diet Coke.
Nancy’s (and Kayla’s – they are a mom/daughter team) included Doritos, Sun Chips, a mini champagne, Moscato, and Vodka.
I told them they couldn’t open or dig through it until we started the Zoom at 10 AM. ?
Here is what else was in each of their baskets: their own personalized insulated beverage bag,…
…a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box decorated with some upcoming new products (the Fine Art Floral Designer Paper, Gilded Leafing, and Blushing Bride Metallic Ribbon) holding a sampling of Gilded Leafing and a personalized Clear Block D,…
…and other etched blocks (in decorated Gold and White Mini Pizza Boxes) that they earned from achievements this past SU year.
In fact a HUGE congrats to all those on my team who earned these!
But the most fun part about the baskets were the new products debuting in the January-June Mini Catalog and make-n-take supplies prepped and ready to put together.
After going through our baskets I walked them through assembling our Sand & Sea Suite projects.
After breaking for lunch we gathered again and put together our Hydrangea Hill Suite projects. (I’m so excited to share these suites with all of YOU.)
Then we got creative and did our own card designs with the supplies from the upcoming You Are Amazing Project Kit.They finished their cards. I did not. And I forgot to take photos! Oops! Maybe it’s because we had enjoyed our beverages at this point in the day? Hahaha.
We took a break for dinner. And when we returned, we chatted about all kinds of things. I loved that we were able to make this event possible. I’m so very excited for how far these gals have taken their businesses. They really deserved this pampering!
Here is a bit of news from Stampin’ Up! that was shared with us late Thursday night. Some of you may have already heard.
“We are sad to announce that the supplier’s mill producing our Whisper White cardstock has permanently closed due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though this decision was out of our hands, rest assured that we jumped right into action to find the best replacement paper possible. We have dedicated many hours to source and test alternative cardstock options from several suppliers to find the perfect fit that still maintains the Stampin’ Up! quality you know and trust. And we are happy to share that we have found a winner for our new cardstock, Basic White! Our new Basic White products will become available to purchase as soon as we have them in stock. It’s always hard to say goodbye, but we are excited about the new Basic White product line and we encourage you to try it out!”
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WHISPER WHITE LEAVING…BASIC WHITE COMING News from SU…“We are sad to announce that the supplier’s mill producing our Whisper White cardstock has permanently closed due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though this decision was out of our hands, rest assured that we jumped right into action to find the best replacement paper possible. We have dedicated many hours to source and test alternative cardstock options from several suppliers to find the perfect fit that still maintains the Stampin’ Up! quality you know and trust. And we are happy to share that we have found a winner for our new cardstock, Basic White! Our new Basic White products will become available to purchase as soon as we have them in stock. It’s always hard to say goodbye, but we are excited about the new Basic White product line and we encourage you to try it out!”Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here for an informational video.
GIANT YEAR-END CLOSEOUT EVENT! From December 8, 2020 through January 4, 2021 get 10-50% off on some of your favorite products from the August–December 2020 Mini Catalog. CLICK HERE and scroll down to access that list. (You’ll also find a list of items carrying over to the new annual catalog.)
MINI STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE UPDATE If you recall the new Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machines on pages 170-172 in the 2020-21 Annual Catalog weren’t quite ready with the launch of this publication in June. The larger one debuted on September 1st, but there were further COVID-19-related delays with the mini machine. Well…good news! The mini machine is available to demonstrators right now. And on January 5th it will be available to everyone! So keep that in mind when planning your wish lists and purchases.
CURVY CELEBRATIONS IS HERE! There are some fabulous products debuting in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog that have been released early and are being offered along with some coordinating exclusive Christmas products. Click here to see theseCurvy Celebrations products in my online store! Click here for the informational flyer. You can get your hands on any or all of them November 3-January 4.
A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Love is in the air! Send a little love to someone special with the January 2020 Sending Hearts Paper Pumpkin Kit. From heaps of heart-shaped elements to paper pieces in red and pink, this month’s kit has everything you need to create eight adorable cards (4 of 2 designs) —with coordinating envelopes—for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, and every celebration of love in between! AND…with the add-on to January’s sweet and sentimental kit, there’s even more love to share! The add-on — called Little Love Boxes (#156842 available January 1, 2020 $8 USD/$11 CAD) —includes 20 tiny, printed boxes and 24 die-cut, heart-shelled snails and sentiment labels. When combined with the remaining components from the Sending Hearts kit, you can create treat packaging, additional cards, and so much more! Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)…Coordinating colors: Basic Black, gold, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate, white If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve December 2020 Artistry Blooms SuiteTutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Fine Art Floral Suite will be available January 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (July-December) include links to instructional videos!
MY ONLINE PAPER CRAFTERS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS We are looking for more to join our online Paper Crafters club. The commitment is to order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product in each of 6 consecutive months. In one of those months, you would reap the hosting rewards (free merchandise based on the club orders). And then you’d also be able to get in on monthly product perks that would be sent to you along with your monthly club cards.
Over 10,000 of us demonstrators from around the world just attended Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage@Home event, our annual convention this year held as a virtual event because of the pandemic. And they really knocked it out of the park!
The event kicked off Thursday evening with musical entertainment from Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo (yes! can you believe it?!) and was followed by awards/recognitions and fun stamping demonstrations.
It was during this event that I found out that I placed in the TOP 20 in the US for sales, team building and leadership AND ranked #14 IN THE WORLD out of 57,040 demonstrators!!! I am so completely grateful and humbled to be among the top achievers. I knew I had an amazing year with my stats, but wow! I bow down to my team of course for the team building and leadership rankings! In fact most of these awards were not earned on my own. So…HUGE thank you’s to ALL of you who have supported me so I could turn this passionate love for paper crafting art into such a rewarding career. ❤️
I was also recognized for earning the incentive trip, my $800,000 career sales milestone, my 20 year anniversary with the company, and my promotion to Gold Elite.
To my surprise, a few deliveries came the next day from a few of my demonstrator friends! So not only was on on cloud 9, but the house smelled spectacular!
Friday and Saturday were full days filled with trainings, breakout classes, Stampin’ Up! news, prizes, announcements, and more demonstrations of new products that will debut in January in our upcoming January-June Mini Catalog and Sale-a-Bration Brochure. Oh yes! Did I forget to mention that?! We were able to see all the new goodies coming our way! AND we were able to preorder some of these items early. (So of course, I did. Join me this Monday evening at 6 PM Central Time on my Facebook Page where I will reveal many of these items during my Box Opening party. That’s tomorrow, because yes…I expedited my order. Ummm…of course. LOL)
Here are some more glimpses of new products coming our way soon.
All the presenters did a fantastic job! But I have to say ending the event with the “Sara and Shelli Show” is always the best. Shelli is the co-founder of the company. Sara is her daughter and now the CEO of the company. This mother-daughter team is seriously always SOOOoo much fun to watch.
And they presented one of my favorite new suites: Fine Art Floral.
Stampin’ Up! always spoils us with gifts and prizes. I won a level two Sale-a-Bration Stamp Set called A Touch of Ink. And the all-attendee give-away was $25 product credit. SOooo nice. These items were also sent to those of us who opted for the “swag” when we registered.
And demonstrators at the title of Silver Elite or higher were also sent this CenterStage gift: a new paper snips with dangling scissors charm.
When I opened it I had to laugh. Because that’s the gift I send out to those in my team who attended…a scissors charm! I also sent them a fun-fold card, a team ribbon and a note of appreciation. Here are a few photos that I took during the process of assembling and getting them out in the mail.
I bought the actual etched charm from NouveauElements on Etsy. And then I added the jump rings and cord myself.
I got a few gifts, too! We demonstrators like to do that sort of thing at in-person events. But how fun that the gift giving still took place even though we weren’t gathering in person. Those that made each gift are mentioned in the watermarks of the photos.
I have yet to break open the champagne that Nancy and Kayla gave me. I’m saving it for when my husband brings home a celebratory flourless chocolate cake.
By the way, if you want to see even more glimpses of new products and more from this fun event, use the hashtag #onstageathome when searching social media.
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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CURVY CELEBRATIONS IS HERE! There are some fabulous products debuting in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog that have been released early and are being offered along with some coordinating exclusive Christmas products. Click here to see theseCurvy Celebrations products in my online store! Click here for the informational flyer. You can get your hands on any or all of them November 3-January 4.
PAPER PUMPKIN PAST KITS AND REFILLS AVAILABLE AGAIN! While constructing the new online store, Stampin’ Up! had to temporarily suspend the offering of Paper Pumpkin past kits and refills. Well…good news! The online store functionality that allows SU to offer these products is working now! Paper Pumpkin Past Kits and Refills are available once again. These products are only available while supplies last and require an active Paper Pumpkin subscription to be allowed to order. SU will continue to release new past kit and refill products each month as inventory and demand allow. If you’re interested in purchasing these products, they’re typically released—if available—on the 4th Monday of each month.
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT November’s cute, gingerbread-themed kit contains enough supplies to create one-of-a-kind Christmas crafts! Whether it’s a gift card carrier, traditional card, or tasty-looking tag, this sweet and seasonal kit is the key to heartfelt holiday gifting. With curly cutouts, sugary stickers, and delicious die-cut designs in a special-edition box, a jolly holiday will be on its way with this kit! (Also includes 15 2-3/4″ x 4-3/8″ envelopes.) Click here to watch the cute promotional video. Coordinating colors: Cinnamon Cider, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Blushing Bride, and Whisper White.
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve November 2020 Forever GreeneryTutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Artistry Blooms Suite will be available December 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (July-December) include links to instructional videos!
MY ONLINE PAPER CRAFTERS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS We are looking for more to join our online Paper Crafters club. The commitment is to order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product in each of 6 consecutive months. In one of those months, you would reap the hosting rewards (free merchandise based on the club orders). And then you’d also be able to get in on monthly product perks that would be sent to you along with your monthly club cards.
We are in the midst of Stampin’ Up’s Leaders Summit event. As most large events in this crazy year of 2020, the Summit is being held online. Though this August 2020 event was switched from in-person to virtual, it has still been incredibly amazing and full of information, inspiration, motivation and more!
Attendees from all over the world started getting spoiled and excited when gifts began arriving to each one of us. To keep this special gift a surprise to those who were still awaiting theirs, most of us tried not to share what it was until the event began. So now I can reveal it to you. Stampin’ Up! sent each of us a set of two champagne glasses from Tiffany & Co!! And they arrived in a beautiful Tiffany blue box!
What a great way to make us leaders all feel so special. ❤️
My upline (and dear friend), Susan Campfield sent her husband door-to-door the morning of the first day of the event to drop off a gift to each one of us attending. Wow! Right? This made us feel even MORE special. And she personalized mine to include nectarines, dark chocolate and a gluten-free treat. Yay!!
And then it began!…
Leaders Summit kicked off with a Welcome Reception at 2 PM Mountain Time on Thursday, August 27. We were asked to bring one of our glasses as we raised a toast.
Because Stampin’ Up! had liked what I had written in a response to an email that had been sent out about a month back, I was picked as one of the presenters for a special Global Top Performers session that followed the Welcome Reception. I was nervous, but very honored. (So I kept my toasting beverage mellow… just water! LOL)
Yesterday was much busier. Friday’s events went from Noon to 8:30 PM Mountain Time with a 1-1/2 hour break for dinner (in my case). Because this event is being held live for demonstrator leaders all over the world, there are many who are getting up in the early hours of their morning or staying up to the wee hours of their night to participate. And some ventured out to stay in hotel rooms with their computers to make it easier to focus and be in the moment of this incredible conference. I’m fortunate that my husband and boys are self-sufficient and okay with me staying in my studio/office while the event is taking place.
Plus I really couldn’t have traveled well anyways because of my broken toe. So I’m even more grateful that this event is virtual. In fact, by evening I had moved up to our living room so I could elevate it.
For those of you who missed me telling the story this past Wednesday during my Online Paper Crafter’s class on YouTube, I broke a bone in my fourth toe of my left foot when I wasn’t watching where I was going the evening of August 20th. I ran into the leg of our new couch. 🙁 Here’s the x-ray.
I’m over a week into the healing process and starting to feel better now. Thank you for all your well wishes.
We have one more full day today. I am rested and ready! In fact I’ll be gathering for a Team Online Brunch via Zoom with those in our group in less than an hour! Fun fun fun!!
Oh!… I also wanted to share what I sent to those in my team attending this event with me! I had a few extra bags left from my Blossoms In Bloom Paper Pumpkin Palooza event this past June. They they each got one of those with some little gifts inside.
The gifts included a bracelet, a pack of Gold Gilded Gems, and a string of mini LED lights that they could use for decorating. I enclosed the lights and a special card with a hand-written note inside a Gold Mini Pizza Box wrapped with the Forever Greenery Designer Paper.
These demonstrators have worked hard to get to their titles and qualify to attend this event. I’m grateful that they have invested in it and are attending it with me! I can’t wait to see what this day has in store for us.
Thanks for visiting!
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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SEPTEMBER’S GET & GO STARTER KIT PROMOTION The Starter Kit is a fantastic way for new demonstrators to get loads of products at a huge value (for $99, choose $125-worth of products). During the Get & Go Starter Kit Promotion (September 1-30), you can get even MORE products—and at the same great price! These additional products were specifically chose to help new demonstrators hold an event right from the get-go and get their business off to a running start. Click here to access the flyer. And click here to more about the benefits of joining my community by purchasing the Starter Kit.
TIME TO REDEEM “BONUS DAYS” COUPONS! For every $50 you spent July 1st through August 3rd (before shipping and tax), you earned a $5 Bonus Days coupon code that you can now redeem August 4-31, 2020. Click here for more details.
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT There’s so much to love about fall—some love the haunts of Halloween, many love the time to give thanks, and others love the changing colors and cooler temperatures. Whatever you love most about fall, September’s “Hello Pumpkin” Paper Pumpkin kit has everything you need to celebrate the season your way! Between a multi-occasion stamp set and enough supplies to design 20 cracker box treat packages, you can create custom fall crafts to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, pumpkins, and leaves. Coordinating Colors: Bumblebee, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Cinnamon Cider, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, white. If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by September 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our bundle of twelve August 2020In Good Taste SuiteTutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Playing with Patterns Suite will be available September 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (July-December) now include links to instructional videos!
AUTUMN 2020 MEGA TUTORIAL BUNDLE! I took part in another mega tutorial bundle group where everyone involved contributed a project tutorial using Autumn-themed products from the Aug-Dec 2020 Mini Catalog. Each project includes instructions, photos, imperial and metric measurements, and complete product lists. Click here to learn how you can get this entire bundle of 82 great ideas.
STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINES You’ll see the new Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machines on pages 170-172 in the new 20-21 Annual Catalog. They weren’t quite ready with the launch of this publication. There are still some COVID-19-related delays with the mini machine. But the larger Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine will be available September 1st! The machine is only available to demonstrators right now. But if you can’t wait until September 1st, you can get this $120 machine and another $5 item (like Rhinestones) in your Starter kit order in August and pay only $99!
MY ONLINE PAPER CRAFTERS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS We are looking for more to join our online Paper Crafters club. The commitment is to order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product in each of 6 consecutive months. In one of those months, you would reap the hosting rewards (free merchandise based on the club orders). And then you’d also be able to get in on monthly product perks that would be sent to you along with your monthly club cards.
As you saw from my last post, I spent this past weekend up north celebrating and spoiling my Silver Elite team member, Cheryl Lee at my parents’ cabin. This is the 3rd year we’ve done this (click here to view photos from last year). And it is so much fun to just get away, create projects, and pamper Cheryl (with the help of my mom and dad).
We headed up on Friday morning, stopped for lunch at our traditional place (The Beanery in Aitkin, Minnesota),…
…and then arrived, unpacked, and were stamping away by 3 PM! My mom helped me cook and serve yummy meals, and my dad did the dishes afterwards. Those two put their all into this weekend, and it felt like we were at a Bed & Breakfast. (I’m blessed.)
I like to throw in silver embellishments when I can when I make my gifts for this event. So I used that fun Silver Metallic-Edge Ribbon and a Silver Leaves Trinket on this tag.
I even added a Silver Leaves Trinket to the zipper of the bag.
This was an extra special gift that I included in her bag.
Cheryl (bless her heart) gifted us, too! We each received a mini bundt cake. She gave my parents a pretty flowering plant. And I received this hand crafted bag with a pretty stone necklace inside!
I love how she used a strip of coordinating designer paper across the front of the bag to hold the card.
Over the course of the weekend, we each stamped 13 cards and one 3-D project. Here is one of cards we made Saturday morning – part of a set of 8 card variations made with the Seriously The Best Card Kit that I’ll be sharing in detail here on my blog next week.
Click here to see another set of 3 cards we made that I shared on my blog on Monday. And stay tuned for more posts (like the hexaflexagon card) coming soon for the rest of the items we made.
A week before our event I sent Cheryl this vellum z-fold invitation.
Here are the details if you wish to recreate it…
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
PDF Tutorial…Click here to access and download a direction sheet for this project.
Measurements
Melon Mambo Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” and 2-1/8” x 5-1/8″
Lovely Lipstick Cardstock: Scraps for stamping and punching two umbrellas
Vellum Cardstock: 9-3/4” x 5-1/4” scored parallel to the short side at 2-1/4” from one end and 4” from the other end
Whisper White Cardstock: 5”x 2” for the outside and 5” x 2” for the inside of the card
Best Dressed Designer Paper: Scraps for stamping and cutting two umbrellas
Silver Metallic-Edge Ribbon: 15”
Directions
Stamp and punch two umbrella tops from Lovely Lipstick scraps. Stamp and fussy cut two umbrella tops (cutting right to the black outline) from pink floral prints from the Best Dressed Designer Paper. Adhere with SNAIL. And embellish top of each with a Rhinestone.
Stamp sentiments, rain drops and umbrella handles onto Whisper White Cardstock layers. When front layer images, position umbrella tops first. Use the Basic Black Marker and a ruler/straight edge to extend the length of the handles.
Then adhere umbrella tops using Dimensionals.
After cutting, scoring and folding Vellum Cardstock, adhere inside white layer first so it’s attached to the inside widest section but centered under the narrow 2-1/4” wide part of the Vellum. (You’ll be able to see through the vellum to line things up.) Flip Vellum over, add adhesive under the white cardstock area, then attach to the wide Melon Mambo base layer. Add the front white layer to the narrow Melon Mambo layer. Then add this to the top of the 2-1/4” wide Vellum section. Because of the way the card opens, there is no need to worry about the adhesive under this front layer.
Wrap around and tie on ribbon. Secure knot in place with a Glue Dot.
Since this is Cheryl’s 3rd year attending, we spent time reminiscing about previous years… trying to recall which year had the huge snowfall, which year we ate certain meals, etc.
This year the weather was pretty darn perfect. It was super cold on Friday, the day we arrived and on Sunday, the day we went home which was fine for traveling. But it was much warmer on Saturday when we ventured out on a walk. And the sun shone pretty much all day every day.
It’s a beautiful location and I am looking forward to next year already! We had a wonderful time together.
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).
ALL STAR TUTORIALS I’m back as a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members in a series of five fabulous months! Our bundle of twelve February 2020 Peaceful Poppies Tutorials are now available! CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page.
SALE-A-BRATION NEWS January 3 to March 31, 2020. Free products for all! Click here to learn more.
COORDINATION PRODUCTS ARE HERE! February 4-March 31 is the perfect opportunity to purchase products that coordinate with our favorite products from the January–June 2020 Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration. Only available for a limited time or while supplies last. Click here for the visual flyer so you view the products! Click here for the coordination products list flyer. Click here to shop these products in my online store.
A PEEK AT MARCH’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT March’s seven year anniversary Paper Pumpkin kit is just around the corner and will arrive in an exclusive, specially-designed box with supplies to make 12 note cards (4 of 3 designs). Because Paper Pumpkin is celebrating another milestone year, this kit will contain an extra bonus stamp set, too! Coordinating colors are: Balmy Blue, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Grapefruit Grove, Gray Granite, Pear Pizzazz, Petal Pink, Shaded Spruce, and So Saffron. Think daffodils, raindrops, and a fresh spring vibe. Then… Click here to activate your subscription by March 10th for this March kit.
MY ONLINE PAPER CRAFTERS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS We are looking for more to join our online Paper Crafters club. The commitment is to order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product in each of 6 consecutive months. In one of those months, you would reap the hosting rewards (free merchandise based on the club orders). And then you’d also be able to get in on monthly product perks that would be sent to you along with your monthly club cards.
We had such a great time at our January 2020 Demos Galore event this past weekend! There is just tooooo much creativity in our group of demonstrators. And I came away with so many ideas that I can’t wait to share with all of you! Of course I can’t possibly share ALL that happened at that event in this one post, but I will share the gifts I took home and a few photos from the event. Then in future posts, I hope to share ideas I create that were inspired by the projects at this event.
Our presenters had displays at their tables to show off the products they were sharing.
We had thirteen demonstrators presenting new product suites and bundles! Plus there were gifts for ordering, prizes, make-n-takes, and many other tables of display boards…inspiration everywhere!
Cards, treat packaging, bags, boxes, fun folds, techniques, scrapbook pages, etc…so many fun things to learn and soak in!
Some ideas shared were CASEd from others and many were original creations. It was so wonderful how the presenters gave credit during their presentations to those who inspired them!
A big shout out to my upline, Susan Campfield (seated in the middle next to me) who always takes on a majority of the preparations and planning, my sideline demonstrators and their team members, and MY team – the fourteen Stampers With ART Stars (listed below) who all helped to make this event a success!!
Those in my group who presented products at demonstration tables: Tricia Josephs, Ashley Kuphal, Cheryl Lee, Brenda & Tim Georgi, Nancy Forsberg & Kayla Cory, Kristie Strum, JoAnn Pollock and JoAnn Peterson.
Those in my group who helped with make-n-takes: Marciene Ingram, Kym McCutcheon and Beth Ferguson
My Facebook Live assistant: Vicki Spicer
Can you tell I’m proud?! ?
The make-n-take project (that everyone present was able to make) was this spanner panel triple layer card.
Susan gave each of us on her team this adorable gift.
Our name tags were super cute too!
Then three on my team gifted me while we were there. Kristie Strum gave me one of her treat containers she demonstrated with the Perfectly Framed Stamp Set.
Ashley Kuphal gave me her 3-Panel Scenery Z-fold card that she demonstrated at with the Birthday Bonanza Suite.
And Cheryl Lee gave me this calendar easel that she made with product from the Peaceful Poppies Suite.
I love what I get to do each and every day! And I’m grateful to be surrounded by those who love to create and share as well. Thanks for visiting!
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SALE-A-BRATION NEWS January 3 to March 31, 2020. Free products for all! Click here to learn more.
COORDINATION PRODUCTS COMING SOON February 4-March 31 is the perfect opportunity to purchase products that coordinate with our favorite products from the January–June 2020 Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration. Only available for a limited time or while supplies last. Click here for the visual flyer so you can plan ahead! Click here for the coordination products list flyer.
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 January 2020 projects with a Valentine theme are now available!) CLICK HERE for more information.
A PEEK AT FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT February’s Paper Pumpkin kit, Lovely Day kit is versatile, elegant, and the perfect way to help celebrate birthdays and other grand occasions. It coordinates perfectly with the Happy Birthday to You Stamp Set (item 152308), which is available free as part of Stampin’ Up!’s Sale-A-Bration promotion. Makes nine 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” cards and envelopes. Coordinating colors are: Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Rich Razzleberry, Rococo Rose, and Old Olive. Click here to activate your subscription by February 10th for this February kit.
MY ONLINE PAPER CRAFTERS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS We are looking for more to join our online Paper Crafters club. The commitment is to order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product in each of 6 consecutive months. In one of those months, you would reap the hosting rewards (free merchandise based on the club orders). And then you’d also be able to get in on monthly product perks that would be sent to you along with your monthly club cards.
This past week during my Online Paper Crafting Class on Facebook, I shared how to add divided areas to our Acetate Card Boxes to make a 3-sectioned gift box that shows off the goodies and treats inside. There is a bit of math involved, but I shared my measurements and gave tips to make it duplicatable. I featured new Spring Catalog products, too!… From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper, Heart Doilies, Heart Punch Pack, From My Heart Faceted Gems, Peaceful Moments Stamp Set, and Real Red 3/8” Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon.
I uploaded the recorded version of my Facebook Live video to my YouTube channel (since I know not everyone is ON Facebook). And then I was able to share it here in my blog post. Be sure to watch the video (you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog), scroll through the close-up photos, check out the products list below the photos, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are measurements, close-up photos, and a product list for my project that I demonstrated.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements…
From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper (available January 3, 2020)
6-7/8” x 4-7/8” scored on two long sides and one short side at 9/16” and 1-1/8”
5-3/8” x 4” scored on all sides at 9/16” and 1-1/8”
Whisper White Cardstock
Scrap for stamping and punching heart
Flirty Flamingo Cardstock
Scrap for punching scalloped heart
Basic Black Scalloped Edge Ribbon (retiring at 20% off)
16”
Here’s the box that I demonstrate from start to finish. Well…ALMOST to the finish. I actually forgot the last embellishments.
I added the last embellishments…those faceted gems with Glue Dots after I stopped recording though.
This is a fun candy cane/snowman version of the gift box made with the Let It Snow Designer Paper which sold out about a day after the Year-End Closeouts were announced this past Tuesday morning.
And here are the original boxes I made back in late October/early November. I used the Nobel Peacock Designer Paper and enclosed coordinating personalized M&Ms and personalized bone folders etched by Tamra Davis at Ta-Da Moments. These were the gifts I gave to my team members that attended the November 2019 OnStage locations in Las Vegas, Portland, Lansing, Atlanta and Hartford.
Here are six members of my Stampers With ART group who were hanging out with me one evening in Portland. I’m so happy they loved their gifts!
In fact many have told me they won’t be eating their M&Ms. LOL
I hope you enjoyed what I had to share.
Thanks for visiting!
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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).
YEAR-END CLOSEOUTS Through January 2 grab up your retiring Holiday Catalog favorites! You’ll even get discounts on a few of these items. Shop early to avoid missing out! Supplies are limited and popular items will sell out quickly. This amazing sale ends on January 2. Click here and scroll down for more information.
NEW SPRING CATALOG PRODUCT SHARES AVAILABLE! The 2019 Spring 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.
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 December 2019 projects with a birthday them are now available!) CLICK HERE for more information.
A PEEK AT DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT December’s Something for Everything Paper Pumpkin kit includes a super-versatile stamp set complete with 13 sentiments that can be used for occasions ranging from wedding, to get well, birthdays, and more! Plus, the three full-sized card designs (four of each) are gorgeous! This kit will make it easier than ever to give a handmade card to a friend—no matter what the occasion! Coordinating colors are: Crushed Curry, Grapefruit Grove, Old Olive, Shaded Spruce, Terracotta Tile. Click here to watch a sneak peek video. Click here to activate your subscription by today, December 10th for the December kit.
MY ONLINE PAPER CRAFTERS CLUB IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will begin mid-December (with orders due mid-month for January, February, March, April, May, and June). And we are looking for more to join us. The commitment is to order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product in each of those 6 months. In one of those months, you would reap the hosting rewards (free merchandise based on the club orders). And then you’d also be able to get in on monthly product perks that would be sent to you along with your monthly club cards.
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