Sep 21, 2017 | SU Event Highlights |
We just held our 3rd annual Creative Connections here in Minnesota! There were 273 demonstrators in attendance, tons of ideas on display, lots of swapping, several prizes given out, and many great presentations.
Terri Gaines (one of the presenters today and the mastermind behind this great event), Susan Campfield (another presenter and the one who works the camera), Georgia Giguere (the organizer of presenters and MC) and Patsy Waggoner (the organizer of registrations and prizes) put a ton of work into pulling this all together for us! Wish I would've gotten better photos.
I presented for a few minutes on stage about one of my absolute favorite products, Paper Pumpkin kits.
Sandy Carlson had so many fantastic things to share in her presentation. I think she brought it all in a U-Haul. LOVE this gal!!! And we got to sit next to each other.
I got to spend some fun quality time with fellow demonstrator Mary Haugen, co-owner of Stamp-n-Storage. She is such a sweetheart!
We were missing a few who registered and couldn't make it and a few who didn't get in on the photo (and of course the larger number who live far and couldn't make it), but look at our fantastic group!!! I love these wonderful individuals – my stampin' sisters who are all somewhere in the lineage from my upline, Susan Campfield).
Gotta get silly too – here I am with Nancy Reynolds, Jean Eckman, Tricia Josephs (in front) and Cheryl Lee. Our Stampers With ART group is so much fun! I treasure these friendships.
Here I am with Dawn Olchefske, my talented friend and birthday twin (LOL) who demonstrated fun ideas with our glossy cardstock and reinkers.
Fellow demonstrator from Wisconsin, Lisa Pretto always has such great advice, tips and ideas. I LOVE her and have always learned from her Ink Big Academy trainings I've attended (my favorite was her Masters Retreat that I was a part of in October 2014). She is one smart lady.
Fellow demonstrator from Tennesee, Julie Salva was our motivational speaker who almost got us rolling on the floor with laughter AND brought us to tears when she spoke from her heart. She's a true star and will always shine in my world.
Stampin' Up!'s Carrie Warner from Utah attended and shared, too!! She's very creative, and our jaws all dropped when she turned a mitten die into a penguin!
When all this creativity comes together in one place, the results are mind-blowing!!! Boy, was it a fantastic day! If you'd like to attend next September (or attend other fun demonstrator-only events that share about), join my Stampers With ART Community. We'd love to have you!
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Jul 27, 2017 | Holiday, SU Event Highlights, What's NEW!? |
Stampin' Up!® is releasing their brand new 2017 Holiday Catalog soon, and today I can share with you some of the fun new samples and products I've received from it while we were on the Thailand Incentive trip!
Are you interested in receiving your own copy? 🙂
If you wish to receive a complimentary copy in August, please let me know now. Those that ordered at least $75 worth of product from me between March 1, 2017 and July 27, 2017 (today) will get one at no cost. If you didn't order at least $75 worth and you live too far from me to come pick up a copy, then I just ask that you pay the shipping costs. But I'd love to know how many to order, so please let me know ASAP if you wish to get one.
I've been dying to share all the pillow gifts & prizes we got while we were on the Thailand Incentive trip! They include products that will be available to purchase in this Holiday Catalog. Fun, fun, fun! I took a photo each day on our trip of the fabulous goodies I got. The night we arrived (late Sunday) there was a beautiful basket of fruit. And then these were the items I was gifted each of the following days.
On Monday I received the Holiday Catalog, the Merry Little Labels stamp set, the Everyday Label Punch, the Carols of Christmas stamp set, the Card Front Builder Thinlits, the Painted Harvest stamp set, the Painted Autumn Designer Paper (all coming soon), and a polo shirt for my husband.
On Tuesday I received the Christmas Quilt stamp set, the Quilt Builder Framelits, and the Quilted Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper (all coming soon) along with a container of Metallics Sequins.
On Wednesday I received the Every Good Wish stamp set, the Merry Little Christmas Designer Paper, the Merry Music Specialty Designer Paper (all coming soon), and a huge canvas travel bag.
On Thursday I received the Watercolor Christmas stamp set and the Watercolor Christmas Project Kit (both coming soon) along with a Basics Pack 3 (blues) Washi Tape and an elephant coin purse.
And on Friday I received the Ready for Christmas stamp set, the Christmas Staircase Thinlits, and the 7/8" Striped Ribbon (all coming soon) along with a painted ceramic jar, a starfish beanie animal, a stuffed purple elephant, and a gold elephant necklace.
We were spoiled for sure!
And here are the make-n-takes that I made during this trip. (Yep! We got to stamp too!) I made mine slightly different than how the direction sheets showed. I was sitting with fellow demonstrator Tanja Kolar when I was making this first one, and I fell in love with her more striking version. So this card below is one that I CASEd from her.
Then I did the same thing with my remaining cards and tags…made them different than the samples in the directions. LOL Why not, right?
There are so many more new products that await! Thankfully demonstrators can preorder starting August 1st. You'll want to check out Pinterest for all the fun Holiday Catalog samples that will start to appear online. Of course I will also be sharing some peeks here on my blog, too! And on September 1st, all these products that I mentioned above (and more) will be in my online store and a link to the online catalog will be available.
Thanks for stopping by today.
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Jul 25, 2017 | Fun Folds, Love & Wedding, SU Event Highlights |
Welcome to another Thailand Achievers Blog Hop! The theme for this month is: Thailand Incentive Trip Highlights. So follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of other participants in the list below) so you can see the fun we all had on our 2017 Stampin' Up! incentive trip.
One of the highlights of ANY Stampin' Up! event is swapping. So I thought I'd first share with you my Thailand swap card. Then if you keep scrolling, you'll see photos of some the fun I had when we were 1/2 way around the world!
My swap card was this single waterfall card.
Pull on the string, and the top flap flips open.
It's a pretty detailed one to explain (with LOTS of measurements). So instead of writing it all out, I recorded a live video yesterday on Facebook to share with you all here. Watch it by clicking on the image below. Then let me know if you have any questions.
Here is my original (on the right) with the one I made during this video (on the left) and the extra one I mention in the video wanting to make without the extra Soft Suede cardstock layer (in the middle).
And though this card is complicated to explain without a video, it really wasn't that difficult to make a bunch of them for the swap. You can see below that each section of my card was done for all 26 cards one at a time. So for example, I cut out all the copper leaves, then I cut my Linen Thread. And so on. It is so worth the time to make swaps, because now I have 25 cards from other demonstrators ready to put up in my classroom for inspiration! Yay!
And now for the highlights of my Thailand trip!
The love of my life, Tim joined me. In this photo we are visiting the place where the movie, The Beach (with Leonardo DiCaprio) was filmed.
This excursion took us to all sorts of beautiful sites. I think we took a zillion photos just while we were boating from place to place. But this one below was one of my favorites. We had pretty good weather this day.
Part of that day also included snorkeling, seeing fantastic rock formations, lunch on a beach…
…and swimming in beautiful blue waters.
On another day we went on an excursion zip-lining through the rainforest. I used to lead groups through a high ropes course when I was 21 (my summer job). And since then I've enjoyed trying out zip-lining when I can. This course was very impressive, though…THE best one I've ever experienced!
Midway through the week Stampin' Up! took us all on a special excursion that included visiting other fantastic caves, rock formations (including this famous one that was featured in a James Bond movie)…
…the floating village and more.
I LOVED canoeing through this cave!
The excursion that day ended with lunch and swimming on a beach that seemed to be set aside just for us. Stampin' Up! provided a fancy buffet lunch that seemed to have endless food and beverages.
Here I am with Cheryl Lee, a first time trip achiever in my Stampers With ART Stars group. What a blast is was to be on this trip with her!
And here we are with Susan Campfield, my direct upline. I still can't believe they convinced me to lay down in the sand when my suit was already wet from swimming. Hahaha! (I don't like to get dirty and I whined quite a bit.)
Stampin' Up! spoiled us with a grand event the last evening, too. We were welcomed by Stampin' Up! employees, many from Thailand in beautiful costumes and elephants!
In this photo below, one of the elephants is reaching out and touching my hand. (Susan took the photo not realizing the elephant was making contact with me at the time.) So cool!!
The decorations, the entertainment and the food were amazing!
I even enjoyed some fresh coconut water.
Oh! I need to show you my room!
We were spoiled!! Tim and I stayed in a two-bedroom loft that boasted a kitchen, a bathroom, a walk-out deck, a dining area and a living room on the first level. Then the next level up had our master bedroom and bathroom looking out into the lagoon. Above that was the second bedroom with two beds and another bathroom that looked out at part of the resort's pool.
And then at the very top was another deck. Had it not been so hot and humid (July is the rainy season there), we probably would've enjoyed a meal or two up there.
We got pillow gifts, prizes and more throughout the week. I took photos of everything, but I can't share many of them because they feature new products that I can't show yet. I can show this photo though. It was the first gift we received from Stampin' Up!… A basket of local fruits were in the room when we arrived. And it lasted us the whole week.
Here I am eating rambutan. Yum!!
We didn't venture outside the resort except for when we were on our excursions and for a dinner with Susan, her son Joe, Cheryl and her friend Jayne. But the resort itself was huge! There were parts we never saw. And the landscaping was so beautiful – filled with local plants, birds, geckos, and interesting insects like this bee!
Each day we could go to Stampin' Up!'s hospitality room to win prizes, eat treats, get drinks, look at swaps on display and visit. Look! More rambutan. I loved those fuzzy fruits!!
There were several more swap boards, but I have got to stop somewhere. LOL
(Do you see my swap card?)
Thanks for checking out my blog today. Have fun on the hop. And remember to stamp your art out! 🙂
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P.S. – The Holiday Catalog is coming!
Those of us demonstrators who attended the Thailand incentive trip have the fabulous, new Holiday Catalog in our hands! If you wish to receive a complimentary copy in August, please let me know now. Those that ordered at least $75 worth of product from me between March 1, 2017 and July 27, 2017 will get one at no cost. If you didn't order at least $75 worth and you live too far from me to come pick up a copy, then I just ask that you pay the shipping costs. But I'd love to know how many to order, so please let me know if you wish to get one.
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Jun 5, 2017 | 3-D Projects & Containers, SU Event Highlights, What's NEW!? |
About a month back I attending a "Crafternoon Tea" event put on by my upline, Susan Campfield. She spoiled all of us there with delicious food, make-n-take projects and gifts. It was SO relaxing! And it was wonderful spending time with my sister demonstrators so we could share ideas and catch up on each other's lives. Thanks so much, Susan!
Here are photos of that fun day.
Susan had the luncheon part all set up when we arrived. Each person had a personalized acrylic frame next to their place setting. Tricia is in the first photo smiling for me while I took a picture of the beautifully decorated tables.
Here I am with my sweet upline, Susan.
Carole (above) is just as excited as I am for this marvelous event. And below are Mary, Carole, Anita and Nancy. We all oooooed and aaahhhed at the marvelous food that Susan had prepared for us.
And so much of it was grain and dairy free! (I loved that!!)
Make-n-take time!! Going from left to right are Nancy, Mary, Susan B (way in the back), Sandy, Anita and Carole. (Nancy has her back to us at the Big Shot station.) I just love all these ladies!
I thought about sharing these pictures of the Crafternoon Tea last month right after it took place, but I didn't want to "tease" you with all the new products when the catalog hadn't been released yet. Now that the catalog is live, all of these goodies are available. I'm not sharing directions for each of these projects below, but I've added a partial supply list under each in case you want to see those products in the online store.
One of our make-n-take projects was a set of 2017-19 In Color Happy Birthday cards.
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This was another make-n-take…a "catalog survival kit," a gift to give to someone hosting a party for friends. (Those of you who are demonstrators can access the forms for this kit by logging onto the demo side of the website and clicking here: https://my.stampinup.com/portal/happening-now/catalogs/2017-2018-annual-catalog-resources)
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And our third make-n-take was this ring of 2017-19 In Color "color combinations." (This is another resource that demonstrators can access at this link: https://my.stampinup.com/portal/happening-now/catalogs/2017-2018-annual-catalog-resources)
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And then she gave us two gifts. This is that personalized acrylic frame. This side has stamped art made with the Seasonal Layers & Lovely Words Thinlits.
On the other side is a magnetic sheet to hold framelits during classes and events. Clever, huh?!
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The other gift we got was a new Paper Snips packaged up in this adorable Lemon Lime Twist box.
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We didn't want the event to end!
Fortunately Tricia, Nancy and I rode together, so we could chat about all the great ideas we gained on the way home!
What fun we have in our Stampers With ART Community! Click here if you want to learn more about the benefits of joining.
Thanks for visiting today.
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Apr 18, 2017 | Big Shot, Scrapbook Pages, SU Event Highlights, What's NEW!? |
Welcome to another Thailand Achievers Blog Hop! The theme for this month is: OnStage April 2017 Highlights. So follow along and check out all the other blogs in the hop (click on the names of other participants in the list below) so you can find out what new things were shared at our recent Stampin' Up! OnStage Conference AND see a great collection of hand-stamped cards and paper crafting projects that feature fabulous products including peeks at what will be in the 2017-18 Annual Catalog! Oh, the creativity you will see as you hop from blog to blog! Have fun.
I had a hard time waiting to share about all the fun from OnStage, so on April 10th I posted LOTS including photos of the new 2017-19 In Colors (with comparisons to past/present colors) and photos of the display boards. CLICK HERE to see all that I had to share that day. I also shared the gifts that I had made for my demonstrator team members that attended OnStage on my April 9th blog post. I made their gifts using the new Eastern Palace Bundle of products. CLICK HERE to see those gifts.
And so that's what I decided to use to make my two projects that I'm sharing with you today in this hop. I made a 12×12 scrapbook page layout that will be PERFECT for photos from our fun that our family has up at the lake.
And I made a greeting card to share with you today.
Both of my projects were made with products from this Eastern Palace Suite which was just made available to us demonstrators this month. These products will appear in our upcoming 2017-18 Annual Catalog, but Stampin' Up! is offering them a month early to everyone! So if you like what you see, you won't have to wait long to get your hands on these supplies. Check out 3 of the new 2017-19 In Colors too – Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide!
Click here to download the flyer.
I have to confess, I completed my projects a few days ago. But I wasn't happy. So Monday morning I decided to change my pages. This is what I originally had…
The pages seemed unfinished and didn't have enough contrast. I didn't like that my sun was so low on the page either. So along with all the other page elements on the left page, I started to peel it up. Well…these stickers are strong little buggers! I ended up trashing that sticker and flipping my 12×12 cardstock over before reassembling.
I like this SO-O-O-O much better! And adding the extra Whisper White photo mats and the sailboat (on the right page) made me even happier.
The sailboat gave the page a title and emphasized how I was trying to make a lake from the torn strips of designer paper. In this photo below you can see that I didn't need an extra circle punch. Instead I ran the stamped cardstock through my Big Shot with this die. That created a scored circle. Then I just trimmed along the score line and cut straight across for the top of the boat. (For the sail, I just cut the stamped image with my Paper Snips all the way around.)
When I add my page journaling in the future, I'll type out what I want to say on the computer so it fits within the inside of this yellow tab. Then I'll print that journaling onto Whisper White cardstock and add it so that the gold stickers still show all the way around.
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When I first saw my Eastern Palace Bundle of products, I immediately fell in love with the dies and I saw snowflakes, the sun and of course… flowers. I know it's not fall yet, but this sunflower was begging to be shared. I made this card, and then I saw a similar card…
…shared by Maralee Ross in one of my demonstrator Facebook groups. Too funny that our thoughts went on such similar paths. I like the way she created her stem!
For my stem I tucked a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock under the bottom right side of the Wood Texture Designer Paper (also new product from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog being released on June 1st). The leaves were cut with yet another one of the Eastern Medallion Thinlits dies. Crazy, right? You can really think outside the box with this bundle!
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Oh!! OnStage!! Okay…I don't have too many more photos from that event to share since I shared most of them on April 10th, but here are the goodies I brought home with me. This first photo is what everyone at the Minneapolis location received: a bag with several pockets, 2 pens, a name badge with a lanyard, a commemorative pin, two soon-to-be-new stamp sets, a 6-month planner/notebook with several pages for writing, a packet of sticky notes, and of course…the NEW CATALOG!
This second photo shows our four make-n-take projects, my prize stamp set (Just Add Text), and the extra product from our table that I got to take home!
And this last photo shows the items that I took back from CentreStage (which is a special leadership event for Silver Elite+ demonstrators): an apron, a stamp set and the souvenirs from the table.
Remember to look through my April 10th post to see more!
If you want to be in on the fun of getting catalogs and products early and possibly even attending OnStage events, you should get the starter kit! It's great to be on the demonstrator side of things. CLICK HERE for more information.
Thanks for checking out my blog today. Have fun on the hop. And remember to stamp your art out! 🙂
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The Retiring Products List posted April 10th. Certain products tend to sell out quickly. So take inventory now and start making those needed purchases earlier than later.
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Apr 10, 2017 | SU Event Highlights, What's NEW!? |
What fun we have as Stampin' Up!® demonstrators. We just attended the April 2017 OnStage event and can now officially share photos, news, samples, products, etc!
But first let me tell you that today Stampin' Up! announced the products that will be retiring from the current 2016-17 Annual Catalog and the 2017 Occasions Catalog. CLICK HERE for that information. And be sure to take a good look at the list so that you don't miss out on getting products that you have wanted. Some things sell out quickly! You will also find information and important dates here on the upcoming 2017-18 Annual Catalog.
Speaking of the new catalog…
Ta-da!!
Isn't it pretty!?!
What a fantastic time we had at OnStage in Minneapolis, MN! After our initial episode in the hotel elevator, we quickly joined up with our friends at the CentreStage exclusive leadership event where we were treated to a beautiful dinner, extra training, a motivational speaker AND the new catalog earlier than all the other attendees.
And in the middle of each table were the 5 new 2017-19 In Colors! (Scroll down to see how these compare to a few other Stampin' Up! colors.)
My team member,Cheryl Lee attended with me. I have a lot to thank her for!
And we were blessed to also share a table with Linda Larson, Susan Campfield and Brenda Cardinal.
Getting the catalog early made it super hard to fall asleep that night, though. I think I may have only gotten about 5 hours total!
OnStage officially began the next morning. We were in line around 6:30 AM waiting for the doors to open. (Cheryl, me and Brenda Georgi)
I had 13 in my team join me at this Minneapolis location and then Pauline Poindexter attended in Toronto. Pictured above are JoAnn Pollock, Mackenzie Grimme, me, Sue Dyas (my "sister demonstrator"), Nancy Forsberg and Kayla Cory. Picture below are Lisa Nelson, Julie Haugen, Vicki Bibeau and Dawn Richard.
Getting the new catalog was THE BEST!
Beth Ferguson celebrated her 5 year anniversary with a walk across stage! Woo hoo!
Check out some of these demonstrations from OnStage showing some of the new stuff! (I've shared LOTS of photos, so I can't name everything. But hopefully you'll enjoy the photos anyway. I tried to show a variety.)
Do you want to see more?! Here are some of the display showing new products and new samples.
This first photo gives you a glimpse at the April Paper Pumpkin kit!!! Sign up (or make sure your account is active) before the end of today to get this fabulous kit designed by Sara Gardner. There are 12 cards in this kit, a new In Color, and the font is Sara's own handwriting. Yay!
There are more new kits that will be offered in the catalog…
And take a look at all these great product suites!
I've already purchased many of these things (because that's what us lucky demos can do!) so that I can start creating and sharing projects, cards, pages, classes and tutorials with all of you.
These are a few more photos I took of the display boards.
Once again here are the new 2017-19 In Colors that will be available soon.
And here are some quick color comparisons in case you are interested.
(With photography the colors may be a little "off." But these comparison photos at least give you an idea on how the colors compare even if certain ones aren't as accurately shown in the photos.)
Hope that helps some of you who were curious. And I hope you enjoyed all that I shared today!
Want to be one of the first to see and get your hands on new products?
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