Jan 25, 2012 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
First of all this time the Make&Takes for me were a totally new experience at Leadership. Why you might wonder – well it was because this year I was a helper. And it was a lot of fun! Stampin’ Up! sent the helpers the project supplies ahead of time and we had to make them at home. Guess what? It is the first time I had ALL my Make&Take projects done by the time the event ended. I think it served a double purpose – one so we knew how to make the projects ahead of time and two to find questions and problems with the supplies or instructions.
This year the Leadership conference theme was “MY WAY” and the Make&Takes were included in that theme – I think there were a total of 9 projects – which was way more than you would be able to finish – but it allowed everyone to work on what they wanted and do it “their way”.
So here are pictures of some of the projects –
Daffodil Thanks Card for the Ronald McDonald House
Everyone at the tables I was helping completed this card. Stampin’ Up! provided supplies to make two of this card so that one could be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. All the donated cards were collected in baskets and Stampin’ Up! will donate them.
Dream Gift Bag
The projects used the Mixed Bunch and Loving Thoughts stamp sets that every attending demo received at Leadership in their Make&Take bags.
Happiness Card
Most of the projects also used Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit – it included double sided printed die-cut flowers and PINK Rhinestones. It is in the Occasions Mini Catalog on page 18.
Lucky Limeade Thanks Card
We also received a full package of Brights Designer Buttons, a full pack of Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine and half a pack of Twitterpated Designer Series Paper and a full roll of Daffodil Delight Grosgrain ribbon. We used some on our projects but had plenty left over to take home and use on other projects.
Wonderful Card
Those were most of the cards. I think I have maybe one more plus some 3D projects to share on another day.
Jan 24, 2012 | Awards, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Punch Art, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Events |
Hi all! I came home Sunday from San Antonio, TX. Most of the week was taken up with Leadership activities and I stayed an extra day to attend the Regional Conference too. It was such a wonderful week. I loved the location – I enjoyed walking every day (or night) along the Riverwalk. Catching up with old friends and meeting new ones is always a ton of fun! I took lots of pictures and have many, many new ideas to share and use for my upcoming classes and workshops – I can’t wait – the hard part is what should I start with. It seemed that this year we got SO much free stuff. There were lots of giveaways for everyone, plus prize patrol for those that were selected. I got a few bonuses – first I was able to attend the Manager’s Reception this year – my first time – and those that attended got a brand spankin new stamp set. Then I was a Make&Take helper – my first time for that too – and we got a special thank you gift bag for that. In my Retaining & Engaging Your Downline class with Donna Griffith and Patsy Waggoner I was asked to be a volunteer, it turned out to be a little game (I wasn’t very good at it) but Donna still gave all the contestants (there were three of us) 3 stamp sets! That was a big Surprise! And then the most exciting part was the card contest that Stampin’ Up! had this year – they chose winners for all the different stamp sets in the Occasions Mini Catalog – everyone put their entries – either cards or scrapbook pages – on these clothes lines that were set up in the Gathering Place. Then the SU staff picked their favorites. And guess what I was picked not once but TWICE! and when I went to claim my prize they another another one of my cards in their hand – but I couldn’t get picked 3 times she said. Hmmm I think i’ll send that one in for the magazine contest since they loved it soo much. Anyway I got a little prize pack for that – the Sweet Shop Designer Series paper, Designer Stickers and Jelly Bean Brads!
Oh and one more super exciting thing is at the Manager’s Reception I got to chat with Shelli Gardner (CEO and cofounder of Stampin’ Up!) and I was carrying around my Holiday Mini catalog (the one with my picture in it) so I could get her autograph and I did!! There is so much more to tell you but I’ll have to spread it out over time or you might get tired of reading and miss something. Let me share some pictures with you now that I rambled on about so much.
These are all my Leadership gifts/prizes/take home goodies!
How do you like our cute bag? New fabric – coming soon! At the Make&Take session the tables were set with a matching folio for everyone and a cute little box filled with homemade chocolates. I’ll share more about Make&Takes on another day.
My two winning contest entries were these –
features Loving Thoughts stamp set
This is the Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set - an 8x8 scrapbook page
Click here for the post on the scrapbook page. I must not have posted the card yet so I’ll put up details later this week.
These are the lists of the contest winners - the "M's" are on the third page.
My friend Linda was also a winner - here we are together with our prizes.
It was a super fun trip – now I can’t wait for convention to get here! I’ll have more to share with you this week and probably next week too – including some announcements from Stampin’ Up! that you won’t want to miss. So stop by again and don’t forget to say hi!
Jan 23, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, uStamp |
I can’t believe I scheduled a whole weeks worth of blog posts. If things went well I was able to add Leadership updates in between – but I’m writing this one a week before it will post so I don’t know what is going to happen yet. This is one of my organized card swaps – this is with the girls from the Ustamp class and we did a full card swap.
Lots of new products on this one too. I really like this card and plan to include it as part of my Card Maker’s Club class this week. I used the Labels Collection Framelits – can you tell I like these framelits – I’ve been using them a lot. The Labels Framelits match perfectly with the new stamp set Apothecary Art stamp set. Making it quick to stamp and cut them out for your projects. I used two sizes for this card. I also entered this card into the card contest – hopefully one of my entries will win.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pool Party Stampin’ Write marker
- Stamp sets: Apothecary Art
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Attic Boutique Designer Series paper, Pool Party Seam Binding, Basic Pearls, Stampin’ Sponge, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day |
Hopefully this is posting on Sunday – I’ll be on my way home today. Ready to get back to work. I have lots of classes and workshops planned over the next few weeks – Sale-A-Bration is starting and I’ll be super busy. If you aren’t on my calendar and you want to have a workshop – please contact me so we can work out a date. I’ll have tons of new ideas to share from the Leadership Conference and Regional that I went to this week.
Here is my second Treat Wrapper swap –
This is another version of my little Recycled Paper Treat Bag – here is the original post with some instructions on how to make the bag.
I decorated this on for Valentines Day using some of the new fabric, the Hearts Framelits and the new Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz. I smooched the paper bag before decorating it. The smooch is really red inside the bottle and when you first spray it but it does dry lighter and leaves a shimmery pink. It’s hard to see in the picture. Inside these little bags I put little bags of Jelly Beans. I wanted to make cookies using the Sweet Pressed Cookie stamps but I just didn’t have a chance to make any.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Baja Breeze
- Ink: Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride
- Stamp sets: Sweet Cake, Tiny Tags
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Scalloped Square Die, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies, Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, CModern Label punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Jewelry Tag punch, Twitterpated Designer Fabric, Basic Pearls, Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz, Crimper, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Packing Paper from SU orders
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 21, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events, Valentine's Day |
One of the organized swaps that I participated in at Leadership was the Treat Wrapper swap. I did this one last year too and really enjoyed all the different ideas. For this one I signed up for 2 different groups and then two of my room mates were also each in two different groups – so between the three of us we should have a ton of new ideas. I plan to take pictures of all of their ideas before I leave to come back home. So here is one of my treats – this is actually a double one – since the amount of candy in mine was rather small I thought I should include 2 similar ideas to have an equivalent amount of candy to what everyone else was doing. You might remember the holiday treats I did a couple of months ago using the Gift Givers stamp set – it was a project for one of the Ustamp classes. I used that idea and created a Birthday and a Valentine’s idea.
The little 1″ x 8″ skinny cello bags are still available – that is what I used for these treats – they are filled with candy – skittles and conversation hearts and then folded in half and tucked inside the folded tag from the two-tags die.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for the Birthday Treat:
- Card stock: Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
- Ink: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty in Pink
- Stamp sets: Candy Conversations
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Petal Cone die, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Small Heart Punch, Pretty in Pink 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon, Sweet Shop Jelly Bean Brads, 1×8 Cello bag, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stampin’ Up! Supplies for the Valentine Treat:
- Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White
- Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write markers – Melon Mambo, Early Espresso
- Stamp sets: Sweet Cake, Create a Cupcake
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Two Tags die, Stripes Embossing Folder, Cupcake Builder Punch, Modern Label Punch, Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine, Old Olive 1/2″ Scallop Dots Ribbon, , 1×8 Cello bag, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
It’s my last night in Texas, I’m not sure what we are doing tonight – we’ll probably go out for dinner, share all of our swaps and pack our bags so we’ll be ready to leave in the morning.
Jan 19, 2012 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Occasions Mini 2012, Stampin' Up! Events |
The new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog has a brand new hostess stamp set in it (and a My Digital Studio CD too). I love the stamp set! It is just my kind of thing and it will be so pretty for the spring – it is called Up in the Air – and it is not about hot air balloons – that is the one called Up, Up and Away. This one has birds and butterflies, a bird nest and house, and flowers – it is so sweet. I just got the set a few days ago so I only had a little time to play before I left for Leadership. I did make one quick card to enter in the card contest.
This idea came from a card I saw on Pinterest – you can look for me there – the original inspiration card is on my card idea board – it was a non-SU card so I had to turn the idea into an all Stampin’ Up! card. I used the Up in the Air hostess stamp set, the new Labels Collection Framelits Dies and the Attic Boutique Designer Series paper. The Label Framelit creates a window for the flowers to peak through from the back. The centers of the flowers have pearls in them.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Gray, Whisper White
- Ink: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Stampin’ Write markers – Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
- Stamp sets: Up in the Air, Petite Pairs
- Accessories: Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Basic Pearls, Stampin’ Sponge, So Saffron 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, 3/16″ Corner Rounder punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Today should be Thursday – at least that is when this is supposed to be scheduled to post. Today is our first full day of the Leadership conference and we’ll will be in classes all day. I also have all my organized swaps today during lunch, I hope I make it to all of them and still have some time to eat. I may need to reply on some of my friends to help me out.
