May 27, 2014 | Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Day 3 of the retreat was Saturday and it was a full day of crafting and fun! We had two more make & take sessions – one in the morning and another after lunch. Everyone completed 3 make & take projects during the retreat. And then they spent time working on their own projects. We took a group photo in the afternoon – I’ll share that below. After dinner Saturday night we played BINGO and had prizes for everyone! It was tons of fun. For the Bingo cards I use My Digital Studio to print them out on card stock. Then I gave everyone a piece of card stock from one of our new In-Colors – they used the new little punch pack to make markers for their board. I put out a stamp set (one of the retired ones that went with our bingo stamp) for everyone to stamp their bingo card.
Some people packed up late Saturday night and headed home and a handful stayed until Sunday. We crafted the night away some staying up as late as 3 am (I think – I went to bed).
I had two more surprises for everyone on Saturday – one they found in the morning and another Saturday night.
I may have left this one Friday night and the other one on Saturday morning – so much going on I can’t remember at this point.
The little tags were made using pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit – In the Bag – the bag was part of one of our Make&Takes and I didn’t want the rest of the pieces to go unused so I adapted them.
I’ll share more over the next few days – our Make&takes and the last surprise treat. It was a lot of fun. And I’m planning to do it again in the fall.
May 25, 2014 | Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Friday was Day 2 our our Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat. During the day those that were here worked on their own projects. I added this extra day so that everyone had more time to get their personal projects done. Some people had other commitments – work, doctor appointments or school commitments. For those that were here we headed out to lunch and a couple of people met us there too. Then back to the house.
The official start was dinner on Friday night once everyone arrived. I tried to keep the meals with minimal prep work so we had Rotisserie Chicken, Salad and Mashtini’s (mashed potato’s served in martini glasses with toppings).
After dinner we had our first session of Make&Takes and then a fire in the fire pit with S’mores. Some late night stamping and crafting and lots of fun to finish the day.
Friday night I left another surprise for everyone at their work space while they were eating dinner.
May 23, 2014 | In Colors, Paper Pumpkin, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Hi all! I wanted to share with you all the fun we had at the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat! It was an awesome weekend of crafting, stamping, scrapbooking, eating, girl time and Friendship! This time I decided to start the retreat on Thursday evening to give everyone some extra crafting time on their personal projects if they wanted it. On the agenda for Thursday night was happy hour, setting up your craft station and a fire in the firepit with smores. Well it rained on Thursday and was too wet for us to have the fire so that got moved to Friday night.
Before everyone arrived it was a cleaning frenzy! Plus final set up of all the tables, chairs and goody bags along with a welcome gift for everyone.
Look at this cute little bag! And a sneak peek at some new products too! These are the brand new In-Colors for 2014-2015 shown in a brand new style of ribbon! The ribbon is hotglued around a muslin bag – I pulled out the cord. Cindy made a similar bag for one of her Artisan projects last month.
Here is a closer look at the tag –
The center of the flower is one of the pieces from the February 2014 Paper Pumpkin Kit – In the Bag. You’ll see this kit used in a variety of projects from the retreat. If you are a current Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can order refills of this kit or the full kit. And if you aren’t a subscriber yet – sign up today and enter the code SHELLIDEAL to start your June subscription at 50% off!!
The flower is punched from the new Blackberry Bliss card stock with the Pansy punch. Pin the flowers to the bag with a safety pin and add a little Linen Thread bow.
The new In-Colors and ribbons will be available in the new catalog that starts on June 2nd. I’m having a New Catalog Open House on June 1st – if you live near me come pick up a new catalog, make&takes using new products from the catalog, enjoy snacks and more plus have a chance to win a brand new stamp set too!
Do you want to know what I put inside the bags? There was a Post-It pad, a little pencil, a sheet of Stampin’ Dimensionals, a piece of a Stampin’ Sponge. And Sue brought everyone some chap stick which I stuck in there too.
And here are a couple of pictures that I took Thursday night – a few of us got started working on Thursday night.
Jennifer, Candy and Nicole
Diane, Cindy and Sue
Supplies for the bags plus the Paper Pumpkin kit (not shown here).
Mar 24, 2014 | Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat is now open for registration. The spring retreat will be held on May 15-18th at my house. Details can be found here.
I thought I would share some of the photos from last fall –
Getting started for a crafty weekend!
Group picture from the Fall 2013 Retreat
Welcome!
Yvonne working on her lap top with My Digital Studio.
Cindy, Jennifer and Kim working on their fall cards.
Christine & Kim working on their banners in my craft room.
Sue & Lisa working on their fall table settings.
Leishman, Becky, Yvonne, and Bethany making their little framed MDS hybrid project.
One of the little gifts from the fall retreat – handmade fall cookies that match our Designer Paper and stamps that we used on the fall card project. Yummy!
Friday night treat – skeleton Smore’s
So much fun! I can’t wait for everyone to come and make new memories with me in May!
Jan 19, 2014 | My Digital Studio, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat, Stampin' Up! Events |
Put the Spotlight on MDS (My Digital Studio) was the name of the Share Fair Class that I taught at leadership. When Stampin’ Up! called a few months ago to ask if I would be a presenter – I was completely surprised, nervous, scared, and excited. I wasn’t sure I could do it but didn’t want to say no either. Then I kept reminding myself that over the years I had been taking little steps doing presentations in front of people and this was the next step. I would do it!
Ideas ran through my head about what to share – and of course I knew exactly what to share. Over the last year or 2 the MDS offerings that I have had were the MDS Intro Class, the MDS Digi Crop Nites and then the addition of the Creative Retreat that included an MDS project in the Make&Takes. My friend and fellow demonstrator Cindy works with me on these events – and that was one of the things I told everyone is to find a friend and do these events together. It works perfect for us. I wish Cindy had been there with me to do the presentations but she wasn’t able to attend Leadership this year. We are planning our next Intro Class for February – the exact date I’ll post as soon as it is final. The Digi Crops we are having twice a month right now – those dates are on my website and FB page. And the next Creative Retreat is going to be in May – save the date May 15 (evening start) – May 18. More details will be coming later.
Wednesday after I arrived in Houston I went to the convention center for a rehearsal. Got over there just in time and realized I didn’t have any of my notes! They were all in the hotel room. I guess that is how it was meant to be – I went through the rehearsal without them. I think I missed a few things but overall I covered everything. Then I put together my display board.
Thursday was the day of the presentation and I found my class sign outside the room. And then waited on my time to start – I was in the second session of classes. I didn’t have much focus during the first set so I pretty much missed them all. Everyone should be doing Webinars over the next month or so and I’m hoping to catch all of those. I do still have that to do – mine will be in late February. So if you missed the class you can catch the webinar.
I got a little more nervous when I found out I was following Holly Linford – the MDS guru at Stampin’ Up! – and then found out my helper was not there. My replacement helper turned out to be Brian Billing – the Demonstrator Training Manager! I got miked up and he introduced me and I did my first presentation. I went for the full 20 minutes. I didn’t stop to answer questions and it was a good thing I didn’t. In my 3rd presentation someone asked a question and I tried to answer – I totally lost track of where I was! Yikes. So if you were in my class and you had a question I wasn’t trying to be rude and ignore you but I was afraid of what would happen if I stopped and while I thought I could handle it by the third time – I was wrong. You can ask me now or I’m pretty sure during the webinar that you can write in with questions too.
Maybe you couldn’t tell but I was nervous and so HOT! I told Brian after the first one I needed a fan. I got water. I could have taken off my vest but was afraid the back of my shirt was wet! Seriously not good. This is what I looked like after I was done.
Thumbs up – red faced and smiling! But I did it!
At the end of leadership on Saturday I went back to take down my display board and they let us keep our name signs.
The only problem for me was that I brought 2 small suitcases this time and neither one was long enough for the sign to fit in! So luckily my friend and roommate Linda had a big suitcase and she was able to bring it home for me. Thanks Linda! She was also the one taking most of the pictures for me. Thanks Linda!
Thanks for listening to me today – I intended to say that at the end of my presentation but I think I forgot! But thank you if you came to listen to my presentations – I hope you found something to be helpful.
Dec 9, 2013 | Christmas, Envelope Punch Board, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat, Washi Tape |
I made these cute Vellum Envelope Pouch as one of the surprises for the girls that attended the Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat a couple of months ago.
I put Washi Tape inside for everyone but it would fit small candy treats for the holidays too. This is how I made it.
- I used the new Stampin’ Up! Envelope Punch Board (love it) – if you take the item you want to put inside and measure that to get your size – then look on the Punch Board to see what size to cut your piece of Vellum Card Stock. Then place it on the board on the score measurement, punch, score, turn, etc. Until you get your envelope.
- Corner round the four corners and fold on the score lines.
- I used the Season of Style Washi Tape to hold the bottom of the envelope sides to the bottom.
- Cut a piece of the Cherry Cobbler ribbon, fold in half and attach to the top flap of the envelope – I actually stapled mine on.
- I used the Label Love stamp set and coordinating Artisan Punch to create the little label. stamp twice – once in Old Olive and once in Cherry Cobbler. Punch them out and then trim the Cherry Cobbler piece to be just the banner with the words. Use a stampin’ dimensional to attach to the Old Olive piece and then add to the pouch over the end of the ribbon.
- I added a little Rhinestone for a bit of bling.
It didn’t take long to make a dozen of these. It would make a cute little holiday treat for a teacher.
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I may have left this one Friday night and the other one on Saturday morning – so much going on I can’t remember at this point.
The little tags were made using pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit – In the Bag – the bag was part of one of our Make&Takes and I didn’t want the rest of the pieces to go unused so I adapted them.
