These are some of the swaps I created for the Stampin’ Up! Convention this year. I used the Moving Forward stamp set. Which was one of our Prize Patrols on the last day of Convention! Since I didn’t make 3000 of these I know not everyone got one of my swaps but everyone at convention needs an idea for this set because now we all have it. So here you go!
This set is the Ronald McDonald House Charity stamp set for this year. And this year Stampin’ Up! will be donating $3 from the sale of each set. How exciting is that! I miss volunteering at the house. Our schedules have been a bit messed up or there weren’t enough families at the house (that is actually a good thing!) for us to come. Once the fall gets here I hope that we get back on a regular schedule with the house so that we can go stamp with the kids and the families each month.
These may look a little familiar since I based my swap on my Color Challenge card for Create with Connie & Mary from the week before convention. I still had the stamp set out and all the colors and thought I should just make cards with all the images. Look how cute they turned out. You can read more about that card HERE – these swaps are a little bit simpler just because I made so many and needed to eliminate a couple of steps. Come back tomorrow for this weeks new challenge.
So used to on my blog if someone left a comment I got an email and then I could reply back to the person. I try to do that. But now I don’t seem to be getting those emails anymore! So if I didn’t reply to you that was why. I’m going to try to go back through the comments from the past few weeks and reply back to you guys. Thanks for the comments – I do read them and love getting them.
I made it home from Salt Lake City on Sunday – it was my wedding anniversary. We did not do anything special though – I was tired and so was Greg from working in the yard while I was away. The bushes and trampoline in the backyard are gone!
So enough about my uneventful anniversary and instead I wanted to share about the last day of Stampin Up! convention 2012. Saturday morning began with classes – and another M&T session, then lunch and we ended with our final General Session of convention. Before the day got started some of us met at the “chalk board” to get a few pictures.
our Chalkboard Photo Op
Stephanie and Monika
My first class of the day was called “I am earning an incentive trip” taught by Karen Hauley. And she had three demonstrators that shared their experiences – Cynthia Millan, Meg Holland, and Jill Hilliard. They all said the best part of every trip are the Pillow Gifts. Those are the special surprises that Stampin’ Up! leaves on your pillow every day of your trip. I’m so very excited that I earned the Getaway Trip this year and in September I’ll get to experience the pillow gifts! They said this year 183 demonstrators earned the Getaway Trip. This is actually the first year Stampin’ Up! has offered this trip. And they announced next years trip which will be to San Diego, CA. The Grand Vacation was earned by 263 demonstrators this year (that’s the Fiji trip). And the next Grand Vacation announcement was made in our last general session.
Our make&take class featured the new Affection Collection stamp set from the Holiday Catalog that starts August 1st. I’ll share M&T posts later on. Right now I have unpacked everything and it is on my kitchen table waiting to be organized. I can’t believe how much I came home with.
My last class was Open for Business with Carrie Cudney – #convention2012 – one of the things she talked about (which Shelli also mentioned earlier in the week) is a new customer awareness campaign with magazine advertising (BH&G, Family Fun, Parents, and crafting magazines) and online website advertising (Rachel Ray, Martha, Cafemom, Family Circle).
For the closing general session the first portion was shown via live streaming to demonstrators all over the world. If you missed you can see it on the demonstrator website. Look under the convention tab or under the Grand Vacation 2014 current update. The big announcement came via our Richtar.
Richtar helps reveal the 2014 Grand Vacation
Announcements include that the 2014 Grand Vacation is going to be the first Global Stampin’ Up! vacation – demonstrators all over the world will be on this one trip together. Then they announced that the trip is a cruise to the Western Caribbean. A whole city on water how fun! Then we had stamping presentations and prize patrols with two all attendee Giveaways!
RMHC Moving Forward stamp set – all attendee giveaway
The Statement of the Heart award was given to my friend Lee Conrey – congratulations to her!
Some of the fall regionals were announced – and there is one in Chattanooga, TN which is the closest one to me. I hope to take my team and go have a fun day with them.
Convention next year will be July 18-20 in Salt Lake City. I’ll see you all there next year!
We had one final give away – everyone received the Mixed Medley hostess stamp set from the Holiday catalog. Diane and I had fun being silly and we made a little “exercise” video during the Prize Patrol giveaway. I tried last night to make a little movie – now to see if I can add it here.
Be nice – it’s my first attempt at making a movie/video – I’m practicing so I can actually start making some stamping videos to share. That is my goal for this year. We’ll see how it goes as I learn more about doing this.
I’m at the airport ready to leave Salt Lake City and head back home. You should have seen our little group stuffed into a taxi van going to the airport. I think the driver was surprised by how much luggage 5 Stampin’ Up! demonstrators could have. We had to put 3 big suitcases up in the seating area with us after the back was completely full. It was a picture worthy moment but unfortunately we didn’t get the chance – the driver said “no picture”.
See you next year Stampin’ Up! and Salt Lake City.
We had another full day at the Stampin’ Up! 2012 Convention. Day 2 (Friday) is done. The days are flying by so fast I am really losing track of the days. It doesn’t feel like it was a Friday, not sure what kind of a day it is was other than a whole lot of fun. I’ll try to recap a bit for you.
We did some stamping at our Make & take class using the You’re Amazing stamp set.
Stephanie is in the back and I am in the front working
We had general sessions at the main stage area with fun stamping demonstrations by Shannon West featuring Halloween and Fall products from the new Holiday Catalog. And from Bonnie Thurber featuring Christmas products from the Holiday Catalog. With each stamping demo there was a prize patrol – and Stephanie won today!
Stephanie won Prize Patrol!
Our room is doing well this year with prize patrol. Cindy and I won on Thursday, Stephanie won today and Jeannie won in one of her classes. Shelli Gardner also did a stamping presentation showing us how she made a fun creative journal. And then there were some recognition marches. I got to walk on stage today for my career sales of $100,000.
Career Sales Award March
Then I had two business classes today – I Am Having Fun with Shannon West. And she is always fun – we have had a little mini flash mob in the middle of class. And the second was I Am Reaching Out with Emily Montoya – I got to sit with a new friend Judy Westcott – I was excited to find and meet her at convention.
And look at this oh so cute Halloween project –
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That’s my wrap up for today’s news from convention. Saturday is the final day and if you are a demonstrator – tune in for the Live Streaming of the closing general session – by going to the demo website to connect – that’s 2-4 pm Mountain Time.
Thursday was Day 1 of the Stampin’ Up! 2012 convention. And it feels like we fit two days worth of stuff into just this one day. Our morning started early with a quick to-breakfast from the hotel and then swapping and waiting to enter the Main Stage area for our first General Session.
Thousands of demonstrators waiting on the doors to open to Main Stage
part of the Main Stage set
We were greeted by a fun video ( a lip dub video) – it is posted on the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page but let’s see if I can link it here –
Hmm- not sure that is working – maybe the connection here at the hotel is just slow. So I’ll move on. We had a nice welcome from Shelli the CEO of Stampin’ Up! and then a quick stamping demonstration. The Keynote speaker had us all laughing in our seats talking about Generation Y. Then we headed off to our breakout classes. My first class was I am Savvy. We saw to-die-for stamping projects. Dawn Griffith showed us fun ways to use ribbon, Laura Milligan showed us some sewing (and no-sew) fabric projects, and Meg Wheeler demonstrated the Simply Sent and Simply Scrappin’ Kits and some new ways to use those.
That was all before lunch! After lunch a quick run back to Memento Mall for some more shopping and then I went to my next class – I am Doing Business “My Way”. Bonnie Thurber as always was funny and introduced the two speakers – Tami White and Ronda Wade – who both shared some great business tips and class ideas. I can’t wait to work some of those into my business. Then off to Make-n-takes we went working with the Day Dream Medallions stamp set.
working on Make & Take projects
Then we went back to the main stage for our closing general session. Holly Linford showed us a demonstration of My Digital Studio 2!! and at the end she announced a release date of August 1st (with most of the new features but not all of them are completely ready). It is going to be so awesome! And then we had PRIZE PATROL – and guess what the winning band was? Look at my band in my picture – it’s yellow stripes and the winning band was Yellow Stripes! Cindy and I both won a prize (I just don’t have a picture on my camera to share with you right now). But yeah!!
Thursday night was awards night – where they award the top demonstrator achievers in various catagories. And to my surprise the Getaway Trip winners were included in the Awards night presentations. Now we didn’t get called by name and we didn’t any flowers or jewelry or cute bags – but we were recognized on stage. I’ll have to get a better pictures – several of my friends took some on their cameras – but I don’t have those now. This was the one Stephanie took with my camera – but I looked down and she took the picture.
On stage at Awards Night for earning the Getaway trip.
A busy day with an after party once the awards were complete.
Wednesday was check-in day at the Stampin’ Up! Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. We had a busy day!
We started the morning getting our new Convention Bags.
our group waiting to get our bags
new Convention bags
Then we headed to the bus for a 30 minute ride to the Stampin’ Up! Corporate Office. We went to the rock out front for a photo op and then took the tour inside.
photo op at the Stampin’ Up! rock
Diane, me, Michele inside the corporate office
We came back and shopped at the Momento Mall and then walked through the display boards. I found my Baby Keepsake Shadow box in the display area –
My Artisan contest entry on display
I did a quick search of the display boards and found both of my 3d project and 3 of my cards. There are TONS of cards so the other may be there too – I just didn’t see them yet. They did not display hardly any scrapbook pages though so I didn’t see my pages up there from the Artisan contest. I did also find one of my little swap projects from last convention pinned on the boards of one of the employee’s desks when we toured the office. And saw one of my older swaps from the regional – the little paper pouch that I demonstrated on stage was on the display boards.
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