Yesterday I shared about my trip to stamp in the Utah Mountains with my upline’s. We made four cards that evening. Here they are –
This one uses Work of Art stamp set for the background.
This one features a lot of silver and the spiral flower die
this one shows off our stamp set with coordinating punches
This one is a box card.
Here is the open box..
Thanks for visiting. I’m heading out the door for a card class.
Thursday night during convention I had the special privilege of being invited to stamp with my 4th level upline (Sandy Hancock) and my 5th level upline’s (Margaret Goodfellow) house. And when I got there my second level upline (Kathy Thorn) was there too! What an exciting chance to be with them all. It’s my Stampin’ Up! Family and its always exciting to me to think it goes directly to the top. Margaret is demo #1 and Shelli’s Aunt – she is the first demonstrator! Also there was demo #2 Janet Baker – she is also Shelli’s Aunt.
She has a beautiful home in the Utah mountains and there were about 20 of us there. We had a wonderful dinner and then went down to her stamp room for some card making fun. Everybody made 4 different cards. I’ll get photos of those and post later. For now here are some pictures from the evening.
most of the group – it seems a few more people arrived after we took this group photo.
View from the porch
one side of the craft room. One card station was on the counter under the quilt. Another was at the table on the left. The Big Shots were under the window on the right.
The other side of the craft room. two more tables with card projects on them. And a wall full of display shelves and baskets of supplies.
I wanted to catch the sunset over the mountains but got busy stamping and forgot – so I was a little late…
Kathy Thorn and me
Janet, me and Margaret
Sandy and me
It was getting dark but the flowers were beautiful at the front of the house
We had quite the adventure driving and returning the rental car. Sandy rented the car and took 7 of us in it. I navigated on the way home and then got us through downtown Salt Lake City and through the concert traffic from Pioneer Park, over to the Radisson to drop off a few of the girls, then back to find a gas station and the rental car place. Then we walked from there back to the hotel.
It was a fun evening and I hope to be invited back again. I wish I had taken a picture of dinner – it was delicious and also of everyone stamping.
Thanks for stopping by come back again!
I love going to convention and seeing my friends that I have made over the years. I went to my very first convention only having met one person – that was my upline and I just barely knew her at the time. My family thought I was crazy to stay in a hotel with a stranger someone I met on the internet – in a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator group – but still. And let’s say I was a little bit nervous about it when I went to that hotel room all those years ago. But I walked in and met Michele from Iowa and we are still friends now and while we didn’t room together these last couple of years we usually stay in the same hotel and spend time together during convention. This year one of Michele’s downline – Kelly – stayed in my room. A new friend! I’m sure she was a little unsure staying in a room with 3 people she hadn’t met but I think she had a great time – made lots of new friends and we will see each other for years to come.
Then there is the Stampin’ Up! part of convention – the opening general session, on stage presentations, stamping presentations and variety of classes and things we get to do. Convention always starts with an opening General Session – all the Stampin’ up! staff come to the convention center and line up for all the demonstrators to walk through – it’s such an energy charged happy time – music playing, people clapping, and high-fives, cheering, dancing and more! And this year we had fireworks!! Convention is now called Inspire, Create, Share – and this was the main stage. The side panels flashed photos that were taken throughout the event.
We started with all the various departments coming up on the stage and then Shelli came out and welcomed us. Then we got to hear Pam Morgan as she introduced us to the new Holiday Catalog. They will be mailing out this month and you can also pick one up at my classes starting around middle of August. Here is a peek at the cover!
We also heard from Becky Higgins as she and Shelli talked about the new partnership and our new product line Project Life by Stampin’ Up! – a simple, quick, easy, guilt-free way of memory keeping!
Then everyone dispersed and did various things throughout the afternoon. I went to a few quick little classes and then a group of friends and headed to the Stampin’ Up! corporate office in Riverton, Utah. One of the things we always do is get a photo out by the Stampin’ Up! rock – Oh – as our group finished up one of the Stampin’ Up! photographers came out and combined us with a few other demos and took pictures of us – one of those was on the Stampin’ Up! Facebook page – did you see it?
Inside we get to tour through the Legacy Room – which is like a display area and has some of the displays that you see photographed in the catalogs, through the Idea Room, the warehouse and Demonstrator Support areas.
It’s Michele – leaving a note on the wall for Stampin’ Up!
Once we finished up we got on the return bus and headed back to the convention center. But first a photo of the beautiful mountains behind the office.
I’ll share more about my evening adventures in a different post. Thanks for stopping by.
Are you ready for some convention posts? We arrived in Salt Lake City on Wednesday and while it wasn’t an official convention day Stampin’ Up! did have a few things going on. I also planned my own dinner with a bunch of friends at the Red Rock Brewery. It’s good and we seem to go there every year – I even went twice this year – we had lunch on Sunday before we left.
Dinner at Red Rock – table 1 Monika, Connie, Cindy, Fran, Linda, Lisa (photo bombing from the other table), Diane and Fran
Dinner at Red Rock – table 2 Diane, Lisa, Marla, Sue, Tammy, Chris, Michele, Kelly
There were close to 20 of us so we were at two tables. Missing were Diane and Jeanna who were at another event prior to dinner and it ran late. Plus we all swapped cards – I’ll have to get pictures of all of them to share on another day.
We left and headed over to the convention center to check in and get our bags and stamp sets and stuff – and I don’t even have a picture!
Next we dropped in at the Paper Pumpkin Party that was going on. And shortly after we got inside I noticed Shelli over to the side – so I grabbed my girls and we waited to talk to her and take photos. Sometimes the lines to meet Shelli are so long – but this one was short. This is my downline and I with Shelli.
Diane, Sue, Shelli, Monika at the Paper Pumpkin Night Out Party
Stampin’ Up! had a make & take project for us – a sneak peek of the September Paper Pumpkin kit!! A fun Halloween treat project. So this is a sneak peek for the September kit….
You can join Paper Pumpkin now for half off for 2 months! So the August and September kits would only be $10 each! I think that is worth trying out. Join by August 10 to start in August and by September 10 to start in September. use the code HALFOFF2 when you join. To join with me as your demonstrator go to this link – www.mypaperpumpkin.com
At the party I also found my friend Karen – we met in Houston at Leadership in January – she is from California –
The party also included snacks and prize drawings and lots of fun. I stayed a little longer than planned. So we were a bit late heading over the Sandy Hancock’s Udderly Awesome Team meeting. We did make it over there but I didn’t get any pictures there either. Once that was over we walked back to our hotel and got ready for the next day and the official start of convention.
I’ll be back with more later.
The new Photopolymer Stamp set called Flower Patch makes some really pretty flowers. And since it has a coordinating set of framelits you don’t even have to fussy cut them – just shoot them through the Big Shot. Don’t have a Big Shot yet – then get ready to get one in August. There is a Big Shot special coming up and you won’t want to miss it. Plus when the Holiday Catalog comes out you are going to LOVE it and it is packed full of stamp sets with matching framelits! Are we getting spoiled?
This is a cute project taken pretty much from the Stampin’ Up! Catalog. I just used Black notebooks that I happened to have in my stash. I think the flowers really pop off the black!
For each flower and the leaves I used two different ink colors – a lighter and darker color that go together.
So Saffron & Crushed Curry
Pear Pizzazz & Old Olive
Coastal Cabana & Bermuda Bay
Crisp Cantaloupe & Calypso Coral
I also added the in-color sequins which are in the center of each flower – attached with a mini brad.
I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today.
Milton, Georgia
Hi! I am a Stampin’ Up! independent demonstrator in Milton, Georgia. I love being creative and want to share it with you! On my blog I will share creative ideas using Stampin’ Up! products and you’ll also hear about my family and my dogs.
I look forward to helping you get your creative juices flowing!
Lets get crafty,
Monika Davis
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