You've got to see this video that the Stampin' Up! Sales and Marketing Department made for us demonstrators! I'm sure it brightened the day of every demonstrator who watched it!
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Favorite Stampin’ Up! Convention Photos
Let me see if I can possibly find and pick out some favorite things from Convention that I haven't shown yet!
Whew! That's not nearly all there is to show but I guess that is enough for now! You should be able to click on any photo to enlarge. Isn't it amazing the things you can make with Stampin' Up! products??! And the creative talent of Stampin' Up! artists and demonstrators??! The display area you see above is just one small part of what they had for us….and this was late afternoon when it was easy to get close to the display boards to get good photos…usually demonstrators were clustered around in crowds trying to get their shots at busy times, like lunch! I've always said it is the ideas that I love the most, even if I never got to stamp!
Want to be a part of all this??! You wouldn't be disappointed! Look into joining Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! I'd be happy to talk to you about it! It's a fantastic way to start your own business and have fun at the same time!
More Stampin’ Up! Convention!
There's so much to tell and show about the Stampin' Up! Convention! The only way you can really grasp it all is to attend yourself! And that means become a Demonstrator!
This was the slogan for Convention.
Shelli coming out on stage after the theme song. Loved the tag in the background and the giant rubber stamp!
This was the fun and festivity before General Session everyday! The music was playing, people were dancing in the aisles, both demos and SU employees, there were hula hoops, and of course swapping!!! If walking in this room didn't get your energy flowing, nothing would!
After Jill and Bonnie did their stamping demonstrations, they performed for us! That's one of the many things I love about the Stampin' Up! people….they are SO talented!
And Brent Steele played his banjo before he made a bunch of fantastic Halloween projects for us!
Here's Pam Morgan, but I wanted you to see the cute brackets and embellishments on the sides of the big screens!
Entertainment after Awards was Charley Jenkins, who drove his bus onstage! Does the guitar look like anything stamping related?? He had a song about Stampin' Up! products and then gave the guitar away to a lucky demo in the audience!
This was the annual game show, much better than last year, I thought! It was a take- off of a game show on TV.
This isn't the best picture, but wanted to show you how the Stampin' Up! employees line up where we walk in and cheer the demonstrators! Really a nice touch! What other companies are like this??!
Here's Shelli walking in down the aisle on MY side, which I missed until I heard the shrieking because I was sending a text on my phone!
And here's paper ribbon confetti shot off at the end of Convention after Shelli's announcement that we would be receiving a free gift…we all received a pack of new Designer Series Paper coming in the Holiday Mini, an ink pad, glitter, and a Hostess stamp set! All you have to do is offer stampers free stamping product and the roof just about blows off!! So exciting and fun!
Wouldn't you like to join us next year at the Stampin' Up! Convention??!
Color Confections Product Display! Oh My!!
In my opinion, this display was worth the price of admission of Convention! Stampin' Up! really outdid themselves on this! Way back in the corner of the Gathering Place where all the display boards of card, scrapbook pages, and projects were and all the other wonderful booths and displays Stampin' Up! set up to help us in our businesses, was this fantastic place! The Color Confections Product Showcase! I wish you all could have seen it in person! You wouldn't believe it! Just look at it!
And everything that looked like candy and confections and treats…..were paper products! Little candies made out of paper, spools of ribbon covered and decorated with card stock, buttons packaged up like little candies, cupcakes and brownies made from paper, brads packaged like candy, stamps decorated with embellishments…..well, just check out some of my photos! And I can't even show you everything because lots of new products will be in the new Holiday Mini!
If you're thinking that you wish you could have been there, you should be contacting me so we can get you signed up as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator so you will be ready to go next year…..or maybe an earlier event! Read more about being a demonstrator here.
Extra, Extra Hostess Promotion!
One of the many exciting moments at the Stampin' Up! Convention was when Shelli announced a new Hostess Promotion! Beginning today, July 27th through August 31 Stampin' Up! hostesses with a $350 or more workshop will earn an EXTRA $25 in free merchandise!! Normally for a $350 workshop, a hostess would earn $40 in Free Stampin' Up! merchandise of their choice…..with the EXTRA $25, a hostess may choose $65 in free merchandise of her choice! Whatever your hostess benefits at and above the $350 workshop level, you will receive an extra $25 to spend during this promotion! This promotion will not work for online orders, so if you should happen to have your own order at this level, be sure to contact me to submit the order for you. If you would like to schedule your August workshop and get in on the EXTRA EXTRA promotion, as well as hear about Convention and new products, contact me to schedule your workshop…..and then start inviting your friends and family!
| Workshop total (before tax and shipping) |
Free Stampin' Up! merchandise |
Extra, Extra hostess awards | Free Stampin' Up! merchandise with Extra, Extra hostess awards |
|
| $350 – $399 | $40 | + | $25 | $65 |
| $400 – $449 | $45 | + | $25 | $70 |
| $450 – $499 | $50 | + | $25 | $75 |
| $500 – $549 | $60 | + | $25 | $85 |
Back from the Stampin’ Up! 2010 Convention!
Oh my gosh, where should I start???!!! My internet wasn't working this morning which allowed for a couple hours of napping on the sofa! You just get so tired at Convention from all the excitement all of the time, (and maybe the travel and time change and altitude has something to do with it, too!) but you force yourself to keep going every minute so you don't miss anything and because you know it will end in a few days. I'm not sure my brain is fully back to real life yet because I just ate lunch staring at a little yellow toy car taxi on my kitchen table and not even wondering why we have a toy taxi on the kitchen table! The boys are in their twenties now so we don't have toy cars around the house anymore! I guess my husband got it at the run he did on Saturday. My mind was spinning while I was eating lunch trying to decide what to tell you first! When I downloaded my photos last night I had over 2000!!
So here they are, one by one! (just kidding!)
The Bags, Oh the Bags!
Once I arrived on Wednesday, the first thing to do was check-in over at the Salt Palace and get my bag and loot! The bright orange bag is the one Stampin' Up! gave everyone which held out convention booklet, pin, pen, meal tickets, stamp sets for make & takes, etc. etc. Easy way to identify another Stampin' Up! demonstrator all around town!
Next was straight to shopping at Memento Mall where we had already had a Sneak Peek beforehand of the Craft Tote, the bag you see already filled with stuff from traveling (it came empty!). Lo and behold if they weren't also selling a matching laptop bag…..not that I have a laptop!….but you got $7 off if you bought both and who wouldn't want a matching set?!! Maybe I can put paper or catalogs in that! And then there were the cute brown bags, like the ones they had last year made of recycled material or something. At first I only bought the one with the flowers….until the next day when I saw ladies carrying the one that matches the Play Date Designer Series Paper that looked so cute in use! Aren't the owl tags on the bags the cutest things?!!
And, of course, at Memento Mall there were other things to buy! Had to get a new charm, new pens, STAMPIN' UP! RULERS!, Stampin' Up! pop-up trash cans, tee shirt, salt water taffy with Stampin' Up! wrappers, Stampin' Up! Christmas ornament, a pack of sample pages of all the designer paper, probably more things, too!
Flower Power Party
Later that evening was the Flower Power Party! Most everyone dressed up at least just a little bit in the 60's Flower Child style! Some really went all out!
Here is my friend Nona and I with Mark Jessen, Stampin' Up! Senior Curriculum Developer. Mark has really dressed the part! You can't see my original mood ring I found in my drawer! Stampin' Up! also passed out some beads to wear!
Here are some random pictures of the party!
In the Gathering Place
A crazy costume!
Shelli Gardner with a group of demonstrators!
Another photo of Shelli Gardner at the Flower Power Party!
Demonstrators having fun at the Flower Power Party!
The Gathering Place
I don't know who this demonstrator is, but we loved her costume!
Don't know who these demos are either, but wow, did they have great outfits! I'm sure I had a dress like the black and white one, plus white boots!! Such a fun night!
Besides the tryouts for the Stampin' Up! game show, the face painting, the hula-hooping, the prizes, etc. going on, there were also several demonstrators giving fabulous demonstrations of projects from birthday party to wedding to baby to easy workshop projects to vintage…..all wonderful!
I think my computer is tired from uploading photos so I will stop here! More tomorrow!
On the Way Home
I’m on my way home from a fun and fabulous Stampin’ Up! convention! We all got a gift at the last minute!! Talk about excitement!!
Convention Notebook
I always like to have my own notebook at Convention to take notes. I purchased a rather small notebook at the store and then added my own card stock and stamping to decorate it. In this case, I tried to copy the notebook on the front of the new Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog. I used the Artistic Etchings stamp set as well as the Tiny Tags stamp set. The tag on the front with my name is the Two Tags die cut. My name is stamped with the new Broadsheet Alphabet! I can't wait to play with it some more! The flowers are partly made with the new Newsprint Designer Series Paper.
Whoops! Guess I took this photo before I added various ribbons tied on the spiral on the side!!
If you wish you were at the Stampin' Up! Convention, you should sign up to be a Demonstrator and start your own stamping business! For more information, just click HERE. The Starter Kit is fabulous!
Another Swap Card for Convention!
This one I actually copied from the anniversary card my husband gave me! I made a smaller version, but a similar idea. This card is 4" x 4", with the front flap cut a little shorter so that I could add a strip of green designer series paper on the inside layer that would look like grass from the front. And then it adds a little design on the inside of the card as well.
The flowers are stamped with Petal Pizzazz. I drew in the stem and the little leaves are Pocket Silhouettes. Hard to see in the photo but there is a little bling on the flowers from Dazzling Diamonds Glitter!
This was a fun, simple card to make! If you'd like to make one, you can look at the stamping supplies HERE.
A Convention Swap Card
One of the best parts of going to any Stampin' Up! event is to swap card fronts with other demos. It's a great way to talk to other demos and maybe recognize a name you've see online somewhere. And of course swapping provides many ideas for our customers to see! Here is one of my swap cards!
This card used two stamp sets……one is brand new, called "Got Treats" and when you see it in the catalog, you will see that it is great to use with the Milk Carton Die! I actually cut off the words from below the gingerbread man so that I could stamp just the gingerbread man. But especially with the clear mount stamps, I can add on the word any time. The sentiment comes from the set we got free last year at Convention, Sweet Season. And the heart is punched with the new little heart punch!
Just check out these items at my Online Store!
Simply Adorned Charms
Here's a necklace I just made with the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper to wear to the Stampin' Up! Convention. I was hoping to add pearls and rhinestones but not enough space for those! Fun to use little bits of Crochet Trim! All you need is a Simply Adorned necklace and Charm and you can design your own inserts! Shop right here for your jewelry!
A Giant Moth!
A Mother Nature post again today! This is what we woke up to this morning……this giant moth outside our family room window! And he's still there at least two hours later! It's wing span is at least six inches across! I've never seen a moth this big!!!
If you would like to stamp a prettier moth, you should check out page 31 in the Summer Mini, the single "All a Flutter" stamp #118284. Don't forget the Summer Mini in all the excitement of the new Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog. The Summer Mini is good through August! Click HERE to shop 24/7!
Prettier Than The Corpse Flower!
Have you ever heard of a Corpse Flower? It is the big news here in Houston right now while we wait to see if the Corpse Flower blooms at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The museum has had a live web feed on the plant 24/7 and the museum has been open late and sometimes all night to give visitors a chance to see this unusual plant. The plant even has a name….Lois! Only 28 other bloomings have been observed in the US of this kind of plant….that's partly why it is so unusual. The other attraction is that when the plant blooms it will have a powerful stench of rotting flesh. Apparently the smell is for the plant to attract certain kinds of flies and beetles. You can see a picture and read more about it here.
So I thought I would make a prettier flower, only similar to what the Corpse Flower might look like in colors. I chose Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz. Right now the real Corpse Flower looks like a stalk of some sort.
If you would like to keep an eye on the Corpse Flower at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, you can watch the live web feed HERE.
And if you want to stamp your own pretty flowers with the Petal Pizzazz stamp set #113417, you can go shop right now at my Online Stampin' Up! Store! Don't forget the 1 3/4 Inch Scallop Circle Punch #119854 which will make it easy to punch out one of the flowers.
Why Is This Turtle In Our Yard??
A little bit of nature for my post today! It reminds me of an old Stampin' Up! set with a turtle stamp in it and a phenomenal card another demo friend make years ago. I'm sure I saved it, and if I can put my hands on it I will post it later. The other night my husband called me outside to say there was a big turtle in the driveway! I guess he came from the yard next door, mozied across our driveway and now was in the grass. As we approached, he of course stuck his head in his shell, but after awhile he poked it out a few times! I know you can't tell the size, but he was probably at least six inches across!
Getting Ready for Convention!
The time is getting really close now for the fantastic Stampin' Up! Convention in Salt Lake City, and as usual, I am rushing to get some swaps made. It seems like this year they are giving us hints of what new, extra things might be going on at Convention so it is getting very exciting! You can't imagine how much fun it is to be there until you actually get to attend a Stampin' Up! Convention….so if you want to be in on the fun, you should sign up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator so you can attend next year!
Here are some pieces for one of my swaps! I decided to CASE (copy) myself for this one although I am making it a little plainer for swapping…and to save myself time! But you can always take a simple card and jazz it up a little if you want, especially now that Stampin' Up! has some BLING! Be sure to check out the half-back rhinestones and pearls with adhesive on the back. They are on page 188 of the Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog.
If you need some cool stamping supplies, be sure to check out the Stampin' Up! Store!