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February 24, 2017
My 15 year journey with Stampin’ Up! – My first workshops
Last month I began sharing my Stampin’ Up! journey as a fun way to celebrate my 15th anniversary as a demonstrator. I explained how I met my upline and decided to join. You can read that post here.
The next step? Hold my first workshop, or party. Um, I hadn’t really thought about that. So I did what most of you would do: I called my sister and my best friend. It went something like this. Guess what I just did? I signed up as a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up! How would like to help me out and host a party? Thankfully they both said yes!
That was the easy part. Now I had to figure out how to hold a party.
Posted in Get Involved, Stuff | By Paula Cannon
January 31, 2017
Friends who don’t let friends stamp or wine alone
A few weeks ago I spent a fun Saturday stamping with friends. I love getting together with these ladies. I’ve gotten to know them through Stampin’ Up! because we are all in the same demonstrator group. One of the many benefits I’ve enjoyed as a demo. We share ideas, we share our adventures, our joys and problems, but mostly we laugh and have a lot of fun!
For this get-together we had two swaps planned and lunch. In addition we usually have one Make & Take project. As one of the co-hosts for this event, I volunteered to design this one. Since we were also having a surprise “stock the bar” wedding shower for Diana, I had to use the Mixed Drinks stamp set. Right?
We usually keep the Make & Take fairly simple. I knew I wanted to use the friends don’t let friends wine alone saying. Once it occurred to me to use the Delicate Details stamps (from the Sale-a-Bration catalog) as a sort of tablecloth image, the design fell right into place.
Tip: One of the nice things about photopolymer stamps is that you can put them together on one block. I lined up these two stamps so they were even. Then just ink it up and stamp.
Posted in Creativity, Get Involved, Specials, Stuff | By Paula Cannon
January 25, 2017
My 15 year journey with Stampin’ Up! – How I met Mimi
I’ve owned stamps for a very long time. Of all the various crafts I’ve done, I just like paper and stamps. Several years ago I talked my sister into going to a stamp convention with me (anyone remember the Rubber Stamp Harvest events?) Among the vendors was a Stampin’ Up! booth with a charming young lady named Mimi Henwood. We chatted briefly and I politely declined to add my name to her mailing list because I didn’t want someone pestering me. But I loved that she had all kinds of stamped things, not just cards. One of the things I like about stamping is that you can stamp on just about anything. So I did take her handouts. And several months later I called her.
She invited me to her next team meeting, where I met some wonderful women and used Stampin’ Up! products for the first time. I was impressed with the quality of the stamps. I loved that everything coordinated, especially the colors. I had always been frustrated that I had five blue ink pads and three purples and none matched each other or the card stock. Argh! But not only did the Stampin’ Up! ink colors match the card stock colors, but the other colors played well together. Yes!
Mimi and I at the 2005 Stampin’ Up! Convention
Posted in Get Involved, Stuff | By Paula Cannon
January 19, 2017
Celebrate my Stampin’ Up! Anniversary with me!
January is my anniversary month as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. This year its a milestone anniversary – number 15. When I signed up I thought I would do it for a year or two, but here I am 15 years later and still loving it!
Rather than just celebrate one month I’ve decided to celebrate all year long. I’ll be sharing my 15 year journey over the course of the year. I’ll have some fun things for you, my customers and friends, such as a monthly drawing, a party later this year, and a few more things that I am planning. Let the celebration begin!
I’ll start with the monthly drawing, but first a short trip down memory lane. Here’s some photos from the catalog of 2002, the year I signed up.
Posted in Get Involved, Specials, Stuff | By Paula Cannon