Viewing: my anniversary
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 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