Hostess Gift

This is my all time favorite hostess gift. I just love making these and giving them to my hostesses!! This one uses the Bella Blossoms stamp set. I inked it up in So Saffron and then used my Old Olive Marker to color over the So Saffron ink on the stem and leaves. I just LOVE doing this technique!!!

These gifts are made using the plastic magnetic frames you can get from Wal-Mart for around a $1. I just added the sticky notes using our Sticky Strip, added more magnets to the back side to support the extra weight, tied it with a bow and added the pencil. Too Cute AND Easy!!!

Ribbon Share Update

My first ribbon share is now sorted, cut, bagged and ready for delivery. You should be receiving your bag this week if you reserved a spot in my very first ribbon share.

Isn't this bag just the cutest?? After cutting and bundling the ribbon I wanted to come up with a cute package to put it in so I decided to use up some of the Stampin' Up! Gusset bags I had left over after they retired them and made the topper out of The Big Shot. I used the Top Note Bigz Die, Washington Apple DSP, Wide Oval Punch and Only Ovals Stamp set.

Watch for my next Ribbon Share when we will be sharing the brand new 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon.

Founder's Circle Day 4-Our Final Day!

Well here is my final day at Founder's Circle!!!

What an awesome experience this was!! I am sooooo happy and grateful for being included in this small group of top demonstrators with Stampin' Up! And a huge THANK YOU goes out to Shelli and the whole Stampin' Up! family for such an amazing trip and an awesome company to work for. I am truly grateful!!!!

This is our gathering room they had set up for us to just lay around and chit chat. They also had tables set up for us to do our make 'n takes or just stamp with all our new friends. What fun!!!

Here I am with Karen (left) and Robin (right). What awesome ladies they are and sooooo much fun to be with!!!! Miss ya already!!!!!!

Here we are stamping away and of course talking!!!!!

Boy am I a goof ball!!!!LOL!!!

This is one of our make 'n takes we got to do. Too cute!!!

This is the whole "gang" on our final night at Founder's. We were taken by bus to The Entrada-Snow Canyon Country Club. This is the site where they filmed the country club scenes in High School Musical 2!!!! Can you say "WOW"!!!!!

Here is Robin doing her imitation of Troy from High School Musical 2.
She is a riot!!!!

This place is beautiful!!!!

Robin and I. So glad I got to know you girl!!!

See ya at Leadership in January!!

Here we are getting ready for our group photo session.

Robin S, myself and Karen.

What great ladies they are!!! Can't wait to meet up with you ladies again soon.

We tried to get all the Rising Stars together for a group shot.
Just missing a few.

Stampin' Up had everything set up for us to have a dinner and a movie outside. Here is the "soda" bar.

And look at this table!!!!! They had popcorn and all that candy we could pick from.

AND this was waiting for us when we got to our seats!!!!!

Look at this lovely blanket Stampin' Up! gave us as our final gift.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

This blanket is sooooo soft and the same color as our new In Color Pink Pirouette.

A sea of Pink Pirouette!!!!

We had a pizza bar with a salad. It was great!!

The top three Rising Stars!!!

Myself, Ruth and Stacie

This lady, Nancy, is such a wonderful lady from Quebec, Canada. Her native language is French but she has taught herself English and can communicate with all of us very well.

Robin is such a goof ball!!!!!

Look at what they put our popcorn in!! Can you tell me what DSP this is??

Everyone enjoying the movie.

After we got back from our awesome dinner and a movie we got to pick up Shelli's swap. I will be sharing a picture of it tomorrow for all of you to see.

Well there you have it. Most of my pictures from my awesome Founder's Circle trip. I really am hoping to be able to earn this trip again!!!

Exciting News!!!

Guess who called me yesterday when I got home from work? Stampin' Up! That's right Stampin' Up! called and asked me if I would be interested in doing a Teleconference with myself (#1 Rising Star US), Dorothy Seatter(#1 Rising Star Canadian) and Stampin' Up!'s very own Bonnie. I am soooo excited and nervous at the same time!!!

They want to put together this Teleconference for other demos to listen to on Stampin' Up!'s website. We are putting it together on October 29th with a 3-way call between me, Dorothy and Bonnie. Mark said it would be up and running on the website mid November. They also want us to send in a bio and picture of ourselves to put up on the website. Too cool!!!! I don't know what I can share that will help other demos but I am happy to try!!!! Wish me luck and hopefully I won't make a fool out of myself!!!

Founder's Circle Day 3

Here are some pictures from Day #3 at Founder's Circle. Enjoy!!

Before we left for Founder's Circle we were asked if we where going to go on the trip to Kanab to see where all the stamps are made. Of course I jumped at the chance to see this awesome place!!! And let me tell you it was awesome!!!

Inside there were things all done up with Stampin' Up! product. Here Stacie (RS #3) and I are trying to capture a great picture of this mirror done in DSP with us in it!!

While touring this facility we found out that Shelli has her very own apartment inside the building!! It is great!!! They said she will stay there sometimes or opens it up to her family at times. It is all decorated with Shelli's touch everywhere!!

We just had too!!!!!

Here the top 3 Rising Stars just had to jump into Shelli's bathtub and take a picture!!

Myself #1, Stacie #3 & Ruth #2

This rock greets you when you arrive at the facility. Great photo opt!!

After touring the facility they took us to the park where Stampin' Up! provides chopped up rubber that is either messed up or trimmed during the process of making the stamps. It makes great cushion for the playground. It was so awesome to see all this rubber everywhere I just had to take my shoes off and dig my feet in!!!

Karen and I playing with rubber!!!!

We tried to get a full picture of all the Rising Stars before we headed back to our hotel but we could only round up 13 of us (the other two must have gotten back on the buses way too fast).

We took 3 buses on our trip.

Robin and I taking a self portrait.

What an awesome lady!!

This is the hotel we stayed at in Utah. Look at those houses up on top.

After we arrived back from our trip we had some bed candy waiting for us!!!!

I am getting soooooo spoiled!!

Look at this beautiful necklace that was hand made for each of us.

This evening we had dinner on our own so some of us went over to Izzy's that was right next door to our hotel. Great food.

After dinner a bus full of us went to see a play called Up the River at an outside Amphitheater.

This was first for me and I loved it!!!

Stay tuned for the last day of Founder's Circle tomorrow.

Founder's Circle Day 2

Our second day at Founder's Circle was a free day until 9:30pm when we got together for our business share.

Since this was a free day some of us ladies decided to go to Zion Natural Park. I am so glad I went with these awesome ladies!!! First of all I got to meet some great ladies, share lots of great business tips and see some beautiful scenery!!

Isn't it just breath taking??

Some of us on our hike we all went on. It was so nice to get out and walk though this beautiful scenery.

Photo opt!!

Fast forward to the evening for our business share.

Yes, we are ALL in our jammies!!!! We were to meet in the Gathering Room in our jammies, have some snacks, do our organized swap and then listen to fellow ladies share their awesome ideas on how to fun their business.

I learned alot this evening and want to thank everyone that shared their ides!!

Here are some ladies lined up for our organized swap. I loved this and got sooooo many awesome cardfronts that I can now share with my customers.

And yes, Shelli is actually working on her cardfront swap. We all got her swap the last night before we left.

We all received this little package at the business share. It contained a pen and notebook for us to take notes with. Too cute!!!!

Glenda and I.

Some fellow ladies sporting their jammies!!!

AND when we went back to our rooms for the night we all had bed candy waiting for us!!!!

Boy did they spoil us!!!!!!!!

We received the matching wallet to our bag we all received at convention for achieving Founder's Circle.

I LOVE IT!!!

Until tomorrow when I reveal day 3 pictures and goodies.