Serving the Community

Hello Friends,

It's always great when you see somebody make a card for the first time.....especially when the card is being made for a child.  I volunteered, as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator to help people make cards for the children at Shriner's hospital in Salt Lake City, UT.

Three other Demonstrators, along with myself were picked to help out at the Southtowne Mall in Sandy.  I was told that one of the Demonstrators couldn't make it as she was sick, so I asked my daughter, Kayleigh if she would like to come along to help.  Kayleigh is a fabulous help at my events so I knew she would do a wonderful job.  She really did.  She assisted the best she could and was great with the kids, especially.  I got to meet Heather Van Duker from Draper and Penny Medcalf from Herriman.

Here are a few pictures of the event.

Setting up !  Kayleigh is making sure each section of the table has ink pads.

This is me putting the 'Donation Basket' in the middle of the table.  $300 of Stampin' Up! product in the basket for one lucky winner.

This is Heather :)

Heather and Max

Heather, Max and Kayleigh

Making cards (assisted by Penny) and signing the door hangings. (People wrote cute messages on the light pink paper which would be hung over the doors of the children's rooms at the hospital)

Children making cards for other children - so sweet!

Beautiful Creations (Future Demonstrators in the making :)

The lady in the suit WON the Raffle.  She was so shocked and excited.  $300 of Stampin' Up! product. WOOHOO!!!

What a fabulous day!  This was a great day of service and I loved every minute of it.  Stampin' Up! gives so much to the community and the world.  I am so happy to be associated with such a wonderful company.

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Have a great day!

Meet Shelli Gardner - CEO and Co-Founder of Stampin' Up!

Happy Monday Friends!

Stampin' Up! Building - Where I work :)

The Friday before Valentine's Day, Shelli gave a 'hug and a kiss' (chocolate) to every employee in the entire building.  If they weren't at their desk, they would have had a nice suprise when they got into work on Monday.  I was at my desk when Shelli came by and I asked if I could have my picture taken with her.  That is one of the perks of the job - I don't have to wait in line at Convention :)  Shelli is always so gracious and obviously obliged.  I don't know anyone more photogenic than she is.  EVERY single picture I have seen of her, she always looks so wonderful.  I don't just mean with what she is wearing (and she has some beautiful clothes and accessories) but there is never a bad picture......she always looks so great.

Here is the picture :

(Photographer: Mindy Couch)

I asked Mindy to take a picture of Shelli and I and gave her my camera. (Hey a scrapbooker never leaves home without it) HOWEVER, what I did leave at home was my memory card! UGH!  I am always taking pictures and uploading them and realized my card was in my netbook at home.  Mindy came to the rescue.  She had her camera in her purse :) Thanks Mindy!  You saved me waiting in the line at Convention. He! He!

To learn more about Shelli, you can follow her blog at http://www.soshelli.com/ Check out her new banner. You will see here what I mean about 'photogenic' :)  The banner was made using MY DIGITAL STUDIO.  Click here for more information about this wonderful software.

Stampin' Up! has been such a blessing in my life.  I have met the most wonderful people and have made lifelong friends with many of them.  Thank you Shelli for believing in Stampin' Up! and yourself.  You have done so much good for so many people and not only am I happy to be a Demonstrator, I am happy to be an employee where I get to see you on so many occasions!

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Have a wonderful day!

Utah Divas International - Saturday Sketch Challenge

Hello Friends,

This is the sketch we had to use for the challenge this week.

When I looked at the challenge I was not sure what I was going to do.  Usually I have an idea in my mind what I am going to create but not with this one.  I am really looking forward to seeing what the rest of the team came up with.

You may remember last week we had to use our least favorite/used Stampin' Up! color.  Click here to see that challenge.

This week was much easier.  I used Chocolate Chip which happens to be my all time favorite Stampin' Up! color.  It is so versatile and it has become my main staple.  Add some Pretty in Pink and voila, awesome color combination.

Here is what I came up with

Stamp Set: With all my Heart

Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Sending Love Specialty

Ink: Whisper White Craft

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Ribbon, Pretty in Pink Brad, White Embossing Powder, Big Shot/Circles #2, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Heat Embossing is my favorite technique. It goes perfectly with the Designer Series Paper.

Have a go at our challenge this week and post a comment with a link on our blog http://www.utahdivasinternational.blogspot.com/

Now head on over to Ruthie Burkey's blog - a very special friend of mine, to see what she created.  Click here :)

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Have a wonderful weekend.

Punches

Isn't this just so cute! It is simply made from punches.  I am the manager of a fabulous NING group for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.  Michael Paxton from CO, made this fabulous card.  He is our only male member and he does us so proud. 

I am happy to announce that Michael will be our new Contest Coordinator.  Can you guess what this months contest is going to be?

You got it - PUNCHES!!!

If you are a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, we would love you to join us.  Let me know if you would like more details.

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Have a wonderful day!

Sharing two cards from two friends

Hello Friends,

Yesterday when I got to work, I saw 2 envelopes on my desk.  As I work for a company that specializes in card making, it didn't take a genius to see what they were.
I don't like to look at the return address as I like to open the envelopes and see the beautiful creations.  Not only were they fabulous cards, they had a wonderful, hearfelt message in them from two dear friends of mine.

Mary Fish from AZ created this wonderful card

and Laurie Krauss from MI created this wonderful card

Thank you so much Mary and Laurie for thinking of me and creating such amazing cards for me.  I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends.

Have a wonderful day!

Terri's Owl Valentine Box

Hello Friends,

We were invited to participate in a "Make a Valentine Box" contest at work.  One of the SAM's, Terri Allen,  made this adorable box.  When I arrived at work, I could hear Terri clicking away at her desk during her break and I just HAD to see what she was doing.  She was punching out tonnes of scallop oval punches from Chocolate Chip Card Stock. 

Here is her finished project.......which, by the way she won first prize :)

What an adorable project :)  Truly amazing.  I asked Terri where she got her inspiration from.  She showed me !  (Look at page 31 in the Occasions Mini Catalog.)

I sure hope you have an Occasions Mini Catalog.  It is absolutely amazing.  Such cool products and projects.  Let me know if you would like me to send you one. 

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Have a wonderful day!

The contents of the beautiful gift box

Hello Friends,

I am sure you are eager to see the cards that were with the beautiful box from yesterdays post.  Well wait no longer!  Here they are :)

These cards are so beautiful.  I am such a lucky gal :)  Thanks Kimberly xx

Have a wonderful day !

Flowers from my husband, Gift from a friend !!

Hello Friends,

Oh! Oh! Oh!  I am so excited........As you probably know Lance and I celebrated our anniversary yesterday!  He ordered a beautiful flower arrangement and had it delivered to our home.  There is something about having someone knock on the door to deliver the flowers.  Much better than being handed a bunch of flowers that were purchased at Wal-Mart ! However, I would be grateful for that :)

Just love the variety in color :)

I was so lucky to receive this most beautiful project from one of my fantabulous friends, Kimberly Van Diepen of Colorado.  You know the energizer bunny, well the bunny ain't got anything on Kimberly.  This girl has got more energy than both me and the energizer bunny put together.  (By the way the bunny has 90% and I have 10% :)

Well here ya go!  It is absolutely beautiful.

Just look at the detail in this project.  Perfectly tied ribbon. I will treasure this FOREVER.  Thank you my dear friend :)

Check back tomorrow and I will post pictures of the contents inside the box.....I told you my friend was like the energizer bunny......OF course there are things inside :)

Have a wonderful day !!!

Utah Divas International - Saturday Sketch Challenge

Hello Friends,

It has been a while since I took part in the Sketch Challenge on Utah Divas International.  Here is this weeks sketch. 

Easy enough sketch!!! It was the other part of the challenge.  We had to use our least favorite color.  Well this was the easy part.....Ever since I became a Demonstrator almost 6 years ago, I have never ever liked nor used "Orchid Opulence".  If ever I could have got rid of a color - it would be this one. 

The challenge came with making the card.  I looked at the card stock for about an hour, wondering what I could do with it.  I then decided to use Basic Black and Whisper White as the coordinating colors.  I looked through my many stamp sets and decided to use one I hadn't used in a l-o-n-g time !

I even decided to watercolor.....NOW if you know anything about me at all, you will know I don't like to watercolor.  So I added an extra challenge in the mix.  I used the Watercolor Crayons and the Blender Pen.

Anyways, here we go!  Judge me lightly :)

Bloomin' Beautiful 111490

Nurture your relationships with lots of love from the Bloomin' Beautiful stamp set. A hand-stamped creation is a terrific way to express your thoughts to those who mean the most to you. Use the definition as a background, or watercolor the beautiful plants for hours of stamping creation.

Click here to see what the rest of the team came up with.

Have a wonderful day!

A swap - An idea for a class :)

Hello Friends,

One of my friends, Sharon Burkert from WA gave me one of her swaps at our Annual Leadership.  I knew as soon as I saw it that I was going to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) it for my Valentine's Card Class.  I love swapping at events as it really helps us as Demonstrators receive some fabulous ideas.

Everyone who came to the camp got to make 10 of these cards.  It was so easy to make (one reason I chose it) them.  Everything was cut out and with the Big Shot, making 10 of these was a breeze. The jumbo wheels are fabulous when making multiple cards.

Thank you Sharon for giving me a swap and a wonderful idea for my class.

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