Stampin' Up! #Convention2013 photo journal #BeTheDifference - Post #1

Hi there My Stamping Friends,

Are you overwhelmed with all the blog posts of what happened during the Stampin' Up! Convention 2013 in Salt Lake City, UT a few weeks ago? I hope not because I'm just starting to post mine on my blog. If you follow me on my facebook page (Stampin' Up! with Rose-Ellen) or on Twitter ( @REEastman) or on Instagram (MyStampingFriends) you might have already seen some of these photos or heard some of this news as it happened, but here is a pretty comprehensive set of photos of some projects and lots of friends I ran into during the day.

I was hoping to write blog posts from the Stampin' Up! Convention, each evening when I got back to my hotel, but that just wasn't meant to be. We had so much fun from way before sun up until way after sunset and to be honest by the time I got back to my hotel I barely made it into my pajamas before I fell asleep. Well, except for that night when one of my roomies, Amber, and I got the giggles and of course when you try NOT to laugh, you just laugh harder. I'm so glad we didn't keep Stephanie and Michelle awake. They MUST have been exhausted to sleep through our giggling.

Anyway, enough about that.....here are some photo highlights from my trip to Salt Lake City, UT for #Convention2013 and #BeTheDifference

Stampin' Up! #Convention2013 #BeTheDifference in Salt Lake City, UT - I arrived earlier in the day and
was able to meet up with a friend that had a car so we went up to the mountians. Beleive it or not, this
was my first trip outside of Salt Lake City even though this is my 7th convention.

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Aren't these mountains just gorgeous! Guardsman's Pass was beautiful

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Here I am standing at the top of Guardsmans Pass. Its much steeper and much larger in person.

 

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Riding the bus to the Riverton Home Office with Amber, Stephanie, Michelle,
Cris, Becky, Janna and about a hundred other people. Soooooo exciting!

 

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Meeting Sandy Fleming and Stephanie DiGiovanni. They were in attendace at the Baltimore Regional
when I presented the Clear Block Stamping technique and Sandy made her
swaps based on that technique. They even asked for my autograph. Isn't that sweet!!

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Two of my downline, Cris and Amber, visiting Stampin' Up! for the first time, at thier 1st Convention.
Can you say STAMPIN' UP! ROCKS!!!

 

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Checking out the Stampin' Up! distribution center. You can even see the UPS truck being packed
as the boxes are filled, right in the center of the photo.

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I ran into my Canadian Buddy Kristyne Brandt while we were on the tour of
the Stampin' Up! Riverton Campus.

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Look who we ran into while touring the upper floor of the

Riverton Campus, our friend Tim.

This isn't my best 'selfie'.

 

 

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Overlooking the atrium in the main lobby of the Stampin' Up! Riverton
Office. We're about to go into the Legacy Room. Check out how long the line is behind me.

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One of the vignettes in the legacy room. I LOVE decorating tablescapes for fall and
this will be perfect for my table.

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We finally stalked  tracked down ran into, yeah, ran into one of my favorite
Stampin' Up! friends, Shannon West. I'm so glad we got this photo because we
didn't get close enough for the entire rest of the trip.

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Opening Session photo of me, Michelle and Stephanie BeingTheDifference

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I'm so happy I got to run into my sweet friend Diana Gibbs. ...especially since
I was able to steal a moment to catch up before she started feeling not so great and had to leave.
I hope you're feeling all better by now my friend.

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Not a great photo but I still had to snap one with the greatest cameraman Tom. He knows
his stuff and is so patient when working with newbie presenters (like me at the Baltimore Regional)

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Another one of my favorite Stampin' Up! friends, Brian Pilling, that I was stalking
searching for ran into....yes, I'm going to stick with 'ran into'.

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Shelli Gardner brough out Ronald McDonald and when we heard Ronald speak of the incredible need
of these kids and their familes, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. For me, it took me right back
to when WE stayed in a Ronald McDonald house in Philadelphia when one of our daughters was sick.

 

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We saw some projects demo'd on the main stage. This project uses the Tag a Bag gift bags
and accessory kit, and our Ronald McDonald House Charities stamp set called Tag It ,
#130303 clear or #130300 wood mount. Buy the stamp set and Stampin' Up! send $3 to #RMHC.

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Here is another project we saw demo'd on the main stage. It is a pouch made with our Modern Medley DSP
accented in gold and embellished with our new Pansy Punch #130698 and Very Vintage Designer Buttons,
and personalized with the ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers. Awesome idea right?

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I got to visit the recognition room since I earned an award this year. It was so much fun to write in these
thought bubbles and get our photos taken. I wanted to share this one to let you know how much
I HEART MYSTAMPINGFRIENDS !

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Catching up with my friends Stella and Selene and meeting a new friend Becca in
the recognition room.

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Then we ran into my friend Robin 

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And I'm so happy I was able to see my friend Dawn Griffith. I'm sooo glad you were
able to make it with everything you've been through this year.
BTW, thats her hubby Richard giving her bunny ears.

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Since Dawn's husband Richard gave her bunny ears we decided to try again but he's quicker than
 me and he jumped to the other side and gave them to ME this time. Too funny.

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Here was a really fun surprise for me. My friend Selene can SING!! As a matter
of fact, this girls is on fire!! Thanks for sharing your gift Selene.

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A beautiful display in the center of the room. 25 years worth of photo memories
from the beginning of Stampin' Up!

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HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPIN' UP!
Thanks for throwing such a great event and for sharing what you love with us!

I hope you enjoyed my first #Convention2013 post. I've got a few more coming but these photos are taking so long for some reason. I guess its time to take some of my photo collection OFF my laptop, right,

If you aren't a demo and you want to join in the festivities next year, I'd love to have you join my team and join us for a wonderful time at the next regional or convention. Just let me know and if you're local come to one of my team meetings and see what Stampin' Up! is all about.

Have a wonderful stamping day,
Rose-Ellen

 

 

Christmas Lodge from Stampin' Up!

At the Stampin' Up! Convention in July 2011, the attendees got a sneak peek at the new stamp set Christmas Lodge. Of course everyone loved the perfect Christmas tree in the set, but the snowy lodge was what caught my eye. I'm from New York so I could totally imagine sitting in there on a big comfy couch, under a blanket on a snowy Christmas morning while drinking hot cocoa by a fire. Ahhhhh.
Well with my kids back in school all morning I finally had time to pull out Christmas Lodge and play for a little while and here is my card share.

 
First I ran a piece of whisper white through

Stampin' Up! Convention 2011 - WOW Presentation at Hispanic Event

Hi there My Stamping Friends,

I spent the day INSIDE putting labels on more Stampin' Up! catalogs that arrived yesterday, prepping for two stamp clubs that I'm holding on Sunday and sending out more notifications of my new catalog Open House next Friday. The reason I was INSIDE is because it has been hotter than hades in my neck of the woods over the past few days. I didn't leave the house until about 6:30 pm today and the temperature had finally dropped to the mid 90s. Yesterday my car thermometer read 106F. WOW!! It was so hot that after swim team practice my daughter actually wanted to come home to cool down.

Anyway, I'm here today to give some more details about my WOW presentation at the Hispanic Event at the Stampin' Up! Convention 2011. I decided to present the floating reinker technique on a twist card and since I was gearing my presentation towards a Hispanic market I wanted to make sure that I used the colors and stamps that they would appreciate and enjoy. So, here are two samples of my twist card. One shows the floating reinker technique and one is colored with markers.

For this technique I embossed the princess image from the Princesita stamp set on shimmery paper. I then spritzed water all over the image and since the image was so small, I rubbed my finger over the water to make sure it puddled in all the embossed crevices. I then took my aqua painter and picked up drops of reinker in pool party and dipped the aqua painter into the puddled water on the princesita's layerd petticoat. I cleaned the aqua painter and picked up wisteria wonder for the dress, cleaned the aqua painter again and picked up calypso coral and colored the princesita's hair and so on. I embellished the wand and crown by using the 2 way glue pen and fine galaxy gold glitter

I used my Big Shot and the Scallop Circle die, the Clear Circle die and the Scallop Circle #2 die along with my 2-1/2 inch cirlce punch to cut out the card pieces. I attached them together with brads, added circles of shimmer white on the back to cover the brads and to use as a place to write a note to the recipient (sorry, I didn't take a photo of that and the cards are with Stampin' Up! now). The card does fit into a medium size envelope with a slight bend in the flap. There is a supply list at the end of this post if you'd like to know exactly what I used.

Also in the photo are the chocolate nugget candies that I covered by stamping with the Envueltos en deseos stamp set on Avery labels. For one set I stamped with the birthday cake stamp. For the other set I stamped on the avery label with the stamp that looks like a bandaid. Then I stamped the princesita and the frog on a piece of whisper white card stock and colored them both in with markers. I used the small oval punch to punch out the portion of the images that I wanted to showcase and attach them to the label. I wrapped the label around the chocolate nugget and voila.

The next few cards are more samples I showed using the same technique on a larger image.

Flower Fest and Deseos Pequenitos stamp sets with floating reinker technique

Flower Fest and Deseos Pequenitos stamp sests with floating reinker technique

Delicate Doilies and Deseos Pequenitos stamp sets and floating reinker technique

For your reference, below is a list of supplies I used :

Powder Pals         IB&C p201    #102197    $19.95
Embossing Buddy             IB&C p201    #103083    $5.95
Versamark Ink Pad           IB&C p203    #102283    $7.50
Stampin' Emboss Powder    IB&C p201      #109133    $4.75
Princesita stamp set  IB&C p85    clear #124697   $14.95 ;  wood#124695   $18.95
Shimmery White paper        IB&C p181      #101910   $7.95
Aqua Painters                      IB&C p203      #103954   $16.95
Reinker - Calypso Coral     IB&C p177      #122934    $2.95
Reinker - Wisteia Wonder  IB&C p177       #122931    $2.95
Reinker - Pool Party           IB&C p177       #122933    $2.95
2 way glue pen                    IB&C p206      #100425     $3.50
Stampin' Glitter - Fine Galaxy  IB&C p201 #114286 $13.95
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine   IB&C p215 #113439 $99.95
Circles 2 die                       IB&C p220        #114526    $15.95
Clear Circle die                  IB&C p223       #114533 $19.95
Scallop Circles Die            IB&C p222       #113468  $19.95
Scallop circle #2 die          IB&C p222        #113468 $19.95
In Color Designer Printed Brads    IB&C p199    #122940 $7.95
2-1/2 inch Circle Punch                 IB&C p212       #120906 $16.95
Medium whisper white envelopes IB&C p182       #107301 $6.50
Envueltos en deseos stamp set      IB&C p59    clear #124682 $19.95 ; w#124980 $27.95
whipser white card stock               IB&C p180         #100790 $8.50
small oval punch                           IB&C p212         #120908 $10.95
Flower Fest Stamp set                   IB&C p124   clear #122280 $19.95 ;  w#122278 $27.95
Delicate Doilies                            IB&C p127   clear #122592 $16.95  ; w#122590 $21.95
Deseos Pequenitos                         IB&C p157   wood #116841 $36.95
Stampin' Write Markers                IB&C p202 (your choice)
In-Color Ruffled Ribbon-calypso coral        IB&C p194 #122976 $9.95
In-Color Ruffled Ribbon-lucky limeade       IB&C p194 #122977 $9.95
In-Color Ruffled Ribbon-wisteria wonder   IB&C p194 #122973 $9.95
1-1/4 inch circle punch                                 IB&C p212 #119861 $15.95
1-3/8 inch circle punch                                 IB&C p212 #119860 $15.95



You can purchase any of these supplies through my website at http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/default.aspx . Feel free to contact me if you need help or have any questions.

Have a wonderful day,
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Convention - Day 2 (Thursday)

Howdy My Stamping Friends, The Stampin' Up! convention is amazing this year. The +one theme is really proving to be true. Stampin' Up! has done so many fantastic +one things for us this year. Today started off with a main stage general session and included a walk across the stage for all the VIPs ~ me included. Here is a photo of what it looks like from the stage.

After that they had all the first time convention goers walk across the stage. What a rush for all the new-comers. I can't wait to take some of my downline next year for the first time. If you'd like to join me any my team at the convention let me know and I can help you get there (we are having a $99 starter kit promotion right now).

Next up was Pam Morgan and she introduced some FANTASTICALLY AMAZING new products that are going to be in our upcoming Holiday Mini. I can't show you the products just yet, but I can show you some projects. Check this out.  Of COURSE we have new items for the Big Shot. We'll have a stocking die....



Big Shot Stocking Die

 ...and a die to cut out 5 different size pop-up windows, which will come in handy for projects like this advent calendar (and many more) ....

another Big Shot Die

...and what do you think about our new cookie press? Here are just two of the patterns in this set. I CAN NOT wait to get these and make cookies with my kiddos. Stampin' Up! also includes a recipe that they've tested and adjusted to work well with the cookie press.

We spent the afternoon in break out classes and even got a free Simply Sent card kit to match one of the stamp sets that we got in our convention bag when we checked in.

Dinner was at the Olive Garden getting to know our Stampin' Up! Hispanic Market Manager Sandra Manwill and some fantastic hispanic market demonstrators. I really had a great time meeting and chatting with them, and gaining more of an understanding of the market from thier point of view.

Wonderful dinne with leaders of the Stampin' Up! Hispanic Market

After dinner I made it to the Awards Night and AfterParty. Lots of fun dancing, catching up with old friends and making new ones.

Rose-Ellen, Julie, Diane, Della, Michelle, Stephanie and April

Rose-Ellen and Stella

Rose-Ellen and Robin

Mandy and Rose-Ellen

All in all it was an amazing day. I'm really looking forward to sharing my Friday activities with you because that was the evening that I presented for the first time at a Stampin' Up! event. I created and presented a WOW project for the Hispanic Night Event. It was sooooo much fun.

Catch ya tomorrow,
Rose-Ellen

How often have you thought about doing what I do?

WELL...this weekend, I attended the Stampin' Up! Baltimore Regional and they announced an incentive to JUST US in attendance, ...that for every recruit from NOW until October 16th, I can give you an extra stamp set for FREE! It's called EAT CHOCOLATE, a brand new stamp set from the upcoming 2011 mini occasions catalog. Its so secret, I can't even show you a picture of what it looks like, but I can show you some samples. TRUST ME...it's Adorable, and matches some of our punches. If you'd like to see the sample photos, let me know and I can e-mail them to you.

This FREE stamp set is IN ADDITION to the special already in place for the FREE Greenhouse Gala tote that is amazing! PLUS a discount that you can use for the next 6 months and possibly more! Anyone can buy this starter kit, and it's customizeable. You can see it on page 8 of your catalog.

Cost is 175.00...just tax, no shipping. The kit includes over 400.00 in product right now...usually only 325.00. Contact me and I can help you join right online. If you'd like to check out the details of joining my team you can visit my website and use the password newrecruit . This is a perfect time to check out what I do.

Can you imagine stamping for an income??? You can do it! Once you buy this kit you can sell the product, or just buy it at a discount for yourself. Sell your cards, run classes, and grow a fun part-time business.

Email me with any questions. Don't forget this incentive offer is only good until October 16th.

As a fun little perk, I've linked to a video of what our annual convention looks like. It is a fantastic experience that I'd love to talk to you about.




Enjoy your day, My Stamping Friends,
Rose-Ellen

Stampin' Up! Convention - Day 4 ~July 24, 2010

Hi there My Stamping Friends,

Just a final post about the Stampin' Up! Convention 2010. We started off the morning with a special treat of Shelli and her daughter Sara on stage talking all about the Stampin' Up! fabric. Yup, you heard me.....Stampin' Up! fabric. It MATCHES our designer series paper. How cool is that. You can use it as fabric or put it on cards or scrapbook pages. Its sooooo cool in real life. Can't wait to show it to you!


Here is a cute Christmas tree that they showed to us. It is made from bits of ripped fabric and makes a great tree ornament.

Here I am with my friend Robin Merriman on the left (who was chosen to serve again on the company's National Advisory Board; a group of only 8 demonstrators company-wide. I'm so happy for you my friend!) and my new friend Kimberly Van Diepen on the right. Kimberly moved relatively close to me and sounds like so much fun. Hopefully we'll get to stamp together soon.

Our final dinner was at a Brazilian Steakhouse. YUMMO!!! Mandy and I totally skipped the salad bar and went straight for a taste of every piece of meat they offered. It was a great way to try some new items and I really liked most of them (those that know me are surprised by what I just wrote). This photo has (L to R) Jackie, Julie, Dina, Mandy standing up in pink, Amanda, the server, then me, Kasey and Cathy. It was so much fun Ladies. Thanks!!

Here is my last view before heading home. It was a great trip but I'm ready to see my 4 little munchkins and my darlin hubby. Missed them all terribly.

Finally, I'll finish off with some photos of cards that I saw on the sample boards or from swaps. I have no idea who made these cards so if it was you just let me know and I'll give you credit.

This card was made with our decor stencil Folk Flowers and the Oval All stamp set. Great job.

This cheery card uses our Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper, Friends Never Fade stamp set and our Square Lattice embossing folder with the Big Shot.

Check out this beautiful lanter that I saw. Just fantastic.

This card uses the Big Shot, the Daisies #2 flowers Die, the Build a Brad and our Inspired by Nature stamp set to name a few things.

I LOVE this one because we are about to take a family celebration trip to Hawaii and I was thinking of making a few of these and handing them out while I am there.

I hope you all have a great Stamping day.

Rose-Ellen