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OK, SERIOUSLY>> is this just not too cute!?

This is my adorable friend Missy Shipman.. she had this purse on our Founder's Circle trip a couple months ago.. I thought this was ADORABLE!

I previously posted info about making these FABRIC YOYO's in this blog post.

Aren't these just FANTABULOUS!?

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Founder's Circle 2011 - Birthday Surprise for Shelli

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We planned a fun surprise for Stampin' Up! CEO Shelli Gardner while we were at Founder's Circle in St. George, UT earlier this month.  Shelli has a "special" birthday coming up next month, so we brought her birthday cards and wrote 50 Reasons Why We Love Shelli in a little journal to give to her.  (Get it... 50 REASONS... special birthday... 50 reasons.. get it?)  :)  Yep, she is a youngin'.. younger than I am!!

Jan Wakeland was the little sneaky birthday fairy behind this fun plot.. here is Jan telling Shelli about our surprise on the PJ/Swap night:

Here is Shelli holding her box.. we each dropped by and gave her a birthday card, and some of us brought a 6x6 scrapbook page with our memories of Shelli.. it was so fun to surprise her!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was the 6x6 page I made for Shelli with fun memories through the years:

And I got to make the cover of the Journal for Shelli.. it was so fun.. of course I made it with My Digital Studio! :)

 

I cherish my 16+ years of memories with Shelli... she is truly a remarkable woman!

Patty, Selma and Shelli:

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Stamping at Susan's - Spice Cake Easel Card

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When I was invited to Susan's home in St. George last week, this is one of the fabulous cards we made that afternoon.  It's an easel card featuring the Spice Cake DSP and the Gently Falling Stamp set.. such a gorgeous combo!

I had the BEST time stamping with Sharon Armstrong.. she is one of the sweetest demonstrators I know!!!  Love you Sharon!!

Spice Cake Designer Paper, #124003, pg 17 Holiday Mini

Gently Falling set, #123802 or 123804, pg 16 Holiday Mini

Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, #122975, pg 194 Stampin'Up! catalog

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Founder's Circle 2011 - super fun Punched Santa Project

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Yesterday I mentioned attending a fun stamping afternoon at Susan's house... check out this adorable Punch Art Santa we made!!  It's a topper for the 1"x8" cello bags from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog! Huge thanks to Susan and Janet for hosting this fun afternoon!

here are all the fun punched pieces you'll need to make this:

closeup of the face pieces:

Now.. if you've ever tried to get a piece of licorice into the 1"x8" cello bags, you'll know it's rather difficult because the licorice is kind of "sticky".... well, here's the secret....

Fold a piece of cardstock small enough to slip inside the 1x8 cello, then load your licorice inside the folded cardstock and slip them both into the bag, then pull the cardstock out!

Thanks to Janet Baker for this great demo/tip!

This tip also works for loading other candies into the cello too!! 

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PUNCHES used:

119847 ornament

119859 XL oval

119855 large oval

117191 bird builder (for moustache)

124094 1” square

119884 scallop square

any regular circle punch or the crop a dile for the small circles

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Founder's Circle 2011 - a Trip to Susan's!

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I felt so honored to be invited to Susan Adam's home while I was in St. George, UT attending the Founder's Circle event.. we had a fun afternoon of stamping, visiting and of course eating! 

our DELIGHTFUL hosts were Susan and Janet.. they are just such lovely ladies and amazing hostesses!

Her stamp room is AMAZING.. here are some pix around her room and of some of her fabulous Stampin' Up! displays!

some great stamping displays..

 

 

check back tomorrow.. just wait until you see the fun projects we made!!!

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Founder's Circle 2011 - the Dessert Case

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Truly.. have you ever seen such amazing desserts at a Stampin' Up! event before??

We were so spoiled last week at the Founder's Circle retreat!!  And to think I actually lost one pound.. not sure how I did that!?

KellieSue and Laura at the Dessert case

as my husband would say, by eating one of these I was also getting my "fruit portion"for the day... LOL 

 

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Founder's Circle 2011 - my room and FAVORITE gift!

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As you know, Stampin' Up! spoils us no matter what the event is.. but they REALLY GO ALL OUT on the Founder's Circle Retreat!!!

We get our own private room at the Marriott...

with our very own delightful hanging name plate on the door:

They leave us "pillow gifts" each night in our room... my favorite gift was the GORGEOUS PURSE CHARM in the BLOSSOM BOX on the last night!

You can make your own... I'm definitely making more of these and I'm going to add the Black Crystal Baubles to one!!!

BLOSSOM BOX, #123127, PG 221

TRINKET CROWNS, #121891, PG 200

CLEAR CRYSTAL BAUBLES, #121012, PG 200

PINK CRYSTAL BAUBLES, #121013, PG 200

VANILLA PEARL BAUBLES, #121014, PG 200

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For the chain part, you could use our Simply Adorned Bracelet chain (pg 200) and add the lobster claw,  or I am sure there are pre made short chains with the lobster claw at the top already.. i'm going to google that and check it out soon!

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Founder's Circle 2011 Make & Take Projects

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WARNING.. SNEAK PEEK OF NEW STAMPIN' UP! STAMPS & ACCESSORIES from the Founder's Circle Make & Take projects!!

We were absolutely showered with free gifts at the Founder's Circle Retreat last week.. .I got home last night and my suitcases were considerably heavier on the way home than when I left last week!!!  I came home with 30 free gifts from Stampin' Up!

We were given a very generous box of goodies to use for our Make & Takes, including a new stamp set and a fabulous die that I can't show you.. but I CAN show you what we made with them!!

here is the banner in 2 sections:

thanks to my fabulous and fun Make & Take tablemates for the good times and giggles!

Allana, Lyssa, Stella and me :)

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Patty's Founder's Circle 2011 Swap card

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 One of the most exciting parts of our annual Founder's Circle trip is the swap.... swapping with 125 of the top demonstrators in the US and Canada is soooo inspiring!!!  (and totally FUN!).

Here are some of my friends all lined up ready to swap..

 

Oh ya, I should remind you... this is a "PJ" event.. we meet and then swap in our PJ's on this Share & Swap night.. just thought I'd explain the attire..
 

 

my awesome pile of swaps..

 
I used My Digital Studio to make my swap card this year.  I designed them and then had them printed through the Stampin' Up!/MDS printing service.. they arrived in just a few days and I had them packed and ready to go!

ABOVE:  front of card

I love the entire Beau Chateau suite of products. you can dupliate this card by using the Beau Chateau DSP (pg 184, #122357) and the Beau Chateau Side Note TAGS (pg 190, #122379 - it's my September Customer Coupon freebee this month!)

BELOW: inside of card

BELOW the back of the card and the "recipe":

(click on the image to view the recipe larger)

 

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Founder's Circle 2011 - Welcome dinner and gifts

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I will be sharing my Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle photos with you over the next week or so .. . today I'm sharing my photos from our first night welcome dinner and our super fun amazing gifts that we receieved on our bed when we got back to our room after dinner!!!

Shelli welcomed us all and then she gave a blessing on the food.  We were all so excited to be here!

We were divided into Teams and my team is called the White Gloves. (The whole theme is Tea Party).  So here is our table and our yummy meal!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
Can you believe we each got a DARLING tea cup with roses in it??  They were ALL different and SO gorgeous!!  You know me and all my roses... this was just heavenly for me!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

the most yummy dulce de leche cheesecake I've ever had... oh my goodness!

 
And when we got back to our room, they had delivered a special box to each of us..

 
and inside were the goodies for us to use in our Make & Take projects this week... but i had to HIDE two items that you can't see yet... let me just say the stamp set is adorable and the new big shot die is faaaaaaaabulous!

 

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Founder's Circle 2011 - updates from day 1

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I am having a wonderful time here in St. George, UT with my Stampin' Up! friends and Stampin' Up! employees.. we've been chatting, stamping, eating, laughing, taking photos and being generally spoiled to death!  ;)  The Founder's Circle event is a special trip for the top 100 demonstrators in the US, top 15 in Canada and the Rising Stars. 

Here are a few pix from my 1st day here..

My flight from the San Francisco Bay Area was to Las Vegas, and then about a 2 hour ride to St. George..  some beautiful scenery along the way from Vegas to St George...

 
 

 
Once in St. George and checked in to the Courtyard Marriott hotel, we got to "build our own" panini sandwiches for lunch... and check out the cupcake and fruit for dessert... YUMMMMMMMM

 
 check out the fun Tea Party room with Stampin' UP! staff ready to serve us all kinds of yummies!

 

Cori serving up my cupcake and fruit!

 

My lovely friend Bonnie.. such a fabulous smile!
  
amazing floral arrangements everywhere we look.... aaaaaaah how did they know that is just my most favorite thing!!

 
 

 
and all the yummy cupcakes.... mmmmmm

 
 

We had fun helping Angie with her swaps.. she is such a sweetie!  

Debbie, Angie, me and Stella

 

 Check back tomorrow for lots more fun!!

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I'm very blessed and excited to be attending the Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle trip for the 4th year in a row!! When my package came Fed Ex a couple weeks ago, I ripped it open right at the door!! :)

it's lovely!! and included my travel docs and luggage tags for the St. George, Utah trip later this month!

Don't you love how the document wallet matches the GORGEOUS Founder's Circle purse I received at the Stampin' UP! convention in July!?

 

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

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