Founder's Circle 2013

Halloween Treats from Founder's Circle 2013

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I still have a few more sets of photos to share with you from my trip to St. George, UT and the 2013 Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle Retreat.

I was just delighted with these 2 CUTE CUTE Halloween samples!

The card was made by Linda Gutierez and the Lollipop treat was made by Sandy Hancock.

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This fun Halloween card is created with the fun Circle Thinlit card die - SO EASY... cut your cardstock to 5-1/2" x 6" and the thinlit die does the rest of the work for you! WATCH MY VIDEO here for more info.

Create the adorable owl and ghost with the Owl Builder Punch!  See it on pg 183 in the current catalog or SHOP ONLINE for the Owl Builder Punch.

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This fun Lollipop treat is quickly put together with 2 die cut shapes scored and folded to create one larger shape.  Use the Apothecary Accents framelit die for this project.

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Thank you to Linda and Sandy for these cute Halloween Treat samples!

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Stampin Up Founder's Circle Trip 2013 - Staheli Family Farm

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Founders-circle-real-cowboys-frameOur final day at the Founder's Circle Retreat was special.. we took a ride out to the Staheli Family Farm and spent the afternoon and evening there!

Acitivities included:

  Petting Zoo

  Rope Swing

  Cow Milking (not a real cow) :)

  Duck Racing

  Horseshoes

  Ropin' Station

  Archery

  Bingo

  Corn Maze

  Dutch oven dinner

  entertainment from the "Hired Guns"

I am excited to share some photos of that event with you today!

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Who wouldn't want to see this truck pull up on their street full of Stampin' Up! gifts!!

That's GIFTACTULAR!!

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The "Hired Guns" singers were our wonderful entertainment!

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Yummy Dutch Oven dinner.. pulled pork, beans, potatoes, salad and rolls!

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and you know I have to include the flowers... :)

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 Thank you for joining me today!

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Stampin Up Founder's Circle Trip 2013 - Kanab Park and Tuachan

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Before my post today, I'd like to ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE FOUNDER'S CIRCLE WEEK Give Away!

Festive-flurry-bundle-giveawayWINNER of the Festive Flurry stamp set / framelits:

Jennifer Ferrell from TN!

I'll be mailing your goodie out to you tomorrow!

CONGRATS!

 Today I wanted to share photos from our Founder's Circle trip to Kanab, where we not only enjoyed a trip to the Stampin' Up! manufacturing facilty, but we also stopped at the  park that was donated/built by Shelli and Sterling Gardner of Stampin' Up!

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Demonstrators at the Jacob Hamblin park, Kanab, Utah

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Pam is doing a great photo bomb job on Jan and Christina's photo!!

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Red Rubber from Stampin' Up! makes a great cushion in the park playground!
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  Below: Jan Wakeland posing in the red rubber

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Below: My upline Sandy Hancock (seated) with her 3 downline who achieved the Founder's Circle Trip, Lee Conrey, myself and Sue Kempter-Miller

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Below: 2013 Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle Members

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(no, we don't lounge in our PJ's for 5 days... we wear them for the swap night gathering & photo)

 

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Sara Douglass and Patty Bennett

Several of you have asked me what the criteria is for being a part of the Founder's Circle. I thought I'd briefly explain.  All 40,000 (+/-) US demonstrators are ranked in 6 different categories, like our personal yearly sales, our recruiting efforts and the promotions in the 1st level of our downline.  Each person is given points in those categories and the top 100 people with the most points each year are the Founder's Circle members for the US.  Top demonstrators from Canada are also included in this group. We receive a trip to Southern Utah each year and get to spend time with Stampin' Up! employees and corporate team members as well as of course network with each other.  This year, since Shelli had her accident, she was unable to attend, but her LOVELY daughter Sara stepped in and did a marvelous job of making us feel loved and welcome! :)

That evening after the day in Kanab, we went to a musical at the GORGEOUS outdoor Tuachan Amphitheater in St. George, UT.  We saw Mary Poppins.. what a wonderful production!!  They don't allow photos during the performance, but here are a couple pix before the event:

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Patty and Kay ready to watch the performance

Founders-circle-tuachan-scarf-christinaChristina modeling the infinity scarf we were given as a gift the night before (our Pillow Gift), with Robin.

 

I have one more set of Founder's Circle Adventures to share...  check back tomorrow!

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Stampin Up Founder's Circle Trip 2013 - Kanab, UT

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One of the biggest highlights of my year is visiting the Stampin' Up! manufacturing facility in Kanab, UT on our annual Founder's Circle trip!

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You'll probably remember photos from my previous trips here, and here, but this year they allowed us to take photos inside the manufacturing facility, as long as we didn't show any top secrets (?) or new, unreleased products... so... I thought you might enjoy just a few photos from our day!

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Can you imagine any warmer of a welcome that all the employees out front greeting us?

This was the group of employees greeting our bus.. there were additional groups as well.

These stacks of Stampin' Up! carstock just made our hearts FLUTTER!

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The employee cutting the cardstock changed up his Be The Difference shirt a bit! :)

Below... cooling rubber.. ready to be cut and put into the stamp set boxes!

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I know this looks like a cooking lesson.. but she's pouring CHERRY COBBLER INK into the bowl with "blank" ink pads... yummy!! :)

Founders-circle-kanab-lunchWe were treated to a fantastic BBQ lunch and we got to eat with the Kanab employees.. what a huge treat!!

I'm just sayin'.. for what it's worth,

I could TOTALLY eat lunch like this EVERY DAY! :)

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We also got to stamp a couple quick Make & Take cards... that was new this year.. too fun!

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This is my friend Cindy Baughman and I showing off our cards.

Below.. these are the free goodies we received on our tour... since I already have this stamp set, I'd love to share it with someone... leave me a comment below if you'd like to win the stamp set!  I'll draw a winner on Thursday, Sept. 26

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Good-bye until next time... Thank you Stampin' Up! and all the hard working employees!

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I have lots more Founder's Circle Adventures to share...  check back tomorrow!

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Founder's Circle 2013 - Make and Take projects

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One fabulously fun tradition at the annual Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle Retreat is creating stamping projects with new products!  Remember the package we received on our first night?  Well I can't show you the actual products, but we ARE allowed to show you what we made... :)

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We recieved 6 new products.. can you spot them all?

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You'll notice the cute bags from the Tag a Bag Gift Bag offering on pg 158 in the current catalog.. how cute is this to fold it in 1/2 and then use it for a pouch for some cute tags??

Founders-circle-make-and-take-1<<< We were supposed to make this card, but I revamped it a bit and did this (below) - these new cards are just my FAVE new thing... I probably can't say too much.. but I think can say that the watercolor effect is "already done" for us on these cards... super pretty!:

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Founders-circle-make-and-take-5I forgot to take a photo of my sample, but the one at left with the huge embossed & was on display... loving the new "watercolor" look Designer paper!!

and this box (below) was our last project:

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So what do you think... anything new there that you find just YUMMY???  I am in love with these new products.. can't wait to order them all in January with the release of the Occasions catalog!

After our "exhausting" day of stamping, visiting, snacking, and hanging out, we enjoyed a lovely dinner here at the Marriott Courtyard hotel in St. George, UT (where Carolyn was our fantastic waitress) and then we got ready for our annual swap night in our PJ's... photos to follow tomorrow!

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Laura, Janice, Sarah, Stella, Lee, Sandi, and me :)

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Having a fabulous time in St. George, UT with my Stampin' Up! friends!   FRIENDSHIPS are what make this business so very very special!!

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Founders-circle-breakfast-2Breakfast with my buddies.. Stella, Angie and Sarah.

Not to mention.. YUMMO breakfast... beats my "cup of coffee breakfast" that I normally have!

After breakfast we went to the Gathering Place where the Stampin' Up! staff always has amazing decorations and treats for us!

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Each day we get to toss a horseshoe and if we get a ringer, we get 3 prizes!

My upline, Sandy, and I both got it today!! We each got 3 packs of Designer Paper!

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Then... whohoooo.. we got to see the displays of all the new products that were in our Pillow Gift on the first night... we are making our stamping projects with new stamps, new paper, new accessories... you'll see those tomorrow. :)

Here are some displays of the projects Stampin' Up! made with the new products (you'll see these in the Occasions Catalog in January!)

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 Can you tell I'm doing cartwheels over this new set with the flowers??? :)

 The Stampin' Up! Staff is so amazing.. they even have a do it yourself Granola Station!

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You grab a little jar, and create your own favorite granola blend!!!!

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We are off to Kanab today to the Stampin' Up! manufacturing facility... I hope to have time to blog some photos for tomorrow... check back... talk to you later!

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Stampin Up Founder's Circle Trip 2013 - Welcome

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GREETINGS!!  I'm in St. George, Utah with the Leaders of Stampin' Up!

on the annual Founder's Circle Retreat!

I am having a Great Time and wanted to share some photos of our first day...

below.. Pam and KellySue at the hospitality check in desk

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below... demonstrators working on their swap cards.. our swap is tonight (Thursday night)!

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below.. cute chalkboard decoration on our door... they wrote our names... I wrote Stamps :)

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Below: Lovely table setting at our first night dinner

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Below: gift of jam at each place

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ok... I know.. unlike me... but I FORGOT to take a photo of dinner!!!  Ack!  maybe something to do with getting up at 4:30am ?? tired??

Below: our group is called the Moon Pies... each group has 6 or 7 ladies and is named after some type of candy or treat

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Below: all the gifts from Stampin' Up! and friends from the first day!

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I can't show you what's in the big package... but I can tell you it's 6 brand new Stampin' Up! products - never before seen products! - and we'll be creating our Make & Take projects with them today!

 I promise to blog more tomorrow.. hopefully photos of our stamping projects! Stay Tuned!

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Off to St. George, Utah for Founder's Circle 2013

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Founders-circle-packetHmmmmmmmm.... 

what's in THIS Pretty Little Package you ask??

The travel documents for my trip to St. George, Utah today!

I am off to be with the top 100 demonstrators in Stampin' Up! - it's our annual Founder's Circle Trip.

Stampin' Up! always does an amazing job at making sure every detail is just perfect... right down to the packet of travel docs we receive!

I'm just so curious about that beautiful lace around the huge envelope... hmmmm

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If my laptop cooperates and the internet connection is good, I'll be blogging each day from the Founder's Circle events.  Please check back often this week for all the details!

Check out my My Digital Studio Card Swaps I made for Founder's Circle if you missed them this weekend.

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Patty's Founder's Circle Week Special

I am off on another Stampin' Up! Trip... to St. George, Utah with the top 100 demonstrators in the company!

I will be posting each day from Utah, as long as my laptop and the internet connection cooperate :)

I have two Special offers for you while I'm away! 

DOUBLE CREDIT on your FREE STAMPS with Patty form for all orders of $50 or more!!  Download your FREE STAMPS form here to track your orders. So for each $50 you order, you get to fill in 2 lines on the form!!  This week only!  Ends Saturday, Sept. 21 at midnight.  Be sure to use the HOstess Code for orders between $50 and $149 for a chance to win the monthly hostess benefits giveaway!

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AND, I'll have a SPECIAL drawing on Monday, Sept. 23 when I return!  One randomly selected winner will win this fabulous stamp set and snowflake Festive Flurry Die set!  Each $50 order in my online store will be entered to win.  Online orders may be placed here.

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Thanks for your support of my Business!

 Check back often this week for news, photos, and all the scoop on the fun times we are having on the Founder's Circle trip in St. George!

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What happens when you need 250 Black Candy Dots?

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Question

Seriously.. what do you do when you need 250 Black Candy Dots?

Answer #1: buy 25 Packs of Neutrals Candy dots and use only the black ones

or

Answer #2: Buy 3 packs and color them all black with your Sharpie Marker

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 Although I know Stampin' Up! would have been very happy had I ordered the 25 packages, I opted to use my trusty Black Sharpie marker and color 3 packages of them black :)

View a video >>> on coloring your Rhinestones and Embellishments

Oh ya.. so WHY did I need 250 Black Candy Dots?

For my upcoming Founder's Circle Swaps! :)

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I created the background and inside using My Digital Studio, had them printed at the Stampin' Up! print service, then added ribbon and the tags, and of course the Candy Dots!

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Hybrid elements/accessories added to the My Digital Studio card:

Black Chevron Ribbon #130010

Neutral Candy Dots #130934

Chalk Talk stamp set #130631 / 130634

or Chalk Talk BUNDLE (SAVE 15%!!) 132731 / 132730

Creative Elements stamp set #128523 / 122647

 Extra-Large oval punch #119859

I saw a similar card idea on a video that Barbara-Jean created.. she's published some AWESOME MDS videos.. Thank you for the idea!

 I played around with a few other ideas before settling on the design above..

Below are some of the other prototype ideas I created...

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NA13F_BlogBadge-whiteThanks to my faithful customers and my amazingly talented downline, I was blessed again this year to place in the top 100 of Stampin' Up! (7 years in a row!), thus earning a trip to Utah this coming week to be with my Founder's Circle peers... I am really excited to see my friends!!

 When I was working on these swaps in my stamp room, I was skyping with Wendy and her daughter Macie... it's fun to pass the time that way!

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I hope your weekend was wonderful everyone... chat with you later..

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