4th Annual Sale-A-Brate Our Downline!

This is about a month and a half overdue (along with many other blog posts I have been "meaning to write"), but it's better late than never to play a little catch up. February & March have been so busy, but I hope for things to be slowing down a little. As I type this I am at the beach house enjoying a little "downtime" with my family for Spring Break. No laundry to do or things to clean. Now I can put my time towards other things...like blogging while the kiddos are asleep!

Each year my upline (Andrea) and I put together a little "Sale-A-Bration" of our own and we come together to sale-a-brate our downline in a fun way. This is our fourth year, so if you want to see some of the other things we have done in the past you can click HERE and HERE (apparently I didn't blog about it last year - oops!) We have a small group, but we still try to make it special!

We always like to start with a meal that both Andrea and I plan and put together. This year we went on the lighter side and had sandwiches, chopped salad, and chips. Wrapping a band around a water bottle creates decorative touch.

We also had ice cream sundaes for dessert...yum!

 

Each year we share two different make n takes for our downline to then re-create. This year Andrea and I both had water coloring on the brain, so our samples showed different ways with this technique.

She shared with us how to create a bokeh background using watercoloring and white ink. 

We're busy at work creating our masterpieces! 

Here is the final card. This was the first time I tried the bokeh background. I really liked it!

I have already shared the second make n take I created HERE. This particular card showed the watercolor wash technique using one of the (now retired) Sale-A-Bration sets.

I made each of the gals a fun little gift using the Baker's Box Thinlits Die (I have already posted more details HERE).

Andrea gave everyone these cute little bags filled with bath beads. She used the Polka Dot Cone Cellophane Bags new from the Occasions Catalog.

At our get togethers we also swap cards at the end!

We may be a small group (not all were able to make it), but it is always so fun to get together to share ideas, inspire each other, laugh, create, and just have FUN!

Christmas Swaps

On Tuesday we held a Stampin' Up! team meeting where we were able to talk "business", share motivation, catch up with what each of us our doing with events, enjoy pumpkin bars, listen to those who went to On Stage a couple of weekends ago, set goals, swap cards, and create a make n take. Ultimately we had the chance to just be together to motivate and support one another in our Stampin' Up! businesses...or as a hobby.

Always a favorite of our time together are the swaps! This time it was Christmas-themed.

 

We also had the chance to play with stamps with a make n take. My upline shared this awesome technique with us to create this beautiful card. I am SO SAD that Woodland Embossing Folder is retiring. It's a MUST HAVE, so snag it now before it's gone! It will retire January 4th.

Here's an up close to show you we added "glittery snow" to the trees and hill.

Stamping on the inside is always a fun addition.
Plus, it makes it easy just to sign your name and you're done! ;)

The swap card I brought will be posted soon...

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3rd Annual Team Beach Retreat

I can't believe I haven't posted the fun details about my annual Stampin' Up! team beach retreat from the beginning of October. (I had pictures uploaded...just hadn't posted yet. Distracted much?)

Myself and four other demonstrators (including my upline and two of my downline) whisked ourselves away to Bella Beach in Oregon (just a little south of Lincoln City) where we stayed THREE nights and stamped the weekend away! It was so. much. fun! I got a ton done and it was nice to just recharge for the weekend doing the things we love!

I should have taken a picture of what the living room looked like before we took over! This was the second year we stayed in the exact same house. We might need to look for another house to stay in if our team keeps getting bigger! The bonus for staying at this house, though, is that we got to stay the 3rd night for FREE...such a great deal!

Here is our set up...

The name of the house...


Laura, Kim, Terri, Andrea, and me...


Although we spent most of our time indoors and it did rain a little (come on...it's the Oregon Coast ~ of course it rained! :), we did go for a nice walk to see the ocean. We came right when it was high tide and the water came right up to the stairs, so we couldn't even walk on the beach.






We started a new tradition this year and brought a "Secret Stamper" gift to exchange. We each drew a name and that is who we gave our gift to. It was fun to get a present!

My gift was from Andrea (my upline). She packaged the gift with a Paper Pumpkin box turned inside out. Inside she covered the box with DSP and there was a package of tissues, chapstick, and lotion.

This is what it looked like before I opened it. That Santa is so clever! His mustache/beard is made with the Bigz Bow Die.

Andrea received her gift from Terri. Doesn't Andrea coordinate colors perfectly with the cute fry box Terri made her? Inside are some little goodies and it's finished off with a tag. So creative!

This is my big sister Kim (and one of my downline). Her gift was from Laura. A cute little box filled with a package of tissue, hand sanitizer, a file, and other goodies.

Laura received this fun candle from Kim. It is shaped as a coffee mug. Too cute!

Terri (one of my downline) received this gift from me. One of our polka dot bags turned into a different shaped bag (see my post here) and a chevron bag filled with notecards using the stamp set "For the Birds" (see my post here).

Most of the weekend was spent doing whatever we wanted, but we also brought some make n takes that each of us could make at some point during the weekend. It gave us a chance to "take a break" from having to be creative on our own and we could just stamp to enjoy it with someone else doing all the prep work.

Make n Take Cards

This the card I designed for the girls to make. It might already look familiar as it was my swap card I created for the Holiday Catalog Swap with the Control Freaks.

I already can't wait for next year's retreat!! Tonight is our Stampin' Up! Team Meeting, so I'll be back to share some of our swaps and the inspiration that came from the meeting!


Leave a comment if you have any questions on anything I shared with you today!

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downline swaps

Last Thursday we had our bi-monthly team meeting. We chatted about upcoming promotions, talked business, helped each other plan events, took pictures of inspiring samples, and created a make n take. This time around I was in charge of bringing the make n take. We created THIS CARD using the Heat & Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds glitter technique. It was definitely a WOW card for everyone and many of the gals said they were excited to use this technique in the future for their own card classes.

We also swapped cards (my swap was the make n take). Here are the swaps that I received in return.

It's back to school here in our household (started yesterday). Happy to start getting back into a routine again, but we sure did enjoy our summer vacation!! Here are my two little loves on their first day of 3rd grade (Mikayla) and 1st grade (Austin). Love these faces!!

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stamp into summer continued

It's about time I share the rest of the make n takes I created at our team "Stamp into Summer" Stamp-a-Stack in June. To give a quick recap a team of fellow demonstrators (my upline, downline, and sidelines) got together for a fun evening of stamping. We each planned a card that we would all make and created 9 cards total. The supplies were cut and ready to stamp just as we would do for a class. So we hopped from table to table stamping each other's cards. I shared my card at the end of June and then two other demo cards I shared for the Fourth of July. And now today I am finally showing you the last six cards!

**Disclaimer: I did change a few of these cards from the original design. Some of them I had stamped at the event and then brought home to finish assembling not remembering quite how the card looked. Oops! ;)

Stamp Set: Vivid Vases

Colors: Rich Razzleberry, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Stamp Set: Bloom with Hope, Four You

Colors: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

 Stamp Set: I Like You, And Many More (sentiment)

Colors: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Garden Green

Stamp Set: Blended Bloom, Work of Art

Colors: Blushing Bride, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding

Stamp Set: Cycle Celebration (sentiment), Petite Petals

Colors: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey

(opening up to the inside)

Stamp Set: Work of Art

Colors: Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Smokey Slate, 

If you have any additional questions on any of the cards other than stamp sets used or colors, please let me know in the comments and I am happy to send you an answer if I have one!