Combined Meeting!

Hi!
Yesterday I co-hosted an "AZ INKers" team event with my downline and Bestie Diana, it was so much fun I think we will do it again!  Stampin' Up! announced a bit ago that they would be sending staff members to various team meetings, so we applied but sadly we were not chosen for them to attend (they missed out! ha, jk!). But the girls and us wanted to meet anyway, heck I had already paid for the hotel conference room so might as well have some fun stamping, right?

So we invited our girls and charged just enough to cover the rent and then we provided the rest!  We started out with some games focusing on Team Building and getting to know one another.  First up, I made up a MUSIC game (Must Uncover Something in Common) with each person that was not stamping or related to Stampin' Up!.  Gave them 30 minutes to mingle and then we shared our findings, it was quite fun to learn a little bit about each other.

Sorry catching them mid-chat!  

 Then we played a couple more Challenge Games that involved Product Knowledge ... gosh the room got so quiet and both Di and I admit they were a little harder to complete than we thought - SORRY girls!  But they were champs and played along.  For those wondering, one was a color name game using synonyms and the other was a word scramble of stamp set names.  Had to award some prizes to make things fun again!!

We used the cute little Cafe Bags and the popular Chevron & Polka Dot Bags and added some Doily's along with the Tag Kit (banners, tags, & clothespins) to create some cute - reusable - gift packaging!  Congrats to those lucky gals, we hope you enjoy your prize!

Then it was time to do our Product Demonstrations and my lovely friend Debbie (a sideline, now adopted by me!) offered to demo a cute little bag!  Diana's downline Kathya was called into work to cover for an emergency so we missed out on what she had planned to share.

If I remember correctly it is a 5"x10" piece of DSP, score at 1.25" each side on the long vertical edge, then turn horizontally, score at 4" from each edge.  Fold vertical edges in and then fold on horizontal folds, only apply adhesive to the top portion of vertical skinny folds

The to finish off our morning, we had planned two make-n-takes for everyone!  The cute little "have-to-have-it" Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlit and a coordinating card featuring the Stars Framelits & Star Border Punch, both projects using the fantastic Under the Tree DSP specialty paper!

Then we broke for lunch and the girls could do what they wanted, together or on their own.  A bunch of us went to the PERFECT PEAR at their new location in Chandler and it was so delish again, as always!

We had a great day!
Rhonda

More from Door #1

Hi!

I had made a cute little folded chevron bag a long time ago, or a few months ago at least and my team loved it so when I was working on this display and trying to cover many occasions, and to show samples with all of the available styles of bags we offer, I just had to make one more!

Here's my Little Pocket Guy, all ready for Valentine's or any other LOVE giving day that pops up!

The THREE as separate pieces

The card I just made to fit inside the front little fold over pocket

I stamped the hearts and then hand trimmed around the edges and
adhered a piece of red cardstock to the inside front panel so card still stands

Here is the bag as a stand alone, all of the hearts are adhered to the front of the pocket and the
greeting is popped up, ribbon slipped around and up through one hole punch and then tie a bow,
hand sewn after the ribbon because I wanted it secured a bit, but you could sew the seams first

Close up and at an angle to show you the two pockets

close up of the sewing to create the font folded pocket

Loved this greeting and our new clothespin clips!
I used the new heart border punch on the front and back of the top edge
and just inserted a strip of red card stock to each edge for color and support!

Gotta have treats!  Easy cello bag and topper with a decorative shape framelit & embossing folder

And there ya have it!  Congratulations if you scrolled all the way down through all of the pictures!

Hope to see you back here tomorrow!
Rhonda

Conv Day 2 - Thurs

Hi there!
So these pic's are from the true actual 1st day of our convention activities with Stampin' Up!  It's the day to check in, take a tour to the corporate head quarters, and then head over to the 1st ever evening opening session!  We've always started convention with a morning session but this year is the 25th Anniversary and the theme is " BE the DIFFERENCE ".  I already shared some of the pics from how it was decorated so I'd like to share a few pics of friends I look forward to seeing at every SU! event we attend! 

Kim S --- we've become such good friends, just love her!

Meeting up with Becky too, we have loved getting to know her better each year!
Of course with my traveling trio of Marlene, Diana and I

Snagging a picture with Kevin in the recognition room, the 1st Male Demo'r!  What a nice guy!

Myself and long time friend Melissa, met so long ago just because of Stampin' Up!

and of course I have plenty more pictures to share with you too!  There are so many friends that I did not get pictures with this year (insert really sad face) ...  The time goes by so quickly and there were more people there this year, so longer lines and more crowded so it made it a bit harder to find each other.

Given our family vacation to California and getting home with only a couple of days to prepare, I didn't have a lot of time to stamp but I did get gifts made for my INKin' All Night! girls and I had two organized swaps that I was participating in ... which meant I needed a few cards ready to swap too.

Downline Gifts = New Candy Dots & Brad bases

Halloween Happiness, my swap card with Diana's team

Halloween Bash, my swap card with my INKin' All Night! and Adopted INKers

Thanks for coming back and see you again tomorrow!
Rhonda