Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat: Truly Tailored Masculine Card Set

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I’ve been asked, why do we do what we do for the Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat and the answer is quite simple.  We love what we do and we love to share it with others.  Over the years Peggy and I have attended numerous Stampin’ Up! events including Convention, On Stage, Leadership Conference, Regionals, Founders Circle, and the amazing Incentive Trips to exotic places around the world.  We have taken some of the best parts of all of these events and wrapped them into our retreat.  On all of the Incentive Trips, each evening when we’d return to our rooms, we’d find a gift on our beds waiting for us….

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…so, with that in mind, instead of our guests finding a gift on their bed each night, we had a gift waiting for them at their tables each morning.  Saturday’s special gift was an insulated mug with our Stampin’ Sister’s logo on it.  These were a big hit because they’ll keep things hot or cold for 8 hours!

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Also, like at all Stampin’ Up! events, we had a card swap for those that chose to participate.  We had a total of 70 stampers participate in the swap and card contest.  The cards were amazing this year.  Here you can see the cards that won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in our card contest.

1st place

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2nd place

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3rd place

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Cyndi won the Hello Friend Heat Embossing Project Kit, Cheri won the Lots of Happy Card Kit and Wendy won the Perennial Birthday Project Kit.

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 At all Stampin’ Up! events, there is stamping, so onto project 2 which we made first thing Saturday morning.

Truly Tailored Card

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For this project we used the True Gentleman Suite of products.  These cards were a welcome addition to everyone’s card stash as masculine cards are something many stampers struggle with and these cards are super quick and easy.  As an added gift, everyone received a roll of the Night of Navy Corduroy Ribbon.

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Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat: Amazing You & Celebrate You Thinlits

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It’s almost time to share the first project we all made Friday night of the Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat, but first….

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…in a room filled with 93 stampers, how do you find your own spot?  By looking for your name tag on your very own picnic basket filled with all the prepped project supplies.

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I believe that all of the little details are what make things extra special, so I created name tags for each basket using the Picnic With You stamp set and the coordinating Picnic Basket Builder Framelits.  I even added a bit of gingham fabric to the basket for some added depth and texture.

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We had two full stations set up during the entire retreat where all of the stamping, punching and Big Shot work took place.

Amazing You & Celebrate You Thinlits Class

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This is first project we made at retreat.  It features the Amazing You stamp set (a free level 1 choice sale-a-bration item) and the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies (a free level 2 Sale-a-bration item).  This class featured the six Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White cards shown above with textured embossing on the envelope flaps.  All the supplies for each card were cut to size and placed in envelopes.  We provided written instructions for each card with photographs so it was easy for everyone to work at their own pace.  Everyone also received a roll of the Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon.

I’ve heard from so many of you that you would have loved to attend the Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat.  Well, I can’t turn back the pages of the calendar, but I can bring the projects to you!

Amazing You Class to Go

I am offering this as a class to go.  I will have all of the supplies for each card cut to size and placed in envelopes along with written instructions for each card with photographs, just like the retreat participants.   You will also get a full roll of the Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon.   I will go one step further, in that I will do all of the Big Shot work and punching for you, so all you’ll need to do is stamp and put them together.

The cost for this class is just $35 and includes all of the pre-cut supplies and envelopes, Big Shot work and punching done for you, all packaged neatly together with a roll of the Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon and shipped to you.  The directions will be emailed.  To purchase this class, please click “Contact Me” and I will send you a Pay Pal link for you to purchase.  Be sure to specify that you want my Amazing You Class to go and include your address.

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Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat: Friday Night Festivities

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Yesterday I started sharing about our Stampin’ Sister’s Retreat and I’ve got lots more to share today and over the next week or so.  We were busy and I want those of you who didn’t attend to see the fun gifts and projects we had.

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Every year we like to recognize the “newbies”, that is those who have never attended our retreat before.  This year we had 20 newbies and Peggy made these adorable treat holders using the Pocketful of Sunshine stamp set and coordinating Pocket Framelits.  Check out the red & white hankie in the pocket.

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Meet the newbies!

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We were fortunate in having 23 of our team join us for retreat this year.  They participated as regular stampers and didn’t work the event at all.  I had bone folders engraved with our Stampin’ Sister’s Logo and then I made this cute little holder for them.  It’s kind of hard to see in the photo but I used some of the Wood Texture Designer Series Paper and ran it through the Basket Weave Embossing Folder for that picnic basket texture.  I made the flower with the Pansy Punch.

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Meet the team members that attended. *We had more fun stampers join our team by the time our retreat was over!  Maybe you’d like to join the Stampin’ Sister’s Team too!?

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We charge $200 for the weekend long retreat with all of the classes and projects included.  We offer a monthly payment option or, for those that pay the whole retreat fee in one payment when they register, we had a special gift.  I decorated a package of Rhinestone Basic Jewels and tucked them in an Whisper White Envelope that I ran through the Basket Weave Embossing Folder.  Let me just say, the release of the new Sale-a-bration choices, which included the Blossoming Basket Bundle with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder was perfectly timed for helping me create these themed items.  60 of our 93 retreat participants received the Rhinestone package.

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And what’s a picnic without the ants, right?  Everyone got to have a go at “Ants in the Pants”.  All they had to do was to get an ant in the pants and they won a prize valued between $9-$11 dollars.  Everyone was a winner!

Tomorrow I’ll share the project/ class where everyone got their own stamp set to take home with them.  See you then?

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