Hey there. There will be no stampy post today. We are still in Atlanta, GA. The Stampin' Up! OnStage Local concluded yesterday afternoon and then we went out for Mexican. A few hours after I went with my friend and downline, Joanne, to the ER. Turns out she is having gallbladder surgery this morning, so please be praying for her. She was in a lot of pain. Hoping and praying for a good recovery.

Her family is here now, so we will be leaving soon to travel home. With being at the ER until after midnight and little sleep, I'm going to table my regularly scheduled Sunday Swap Day post until tomorrow. I hop everyone understands.

I appreciate you guys so much and will be back tomorrow morning.

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

Carol

Hey there! I'm in Salt Lake City, UT for Stampin' Up! OnStage Live! Yesterday travel day that started in the wee morning hours so my travel buddy, Joanne Cantrell, and I could get the St. Louis airport. Actually my day started off with a bang, waking up with a start at 4:30 to discover we had no power! Scared that I had overslept, I fumbled for a cellphone check the time. I laid back down for a few minutes and thankfully the power came back on. I was beginning to wonder if I wasn't meant to make this trip, but after leaving at 6 a.m., my husband texted me a few minutes later that the power went back down right after I left! So here we are!

Yesterday we toured the Stampin' Up! Home Office and Distribution Center. I have visited here before, but Joanne had not.The building is beautiful, with a waterfall in the front atrium, which you can see the trees just a bit in the background of this picture. Stampin' Up! is known for their quality products and attention to detail, and this facility is a perfect example of just that!

We had a bit of an adventure on the bus heading to the Home Office. At a stoplight, our bus changed lanes and then had to stop and back up just a little bit when the light turned red. A little car behind us ran into the back of the bus! Neither vehicle was damaged, but we spent several minutes on the side of the road waiting for the police report. We were one of the last tours of the day, and so grateful we didn't miss out!

I will be back this evening with the Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop! Our theme this month is "Forever Friends". The hop starts tonight at 9 p.m Central, remaining up all day tomorrow, so be sure to come back to check it out and take the hop!

I am VERY EXCITED because today we get to see the NEW 2016/2017 ANNUAL CATALOG! squeeee! I won't be able to share anything with you until next week after the catalog goes live for all demonstrators worldwide, but I will be seeing, learning, and using new products over the next few days, so rest assured I will be sharing with you!

This is the LAST WEEK for the Weekly Deals, (sad face), but Stampin' Up! has given us a HUGE list of deals for the final hurrah!

Also, the 2016 Retiring List of Stamps and Accessories will be released on Monday, April 18. I will be posting it here on Monday!

You can place your order in my online store: www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Remember while shopping:

All orders of any amount (except Online Class Orders) will receive a Thank You Project Packet in the mail.

 Check the Weekly Deals and Clearance Rack for savings ranging from 25% to 60%.

When your order is at least $35 (before tax & shipping) and you use the April Hostess Code:     TNCQA3QC you will receive the April Online Class; six cards, two each of three designs, with envelopes and instructions, FREE!

When your order (before tax & shipping) reaches $150, DON’T USE THE HOSTESS CODE, because you can choose free Stampin' Rewards starting at 10% of the total. You will still receive the monthly online class cards.  

That’s all for now, until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! Day!

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Hey there! I know I've been quiet for a few days, because I've been preparing my swaps for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference in Orlando Florida. We were scheduled to fly down yesterday afternoon, but I cam down with a tummy bug yesterday and we had to reschedule our flight. We return on Sunday. I'm looking forward to spending a few days in a warmer climate. Tonight we get to go to Disney for a few hours for Manager's Reception! yay!

I hope to get to post some new ideas while I'm there, but if not, you can be sure I will have LOTS to share after I get home!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

Hey there! Oh my! Stampin' Up! really knows how to spoil their demonstrators! Thank you Stampin' Up! and my stampin' customer friends for making it possible for me to enjoy this retreat!

Thursday, September 18th was all about relaxing and being spoiled rotten by Stampin' Up!

I spent much of my day in the Gathering Place, relaxing and visiting with friends!

Stampin' Up! decorated the Gathering Place to reflect the "Home for the Holidays" theme!

This is my friend Derek Christiansen. Derek & I go way back to the first Stampin' Up! Regional I ever attended. Derek & I have a special bond because he interviewed me on stage at the Kansas City Regional. It was his and my first appearance on stage for Stampin' Up! Derek is now runs all of the events for Stampin' Up!, but he always has time to chat with old friends!

Founder's Circle wouldn't be Founder's Circle without yummy treats:

Besides offering a vast array of yumminess for our tummies, each jar was beautifully decorated with adorable tags to inspire our creativity!

Pretty much all the decor was accented with products from the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog! BTW: we get to keep the mug! yay!

The highlight of this day, of course, is the Business Share and Swap!

Stampin' Up! CEO and Co-Founder, Shelli Gardner, greeted us, then it was on to the Share and the Swap, all while wearing our jammies!

Here's all 113 of the swaps I created with the Bright & Beautiful stamp set and Star framelit dies:

Here are swaps I received in return:

You will be getting to see these up-close in the next few weeks of Sunday Swap Days!

That's all for now! I will be sharing more Founder's Circle fun over the next few days, but be sure to come back tomorrow for Sunday Swap Day!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

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Hey there. Let me start by stating how very sorry I am for my absence. My hard-drive collapse, coupled with final preparations to leave for the Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle Retreat, and then the whirwind of travel, has left me with no opportunity to blog at all!

Here's my technology status:

• New hard-drive for computer: CHECK
• Windows 7 Installed until replacement Windows 8 disc arrives from HP: CHECK
• Major bookmarks and log-ins re-established: CHECK
• Pictures re-loaded from camera SD card: CHECK
• LOOONG process of categorizing said pictures: BEGUN

Things are still not where I want them to be: I still have to re-create my Carol Payne Stamps watermark in Picmonkey, re-edit the three September Christmas Card Class videos and get them uploaded to Youtube, and get my back-up programs established so when (and there's always a when) this happens again it won't be quite so devastating.

That said, let me just say that so far the 2014 Founder's Circle Retreat has been all and more than I expected it to be! If you are my friend on Facebook or follow me on Instagram (if you want to follow me I'm instagrammy1959) you were able to see my progress across the country on Wednesday to first Las Vegas by plane and to St George, Utah by bus.

A couple of weeks ago I received this packet in the mail from Stampin'Up! containing my travel documents and info for the event:

Inside were luggage tags, flight info, and an itinerary for each day:

Arrival day itinerary:

Here's my first glimpse of my home-away-from-home for the next few days;

Each Founder's Circle member has a WHOLE ROOM all their own! You just want to pinch yourself! Each year they decorate the doors with a special memento of the event:

Shortly after our arrival we met in the Gathering Place to pick up our name badges, play a little Holiday Catalog Trivia game, receive a little welcome gift, then our first activity with our teams. I'm a Nutcracker!

Each team worked together to assemble and decorate a gingerbread house!

We then enjoyed a delicious and beautifully appointed "Holiday Welcome" meal:

Every day we receive gifts, culminating each night with "the pillow gift"! Here's my collection from just Day 1:

The "lumps of COAL"-wrapped package contained a brand-new stamp set and framelits from next Spring's Occasions Catalog! Sweet!

That's all for now! I will be back tomorrow with more Founder's Circle fun!

Until then, have a Stampingrox! day!

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Hey there! I've been quiet for a few days because I've been prepping and packing for the Stampin' Up! 2014 Worldwide Incentive Trip! My son and I leave today!

With all the preparations needed I haven't even done my pre-order yet, can you believe it? I HAVE placed a big order for new catalogs, so don't worry, they will soon be on their way! My New Catalog Premiere Open House will be May 30th & 31st!

Here's a quick card I haven't shown you yet, using Horse Frontier, another Retiring Stamp Set which unfortunately has already sold out:

And the inside:

I really loved pairing the Harwood Background with the Soho Subway Designer Paper for this one!

Well, I've got to get a move on. Troy & I leave for the airport in just a little while! I hope to post my Sunday swap day before we get on the boat tomorrow, and hopefully schedule a few more posts for you before I leave, we'll see!

The Retiring Stamps and Accessories Lists are still available. Go to my Online Store HERE to shop the Retiring Lists, updated Clearance Rack (lots of great Holiday Catalog items just added this week!), Weekly Deals, and more!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

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Hey there! I am SO EXCITED!!!!! Tonight is the Stampin' Up! New Catalog Premiere! Six of my downline and I are taking a road-tripl to Hazelwood, MO (about two hours from here) to attend this brand-new-never-before-held event!

Stampin' Up! is broadcasting the live Catalog Premiere from a theater in Long Beach, California to selected locations around the U.S. The closest theater for us here in Southern Illinois was over in Missouri, so of course we signed up!

We will each receive our own copy of the New 2014 Annual Catalog, watch the broadcast where we will learn about new products from the Catalog, and hopefully receive  a little extra SWAG (new catalog product) too!

At every Stampin' Up! event I attend with my downline, I always give them a little gift for attending. I know it takes effort to prepare for the trip and to  leave family on their own at home. I've been there, done that for the 11+ years I've been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, and so I want them to know how much I appreciate them:

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I embellished empty wood-mount stamp boxes (which are available in packs of 4 for $6.95 in the Annual Catalog) with the black newsprint design from the Modern Medley Designer Paper pack (Modern Medley paper is retiring) and the logo that Stampin' Up! created to advertise the catalog premiere event.

Patty Bennett, a fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator from California shared the logo on a Facebook group we are both members of. She had altered it slightly so I could insert each of my downlines' names! So cool! Thanks, Patty! I used a free online photo-editing website, www.picmonkey.com to insert the names.

After I added the names and printed them out on glossy brochure paper, I cut them out and adhered them to the black newsprint paper, which I had cut 11 1/4" x 8" so I could slide it under the clear plastic shield around the box. I then reduced the size of the photos so I could print them again and adhere them to the spine section of the paper. I was so pleased with the professional look! I added Champagne Glimmer paper stars that I punched with the star punch from the Merry Minis Punch Pack.

After I created and filled the boxes I just needed to make one more thing for them, so I covered these mini legal-sized notepads (I took them to Staples and had them cut them in half) with the same Designer Series Paper and Basic Black cardstock. I used an exclusive demonstrator-only stamp set we received at Leadership this year, Star Stamper, stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink, to create the medallion on the front.

I'm sure some of my downline check my blog or see my posts on Facebook, so although I'm posting the outside of my gift, I'm not sharing whats INSIDE  so there will still be some surprises tonight!

That's all for now! Tomorrow I will be able to show you the front of the catalog, but not the inside. The catalog doesn't officially go "live" for customers until June 1st, so I can't show you the inside pages until then.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

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Here's the list of supplies I used to create today's projects. You can click on any image to go straight to my Online Store or click HERE.

Full Wood-Mount Stamp Cases

$6.95

Modern Medley Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Champagne Glimmer Paper

$4.95

Merry Minis Punch Pack

$16.95

Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Circles Collection Framelits Dies

$26.95

2-3/8 Inch Scallop Circle Punch

$16.95

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Snail Adhesive

$6.95

Mini Glue Dots

$4.95

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

 

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Good morning and happy Sunday to you! I've already posted this to Facebook last night, but for those of you who are not on my fb, here's the video Stampin' Up! released of the Manager's Reception my downline, Linda, and I attended on Thursday night!

Keep an eye out, I'm in it for just a few seconds!!!!!

I also wanted to announce that now is the BEST time to join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! Why? Because in addition to the discount, the creativity, the friendships, and the potential income, everyone who signs up from now until registration for Convention 2014 closes  (sometime in May or June) can attend Convention  (now called "Inspire, Create, Share". with a FREE REGISTRATION!

That's right! This is a $250+ value added to your demonstratorship when you join!

This offer is good for Inspire, Create, Share 2014 only, so don't wait until next year to join!

Beginning January 28th, the Sale-a-bration recruiting special also begins! The $99 Starter Kit, which is fully customizable for you to choose your own $125 worth of Stampin' Up! products anytime, will have an added $25 more! Yup, choose $150 worth of products from January 28-March 31!

Definitely a win-win to join the Stampin' Up! family: get $25 more product, get the 20% demonstrator discount, get access to the creativity & friendships, get a free Inspire, Create, Share registration, AND you will be part of my Yes, Mam! Stampers group of demonstrators!

Contact me with your questions!

You can join directly from my Stampin' Up! website here:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Note: The free registration does not include, travel expenses, hotel, food, or incidentals.

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Hey there! I'm out the door in a few, but wanted to share some pics of my booth at the Mt Vernon Teacher's Conference:

Alisa & Oakley are working the booth with me this year!

We have Alisa's Pursegirl purses:

My displays of upcoming classes:

Cards and stuff for sale:

Kimberly's fingerless mittens:

I went all out this year and had a Carol Payne Stamps banner created:

I'm at the Conference today, then off to a workshop tonight! Whew! I'm gonna be tired (I am already, but enjoying the time!)

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Just a quick post this morning to remind you of my challenge to find all the froggies in this picture I took at the Garden of the Sleeping Gods Orchid Garden in Fiji!

Comments here and likes on Facebook close on Sunday, May 12th. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 13th and will receive this:

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Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!