Leadership Day One!

Well, I'm sitting here in warm San Antonio, Texas and am finishing up my first day of Leadership.  Man Stampin' Up! sure knows how to spoil us.
Check out this WAY cute bag we got!!  Apparently this will be new fabric coming to us soon!  And when I went to my make and take session I got that cute fabric portofolio with a tag signed by Shelli!  You can put paper and pen in it and it has lots of extra pockets.  And of course because SU! thinks of everything we got a cute little box filled with chocolate!

See the cute R tag?  I made that to identify my bag and I made one for my roomies as well.

These are my roomies, Tammi Oakley (whom I met on the Alaska Cruise) and her downline Sandy Hill.  They are both from Washington State.

Tonight was also Managers Reception.  How FUN!!  We went to the Lila Cockrell Theatre at the convention center.  It was all Chinese themed (remember the cute fan from a pervious post) and we got to see the Chinese Acrobats of Hebei. 

Here's what we saw when we first walked in.

We were also greeted with drinks with umbrellas and lots of great appetizers along the theme of chinese food. I even had a take out box of chinese noodles.

And of course the acrobats.....

We than had a lovely dinner along the riverwalk.  Awesome!



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Happy New Year!

OMG!!  I really can't believe I've been so lax in posting to my blog.  I hope you can all forgive me as its been a crazy December and now its January and "we off........!!"

First off I have to share this picture of Sage.  It was her birthday on the 5th and my baby turned 9!  YIKES.
She is TOTALLY into cupcakes and baking shows so we had a cupcake decorating party yesterday.  So here she is before everyone got there. 

We did it at Gooseberries in Burlington and we had the pastry chef, Sam show the girls how to properly ice cupcakes (did you know it doesn't come out of a can??:))
I think everyone had a blast, 11 little girls and they are funny.  AND they laughed at my jokes!

Well, I wanted to post some paper creations that we all shared at my last downline meeting but I'm having major issues with my memory card.  The picture above came from a different card.  So not sure what the deal is. 
So that's it for now.....I'll work on getting this fixed this week.

Have an awesome week and remember to get your Sale-A-Bration shows booked.  I'm filling up fast but still have some Fridays available.

See you soon!~


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Looky What Came in the mail for Me!

I'm so excited because I'll be heading off to Stampin' Up! Leadership next month.  I missed last year because I didn't register in time.  (Trust me this year, I was one of the first!). 
What is Stampin' Up!'s Leadership Conference?  Well this year its in San Antonio towards the end of January.  And its where the demos who are wanting to build their business go to rejunevate after the holidays (if you will).  Its a conference packed full of ideas for business building, and of course Stamping!! 
Stampin' Up! totally spoils us at any of their events but I LOVE this one because its a little smaller than convention and I pick up so many new ideas I can't even begin to implement all I learn.  And they always have a fabulous Manager's Reception.  These is for demos who have acheived the title Manager and above and boy do they spoil us!!  In past years we've had Manager Receptions at:  Disney World (Florida, this one my first one about 9 years ago), Dinner and a Polo Match in Palm Springs, a 50's type gathering, complete with cat eye glasses and pink bowling bag!  Universal Island of Adventures in Florida, where we had the park ALL to ourselves and I got up close and personal with Spidey himself!~
So you get the picture, we get AMAZING spoliage happening.  And this year we'll have an exculsive showing of the Chinese Acrobats of Hebi.
And here's the invitation I received in the mail today.  Of course it came wrapped in Timeless Portait Designer Series Paper.

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Early Bird SAB Recruit Special!

Hello Stampers!

I know its been a looooong while since I've posted.   I promise in the upcoming days, I'll post some awesome Christmas cards that we swapped at convention.  But for now wanted to make you all aware of this great opportunity:

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration Starter Kit Early Bird Deal - Dec 13th & 14th


Stampin' Up! is offering demonstrators attending the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference the opportunity to share the upcoming Sale-a-Bration Starter Kit Special and BONUS for just TWO DAYS (December 13 & 14). That's over one month before it's regular offering of January 24 to March 31st).
Here's the Early Bird Sale-a-Bration details:
•Only available December 13 & 14

•Starter Kit for ONLY $125 (regularly $175 - for over $340 of Stampin' Up! product and business supplies)

•Choose Standard Starter Kit or Digital+ Starter Kit

•Starter Kit Sale-a-Bration Bonus!! NEW this year...from Feb thru Dec 2012, you'll get to choose either a Free Designer Series Paper Pack or Free MDS Digital Download. That means for each month (11 months) you can choose one or the other. (Shipping not included)

•When you join now, you'll have access to the Sneak Peak Pre-Order for demonstrators only - for the AWESOME 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog.

•After joining, when you place a demonstrator order between now and January 3rd, you'll qualify for FREE Sale-a-Bration products for orders of $50 increments!!

•Ready to join my team?  I'd love to tell you about ALL the awesome benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I'd love for you to join my team, The Craft Pots.  Please go to http://www.robynscherzer.stampinup.net/ to learn more and what comes in the great kit!


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Punch Art

Last Friday I had my Let's Get Punchy 2 and these were the cards we created.  Now keep in mind, I'm always searching out ideas and most of these I found from someone else and than changed them up a bit to make them more "mine" if you will.

The first 3 cards, I totally CASED from my friend LeAnn Gref, she's a total punch art artist!  The snowman I barely changed at all, it was so stinking cute just the way it was!

The second card I also CASED from LeAnn, but I have to tell you, one of the gals who came to my class is a cake decorator and she changed the way the cake was, by putting on a 3rd layer.  I just keep thinking, I wish I had a cake topper instead of candles and "DOINK" when I saw what she did, I changed mine too!  Thanks Lori!

And of course this 3rd card is from LeAnn as well.  Isn't she amazing???!!! I love the DSP its from the Holiday Mini and its called Spice Cake.  YUMMY!!

This 4th card I called the Bluebird of Happiness but Edwin keeps asking me why I've made an angry bird!
I got this idea from FusbyRuth on SCS.  I love that all those gals are so giving and love to share!!

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Family Gift Giving!

I just finished this project for a class I'll be doing in December and I just LOVE how it turned out!  I think I'll be doing one for multiple family members....shhh, don't tell!  And I think YOU would love it too to make for Grandma/Grandpa, mom, aunt etc....
I actaully CASED this from Stamp to the Max.  I didn't do it exactly like her, I changed a few things up but what an awesome idea!  Thanks Max!

Here's the deaIio...If you were to do this project on your own, you'd probably spend over $200 on just the supplies used. Heck, the Serif Essentials Alphabet, for the Big Shot, alone is $149.95. (Which by the way I just got and I DO love them. Can't wait to make some birthday banners and holiday banners with it).

I'll be offering 2 classes to help you in your Christmas gift giving for only $30! Saturday, December 10 at 2pm and Friday, December 16 at 7pm. The class includes what you see above (except for the cute family pictures), the frame and a bottle of Tombow Multi Adhesive to help put it all together.

If you are distance from me, I'll be offering this by mail as well, cost is still $30, only thing I won't ship is the frame.  But written directions and all elements will be included, you just need to buy the frame and put it together at home.  Shipping will begin week of November 21, 2011.

 Email me if you are interested.

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Chalkboard Technique

At my last downline meeting, Vicky Brockman, did our make and take and here it is....

We did a technique that in my 10 years of being a demo, I've never done........we stamped in white craft ink (we used Awash with Flowers) and colored them in with colored pencils.  We than outlined everything in white gen pen.  I think it looks pretty cool.    Thanks Vicky for sharing!

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