Sydney Stampin Up OnStage Local Recap - Part 2 with lots of sneak peeks from the 2016 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

Following on from Part 1, here is what we got up to on the main day of the Stampin' Up! OnStage2016 demonstrator training event in Sydney at the Hilton Hotel. I had over 30 of my team girls there and it was lovely to sit together and share this great event with them.

I had picked up my bag the night before, which contained a stamp set, and some other goodies, we had already been posted out name tags and ribbons before the event.

I had some 'first time attending the events' girls this time so I made sure I was downstairs nice and early to welcome them. By all accounts they had lots of fun.

We sit at round tables at these events as we do stamping too. Our host for the Sydney event was Rich Judkins, the Stampin' Up! President who flew in from Salt lake City. He was a fun host that's for sure. The tables were set up all waiting for us (no peeking sign on the make and take ox, ha ha).

 

It was very exciting to receive the brand new 2016 Annual Catalogue as the very first item on the agenda!

 

 We then had lots of fabulous presentations showing us new products with tips and creative ways to use them. These presentations are amazing and such a valuable tool for demonstrators to help build our own skills and get to know the new products. There is also hands on stamping where we got to play with new products (at this stage I often spend time helping new team members, so these two samples are actually my lovely friend Sharon Davern's.

We did three make and takes altogether and also had a chance to stamp and punch the new 2016 -18 In Colours!

 As it was the ten year Anniversary of Stampin' Up!, we had these cute little cupcakes to celebrate. I love the little cupcake toppers and t's a fave memento from the event and my nearly 10 years as a demonstrator.

Let's not forget FREE STAMPS! In addition to the Mixed Borders stamp set we received in our bad at check in, we got another stamp set as an all attendee give away (Sitting Here stamp set) and I won the Baby Bear stamp set in prize patrol - yeah!

One of the most exciting parts of the event though, was the opportunity to see, touch and wow over completely new products coming to you in June! Are you ready for some sneak peeks?

 

 

This is just a teeny tiny sample of the exciting things coming when the new catalogue goes live on June 1st. Don't wait until then to get excited. There are three ways you can join in the fun right now!

 


Hope you enjoyed today's recap post - it was so fun to be there. I'll be posting lots more sneak peeks over the coming months, so if you don't want to miss a thing, subscribe to my blog posts by email HERE. It's free and easy!

Chat soon,

Claire

 

Project Life Happy Times by Stampin' Up!

Today is our monthly blog hop with the MKPLSU (Memory Keeping with Project Life Stampin' Up! Facebook Group) Design Team. This month we are using the new Happy Times Card Kit and matching Accessory Pack from the 2015 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue.

It's a lovely card collection which is great for family photos, everyday photos and as I have done here Convention photos! The colours from South Pacific Convention matched beautifully with the cards. Here's a look at the products (link to individual products in the online store at end of post):

Here's a closer look at each of my pages:

You can check out what some other Demonstrators around the world have done with the Stampin' Up! Happy Times Project Life set here: 

Tina Gillespie, Australia 

Elizabeth Richards Peterson, USA

Julie Kettlewell, UK

Constanze Wirtz, Germany 

Kate Denyer, UK

Janet Morrow-Wakeland, USA

For a closer look at the Happy Times Project Life Stampin Up supplies, click on the links at the bottom of this post.

Have a great week. and thanks for pooping by today,

Claire

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Some yummy Sneak Peeks from the 2015/2016 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue

Love this paper craft cake kit! How awesome would it be to fill the segments for gifts for guests. Everything for the kit is included, except the matching stamp set. You can also get a Framelit for extra cake segments = wow!

Brandi showed us some fabulous creations with the new Gift Bag Punch Board. This is going to be so versatile and I'm looking forward to having a play.

Carrie Cudney Showed us some fabulous creations and colour combinations using the 2015-2017 In Colours Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon and Tip Top Taupe.

Katie from the training team, showed us some fabulous ways to use some of the new hostess sets.

I have many more gorgeous sneak peeks to show you too. Be back soon! In the meantime you migt like to:

Register to Receive the Brand New 2015/2016 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue which is being unveiled at Convention

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Have a fabulous week,

Claire

Stampin' Up! Convention, Melbourne Australia 2014!

I have so many adventures to tell you about as over the last 3 weeks I have been on an amazing trip as part of the Stampin' Up! Grand vacation. We also extended the trip and went to new York before and Orlando afterwards. So many adventures.

For now though it's all about the Stampin' Up! South Pacific Convention which kicked off in Melbourne Australia yesterday. We had an inspiring leadership day, followed by a Manager's Reception for leaders. It was AMAZING! 

The venue was a beautiful art deco hall on the top floor of Myer in the city. It's caller Myer Mural hall because it has these amazing hand painted murals from the 1920's illuminated on the walls. Such an elegant venue.

We were very spoilt with beautiful table settings and flowers, a lovely embossed boxed gift of a lace shawl and stamp set which fitted the theme perfectly, and delicious food! Tea and coffee was served in very fancy tea cups!

 

Here are 8 of the 9 girls from our Art With Heart team who are titled Manager and above. L-R We have Kathryn Ruddick, Julie Veith, me, Kylie Bertucci, Kate Benade, Deborah Raymer, Sue Madex and Genna Gifford (we also have Miriam Thomas who wsn't able to make it this year). It was lovely to be able to spend this special night with them. So proud of all their achievements, they are all lovely ladies!

A couple more pics of some lovely demo friends. here we have Vanessa Webb and Linda Higgins.

and Michelle Grech.

Big day ahead today, so I need to have some breakky and prepare myself. So excited. LOVE Convention!

Stay tuned for more updates, and for some up to the minute updates, like my Stammpin' Up! business Facebook page HERE.

See you soon :)

Claire

 

New Australian Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue - Order Now!

It's a long weekend here in Melbourne and I am having lots of fun playing with my new pre-order products from the 2013 Australian Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue! The Catalogue is absolutely beautiful and packed full of fabulous ideas to copy to make your own creations.

It's easy to get your own copy! Just complete this form which will come straight through to me and I will add you to the list which is getting sent out during June and July (the earlier your name is on the list the quicker you will get your catalogue) direct from Stampin' Up!. You want to be on that list! Stampin' Up! have negotiated a great postal price, so you can get your catalogue INCLUDING shipping for just $9.95, which is the cheapest we have been able to offer it. So exciting!

Here are some of the gorgeous creations we saw at Convention using products from the new catalogue:

Chevrons is still big and we have some great new Chevron products in the catalogue.

The new incolours are GORGEOUS! Think gelati by the beach :) We also have some funky new stamp sets which really suit the colours, and matching Washi Tape :)

We also have gorgeous new embossing folders and Coordinations cardstock in lots and lots of colours.

 

There are so many gorgeous new colours and stamps and DSPs and embellishments, plus some completely new product lines. You are going to LOVE this new catalogue, so be sure to order your own copy for just $9.95 including postage to anywhere in Australia.

Finaly I want to show you another amazing creation, from the Demonstrator display area at Convention. I unfortunately don't know who made this, but if you do, please let me know so I can give the amazing creator credit!

 

Isn't it amazing?

Have yourself a fantastic week and I'll be back here soon to show off some new creations.

Claire