created by LInda Heller
I love this little guy! I’m usually late with my birthday cards as my friends know so I should make a whole bunch of ’em!
He is from the Button Buddies stamp set (Stampin’ Up! of course) and the DSP is called Berry Blossoms and is fresh with Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral.
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Linda
For those just tuning in, I’m posting a series from the stamp set Button Buddies (from the new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog) It’s a really cute and versatile set! Scroll down to the posts below to see more ideas.
Here is a fun way to give buttons as a “love ya” or a hostess gift. I love Tic Tacs so saving the containers and going green is a plus plus for me! I call them Tic Tac Button Packs and here is a post making one (with a video) 3 years ago . The snail and flower from Button Buddies was perfect to jazz up the front!
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I love fall colors, pumpkins and cooler weather. When are we going to get a break from this heat! After making this little fall card, I’m dreaming of when I can open my windows again and eat pumpkin pie 🙂
(note to Stamping School Members: Since some of you are asking, yes I will be archiving all of this Button Buddy series on Stamping School. Since they are not exclusive and are public blog videos, they won’t count as our weekly private videos so they will just go in as extras! I will also be uploading the PDF with all of these with cutting measurements and recipes for members.)
Video!
Thanks for watching! Linda
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I love this little guy! Here is another one of my Button Buddies Series I did for the SU convention booth on buttons. I used the Flirtatious DSP Doily for snowflake. The colors are Poppy and Pool Party. The greeting is from a jumbo wheel called Jolly Jingles.
Later I added 2 little rhinestones to his ‘button holes’ on his tummy!
Here is the video!
To Order Button Buddies from me, you can order online HERE or just call me!
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If you haven’t seen the new Flirtatious Specialty Designer Series paper from Stampin’ Up, it has 2 cool sheets of laser cut doilies in there! One is Melon Mambo and one is Pumpkin Pie. BUT my favorite side of those is the other side, which is white. I cut them apart and use them as accents or focal points like the quick and easy note cards above.
Video here:
Tune in tomorrow when I’ll use one as a snowflake for a cute button snowman! Linda
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This adorable, versatile stamp set is called Button Buddies. Stampin’ Up sent it to me to make samples for the Buttons Booth at convention. I’ll be uploading at least 5 videos and more samples this week from my demonstration there.
Today I’m highlighting the cherries!
Here is the video!
You can order Button Buddies (and buttons, and the scallop envelope and all other supplies) on my SU Website HERE or just give me a call or email!
Linda
January 12th, 2011
Stampin’ Up goes way beyond our expectations each year organizing a special event for demonstrators who are Managers and above. There is usually tons of speculation (although no hints given) about where they are taking us.
Of course we are thinking Country music capital here in Nashville so we are all assuming it is a show of some sort! Tonight we got on a big bus that took us to the Wild Horse Saloon for a SU Manager’s Night.
Spouses can attend for a fee so Matt, Darrell, Kevin and Tom were able to join Jan, Deb, Patsy and me this year!
Shelli Gardner, in her cute duds, addressing the crowd
This is a big place with a live band and huge dance floor!
Can you see Jan and Deb kicking up their heels line dancing? I'd say look for the little gal in the hat but we got hats before the event!
While the girls were either dancing or chatting about stamps (big surprise) the cowboys found some games to pass the time
Deb Valder, Patsy & Tom Waggoner, Kevin Valder, Matt, a horse with no name, Jan and Darrell Burnett and me
At the end of the evening, SU gave us each a wrapped up stamp set with this memento flyer on the front. The stamp set is from the new catalog in July so we can't show it yet but you will like it!
2011 Leadership Convention Bag
Wednesday night, 10 om
We just got off the bus coming back from the Wild Horse Saloon where we had our Manager’s reception event. Stampin’ Up surprised us with our convention bag early! (check in isn’t really until tomorrow morning.) They really WOW’d all of us this year:
It is Espresso and white! Recognize the pattern?
Leadership Convention: Jan 13th Thursday am
This is our first big day! Patsy and I are heading over to the bagel meet and greet (sounds like we are meeting bagels). The card swapping is going on everywhere! Here is my first one from my friend Rhea Hughes:
Memento Mall won’t be open until 7:30 this evening so we have to wait somewhat patiently for the doors to open.
Linda
Thurs after lunch…
Our General Session is just underway! Shelli is addressing all of us and talking about exciting changes with SU for demonstrators. (she also said she is not retiring any time soon)
She showed us some great projects she created but it was tough to get pics without the heads and cameras in front of me. We don’t have risers this year and the screens were low. I’ll get better photos once we can see them on display.
I have classes scheduled for the rest of the day but hope to come out to air out my brain.
Here are a few swaps I got today!
Remember they are from my phone and taken on the seat next to me so quality isn’t exactly perfect but I know you want to see some stampin’ and not just me talkin’!
Dinner tonight and Memento Mall, product demos and displays tonight at 7 pm! I’d better get some coffee….
Linda
Angie Juda
Elaine Paget
Jan Burnett
Megan Wheeler
Sandy Hancock
Christie Harsch
Susan Nygaard (sewing card-isn’t that adorable!?)
Diane Going
Deb Valder (white and crumb cake)
Memento Mall Thurs Night 7pm
Leadership Friday, January 14th
Really ‘sweet’ invite Shelli created for her workshops
Here are a few pics from yesterday’s meeting. Have to run to classes this morning! Linda
Roadies on my Team of demonstrators – Login to the Roadies page to see a slideshow of 200 pics and info!
MAKE AND TAKES! FRIDAY NIGHT
simply adorned insert AND they gave us the charm and chain, too!
The Fabulous Millie, showing off her pin
The rest I have to make once I get home! i’m stamped out!
Today we had another General Session in the morning with some really neat demonstrations! I’ll need some time to edit photos and post those later BUT I will share a fun slideshow of our new FABRIC!
Stampin’ Up has a big show & tell area showcasing our new fabric coming out in the upcoming Holiday mini catalog! Bigger than a fat quarter and some of them coordinate with our designer papers, too. Here are some photos of the projects made with our fabrics, Sizzix die cuts and a Big Shot:
Off to dinner! Thanks for stopping by! Linda
Wow! What a day!! I have so many pictures to show you so I think I will put them in mainly as thumbnails and you can click on them if you want to see them closer.
We had our trip to Kanab where we toured the Stampin’ Up manufacturing place. So much of it is not allowed to be photographed so I will only post what I am allowed. (wouldn’t want to give the competition any idea how efficient and industrious SU have become!)
We were all given a little swatch of 3 different designer papers. My swatch was Washington Apple so that was to be my bus. We were to be out the door by 8:00 am to depart for a 2 hour ride to Kanab. I went out to find my bus and saw 2 huge buses and a little short bus, which turned out to be the one I was on.
Can we just say how many jokes we heard about being on the short bus? We loved our small group and had a ball! Cory Hancock was the ‘mc’ and we had 2 hours of conversation about what we would like SU to start doing, stop doing or continue doing. That was interesting! There were more continue doing than stop doing, so that was a very good thing!
The new Kanab facility is really pretty – very clean with wide open spaces inside. There are 76 employees that work with precision to make our stamps. They all love to work there and that was really evident as we toured through. I asked one person if it was always this clean and she said yes, always! Shelli heard me and said that she is a “meanie” about keeping it clean, bright and nice! Can’t imagine her being a meanie about anything.
We watched the whole process of making stamps, from the artist’s drawing to the huge rolls of rubber, then to the cutter, the making of the molds, the oven, the die cutting process and the packing of the stamps in our boxes. I even worked on the assembly line, putting the stamps and blocks in the boxes! Just like Lucy in the chocolate factory!
The fabulous Julie Salva, showing off an antique cabinet filled with SU catalog samples. This was in the foyer area of the building.
Since Kanab is 2 hours from the home office, sometimes Shelli will stay there. My jaw was dropping as I walked through the living areas of this place! Other guests, out of towners or family and corporate members stay there also when needed. Look at how Shelli has decorated all of these rooms and guest bedrooms!
Foyer area
One of the bedrooms
living /media room I think
After the tour, we got back onto our short bus and headed to a park for lunch. It was beautiful outside and SU had Subway come out to make us sandwiches.
This was our view from the pavilion where we ate.
This is the playground at the park that Sterling and Shelli founded, I believe. See all the rubber on the ground? Yup, all stamp set trimmings that they grind up and donate to parks and places that need extra cushy landings!
We were all like kids in a sandbox, taking pics while throwing it in the air and looking for images in the rubber that we recognize! I found one from a retired set with a paisley on it!
A great photo of this year’s Rising Stars, up on the top of the monkey bars!
The pics of me throwing the rubber in the air were not so flattering and probably beyond any of Matt’s photoshop magic so all you’ll get to see is my shoes and a close up of the purple and red rubber!!
So here is my favorite pic of the day:
She was taking a break and I caught her before the crowd realized she was stationary! After that, they told her that she was a ‘prop’ and couldn’t leave so everyone could get a pic with her. I told her this one came out so good it should be her next Stampin’ Success magazine picture!
We played Bingo on the way home and I won a spool of wide Saffron Ribbon and a pack of Washington Apple paper! I sat next to Ashley Van Camp on the way there and back. She is a Rising Star, which means she earned the cruise and Founder’s Circle her first year! She is a bundle of energy (and a competitive and exuberent Bingo player – thank goodness she won, too!) and it was so fun getting to know her.
Ok, you’ve made it with me this far so you must be wondering what the Pillow gift is today! When I got back to my room, I thought maybe we didn’t get anything. I mean really, they have done so much for us already and everyday here is amazing without any more gifts! I almost missed it, a little box and note:
See the glittered “L” chipboard?
And inside the box: (cyber drumroll)
A gorgeous neckace with my initial!!
Matt asked me to take some scenery shots for him so here are a few from today. Matt – Miss you like crazy and wish you were here to see it all with me! LU
Linda Heller
