Yesterday I shared pictures and color combinations with the swaps I created for the Paper Pixies Team Meeting (Julie DiMatteo’s Stampin’ Up! team). If you missed that post, you can see it here. Julie is a member of my InKing Royalty team (as are most of her team members), and she invited me to her team’s gathering. How could I pass up such an event?! What fun!
Playing with the New In Colors
Pam Morris (my upline) organized a make-and-take with the new 2017-2019 In Colors and the soon-to-be-released Wood Words stamp set. The five In Colors are amazing – and we captured them all on one page with a .pdf created by Stampin’ Up!. We all stamped images from the stamp set with the new inks, punched balloons from the new paper and scribbled with the new Stampin’ Write Markers to showcase these brilliant, new colors. Here’s a look at the lineup:
Here’s Pam, showing off her completed project:
I’m excited for you to order you very own In Colors starting in June! As you get accustomed to the new In Colors, you can create your very own page and post it in your craft room for inspiration. Here’s the .pdf provided by Stampin’ Up!:
Sandra’s Birthday Card Make-and-Take
Sandra Cornejo, a super-talented member of our group, hosted this meeting in her home and planned a fun make-and-take for us that combined some current products and some great, new products from the upcoming catalog. Here’s a look at the finished project:
How cute is that?! (the card, not the holder of the card) Here are the products use to make this card – you can click on any of the images to see the items in my online store (even though some of them aren’t available to customers until June 1):
Julie’s Post-it Note Holder Make-and-Take
Julie DiMatteo also prepared a quick-and-easy make-and-take for the gathering. We made mini Post-it Note Holders with the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper, the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and Jar of Love stamp set. Here’s the little holder we made on Wednesday:
Julie’s project is CASE’d from a popular Mini Post-it Note holder by Pootles (Sam Hammond) in the U.K. If you ‘d like to read Pootle’s post on this project, you can click here.
Beautiful Gift Wrap
That’s not all! As if all these make-and-takes weren’t enough, Julie had a little gift for each of us – a pack of Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack (from 2016 Annual Catalog) – beautifully wrapped in a piece of Inside the Lines Specialty Designer Series Paper (from 2017 Sale-a-Bration). The paper makes a perfect wrap with the help of an Envelope Punch Board and a little satin ribbon.
The Paper Pixies
Here’s a fun photo of all the Paper Pixies who attended Monday’s team meeting (including Pam and me):
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Oh, But There’s More!
Yesterday I shared my swaps for the super-fun team meeting (see that post here). On Friday, I’m sharing the projects these talented papercrafters made for their swaps. You really don’t want to miss those, so please come back!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
Retiring List. Stampin’ Up!’s retiring list was announced this past week – you can see all the items that will soon go away here:
IN WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW. In conjunction with the Retiring List, I’m excited to share my very own promotion from now until the middle of May. When you spend at least $50 with me and add your order to the current Hostess Code (TF2V6MNU), I’ll happily send you:
- A printed copy of the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog (I send them to all of my current customers) AND
- A Free Product from the Upcoming Annual Catalog. I’ll send you an incredible, new accessory from the upcoming catalog when it’s released in June. While I can’t yet tell you what it is, I’ll tell you it’s valued at $5, and you’ll love it!
If your order is over $150, I hope you’ll use all of the Host Rewards you’ve earned. Otherwise, I’d love for you to add your order to the current Hostess Code (TF2V6MNU).
IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! Stampin’ Up! is giving some great products an early release! Customers can now order select items from the Eastern Palace Suite NOW! There are two bundles being offered – and they are both AMAZING. I can’t see why you’d pass up the Premier Bundle with the Eastern Medallion Dies – they are incredible! To read more about this suite, CLICK HERE.
What fun! Julie is so talented, as are her team members. Thanks for sharing!
So many great ideas. Looks like a fun time for everyone.
Looks like a great time!!! And what wonderful make and takes!!! Such a talented group the Paper Pixies are.
How much fun! I was wondering if you could let me know where I could get a copy of that pdf so I could show my two ladies what the colors look like in a simple layout. Thanks Brian, have a great day!
Patricia, you can open and download the template right from my blog post. Just click on the picture of the template to open it. <3
Thanks so much Brian! You’re awesome!
Love, love, love your recap of our team meeting! So grateful you and Pam could join us and I’m already looking forward to our next gathering.
Wow . . . what fun you had and I love the projects. Seeing your smiling face makes me miss you so!
The photo sure looks like a great time was had by all and the projects were fabulous. WOW!
It definitely looks like you guys had a really great meeting.