Ornament Keepsakes

Good morning!

Have you noticed this card shown in the Holiday Catalog on pg. 3?  I just love this Christmas stamp set & the coordinating Holiday Ornaments framelits that go with it.  The stamp set & the framelits can be purchased separately or together as a bundle.  When you buy the bundle you save money.  

'Ornament Keepsakes' & 'Joyous Celebrations'

cs: Sahara Sand, River Rock, Certainly Celery & Very Vanilla

ink:  Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, River Rock  

supplies: Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments framelits, white twine, dimensionals

 I really like this stamp set & love the fact that the framelits go with it!!

Today I am going to be at the hotel working on my make & takes.
Then this evening several of us are going to the Tuacahn Amptitheater & are going to see the production of HAIRSPRAY!
Today is our last day here.
I head to the airport at 7 am tomorrow to come home.

Day 3- Founders Circle

Here are some photos of Day #3 at Founders.

What a fun & busy day!!

We all got on a bus early yesterday morning & headed to Knab, Utah to our 
SU! Home Headquarters.
This is where all of our rubber stamps are made.
What an exciting place to go visit.

We were warmly greeted by the employees.
They all had made the own name tags-
which was so cool to see their crafting talents!
They gave us such a heart felt welcome.
They are awesome people that work so hard for us.

I got my picture taken by the big rock at the entrance.

Here is a photo of Shelli & me in the upstairs apartment.

We enjoyed a delicious lunch with the employees.
Grilled burgers, chicken & hot dogs, potatoe salad, cole slaw, chips, pop/water & cookies.

Here is a photo of the facility as we were pulling out the drive on the bus. 

Off we go!
From here we are now headed to Glen Canyon to go rafting down the river!

When we got to the dam we had to go through security & wear hard hats.

Look at this big dam.

Here we are loading into the rafts.

 Here is Georgia, Robin, me, Mary, Dawn & Kelly.

Isn't the view just beautiful!

We had one stop along the way to go to the bathroom.
Here we are walking up the trail.
Look at the Indian drawings on the mountains.

Check out the bathrooms.

Some more beautiful mountains.

This is Jennifer our raft driver & tour guide for the afternoon.
She was alot of fun & very knowledgeable.

These are sand duns.
They are huge!
They so remind me of a big glacier that we saw when we were in Alaska last year.  

We got off the rafts, got a sack lunch & back on the bus & headed back to our hotel. 


Aren't the sacks that our lunches in adorable!

It was a fabulous day.!
And I was exhausted.

As I was walking to my room I saw Meg down the hall & had to take this photo of her.
She was looking for her room key.
And she found it!  
Isn't this a cute picture!

Have a great day!
Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

My Founders Circle Swap

Good morning!

As you are reading this we are on a bus headed to Knab to the SU! home office.  What a fun day we have ahead of us.  We'll tour the facility & eat lunch with the employees there.  Then back on the bus & headed to a surprise event!!  


Here is my Founders Circle Swap......

'Flowering Flourshes', 'Mr. & Mrs.'  & 'Loving Thoughts'

cs:  Basic Gray & Whisper White

ink:  Basic Gray

supplies:  Big Shot, Oval Accent Bigz Clear Die, Basic Pearls, Whisper White 5/8" Organza Ribbon, Champagne Shimmer Spray, glue dot

 

 We had our Share & Swap night last night.

I had to make & swap 120 of this wedding card.
And look at all of the swaps I got back!!

 It was lots of FUN!
We all had our jammies on.

 We stood in a LONG LINE down the halls as we swapped.

 And here is the new bag that SU! gave us to put our swaps into!

Founders- Day #2

 Founders- Day #2

We got up bright & early yesterday morning & headed to Mt. Zion National Park for the day.  
What a BEAUTIFUL place!!  
We did lots of walking on trails & took lots of pictures.  
I enjoyed my day with some old & new friends!!  

 Here is Robin, Rolanda, me, Laura & Glenda.

We all did lots of walking.
Here are some of the sites we saw.

A waterfall & an awesome view.

 

Have a great day!!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE 

Cherry Cobbler Tulle flowers

Good morning from St. George, Utah!

I'm headed down to eat breakfast this morning & then 14 of us are getting in a van & going to Mt. Zion to spend our day at the park.  I went there 2 years ago & it is amazing!  Looking forward to today & enjoying the company of some great friends.

I wanted to share a photo I took of the Cherry Cobbler Tulle flowers that Selma made.  Aren't the beautiful!!  I can't wait to get home & make some. 

  

supplies:  Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Tulle Ribbon- pg. 4 of the Holiday Catalog, Linen Thread, Naturals Designer Buttons- pg. 176., Heat Tool

Day 1 at Founders

We are having a fun time.  

Stampin' UP! had a meet & greet for us. We are listening to Shelli welcome us.
 

 

We were divided into groups so that we could meet new friends.

Here is my 'team' for this year.

Our 'team' is called the "Ocean View Beach".

We had a great time getting to know each other.

Here is a picture of our supper table.  

Our place setting name tags were so cute!

Check out our little gift- a monogram personalized stamp.  Love it!

The packaging of it is cool too!

And I can't forget to share this.....

Here is the picture of Brody, Papa & Drake that I took on Tuesday morning.

Miss all of my guys! 

Have a great day!!

Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE

I am headed to Founders!!!

HI!
I'll soon be walking out the door & driving to the airport.  I am headed to St. George, Utah, for Stampin' UP!'s Founders Circle.  So if you are reading this post at the normal time I post I'll be in an airplane & on my way!

I am so looking forward to seeing so many of my friends today in St. George.  I am sad though too, as one of my dear friends- LeeAnn is sick & thus she will not be joining us this year.  I am bummed!  But I hope she is feeling better soon!!  I will sure miss her!

I am just about all packed & ready to go.  I wanted to get a little sleep before I left, but I'm so pumped I don't think I can sleep.  I need to be back up by 2:15 to shower & leave by 3:00, so is it worth even trying to sleep?  

I will try to post daily from Founders, but it probably won't be on in the mornings.  It will all depend on when I get back to my room & have time to do it.  Promise you'll hear from me though!! 

Today's post is another cute project that I took a picture of at a SU! event- thus I assume someone at SU! created it.  I think it is adorable though & it would make an awesome gift box for a special person.  

'Make a Cake'
cs:  Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Midnight Muse
Patio Party
ink:  Baja Breeze
supplies:  Big Shot, Fancy Favor Bigz XL die, paper snip

I love to fly (my dad use to have a single engine pilots license when we were young & we flew often on Sunday afternoons).....I just hate to be delayed & spend so much wasted time in airports when traveling.  Thus I pray I have a good trip out & back home.  Looks like there will be storms & rain when landing in Denver this morning, so hope that goes ok.  Then flying to Vegas where I'll get on a SU! bus with other demonstrators & ride for 2 hours to St. George, Utah.  Our journey has begun!!  The scenery along the way is amazing!!  Mother Nature has done wondrous works & the view is breathtaking.  All of the rocks, dessert & colors are so different than the fields & green grass we have here in Iowa.  When we get to our St. George Hotel SU! will have a light lunch buffet waiting on us.  I will then go to the SU! hospitality room & visit.  It is fun to wait for everyone to walk into the hotel & greet them.  There will be lots of hugs, lots of laughing & lots of catching up to do.  It is like a big family reunion!!  Tonight we will all have a big supper together in our hotel!!  I am looking forward to seeing old friends & meeting some new ones too.  SU! is an amazing company & we will be spoiled this week.  Pillow gifts & all!  So be sure to stop back by & I'll share my week with you!  I always come home from here with lots of ideas to share with my downline & customers & can't wait for that either.   When demonstrators all get together we share our ideas & have an awesome time!  

I am a huge homebody though- so know by tomorrow I'll already be getting home sick & missing all of my boys.  I took some cute pictures of Deke & the twins yesterday morning, but they are still on my camera- so will post them sometime soon too.  I am thankful for my family & Steven's family too, as they are helping out with the twins while I'm gone this week.  I know my mom & nieces are thrilled about spending Friday with the twins.  Aunt Kathy is helping out with Brayden & Steven's dad actually took off work today & tomorrow to keep the twins too.  Bless them all!!!  

Ok- I've gotta run......still lots to do.  I'm so EXCITED for the amazing day/week I have ahead of me & look forward to it all!   

I hope you have a great day!!
Happy Stamping!
ENJOY!
SUSIE