Good Sunday morning stamping friends. Well, another retreat in the books and another long weekend of laughing, eating and creating beautiful projects. I’m already looking forward to next year’s retreat getting together with friends, laughing so hard that tears roll down my face and eating all the yummy food that James prepares for us. Yesterday was another day of delicious meals starting with an Omelet Bar, then a Taco Bar for lunch and some delicious Greek Chicken, Roasted Asparagus, Squash Au Gratin and Lemon Greek Potatoes. The night ended with an amazing Chocolate Lava Cake. After all that yummy food, we al sat around in the living room talking and laughing some more. Tara and Janet made dessert drinks for anyone that wanted. The drinks really looked great, but unfortunately, I didn’t have one.

I thought I’d share some of the amazing gifts that I received from my team members/friends. These little gits are just a little something we all do for each other every year. This year I gave everyone a bag full of essentials like Full-Stick Post-It Notes, Hand Cream, Lip Balm (we all seemed to be thinking the same with that one) and LOTS of Chocolate.

Mary & Amy put together this BEAUTIFUL Personalized Canvas Bag for us filled with a pack of Grid Paper, Christmas Greetings Mix & Match Specialty Cards & Envelopes, Dimensionals, Tear &Tape, Road to Christmas Kit, Lip Balm, Ribbon Holder, Liquid Glue and Glue Holder.

Mary gave us all this adorable Halloween Treat Box.

Susan K made us all these beautiful frames. We all started coming to this retreat not really knowing one another and as the frame says, ‘Together we make a Family’. I love getting together with my stamping family, they are truly the BEST!!

Judi made us all this beautiful, framed cross-stitch. I can’t wait to display this in my card studio at home.

Tara put together this cute little canvas bag filled with essentials like Reverse Tweezers, Glue Remover, Ink Remover, Lip Balm and of course snacks.

Susan S made us all these gorgeous Zippered Craft Bag carriers. She is so talented. We each got a different design. Susan S is our fun Brit friend.

Linda put together another essential bag with Socks, Tissues, Lip Balm an Ornament, Peppermint Shea Butter Soap, Band-Aids and of course snacks.

Janet fixed us all little bags filled with Pink Essentials. A Pink Bling Journal, an Ornament, Pink Socks, Pink Bath Balm, Pink Mints, a Lip Balm and Creme Savers.

I also came prepared to make 3 different kinds of Pudding Shots, which everyone has been enjoying. I had help from Tara with those since I couldn’t fly with alcohol, she was nice enough to pick it all up for me.

This was our host, James, that makes this whole retreat possible. He caters to our every need, and we all love him. He’s our personal chef and does everything else around the home for us from cleaning to making sure we have everything and anything at our fingertips

I’ll be sharing the cards we made during the week with you.

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Come Join My Team

Final Days for Stampin’ Up! BEST JOINING SPECIAL EVER – October 1 – 31

A little over 7 years ago I made the best decision ever and joined the Stampin’ Up! community. I’m part Amy’s Inkin’ Krew which is the best team you would ever want to be on. There’s never any pressure to sell, we all just love stamping and sharing. I have made more friends than I’ve had my entire life, and my heart couldn’t be any fuller. One of the best things is when we all get together meeting up at OnStage, and getting together on Zoom every month. We all have so much fun together sharing what we have a passion for, stamping. Whether it’s in person or on Zoom, we always laugh and have a great time together. Pictured below are only a few from the team that were able to make it to NC in March for OnStage. When we’re all together we laugh till our sides ache and just enjoy each other’s company.

Tara and I (pictured below) have such a wonderful friendship that I never thought I’d have. Tara is from MO and I’m from NJ, but we are able to get together a couple times a year, and we offer Online Classes together each month. We talk and text on a regular basis sometimes just to see how each other are. If you love stamping and love sharing and would love to be a part of this amazing stamping friendship community, why not think about joining us. I’d be more than happy to help you get signed up. Join as a hobby demonstrator and if you decide you want to sell to your family and friends then you can think about the business side. More than 90% of our team are hobby demos and do it to enjoy the discount for themselves. As a hobby demo you get to go to OnStage and enjoy all the other perks of being a demo. There’s never an obligation to sell or recruit, you can just join for yourself and enjoy the discount for your crafting passion.

Contact me today at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com and we can talk about signing you up.

From October 1 to 31, anyone who purchases the Starter Kit can choose between two amazing offers.  In addition to FREE shipping, FREE business supplies, and a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit, you can either get $125 worth of products for just $35, an amazing first time ever offer, OR $189 worth of products for just $99!  

Here are the details:

• Promotion dates:  October 1-31
• New team members who purchase their starter kit from October 1 to 31 will be able to choose between these two offers:
  • $125 worth of products for just $35
  • $189 worth of products for just $99
• New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) before October 1 or after October 31 will not be eligible for these offers.
• Deadline to join:  October 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (MT)

As an added bonus, the Demonstrator preorder has begun for the November Online Exclusives and those items can be added to your Starter Kit or purchased with the Demonstrator discount once you join!

Click Here to get started!!

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Final Days for My Holiday Essential Pack

These are the final days to order my Holiday Essential Pack. I’ll be placing my order at the end of the week for anyone else that would like to join in and order this.

I’m offering a Holiday Essential Pack to get those holiday cards made. Let’s get a head on making those Holiday cards this year. Get all your adhesives ordered now so you don’t run out while you’re in the middle of making those Holiday cards.

Each Kit will Include Full Packs of:

• Adhesive Sheets
• Liquid Glue
• Mini Glue Dots
• Stampin’ Dimensionals – 2 Packs
• Stampin’ Seal
• Stampin’ Seal Refill
• Tear & Tape Adhesive
• Linen Thread
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels

If you were to order all this separately it would cost $65.25 + shipping. I’m offering it for $56.00 plus $9.00 for Priority Mail Shipping. All orders must be submitted by October 31st. I’ll be placing 2 separate orders, once on October 22 for the first group and a 2nd order on November 1st. Once everything arrives, I’ll package it up in a cut little bag and ship it out to you.

As an EXTRA BONUS I’ll also throw in a pack of Basic White Medium Envelopes

Click Here to place your order for the Essential Pack Today!! Deadline to order is Friday October 31st.

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator. Just click HERE to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions.