Stampin’ Sisters Retreat Day 2

Stampin' Sisters Retreat Day 2 — Everyone returned Saturday morning refreshed and ready to go.  They were greeted with fresh stamping mats and this adorable bag at their table.
Saturday Morning Gift Bag
What could be inside?
Saturday Morning Gift
It's the Cupcakes & Carousels Embellishment Kit!!
They used some of this for their second stamping project.
We'll come back to that later.

They stamped two projects and we continued to play "Go Fishing" so everyone could win a prize.  Here's Tammy giving it her best shot.

We let them stand as close as they wanted and they had to get a ping pong ball in a fish bowl.  Then they got to choose a bag of fish (heehee — loved this).
Fish Bowl Game
Each bag of fish had a number on it — that told us what prize they won.
Bags of Fish
After the two projects we provided them with a fabulous lunch.
Here is the manager, Mark, making sure everything was just right.
Mark Prepping Lunch
They had salad, antipasto, two kinds of pasta (they even made gluten free pasta for three of us — that was so nice), garlic bread, meatballs, grilled chicken strips.
Lunch  Garlic Bread
AND of course we couldn't forget dessert — chocolate anyone.
Lunch Dessert
After lunch they swapped cards they had made.
Trying to get 70 ladies divided into groups was quite the task but they managed it well.
Swapping more
Sandi didn't make a card for her swap — she made a tag for a cute striped box.
Sandi's Swap
And she filled the box with a GIANT homemade, beautifully decorated cupcake.
And she didn't make just for her swap group — she made a cupcake for all 80 people.
Needless to say — everyone was thrilled!!!
Sandi's Cupcake
She even made me some gluten free desserts — she is so sweet.
Sandi's Gluten Free Treat
That's enough for now — come back tomorrow and I'll share the afternoon with you.

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Stampin’ Sisters Retreat Day 1 Project

Stampin’ Sisters Retreat started out great.
We eased them into things fairly smooth.
They started with one project to complete.
Everyone received the Sale-a-Bration stamp set, Any Occasions, in their goodie bag.
We made 6 cards using this stamp set.
Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Card 6
These six cards, as you can see, covered all different occasions.
We had babies (both boy and girl), wedding, thank you, hello and birthday.
The color combo was Night of Navy, Watermelon Wonder and Smoky Slate.
We used the Carried Away designer paper which is also a Sale-a-Bration item.
Some embossing folders helped add a little texture and of course many
different thinlits and framelits for some adorable embellishments.

We sent them off to bed after they finished this project so they could get a good night’s sleep and be ready for many projects on Saturday.
Come back tomorrow for more of the fun.

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More Day 1 Stampin’ Sisters Retreat

Here's a little more about Day 1 of Stampin' Sisters Retreat.

We like to welcome our "Newbies" each year — newbies means this is the first year these ladies have attended our retreat.  We have 14 Newbies this year and I think they'll be back with us again next year.
Newbies
They each received a cute little notebook filled with sticky notes, sticky flags and a pen all tied
up in cute packaging.
Newbie Gift
Next we honored the ladies that are part of our demo team, 17 fabulous team members joined up this year.
Team Members

They are received the Celebrations Duo embossing folders.
Team Member Gift
We wanted to thank everyone who paid in full for Stampin' Sisters Retreat when they signed up.
They each received a package of Metallic Shapes.
Paid in Full Gift

Tomorrow I'll share more of the fun with you.

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