Inkredible Stamping

By now you all can probably tell I LOVE to spoil the members of my Create, INK. team. The best part of my business is getting to help other demonstrators build their businesses and watch their stamping dreams come true! This year the weather put a little crimp in my spoiling plans – we were having an ice storm on the evening of our December meeting so we canceled it – that means all my end of year, Christmas gift plans went out the window!

But that’s OK – at the January meeting I just got do give extra gifts!! We had a great meeting looking at the fabulous swaps I had brought back from Leadership and talking about some of the exciting changes Stampin’ Up! has in store for us this year. It’s really a GREAT time to be a demonstrator. At the beginning of the meeting I gave everyone their late Christmas Gifts.

I found these fun mugs on-line and I KNEW they were perfect for my team. The mugs say "Creativi * tea" on the outside, the inside is a beautiful shade of purple and it says "The ability to be more creative while drinking tea" I love ’em! Here’s a look…

I also had gifts to give everyone at the meeting from my Leadership Trip. They had so many great choices in Momento Mall this time but I decided on the cute little Stampin’ Up! tin with clips inside. I also picked up picture key chains that look like movie clapper boards. I though they were a perfect momento from my side trip to Hollywood and a reminder to them to Star in the Leading Role of their business (The theme of Leadership this year). I packaged them all in a bag made from SU Designer Series Paper – another project they demoed on stage at Leadership. Here’s a look…

There are the clips that are inside the tin…

And a look at the simple bag, without anything in front of it. The bag is so much fun to make It’s like wrapping a present…

• Simply cut your designer series paper in half so you have a 12" x 6" piece of paper.
• Score 3/4" along the long side of the paper. Fold it over and adhere it down. This will create the band at the top of your bag.
• Place sticky strips along one of the short edges of the paper.
• Find a small box, I used my business card box, a check box would be another great choice. Wrap the paper around the box and overlap the two short ends. Expose your Sticky Strip adhesive and attach the paper to itself
• Just Now fold the ends of the paper around the end of the box – Remember this is just like wrapping a present. Use Stick Strips as your adhesive on the end of the box.
• Now slide your bag off the box, embellish it and fill it with goodies!!

If you would like information about joining My Create, INK! team call or e-mail me. Sale-A-Bration starts in February and it’s a GREAT time to sign up!

Happy Stampin’
Julie Edmonds