My Story

I love what I do with Stampin Up. I know I've said that over and over again. I'm not trying to ram it down your throat or give you a roll-the-eye moment. But when I'm working with different ones, I always get "I'm not talented like you" or "I'm not creative" or "I can't do that". I used to feel that way too about two years ago. And then, I met someone who changed my mind on the spot. She didn't give me a spiel or a sales pitch.

We were at a Scrapbooking event together. Anne Granger had a booth there, demonstrating different stamping techniques and I was there spending a glorious weekend scrapbooking the whole weekend at a hotel (let me tell you, everyone should do something like that). Anyways, I walked by that booth all weekend long - I had stopped to look at her cards that she made and the creativity behind it. I also said "that's really nice but I can't do it". And then I simply asked "how do you do that?"

Anne sat me down with a piece of paper, a stamp and some ink with a blender pen (a pen that is filled with water so you can watercolor with ink)and the image above is what you see. You may look at it and say "big deal, it's not really that good." But it is to ME. I DID IT. And I had fun doing it. And so began my journey into the Stampin' Up family.

I haven't lost that feeling of accomplishment. When I sit down with with paper, stamps, ink and embellishments, it fuels my passion for creating, for getting people interested in this great hobby and even if it's for 15 minutes, to feel that you can look at something and be proud of. That's how I started....how will you?