New Video: Who are the Heartfelt Stampers?

I've filmed a new video to better explain to all of you who "The Heartfelt Stampers" that you always here me talking about are! Here it is!

For more information, Click Here!

And don't forget about the FREE TOTE Special Offer that's going on for just another month, through October 18th!

New Video: Stampin’ Summer Bash!

This past month we held 2 Stampin' Summer Bash Events, 1 in Rochester and 1 in Canandaigua. What a BLAST they were!! Here is a video highlight from the Canandaigua Event:

Here are some photo highlights!

Can't wait for next year's!! But before then, we'll have your Annual Christmas Bonanza Event in November. These large Customer Events sponsored by the Heartfelt Stamper's are AMAZING events – you won't want to miss the next one!!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Stampin’ Summer Bash Event AND Long Distance Package!

TWO Dates/Locations to choose from, PLUS a Long Distance Option!

Wednesday July 7th
Open House: 4 pm – 9 pm
at Trinity Communion Church at 759 Winona Blvd, Rochester NY 14617

Non-Refundable Pre-Pay Deadline June 30th

OR

Wednesday July 21st
Open House: 4 pm – 9 pm
at Crosswinds Church, 3360 Middle Cheshire Rd, Canandaigua NY 14424

Non-Refundable Pre-Pay Deadline July 7th

The BRAND NEW 2010-2011 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog is arriving, and we want to share some of our wonderful new products with you!

Stop by and make FOUR projects using brand new stamp sets, papers and accessories – all HOT new items that you're sure to want the opportunity to try out!

There will be some other FUN things going on that you're sure to enjoy like FREE Giveaways, lots of yummy food and the opportunity to check out new products and ideas that are on display.

In addition, all participants will be able to bid in a Silent Auction filled with retired stamp sets and accessories that have been discounted and that are no longer available in the catalog! Cash or Check Only for Silent Auction Items.

And while you're at the Stampin' Summer Bash, you'll be able to pick up your FREE copy of the Brand New 2010-2011 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog – AND take $5 off any order you place that evening!

This event is set up in "Open House" style – that means that you are free to come and go at any time you want during those hours. However, we recommend arriving by 7:00 pm to allow enough time to finish your projects. The Silent Auction bidding will close at 7:30 pm.

Here are some highlights from last year's BASH!!!

Are you READY to join in on the fun for this year!?

You can register one of two ways, you can register right now online using a safe and secure checkout with your Credit Card ($1 Transaction Fee Applied). To do this, Click Here:

If you register online, be sure to include which session you're attending in the "Special Comments" Box. If you need to order SNAIL Adhesive (see specifics on Registration Form Below), Contact Me.

Or, you can send a Check/Money Order in the mail along with this Registration Form:

I'm also pleased to offer a LONG DISTANCE OPTION!!!!!!

Live long distance? Unable to attend? No worries!!! You can purchase the Long Distance Option and receive your four COMPLETED projects, a NEW CATALOG and a $5 Gift Certificate all delivered directly to your door!!! Use the Buy Now Link Below to receive this Long Distance Goodie Package!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To check out my PDF File SALE Spot!! Both Demonstrators AND Customers!!! Click Here to View!
• To check out the Last Chance Stamp Set List! Click Here to View!
  
• To check out the Last Chance Accessories List! Click Here to View!
  
• To check out the Last Chance Decor Elements List! Click Here to View!
  
• To purchase the Mini Starter Kit for just $99! Click Here for Kit Contents. Click Here to learn more about The Heartfelt Stampers Team.

The Rest of Spring Retreat

I thought I had shared just about all of the photos that I had… but as I was cleaning up my files I stumbled on some more! So here is the final batch of photos from our Spring Retreat Weekend of Fun and Stamping!

We had a "Game Night" one night where everyone was given these darling little bags:

Inside was a deck of cards wrapped in DSP and a bunch of Poker Chips! The Chips all had a given value and we had a ton of games set up where everyone was to bet their chips on winning the games:

And at the end of Game Night, there was a HUGE table of prizes that they could cash in their chips for!

Another fun thing that I did for all of the participants was sneak up to the rooms while they were doing their last stamping class of the night and left them pillow gifts both nights. The first night's Pillow Gift was a Notebook and a Pencil that had "Heartfelt Stamper's" Engraved in it.

The second pillow gift was an invitation to our Sweet Pea Tea the next morning and a "Grow Kit":

A shot of the place settings from the Sweet Pea Tea:

Ladies Stamping!

And More Stamping!

And a Group Shot of most of the Attendees!

Click Here for more information about our Retreat Weekends and how you can join us for the next one!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To check out the NEW Aly Stamps Boutique! Click Here to View!
  
• To register for the June Scrapbooking Class, "It's a Journey"!! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To register for the June Card Making Class, "Cards for Him"!! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To order from the Clearance Rack Today!!! Click Here to get started!!
  
• To join the Stampin' Up! Family and receive two FREE Technique DVDs! Click Here for more details! Contact Me to get started today!
  
• To order your favorite Retiring Stampin' Up! Colors before they are gone forever! Click Here for more details!
  
• To place a qualifying order to receive FREE Designer Brads! Click Here for more details!

I’ve Entered the Video Tutorial World!

That's right!! I've entered the world of video techniques and YouTube… eeeeek! I actually had FUN editing the Retreat Weekend Video, so decided to see if I could do a How To/Technique Video… that was kinda fun, too! So I've decided to run with it and begin uploading Video Tutorials.

My hope is that these videos will help better support my long distance customers and downline who cannot come to my classes, while at the same time provide another tier of service to the locals…

Off to the left sidebar you will now see a BRAND NEW Button that looks like this:

Just click the piece of Hodgepodge Hardware and you'll be brought to my brand new YouTube Channel! There you will be able to view all of my videos that are archived (we're not quite there yet with the "ALL of my videos"…. but will be SOON!) and subscribe to my Channel for updates!

So… here goes Video Tutorial #1 on Smootch Spritz and Presto Patterns Specialty Paper!

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

WHAT TO ORDER:

Presto Patterns Specialty Paper (117175), Log Cabin Smootch Spritz (119921), Color Catcher (121093), Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon (117287), River Rock Classic Ink (Coming SOON!), Chocolate Chip Classic Ink (100908), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Filigree Designer Brads (112577 – FREE with Qualifying Order this Month!), Pretties Kit (109114), Corner Rounder (109047) and Brayer (102395)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To watch the Spring Retreat Highlights Video Here!
  
• To register for the May Card Making Class!! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To order from the Clearance Rack Today!!! Click Here to get started!!
  
• To join the Stampin' Up! Family and receive two FREE Technique DVDs! Click Here for more details! Contact Me to get started today!
  
• To order your favorite Retiring Stampin' Up! Colors before they are gone forever! Click Here for more details!
  
• To place a qualifying order to receive FREE Designer Brads! Click Here for more details!
  
• To order your May Card Kit of the Month!! Click Here for more details!

My First Video… Spring Retreat Highlights!

Alright, Ladies! Bare with me! This is my VERY FIRST attempt at doing any kind of video work, so be kind, lol! Actually… I think it turned out pretty good considering.

So this video is one big highlight of The Heartfelt Stamper's Spring Retreat Weekend. It's much too difficult to capture the excitement and energy in photos – putting a video together seemed to be the only way!

The Heartfelt Stamper's Retreat Weekend from Aly Schilling on Vimeo.

So the "Name Badge Runway…" yeah, what a HOOT wasn't it!?!? Oh my goodness I was in hysterics the entire time – never in a million years did I expect everyone to have THAT much fun with it!!! The whole idea of it was I mailed everyone a piece of chipboard  a couple of weeks before the retreat and they were instructed to use it in any way they wished to create a Stampin' Up! made Name Badge for themselves…

While, when they got there Friday Night little did they know how they would be used! Out came the Name Badge Runway and everyone took turns walking down it to music… Jen was in on it and brought a Black Boa with her… it saved the day and helped everyone to get into it! But in the process it just became so silly that there was no real judging of the name badges (our judges got a bit carried away with their number ratings as you could see in the video) so we ended up just drawing names for the winners, but EVERYONE was a winner!

I was much too busy laughing and videotaping to really focus on the name badges so did a terrible job at taking still photos… so I only have 2 to share with you, but here they are!

Made by Jen Rios Raner:

Made by Kriss Huels:

I'm sure you could see how much FUN we have at these weekends by watching this video – make sure you're there for our next one October 22nd – 24th!! For more information about joining the Heartfelt Stamper's Team  and being eligible to attend these events Click Here.

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To register for the May Card Making Class!! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To order from the Clearance Rack Today!!! Click Here to get started!!
  
• To join the Stampin' Up! Family and receive two FREE Technique DVDs! Click Here for more details! Contact Me to get started today!
  
• To order your favorite Retiring Stampin' Up! Colors before they are gone forever! Click Here for more details!
  
• To place a qualifying order to receive FREE Designer Brads! Click Here for more details!
  
• To order your May Card Kit of the Month!! Click Here for more details!

Welcome to Spring Retreat!

Over the next few days I'm going to share with you all that I've been so busy with and what has prevented me from doing more blogging… our Spring Retreat Weekend!! I won't be sharing the actual projects we made all weekend as that is all just for attendees, but I WILL be sharing with you all of the extras around the event which does include lots of stamping ideas!

So to start off, here are some Welcome photos!!!

Our Retreat Weekends are the kind of event people fly in for – so on Thursday Night I had a crew of girls fly in and stay at my home so that they were here for when we started on Friday afternoon! They ended up getting put to work helping me put the finishing touches on things – here they are preparing everyone's project bags! All of the attendees received these totes with cut material packets for all of their classes for the entire weekend…

Friday morning loading up the cars was a chore and a half!! We couldn't even get everything in mine, Jen had to load her car up with passengers and their luggage! Here's my poor car's cargo…

Then it was off to the lodge! Here's a look at our home for the weekend!

Everyone got settled into their bedrooms, look at the massive lodging we have! The ENTIRE upstairs is bedrooms and bathrooms!

I put a different "Room Sign" on each of the doors using Stampin' Up! Designer Papers…

One of the rooms…

Then it was off to getting the stamping space set up! Here's a look at the "Bonus Stations" — I had set up these long tables with bonus projects for people to complete during down time in the evenings or in between classes — whenever they had a break!

We also had tons of Display Boards set up for inspiration, I had shared that in yesterday's highlights post… Then as people came in, they each got a Stampin' Up! Product on their back…

Then they were able to ask each person 1 yes or no question to try and guess what product they were! When they found out what product they were, they came for me for a little welcome gift – a Satin Ribbon Sampler!

And that was all just the beginning!! Tomorrow I will be sharing you highlights from our "Paris Nights" Dinner Party which include LOTS of 3-D Stamping Project ideas!!

Look like fun? These Retreat Weekends are my highlight of the year! Our next one is coming up October 22nd – 24th. Mark your calendars and join The Heartfelt Stamper's Team today so that you are eligible to attend!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To register for the May Card Making Class!! Click Here for more details!!
  
• To order from the Clearance Rack Today!!! Click Here to get started!!
  
• To join the Stampin' Up! Family and receive two FREE Technique DVDs! Click Here for more details! Contact Me to get started today!
  
• To order your favorite Retiring Stampin' Up! Colors before they are gone forever! Click Here for more details!
  
• To place a qualifying order to receive FREE Designer Brads! Click Here for more details!
  
• To order your May Card Kit of the Month!! Click Here for more details!