Lake Powell—the most beautiful and peaceful place to spend time with my family!

Each week, in our Stampin’ Up! leadership team meeting, it seems there’s news of someone who’s expecting a new baby. Well, when the little ones arrive, we’ll be sending one of these adorable cards, along with a gift card, to the proud parents. They almost make you want to have a baby, don’t they? Okay, maybe not! 

We work with the best people in the world, and hopefully everyone enjoyed their time together around the world! I know I did!

Out of the heat and up into the pines for a couple of days—a refreshing and relaxing way to spend time with my siblings and their families. There were fewer people this year at our family reunion at Panguitch Lake, but we all agreed it was enjoyable to visit and watch all the cousins play…and definitely worth the effort!

Since Sage loves all shades of blue, every year I make sure she receives gift packaging that highlights different blues. Sage also loves breakfast foods, so we went to breakfast with her for lunch, and guess what? She showed up wearing two shades of blue…shocker!

Everyone was excited to see Sidney arrive home Monday evening—a much anticipated time! And knowing it would be our last chance to see Seth, family and friends gathered together for Seth’s last supper before heading to the airport to greet Sidney. It was a happy evening welcoming one missionary home and saying farewell to another. We’re so proud of both Sidney and Seth!

We spent a couple of days in Rome before cruising to several ports in Greece with nearly 1,000 people in our Stampin’ Up! group. It was a very warm and amazing trip with some fantastic achievers, and although I didn’t get to visit with everyone, I enjoyed my time with many! 

Since Seth spent over a week before his birthday surfing with family and friends and won’t have the opportunity to surf for two years (he leaves mid-July to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), this surfboard packaging was made especially for him!

Ashton is a curious young man, taller than me now, and has lots of hobbies. One of those hobbies involves practicing for hours with his bow and arrow. Ashton chuckled a bit and smiled big when he saw his birthday gift packaging—a quiver and arrows, if you couldn’t tell!

As promised, here are the projects I shared at April’s OnStage in New Zealand using the Believe You Can host set. Enjoy!

…I hope you’re loving the annual catalog, and that these projects inspire you!

LeeAnn told us that she was afraid of three things: speaking in public, heights, and spiders. Well, she did two of the three while here with us. Well done, LeeAnn, and congratulations on your amazing milestone!

I know it’s long after Father’s Day, but I’m posting anyway. This “worn” shirt pocket, was the Father’s Day gift packaging for the men in my life who mean the most to me. See below for my first-ever tutorial. Scratch that! I can’t get it to download. I’ll have to ask someone…

This is the card Sara and I sent to Dawn Griffith for achieving 2M in career sales. Designed especially for Dawn, using the set she helped design after she achieved her first million, this is a Dawn card if I ever saw one, and we hope she loved it when she received it! Amazing accomplishment and amazing card! Congratulations, Dawn!

France Martin, also known as “Frenchie,” achieved her million-milestone recently, and we’re so happy for her! Created just for France, we sent this card to her and hope it says congratulations in a meaningful way! 

Liam and Abbie are out of school for summer, so our trip to Florida was a treat! It’s been a long time since we’ve all been together, and it was a grand time!