I was introduced to stamping and the world of Stampin’ Up! by a friend of mine.  She asked me if I wanted to come to a stamping party she was having at her house.  I said yes because she was a friend but in my mind I was rolling my eyeballs and dreading it.  I am not big on these kinds of parties but I agreed to go so I did.    We made one simple card andI immediately fell in love with the whole thing.  This is something I could do!  I bought two colors of cardstock (Whisper White and Real Red) a heart stamp set and Real Red and Basic Black ink.  My friend invited me to her club meeting and I immediately started buying everything the catalog!  The club kind of fell apart after a few years and my friends talked me into continuing it.  That was in 2008

I have been a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator ever since.  It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since I started.  My club is still going strong with some of the original and some new members.  I have to say they are an awesome group.  They are so talented.

Every month I give them a challenge to do.  Usually it is a sketch challenge but sometimes it is a theme.  April’s challenge was a sketch one.  Here it is:

Here are the cards some of my club members made:

Aren’t they just amazing?!?   I love every single one of them!

Here is to another ten years!