LunAria Design Studios

About 2 weeks ago, I attended a stamping party at my friend Brenda’s house. I used to stamp a long time ago in my Lethbridge years and, so, I had my Mom dig out my Tupperware crisper full of rubber stamps and stamping supplies from my parent’s storage space in Calgary and bring it across 2 provinces when they came to visit in August so that I would have it after the party to use if I felt like it. I have to admit that I went to the party thinking, “I won’t buy anything. I really don’t need to get back into another hobby.” Of course, the party was amazing! We made three lovely cards and I got to meet a wonderful lady named Susan Farrant. Sue was the demonstrator for the party, the line is called “Stampin’ Up” and she is one of the original Stampin’ Up demonstrators that introduced the company to Canada 7 years ago. Needless to say, she is amazing and incredibly knowledgeable and I was quickly hooked. Turns out that stamping has changed in amazing ways in the 15 years since I was into it and so, of course, I just had to order a pile of things that night! I went away excited and anxious for my order to come so that I could get back into things.

(I should preface this my saying that when I discover or get back into a crafting hobby, it tends to take over my life in an almost obsessive fashion).

Before the order came, Sue had a workshop at her house using a set called Upsy Daisy. I went and had a great time and made another set of charming cards. At that workshop, I found out that Sue wrote a stamping blog. Hungry for more, I looked up her blog and started reading through, finding links to many other stamper’s blogs (who knew there could be so many?) and felt like a new world had opened up! I poured over Sue’s blog, Split Coast Stamper Galleries, Michelle Zindorf’s blog, Laura Fredrickson’s blog, and many more as I felt the fire of inspiration burning inside. I ordered more stamps online, discovered many lower mainland Scrapbooking shops where supplies could be found, and dived right back into creating. I remembered why I found card making so satisfying as mini works of art came alive by my hand and knew that I had to keep going.

I met with Sue this morning to discuss the possibility of me joining her team of Stampin’ Up Demonstrators. I showed her the work that I had done so far and she said, “Why wouldn’t you do this?”. So, spurred on by the encouragement of a real pro and the comments of friends and colleagues that had seen my cards and agreed to come to parties, I dove in deeper and joined Stampin’ Up as a demonstrator.  As of, 12pm today, I am one of Sue’s Stampanions! For my personal website, click here.

This blog will be dedicated to my creations and will contain Stampin’ Up news, workshop information, and techniques. Stop by anytime to see what I have been up to or to book a party. Creating with friends is always more fun!