My Founder’s Circle Trip Highlights Part 2

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Swap Time—Next, we all lined up through the lobby and down the hall to start swapping our cards!  We each made 110 cards with an Anything Goes theme!  I couldn't wait to see what everyone had made, and I'll be sharing examples on upcoming blog posts.  I've already CASEd a couple for classes! 

End of the Line—Sara Douglass was at the end of our swap line.  I love how she hung her swap bag, which we all received, around her neck to collect her swaps. 

Clockwise from left: Sandy Carlson, Selene Kempton, Jenn Gulch, Ann Schach, Eldonna Epp & Angela Waters.

Checking Out Our Swaps—We all ended up in the Gathering Place to unload our swaps and see what everyone created! 

Founder's Circle Highlights…Day 3

Visiting Kanab—On the third day, we took a 2-hour bus trip to the Stampin' Up! manufacturing plant in Kanab, UT.  When our bus pulled up, all of the workers were outside waving and cheering! 

From left: Jenn Gulch, Angie Leach, Melissa Roberts, Sandy Carlson, Barb Mullikin, Tammy Acheson, Cindy Baughman & Connie Stewart (just barely)

Touring The Plant—Another one of my favorite parts of the trip was getting a tour of how everything is made!  So interesting!

Putting Us To Work—I was the only "newbie" in our tour group, so everyone made sure that I got to try everything out!  Here, I donned some gloves and cut rubber sheets that were ready for burning.

Careful, It's Hot!—Next, I peeled the rubber sheets off of the plate after they were imprinted.

Die-Cutting The Stamps—I chickened out on lining up the stamps for the die-cutting machine.  I wasn't going to be responsible for someone's misaligned stamps! 

This is the stamp set we were working on…do you recognize it?

Packing Blocks—I learned how they package up the wood blocks for the wood mount sets using a template for each stamp set.  It was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle!

Sample, Sample—When we were done packing the sets, we got to take one home!  Warm Wishes!

Packing Card Stock—We learned how the card stock is cut from large sheets, then packaged up.  We receive a pack of In Color assorted card stock to take home.

Linda Gutierrez & Sandy Carlson

Playing With The Paper Scraps—Silly girls can't stay out of trouble!

Photopolymer Stamps—We also got to see how the photopolymer stamps were created.  Here, workers inspect each sheet of stamps for imperfections.

Defective Bonus—They mark imperfections with a big red pen.  I offered to help them get rid of this defective set! 

Which One Should I Choose?—After learning how they assembled ink pads, we got to select the Regal ink pad of our choice to take home.  I selected Island Indigo!

From left: Angie Leach, Cindy Baughman, Linda Bauwin, Connie Stewart & Susie Wood.

Thank You Tour Group—A special shout-out to all of the lovely ladies in my tour group for making my experience extra-special! 

From left: Cindy Baughman, Linda Gutierrez, Susie Wood & Linda Bauwin.

Missing Make & Takes—It was about this time that I received the news from my husband that my dog wasn't doing very well and we decided to let him go.  So, I missed the make & take part, as well as a tour of the cute apartment on top of the plant where corporate team members stay when visiting.  I was pretty much on blubbering autopilot through our BBQ lunch with the Kanab workers, too. 

Goodbye, Kanab—We gathered outside for another group shot before we left. Click to enlarge.

Rubber Park—Next, we traveled to a park in Kanab that uses the left over rubber pieces as their very bouncy mulch.  I was so distraught over my dog that I didn't even want a photo.  Thankfully, somebody ordered me to put on my sunglasses, sit on the slide and pick up a handful of rubber bits for a photo, or I was going to regret it later!  I honestly don't remember who said it, or who took my photo, but I'm so glad that I didn't completely miss this photo op!  Thank you!  If it was you, please remind me!

Tuacahn Theatre—That night, we traveled to the gorgeous Tuacahn Theatre to watch a show called When You Wish featuring a medley of Disney productions.  It was a beautiful location with the canyon as the backdrop, but again, I was a little too upset about my Lucky dogger to fully appreciate the experience.   There sure were big ups and big downs on this trip!

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That's all for today!  I've got just a few more photos from our last day coming tomorrow in Part 3!  Thanks for indulging me!

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