Last month I attended Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage event – an annual convention for any demonstrator who wants to attend. And it was so much fun! You get to spend 2.5 days gathered with thousands of other paper crafting junkies (I mean paper crafting fans 😂). You can see all of the new products, live demonstrations, and so much more! It is truly a not-to-be missed event!
OnStage this year was in Long Beach, California (they also had events in Germany and Australia). I got to trade the cold and snowy MN weather for heat! We actually had several days with heat advisories in CA, which actually was a bit too hot for my liking.
Let’s get into some pictures! Below are photos from Thursday afternoon, our first day. Mom and I slept in (it was so nice!!), headed over to the convention center to check-in, and then the party got started! I also got to walk across the stage several times – once was for reaching my 200K in career sales (I actually hit my 300K in March this year so next time I’ll get to walk the stage again!)
Before traveling, I had decided to make up some gifts for several demo friends. Each month, I work with a group of demos to create a tutorial bundle using that month’s Product of the Month. 11 of the 12 of us were going to be in Long Beach, so I got everyone these face masks (so nice when traveling!) and had to add a cute tag using March’s Product of the Month:
I also made up some cute Easter gifts for my team this year, and made about a dozen extra to give to some demo friends (not pictured).
Card swapping is a big thing at OnStage events too! This year was the first year I did card swap, and I made these cute cards with the Match Day bundle:
I thought I had taken a photo of the swaps I got in return, but I guess not… I’ll do better next time!
I did get pictures of the swap boards in the main gathering area, though. See those below.
I wanted to share some sweet gifts I received as well. I am so grateful to have so many wonderful friendships that only exist because of this hobby!
And, of course, Stampin’ Up! spoils us too! Here is what they gave out to those attending. I also registered for the After Hours event so I had an additional crafting gift. And they gave out an extra gift to those who are considered leaders, I was grateful to receive a cute little pouch to match my bag (I failed to get a picture of that too).
I wanted to share some photos of Prize Patrol too… and everyone’s favorite gift – the new catalog!
While the prize patrol, demonstrations, and swag are nice, the reason these events fill my cup so much is because of the people! I got to see so many friends in California, and got pictures with almost all of them!
After OnStage ended on Saturday, mom and I headed back to the hotel and took some time looking through our shiny new catalogs!!! We also got packed up for part 2 of our trip – Disneyland! I couldn’t imagine being so close to Anaheim and not spending a few days at Disney!!
I ran into fellow demo Missy Shipman at Disney too, in line for It’s A Small World (and we didn’t see each other at OnStage… small world! (see what I did there?))
OnStage in 2027 will be held virtually at the end of June to gear up for OnStage 2028 in Salt Lake City, Utah where we’ll be celebrating Stampin’ Up!’s 40th anniversary! I hope you’ll join me in SLC!!