WOW! My 15 years Stamp-a-Versary...

Little did I think that I would still be here doing this 15 years ago! 

Like most people I originally signed up with Stampin' Up! just for the discount on my personal crafting supplies... but ended up with so so much more! 

So many really good friends made with class and online customers, blog followers, other demonstrators all round the world and Stampin' Up! staff.. as well as still keeping in touch with school-year friends and neighbours that became class mates/crafters... So so many good times and tears (mainly of laughter I hasten to add...)  

As an aside here... a huge thanks to all of you that follow and read my blog posts - whether that be since August 2009 when I started... or just a few days ... I hope that you still find all the tutorials useful... and I still hope to resume with more... as I am still creating a few cards per month to share... 

And a particular thanks to those of you that have purchased tutorials - there aren't so many of them (as they are somewhat longer tutorials that take a huge amount of time to produce) - but those purchases have enabled me to remain a demonstrator for the last 3 years... as they have funded my orders whilst classes weren't possible...

Plus... craft inspiration and "learning on the job" in bucket loads... and then the true honour of using all that in turn to inspire and instruct others... whether via this blog online or face to face...  I still laugh at my comment a few years in that " I used to spend all my time researching , shopping and then storing and logging my crating purchases...but not much creating... Then after joining Stampin' Up! I spent all my time learning, experimenting & creating as well as sharing those creations... much more satisfying... and a lot cheaper!"

But I can honestly say that I never dreamt that my brain would be able to design new card folds and packaging ideas! Or blog... or write tutorials for others to follow... and definitely not stand up in a room presenting to lots of fellow demonstrators (though admittedly these times have been few and far between as that is not in my comfort zone at all!) And oh... I could never imagine running a "Health improving service" for fellow demonstrators either!! Amazing what happens after you lose 5 stone yourself...

Oh and a lot of crafting supplies earnt over the years! Effectively all earnt for free! 

Here's to the next 15...

But before I go... and I may be in trouble with some of these!! Just a few recollections over the years! In no particular order...  If you know... you know! Good times! Mostly!