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If you want to work from home, I have an business opportunity for you! It's not stuffing envelopes, but you might be stamping envelopes, making your own envelopes, or stuffing them with your beautiful handmade cards!Stampin' Up! has a great business opportunity for you, right now, if you would like to start your own business! Work from home, do it "your way" as Stampin' Up! proclaimed at Leadership conference a couple weeks ago.
Be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and work your own business from home...and have fun at the same time! What is more fun than paper, ink and stamps....unless it is getting together with friends and other stampers you will meet to make cards, scrapbook pages and other projects together!
You can make money selling stamps, ink, paper and the myriad of accessories and other products Stampin' Up! showcases in their Idea Book & Catalog. Or if you prefer digital, there is My Digital Studio for digital papercrafting of all kinds and new downloads every week. Interested in the Hispanic market? We have Celebrando Creatividad!
And right now, during the biggest promotion of the Stampin' Up! year, Sale-A-Bration, you can join by purchasing a Starter Kit for only $125 (regularly $175) AND the following month after you join, you can order yourself a free pack of Designer Series Paper or a digital download free each month for the rest of 2012! The earlier you sign up, the more free paper or downloads you get! What a treat to know you have something free coming in your order every month!
Email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com if I can send you more information or answer any questions! We have lots of fun being Stampin' Up! Demonstrators and there are lots of opportunities to take your business to whatever level you want!
To sign up online in minutes, all you have to do it go to my website HERE and click the JOIN NOW button on the left. I'll get an email from Stampin' Up! saying you joined and I'll be in touch with you!
Last summer Stampin' Up! Convention attendees were encouraged to enter a contest to have their stamping space made over by Shelli Gardner! The lucky winner was Tamzin Cochrane in Austin, TX! Here is a speeded up video Stampin' Up! showed at Leadership last week of the process! Amazingly, the Gardner family came and did the work themselves! Wouldn't we all love to have them show up at our door?! Maybe you will see some ideas you can use!
Today is the first day of Stampin' Up!'s 2012 Sale-A-Bration, a special annual promotion that just gets better every year!
Customers: Spend $50 on Stampin' Up! products and then choose any one product in the new Sale-A-Bration brochure. Choose from stamp sets, accessories, Designer Fabric, My Digital Studio content, and more! Spend $100 and choose two free items....and so on! No limit!
Hostesses: Host a workshop of $150 or more and receive a cute shopping tote bag!
Host a workshop of $400 or more and receive a FREE Hostess bundle!
Join Stampin' Up!: This would be the best thing to do, in my opinion!! After having just been at a Stampin' Up! event, I would love for you to experience the fun and joy that comes with being a part of the Stampin' Up! family! It can all sound corny, but I guarantee that it is genuine.
Just purchase a Starter Kit and you can be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in minutes online! During Sale-A-Bration, the Starter Kit is only $125 (regularly $175) AND get a FREE Designer Paper Pack or Digital Download every month for the rest of 2012 starting in the month after you join Stampin' Up! Click HERE for details!
It's a great opportunity to start your own business and in keeping with the theme of Stampin' Up! Leadership, run it "My Way" (which is "your" way!!).
Check it all out and get back to me with any questions!! Just email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com.
I have a few extra Sale-A-Bration and Occasions Mini Catalogs if you do not have a demonstrator and would like a copy to hold in your hands! Just email with your contact information.
Oh my! It's hard to come back down to earth after a Stampin' Up! event, especially one like Stampin' Up! Leadership 2012! The withdrawal was eased a little bit yesterday when my new Stampin' Success, the magazine for Stampin' Up! demonstrators, was in the pile of mail!
I've been looking through my photos and decided to start with one of my favorite displays. These were in the room where we did Make & Takes the first night. We used the Blossom Builders Designer Printed Kit#125410, in the Occasions Mini Catalog, which is a cute set of double-sided, printed, die-cut flowers on textured paper PLUS an assortment of pink rhinestones to add some bling! You have to put it on your next order!
Enjoy!
All images copyright Stampin' Up! 2012
This one is a little blurry, but I loved the braided fabric for a flower stem!
And DON'T FORGET........Sale-A-Bration begins tomorrow, January 24th!! With a $50 purchase, you can choose a free product in the new Sale-A-Bration Catalog! Check back tomorrow for more information!
The Stampin' Up! San Antonio Regional was great fun...and perhaps the highest attended Regional ever, Shelli said, with 1400 attendees! It was well worth our while because of the creative stamping ideas and the inspiring and entertaining presentations. I took so many photos I filled up my memory cards on my camera! It was a nice next-step to come down from the high of Leadership.....even though Leadership was over, we weren't really done with Stampin' Up! and all the fun yet!
Here is the Stampin' Up! Spring Regional schedule that they announced:
February 11 in Phoenix, Arizona
February 25 in Columbus, Ohio
March 10 in Milwaukee
If you live near any of these areas, I strongly encourage you to sign up to attend a Regional when registration opens. It usually opens to demonstrators first and then if space permits, guests are allowed to be registered by a demonstrator.
Any Stampin' Up! event is guaranteed to be a good one!
Stampin' Up! Leadership has ended and I really don't even know what to say or where to begin. I think if all companies could be like Stampin' Up!, the world would be a better place!
We all got so many gifts and prizes (I even won a prize for the first time!!) and several promotions and things coming up to help us all grow and develop our businesses. The socializing and fellowship with other demonstrators in classes, while standing in line, swapping, or while eating lunch is priceless.
The Stampin' Up! employees giving their presentations....oh my gosh, what can I say???!!! Not only was there a fisherman/painter but we had salsa dancing on stage not to mention a gigantic Harley (at least I guess that's what it was!) riding on and off stage. The creativity and personality they all show is amazing....everything is so clever and entertaining. The theme was "My Way" so each presenter did it "their way".
A gift from Shelli at Make & Takes
Another gift and candy inside homemade by a Stampin' Up! employee!
If I can just get packed and get myself out of here, I'll be heading west on I-10 to San Antonio for several jam-packed, fun-filled days with Stampin' Up at the 2012 Leadership Conference and also a Regional on Saturday! Who could ask for more fun than that?!
I'll pick up my bag and stamp sets when I arrive and then I do my Make & Takes this evening! Make & Takes are actual stamping projects that everyone does. Doing Make & Takes in a crowd is not my strong point for some reason....I get totally flustered and can't think, can't read the directions, act like I've never stamped before....but I've heard other demos say the same thing so I guess I'm not alone! I think they are doing them differently this time so we'll see if it works any better for me! LOL!
You should think about signing up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator so you can partake of these wonderful Stampin' Up! events! Read about it on my website HERE. If you have questions, just leave a comment or email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com.
I am able to offer you a special opportunity to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.....tomorrow and the next day....December 13 & 14 only!! This offer is not available through all demonstrators.
Sale-A-Bration begins later in January and this recruiting special will be offered! However, through me, you can get an early start Dec. 13-14.
Over a month before Sale-A-Bration begins, and for two days only, you can join Stampin' Up! early! Yes, you read that right! On December 13-14 only, you can take advantage of this exclusive Sale-A-Bration recruiting offer, including:
A $125 Starter Kit (standard or Digital+)—$50 off the regular price of $175!
A FREE package of Designer Series Paper OR a FREE digital download every month in 2012 (excluding January)—a total value of up to $120!
Can you believe you will get a FREE package of Designer Series Paper each month (except January) during 2012 if you sign up during this special??! AND save $50 on the Starter Kit!!
Please email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com if you might be interested or want any questions answered. If you feel sure of your decision and feel more spontaneous, you can just go to my website and sign up in minutes. No password or anything needed. Just click on the "JOIN NOW" button to go to the demonstrator agreement and order form for the Starter Kit of your choice.
Click HERE for more information about the Starter Kits.
Click HERE to see the order form for the Starter Kit.
What a way you'll be able to start your New Year to say you're a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, enjoy your passion and be able to make money at the same time.....and no better time of year than when a new mini catalog is available and Sale-A-Bration starts when everyone gets free stamps with a $50 order.
Remember.....the special sign up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator begins tomorrow December 13 and only lasts two days...Dec. 13 & 14...and is only available through qualifying demonstrators.
It's not too late to get in on this deal! Have a fun workshop with your friends and everybody stamps something! I can help you plan something easy and fun! For a workshop with $350 in sales, the hostess will get an additional $35 in Hostess Dollars to spend on Stampin' Up! products....in addition to your normal hostess benefits with a workshop of $150 or more!
Email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com and we can start planning!
Click HERE or the image above to find out about having a Stampin' Up! workshop!
Here is a Star Wars punch art birthday card with Darth Vader and Yoda I made for my favorite son-in-law. Yes, he's my favorite....well, he's my only son-in-law, but he's still my favorite! :) Apparently I hit a home run with it because my daughter says he really liked it! He's a big Star Wars and all-kinds-of-other-stuff fan so I thought this idea would be perfect.
Of course, it is not my original idea because I can't come up with creative things like this! Fortunately, other demonstrators can and they share and it is okay to copy ideas! I found this idea in our Stampin' Up! demonstrator website called "Stampin' Connection". (So if you want to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator but feel you are not creative, this is one of many resources provided by Stampin' Up!) A demonstrator from Canada, Rose Marie Coleman, had made these Star Wars punch art figures and I was able to figure out what she did! I'll add her blog link at the end.
I have to tell you about my greeting on the front! I didn't have much space left for one and I got the idea to have it be something Yoda would say. Would you believe there is a website that will translate anything you write into "Yoda-speak"?! http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/ Just type in what you want to say, and it will translate it for you! Try several versions until you get something interesting!
Then I used several different stamps from On Your Birthday #111664, cut the words apart after I stamped them on scrap paper, and pasted them in order to make my own greeting!
My card is made with a Basic Black card base with a Brushed Silver card stock layer on the front (which doesn't photograph very well!). Here is the inside:
If you need to add to your collection of punches so you can make interesting characters like this at a moment's notice, just Shop Online at my Stampin' Up! website.
Yes, you will be a Big Shot if you become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator because that's how much Stampin' Up! values their demonstrators. I can tell you, but you will see for yourself when you become part of the Stampin' Up! family and participate in your own stamping, scrapbooking and/or digital papercrafting business with Stampin' Up! and especially when you attend any Stampin' Up! events, like Regionals or Convention.
You can become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator any day, but if you do it on or before Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 you will be able to order a Big Shot die-cutting machine...or...if you already own one....order $100 in free products...perhaps more dies and things to use with your Big Shot! This offer began in October but was extended until November 11th. So time is running out! Don't put it off! Give it a try! There is no obligation to do anything more....but you just might find that you LIKE being able to run your own business and have fun while you do it! After all, the holidays are coming up fast and this could provide a little extra cash for those holiday gifts!
I'm happy to talk with you about becoming and being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! Just email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com and we can set something up.
If you find you are ready, you can join online in minutes! After clicking on that link, click on the "Join Now" button on the left of that web page. Be sure you are seeing my name in the upper right corner. You can watch the video or sign up right away.
To see the Starter Kits available to you for only $175 (free shipping!), just click HERE. Click on the picture below to see the list of contents.
Click on Big Shot image above for more information!!
Here's a photo of a real Big Shot and the Doctor's Bag #113474 (bag available for purchase) and a die all on display at the Stampin' Up! Convention!
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If you become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator right now by purchasing one of the Starter Kitsfor only $175, you will be able to attend the Stampin' Up! Convention this summer and have the time of your life! But that is just an extra benefit compared to having your own stamping and scrapbooking business and making money doing something you love!
You have from today until November 11 to make this important but gratifying decision to start your own business and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator....and then you also get a free Big Shot (or, if you already own one, choose $100 in Stampin' Up! product instead!)
You will have plenty of products and materials in your Starter Kit to get your business off to a flying start....but to add a Big Shot Die-cutting Machine....wow!....that is just the icing on the cake!!
Email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com with any questions or concerns you have about joining Stampin' Up!
When you are ready to join, you can do it online in minutes at my website. Just click HERE to go to the website page and then click on the "JOIN NOW" button on the left.
If you need a Halloween scrapbook page, here's one I made in My Digital Studio from a birthday-type template in the program. But if you don't have My Digital Studio, all you have to do is make it the traditional way with the Frightful Sight Designer Series Paper #122351 and a few punches and embellishments.
***This is the last week for the FREE Big Shot for signing up to be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! What a great deal for starting your own business! Contact me at Karen@Karenstamps.com if you would like more information.
***Be sure you are signed up for my mailing list (upper left corner) so you will receive my monthly newsletter and right now, my weekly 12 Weeks of Christmas newsletter. Great ideas you can use for your holiday cards and gifts.
Only one more week to take advantage of probably the best recruiting promotion Stampin' Up! has ever had!! If you want to make a little extra money, if you want to start your own booming business, if you love stamping, scrapbooking, and/or papercrafting in general, then Stampin' Up! is the place for you! Join our group of demonstrators and find out how far you can go with your own business! Creativity and skill not even required! Stamping is the easiest craft to learn, and you can tailor your business to your personality.
Please check out this great incentive to join Stampin' Up! Let me answer your questions if you have any so that you can make the best decision for you! October 31 is next Monday so time is flying!!
Want to get this card....or a similar one? Just become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator on my team and I'll send you one!
Start your own business and be your own boss! Can you imagine how fun it is to HAVE to stamp and create and get together with other stampers for your JOB?!
Join now in October and get a free Big Shot from Stampin' Up! (or $100 in product) after you purchase your Starter Kit. Starter Kits are customizable...you can choose another color of ink or choose another stamp set other than the recommendation. You can choose the Standard Starter Kit or the Digital+ Starter Kit. Check out this Stampin' Up! Starter Kit Order Form.
Ask me any questions you may have. When you are ready, you can sign up online at my website....then just click the "Join Now" buttonon the left and become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in minutes! They will email you your demonstrator number and you will be ready to start your own rubber stamping and scrapbooking business...in whatever form you want to take it.
You can become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator any time, but during October is the best time because you get a free Big Shot, which we all love! Think about it! Offer ends October 31, 2011.
Don't forget....if you are interested in being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in the Hispanic market, Stampin' Up! holds special calls on any Wednesday to discuss Stampin' Up! and the business opportunity with an opportunity for questions at the end.
The calls are held every Wednesday in both English and Spanish:
11:00 AM (MT) for English
4:00 PM (MT) for Spanish
To participate, simply call 877-787-7226 (toll free) at the appropriate time.
Be sure to check out the Big Shot opportunity for new Stampin' Up! demonstrators during October!!
You can sign up to be a demonstrator when you are ready on my website HERE. Just click the "Join Now" button on the left side of that page!
Four complete stamp sets (including a clear-mount set and clear-mount block)
A Stampin' Around wheel, handle, and ink cartridge
Assortment of Designer Series Paper and card stock
White envelopes (40)
Four Classic Stampin' Pads
Two Stampin' Write markers
VersaMark Pad
Whisper White 5/8" satin ribbon
Always Bird Décor Elements and applicator
Adhesives
Blender pen
Color Coach
Cupcake Punch
Stamping sponge
Stampin' Scrub and Mist
Box of Idea Book & Catalogs
Business forms and tools
The Digital+ Starter Kit includes
My Digital Studio digital designing software
His & Hers Digital Content Collection DVD
One clear-mount stamp set (including a clear-mount block)
Assortment of card stock
Note cards and envelopes (20)
Four Classic Stampin' Pads
Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
Brights Designer Buttons
Always Bird Décor Elements and applicator
Adhesives
Blender Pen
Stampin' Scrub and Mist
Box of Idea Book & Catalogs
Business forms and tools
Choose the Starter Kit that best matches your stamping and paper-crafting interests, and get over $340 of Stampin' Up!'s high-quality products for just $175.
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With all the talk about the fantastic offer of a free Big Shot when you sign up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator during this month of October, I thought you might like more detail on what that entails.
After gathering all the information you need to make your decision to join Stampin' Up! (you can start HERE and ask ME!), you will purchase the Starter Kit for $175. The quickest and easiest way to do this is online at my website HERE. Just click the "Join Now" button on the left. Stampin' Up! will email you your "demo number" and you are set to start your own stamping business! You just have to wait for your kit to arrive shortly!
You choose between two kits....the Standard Starter Kit (with lots of traditional stamping supplies) or the Digital+ Starter Kit (which comes with My Digital Studio software and a few traditional stamping supplies). Each kit is customizable on almost all items so, for example, if you would rather have different colors of ink pads than the suggested ones, you can change that in your kit.
Here is a link to the Standard Starter Kit form. Click HERE.
Here is a link to the Digital+ Starter Kit form. Click HERE.
Then if you like, you can order optional add-on kits for scrapbooking (Stampin' Memories) and for the Definitely Decorative Line.
You will also receive catalogs and business supplies in your kit.
So there you have it!! It's so easy to join Stampin' Up! and what a great way to start your own business for extra cash, a new career, or just your own stamping pleasure! Let me know what questions you have!
It will soon be nine years since I signed up to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I've enjoyed every minute of it! My friend had recently signed up when I had visited her one summer. I had never heard of Stampin' Up! but when I saw the projects she had made at a stamp camp I was intrigued. There was more to rubber stamping that I had imagined!
I'd love to share this fun with you, and this month is the best time ever! Listen to Shelli Gardner, Cofounder and CEO of Stampin' Up!, tell you all about it!
Now if you would like to purchase a Big Shot and some accessories from me, I'd be happy to sell you one because you will LOVE using it on all your projects! Just go to my store HERE.
But if you would like to have your own Stampin' Up! business and full Stampin' Up! experience and on top of that want to get a FREE Big Shot, well....just go to my website HERE and click on the JOIN NOW button in the left sidebar!
You probably have questions and I'd be happy to answer them. Just email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com and we can get in touch.
New demonstrators who join the Stampin' Up! family in October will get a FREE Big Shot (or up to $100 in free Stampin' Up! products)! Can you believe that??! What an opportunity to start your own business right before the holidays! Join my team and take advantage of the great products in the Holiday Mini Catalog and the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog to start your stamping, scrapbooking and papercrafting business! And to have a FREE Big Shot to do it with is nothing short of spectacular!
Any new recruit who signs up during the promotion period will receive a Sizzix Big Shot Machine or $100 in Stampin' Up! products of your choice from any of our current catalogs.
New recruits who use the online IDA (Independent Demonstrator Agreement HERE) will be given access to the Promotional Product Bonus order type in OEX (the ordering page for demonstrators) approximately one hour after you complete your online IDA (you will be provided a link to OEX for this redemption via e-mail). In this order type, you will either enter the item number for the Big Shot (item 113439) or the item numbers for up to $100 in Stampin' Up! products. Products can be chosen from any current catalog and shipping is free!
New Recruits should ensure that your free total comes as close as possible to $100 without going over since the Promotional Product Bonus order type will not allow items beyond $100 to be added to the order.
Those who mail in their IDAs can simply list the items they want for free on their accompanying order form.
New recruits will have until November 30, 2011, to redeem their product bonus.
What this means is....you can sign up online to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator HERE and become a demonstrator in minutes by purchasing either the Standard Starter Kit or the Digital+ Starter Kit. Both kits are customizable. Then after approximately one hour you will be able to log in to the Demonstrator side of the Stampin' Up! website and find a special link with which to order your Big Shot or $100 in stamping products. Shipping is FREE! (Or you can wait until November....but who could wait that long for FREE stuff!)
The standard Starter Kit includes
Four complete stamp sets (including a clear-mount set and clear-mount block)
A Stampin' Around wheel, handle, and ink cartridge
Assortment of Designer Series Paper and card stock
White envelopes (40)
Four Classic Stampin' Pads
Two Stampin' Write markers
VersaMark Pad
Whisper White 5/8" satin ribbon
Always Bird Décor Elements and applicator
Adhesives
Blender pen
Color Coach
Cupcake Punch
Stamping sponge
Stampin' Scrub and Mist
Box of Idea Book & Catalogs
Business forms and tools
The Digital+ Starter Kit includes
My Digital Studio digital designing software
His & Hers Digital Content Collection DVD
One clear-mount stamp set (including a clear-mount block)
Assortment of card stock
Note cards and envelopes (20)
Four Classic Stampin' Pads
Real Red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
Brights Designer Buttons
Always Bird Décor Elements and applicator
Adhesives
Blender Pen
Stampin' Scrub and Mist
Box of Idea Book & Catalogs
Business forms and tools
Choose the Starter Kit that best matches your stamping and paper-crafting interests, and get over $340 of Stampin' Up!'s high-quality products for just $175.
Read all about joining Stampin' Up! HERE. Read about the Big Shot offer HERE.
Contact me with your questions at Karen@Karenstamps.com.
Those of us who are familiar with Stampin' Up! know there are many things to love about the company and its products. But if you want proof......here it is! Creating Keepsakes magazine has named Stampin' Up!'s wood- and clear-mount rubber stamps as one of its Top Ten Tools for 2011!
To quote Stampin' Up!: "While Stampin' Up! has long been recognized in the stamping and crafting industry for producing high-quality rubber stamps and exclusive images in a variety of artistic styles, being recognized by Creating Keepsakes is just another validation that when your customers choose Stampin' Up! products, they are choosing the best!"
Would you like to be associated with a company that produces such high-quality products and is so highly regarded in the papercrafting industry? Stampin' Up! is always looking for new demonstrators! With the holidays approaching, selling Stampin' Up! beats working tons of hours in a store in the mall.
For more information on becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, just click HERE to watch a short video and find out more about the Stampin' Up! business opportunity. Then email me at Karen@KarenStamps.com to get all your questions answered.
