Join Stampin’ Up! & enjoy some Group Therapy!

I love sharing my passion for stamping with family and friends, meeting new people, and having the opportunity to build a great business!

I invite you to join Stampin’ Up! now, during our biggest event of the year — Sale-A-Bration! When you do, you’ll receive a customizable starter kit loaded with Stampin’ Up! products, and valued at more than $345 for only $125 (Regular price: $175; save $50 savings) AND you will receive a FREE package of Designer Series Paper OR a FREE digital download every month for the rest of 2012 (up to $120 value).

Reasons to join:

• You’ll be part of the worldwide Stampin’ Up! family!
  • Discounts on all Stampin’ Up! purchases!
  • Flexible schedule!
  • FREE access to the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator-only website
    • FREE how-to training webinars
    • FREE technique training
    • FREE access to Stampin’ Connection (ideas galore)
    • FREE access to demonstrator forums
    • 2 FREE months of your own Demonstrator Business Website
    • MORE!
  • FREE monthly crafting magazine: Stampin’ Success
  • Opportunity to earn FREE products and extra income!
  • Opportunity to attend yearly Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Opportunity to attend yearly Regional events around the country
  • Opportunity to attend yearly Leadership Conference
  • MORE!

• You’ll be part of my Group Therapy stamping team…How perfect is that name?
  • FREE one-on-one welcome session
  • FREE monthly get-together to eat, stamp & learn
  • Weekly inspirational & training emails
  • Phone and email access to me to ask any question
  • Team road-trips to fun training events
  • Access to training, Yahoo groups, emails by other leaders
  • MORE!

Have I piqued your interest in becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator? Click on the Group Therapy button here.  Contact me to get the password you’ll need; then click on “Join Now!” to enroll!

You’ll need to read and agree to the Independent Demonstrator Agreement, provide your information, and purchase your Starter Kit.  After that, you will be sent a password so you can begin logging on to the Demonstrator Web Site, where you can start managing your business. Be sure to call me if you have any questions!

Join Stampin’ Up! now! There is no long-term commitment on your part but there is a huge commitment on my part and on Stampin’ Up!’s part! We are committed to helping you build YOUR business into what you want and need and hope and dream!

If you’d like to talk with me before making a decision, I’d love to meet with you and treat you to your favorite beverage! Or join my team for a little Group Therapy (Check my calendar for the date of our next get-together.). But, you don’t have to be local to join my team. I’m looking to expand my team and welcome new demonstrators nationwide. Give me a call!

Tags: business opportunity, designer-series-paper, My Digital Studio, sale-a-bration, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, stampin'-up!, start-your-own-business

Creativity challenged?

Do you ever find yourself creativity-challenged? Well, I certainly do! So, when I want to create a card, but am clueless as to where to start, I look to others’ creations for inspiration. In the stamping world, we call it CASE-ing — Copy and Share Everything! Above, on the left, you see a swap that I received at the Stampin’ Up! Convention in July (Sorry! There’s no name on it so I can’t give credit. If it’s yours, let me know and I will!). Cute card, huh? Simple, too! But, I didn’t have that ribbon, or the stamps, or the flower punch. Mmmmm. The juices started flowing. I pulled out the new Blossom punch that’s in the Occasions Mini Catalog, as well as some of our FREE Sale-A-Bration DSP, and went to work! How do you like my finished product?  I hope it will inspire you when you’re feeling creativity-challenged! I hope you’ll share your version of my card with me; I would love to see it! Email a photo of it to me at stamp4sanity@gmail.com.  

Kathy’s Card Supplies:  Stamps: Curvy Verses; Card Stock — Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla; Ink:  Peach Parfait, Soft Suede; Accessories: Blossom Punch, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch, 1-1/4″ Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, 2011-2013 In Color Designer Printed Brads, Stamping Sponges, SNAIL Adhesive

Tags: sale-a-bration, stampin'-up!, punches, designer-series-paper, stamping, occasions-mini-catalog, swaps, stamps, creativity-challenged, Curvy Verses, Blossom punch, Convention, CASE

It’s Sale-A-Bration party time!

Stampin’ Up!’s yearly special event — Sale-A-Bration — began January 24th and runs until March 31st.  Are you ready for FREE Stampin’ Up! product?

I invite you to participate in my 2012 Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Catalog Party.

I’m sponsoring a $1000 catalog party. I need 10 participants to share this fantastic mini catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure with friends, family and co-workers and each participant to collect $100 in orders (before s&h and tax).  Each participant will receive her own FREE copy of the Idea Book & Catalog, Occasions Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Brochure (if you don’t already have them).

Email me — stamp4sanity@gmail.com –  that you’re in, and want to start collecting orders! Let me know which of the following you would like me to bring or mail to you:

• 2011-12 Idea Book & Catalog
• 2012 Occasions Mini
• 2012 Sale-A-Bration Brochure
• Order forms

Turn in your orders to me by March 15, 2012

Your name will be put in a drawing for the hostess rewards and exclusive Sale-A-Bration hostess offerings from  this $1000 party.

Everyone will be a winner!!!

Two (2) winners will receive an Exclusive Designer Tote!

Two (2) winners will receive Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack, as well as the Sprinkled Expressions Stamp Set.

Four (4) winners will receive a 50% off coupon for any item in any current catalog.

Five (5) winners will receive $35 to use on exclusive hostess items or any other catalog merchandise of their choice.  All those who place personal orders of $50 or more will receive a Sale-A-Bration item of their choice for every $50 they spend.

Plus, the participant who collects the most in sales (over $100) will receive an additional  ribbon/embellishment sampler valued at over $50.

The drawing is based on 10-$100 or greater orders.  Prizes may increase or decrease depending on participation level.

MORE DETAILS

You may collect $1000 in orders from your family and friends and collect the above goodies to share with all those who placed orders, if you want, or you may simply collect a minimum $100 in orders to qualify for one or more prizes/gifts listed above.

It really is that easy!

You can access the new catalogs here or request your complimentary copies today (See above.).

Once you see the catalogs, you will realize how easy it will be to collect $100 in orders from your friends! You will want to jump on this opportunity to get your FREE catalogs and FREE products.  Email or call me so I can get your “care package” out to you right away!

Now, check out this cute card, made with Sale-A-Bration freebies:

Don't you just love this sentiment?

Supply List: Paper — Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla card stock; Ink: Poppy Parade Marker, Soft Suede Stampin’ Pad; Accessories — Sponge, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Snail, Fancy Flower Punch; FREE-with-$50-purchase Sale-A-Bration Items — Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper, Sprinkled Expressions Stamp Set

Tags: catalog party, designer-series-paper, everyday enchantment, fancy flower punch, sale-a-bration, sprinkled expressions

My Digital Studio — FREE trial!

Stampin’ Up! is offering a FREE 30-day trial of My Digital Studio Express.  With this FREE trial, you’ll get:

* Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days.
* Full design functionality.
* Exclusive artwork that comes with My Digital Studio Express—that’s $50 worth of content!
* Opportunity to purchase additional downloads from designer templates to stamp brush sets to ribbons to brads and more!
* Access to Stampin’ Up!’s professional print services.

This is a great opportunity to try your hand at digital scrap-booking, card-making and crafting to see if it is for you. With My Digital Studio all of your digital images, punches, etc… will coordinate with all of your other Stampin’ Up! products, so you can easily create hybrid projects, combining digital print projects with “real” rhinestones, pearls, ribbons and more, to give your projects added dimension!

Simply add the FREE My Digital Studio Express trial (#129600) to your online shopping cart, and then download and install it from your Download Manager.  Download it from my Online Store.

Click  HERE to see a variety of projects made with a dash of creativity and My Digital Studio! As you’ll see, it’s a great tool to use for:

• scrapbook pages
• full scrapbooks or photo albums
• calendars
• recipe books
• greeting cards
• home decor
• flyers
• letterhead
• website embellishment
• and so much more!

Once your trial period expires, simply contact me to purchase the downloadable or disc version of the software to continue enjoying My Digital Studio.

My Digital Studio: (#118108, $79.95)
Packaged DVDs with full software and robust digital content; includes nearly 2,000 stamp brush sets, embellishments, designer templates, punches, Designer Series Papers, card stock, and more.
That’s more than a $500 US value.
See included content here.

My Digital Studio Express*: (#124483, $39.95)
Downloadable version with full software and just enough digital content to get you started .  See included content here.
Only available as an online order. *Add additional content to My Digital Studio Express with Express Booster Packs—a downloadable, or DVD version.

Give it a try. What have you got to lose? It’s FREE!

Tags: Digital Studio Express, digital-crafting, digital-scrapbooking, My Digital Studio, Online shopping

I’m gonna learn to love these days!

 

My friend, Robin Merriman, shared this video on her blog this morning! It was just what I needed! I don’t know about you — I suspect it’s the same for most of us — but I tend to get lost in the lists, especially this time of year! I have little slips of paper and notebooks and pads all over my house and car with lists of gifts to buy (and wrap), cookies to make, people to call, cards to send, Christmas dinner dishes to create, and more!

So, I feel guilty…that I don’t get it all done. That I don’t focus on what I should be focusing on. That I’m so caught up in the hustle-bustle of the season that I’m short-tempered and not as loving and kind as I want to be. That I have lost sight of the reason for the season. That I don’t find time to just be still.

As Robin reminded me this morning, “…in all the craziness, all the rushing and madness and losing my mindness remember, God is still God. He is still on His throne. He is holding us tight and loving us every minute of every day. His son Jesus is who we celebrate during this special season and He came not only to bring us salvation, but peace and joy!” How could I say it any better than that?

So, I’m going to keep Robin’s words and the words to Mandisa’s awesome song in my mind throughout Christmas! I’m gonna learn to love these days!

 

Tags: Christmas, Christmas-cards, Come-to-Bethlehem, handmade-cards, rubber-stamping, stampin'-up!, wonderfully-worn