30% off stamp sets!

Hi Stampers   With select stamp sets and digital bundles available at 30% off, now is the perfect time to give scrapbooking a try with our National Scrapbooking Month promotion! You and your customers will get 30 percent off a wide selection of scrapbooking products including Select stamp sets Select professional print products for My Digital Studio Special digital download bundles for My Digital Studio This is the list of stamp… Read More »

Plant Hope

Hi Stampers  I meant to show this card on Earth Day but I forgot!  The image is from the Plant Hope Stamp Set from the 2010/2011 Idea Book and Catalog.  I love the sentiment that goes with it – He who plants a tree, plants hope. The tree is image is te Bonsai Tree.  Bonsai is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers.  The image was colored in… Read More »

Direct Sales is not for Whiners

By Jennifer Fong It takes work to make a direct sales or network marketing business profitable. You have to get on the phone. Talk to people. Make sales. Go to meetings. Focus on professional development and team development. Yes, there’s a lot to making direct selling work. And can I tell you a secret? Negative people rarely make it in this business. Why? Because you can’t waste your energy. There’s… Read More »

What’s Up

Hi Stampers Time is running out to take advantages of the following promotions/specials: Free Shipping; no taxes.  Ends on 30 April 2011- Click here for all the details Free Stamp Set of the Month: Ends 30 April 2011 –  This month it is Sunny Fun from the Summer Mini.  All you have to do is place any size order and your name is automatically entered into the drawing. Join Now:  Take Stampin'… Read More »

DBWS Online Training Forum

  Stampin' Up! has created a DBWS Online Training Forum similar to Stamping Connection and MyDigitalStudio.net. This online training forum will be a great resource to get your DBWS (Demonstrator Business Web Services) up and working efficiently for you!  If you haven't signed up yet, go here: http://dbwsonlinesupport.com/main/authorization/signUp?  Once you are signed up, you will have access to the forum, be able to post comments and questions, view training information and video,… Read More »

5 Ways to Find Your Hidden Talents

Apr 20, 2011 – American Express Open Forum According to the dictionary, a talent is a natural endowment of a person. It is an ability or natural capacity that we have, which may range from our creativity to our athletic abilities. We all have them, but we are not always so good at identifying what they are. Sometimes they can be right in front of us, and we miss them.… Read More »

Thoughts and Prayers

Hi Stampers   Today's card features the Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set.  I love the two graceful, calming nature images and sentiments that are in this set.  A very simple and quick card to make.  The image and sentiment were stamped on Very Vanilla Card Stock using the Baja Beeze Classic ink pad.  I embossed a line all around the card about 1/4" inch from the edge and let them… Read More »

Cost Analysis Sheet

By Ann Clemmer Here is a cost analysis sheet I did in Excel for my downline for catalog items & demo items like forms, bags, etc.  The TAX/SHIP column is the catalog price + tax & shipping (tax is computed on shipping in the CostList2010-11.xls sheet and only on the product in the CostList2010-11-TaxNet.xls sheet)   The DISCOUNTED column is price + tax & shipping less the discount noted at the… Read More »

Tuesday’s Tool Tips

 Hi Stampers It's Tuesday and time for another tool tip (reminds me of the show, Home Improvement with Tim Allen)!    Enjoy easier use, greater storability, and larger more intricate designs with our new punch body style.  How to Take Care of Your Punches – Punches are among the most durable of  cardmaking and scrapbooking tools. Storage of punches – Store paper punches, scrapbook punches, and craft punches in a… Read More »

Friends Never Fade

 Hi Stampers Hope every one had a wonderful weekend and were able to spend it with family and/or friends.  A friend of one of my customers bought a gift certificate for my customers.  I made the below card to go along with the gift certificate. The flower image from the Friends Never Fade Stamp Set was colored in using Wild Wasabi and So Saffron Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on Very… Read More »