Archive for Dynamic Demonstrators
Fran Sabad’s Petal Card Punch Tag Box
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I would like you to meet Fran Sabad
Fran Sabad from Lexington, Kentucky joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: What is your biggest challenge and how are you working to overcome it?
[Fran Sabad]: I think my biggest challenge is getting on the phone and making
those calls. I’ve set a number of calls that I’m challenging myself to make each week and have posted it where I have to look at it every day. Guilt is a great motivator and I’m trying to get to the point where I’m not on the phone all day on Fridays!
Fran Sabad’s Petal Card Punch Tag Box
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
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stampersblog.franticstampers.com.
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• Punch Template Categories Template (DOC)
• DBWS – New and Improved Features
• Color Challenge
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BJ Peters’s Scalloped Flower Pins Tutorial
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I would like you to meet BJ Peters
BJ Peters from Hastings, Minnesota joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: What is your biggest seller?
[BJ Peters]:
I sell a lot of Big Shot machines and dies. I think it is because I use it all
the time and really point out the values, features and versatility of this
product..
BJ Peters’s Scalloped Flower Pins Tutorial.
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• Stitched Scallop Video by Stamping School
• Adding Your Personal Touch
• Stampin’ Up! Dates to Remember
• Catalog Bookmark Template (PDF)
• Etsy
• Color Challenge
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Cynthia Grantham’s Card Trio From The Lovely Flowers Bundle
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Cynthia Grantham from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Do you have any organizational tips?
[Cynthia Grantham]: My Calendar in Outlook is my life! I schedule everything there so that each day I get up and my calendar tells me exactly what to do. For example: If I’m planning a Stamp of the Month Club for the last Thursday of every month then here are the tasks I would schedule on my calendar.
- Design the Class: 6 weeks before
- Advertise the Class: 4-5 weeks before. I use Constant Contact and Kijiji for my advertising.
- Order in the stamp sets 3 weeks before the class.
- Send out the 1st reminder 1 week before the class and cut for the class.
- Send out a second reminder 2 days before the class.
This system has worked because I have very few no shows to a class. Participants order and pay for their stamp set at the previous class. Because they can see the projects in advance, it helps them to stay excited about upcoming events.
Cynthia Grantham’s Card Trio From The Lovely Flowers Bundle
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cindyloustampingguru.typepad.com.
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• Color Coach Poppy Parade Video by Stamping School
• Holding an Open House
• Stampin’ Up! Dates to Remember
• Starter Kit Flyer (Single)
• Career Plan Revisions: Retitlement
• Color Challenge
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Georgia Giguere’s Folding Album
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Georgia Giguere from Mendota Hgts, MN joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
Anything you would like to share that has worked for you lately?
[Georgia Giguere]:Workshops! I’m really enjoying putting the emphasis back on workshops in my business! It has breathed new life into my business! I forgot how much easier it is to do workshops than classes!
Part of the reason that it’s easier is that I use my club projects for my workshop projects. So that cuts down my prep and planning to just a few projects each month rather than many! I can do the same workshop many times rather than develop a new class that I may do only once.
Georgia Giguere’s Folding Album
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
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Take a moment to drop by and visit Georgia Giguere’s blog at
http://www.stampinwithgeorgia.com.
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• Oragami Wedding Card Video by Stamping School
• Wedding Open House
• Stampin’ Up! Dates to Remember
• Color Renovation Customer Flyer
• Color Renovation Overview
• Color Challenge
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Lisa Freeman’s Flower Card
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Lisa Freeman from Chesapeake, VA joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our
Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Do you have an example of something that has worked for you lately?
[Lisa Freeman]: What I try to do each month is pick about 10 products to showcase. I try to do all of the projects around those items. Like last month, I concentrated on the scallop square die, the 2 tags die, 2 kinds of DSP, the I Heart Hearts set, the Vintage Vogue set and more. I pick the items ahead of time and then focus on those for all of my make and takes. Usually, my customers will buy whatever I show them so I try to do a variety of things but use them all throughout the workshop. I try to create a couple extra samples using these same products so as I am demoing them, I pull out the other ones too to show them another way they can use it if they purchase it. It seems to work pretty well. By the end of the class, they can’t wait to get these items.
Lisa Freeman’s Flower Card
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Take a moment to drop by and visit Lisa Freeman’s blog at
stampingwithlisa.com.
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• Pastels Shadow Box Technique Video by Stamping School
• My Digital Studio Marketing Strategy
• Stampin’ Up! Dates to Remember
• Clear-Mount Stamp Tutorial (PDF)
• Now is the Time to have a DBWS!
• Color Challenge
and more…
Karla Anders’s Spring Hat Box
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I would like you to meet Karla Anders
Karla Anders from Madison, Wisconsin joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing
and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Do you have an example of what has worked for your business lately?
[Karla Anders]: About a year and a half ago I started a design team with 4 of my Downline, who are business builders. We meet at my house once a month. I make a fancy dinner for them and we plan Stamp Camps, Clubs and Downline Meetings. It has worked out great! Everyone designs and plans out a project, has a say in how the Camp or Meeting runs, can advertise the Event(s) with their customers and takes a share of the profits. The best thing is that no one has to come up with the idea’s all by themselves.
Karla Anders’s Spring Hat Box
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
Take a moment to drop by and visit Karla Anders’s blog at
http://StampinwithK.blogspot.com.
If you’re a Marketing & Technology Newsletter subscriber, this project instructions and full interview is in your inbox.
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• Creamy Craft Inks Video by Stamping School
• Your Business Scrapbook
• Stampin’ Up! Dates to Remember
• Revised Workshop Template (PDF)
• Let’s Get Connected on Stampin’ Connection
• Color Challenge
and more…
Heather Sewczak’s Desk Calendar
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Heather Sewczak from Dacono, Colorado joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Any tips regarding the project you are sharing?
[HES]: I use individual file folders for my card stock. I leave the large pieces in the front of the file folder and the smaller scraps in 4″x 9″ ziplock bags from the paper store organized by color in a small tub – not stacked on top of each other, but vertically so you can see the colors when you open the box. I always check the front of the folder and the scrap box before I cut into a new piece to eliminate waste.
I hang my punches on 2 cheap curtain rods on the wall in my craft room (thanks to one of your previous dynamic demonstrators!), and many of my embellishments and scrap ribbon go in magnetic containers that hang on a cute board on the wall. My husband built me a ribbon caddy with a round base and three dowels, so they come off easily when I need to take them with me.
Heather Sewczak’s My Digital Studio Zip Disk Desk Calendar
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Lynsay Mahon’s Circle Punch Christmas Tree
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Lynsay Mahon from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Any organizational tips?
[LM]: Sometimes I have a hard time remembering to tell my stampers about the promotions that are on. What I did was put a dry erase board in my classroom and I write down what’s current. This reminds me to tell them, and even if I don’t, they know to look there for the promos.
Lynsay Mahon’s Circle Punch Christmas Tree
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Lynda Glassmoyer’s Slipcase with 3 Books
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I would like you to meet Lynda Glassmoyer.
Lynda Glassmoyer from Whidbey Island, WA joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). I always ask my
Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: What have you done to retain your downline?
[LG]: My downline has been spread all across the country from the very beginning, so I have offered a yahoogroup for them for many years. We do a monthly card swap by mail (taking turns hosting it), and I lead a monthly teleconference, too. And I’m really big on encouraging them to come to Convention every year to get to know their upline and sideline “family”. Locally, I also host get-togethers, too. I have observed that retention is directly associated with “connection”. Obviously there are many who choose to stay away and not participate, but those who do participate tend to stay in longer and have more productive businesses.
Lynda Glassmoyer’s Slipcase with 3 Books Tutorial
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Shaunna’s Christmas Wall Hanging
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I would like you to meet Shaunna Smith
Shaunna Smith from joined us from Arlington, Tx as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Do you have any organizational tips?
[SS] : Three come to mind:
1. I make photocopies of the index (label) sheets before I use them and keep that copy in the stamp set box. When I get a wayward stamp and can’t remember which set he’s from, the copies help me identify his home. They also let me know if a set is missing a stamp.
2. My 8-1/2 x 11 card stock are in hanging file folders by color family and then in alphabetic order. I use the box bottom files and put two colors per hanging file. In front of each color is a manila file where the scraps of that color go. I go through the scraps first before I cut a full sheet.
3. When working on a project, I keep a large box by my workspace. As I finish with a product or tool, it will go into the basket. Then at the end of the day or work time, I just carry the basket around my studio putting things away as I go.
Shaunna’s All I Want For Christmas Wall Hanging
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
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Meet Elaine Paget
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Elaine Paget from Kamloops BC Canada joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our
Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Any tips you would like to share?
[EP]: I run my Stamper Clubs so that members can bring friends, they can choose the days or evening they can come, doesn’t have to be the same day each month, this allows people who work shift work to be able to attend, bring others and allowing extra’s, helps to keep my Clubs full. The Tag Alongs, then see what we do and go on the waiting list for next year, I also reward these people depending on the # of classes they attend in the current year. I have had 4 S10 clubs now for 4 yrs, so my method works great for me. I run my clubs from Sept to June and have the summer off for myself. If anyone wants the details on how I run my S10 Clubs email me stampin@ocis.net and I will be happy to share more.
Elaine’s Spooky Photo Wallet
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
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Take a moment to drop by and visit ‘s Elaine’s blog at
www.gglitter.typepad.com.
Meet Melissa Stout
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Melissa Stout from Kokomo, IN joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Any tips regarding the project you are sharing?
[Melissa Stout]: My project is easy to modify if you want to add more pencils. Simply add 1/4″ to the width for each additional pencil. This is a fabulous teacher gift!
Melissa Stout’s Pencil Case
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
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www.thestampdoc.com.
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• My Digital Studio Review
• Color Challenge
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Meet Sue Farrant
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Sue Farrant was born and raised in Ireland and is now settled in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Any tips for organizing that you would like to share?
[Sue Farrant]: I love how I have my larger “scraps” of cardstock. All my half sheets, quarter sheets and first layer sizes are in a plastic dollar store bin (I must own about 50 of these bins) . I have dividers for each colour family and when I go to make any card I go to this basket first. It sits right on my desk. Having it handy is key to using it for me!
Sue Farrant’s Whirl Around Mini Album
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Meet Jeannette Swain
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I would like you to meet Jeannette Swain
Jeannette Swain from Centreville, Virginia joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this
month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our
Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing
and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: Any tips regarding the project you are sharing?
[Jeannette Swain]: It’s pretty easy. Just use lots of adhesive so it doesn’t fall apart. I suggest glue dots.
Jeannette Swain’s Big Shot Flower Daisies
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© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
Take a moment to drop by and visit Jeannette Swain’s blog at
http://www.stampsnwhatnot.com/.
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• Clock Sales Display
• Dates to Remember including Promotional Graphics
• 10 Reasons to Scrapbook Flyer
• Scrapbooking Press Release Template
• Color Challenge
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Meet Kristina Koch
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I would like you to meet Kristina Koch
Kristina Koch from Langley, British Columbia joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our
Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.
CPP: What is your biggest challenge and how are you working to overcome it?
[Kristina Koch]: My biggest challenge is organization. Keeping myself organized & balanced in all areas as my business grows is very challenging. Many times I feel that I can’t keep up! To help me with this, I have done a few things. I now have 2 assistants that help me with prepping for classes, clubs, workshops, etc. and unpacking & sorting orders. For clubs & workshops I use the same projects for the whole month. The girls prep & label these all at once. I limit myself to how much time I spend answering emails & being on the computer. I also make a lot of lists! I guess I am working on delegating the part of my business that doesn’t “need” me so that I can work on the part of my business that only I can do.
Kristina Koch’s 3 x 3 Scalloped Envelope Box
Images © 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®
© 2008 CraftyPerson Production
Take a moment to drop by and visit Kristina Koch’s blog at
http://www.thestampinspot.com.
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• Distressed Window Sheet Card Video by Stamping School
• A Calendar to Track Your Monthly Tasks
• Dates to Remember including Promotional Graphics
• The Square Rules Flyer
• Color Challenge
and more…
I have two versions, one for demonstrators to send to their downline (SUDL
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More Details Here.
