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Sweet Cake Birthday Card…

by michelle on May 9, 2012

I’m quickly popping in to show off a card I made for my daughters 13th Birthday using new products from the Stampin’ Up! Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

I have used our new Sweet Shop Specialty DSP (page 23) and the Sweet Cake Stamp Set (page 24) for the co-ordinating cardstock I used Early Espresso (I know the suggested one is Soft Suede, but this matches too…) and Pool Party PLUS the cherry on top has been scented using our new Cherry Scented Stampin’ Emboss Powder (Page 22)

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Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com to order any supplies used on this project or to host a workshop and I can show you how to make this project.

I can take orders from anywhere in Australia and have it shipped directly from the Stampin’ Up! Warehouse to your door. Shipping costs are $5.95 or 5% of your order, whichever is greater.

Any orders of $300 or more qualify for hostess benefits (see page 7 in the catalogue for more details).

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com or 0413 045 584 to place an order.

 

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Sorry I haven’t been here for a while but I have been busy working on projects that I cannot photograph and show until later, but I just had to stop by and tell you the latest news :)

Have you toyed with the idea of joining Stampin’ Up! to start your own business or get your craft products at a discount, WELL!!! do I have some great news for you, starting tomorrow Stampin’ Up! is offering a fully customisable Starter Kit for new recruits at a new lower price of $169!

When you Join Stampin’ Up!, the choice is yours to put together a kit with any current high-quality products–you can choose up to $235 worth of any Stampin’ Up! products! AND you will also receive a business supplies pack (valued at $80) to create a kit with a total value of $315 that still ships for FREE!

STEPS TO JOIN MY TEAM

  • Log onto my  Stampin’ Up! website at www.michellemartin.stampinup.net, then click the Join The Fun tab in the top right, then click the Join Now button on the left.
  • You will then be at the Electronic Agreement and the Online Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) section, you will need to read and acknowledge both agreements by clicking the checkboxes then click continue ((I can send you the IDA by e-mail if you want to read it beforehand)
  • Then choose $235 worth of current products from our catalogues (it would be a good idea to have these written down before you start). Make sure you also click to receive the FREE business package.
  • Enter your personal information. (have your Drivers Licence handy)
  • Review and double check the information and the items you have ordered and that my name is there as your upline
  • Enter your credit card information to pay for your kit.
  • You will then be shown a welcome new recruit video by the Stampin’ Up! CEO Shelli Gardiner.

WELCOME TO MY TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEED MORE REASONS TO JOIN STAMPIN” UP!

If you were to go to a prospective employer and say you wanted a job, but there were a few stipulations (see below), what do you think they would say?

  • You want 20% of everything you sell (30% on your first order, but must be within 45 days)
  • If you have a good month, you want to earn up to 32% of everything you sell
  • You want to work from home
  • You want to set your own hours, sometimes you might work during the day and sometimes at night, whatever suits your life at the time
  • If you bring new employees to the company you want a share of their sales
  • You want  a website that the company will create and administer for you
  • You want the company to provide leads to you
  • You want training provided
  • If you do ‘really really’ well, then you want a FREE trip for you AND YOUR HUSBAND/PARTNER to a tropical paradise
  • You want to have fun at work
  • You want to stop for a chat and a coffee ‘at work’

OK, now that you have got up off the floor and stopped laughing…. I am here to tell you, all of this IS possible.

Stampin’ Up! has endless opportunities, and YOU get out of it what YOU put into it.

You have the choice of being a ‘Hobby’ demonstrator to pay for your stamping supplies, being a part-time demonstrator as your ‘second job’ just because you love it, or making it a full-time career, no matter what  you choose Stampin’ Up! will help you do it.

I have enjoyed every moment of Stampin’ Up! since I joined, and have gained a great new set of friends in my Stampin’ Up! group, so give me a call on 0413 045 584 to discuss becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in more detail.

DISCOUNT DEMONSTRATOR:
Likes the idea of buying stamps for personal use at a discount and occasionally sells to friends and family. The minimum amount required to maintain your demonstrator-ship is $440 (incl of GST) per quarter

SHORT TERM DEMONSTRATOR:
Sells for a short period of time to earn a specific amount of money and stops when the goal is reached. There are no penalties if you choose to drop your demonstrator-ship because you have all the items you require.

HOBBY DEMONSTRATOR:
Loves doing workshops and earning extra money when it is convenient, works a lot some months and very little other months, likes to do workshops that are easy to book, doesn’t like to work too hard to book workshops. Stampin’ Up! only encourages Workshops, but you are not required to conduct them, I personally know a number of demonstrators who have never held a workshop (and never will), but they still manage to maintain their demonstrator-ship between their own orders and from family and friends (and still get their discount).

CAREER DEMONSTRATOR:
View Stampin’ Up! demonstrator-ship as a viable business with long term career potential, pursues management and wants to move up the career ladder, loves attending Stampin’ Up! events and has developed close social relationships with other demonstrators, works at her business in a consistent and outgoing manner. You will get out of it what you put in, I joined at first just for my own personal discount and through my passion for the products have built up my own little Stampin’ Up! empire, all of this on top of full-time work. If you want to do YOU WILL.

 

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Carryovers from the Summer Mini…

by michelle on April 1, 2012

If you are kicking yourself for not getting your order in on time from the Stampin’ Up! 2011-2012 Summer Mini, then I might have some good news for you, some items are carried over so that you can still order them after the mini has retired, these items are:

 

 

 

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The 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini has arrived…

by michelle on March 31, 2012

Click on the link below or on the catalogue in the sidebar to have a look at all the FABULOUS new products, I will be back with more information and details on the exciting new stuff that we have, but meanwhile have a look for yourself.

 

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YOU only  have 6 more days to become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator FOR LESS… while I advocate that ANYTIME is a good time to join Stampin’ Up! why not join at a time when you more value for your money. The fully customisable Starter Kit, valued at $610 is normally $289 and is currently available for $249 PLUS you get to choose any FREE stamp set from the catalogue, with the most expensive stamp set in the catalogue being $77.95 that is a saving of almost $120.

The minimum sales required to keep your demonstrator status has decreased to $440 (incl GST) per quarter, that is only $37 per week, most die hard crafters can do that on their own without making sales from other people AND you get to shop from home, have your products delivered directly to your door AND you know that everything is going to co-ordinate… need I say more…

If that is not enough to tempt you Stampin’ Up! has also increased demonstrator commissions from April 1st and introduced a new demonstrator program that gives you the chance to qualify for more FREE stuff. Some people join just to get their craft goods at a discount for themselves and friends/family, some use it as a part-time or full-time income, it’s entirely up to you.

There are no hidden clauses, if you join and find it is not for you and you have not made your minimum sales for the quarter, you will cease to become a demonstrator, you do not need to give back any of your kit or pay anymore money because you got your kit at a discount. What do you have to lose, you can have all this for $249, then buy your own craft items at a discount.

 

For more details, have a look at the Join My Team Tab above, you can also join by clicking onto my Stampin' Up! website at www.michellemartin.stampinup.net but please give me a call first on 0413 045 584 to discuss customising your kit and your FREE stamp set.

 

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Flip Notes Gift Set…

by michelle on March 4, 2012

Today I am sharing a project that I hope to have in my ‘Ministamper shoppe’ which is coming soon, I have purchased a heap of these Flip Notes in a variety of colours (which it just so happens coordinate perfectly with our Stampin’ Up! colours). The Flip Notes are a hardcase notepad that can be thrown into your handbag without the paper being damaged and they are perfect for any age.

I have been making up gift boxes that contain the Flip Note, two refill pads and another gift item (so far I have used chocolates, book markers and Jewellery), I have given them as gifts to my friends family and also made quite a few for my 12 year old when she goes to Birthday Parties.

The one below was for my daughters friend, the card was made using the Sprinkled Expression Stamp Set from Sale-A-Bration.

I made the box and insert in Whisper White and edged a sheet of acetate with a colour to match the Flip Note, the acetate cover slides over the box.

Inside the Jewellery pouch is a gorgeous little name on rice dangle, inside is a grain of rice the words Hope on one side and Friendship on the other (you can choose anything). I purchased multiple vouchers through a Living Social deal from the company Matchless http://www.matchlessonline.com.au/name-on-rice-jewellery and I have to say their service was fantastic. I left my purchase to the last minute…a couple of weeks before Christmas… and I needed 14 of these made for my daughter to add to her schoolfriends Christmas gifts,  placed my order (each dangle was individual… colours, flowers etc so they weren’t already made up)  and they were shipped to me East Coast-West Coast of Australia in a week.

 

If you wish to receive e-mail updates of my posts, just click on the subscribe button on the top right of the sidebar, you can also Join My Mailing list to receive my newsletter.

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com to order any supplies used on this project or to host a workshop and I can show you how to make this project.

I can take orders from anywhere in Australia and have it shipped directly from the Stampin’ Up! Warehouse to your door. Shipping costs are $5.95 or 5% of your order, whichever is greater.

Any orders of $300 or more qualify for hostess benefits (see page 7 in the catalogue for more details).

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com or 0413 045 584 to place an order.

 

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Simply Adorned, Simply Beautiful…

by michelle on March 3, 2012

If you receive my newsletter you will see that this wording has come straight from my latest newsletter… no point in fixing something that aint broke….

Today I want to share a project I made recently, I made one for my niece’s 18th birthday and another for a girlfriends 40th (and of course one for myself…LOL…)

I used the larger Bevelled Glass Front Charm from the ‘Simply Adorned Charm‘ range on P7 in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalogue, I then added a small length of silver chain and a silver clasp to make it into a gorgeous bag dangle. I wanted the recipient to be able to change the look of her bag dangle… depending on her mood or to colour coordinate (of course)… so I created multiple inserts which I enclosed inside the birthday card (you can see these in the picture).

The charm itself comes presented in a beautiful gift box, which, as you can see from the picture, I have decorated to match the birthday card. I also added a couple of sterling silver charms to the chain for added dimension, these were quite expensive, and I regretted not buying a couple of Simply Adorned Baubles, also on P7 of the mini, as they would have been just as nice, and more cost effective.

I still cannot believe that I did not buy these when the mini catalogue first came out, to be perfectly honest I just thought that they were too expensive, but now after seeing them in person (and having a look at similar products in bead shops) I realise that they are worth every penny, and are fantastic when used for ‘special’ gifts… as I have done.

These are limited edition items and will not be available after the mini catalogue retires on the 31st March.

This is the matching card and gift box…

I have used a variety of Designer Series Papers, Stamp Sets and Stampin’ Techniques to create these fabulous little inserts, it was so much fun, but boy was my workbench a mess…

I knew I wanted to make multiple inserts and the idea to place them in the card like this came from a fellow demonstrator on our Stampin forum Deb Speijers, thanks Deb :)

A close up of the bag dangle outside its box…

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Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com to order any supplies used on this project or to host a workshop and I can show you how to make this project.

I can take orders from anywhere in Australia and have it shipped directly from the Stampin’ Up! Warehouse to your door. Shipping costs are $5.95 or 5% of your order, whichever is greater.

Any orders of $300 or more qualify for hostess benefits (see page 7 in the catalogue for more details).

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com or 0413 045 584 to place an order.

 

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Embossed Butterfly Notepad…

by michelle on March 2, 2012

The minute I opened my Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration brochure I knew I would be making a replica of the butterfly notebook, that’s the beauty of our catalogues and brochures, they are designed for inspiration or to simply just copy… so if you see a project in our catalogue that you love, just copy it…

This is my version (i’m sorry I can’t show you the brochure image, but have a look at the brochure on the side ), I have used the Fresh Vintage Stamp set to emboss on the Butterfly on soooooo many projects,  I just love it, I hope you do too…

Bye for now.

 

If you wish to receive e-mail updates of my posts, just click on the subscribe button on the top right of the sidebar, you can also Join My Mailing list to receive my newsletter.

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com to order any supplies used on this project or to host a workshop and I can show you how to make this project.

I can take orders from anywhere in Australia and have it shipped directly from the Stampin’ Up! Warehouse to your door. Shipping costs are $5.95 or 5% of your order, whichever is greater.

Any orders of $300 or more qualify for hostess benefits (see page 7 in the catalogue for more details).

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com or 0413 045 584 to place an order.

 

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Decorated Candle Boxes…

by michelle on March 1, 2012

If you follow my blog you will be aware that I love giving goods ‘my craft touch’ and these candle boxes are no exception. I buy these gorgeous candles in Bali, and luckily for me they come in a plain kraft… or should I say crumb cake… box ready for my Stampin’ Up! touch.

I use a 1-3/4 circle punch to create a ‘window’ and a you can see from the picture I have used  a variety of Designer Series Paper to decorate, I will add a sentiment when I am ready to gift them.

I hope you like…. any questions, just ask :)

 

If you wish to receive e-mail updates of my posts, just click on the subscribe button on the top right of the sidebar, you can also Join My Mailing list to receive my newsletter.

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com to order any supplies used on this project or to host a workshop and I can show you how to make this project.

I can take orders from anywhere in Australia and have it shipped directly from the Stampin’ Up! Warehouse to your door. Shipping costs are $5.95 or 5% of your order, whichever is greater.

Any orders of $300 or more qualify for hostess benefits (see page 7 in the catalogue for more details).

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com or 0413 045 584 to place an order.

 

 

 

 

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Flirtatious Kindle Cover…

by michelle on March 1, 2012

I just popped in to show you this very special project. One of my fellow demonstrators is having a health issue and will be spending quite a bit of time in hospital, so myself and a few other demonstrators from our team decided that a Kindle Reader topped off with a special handmade ‘Stampin’ Up! Style’ cover would be the perfect gift

I have been itching to make one of these for a while after seeing it on the chic ‘n scratch blog, so I couldn’t wait to make it. The recipient is into butterflies & bows, so I thought the Stampin’ Up! Flirtatious fabric would be perfect for the cover & used Stampin’ Up! fabric adhesive to attach a die cut butterfly from our Beautiful Butterflies Die, I was very happy with the result and so was the recipient.

I loved it so much that I made myself one the next night using the Stampin’ Up! Timeless Portrait fabric…did you really expect, me not too…LOL…

I love our Stampin’ Up! fabric, it’s the best quality, really nice to work with, the 3 fat quartes coordinate perfectly…AND you can make a card to match your gift.

 

If you wish to receive e-mail updates of my posts, just click on the subscribe button on the top right of the sidebar, you can also Join My Mailing list to receive my newsletter.

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com to order any supplies used on this project or to host a workshop and I can show you how to make this project.

I can take orders from anywhere in Australia and have it shipped directly from the Stampin’ Up! Warehouse to your door. Shipping costs are $5.95 or 5% of your order, whichever is greater.

Any orders of $300 or more qualify for hostess benefits (see page 7 in the catalogue for more details).

Contact me on michelle@ministamper.com or 0413 045 584 to place an order.

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