Bookmark card a design process

I wanted to share the design process with you of how a card starts out and where it ends up! Steph one of my lovely downline and I attended a workshop together a couple of weeks ago as it was her first one and she asked me to design a bookmark card as one of the make and takes.

The picture below is my first one, I was just playing around with design ideas, working with bits of card I had on my table. I knew I wanted to have Close to Cocoa in the design and the Mr & Mrs stamp set because of the matching Forever Flowers wheel. 

Steph suggested Pretty in Pink and I wanted to add more dimension to the card as it seemed quite flat, the picture below is of the final card. I liked it so much I made 30 of them for the High Wycombe swap, although it was a labour of love to cut out 30 tiny Flowers and paper pierce around the edges of both the mat layer and the scallop circle.

In the picture below you can see the inside of the card, if you click on it you will see a larger version and you will be able to make out the perforated line, this is made using the cutter kit and a metal ruler.  That is where you detach the bookmark from the card.

Supplies

Close to Cocoa Card stock
Pretty in Pink Card stock
Very Vanilla Card stock
Chocolate Chip ink
Stampin’ Pastels
Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon
Dazzling Diamonds
Tombow multi purpose glue
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Snail

Equipment

Forever Flowers wheel
Mr & Mrs Stamp set
Cutter kit
Scallop circle punch
1 ¼” circle punch
Cropodile
Crafters tool kit
Paper snips

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Stampin' Up! Conference

We are getting a Stampin' Up! conference for Europe to be held in Frankfurt, Germany on the 6th and 7th November 2009.  This is going to be a wonderful event for demonstrators and I am hoping that my whole team will be able to attend, we are all saving up!

There has never been a better time to join my team of demonstrators, still running is the Sale-a-bration promotion till the end of February which means you get over £240 of products for £139 and you also can choose a free stamp set of any value from the catalogue ! I would love you to join me and my team of Inspiring Inkees for the friendship, support, inspiration and fun we share and of course the discount on your products and the ability to earn extra income.

You will find a question and answer section of what being a demonstrator means here.

I will of course match special sign up offers given by other Stampin' Up! demonstrators for stamp sets or free products so why not email me or call me 07890 426945 to talk about how you can start your Stampin' Up! journey with me and my team.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda 

Congratulations

During December 2 of my lovely Inspiring Inkin' team promoted to Bronze 2     Lydia and Rhoda congratulations ladies well done.

The cards I made are using Textured cardstock I started with a 6" x 6" piece and scored and folded at 4" to give a card where the front was only 2".  I then scalloped that edge, love the border punch and stuck a piece of Whisper White card stock behind it of 3" x 6".  The diamonds where made using the scallop square punch, now usually I say stamp the image then punch, but not this time, it's so hard to line up to get the diamond shape so punch then stamp.  I used matching ink to card stock So Saffron and Certainly Celery.  The sentiment is from the Congratulations SAB set which you can have for free with an order of £45 email me.  FREE STAMPS........How Fab!  and the card was finished off with some Whisper White grosgrain ribbon.

Here is a close up.

I have been doing lots of stamping, most of it is for my up coming classes see the link here for details and I do like to keep most of the details a surprise for my lovely customers who attend but I will share some sneak peaks with you over the coming days.

I have also set myself a mission for today...........make 40 Thank you/Sentiment free cards..........well I need lots for my thank you's for my hostesses and online orders and cards for my team and well for lots of things........(my words aren't quite flowing today! sorry) I have lots of scraps I can't bear to part with so pop back and see what I have accomplished!

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Join my team

There has never been a better time to join Stampin' Up! as an Independent Demonstrator.

The start up costs are low, £139 for £240 of products and you will receive an additional stamp set of your choice from the catalogue during January and February 2009 as part of Sale-a-bration.

To sign up with Stampin' Up! you need to do so through another Demonstrator who is called your upline, now in the UK there are more than 200 Demonstrators so why should you choose me?

I'm a positive, enthusiastic person who loves to create and share that with others. I adore rubber-stamping and all of the products that Stampin' Up! stock. I joined 14 months ago when Stampin' Up! launched in the UK and I am now one of the highest titled demonstrators in the UK and have a team of 22 demonstrators spread from the Shetland Islands to Penzance, they are wonderfully creative and my inspiration. I teach Card making and Papercrafting across the UK and undertake design work for Making Cards magazine.

By signing up with me will become part of my team Inspiring Inkin’, and I’ll provide you with all the help and support you need — but I will never push or pressure you to do more than you wish to. Whether your goals are to just support your paper-crafting or stamping habit or you want to build a successful business, I am here to help. I will be here for you at all times – all you have to do is call or email me!

I run quarterly meetings for my team, they always have stamping at it’s core but will also be focused on business topics and skills, so whether you are a demonstrator who has joined to just get your discount or intending on building a business there will be something to interest you at these meetings. Inspiring Inkin’ is a fabulously active team of people who love what they do and share what they love with others!

What will I do as a demonstrator?

You will share your love of paper crafting, creating cards, gifts or scrapbook pages with family and friends and perhaps friends you have yet to meet. You can do this through running in home workshops, classes, events or even on a 1 on 1 basis. If you choose to, you will also help others enjoy the fun and flexibility of running their own Stampin’ Up! business. But if you just want to buy your products at a discount that is absolutely fine.

Will I receive support and training as a demonstrator?

You certainly will, in addition to the above I offer to run a first workshop for new demonstrators if they haven't been to one or would like me too so they can see the type of things to do. I send out regular emails, project ideas and give all my team information on the classes and projects that I do to help and inspire them. I also celebrate their successes with cards and gifts and reward promotions and sales with stamp sets and products.

On top of that, Stampin’ Up! provides the following:

A password protected demonstrator website which has lots of resources, pattern and template libraries and online ordering.
A full colour monthly magazine called Impressions with creative and business ideas just for demonstrators.
A free phone number to contact the knowledgeable and friendly Demonstrator Support team.
An achievable incentive program for income and awards if you choose to aspire to them.
A training DVD and field trainings are run throughout the year by head office.

What if I decide it’s not for me once I’ve started? Will I be penalised if I quit?

You simply stop placing orders. If you don’t meet the minimum quarterly requirement, Stampin’ Up! will just “drop” you—no penalties, no questions asked! Well apart from me…….. I’ll check to make sure you are okay and ask if I can help, but if you’ve decided to finish that’s fine. But I guarantee that once you start you won’t want to stop!!

I love my business, and my team are a vital part of that business, I would never have achieved the promotions and awards I have without them.

This is absolutely the very best job I have ever had, sharing and teaching paper-crafting and rubber-stamping isn't really work is it? I can even do my design work at home in my PJ's!

I would love you to join my team for the friendship, support, inspiration and fun we share.

I will of course match special sign up offers given by other Stampin' Up! demonstrators for stamp sets or free products so why not email me or call me 07890 426945 to talk about how you can start your Stampin' Up! journey with me.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Promotions for the team

During November lots of my team promoted I always make them a card to say well done.

Here they are and look, new stamp images.........I wonder what they could be??

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

2 Team projects today and one of mine

More team projects today, this time Tessa and Elaine.

Tessa's card uses the fab Loads of Love truck with her Stampamajig to make a great moving house card.


Elaines card made sure we where seeing stars for the morning, isn't it fab!

And finally a Coaster Calendar, this was my shoebox swap project, I will be doing a mini tutorial on this over the weekend.

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

3 team projects today

Here are 3 of the projects from my lovely team shoebox swap.

First up is Naomi with a fab Summer by the Sea card.

Then Helen with a pocket Silhouettes Bagalope, I'm running a Pocket Silhoettes class next year and I can see a similar project will be part of it!

And finally for today the lovely Hayley and a card using the canvas background stamp, stem sayings and Oh a stamp set you haven't seen before..........perhaps you'll have to pop back nearer 1st January 2009 to find out more!

Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Inspiring Inkin' Team Meeting

Saturday was our very first Inspiring Inkin' team training day, we had a wonderful time, full of fun and creativity.  Today I will share with you some of the projects I designed for the team and  over the coming days I will share with you the projects that my very talented team designed for the shoebox swap.

First up, the notebooks, you may remember from my last post that I had an accident with a pair of scissors.......well it was over the notebooks I bled, so I had to remake 6 of them!  Here are the newly designed ones!  Although our day was designed to be lots of fun, there was quite a lot of training elements too, finance and hints and tips on building a successful business was our theme this time, so they all needed a notebook for their notes!

Now CD's, I have been building a team website with the help of my brother and we hope it will be finished over Christmas but meantime I had lots of documents I wanted to share with my team so they are all on these CD's, it includes all the worksheets for all the classes I have run this year and lots of other support documents on building a successful business.

My projects, we didn't get time to complete everything but these are the some of the projects I had planned, more details to follow for them individually later this week.

And finally, I only managed to snap one picture of people!  But I did manage to catch 2 new team members on the left is Naomi, she's next to her lovely up-line Hayley and then just in the background is Tessa.  What a fab team x

More tomorrow

Happy Stampin' 

Amanda

Amanda's Inspiring Inkin' class list

This autumn I am running a series of papercraft workshops, in a local hall in Fareham, Hampshire.  If you would like to book a class, or to be included on my mailing list please email me your details               

 ajpapercraft@btinternet.com

I look forward to seeing you

Amanda x 

Mum and Me

Come on out with your kids for a morning of paper crafting and stamping fun! This is a creative event where you will have a lot of fun and make some beautiful projects to take home. Everyone will make a card handbag or a box with 4 cards and envelopes to fit inside, also a bookmark and a door hanger. All the materials needed will be provided and a drink and a snack (except glue, please bring a glue stick or roller).

10 – 1pm Saturday 13/09/08 (Booking closes 5/09/08)

Class cost £17.50 for mum and me, an additional ‘me’ (a maximum of 2 children per adult) are £7.50

This class is not suitable for children under 5.


Christmas cards made easy

Get a head start on your Christmas cards this year with this fantastic card making class. We will be making 14 cards, 3 each of 4 designs and 2 special cards to wow and amaze those special people in your life. The class fee includes a stamp set (value £20.95) and all the materials you need ( except glue). The class is all day, hot and cold drinks will be provided, please bring a packed lunch.

10 – 4pm £35 Saturday 11/10/08 (Booking closes 30/09/08)

9.15 – 3pm £35 Friday 17/10/08 (Booking closes 05/10/08)

Emergency Card Class

Make 12 cards and 2 boxes, perfect for a variety of occasions, to keep on standby or great for a gift! We will use stamps, stickers and diecut shapes to make beautiful cards. . All the materials needed will be provided (except glue).

10am – 1pm £15 Monday 3/11/08 (Booking closes 24/10/08)

Minibook

Have you wanted to start to scrapbook your photographs but not sure where to start? This is an ideal class for you. We will make a 6”x6” minibook and learn about choosing photographs, layouts, products and ways you can preserve your memories. All the materials needed will be provided (except glue).

10am – 12.30pm £15 Tuesday 18/11/08 (Booking closes 7/11/08)

5% discount on all Stampin’ Up! orders placed at any class.

13.........Lucky for me !........and for you !

Wow my team is now 13, well done to Marilynn who has signed up Lorna so now Inspiring Inkin' reaches the very tip of the UK, Penzance to be exact!

This is such a wonderful job and if you are looking for work that can fit around your family, employment or other commitments that allows you to be creative every day and share what you love doing this is definately the job for you! The starter kit is an amazing £265 worth of product that you get for £155 please email me ajpapercraft@btinternet.com    for more details.

So to celebrate my lucky 13 I'm offering a £30 product bonus to anyone joining my team during August, now that can be direct to me or as a downline to any of my current team.  You can choose your goodies from any part of the catalogue......so don't wait!

Watch out for more special offers in August!