Tis the season to Host a workshop......

Good Morning

I have just received information from Stampin' Up! regarding a new promotion starting today that runs until the end of December 2008!

Host a qualifying £150 workshop and you can chose one of the following stamp sets for free.

Item No Pg Stamp Set Retail Value

109467 17 Wondrous Gift £19.95
107930 20 Snow Flurries £9.95
110528 56 Friendly £14.95
110536 60 Seasonal Wishes £15.95
109324 91 Dotted Autumn £12.95
105979 91 Cold Play £24.95

There is a limit of one free stamp set for every qualifying hostess order. If you don't have a current catalogue you can check out the stamp sets on the website www.stampinup.co.uk please remember every hostess receives a catalogue too!

While anytime is a great time to book a workshop, November and December are even better. In addition to the already generous hostess benefits, you can earn an additional free stamp set! Please email me to book a workshop ajpapercraft@btinternet.com.

In addition to this any orders placed between the 10th and the 30th November that are over £20 can have 20% off our brand new textured card-stock £7.40 at the promotional price for 24 sheets (31p a sheet) and the rub-ons packs at £6.


Happy Stampin'

Amanda

Going Going Gone.............

This is just a quick note to tell you that Stampin' Up! has announced it's 2008 retirement list of stamp sets and accessories and they are available for you to buy during September or whilst stocks last at a discounted price. The Hostess sets are retiring too so if there is a particular one you really really want you need to book a workshop with me during September.

We are getting a fantastic new catalogue on the 1st October 2008 and therefore some stamp sets and accessories have to retire to make room for all the lovely new things we are bringing to you.

Attached here you will find a copy of the retiring list of stamps and accessories many of the stamp sets have £2 off. Some of my favourites are retiring, Natures Wonders, Mixed Bouquet, Roses in Winter, Unfrogettable and Bold Butterfly, so don't delay place your order as once they are gone, they are gone!

You can view an on-line version of the catalogue here

A retirement gift from me..................all orders placed with me via email that include retired items during September will be delivered direct to your door for only £2.

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.

3 offers for August

The are 3 special offers for August, a Stampin' Up! offer on Designer papers and  my special offers on orders made before 21st August and new demonstrators who sign up with my team by the end of August.

Check out the posts below or email me for more details         ajpapercraft@btinternet.com

My Sizzling Summer offer

As a special offer for the summer, any orders placed with me by post or email between 1st – 20th August will have 10% discount and if your order is over £45 it will be postage free, orders less than £45 will be charged £2 for postage. I will place the orders on the 21st August, so your order will be with you by the end of the month.

Please email me ajpapercraft@btinternet.com for ways to pay.

Pick a pack of Pretty papers

The Stampin' Up! August offer is......................, if you buy three packs of Designer Series Paper, you'll get a fourth one FREE! Each pack retails at £8.50 and includes 12 double-sided sheets (two each of six designs).  You will find the papers on pages 72 & 73 of the catalogue.

It is sold as a bundle item No 114425 and there is no limit to the number of bundles you have!

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!

Back from Newbury

Newbury was a fantastic show, I met lots of lovely crafters and I had a full workshop of 10 lovely ladies, it was really hot that day so thank you so much for coping in the heat!  Pictures of the workshop will follow in the next few days.

My fellow demonstrators and I all made stamped items for our goodie bags and the pictures below are some of the items I made, a card, a bookmark (giant paper clip), a chocolate favour and a notebook. All simple designs but lovely.

You will also see the made with love stamp on the back.  Stampin' Up! is an 'Angel' company which means it is happy for you to sell your creations using Stampin' Up! images but you need to have a copyright Stampin' Up! sign on the product, they can only be hand stamped images but there is no limit to the number of products you can make.  We sell a lovely stamp set with them in, but I always have my set of these stamps available to my customers if they wish to borrow them.

You only have 2 more days to take advantage of the extra special sign up offer from Stampin' Up! of a free stamp set of your choice from the catalogue, email me for more details and see the post below.

Join in JULY !

Would you like to join a fantastic home-based business that allows you to set your own hours around your family or work, make fantastic new friends and share your passion for stamping and scrapbooking?

Stampin’ Up! allows you to meet your individual goals, whether you want to build a full or part time career, earn money to buy your crafting supplies or just buy products at a discount.

Stampin’ Up! provide their Demonstrators with amazing business and creative support, with regular training sessions, monthly workshop ideas and a magazine, and a great demonstrator web site. Together with my support, a team website, project ideas and training, achieving your dreams are just an email away!

I have a fantastic time running home workshops and classes, sharing my passion for stamping and I get such a sense of achievement when I know that someone discovers the enjoyment and creativity that stamping offers. I would love to share this fantastic opportunity with you!

My commitment to you, is to support you to achieve your goals and dreams with Stampin’ Up! Join my team and receive unlimited support, ideas and have loads of laughter and fun! 

I have 8 demonstrators in my team and we are spread all over the UK so email me for more info!!          ajpapercraft@btinternet.com

Join Stampin' Up! now and you'll recieve an additional free stamp set of your choice, but hurry this offer is only to the end of this month.

Join in June AND July

During June and July, it’s easier than ever to join the Stampin’ Up!® family.

From 15 June to 31 July, when you become a demonstrator, in addition to the fantastic Starter Kit, you’ll receive a FREE stamp set of your choice from the Idea Book & Catalogue 2007-2008 —up to a £41.95 value!

That means if you become a demonstrator before 31st July, you could start out with over £300 of Stampin' Up!'s high quality, one of a kind stamping products for just £155 !

June Specials

I have not 1 but 2 June Stampin' Up! specials for you.

The first is an amazing 30% off 2 different products, the promotion is called Two for You and includes a tin with stamps, ink and a punch, the second is a stamp set for more details please see the flyer at the end of the post.

The second amazing offer is called Escape, and the promotion is all about Escaping the electronic age and writing notes instead, it is a bundle of products at 25% off and includes a fantastic stamp set, punch and some love notes ( they are 3" square cards and envelopes) for more details please see the flyer at the end of the post.

Postage will be 5% of your order ( normally postage would be £3.95 or 5% which ever is the greater) and the products come direct to your home so I guess that's 3 offers!!!!!

Happy Stamping

Happy 40th Birthday to me!

Yes today is the day, I'm 40 !

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes I have received, I love to hear from you all.

Only a few days left for my free postage offer, it's valid until 31st May 2008, and remember all orders placed with me this month will be entered into a draw for your choice of stamp set in the catalogue, that is ANY stamp set.

May Specials Continue

Wow May is certainly turning into an amazing month, I've had some wonderful Stampin' Up! workshops hosted by some amazing ladies and met lots of new people crafters and non- crafters alike, we've made lots of projects and have had lots of fun and laughter along the way.

The very best thing about Stampin' Up! is the way it brings people together, home workshops are all about having fun and expressing creativity, it most definitely is the best job in the world!

However, I know that some people aren't able to host a home workshop, (although do email me I am very happy to travel!) so there are a couple of different things you can do to get your hands on Stampin' Up! goodies.

Place an order with me via email and I will get the goodies sent directly to your home via DHL.  Normally the cost of this is £3.95 per order or 5% of the goods total which ever is the greater.  However for the rest of May 2008 if you place an order with me for £20 or more I will pay the cost of your postage.

The second option is to host a catalogue party, I can send you a copy of our current catalogue and order forms, you share this with your friends and family collect orders and again I will pay the postage for this and get the entire order sent to your home.  Please email me for more details.

Just in case you missed the announcement earlier on.......everyone who places an order with me this month will be entered into a prize draw, the prize is a stamp set of their choice from the current catalogue.

One last thing the Stampin' Up! May special is also still continuing see earlier post for details.

I'm on the front cover !

I'm so proud, I've just got my copy of Cardmaking & Papercraft issue No53 June 2008 and I'm on the front cover with the caption "I turned my Hobby into a career".

The article is on page 36 and 37 and shows some wonderful pictures of a workshop I attended at Runways End with a bunch of very talented scrapbookers earlier this year, one of the picture was taken by Helen who is one of my downline team, so thank you so much for doing that for me.

The article is all about Stampin' Up! and how much I enjoy being a demonstrator, it is absolutely the best job in the world!

Do email me if you want to find out more about Stampin' Up! as a home business opportunity.

Do go and get a copy, I'll be posting copies of the cards shown later on this month.

In the meantime, my May specials for my birthday continue anyone who places an order with me during my birthday month will go into a prize draw for a free stamp set of their choice from the Catalogue.  Yes that is ANY stamp set.  It does include all orders already placed with me at workshops already this month.

1000+

Wow you did it!!!!!!

We hit 1,000 late last night, so as promised I have some blog candy to give away!

Oh So Lovely Stamp set, this is a level 1 hostess set and is cut and mounted ready for you to use, and because our card stock and ink is so fantastic and you definately need to use it with your new stamp set I will also give you an ink pad, colour of your choice and a mixed pack of cardstock.

So what do you need to do?

Simply leave a comment on this post with your choice of colour of ink pad.  Like our card stock our ink comes in 48+ different colours with the most amazing names.  Have a look at the website catalogue page 70 and 71 to see them.

And for those of you who have left comments on previous posts you will get 2 chances to win as a special thank you for visiting regularly.

I will use random generator to pick the winner at 12 noon UK time on Thursday 1st May 2008.

A Wheely great deal!!!!!!

We've got a great offer starting on the 1st May.

Purchase a qualifying stamp set and receive the coordinating wheel at 50 percent off!

Options, prices, and bundled item numbers are listed below:

113422 Carte Postale bundle
Includes Carte Postale stamp set and the Leaves á la Carte jumbo wheel £29.93

113423 Seeing Spots bundle
Includes Seeing Spots stamp set and the Spot On jumbo wheel £19.93

113425 Polka Dots & Paisley bundle
Includes the Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set and the Petals jumbo wheel £22.93

113427 Close as a Memory/Vine bundle
Includes the Close As a Memory stamp set and the Watercolor Vine jumbo wheel £22.93

113430 Close as a Memory/Joy bundle
Includes the Close As a Memory stamp set and the Watercolor Joy regular wheel £21.93

You can order this from 1st May....it Wheely is a great deal!!!!!!!

April Special Offer

For April Stampin' Up! are running a 10% offer on Simply Sent Sets.

These are wonderful kits for both new and experienced stampers.

Each kit contains a set of step-by-step instructions, diecut rubber stamps, all the ink, chalks, cards, envelopes, ribbon and glue to make lovely cards.

You will find the kits on page 74 and 75

109907 Simply Sent Happy Day Now £44.96

109911 Simply Sent Sending Happy Thoughts Now £44.96

And as a special Blog offer from me anyone email ordering one of these kits from me will get a free catalogue or free postage, just let me know what you would prefer.

March special offer

Promotion Details:

Host a £350 workshop between 1 -31 March 2008 and earn an EXTRA £25 in hostess awards!

That is in addition to your free hostess stamps and free products so you would earn

1 level 1 or level 2 Hostess set

AND

£40 of free products

AND

£25 of extra free products

Stampin' Up! February Special

If you purchase £35 of Stampin’ Up! products during February you get 25% off one of the following 2-Step Stampin’ sets:

Item 105755 Mixed Bouquet Pg 42 Special offer £21.71
Item 109439 Big Bold Birthday Pg 35 Special offer £20.21
Item 104014 Shapes & Shadows Pg 54 Special offer £22.46

You can have one 25% off stamp set for every £35 spent so if you spend £70 you can get 2 sets of stamps at the special offer price.

As always I can take your order via email.

Now the extra special news is.......I will also give you free postage and packaging throughout February 2008.

These stamp sets are fabulous Mixed Bouquet is one of my favourites so lots of samples on their way!

London Open Night

I had a wonderful time at the Open Night.  Lovely people, great stampin' demo's and lots of fun and creativity.  

It was great to meet Shelli The Co-Founder of Stampin' Up! ( in the picture above) , Paula UK Manager, Donna, Kelly and the team behind Stampin' Up! and lots of like minded Stampin' people.

Watch out for a February Special to be launched tomorrow.