Welcome Gift Idea - Painted Wishes Card Kit

Still time to make Holiday cards or New Years cards!

My Dad's side of the family Christmas party was this past weekend.

I am extremely close with many of my cousins.

I lived with my Aunt Janice and her family when I was in my early 20's.

I have stayed close, like a daughter to her, and like a sister to her kids (my cousins).

My cousin Kelly and I shared a room when I lived with them.

When I was visiting with her during the party she was admiring the Christmas card I made for her.

She said she has taken to sending New Year's cards because then she can include a family photo that is taken during Christmas.

Her children are spread out over the US, two in WI (one near Milwaukee and one in Madison) and two in other states (one in California and one in Louisiana).

Christmas is the one time per year that all four of her children (and their families) are home.

As I said to her, I love the IDEA of a New Years card!

It extends the Holiday spirit!

So, if you feel too much pressure to get out Christmas cards, think about New Year's cards, Hello friend cards, or even thinking of you cards.

A card at any time is special and welcomed by the person receiving it!

Make a card! Send a card! Anytime!

Marking occasions is something that is important to me.

If it is for you, then maybe you would consider this AWESOME gift idea?

The beautiful new Painted Wishes Card Kit!

No stamps or ink required!

It is the perfect gift for someone with little supplies or experience crafting.

It allows the maker to feel creative - similar to art projects when we were kids.

The project is all laid out and all you have to do is assemble!

They are stunning with beautiful sentiments!

The kit includes:

  • Enough supplies to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs
  • 9 coordinating envelopes
  • Printed card bases, printed die cuts, adhesive, sequins, and gold cord (No stamping needed).
  • Sentiments come in English, French, German, and Dutch; they cover birthday, thank you and friendship.
  • Finished card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
  • Lovely coordinating colors: Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Moody Mauve, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, and Wild Wheat

Make the cards!

Get a kit for yourself and put the cards together to give as a gift with a book of stamps!

Get a kit for yourself and put them together to have quick cards on hand when you need them.

You can't go wrong!

You are providing someone with a token of your appreciation and friendship either NOW as a gift or in the future when you make and send the card!

 

Nov Card Kit in the Mail - 2023

Christmas Card Kit in the Mail! Christmas Card Camp Two!

The LAST Card Kit in the Mail for 2023 is closed for ordering!

You can get your next Card Kit in the Mail in January 2024!

We are offering our second of two Card Kit in the Mail that are all Christmas Cards!

Time to order your NOVEMBER Kit! Only being offered for FIVE DAYS!

Cards shown above were from LAST MONTH's kit! There will be different cards this month!

Pull out your favorite Christmas sentiment stamps and get yourself ready for this all new Christmas card designs!

Kit is available to order until Friday November 24 at 9 pm central time!

The kits will be mailed out by Monday December 4.

Choose single kit: 4 cards designs for $14, double kit (2 of 4 designs) for $25, or triple kit (3 of 4 designs) for $36!

Christmas Card making fun!

The kit will contain all the pre-cut supplies, color photo instructions, embellishments, envelopes, specialty adhesives and other fun items you'll need to create the projects.

You just need to stamp and assemble the cards!

Cards shown above are from a past kit. They are shown as a sample of the quality of the card designs.

Card Kit in the Mail is stamping fun brought right to your door!

Make them when it's convenient for you!

Relax and have fun, all the "hard work" is done for you already!

Order a double or triple kit and Invite a friend over to make cards with you! 

Get this kit while you can!

All kits will be mailed no later than Monday December 4.

 

Online Stamp Camp - Home for the Holidays

I'll be joining forces with my friends Lyssa and Kristine for a Home for the Holidays Stamp Camp!

We'll be holding a perfectly-sized mini camp on Friday, November 10th.

We hope you can join us!

We know time is precious on weekends as the holidays approach, so we’re hoping this four-hour mini camp will enable you to have your fall weekend fun and still get some stamping in.

Things will kick off with either Lyssa or Kristine at 6 pm central time.

Lyssa will be creating some fun projects using the Fragrant Forest and Graceful Deer background stamps.

You can order them in advance so you'll be ready to stamp with them that night.

Or just watch the presentation, then create with them the next day!

She promises to show both FALL and HOLIDAY ideas with those fun stamps.

I can't wait to see the beautiful things Lyssa and Kristine will create!

Please join the fun and help me overcome my nerves, as I present for only the SECOND TIME EVER!

I'm focuing on some easy to overlook, but should NOT be missed stand alone dies called Handcrafted Elements.

Snowflakes are my favorite images for the Holidays and winter occasions!

Because I LOVE SNOWFLAKES, I'll be showcasing a large majority of my projects using the Sparkling Snowflakes Bundle!

I think you'll agree, once you see the fun things I'm sharing that night!

If you haven't gotten these items yet, you'll want to get them on an order soon to have for Friday Nov 10! 

There will be stamping techniques you can try, card ideas, 3D items including a treat holder!

I want to WOW you with cute but FAST project ideas!

After our three idea-packed live presentations we’ll have open stamping in a private Facebook chat room where we’ll make an ADDITIONAL Christmas project all together.

How fun is that??? I've only done one other Online Stamp Camp, but our afterhours chat room crafting was my favorite part.

Lyssa, Kristine and I know you LOVE your snail mail, so even though this is a shorter camp with a lower price, we’re still dedicated to sending individual holiday cards to each of you after the event!

WOW! Happy mail three times??!!!

Combined with the multi-page full-color PDF file with complete measurements and instructions, you will definitely go away from this stamp camp feeling spoiled and inspired!

Ready to join us for the Home for the Holidays mini camp?

Here are the details:

  • Live presentations start at 6 p.m. central time Friday, Nov 10th
  • Optional live stamp along at 9 p.m. CT
  • Everything is recorded so you can watch it until December 31st, 2023.
  • Cost $20 per person, payable to paypal.me/songofmyheart
  • please put Lori STAMP CAMP on the Paypal note
  • Important: make sure your Paypal email and address is up to date!!
  • watch for an email invite to the private Facebook group closer to the weekend!
  • Questions? Reach out to lori@duchessofdesign.com

We strive to make our Stamp Camps full of fun and loads of ideas!

Join us!

 

October 2023 - Card Kit in the Mail - Christmas Cards

October is Christmas Card Kit month!

They are our favorite and most popular kits for the year!

We are introducing our first of two Card Kit in the Mail that are all Christmas Cards!

OCTOBER IS SOLD OUT! Check back for Novemeber!

Cards shown are from a past kit and are not going to be in the kit offering this month!

First of two ALL CHRISTMAS CARD KITS!

KIT ONE IS SOLD OUT! 

Pull out your favorite Christmas sentiment stamps and get yourself ready for all Christmas card designs!

Kit is available ot order until Sunday October 22 at 9 pm central time!

The kits will be mailed out by Monday October 30.

Choose single kit: 4 cards designs for $14, double kit (2 of 4 designs) for $25, or triple kit (3 of 4 designs) for $36!

Christmas Card making fun!

The kit will contain all the pre-cut supplies, color photo instructions, embellishments, envelopes, specialty adhesives and other fun items you'll need to create the projects.

You just need to stamp and assemble the cards!

Cards shown are from a past kit and are a sample of the quality of the cards included in kits!

Card Kit in the Mail is stamping fun brought right to your door!

Make them when it's convenient for you!

Relax and have fun, all the "hard work" is done for you already!

Order a double or triple kit and Invite a friend over to make cards with you! 

Card Kit SOLD OUT! Check back soon for the November Card Kit!

All kits will be mailed no later than Monday October 30.

35th Anniversary Choose Your Option

Calling all stampers!

I want YOU! to join the Court of Creativity!

 

Start Your Stampin' Up! Journey

Love being creative? Join my team and become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator today!

If you love to craft and thrive being part of a creative community, then becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator may be the perfect opportunity for you. Sign up today and choose to get either 35% OFF your Starter Kit or 35% MORE product with your Starter Kit!

Plus, get a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit in your Starter Kit AND a FREE registration to our virtual OnStage@Home event on 11 November! Want to know more? Take a look at our Demonstrator Benefits!

DEMONSTRATOR BENEFITS

  • Get 20%–25% off all Stampin' Up! products.
  • Exclusive early access to new products.
  • The opportunity to earn a modest supplemental income based on your sales.
  • Support through online training resources, events, and a demonstrator-only online community with thousands of project ideas.
  • Access to regular promotions.
  • Learn creative tips and techniques, share ideas, and come into contact with new friends and teammates who love paper crafting as much as you do!
  • New demonstrators who sign up for a Starter Kit from 3–31 October also receive a FREE registration to our virtual OnStage@Home event on 11 November—a $77 value! OnStage is a demonstrator-only virtual gathering where you’ll have the chance to meet and learn from other demonstrators, craft (of course!), watch fun presentations, and learn
  • how to make the most of your demonstrator journey, so you don’t want to miss out

Choose Your Starter Kit

Join us as we celebrate our 35th anniversary and choose your favorite Starter Kit option:

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the cost of your Starter Kit ($125 worth of product for $64.35)
Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with your Starter Kit (spend $99 and get $168.75 worth of product)

No matter which one you choose, you’ll also receive:

• A business supply pack, which includes brochures, catalogs, order forms, and other resources to get you started.
•Free shipping for your Starter Kit!
•A free Paper Pumpkin kit! (Ask me for more information about this subscription service.)
• New demonstrators who sign up for this offer will also receive free registration to our virtual OnStage@Home event on 11 November—a $77 value!

Need more information?

Go to my STARTER KIT page!

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Step 1: Click on the JOIN TODAY BUTTON

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September Card Kit in the Mail 2023 Happy Fall Y'all

Time to think about Sunflowers, Pumpkins, and leaves changing colors!

Our September Card Kit in the Mail  is called Happy Fall Y'all and is SOLD OUT!

 

We will use items from the Annual Catalog and the Holiday Mini Catalog.

 

The card designs will be for All Occasion cards! 

 

You can use whatever greetings you have on hand so you can change them up for another occasion if you'd like.

The kits will be mailed out by Saturday September 30.

 

Card shown is from a past kit and is shown as a sample of the quality of the cards.

Cardmaking made easy!

 

The kit will contain all the pre-cut supplies, color photo instructions, embellishments, envelopes, and specialty adhesives you'll need to create the projects.

 

You just need to stamp and assemble the cards!

You can choose: Single - 4 cards, Double - 8 cards, Triple - 12 cards, or if you just need the ideas grab the instructions!

 

Card shown is from a past kit and isn't a sample of actual kit.

Card Kit in the Mail is stamping fun brought to your door!

 

Make them when it's convenient for you!

 

Relax and have fun, all the "hard work" is done for you already!

 

Invite a friend over to make cards with you! 

 

Check back in October and November when we'll be making Christmas Cards!!!

 

 

My Story - A little help from my friends

Card making with friends! There's nothing better!

I'm very excited to get to do some card making with one of very best friends this weekend.

It's fun to stamp with friends, but this weekend is some SERIOUS business!

She is going to help me finish up some projects that HAVE TO BE DONE before this weekend is over!

They are the projects I need to take to my Leadership Conference next week with Stampin' Up!

It is only fitting that she is the one helping me, because my friend Penny is the whole reason I'm a Demonstrator.

Well, maybe not the whole reason, but she SURE helped me along the journey!

I was introduced to Stampin' Up! because of her!

She took me along as her guest to a party she was invited to back in 1997.

We were BOTH blown away by the products!

We KNEW we wanted to do a party together and booked that day! 

About a month later, she and I teamed up to host a party at her apartment!

This is the FIRST catalog I ever got!

It all begins!

After that I became a loyal customer to Stampin' Up!

I was the FIRST PERSON to place an order at any party I attended!

I attended lots of parties (There was no such thing as online ordering back then) under lots of Demonstrators.

I was not loyal to just one person. I hadn't met my "person" yet!

I would just order BIG to help my friends who hosted, because I had a HUGE WISH LIST.

It took another 7 years to decide to get a Starter Kit!

You see, I was placing regular monthly orders.

I was constantly browsing the internet for ideas!

My hobby was relaxing and FUN when my full time job would sometimes be stressful and difficult!

You see, I didn't want another JOB, I just wanted the discount from Stampin' Up!

There must be a way!

I looked around more! I attended all the parties.

No one struck me as someone who cared about WHAT I WANTED.

Then I found Noel!

SHE WAS MY PERSON!

She was MY DEMONSTRATOR!

She talked about how I could get a discount on my products!

She talked about something called being a Hobby Demonstrator.

It all made sense to me, WHY NOT buy from myself and get all the things I was getting, but get them at a discount?!

Smart decision!

I saved money, but gained SO MUCH MORE!

I gained a group of other Demonstrators that were just as caring and supportive as Noel!

This was the FIRST CATALOG in my Starter Kit!

ACCIDENTAL DEMONSTRATOR!

So, while I jumped at the chance to be a HOBBY DEMO or Happy Shopper.

Meaning I placed orders for myself at a discount (I'm happy) and for a few friends (they're happy).

But really, ACCIDENTAL DEMONSTRATOR describes me better!

I never wanted to be a Demonstrator at all. I didn't want to HOLD PARTIES.

That was going to be WORK!

I just wanted to get what I had on my WISH LIST for a discount.

Then it happened!

I made a Christmas card for our friend Debi.

My sister and I went out to a Holiday dinner with her.

I handed Debi the envelope with the card I made and then I excused myself to the rest room.

I came back out, and Debi said, "This card is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Your sister told me YOU MADE THIS CARD!"

I blushed at the compliment and then said, "Yes, I did."

She went on to say, "Your sister also told me that you sell Stampin' Up! products and that YOU COULD TEACH ME HOW TO MAKE THIS CARD!"

I thought oh no what just happened?! but weakly stammered, "Yes. I can teach you."

We set a date and planned the projects. She invited several people over to make cards.

You see, I stepped out of the comfort of making cards for fun and was THRUST into the role of Demonstrator accidently.

But, it didn't last long, I still didn't hold parties very often.

Because I never asked anyone to host a party.

They would HOST, but ONLY WHEN they ASKED ME.

Usually it would happen when I gave them a card or a scrapbook page and they wanted to make it and invite friends over to make it too.

I never even asked anyone for an order, but sometimes someone would ask me if they could order from me!

I even had a couple of people ASK ME if they could join my team!

Boy, was I nervous about that!

I didn't feel like I knew what I was doing! I couldn't understand why someone would want to join my team!

Lol! I didn't see that I was their NOEL! They were comfortable with ME. 
They saw that I wasn't pressuring them to do anything they didn't want to do!

I just was their biggest cheerleader.

For the next 5 years, I fumbled around, happily content to be an Accidental Demonstrator.

I didn't HAVE TO DO ANYTHING MORE because I had the security of great full time job.

Stampin' Up! was really my hobby.

Even after I had lost my full time job in Feb 2008 and was out of work for nearly 9 months I stayed being a Hobby Demonstrator!

The reality was I had an amazing opportunity in front of me. I could've pursued Stampin' Up! with a business mindset.

But, at that time I didn't. I didn't see it for what it COULD BE!

In October 2008 I was blessed with another great full time job at a great place.

By July 2009, I had whittled down the WISH LIST I started with. I felt like I had enough stuff.

I knew I could still order from my friend Noel if I wanted to. 

So, I stepped back from being a Demonstrator to being a customer.

She didn't make me feel bad. She let me do what I needed to do for me.

Longest MONTH of my life!

After a month, I missed it!

I missed the friends I had made along the way!

I missed gathering with my fellow Demonstrators!

I missed the ideas that were shared BEFORE anyone else saw them!

I felt like something was missing from my life!

I started to realize there was an amazing opportunity in front of me!

I had loved being a Happy Shopper, but I knew I wanted MORE!

It was a fun hobby, but I knew it could be a business.

A business that I could love!

My mindset changed and I joined again in August 2009!

I made a vow to myself that I wasn't going to just PLAY AROUND any more.

I wanted to build something that I could do when I retired from my full time job.

I knew THE TIME had arrived!

For the first time I had a clear vision of what MY business needed to be for me to be HAPPY in the long run!

I told my friend Penny that I wanted to RESTART my business and I asked if she would HELP ME!

I asked if she would HOST a party for me.

She said yes, and in September she and her teenage daughter Stacy invited four other people to their house.

I wasn't nervous! I was relaxed! I just wanted everyone to have fun!

I just wanted to share the joy I had when I crafted!

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN that when I asked if anyone wanted to hold their own party I got 4 bookings!

I couldn't BELIEVE it!

Two ladies, Anna and Delores, each booked two Christmas Card Camp parties (they each hosted in October and then again in November).

They had a great time and wanted to share the fun with their family and friends!

It wasn't an ACCIDENTAL Demonstrator anymore!

Penny's party was 14 years ago, and EVERYTHING has changed!

Noel is no longer a Demonstrator, but because I know I was led to her bigger team, I am still among GREAT FRIENDS!

I have incredible support and inherited the most amazing leader in Jessica Taylor! I am where I am supposed to be!

I have built a wonderful business that is personal and geared to be EXACTLY the way I want it to be.

My business includes a team of other Demonstrators who WANT TO BE on my team because I'm THEIR person!

I'm their Demonstrator! We've found each other!

Some of them are business minded and some are Happy Shoppers!

Some come in for awhile and get all the things they want with their discount and then step away.

Knowing that they can order from me when they want, or can come back whenever they want.

Funny thing!

I still don't ask people to order from me, or to host parties, or to join my team.

I just share my joy!

I share the information!

I share project inspiration!

I try to help people maximize their rewards!

I try to pay attention to their needs and share ideas that might be helpful.

THEY can see THAT I'm having fun!

They are having fun too!!

Really, who doesn't need a little stress relief?

Who doesn't need a little FUN TIME!

Thank you for reading my story!

I'd love to be your creativity coach!

I'd love to help you let your INNER ARTIST shine again!

Remember that little nugget of joy you would feel when you made something?

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