My launch event / thank you party day - NEW Catalogue 2023 - Colour Refresh & More

Well it was a busy few weeks getting ready - but my first all-day Elizabeth's Craft Room Retreat went down a storm with my lovely ladies!  Apologies for the photo and video heavy post here.

We did launch party activities in the morning where I talked through the colour refresh, shared some of my favourite new products and offered my customers the chance to partake of my launch promotion 'Liz's Lovely Launch Loot. 

If you haven't heard of this before, it is a way of me clearing out my retired, pre-loved Stampin' Up! goodies and my ladies getting free items to take home when they order. I run it like Sale-A-Bration so they pick one retired stamp set for a £45 order or a bundle or two stamp sets for £90. 

To see a 3 minute video of our day - click here. 

I always get questions about my display stands. I made them myself using old fashion metal laundry airers and foam board. Unlike commercial velcro boards they are light and I can easily get my cards lined up straight - which makes my brain happy! LOL 

For my ladies the most ordered item was the Crafting with You bundle, second was the Cheerful Daisies bundle and third and fourth respectively were the Bubble Bath and Lemon Lolly ink pads.  

Here are some of my favourite display projects - feel free to CASE (copy and share everything!) 

After a lovely lunch. we made 5 little projects including a reverse colouring Cheerful Daisies card and a new colour sampler. Just for information while almost all my ladies made the other projects only about half made the colour sampler. It is always interesting to note what is popular isn't it? 

Finally another popular stand was the sign up for my latest fancy folds class featuring the Countryside Inn DSP and 10 fun fold cards. I had so many sign up, I am going to need to squeeze 3 extra tables in my teaching room! 

And you can teach it too! Find out more about this ready-to-teach class HERE. 

I hope you had or will have a good launch event - small or large, online or in person - sharing what we love is the best way to build your business and make Stampin' Up! friends for life! 

Fancy Fold Library part 8 - Online class now available - featuring all new Stampin' Up! products

Well here we go with a brand new Fancy Folds class - do you love Fancy Folds as much as me?

And best of all it features all new pre-order goodies from the Stampin' Up! catalogue!  

We have 10 Fancy Folds including a Peekaboo Box Card, a Multi-tiered Step Card and lots, lots more.

For this class, focussed on the Countryside Inn DSP and those pre-order stamps and dies, but of course you can use any stamps, card or designer paper you have on hand to teach these fun projects. 

Included in the class are:

Measurements in inches worked out for A4 and US letter sizes
All printable on A4 & US paper 
17 project example photos - no-logo that you can use for advertising 
An introductory videos with set up ideas and hints 
A step by step video for each of the projects
A per-person ordering list for the whole class
Class pricing ideas and tips


I have kept my class price to just £10, which right now is about $14 US depending on today's Paypal exchange rates. Click the button below to order securely. 

I will email the class over to you as soon as I receive the payment - or as soon as I wake up if we are in different time zones!

If you would like to see more on a short video click the link below. 

I love the versatility of Fancy Fold projects that can be taught as a one of card in a regular class - as a collection of 3 or 4 or you can do like me and mix and match!

And best yet - make up a template and you can create the fold again at future classes with new goodies to make it new! 

I hope this class helps you in your Stampin' Up! business! 

April Regular Class Projects

I thought I would pop in and share the three projects we made at class this month. 

My favourite was this fun quilt card that features the new 3D Basic Embossing Folders from the Online Exclusives. I did a quick video that is exclusive to my Ready, Set, Demo friends showing how to make this - which you will find in your email inbox. 

If you are NOT currently a newsletter subscriber - you can sign up HERE and you will get all my exclusive videos going forward. 

The other class projects this month featured more online exclusives the Irresistible Blooms bundle. Again more on the video about making these cards. 

In addition I have done a show and tell video sharing all my display projects from this months class too. This is available to everyone. CLICK HERE to see it. 

My favourites were the black and white ones! 

I hope you like this months class projects - I will be back with LOTS from the new Stampin' Up! catalogue next month - make sure you are signed up to my newsletter for exclusive content just for my Stampin' Up! demo friends.  

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Making a 'standard' tree using the Framed Florets stamps

It is that tricky time of year - we have our eye on the new catalogue - but our customers can't get their hands on those goodies for another month! 

So it is a great time to share something they can enjoy right now! I recently taught this special class to make luxury cards with some gold layering, heat embossing, stamping on Window Sheet and more. 

The class included some of the stunning Seaside Bay papers, but I designed a range of projects so they were not all seaside related. 

The masking technique card was one of the most popular - and my particular favourite. This is made using a stamp that looks nothing like the finished image on the card. 

After sharing the cards on social media, I got some messages asking how I had created this one so I made a quick video to share how to make the 'standard' style flowering tree using the Framed Florets stamps.  You can see the video HERE. 

FREE project video & printables for you featuring the Tropical Leaf bundle from Stampin' Up!

For my Ready, Set Demo subscribers, I thought I would pop in with a FREE video tutorial and FREE printables for you. I also thought I would share a few project ideas featuring the Tropical Leaf bundle. At the time of typing it is still available worldwide but scroll down for more advice about dealing with online exclusive sell outs. 

I originally designed a version of this project back in 2020 and we made it in class using the Daffodil Daydream. One of my demo friends, (Hi Becky!),  asked if I had the measurements and a hunt about led me to them. It seemed a good seasonal project, (for the northern hemisphere spring), and also good for filling with mini Easter eggs, so I thought I would re-make it as a way to display the Tropical Leaf goodies - and share it with all of you. (You can see the original at the end of this post). 

  

You can watch the video HERE......

If you would like the exclusive FREE printables and are already signed up to my newsletter - check your inbox! The link is there for you. 

If you are not yet subscribed to the newsletter, email me and say Garden Trug and I will add you to my list and send the measurements over. 

The printables are editable and logo free, printable on A4 and US letter versions and all measurements in inches.  

More inspiration! 

I made some more sample projects to show my lovely ladies  featuring both the Tropical Leaf goodies and the upcoming returning Pretty Peacock colour too. The first is a simple design. I stamped tone on tone with the Peacock ink and card stock, (found in another craft room hunt!) 

The second project uses Paradise Palms and uses the leaves to frame the scene. I made sure the ink pads were not over-inked to ensure I got good impression with the solid stamps. 

The final card layers Heavenly Hollyhocks over the leaves. I used the marker to stamp technique for the flowers and fussy cut them out. 

If you need the product printable I created for Tropical Leaf, it is included in the bundle of Online Exclusive printables HERE. 

   

Oh and I almost forgot....here is my original 2020 version featuring Daffodil Daydream. 

March Class Projects & Product Inspiration

This month in class we made three cards including a simple fancy fold which featured the Elephant Parade stamps from the big catalogue- p.48. 

We made a gatefold card, added some Like an Animal DSP, (p. 45 of the mini catalogue - see the sampler for this fabulous foiled paper).  

The next card uses the Share a Milkshake bundle from Stampin’ Up! (P. 12 mini catalogue).  We did laugh as it was actually snowing on the Wednesday class - so not exactly seasonal, but I wanted to use it before the catalogue retires! 

We made the embossing on the cone pop by adding Crumb Cake ink with a Blending Brush and finished the ice cream with Wink of Stella for extra sparkle. 

The panels down the side are made using the Fine Shimmer paper from the mini catalogue p.15 - it is just gorgeous in real life and comes in 12X12 sheets. 

The final project was made using the Amazing Year stamps from the big Stampin’ Up! Catalogue (p. 28) along with the Jar of Flowers stamps (p.95) and matching Jar punch p. 154. 

We stamped the jar and then separately punched the jar in Vellum and overlaid it on the image to create the glass effect. 

Watch the video below to see some tips for all these cards as well as how to adhere the vellum without it showing. 

CLICK HERE to view the video with tips and tricks for these projects, including how to make a 'glass' ice cream dish as well as a show and tell of all the following display projects! 

Online Exclusives - using them in your face to face Stampin' Up! business

What do you think about the new Online Exclusives? These are great for those demonstrators who sell largely online.  If you are like me with 99% of my sales are in person, how can you successfully share this great product offering? 

Stampin' Up! have made the decision not to provide us with printables for these products other than the flyers to send customers online, so I have spent many hours putting together something for my customers, my team and if you would find it useful for you too.

I opted to group bundles and suites together so you can just print out one or two sheets to take to class if you are focusing on a particular product. I also included item codes and prices for simple ordering in class plus of course the prices for UK, USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand. 

I also included a prompt to order from you and a couple of samples made using the products shown. I kept the background white - both to highlight the products AND to save your printer for wasting ink on a fancy background. 

Now for the apologies: So far I have not done the non-English language options, but let me know if you would be interested in other languages and currencies and based on what I hear I will see if I can schedule in that work. I have not included kits and left out just one other small item due to layout constrictions - but everything else is there. 

 

If you would like a set of 7 printables sharing 21 purchase options that you can take to class and share with your customers there is just a small charge of £4 - about $6.50 US for these sheets.

They print on BOTH A4 and US letter.   Click to order for just £4 and I will email them over to you. 

If you want to see how I plan to use them in my Stampin' Up! face to face business you can watch a short video HERE.  I will go over some of the challenges and solutions in dealing with Online Only products to help you get the best from these offerings from Stampin' Up! 

If we, (as I hope), find these printables helpful in increasing our sales, I will add more as we get more new products. Let me know how they are working for you!