Sunday 27 January 2019

Nine Lives Sampler Screen

Welcome to Ready Set Demo

Our Stampin' Up! catalogue is great, but sometimes we as demonstrators can do even better in showing the versatility of our products.

Nine Lives for me was a case in point. I wanted to show how to layer the stamps with different colours to give a whole range of kitties!

The video shows this as well as simple how-to instructions for making the screen.




If you are new to this blog - welcome! It is especially for you as a Stampin' Up! demo. I encourage you to sign up for my newsletter here so I can give you a heads up when I have something useful to share....never more than twice a month!

You can also find plenty of online classes on my class tab including my newest one, Butterfly Birdhouse.






 Love Liz

Tuesday 1 January 2019

Butterfly Birdcage ONLINE Class


AVAILABLE NOW 
BUTTERFLY BIRDHOUSE ONLINE CLASS


including PROJECT VIDEOS, MEASUREMENTS IN INCHES, non-logo photos WITH-PRODUCT PRICING IDEAS AND TEACHING TIPS 

Featuring the Butterfly Gala bundle, these projects will make a fantastic with-product class or split them and teach them at regular classes or parties. 

**NOTE: Products used in this class were current at the time the class was designed. In many cases an alternative stamp/punch/die or DSP design will work for the projects** 



MORE THAN JUST A REGULAR ONLINE CLASS, THE BUTTERFLY BIRDCAGE CLASS INCLUDES :
  • FULL PRINTABLE MEASUREMENTS IN A4 AND US LETTER SIZES
  • ALL MEASUREMENTS GIVEN IN INCHES 
  • PRICING IDEAS AND WHAT TO INCLUDE
  • TEACHING HINTS AND TIPS WITHIN VIDEOS 
  • FULL STEP BY STEP VIDEO OF EACH PROJECT
  • NON LOGO PHOTOS TO USE IN YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA & ADVERTISING
  • ALL SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX SO YOU CAN MAKE IT TODAY! 



Just £10 or approx $14 US 

Want to see more? - watch my video here 





Why teach with product classes? 

The biggest change I have made to my business over the past few years is including with-product classes. It is largely due to this that I reached number 9 for sales in the UK last year  - and I run a traditional class based business - no online sales have helped in that achievement. 


Your existing and new customers will LOVE to learn how to make these gorgeous projects and you will get great sales from the Stampin' Up! products you use 


Are you ready to join me and increase your sales and income while making your customers happy? 


Pay securely with Paypal and you will receive your class in your email inbox within 24 hours.  
ORDER HERE NOW for just £10 *********

If you have any questions, please let me know at liz.shannon@icloud.com

Monday 12 November 2018

NEW Cling Stamps - assembling my first one!

Welcome to Ready Set Demo

Oh my goodness - just back from an amazing OnStage Local in the UK and I couldn't wait to try the new Cling Stamps. These are going to be replacing both Clear Mount and Wood Mount in the new Spring/Summer or Seasonal catalogue and in the Sale-A-Bration brochure with a transition over the next 6 months for all stamps.

Oh and this is one of the stamp sets from the upcoming catalogue - isn't it beautiful?



I think North America gets to keep wood a little longer - but for me I am happy because my customers won't order wood by accident and have me call poor demo support to do exchange after exchange!

SO - I was excited to try - but a bit nervous too. Come and see how I get on (hint: I LOVE them!)

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 Love Liz

Friday 2 November 2018

A little trumpet blowing....

Welcome to Ready Set Demo

It may be an English thing - but I don't really feel comfortable discussing my sales ranking on my customer facing Facebook posts. And I don't want my relatively small customer base to think they are spending too much! LOL

But I feel here we are all amongst friends and I can share :)

After a difficult year during which we lost my lovely Daddy - I am proud to have kept my business not only going but growing!

During the 2017-18 year I ranked :

# 9 in UK sales
# 18 overall in the UK - up from 35 last year.


Congratulations to all of you who ranked this year - no-one does this stuff without putting in the hard hours whether your business is traditional class based like mine or online. Share in the comments where you ranked so we can cheer you on! 

And if you would like to see your name rising up the top performers list next year - I will be back soon with free business ideas and time-saving online classes designed for you to teach. 

Love Liz

Monday 24 September 2018

Success at Fairs, Craft Shows, Markets and County Shows

Welcome to Ready Set Demo


I have been promising some virtual training to help you grow your business – thank you to those that gave me a gentle nudge to get on with this!  😁

After considering various options, I have decided to share some FREE training videos with anyone who is interested. 

Success at Fairs, Craft Shows, Markets and County Shows

Have you ever done a show to promote your Stampin' Up!  business and been disappointed with the results? 

Or maybe you would like to do a show and would like some hints and tips on how to be successful first time? 

I have done many events over the years and learned lots of lessons – the most recent show I did with my team member Tracy earned us 

  • ·     12 paid class bookings
  • ·     An ongoing weekly after-school class 
  • ·     2 private classes
  • ·     30 more leads to follow up
Woo hoo! Very good for one days work! 

I hope by sharing all I have learned in this video, it will help you make your next show or fair equally successful! 

Below you can see our simple demo project. People loved the distINKtive stamping effect. 




Good luck with the new 2018/19 Stampin' Up! year - I am looking forward to hearing what you achieve. 

Love Liz 

Thursday 6 September 2018

Yaaaay! I made it! Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip

Welcome to Ready Set Demo

So this happened today... I am SO blessed to do the best job in the world, have amazing friends, team and customers who have enabled me to earn this trip. Who would have though that playing with stamps, ink and paper could make your dreams come true? If you haven't ever earned a trip - I am proof that you CAN do it. Even if you don't have an online business. SO excited! 
Love Liz

Thursday 30 August 2018

NEW Online Class Shimmer Paint Technique Masterclass


Thank you to everyone who enjoyed my previous technique and ready to teach classes. You might find one of your sweet messages in the testimonials at the bottom of this post! 

Today I am offering a brand new Online Technique Masterclass

TWELVE SHIMMER PAINT TECHNIQUES,
VIDEOS, PRINTED MATERIALS and more. 



There is so much included that will be a big time saver and money maker for you as demonstrator either to teach technique by technique at classes or parties or to share as a with-product class as I did. (With-product classes really help your sales so I highly recommend them!) 

Much more than a basic online class, you will receive 

 Full step by step video tutorials showing each of the 12 techniques

 Print-outs describing each technique, suitable to display in Memories and More pockets. (Available for both A4 and US Letter printing). 

 Video showing lots of hints and tips for using your Shimmer Paint which you can share with your customers 

  A4 & US Letter printable listing all the hints and tips for easy reference. 

 Photographs showing suggested layouts for your technique file

 Photograph showing how to make a fold-flat spray studio from a Stampin' Up! delivery box

 Teaching hints and tips video – different ways to use this class in your business 

The cost for all of this is just £10 / apx $13 US 
Pay securely with Paypal and you will receive your class in your email inbox within 24 hours.  

If you have already done my 48 Stamping Techniques online class, the Stamparatus Masterclass and/or my Embossing Paste online class, you will see that this class follows on and all 84 techniques will fit into one Memories and More folder. 

If you have not done those classes - don't worry - this can be run and taught as a stand alone class.  (Scroll down for links to the other technique classes if you are interested, they are still available). 

Want to see more about the Shimmer Paint Technique Masterclass? - watch my video below. 




Pay securely with Paypal and you will receive your class in your email inbox within 24 hours.  £10 (approx $13 US - Paypal exchange rates at time of posting). 

**NOTE: Products used in this class were current at the time the class was designed. In many cases an alternative stamp/punch/die or DSP design will work for the projects** 



Class Testimonials from our fellow demonstrators. 

I have had so many messages and just wish I could share them all. Each and every message brought happy tears to my eyes. You are all so lovely and because of your support, I am able to spend the time developing more classes for us all. Love Liz x 

Oh my goodness Liz you are AMAZING!!  Last week I did a demo for a group of ladies showing a lot of these tips.  I told them I was going to put together a class to master their new tool.  I nearly flipped when I saw your tutorial. You have saved me hours and hours of work.  Truly outstanding and thank you so much.   (JD Canadian demo) 

Thank you so much Liz.  Your resources are just so great!  It frees up so much of my time! My classes & customers just adored your Vanity Box.  (VW South Pacific demo) 

I am truly grateful for you, putting such wonderful training materials together for me, a demonstrator. Because of you, I am going to look like a veritable fountain of Stamparatus knowledge. Lol The price was only $13.62 in US dollars. I can't even believe it!   (JS US demo) 


It’s difficult to express how grateful I am for your tutorial. Last week was AWFUL for me! (lovely AG shared her difficult week but I’ll keep that private - Liz) . I had scheduled my first Stamparatus class for Thursday night. As horrible as I felt, I probably should have postponed it, but I really didn’t want to do that. When I ordered your tutorial, I thought it would give me some ideas. Little did I know that you had planned my whole class for me!!! Liz, I was SO sick, and it was such a blessing to have everything all laid out for me. You have no idea. This tutorial is worth SO much more than what you charged for it. Thank you thank you THANK YOU!! You are absolutely brilliant, and if I could, I would give you such a big hug right now! I am just so very grateful for everything you shared! Everyone loved the class, and all the handouts! You made me look SO good! Haha! I will definitely be looking for more tutorials from you! (AG US demo )