Natural Tones Stampin' Blends

Welcome to Ready Set Demo 

I am just in LOVE with the Natural Tones Stampin' Blends. I couldn't wait to share them with my lovely class ladies this month and was delighted that they loved them too.  

I like that Stampin' Up! provided a downloadable chart to demonstrate them, but I decided we needed a quick cheat sampler that could be passed around in class to help the ladies choose which tone they wanted. I also printed some larger number labels for the Blends - that printing is soooo tiny! 

It made it easy for them to use in class AND easy for them to decide which colours to order - or whether they needed them all! :) 

If you are on my newsletter list, you will already have a link to download my cheat sheet printable - and if you aren't on my newsletter list and you would like to be - let me know and I will forward it on to you.  

 Love Liz x 

Pastels Technique Masterclass

Well as promised, I am back with a class for you to teach. I have chosen something from the big book that seems rather overlooked - which hopefully means we can easily get it and use it in a class! You can find them on page 126 of the catalogue - the Soft Pastels Assortment. And bonus - you can use any stamps you have on hand to create the technique samples. 

Including product in my classes has been one of the main ways I have built my Stampin' Up! business and with a price of just £8.25 or $9.00 US - this is a low cost way to introduce your customers to a class that includes some Stampin' Up! goodies! 

PASTELS TECHNIQUE MASTERCLASS

This class is designed to teach your customers how to use the pastels with 12 different techniques, but is also great to help grow your business by being able to offer complementary products which we will use in the class. To help with this I have done an extra video with some teaching and up-selling tips. 

I have also included some other extras including ideas for 3 cards that use 6 of the techniques from the class. These come in the form of a show & tell video and photos for you to use and gives you more options for how you teach these techniques.  

Here is what is included in the class 

• 12 techniques using the Stampin' Up! Soft Pastel Assortment 
• Printable product hints and tips (no logos) to share with your customers - print A4 or US Letter size 
• Hints and tips video with teaching and up-selling ideas 
• Set up video for creating your memories and more technique file - plus some alternate ideas for you and your customers
• Printable layout examples showing how to assemble samples and instructions in a memories and more folder if required.   
• Printable index sheet   
• Printable instructions for each technique – editable with no logos configured for both A4 and US letter versions AND 9 copies of one technique per sheet for easy class prep. 
• Cutting list plus list of all products used in the class 
• A class introduction video 
• A step by step video showing each technique 
• BONUS 3 Card ideas that you can teach 

I have kept my class price to just £10, which is about $14 US depending on today's Paypal exchange rates.

If you would like to order the class you can order securely on Paypal by clicking below and I will email your class to you. 

If you'd like to see more in a short video about it - here it is! 

**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** 

New Horizons & On the Horizon Bundle

Welcome to Ready, Set, Demo 

Where has the time gone? How is it January already?  And in Europe - where is the New Horizons DSP? 

Well it is hopefully sailing speedily across the Atlantic - but in the meantime I have been showing my lovely customers how to create projects with the On the Horizon bundle without the DSP. 

I combined it with Oceanfront - which helped with the backgrounds - but I also showed how you can use Waterpainters and ink to make similar effects. 

Here is a tip to make the fences pop... Die cut the fence in Basic White, stamp with Soft Suede using the fence panel stamp. Use a Blending Brush to darken or colour. Then die cut another fence in black or grey and offset to one side. This gives a great 3D effect.

I know it is difficult to make our businesses work when some items are unavailable - and let's not even talk about our poor South Pacific friends who have virtually no Sale-A-Bration goodies right now! Sending all the love to you and hope something is sorted for you soon. 

COMING SOON! 

I have been creating some class designs that can help you put a class together at short notice using any DSP and I have another technique class coming soon which may also work for these tricky times.

If you are not already on my mailing list - sign up here for details of those upcoming classes to help save you time and money in your business. 

Take care and happy stamping 

Love Liz X 

New online class - Peaceful Place - Festive Home Decor & Cards

Are your customers ready for something different this festive season? I know mine were and they loved this fun class creating some Christmas home decor trees as well as some pretty cards. 

It made for a relaxing class with pretty easy prep - and my 'at home' ladies enjoyed it too.

PEACEFUL PLACE - FESTIVE HOME DECOR & CARDS

To give you an idea of scale the tall tree is about 12" and they work from any angle so could be a holiday table centre if you wish. 

You could also choose to change up the colours and go with some traditional Christmas DSP - and you can use whatever glimmer, foil and bling you prefer. 


Included in the class are:

• Measurements in inches worked out for A4 and US letter sizes
• A printable template for the 'snow' layer for display
• An ordering list per person
• Class pricing ideas
• Non-logo advertising photo 
• Reference photos for each project
• An introduction video with teaching tips 
• Step by step videos for each project

I have kept my class price to just £10, which is about $14 US depending on today's Paypal exchange rates.

If you would like to order the class securely on Paypal, click the button below. If you'd like to see more, scroll down and I will show you the projects on a short video.

 I hope this class will help some of you save time and effort in working out a wow project to teach and that it helps with your sales too. 

**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** 

NEW Online Class for you - Fancy Folds Library - Part 5

Do you love a fancy fold? And do your customers love them too? Would you like to have 10 Ready to Teach cards featuring 10 fun folds with all the working out done for you? 

Well I am here to help with a brand new online class for you. While this class features the fabulous Whimsy & Wonder goodies from the current mini catalogue - these fancy folds can be done using any stamps, dies and DSP and in any season. 

FANCY FOLDS LIBRARY PART 5 - FEATURING WHIMSY & WONDER 

We have pop ups - pop outs - a luminary and gift card holders included this time. You can teach as one giant class or just pick one fancy fold a month for the next 10 months - whatever works for you. 

Included in the class are:

• Measurements in inches worked out for A4 and US letter sizes
• An ordering list per person
• Class pricing ideas
• Non-logo advertising photo 
• Reference photos for each project
• An introduction video with teaching tips 
• Step by step videos for each project

If you would like to order the class, I have kept my price to just £10, which is about $14 US depending on today's Paypal exchange rates. Click to order securely below and I will send all the files and links direct to your email inbox. 

FANCY FOLDS PART 5 

If you would like to see more - have a peek at my video below and I will show you some of those folds in action! 

I hope this class will help some of you save time and effort in working out a wow project to teach and that it helps with your sales too. 

**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** 

SELLING AT CLASSES

Hello and welcome to Ready, Set, Demo

 

I hear from some demonstrators that they struggle to sell in a class setting, (as opposed to a party where everyone expects to buy). One thing I do is to put out a small display of samples to show other ways of using the products we were using. 

By showing the versatility of the goodies and also sharing some Sale-A-Bration items too - you can easily talk about the bundle to tempt your lovely customers.  For example in class we made these two cards using the Nature's Harvest bundle ...

 

...and then I showed these 6 sample cards showing a range of techniques and other products including the Be Dazzling Sale-A-Bration paper. It helped customers decide if this was the bundle for them. (hint: it was!) 

 

 

Another way to share the bundles is to make a sampler.  On an upcoming class we are going to make this fun Penguin Place project.

 

Now while there are great samples in the catalogue - sometimes it is good to show how the stamps, punch and in this case DSP can work together - so I made this to show some different ways to put the penguins together...

Make sure you have order forms on hand and tell everyone when you are putting in your next order and who wouldn't be tempted by some cute penguins? 

I will be back very soon with a new Ready To Teach class - I am filming for it this week. 

Enjoy sharing and teaching - however you are doing that right now - and take care everyone

Love Liz X 

Fresh Ways to Share - Stampin' Up! DSP Sale

Welcome to Ready Set Demo

The DSP sale is a great offer from Stampin' Up! I thought I would do a quick video showing one way to demonstrate how to use our beautiful papers. 

One thing I have done recently is to take a fresh look at how I share DSP. I was thinking about my ladies who have a huge stack that they haven't yet used - so why do they need more, (hint: they do :)), and also for new  crafters to show them ways to get a die cut look with a Stamp & Emboss machine. 

 

I have done a short video showing how I featured two of the current sale DSP's in this way and hope you will find it helpful. It certainly generated some good sales and great comments from my lovely customers. These ideas can be shared online on a live, with pictures in a newsletter or in person if you are able to gather together. 

CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO HERE 

Have you done your pre-order for the new mini catalogue and second Sale-A-Bration? So many lovely things in there. 

I will be working on some more classes for you to teach with mini catalogue goodies - but in the meantime, there are plenty of classes still available if you need a class in a hurry. 

FIND ALL MY CLASSES HERE

Love Liz x