I was first introduced to Stampin’ Up! in 2000 and was in awe at all the cool things you could make! After realizing that I could earn all the things I wanted for free or at a discount, I quickly signed up to become a demonstrator! I wanted a lot, so I took off with my business. I promoted several times and earned the “Rising Star” award my first year by being in the top 10 new demonstrators in the company. I love being a Stampin’Up! Demonstrator mostly because of the excitement of creating the coolest, easy, creative projects that make my customers just squeal with excitement!
When I first started Stampin’ Up! I was a full time middle school teacher. My second year with Stampin’ Up,! I had my first child. I decided at the end of that school year to stay home and work my business. I love the fact that I was home with my newborn, but still making a good income for our new family. I have since had a second son, and I still get to make my own schedule. They are now both in elementary school and only know me as a “Stampin’ Up! mom.” They both love to stamp and especially use the punches!
When I first started Stampin’ Up! I was a full time middle school teacher. My second year with Stampin’ Up,! I had my first child. I decided at the end of that school year to stay home and work my business. I love the fact that I was home with my newborn, but still making a good income for our new family. I have since had a second son, and I still get to make my own schedule. They are now both in elementary school and only know me as a “Stampin’ Up! mom.” They both love to stamp and especially use the punches!
I recently returned from convention and the new catalog is HERE!! I am so excited! Here are a few highlights of Convention.
∙ Online ordering. Customers will be able to order online this fall. Yea!
∙ Shelli Gardner, Co-founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up! has started her own blog. You can visit it at www.soshelli.com
∙ Phase II of Decor Elements will be revealed this fall with many more colors and styles
∙ Starting with the Spring/Summer Catalog 2009 ALL stamp sets will be Die-Cut. All the new ones in the Fall/Winter catalog are die cut too
∙ The Big Shot - Stampin’ Up! Partnered with Sizzex and we now have our own die-cutting machine and exclusive Stampin’ Up! Dies. It can cut over 50 materials. WAAAAAY COOL!!!!!
Here are some interesting facts from convention. I love numbers!!!
∙ There are 48,813 demonstrators!!!!
∙ Net sales in 2007 are over $228 million
∙ To date, Stampin’ Up! has donated over $700,000 to the Ronald McDonals House.
The best part of convention is all the incredible ideas I came home with. I cannot wait to do them in upcoming classes!!! They are so cool. Make sure you check out my calendar of events if you want to see some of these cool projects!
