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Celebrating Your Stampin’ Up! Accomplishments from january through march 2008 Volume 9 Issue 1
viewfrombackstage<br />
every evening when I brush my teeth, I pick up my toothbrush<br />
and notice two different-colored ribbons (one Bashful Blue, the other<br />
Pretty in Pink) tied to the handle. I chose these two colors because<br />
they clash with the color of my toothbrush, and because I pay such<br />
close attention to colors, they catch my attention every single evening.<br />
You may be wondering why in the world I’d want to interrupt my<br />
tooth-brushing routine with a moment of color disharmony. Well, the<br />
ribbons are subtle reminders of two goals I’ve made and am working<br />
toward achieving. I’m a spiritual person and have prayed and read my<br />
scriptures almost daily for much of my life. However, recently I’ve<br />
been less than vigilant about these two personal priorities, and so<br />
I wanted to rededicate myself. The Pretty in Pink ribbon represents<br />
prayer; the Bashful Blue ribbon reminds me of the Bible and other<br />
scriptures. And if I haven’t prayed or read the scriptures yet that<br />
day, the ribbons move me to action!<br />
I hope I haven’t offended anyone by sharing these personal goals;<br />
I am certainly sensitive to the fact that we all have different beliefs.<br />
However, goals are an important part of improving ourselves, which<br />
is a recurring theme throughout this issue of On Stage. Several of<br />
our Stampin’ Up!® principles tie into this topic, including personal<br />
development, change, and efficiency. Goals help us accomplish all<br />
of these and help us become better in various aspects of our lives.<br />
As I thought about the goals I’m currently working on, the ones that<br />
came to mind first were the more personal ones. Of course, I’d love<br />
to clean out my office and get my stamp room organized, but those<br />
are pretty much always on my to-do list! I’m also consistently working<br />
on goals related to Stampin’ Up!, but those are ones we are working<br />
on more as a team at the home office. For this message, I wanted to<br />
share goals of a more personal nature.<br />
Throughout this issue, you’ll read about many demonstrators who<br />
share their own goals. As we learn about others’ goals—and especially<br />
how they’ve achieved those goals—we are often inspired. That’s one of<br />
the most valuable things we can gain from our relationships with each<br />
other—sharing ideas that help us each grow and improve.<br />
I have grown so much from my association with you; you have such a<br />
tremendous impact on me! Thank you for taking the time to share<br />
with me—and with all of us—your goals, dreams, successes, and even<br />
failures, not just in our publications, but at events and other forums<br />
that encourage personal interaction. Together, we can become better<br />
people and work toward our common goal of making a difference in<br />
the lives of those around us!<br />
the reviews<br />
are in<br />
for the quarter<br />
January–March 2008<br />
$351.00<br />
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average sales<br />
per workshop,<br />
all demonstrators<br />
average number<br />
of workshops, all<br />
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average sales<br />
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average number<br />
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$422.00<br />
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average sales per<br />
workshop, top 50<br />
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© 2008 Stampin’ Up! All rights reserved.
insidethisissue<br />
12<br />
12 17<br />
18<br />
departments<br />
2 view from backstage<br />
A message from Shelli<br />
2 the reviews are in<br />
Fun facts and statistics<br />
4 contest winners<br />
February–April 2008<br />
7 honorable mention<br />
More art from<br />
Stampin’ Up! demonstrators<br />
10 advisory board Q&A<br />
Cheryl Flynn, Glenda<br />
Travelstead, Barbara<br />
Brimhall, & Lynsay Mahon<br />
14 balancing act<br />
Kristi Stoughton:<br />
Savoring Every Moment<br />
15 behind the scenes<br />
Debra Valder:<br />
Ups and Downs<br />
16 box office success<br />
Tamie Ackerson: Love Your Job<br />
19 brava performances<br />
Performance Bonus achievers<br />
19 places everyone<br />
Promotions to supervisor<br />
and above from January–<br />
March 2008<br />
23 celebrate you!<br />
Congratulations to<br />
demonstrators who had<br />
their creations published<br />
in national magazines<br />
features<br />
8 in the limelight<br />
Beckie Kareck:<br />
Setting Goals for a<br />
Better Future<br />
9 standing ovation<br />
Megan Wheeler:<br />
Changing Lives One<br />
Stamp at a Time<br />
12 on the road<br />
Bermuda Cruise 2008<br />
17 special guest artist<br />
Stasia Sloma:<br />
An Inspiring Life and<br />
Amy Barnes: All Eyes<br />
On Amy Barnes<br />
VOL. 9 ISSUE 1<br />
featured cover samples<br />
We used the samples below as a template for our cover art.<br />
march elements of style winner | Friendship bag<br />
Abbie Stinson: Rockport, Maine<br />
honorable mention | Smile photo display<br />
Karen Leveille: North Granby, Connecticut<br />
To re-create these stunning cover projects, see this issue’s Online<br />
Extras under Stampin’ Supplies.<br />
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contestwinners<br />
contestwinners<br />
february–april 2008<br />
To see additional honorable mention projects, see this issue’s Online Extras.<br />
february | Shine Like a Star winner<br />
Tracy Koufos<br />
Loudon, New Hampshire<br />
{<br />
Time Well Spent set; So Saffron and Whisper White card stock; So Saffron Prints Designer Series<br />
paper; Basic Black Classic Stampin’ Pad®; Always Artichoke, Apricot Appeal, Old Olive, Pumpkin<br />
Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, So Saffron, and Summer Sun Stampin’ Write® markers; Dazzling<br />
Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter®; Vintage brads; Stampin’ Dimensionals®; Crystal Effects®<br />
“I like to squeeze some of the Crystal Effects onto scrap paper,” says Tracy. “Then I use a fine<br />
paint brush to apply it to my image, so the Dazzling Diamonds adheres exactly where I want it.”<br />
february | Ginormously Creative winner<br />
Jennifer Thomas<br />
Caldwell, Idaho<br />
One of a Kind set; Whisper White card stock; Berry Bliss Designer Series paper; On Board<br />
Ginormous Pieces and Simon Lower; Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pad; Stampin’<br />
Pastels®; Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon; Fire Circle Rhinestone brads; Pretties Kit;<br />
Crop-A-Dile; sanding blocks; sponge daubers; stamping sponges; Mod Podge®<br />
}<br />
To avoid tearing the Designer Series paper on your chipboard, Jennifer advises, “Make<br />
sure you let the adhesive dry completely, overnight if possible, before you sand the edges<br />
with a sanding block.”<br />
}<br />
february | Easter Wishes winner<br />
Betty Saunders<br />
Barboursville, Virginia<br />
Never-Ending Joy set; Pretty in Pink, River Rock, and Very Vanilla card stock; Ginger Blossom<br />
Designer Series paper; Pretty in Pink and River Rock Classic Stampin’ Pads; White Uni-Ball®<br />
Signo gel pen; Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter; Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon; Pretties Kit;<br />
Stampin’ Dimensionals; Ticket Corner and 1/2” Circle punches<br />
“I always have my Tombow® Multi Purpose Adhesive and glitter by my side,” says Betty.<br />
“When I need to add a little punch to a card, this always works for me!”<br />
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contestwinners<br />
{<br />
february | Wow! Art File winner<br />
Pam Findlay<br />
Lincoln, Nebraska<br />
Embrace Life set; Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, River Rock, and Ruby Red card<br />
stock; Basic Brown and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pads; Earth Elements® Watercolor<br />
Wonder Crayons; Vintage brads; Stampin’ Dimensionals; Aqua Painter®; blender pens; Large<br />
Oval and Tag Corner punches; stamping sponges<br />
Make sure you know what size envelope you want to use before you begin your project. “When<br />
creating this card I wanted it to fit into the Small Open-End envelope, so I started with a base<br />
piece that would fit,” Pam says.<br />
march | Mom of Mine winner<br />
Mary Ann Bernhardt<br />
Keller, Texas<br />
All Holidays and Blossoms Abound sets; En Français and Print Pattern background<br />
stamps; Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla card stock; Creamy Caramel<br />
Classic Stampin’ Pad; Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, and Old Olive Craft Stampin’<br />
Pads; Black and Clear Stampin’ Emboss® powder; Stampin’ Dimensionals;<br />
stamping sponges<br />
}<br />
“To add dimension to the lilacs,” Mary Ann says, “layer lilacs and leaves with<br />
Stampin’ Dimensionals, and emboss them with Clear Stampin’ Emboss powder<br />
to add depth.”<br />
march | Wow! Art File winner<br />
Becky Brooks<br />
Dayton, Ohio<br />
{<br />
Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories, Lots of Thoughts, and Lovely As a Tree sets;<br />
Basic Gray, Going Gray, Soft Sky, Whisper White, and Wild Wasabi card stock; watercolor<br />
paper; Basic Black and Basic Brown Classic Stampin’ Pads; Jet Black StazOn® pad; Zig®<br />
Painty® pen; Rich Regals® Watercolor Wonder Crayons; Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter;<br />
Stampin’ Dimensionals; Crystal Effects; Aqua Painter; Cutter Kit<br />
To create a trailer like Becky’s, cover the front end of the truck with a sticky note, and<br />
then ink the stamp. “Then use the fine point of a Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker to<br />
draw in the lines completing the front edges of the trailer,” Becky says.<br />
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contestwinners<br />
march | Elements of Style winner<br />
Abbie Stinson<br />
Rockport, Maine<br />
Stitched Exotics and Wonderful Words sets; Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and<br />
Rose Red Craft Stampin’ Pads; Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals®; linen thread;<br />
Flower Fusion Accents & Elements; Fresh Favorites I buttons; canvas tote;<br />
Mod Podge<br />
“In order to stamp neat lines on the fabric, place a heavy book inside the<br />
bag to stamp on. But before you begin stamping,” Abbie suggests, “create<br />
your design on scrap paper, then re-create your final design on the canvas<br />
tote bag.”<br />
march| Envelope Extravaganza winner<br />
Jennifer Diercks<br />
Bourbonnais, Illinois<br />
{<br />
Artfully Asian, Define Your Life, and Priceless sets; Whisper White card stock; Bali Breeze<br />
Designer Series paper; Medium Square Whisper White envelopes; Basic Gray, Old Olive,<br />
River Rock, and Rose Red Classic Stampin’ Pads; Old Olive wide grosgrain ribbon; blender<br />
pens; cardboard<br />
“Use a straight edge and a very sharp hobby blade to cut through the envelope and<br />
cardboard,” Jennifer advises. “To get a clean cut through all the layers, flip the envelope<br />
over when you start to see your cut on the back side.”<br />
april | Wow! Art File winner<br />
Debbie Sutton<br />
Chandler, Arizona<br />
A Good Egg set; Barely Banana, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, and Very Vanilla card stock;<br />
Home Again Simply Scrappin’®; Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, and Mellow Moss Classic<br />
Stampin’ Pads; Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Only Orange, and Summer Sun<br />
Stampin’ Write markers; Ice Circle Rhinestone brads; Stampin’ Dimensionals; Scallop Circle<br />
and Word Window punches<br />
“I wanted to make the baby chick look like he had just cracked out of his shell,” says<br />
Debbie. “So I stamped the chick on Barely Banana card stock, and then I stamped the egg<br />
portion twice on Very Vanilla card stock. I cut them out, and adhered them as shown.”<br />
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contestwinners<br />
april | Good Ol’ Dad winner<br />
Mary Beth West<br />
San Diego, California<br />
All Holidays, All Through the Year, Amazing to Zany, Everyday Flexible Phrases,<br />
Short Order Numbers, Well-Worn Alphabet, and Well-Worn Numbers sets; Always<br />
Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla card stock; Old Olive<br />
Prints Designer Series paper; Medium Kraft envelopes; Always Artichoke, Chocolate<br />
Chip, and Rose Red Craft Stampin’ Pads; Clear Stampin’ Emboss powder; Jersey<br />
Ribbon Originals; Write Me A Memory® Journaling Fonts CD, Volume II; Round<br />
Tab punch<br />
“Envelopes are perfect pockets for photos, tickets, gift cards, and more. To create the<br />
inside base of the brag book,” says Mary Beth, “stack the desired number of envelopes,<br />
and cut the flap off the bottom envelope. Fold the flap back on the top envelope and<br />
tuck it into the second envelope. Repeat until envelopes are one unit.”<br />
april | A Grand Occasion winner<br />
Angela Sylvester<br />
APO, AE<br />
{<br />
Live Your Dream set; Chocolate Chip and Whisper White card stock; Afternoon Tea<br />
Designer Series paper; Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, and Soft Sky Classic Stampin’<br />
Pads; Old Olive Stampin’ Write marker; Groovy Guava double-stitched grosgrain,<br />
Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain, and Whisper White taffeta ribbon; Pewter Jumbo<br />
eyelets; Stampin’ Dimensionals; Crop-A-Dile; Scallop Circle and 1-3/8” Circle punches;<br />
cardboard from Designer Series paper package<br />
For a pattern and basic instructions for April’s gift bags, see this issue’s Online Extras.<br />
honorable mention | smile photo display<br />
}<br />
Karen Leveille<br />
North Granby, Connecticut<br />
Time Well Spent set; Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron,<br />
and Whisper White card stock; Cutie Pie Designer Series paper; Certainly<br />
Celery Classic Stampin’ Pad; Purely Pomegranate double-stitched grosgrain<br />
ribbon; Flower Fusion Accents & Elements; Rich Regals brads; Eastern<br />
Elegance Rub-Ons; Boho Blossoms and 1/16” Circle punches; coasters.<br />
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inthelimelight<br />
setting goals for<br />
a better future<br />
beckie kareck<br />
senior executive<br />
Antioch, Tennessee<br />
Tailoring Tips<br />
If you’re aiming to increase<br />
your number of recruits this<br />
year, Beckie offers the following<br />
advice. “Don’t exclude<br />
anyone. You never know who<br />
needs Stampin’ Up! You may<br />
look at someone and think,<br />
‘She wouldn’t want to be a<br />
demonstrator; I won’t even<br />
bother asking.’ Ask anyway! You<br />
may find that she has already<br />
been considering it and just<br />
needs some extra motivation. It<br />
doesn’t matter if she joins as a<br />
hobbyist or a businesswoman,<br />
either way you’ve helped her<br />
start something new. You never<br />
know what people need, so<br />
explore all your recruiting<br />
options and achieve your<br />
goals this year!”<br />
Beckie Kareck had never heard<br />
of rubber stamps before she<br />
started receiving hand-stamped<br />
cards from a friend each month<br />
of her first pregnancy. She loved<br />
the images and colors, and soon,<br />
her fascination led her to find a<br />
demonstrator in her area. After<br />
attending a workshop and<br />
putting rubber to paper for the<br />
first time, Beckie stayed up all<br />
night looking through the<br />
catalog. After that one night,<br />
Beckie knew she wanted to join<br />
the Stampin’ Up! family.<br />
As a new mother, being a<br />
demonstrator first appealed to<br />
Beckie because she was able to<br />
stay home with her son while<br />
earning a little extra money for<br />
her family. But mostly she wanted<br />
to be a part of something. As a<br />
demonstrator she had a reason to<br />
get out of the house, to meet new<br />
people, and to do something fun.<br />
Beckie never expected her new<br />
hobby to grow into such a<br />
successful business.<br />
Now, eight years later, with an<br />
average of five workshops a<br />
month, Beckie says, “I eat, sleep,<br />
breathe, and shower Stampin’<br />
Up!” Being a demonstrator has<br />
become much more than a hobby,<br />
and Beckie’s family is very<br />
supportive of her business goals.<br />
“Even the boys love to help when<br />
they can,” she says proudly.<br />
Family: Husband John; sons Josiah (7) and Colton (3)<br />
At the beginning of every year,<br />
Beckie sets new goals for her<br />
business. She believes in her work<br />
and knows she can achieve<br />
anything she puts her mind to.<br />
Whether her goal is to recruit<br />
twenty new demonstrators or to<br />
help her downline achieve<br />
promotions, Beckie always has<br />
something to strive for. “Stampin’<br />
Up! is flexible but not optional,”<br />
she says. “Even if it’s only ten or<br />
fifteen minutes, you have to work<br />
every single day if you want to<br />
reach your goals.” And that is<br />
exactly what she does.<br />
Last July, Beckie decided to<br />
increase sales and take her<br />
business to the next level. By<br />
January, she had already tripled<br />
her customer base and sold as<br />
much in six months as she had<br />
the entire previous year. “I set<br />
my goals, and then I go out and<br />
meet them,” she says. Every<br />
time she looks at her family, her<br />
motivation to achieve those goals<br />
is strengthened. Her desires to<br />
put her children through college<br />
and to help her husband retire<br />
early inspire Beckie to attain each<br />
goal she sets.<br />
If you want to achieve your<br />
goals, you must be honest with<br />
your customers, your downline,<br />
and especially yourself. While<br />
her husband was serving in Iraq<br />
for a year, Beckie realized her<br />
family was going to need more<br />
attention. She took the time to let<br />
her customers know that she was<br />
still there for them, but while her<br />
husband was gone, she needed to<br />
focus solely on her children. It was<br />
a challenge for her business and<br />
her family, but because she was<br />
honest with her customers, they<br />
were loyal. Many even brought<br />
meals and offered to watch her<br />
two children if she ever needed a<br />
break. “My business didn’t grow a<br />
lot that year,” she says, “but I felt<br />
very blessed by the relationships<br />
that were strengthened.”<br />
Setting goals and having the<br />
confidence to go forward and<br />
meet them can be difficult,<br />
but it is also one of the most<br />
important responsibilities of<br />
every business owner. Start small<br />
if you feel you’re not ready to<br />
meet your larger goals. Take a<br />
close look at your business, and<br />
decide what areas need the most<br />
improvement. Then get started! ■<br />
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standingovation<br />
changing lives<br />
one stamp at a time<br />
When manager Megan<br />
Wheeler, from Conway,<br />
Arkansas, noticed that Stampin’<br />
Up! didn’t have a team at her<br />
local Ronald McDonald House,<br />
she didn’t wait for someone else<br />
to take action. “I noticed that<br />
our house was not listed on the<br />
Stampin’ Up! Web Site, so I<br />
contacted the home office to see<br />
what I could do to help get this<br />
off the ground in Arkansas,”<br />
says Megan. Thanks to Megan’s<br />
initiative, Stampin’ Up! now has<br />
an active volunteer program at<br />
the Arkansas House.<br />
The Arkansas Ronald McDonald<br />
House provides a refuge—<br />
financial and emotional—for<br />
families who are facing the<br />
stress of medical treatments for<br />
their children. Megan and her<br />
small but dedicated team work<br />
to make the stay a little more<br />
pleasant for House guests. “We<br />
visit the House once a month,<br />
taking meals, which are much<br />
needed,” says Megan. “We also<br />
prepare stamping projects to<br />
make with the House guests.”<br />
Megan notes that initially,<br />
guests are sometimes unsure<br />
of what to expect from the<br />
volunteer stampers. “We have a<br />
different group of people each<br />
time we go,” she says. “They<br />
don’t know who we are or quite<br />
understand what we’re doing<br />
there; they are just focused on<br />
their circumstances at hand,<br />
and who can blame them?<br />
Inevitably though, after we<br />
visit the House, the families<br />
are smiling, chatting, having<br />
fun, and discussing who will<br />
receive what they just created!<br />
I love that because we have<br />
made a difference!”<br />
Megan also makes time to<br />
volunteer at the Bethlehem<br />
House, a shelter that serves<br />
homeless men, women, and<br />
families. “One of my downline<br />
members and I go to share the<br />
joy of stamping with the<br />
residents, to give them a creative<br />
outlet, to make projects to give<br />
to others, and just to let them<br />
know that someone cares.”<br />
Volunteering on a regular<br />
basis with two charitable<br />
organizations would be enough<br />
to stretch anyone, but Megan<br />
is also a busy Army wife and<br />
actively involved in her church.<br />
How does she find the time for<br />
everything? Planning is key. “It<br />
has to be planned, first of all,”<br />
says Megan. “At each of these<br />
organizations, I plan to go on a<br />
particular day of each month or<br />
quarter. This helps me give to<br />
others, yet still leaves time for<br />
other activities.”<br />
Megan sets goals to help her<br />
focus on what she wants to<br />
achieve, both for herself and<br />
for the people she serves.<br />
“First of all, my personal goal<br />
is to give cheerfully—not<br />
stressed out, not with a feeling<br />
of obligation,” she says. And<br />
since the Ronald McDonald<br />
Family: Husband Deke; dog Dusty<br />
House and Bethlehem House<br />
each have a different purpose,<br />
she sets different goals for her<br />
volunteer work. “For the Ronald<br />
McDonald House, my goal is<br />
to bring joy in the midst of the<br />
families’ struggles and sorrow,”<br />
she says. And for the Bethlehem<br />
House, “I want those stamping<br />
with us to know that they can<br />
create something with their<br />
hands and with their lives. I<br />
want them to be proud of what<br />
they create and to not give up!”<br />
Like most activities,<br />
volunteering is easier—and<br />
more fun—when you do it<br />
with someone else. Megan<br />
is very appreciative of the<br />
demonstrators who volunteer<br />
with her. “I can’t do any of<br />
these service activities without<br />
the work of other giving<br />
demonstrators,” she states.<br />
“The more who give, the less<br />
work there really is, as each<br />
person shares the load.” Megan<br />
and her friends strive to boost<br />
the spirits of those who need<br />
some cheer and relaxation. “I<br />
know I can’t help but be happy<br />
when I make something pretty,”<br />
explains Megan. “And I want<br />
anyone I come in contact with<br />
to know the joy that comes<br />
from creating something with<br />
your own two hands!” ■<br />
megan wheeler<br />
manager<br />
Conway, Arkansas<br />
Megan believes that<br />
you don’t have to<br />
spend a lot of time<br />
or money to make<br />
a difference in the<br />
lives of others.<br />
“You don’t have to give a lot—just<br />
give what you can!” she says. “My<br />
motto from the very beginning of<br />
my demonstratorship has been<br />
‘Changing Lives One Stamp at a<br />
Time!’ I had no idea then how true<br />
that would become.”<br />
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advisoryboardq&a<br />
cheryl flynn<br />
senior manager | Bradenton, Florida<br />
glenda travelstead<br />
senior executive | Bartlett, Illinois<br />
Family: Husband Casey; daughters Pam and Kelsie (15);<br />
son Jeff; son-in-law Jeff; grandsons Braden (5) and<br />
Parker (6 months)<br />
Q: What do you consider keys to improving yourself?<br />
A : Keys to improving myself are having a positive attitude and<br />
never giving up. I have plenty of disappointments in my<br />
business, just like everyone (like a workshop with $0 in sales!),<br />
but I look for ways to pull myself up and move on. I look for<br />
weak areas and try to come up with something clever to<br />
strengthen them.<br />
Q: How do you accomplish your goals?<br />
A : I identify what I want, and then I figure out what I need to do<br />
to get there. I have a big chart on the door in my stamping room<br />
with all the charts for volume rebates, Great Rewards, incentive<br />
trip, promoting, etc. I give this to new recruits to track their<br />
progress. I encourage them to have monthly events, so they<br />
don’t have to meet their minimum on the last day of a quarter.<br />
Q: Why do you think goals are important?<br />
A : Goals give us something to work toward. For example, with<br />
no set goals, I might be content with $3,000 per month in<br />
sales. I’d have $36,000 in sales that year and be $4,000 short<br />
of earning the incentive trip on Option A. But by setting my<br />
goal at $3,333 per month, I’d earn the trip by holding just<br />
one more event each month. Otherwise, $4,000 at the end<br />
of the year is a big amount to try to sell at the last minute.<br />
Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of at Stampin’ Up!?<br />
A : I’m most proud of the successful business I’ve built. This helps<br />
me provide fun extras for my family, such as new furniture,<br />
carpeting, a pool heater, a flute for my daughter, and vacations,<br />
not to mention groceries! I feel fortunate that I can do this all<br />
from my home and set a schedule that works for my family. All I<br />
can say is set your goals, track your progress, don’t give up, and<br />
continue to reach for the stars. You’re only limited by your own<br />
ability to dream! ■<br />
Family: Husband John; daughters Katy and Sarah<br />
Q: When you first joined Stampin’ Up!, what were your initial goals?<br />
A :Like many of us, I didn’t have a goal when I joined—I just<br />
wanted the discount to shop for myself! That changed quickly<br />
when I saw the potential. My first real goal was to make enough<br />
money to stay home and get my grandson out of public daycare. I<br />
was able to do this almost immediately by holding 8–12<br />
workshops a month and recruiting right from the start.<br />
Q: How have your goals changed through the years?<br />
A:At some point, I shifted from just being in business for myself<br />
and doing everything based on what I wanted, to recruiting more<br />
and helping others get what they want. And in doing that, we all<br />
win! My downline group size has increased each of the seven<br />
years I’ve been a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. Although my<br />
primary focus has changed to supporting and training my<br />
downline, I also have personal sales and recruiting goals that I<br />
meet each year. Having a balanced business of selling, recruiting,<br />
and training has always been my focus, and it works!<br />
Q: What do you think are the keys to accomplishing a goal?<br />
A : Write it down! And then write how you plan to accomplish that<br />
goal. It’s easy to say you have a goal of selling $1,000 a month,<br />
but if you don’t write that down, then make a plan on how you<br />
will do it, it’s really only a wish. When you write down that you<br />
will schedule a workshop every Thursday evening, and in order to<br />
do that, you will get on the phone and book workshops for the<br />
next four Thursdays, you have an action plan, and your wish has<br />
become a goal. ■<br />
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advisoryboardq&a<br />
barbara brimhall<br />
executive | Vancouver, Washington<br />
lynsay mahon<br />
senior counselor | Edmonton, Alberta<br />
Family: Daughters Katie (15) and Maggie (13)<br />
Family: Husband Bruce; daughters Emily (5) and Eliza (3)<br />
Q: What’s the greatest goal you’ve achieved as a demonstrator?<br />
A : Several years into my business, I went through an unexpected<br />
divorce. At that point, I had to either give up my “hobby,” put<br />
my girls in daycare, and get a “real” job, or turn my hobby into a<br />
full-fledged business. Even my divorce attorney told me I’d<br />
make more money slinging burgers than I’d ever make selling<br />
stamps to women. I looked her right in the face and said,<br />
“Watch me.” For the past eight years, I’ve supported my family<br />
100 percent with my Stampin’ Up! business!<br />
Q: What would you tell a new recruit is the key to<br />
accomplishing her goals?<br />
A : The number one key to achieving your goals is to make sure<br />
they’re your goals. Too often we tend to compare ourselves to<br />
others or let others decide what our goals should be. For a<br />
goal to have meaning, it must fulfill a purpose in our lives.<br />
Sometimes knowing what you want is not easy, but once you<br />
define it, setting the goal to achieve it becomes easier.<br />
Q: Why do you feel goals are important?<br />
A : I’ve always felt that goals are similar to road maps. Without<br />
a map, we can still take a journey, perhaps even enjoy it,<br />
but it will take a lot more effort to reach our final<br />
destination. Our lives have purpose, and to fulfill that<br />
purpose, we must have a vision, a plan, a “why.”<br />
Q: Any additional thoughts on goals you’d like to share?<br />
A : It’s easy to be influenced by the negative, but to reach a<br />
goal you have to believe that you can. You have to believe<br />
that in the long run, the achievement of your goal will be<br />
worth it because it matters to you. And just as importantly,<br />
you must partner with those who share your vision and<br />
goals. I truly believe that what we do as demonstrators can<br />
change lives. I’m living proof of that. But that never could<br />
have happened if I hadn’t partnered with a company that<br />
shared that belief. ■<br />
Q: What are some of the ways you help your downline set and<br />
achieve goals?<br />
A :I loved that the convention theme last year was “Dream Big!”<br />
Wow! We all deserve to dream big, don’t we? Goal setting is so<br />
important in reaching those dreams that take you out of your<br />
comfort zone! To encourage my group, I have been putting a<br />
focus on goals that individuals can work toward, such as holding<br />
that first workshop, signing a new recruit, or achieving the<br />
incentive trip to Hawaii. I then help them break down the details<br />
and make resources available to make those goals achievable.<br />
Q: We often refer to “the Stampin’ Up! family.” In your<br />
experience, how is your group like a family?<br />
A : When I think of family, I think of a group of people who are<br />
united unconditionally by something they share. In our group,<br />
that shared characteristic is definitely our love of stamping.<br />
Regardless of our Stampin’ Up! goals, we all love to stamp and<br />
the excitement that filters through the room over a new stamp<br />
set, technique, business promotion, or success is why I<br />
continue to love what I do! I really enjoy watching our group<br />
embrace a new demonstrator in the mix and listening to the<br />
chatter as people share things that work in their businesses.<br />
The Stampin’ Up! family applies in the literal sense as well<br />
because my mom is my upline and continues to be a constant<br />
source of support!<br />
Q: How do you help members of your group when they are going<br />
through a rough time?<br />
A :My goal, not only as an upline, but as a friend, is to be able to<br />
offer encouragement, understanding, and support in tough<br />
situations. The thing that makes Stampin’ Up! so exceptional<br />
is the emphasis on relationships. I am thankful the line<br />
between business and friendships is blurry, as I am a very<br />
open person and really like to know my demonstrators and<br />
customers on a personal level. By truly knowing someone, it<br />
helps to create understanding in difficult times. ■<br />
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ontheroad<br />
Join our demonstrator photographers as they share highlights<br />
of their experience on Stampin’ Up!’s Bermuda Cruise.<br />
Beckie: After a full day at sea, we arrived in gorgeous<br />
Bermuda. The water was Tempting Turquoise, and the<br />
beaches were Blush Blossom—absolutely beautiful!<br />
Beckie: As we left New York Harbor,<br />
we stepped out onto our balconies<br />
and met our neighbors for the week!<br />
Beckie: I caught Shelli and Sterling<br />
enjoying ice cream at the Stampin’ Up!<br />
Sail-Away Poolside Party. Too cute!<br />
Beckie: Here’s a group photo of all the participants in<br />
Holland America’s “On Deck for the Cure” walk to raise<br />
money for breast cancer research and awareness.<br />
Beckie: This was the glorious sunrise as<br />
we came into port at Bermuda’s Royal<br />
Naval Dockyard.<br />
Beckie: The architecture<br />
in Bermuda sure was<br />
beautiful, and the skies<br />
were so blue!<br />
Beckie: Sandy Poehnelt and Shelly May<br />
proudly display their completed Make &<br />
Take projects. Would you believe we had<br />
to wait all week to stamp?<br />
Beckie: A glimpse of the lovely eccentricity of the island;<br />
all of the homes and buildings in Bermuda are bright,<br />
Easter-egg colors. Or better yet, they’re from the Soft<br />
Subtles color family!<br />
Beckie: My good friend and first-level<br />
downline, Leasa Williams, and her<br />
fellow Advisory Board member,<br />
Cheryl Flynn, share a pineapple on<br />
the Lido Deck at the barbeque.<br />
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ontheroad<br />
Christie: We rented scooters to tour the island. It was fun having<br />
the freedom to go where we wanted when we wanted.<br />
Christie: This is how big the Statue of Liberty is! LOL!<br />
Christie: The Crystal Caves in Bermuda were incredible.<br />
Christie: This is the pajama party, where demonstrators<br />
can bring projects to share. Everyone brings their<br />
cameras. It’s fun to see other demonstrators’ ideas!<br />
Christie: One of the best opportunities on cruise is the<br />
Make & Takes—so fun! Is this what it feels like to be our<br />
customers? I sure hope so!<br />
Christie: Here we are showing off our new insulated bags.<br />
From left to right: April Roycroft, Christie Daugherty, April<br />
Lopez, and Megan Wheeler.<br />
Christie: We were also spoiled<br />
with pillow gifts each night.<br />
Thank you, Stampin’ Up!<br />
Beckie Kareck<br />
Antioch, Tennessee<br />
Christie Daugherty<br />
Tyler, Texas<br />
When the Alaskan Cruise<br />
was announced at convention several<br />
years ago, Beckie was determined to earn<br />
it. By doing so, she moved from hobbyist to<br />
business builder. “Once you’ve built your<br />
business up to earn cruise once,” says Beckie, “it’s a lot easier to<br />
earn again because you already have customers in place.” She<br />
also advises, “Anyone can earn it. You just have to work a little<br />
on your business each day—and it is so worth it!”<br />
Christie loves the unique opportunity of<br />
going on cruise. “If you are working to earn<br />
cruise for the first time,” says Christie, “don’t<br />
stop believing you can do it. Push yourself<br />
a little harder.” Christie has done just that.<br />
A couple of years ago, she decided to increase her sales by<br />
adding clubs to her business, and she earned her first cruise on<br />
sales alone. She earned her next cruise through a combination<br />
of sales and downline leadership.<br />
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alancingact<br />
savoring<br />
every moment<br />
kristi stoughton<br />
executive<br />
Hudson, New Hampshire<br />
Monthly Events: 10–12<br />
Average Monthly Sales: $3,251<br />
Kristi’s advice for<br />
new demonstrators:<br />
“Be wise about how you spend your<br />
time,” she says. “Pacing yourself<br />
is the key to longevity. Don’t aim<br />
to be a shooting star, burning hot<br />
and bright for a short period of<br />
time—aim to be a real star, burning<br />
steadily for years and years. Step<br />
back for a moment and ask yourself,<br />
‘Will this activity help me grow my<br />
business?’ Make goals and to-do<br />
lists that you follow faithfully. Don’t<br />
look at the big picture and say, ‘I<br />
can’t.’ Break it into steps and say, ‘I<br />
can do this one thing, and then I<br />
can do this next thing.’ Those little<br />
actions build upon themselves.”<br />
Maintaining a healthy balance<br />
between business and family<br />
allows Kristi Stoughton, an<br />
executive from Hudson, New<br />
Hampshire, to live life to its<br />
fullest and enjoy every moment<br />
she spends with her family.<br />
That’s not to say that finding<br />
and maintaining that balance<br />
doesn’t take work. “Life is busy<br />
and there are so many demands<br />
that it’s easy to lose sight of<br />
what’s valuable,” Kristi says.<br />
“Sometimes I start spending<br />
my time on whatever need<br />
is the ‘loudest,’ not the most<br />
important.” But finding the<br />
right balance is worth the effort<br />
and the discipline it takes to<br />
maintain. “My sons were just<br />
babies when I became a Stampin’<br />
Up! demonstrator,” Kristi<br />
comments, “and now my oldest<br />
is a sophomore in high school.<br />
The time goes so fast, and I<br />
want to savor every moment. I<br />
definitely don’t want to miss my<br />
children’s growing-up years by<br />
spending all my time working<br />
on swaps!”<br />
To avoid wasting valuable time,<br />
Kristi diligently manages her<br />
business schedule. “I evaluate<br />
each activity to make sure it is<br />
something that will actually<br />
grow my business and not just<br />
busywork,” says Kristi. Adding<br />
that to the advice of her upline,<br />
Family: Husband Brian; sons Cameron (15) and Colby (12)<br />
Amy Johnson, Kristi has<br />
employed a couple of “stampin’<br />
angels” who cut and sort for<br />
camps and classes, pack her<br />
workshop folders, and make<br />
door prizes, along with “a<br />
million other duties.” “Having<br />
stampin’ angels has allowed me<br />
to focus on the businessgrowing<br />
aspects of my business,<br />
so I have more time to spend<br />
with my family.”<br />
Kristi credits her husband and<br />
two sons for helping her<br />
maintain a healthy balance<br />
between work and home. “My<br />
husband, Brian, is my biggest<br />
cheerleader and supporter. We<br />
talk about what direction my<br />
business should take, and he<br />
has the best insight on how to<br />
balance work and family. He is<br />
truly my partner in this<br />
business, just as he is my<br />
partner in everything. My sons,<br />
Cam and Colby, help me find<br />
balance and perspective by just<br />
being who they are. They are so<br />
hysterically funny, and they<br />
keep me from taking myself too<br />
seriously. They help me laugh<br />
and enjoy life, which is a very<br />
important part of balance.”<br />
Goal setting has also played a<br />
large role in Kristi’s success and<br />
in her ability to find and<br />
maintain balance in her life.<br />
Kristi admits she has a “lovehate<br />
relationship with goal<br />
setting, but I can tell you one<br />
thing—it works!” Goal setting<br />
allows Kristi to “pace myself<br />
instead of just working like a<br />
crazy woman all the time. It also<br />
gives me specific actions to take<br />
instead of just wondering what I<br />
need to do next. There’s real<br />
freedom in being able to say, ‘I’ve<br />
finished all of the goal steps on<br />
my to-do list today. I think I’m<br />
going to go play a game with my<br />
kids, and then I’m going to take<br />
a bubble bath.’”<br />
For Kristi, a balanced life is<br />
“putting first things first—using<br />
my time and energy on the<br />
most important things in life.<br />
In my case, that means putting<br />
God and family first. I find that<br />
if I keep the correct priorities,<br />
the rest falls into place.” ■<br />
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ehindthescenes<br />
and<br />
avoiding a ride on the demonstrator business roller coaster<br />
For Debra Valder,<br />
an executive from Ballston Spa,<br />
New York, the word consistency<br />
is more than just a buzzword;<br />
it’s the modus operandi that has<br />
driven her success as a<br />
demonstrator. Her emphasis on<br />
developing this trait along with<br />
her unwavering optimism and<br />
energy has helped pave a path of<br />
success for her downline too.<br />
Many demonstrators, Deb<br />
discovered, suffer from what she<br />
terms the roller-coaster effect.<br />
“Demonstrators will often<br />
experience a month or two of<br />
high sales followed by a month<br />
or two of few or no sales,” Deb<br />
explains. She soon realized that<br />
such a cycle can quickly<br />
discourage any demonstrator<br />
and especially a newer one. To<br />
develop the consistency so vital<br />
to combat this problem, Deb<br />
teaches a two-pronged attack.<br />
First, Deb advocates a unique<br />
goal-setting program. She<br />
encourages each member of her<br />
downline to establish two sets<br />
of goals.<br />
She encourages her downline to<br />
set minimum goals in sales,<br />
recruiting, etc. These minimums<br />
are established based on the<br />
demonstrator’s lowest sales and<br />
recruiting months from the<br />
previous year or those levels<br />
necessary to maintain her title.<br />
“Shoot low so that you can<br />
achieve them and feel like you’ve<br />
accomplished something,” says<br />
Deb. She tells each downline<br />
member to post these goals<br />
somewhere visible on the left<br />
side of her computer.<br />
Then, she encourages each<br />
member of her downline to<br />
establish the second set of goals<br />
based on how they think they<br />
could improve with a little more<br />
effort, training, and support.<br />
These goals are often based on<br />
their best selling and recruiting<br />
months from the previous year.<br />
These goals are posted on the<br />
right side of the computer. The<br />
great thing about this goalsetting<br />
technique is that even if a<br />
downline member fails to meet<br />
her maximum goals, she can still<br />
aim to beat the minimum ones.<br />
“Ideally,” Deb explains, “she<br />
should be consistently<br />
somewhere in between the high<br />
and the low goal each month.”<br />
The second part to leveling out<br />
the dreaded roller-coaster effect<br />
is to plan events, workshops, and<br />
meetings months in advance.<br />
Deb encourages her downline to<br />
plan and write down events at<br />
least three months in advance.<br />
“I’ve discovered that if<br />
something’s written down and<br />
posted online, you’re obligated to<br />
do it. It makes you accountable,”<br />
says Deb. “I’ve seen my downline<br />
members grow. It motivates<br />
them to hold the event when it’s<br />
on their calendar.”<br />
Deb’s example has certainly<br />
helped drive this point home to<br />
Family: Husband Kevin<br />
her downline. She hosts monthly<br />
meetings with her first-level<br />
downline and meetings every<br />
other month with her downline<br />
levels two through five. The<br />
meetings are held regularly and<br />
Deb posts all of the meeting<br />
dates, times, and swap themes<br />
each January for the upcoming<br />
year on her personal web site. In<br />
these meetings, she not only<br />
shares new creative techniques,<br />
projects, and products with her<br />
downline, she also follows up on<br />
each downline member’s goals<br />
and provides support and<br />
encouragement. She even tells<br />
those demonstrators in her<br />
indirect downline who feel<br />
unsupported because of the lack<br />
of a direct upline or an inactive<br />
upline, “You have me.”<br />
Finally, Deb, a self-proclaimed<br />
data junkie, pores over the<br />
downline reports, looking for any<br />
tidbit of information she can use<br />
to motivate and encourage each<br />
member of her downline to help<br />
them achieve their goals. If a new<br />
demonstrator is just short of a<br />
minimum or a more experienced<br />
demonstrator is just short of a<br />
milestone, Deb sends a quick<br />
e-mail to encourage them and to<br />
provide advice. ■<br />
debra valder<br />
executive<br />
Ballston Spa, New York<br />
Dazzling Diamonds<br />
Debra’s also adept at identifying and<br />
cultivating business builders in her<br />
downline. She has created a program<br />
for her most business-oriented<br />
demonstrators called Dazzling<br />
Diamonds. During each monthly<br />
meeting, she challenges these<br />
demonstrators to achieve higher<br />
sales, recruiting, and organizational<br />
goals to help them build their<br />
business. For example, she might<br />
encourage them to schedule three<br />
months of classes in advance on their<br />
Demonstrator Business Web Site<br />
calendar. While they don’t have to<br />
plan the classes that far in advance,<br />
scheduling a date makes them<br />
accountable to the customers who<br />
register for the event. Or, she might<br />
push them to hold workshops early in<br />
the month—which in turn allows them<br />
to review their monthly totals and<br />
helps them determine how much<br />
they still need to do to achieve their<br />
monthly goals.<br />
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oxofficesuccess<br />
love<br />
your job<br />
Can you really make money and have<br />
this much fun? Meet Tamie Ackerson.<br />
tamie ackerson<br />
manager<br />
Corunna, Michigan<br />
Monthly Events: 8—12<br />
Average Monthly Sales: $5,357<br />
Tamie has two<br />
different types of<br />
stamp camps each<br />
month—<br />
a “regular” camp and a “product”<br />
camp. She told us about one<br />
“product” camp she held recently.<br />
It was a punch camp, with three<br />
punches included in the $40<br />
registration fee. Customers<br />
made eight cards in 2-1/2 hours<br />
and got to try several punches.<br />
Sounds easy enough, and what a<br />
great way to get your customers’<br />
hands on different punches! Her<br />
“regular” camps are set up like<br />
an open house. At one camp, for<br />
example, customers paid $10 to<br />
make eight quick and cute cards,<br />
or they could place a $25 order<br />
and come to the camp for free.<br />
She had 25–35 people show up<br />
between 2:00 and 6:00 PM!<br />
If you ask Tamie Ackerson,<br />
a manager from Corunna,<br />
Michigan, what her business is<br />
all about, she can sum it up in a<br />
single word: “Fun!” But there’s<br />
more to learn from Tamie than<br />
just how to have fun stamping<br />
(though she could offer some<br />
great ideas in that area). Her<br />
quarterly sales figures are jawdropping:<br />
she’s had over<br />
$12,000 in sales every quarter<br />
for the past several years. How<br />
does she do it? We set out to<br />
find the answer.<br />
We started by asking about her<br />
events. Tamie plans two stamp<br />
camps a month (see sidebar),<br />
and typically holds six to ten<br />
workshops. “A lot of the<br />
workshops are hosted by repeat<br />
customers,” she explains. “And I<br />
meet new people at those.”<br />
Tamie’s strong customer base<br />
regularly attends her events and<br />
holds workshops . . . but her<br />
secret lies in the word-of-mouth<br />
marketing these loyal customers<br />
provide for her! At a recent<br />
event, Tamie overheard two<br />
ladies talking while they<br />
stamped. “They said they liked<br />
coming to my camps because I<br />
spoil them. They liked that I had<br />
everything already cut out for<br />
them.” It seems like such a<br />
simple thing, but customers<br />
appreciate it. And they tell their<br />
friends. “I’m always getting<br />
Family: Husband Steve; daughters Heather and<br />
Ashley (17)<br />
called out of the blue by people<br />
who have heard about my<br />
events,” says Tamie.<br />
Then Tamie laughs. “I really do<br />
spoil my customers.” And she<br />
loves doing it, whether she’s<br />
cutting out card stock for<br />
customers or providing them<br />
with a smorgasbord of creative<br />
ideas. “I’m a speed stamper, and<br />
I demonstrate seven projects,<br />
which I give to the workshop<br />
hostess. Plus, I always give the<br />
hostess cards outside of the<br />
workshop. I send her a card two<br />
weeks before her workshop with<br />
a reminder to send out her<br />
invites and a card one week<br />
before reminding her to follow<br />
up with her guests for RSVPs.<br />
Then I send her a thank-you card<br />
after the workshop.” Hostesses<br />
love all the cards and projects<br />
they get for hosting a workshop<br />
with Tamie! And they tell their<br />
friends to book workshops too.<br />
Customers relate to Tamie<br />
because she’s such an enthusiast<br />
for the product and for stamping<br />
in general. They pick up on her<br />
cheerful, gung-ho attitude. “Any<br />
time a new product comes out,<br />
and I see it used on a sample I<br />
love, I think ‘I gotta have it!’”<br />
she admits happily. “My<br />
customers do the same thing.<br />
It’s all about the samples.” And<br />
with all the fun projects Tamie<br />
demonstrates at her workshops,<br />
customers have a lot of<br />
opportunity to fall in love with<br />
stamp sets and accessories. “It<br />
makes my night when customers<br />
say ‘Oh! Now I have to add to my<br />
order!’ It makes me think, ‘Yes! I<br />
did my job.’”<br />
But even so, Tamie confesses<br />
that her workshops don’t feel<br />
like a job to her. “I’m just having<br />
fun!” she says. “I just be myself. I<br />
make fun of myself when I screw<br />
up, and it makes people feel<br />
comfortable around me.”<br />
After our conversation, it’s easy<br />
to see why Tamie’s definition of<br />
her business is “Fun!” It’s that<br />
sense of fun that shapes her<br />
business. It translates into an<br />
ease with herself, an enthusiasm<br />
for the products, and the way<br />
she spoils her customers. It<br />
keeps Tamie’s sales high and her<br />
customers coming back to her<br />
again and again. ■<br />
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specialguestartist<br />
an inspiring life<br />
As you can see from her<br />
Welcome Little One scrapbook<br />
page, Stasia Sloma is an excellent<br />
aunt. When Stampin’ Up! asked<br />
Stasia to make a scrapbook page<br />
and card for us as a special guest<br />
artist for this issue of On Stage,<br />
she made sure she didn’t leave<br />
her nephew out of the fun. She<br />
explains, “Michael was born after<br />
this picture of our family was<br />
taken, and I wanted to include<br />
him somehow so years from now<br />
he wouldn’t see this article and<br />
say, ‘Hey, where am I?’ So, I chose<br />
him as the subject of my<br />
scrapbook page.”<br />
Scrapbook pages are Stasia’s<br />
favorite type of project to make.<br />
“I love how the photos combined<br />
with stories make everything<br />
come to life.” Stasia finds<br />
inspiration for her projects just<br />
about everywhere, including on<br />
the Demonstrator Web Site and<br />
in Stampin’ Success. “I’ll see<br />
something I like and think, ‘I<br />
could do that on this project or<br />
on that project,’ and every time a<br />
new product comes out, like Diecut<br />
Blooms, I’ll think of all kinds<br />
of new things I can do using<br />
them.” In addition, when Stasia<br />
sees things she likes or that<br />
inspire her, she saves them<br />
and often refers back to them<br />
for ideas.<br />
Stasia describes her project<br />
designs as simple and neat. “A<br />
friend of mine put it this way,”<br />
explains Stasia, “‘they’re not<br />
overdone and not underdone.’ I<br />
usually use two to three colors<br />
and a couple of embellishments.<br />
When it looks like the project<br />
needs something more, I’ll go the<br />
simple route—pop up something<br />
with a Stampin’ Dimensional,<br />
paper pierce, or use Dazzling<br />
Diamonds.” Stasia claims she<br />
loves Stampin’ Dimensionals so<br />
much she should own stock<br />
in them!<br />
Inspiration combined with her<br />
amazing talents has definitely<br />
propelled Stasia to great<br />
accomplishments. A card she<br />
created recently won in the<br />
Hello/Thinking of You category<br />
of PaperCrafts magazine’s World<br />
Card Making Day contest.<br />
Coincidentally, we selected the<br />
same fantastic card as an<br />
honorable mention for On Stage<br />
Volume 8, Issue 4. You may also<br />
remember seeing Stasia’s<br />
handiwork as the inspiration for<br />
the cover of On Stage Volume 7,<br />
Issue 4. These successes have<br />
inspired Stasia to continue<br />
learning new things and to<br />
challenge her skills by submitting<br />
projects for more contests. We’re<br />
sure to see more wonderful<br />
creations from her! ■<br />
welcome little one page<br />
Nursery Necessities, Short Order<br />
Alphabet, and Taffy Alphabet sets; Polka<br />
Dot background stamp; Blue Bayou,<br />
Soft Sky, and Whisper White card stock;<br />
Blue Bayou textured card stock; Soft Sky<br />
Prints Designer Series paper; On Board<br />
Accents; Blue Bayou Classic Stampin’<br />
Pad; Basic Black Stampin’ Write journaler;<br />
Family: Brother Richie; Stasia; niece Julie (2); father Joe;<br />
sister Joanne; mother Teresa; sister-in-law Valerie<br />
Blue Bayou double-stitched grosgrain<br />
ribbon; linen thread; Earth Elements &<br />
Neutrals buttons; Pewter Hodgepodge<br />
Hardware®; Stampin’ Dimensionals;<br />
Crafters’ Tool Kit; Large Star, Slit, and Star<br />
punches; sanding blocks<br />
so happy for you card<br />
Big Flowers and Nursery Necessities<br />
sets; Regal Rose and Whisper White card<br />
stock; Prints Pack Designer Series paper;<br />
Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose Classic<br />
Stampin’ Pads; Whisper White taffeta<br />
ribbon; Soft Subtles® brads; Stampin’<br />
Dimensionals; Crafters’ Tool Kit; Scallop<br />
Circle punch, Word Window punch,<br />
1-3/8” Circle punch, and Three for You<br />
Punch Box<br />
stasia sloma<br />
senior supervisor<br />
Totowa, New Jersey<br />
on stage vol. 9 issue 1 17
oxofficesuccess<br />
specialguestartist<br />
all<br />
eyes on<br />
amy barnes<br />
amy barnes<br />
senior associate<br />
Firestone, Colorado<br />
To see another<br />
one of Amy’s<br />
projects, check out<br />
this issue’s Online<br />
Extras.<br />
amy’s tips for<br />
basic scrapbooking:<br />
• Start simply with basic layering<br />
and colors. Use a few basic<br />
accessories, such as ribbon<br />
or brads.<br />
• Copy something from the<br />
catalog or a class—as you<br />
practice you’ll be able to branch<br />
out on your own<br />
Amy Barnes, a senior<br />
associate from Firestone,<br />
Colorado, doesn’t usually<br />
scrapbook. With two lively boys<br />
and an active life, she usually<br />
doesn’t have the time to devote to<br />
completing a scrapbook. However,<br />
when she does scrapbook,<br />
enjoyable things happen. Amy<br />
loves a challenge, and stretches<br />
herself artistically by using color<br />
combinations she sees others<br />
use to step out of her comfort<br />
zone. She recently stretched<br />
herself even more by entering a<br />
scrapbook page in one of Stampin’<br />
Up!’s contests. “Entering the<br />
contest was one way I challenged<br />
myself,” Amy says. “I had never<br />
entered a contest before, and I<br />
thought I should try.”<br />
Even though Amy doesn’t<br />
scrapbook frequently, she feels<br />
that cards and scrapbook pages<br />
aren’t that different. For<br />
example, you look at color<br />
combinations the same way on<br />
both project types, use the same<br />
tools, and create a balanced<br />
layout. The purpose is just<br />
different. In the case of her<br />
Lookin’ Good page, she sat down<br />
with the goal of using the Jumbo<br />
eyelets so she could enter the<br />
What Big Eyes You Have contest.<br />
“I usually have to clear away the<br />
disaster from the last project first<br />
though!” Amy chuckles.<br />
For this page, Amy lined up lots<br />
of Jumbo eyelets at first, but<br />
didn’t really like it. She then<br />
noticed that two eyelets together<br />
Family: Husband Scott; sons Grant (5) and Logan (3)<br />
looked like a pair of eyes. The<br />
page really started taking shape<br />
after this connection. “The eyes<br />
reminded me of binoculars, and<br />
the photos we had just taken in<br />
the mountains with my boys<br />
looking through binoculars,” Amy<br />
remembers. “I had just printed<br />
the photos, and they were sitting<br />
on my desk. So I used them.”<br />
Since the eyelets and binocular<br />
lenses were round, Amy decided<br />
the photos should be round as<br />
well. She used the Coluzzle<br />
Cutting System, cans, and (of<br />
course) Circle punches for the<br />
various circles. Her page colors<br />
came from the photos—the boys’<br />
shirts and the mountains behind<br />
them in particular. “It turned out<br />
cute!” Amy says.<br />
“Having a theme<br />
definitely helped.”<br />
Amy says that her<br />
projects frequently<br />
change between<br />
conception and the<br />
finished product,<br />
and she finds it<br />
rewarding when a<br />
page turns out<br />
better than she had<br />
originally expected.<br />
“Nothing is perfect<br />
the first time you<br />
try it,” she shares.<br />
“It’s like riding a bike—the first<br />
time you try you aren’t going to<br />
be perfect.” Amy says that when<br />
her customers get frustrated that<br />
their projects don’t turn out right<br />
the first time, she reminds them<br />
that it just takes practice. ■<br />
lookin’ good page<br />
Rough Edges Mini Alphabets and<br />
Seeing Spots sets; Ballet Blue, Certainly<br />
Celery, Only Orange, and Whisper White<br />
card stock; Ballet Blue, Certainly Celery,<br />
and Only Orange Classic Stampin’ Pads;<br />
Basic Black Stampin’ Write journaler;<br />
Pewter Jumbo eyelets; Stampin’<br />
Dimensionals; Coluzzle® Cutting System;<br />
Crop-A-Dile; 3/4" Circle, 1-1/4" Circle,<br />
and 1-3/8" Circle punches<br />
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avaperformances<br />
congratulations to these demonstrators for earning a<br />
performance bonus this quarter!<br />
personal sales $500 award for $12,000 in personal net sales<br />
Amy Czuba<br />
Christina Crawford<br />
Elena Etcheverry<br />
Karen Gregorian<br />
Margaret Van Vliet<br />
Sandra Rule<br />
Ann Clemmer<br />
Christine Thompson<br />
Gail Murray<br />
Kathleen Chapman<br />
Martha Armstrong<br />
Sandy Poehnelt<br />
April Lopez<br />
Cindy Petersen<br />
Georgia Giguere<br />
Kathy Hamrick<br />
Mary Brown<br />
Sarah Schueler<br />
April Roycroft<br />
Colleen Magness<br />
Jackie Bolhuis<br />
Kelly Acheson<br />
Mary De Wall<br />
Shari Caspers<br />
Barb Mullikin<br />
Connie Conrad<br />
Jan Burnett<br />
Kimberly Cook<br />
Mary Polcin<br />
Sherrie Robinson<br />
Beckie Kareck<br />
Connie Fitzgerald<br />
Jane Wike<br />
Kimberly Peck<br />
Megan Wheeler<br />
Sherrie Thomas<br />
Becky Sutton<br />
Connie Heisey<br />
Jeanna Cable<br />
Kimberly Van Diepen<br />
Melissa Ellis<br />
Stella MacKay<br />
Belle Harder<br />
Cynthia Cantrell<br />
Jeanne Ciolli<br />
Laura Milligan<br />
Michelle Rahal<br />
Susan Elise Morton<br />
Beth Wilson<br />
Cynthia Fodor<br />
Jen Jacobsen<br />
Leasa Williams<br />
Nancy Kliewer<br />
Susan Nygaard<br />
Betty Weisbrich<br />
Dania Welch<br />
Jennifer Cotton<br />
Leeann Greff<br />
Pat Jordan<br />
Susan Wood<br />
Brenda Hukriede<br />
Dawn Olchefske<br />
Joann Wiemers<br />
Linda Bauwin<br />
Patricia Ertman<br />
Tami White<br />
Carol Gilmore<br />
Debra Verbosh<br />
Jodie Schmidt<br />
Lisa Bowell<br />
Penny Thomas<br />
Tamie Ackerson<br />
Carol Nordquist<br />
Debra Moczek<br />
Jolie Newman<br />
Lisa Fast<br />
Phyllis Shepherd<br />
Terri Brennan<br />
Carol Payne<br />
Debra Valder<br />
Joyce Feraco<br />
Lisa Freeman<br />
Rebecca Bernzweig<br />
Terri Gaines<br />
Catherine Pooler<br />
Dena Rekow<br />
Judi Mccord<br />
Lori Bowerman<br />
Renee’ Kohnke<br />
Trevis Bossaller<br />
Catherine Sonntag<br />
Denise Jorgensen<br />
Julie Piesciuk<br />
Lynette Zahradka<br />
Ronda Wade<br />
Wendy Fassbender<br />
Cheryl Flynn<br />
Denise Sullivan<br />
Julie Salva<br />
Lynn Wegleitner<br />
Ruth Bingle<br />
Wendy Knowles<br />
Christie Daugherty<br />
Diane Dimich<br />
Julie Tonsager<br />
Marcella Lau<br />
Ruth Snyder<br />
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$2,000 award for 10 promotions ($500 for each additional two)<br />
Catherine Pooler Dawn Rapsas Jackie Bolhuis Kim Cagle Stella MacKay Tami White<br />
promotions to senior supervisor and above<br />
$2,000 award for 4 promotions ($500 for each additional two)<br />
Catherine Pooler<br />
places everyone<br />
Dawn Rapsas<br />
Kimberly Allen<br />
Deborah Naylor<br />
Leslie Rhoades<br />
Diana Rush<br />
Mary Ellen Smith<br />
senior<br />
director<br />
Sandy Hancock<br />
director<br />
Margaret Goodfellow<br />
senior<br />
executive<br />
Debra Moczek<br />
Jo Golden<br />
Kathy Pardee<br />
Wendy Randall<br />
executive<br />
Amy Celona<br />
Janice Barlow<br />
Jennifer Thompson<br />
Karen Smith<br />
Kimberly Williams<br />
Linda Pagel<br />
senior<br />
manager<br />
Angie Juda<br />
Brenda Van Woert<br />
Cheryl Flynn<br />
Cindi Kugell<br />
Cynthia Cantrell<br />
Cynthia Zell<br />
Danelle Henry<br />
Darrell Conrey<br />
Diane Dimich<br />
Emily Thomas<br />
Heather Andrus<br />
Heide Robles<br />
Jacki Poovey<br />
Jane Wike<br />
Jennifer Bailey<br />
Jennifer Goodfellow<br />
Jennifer Peel<br />
Kathy Slamar<br />
Kay Biggerstaff<br />
Patricia Krepostman<br />
Phyllis Johnson<br />
Rachel Tessman<br />
Rebecca Bernzweig<br />
Rhonda Morgan<br />
Rolanda Patton<br />
Roselyn Moore<br />
Stella Mackay<br />
Sylvia Meyer<br />
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Sherry Weldy<br />
Carolyn Gaylord<br />
Emmy Crosby<br />
Kelli Reid<br />
Michele Force<br />
Stacie Clark<br />
Catherine Phillips<br />
Erin Barker<br />
Kerry McKee<br />
Michele Lacerda<br />
Sue Fota<br />
Chantel Deleon<br />
Estaire Tomczak<br />
Khoa Bui<br />
Michelle Hendrix<br />
manager<br />
Amanda Gaa<br />
Angela McNett<br />
Ann Lohmeyer<br />
Beth Coburn<br />
Brenda Knotwell<br />
Carmi Walling<br />
Carrie Rhoades<br />
Cheryl Langan<br />
Christine Vogel<br />
Cori Bravo<br />
Denise Johnson<br />
Dianne Andruzzi<br />
Donna Schafer<br />
Dori Schneider<br />
France Martin<br />
Heather Lantz<br />
Jenny Van Meter<br />
Joan Misner<br />
Jodie Schmidt<br />
Judith Christensen<br />
Julia Jackson<br />
Julia Stack<br />
Karen Burke<br />
Karen Flinn<br />
Kendra Wesbrock<br />
Kimberly Myers<br />
Lisa Bowden<br />
Lori Smith<br />
Lorri Heiling<br />
Marla Harman<br />
Mary Ellen Scheiber<br />
Mary Ellen Smith<br />
Mary Fuller<br />
Mary Mackeller<br />
Maureen Rauchfuss<br />
Maxine Conrad<br />
Melissa Matsumoto<br />
Melissa Stout<br />
Michelle Breton<br />
Michelle Westbrook<br />
Michelle Yager<br />
Mindy Bywater<br />
Naomi Keeling<br />
Natalie Swartout<br />
Patricia Chenail<br />
Rebecca Bernzweig<br />
Rebecca Turner<br />
Richard Garay<br />
Roberta Roy<br />
Robin Merriman<br />
Sally Stevens<br />
Sharon Bode<br />
Sue Redden-Bailey<br />
Terri Walker<br />
Theresa Hill<br />
Twila Mooneyham<br />
Wanda Clasen<br />
senior<br />
supervisor<br />
Alison Yarrish<br />
Allyson Blanchette<br />
Amanda Collins<br />
Amber Demasio<br />
Amy Johnson<br />
Amy Saucer<br />
Amy Smith<br />
Amy Varnerin<br />
Andra Love<br />
Andrea Cox<br />
Angela Langley<br />
Angela Nelson<br />
Angie Carter<br />
Angie Oakes<br />
Anne Anderson<br />
Annette Wen<br />
Barbara Dean<br />
Barbara Hendrickson<br />
Barbara Roberts<br />
Barbara Vogt<br />
Becky Edson<br />
Becky Rominger<br />
Bethany Drew<br />
Betty Morse<br />
Bilynda McCright<br />
Birgit Schreiber<br />
Bonnie Carlson<br />
Bonnie Ripani<br />
Bradley Pratt<br />
Brenda Cordell<br />
Candace Stogin<br />
Cari Robinette<br />
Carlene Christiansen<br />
Carol Barr<br />
Carol Smith<br />
Carol Walberg<br />
Carol Watson<br />
Caroline Mann<br />
Carolyn Chase<br />
Chelsea Funk<br />
Cheri Rose<br />
Cherise Schlicher<br />
Cheryl Dendinger<br />
Cheryl Esfahan<br />
Cheryl Le Fore<br />
Chris Gallacher<br />
Christina Curit<br />
Christina Perkins<br />
Christina Stewart<br />
Christine Pierce<br />
Christine Rebbert<br />
Christy McCullough<br />
Chrystal Ryan<br />
Claudia Munoz<br />
Connie Conrad<br />
Constance Staples<br />
Danielle Waters<br />
Davette<br />
Wingo-Thompson<br />
Dawn Stock<br />
Dawn Veenstra<br />
Deanna Menzel<br />
Debbie Balsano<br />
Debbie Watkins<br />
Deborah Friant<br />
Deborah Munkirs<br />
Deborah Ziemke<br />
Debra Mueller<br />
Debra Waterhouse<br />
Delores Wilson<br />
Denise Hintze<br />
Denise Rolak<br />
Denise Wilson<br />
Diana Parsons<br />
Diane Stalter<br />
Dolores Arch<br />
Donella Nielsen<br />
Donna Diaz<br />
Doreen Freid<br />
Dyana Schroeder<br />
Elaine Sandford<br />
Elizabeth Cannarozzi<br />
Elizabeth Cogswell<br />
Elizabeth Kendzora<br />
Elizabeth Linsky<br />
Elizabeth Marshall<br />
Elizabeth Sanders<br />
Elmina Beiler<br />
Emily Bradley<br />
Emily Hale<br />
Fairle Carroll<br />
Gail Fukushima<br />
Gail Wallace<br />
Heather Hildebrant<br />
Heather Wnek<br />
Holly Field<br />
Jamie Pennell<br />
Jamie Rumsey<br />
Jana Evans<br />
Janet Elam<br />
Janet Pierce<br />
Janet Schwandt<br />
Jean Farish<br />
Jeanna Lovelace<br />
Jennifer Dimmer<br />
Jennifer Lyons<br />
Jennifer Meier<br />
Jennifer Rawlings<br />
Jennifer Sunada<br />
Jennifer Valk<br />
Jeri Saenz<br />
Jessica Crawford<br />
Jessica Frederick<br />
Jessica Gallagher<br />
Jessica Hudon<br />
Jessica Williams<br />
Jillian Winters<br />
Jo Bengtsen<br />
Joann Berg<br />
Joanna Middendorf<br />
Joni Kelly<br />
Joni Seith<br />
Joyce Persenaire<br />
Judene Hale<br />
Judith Lawton<br />
Judy Contreras<br />
Judy Discipio<br />
Julie Hawk<br />
Julie Nash<br />
Juliet Cole<br />
Kandi Hoaglund<br />
Karen Dymond<br />
Karen Hertrampf<br />
Karen Juda<br />
Karen Martinez<br />
Karyn Blaney<br />
Kathi Kiser<br />
Kathi Rowell<br />
Kathy Anthony<br />
Kathy Griego<br />
Kathy Vanantwerp<br />
Kim Wilson<br />
Kimberley Medlock<br />
Kimberly Cook<br />
Kimberly Gillmore<br />
Kimberly Hackworth<br />
Kimberly Johnson<br />
Kimberly Schmidt<br />
Kriss Danielson<br />
Krista Wolf<br />
Kristi Jensen<br />
Kristin Haight<br />
Kristin Orth<br />
Kristine Memmott<br />
Lael Youngblood<br />
Lana Horton<br />
Lara Walker<br />
Laura Kerrins<br />
Laura Lenertz<br />
Lauren Salzberg<br />
Lauri Henry<br />
Laurie Dickinson<br />
Laurie Hines<br />
Lee Bradford<br />
Linda Pettinger<br />
Lisa Cychosz<br />
Lisa Stout<br />
Lisa Wood<br />
Lisa Yamamoto<br />
Loretta Braff<br />
Lorraine Duran<br />
Lorri Heiling<br />
Lucinda Palmer<br />
Lynn Gatts<br />
Lynne Campbell<br />
Lysa Saavedra<br />
Mai Lee Vang<br />
Margaret Masters<br />
Margaret Tatum<br />
Marilyn Moseley<br />
Marti Hollingsworth<br />
Mary Ann Edwards<br />
Mary Fish<br />
Mary Petzoldt<br />
Mary Salhanick<br />
Megan O’Donnell<br />
Melanie McKenley<br />
Melinda Droll<br />
Melinda Goodwin<br />
Melissa Pluff<br />
Melissa Sagaser<br />
Meredith Baxter<br />
Misti Hard<br />
Nan Lujan<br />
Nancy Arnold<br />
Nancy Wolfe<br />
Natalie Oliver<br />
Nicole Newman<br />
Paige Arnold<br />
Pamela Miller<br />
Pamela Mullis<br />
Pamela Warden<br />
Patricia Bandy<br />
Patricia Jones<br />
Patti Wade<br />
Patty Jones<br />
Paulette Martin<br />
Peggy Swart<br />
Phyllis Jachowski<br />
Polly Herbstreith<br />
Rachael Geesaman<br />
Rae Agren<br />
Raina Kolstrup<br />
Reann Moretto<br />
Rebecca Goff<br />
Rebecca Morris<br />
Rebecca Roy<br />
Rene Clive<br />
Roberta Bamert<br />
Robin Greer<br />
Robin Spinner<br />
Robyn Smith<br />
Rosemary Bolduc<br />
Sally Lourwood<br />
Samantha Esqueda<br />
Sami Flanagan<br />
Sandra Bate<br />
Sandra Dahowski<br />
Sandra Kirkwood<br />
Sandra Libby<br />
Sandra Svacina<br />
Sarah Hebert<br />
Sharon Watson<br />
Sheila Vincent<br />
Shelby Kahalekulu-Naka<br />
Shelly Whelen<br />
Sheri Correll<br />
Stacey Cogswell<br />
Stacey Miller<br />
Staci Lynch<br />
Stephanie Johnson<br />
Susan Auyer<br />
Susan Manlove<br />
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Teal Elliott<br />
Teresa Pazos<br />
Teresa Wilson<br />
Terrie De Font<br />
Tiffany Kersey<br />
Tiziana Milano<br />
Tonya Shelden<br />
Tracy Filter<br />
Tracy Heidelbach<br />
Trenna Brauer<br />
Valerie Williams<br />
Vanessa Farkas<br />
Victoria Longacre<br />
Victoria Peterson<br />
Vonnie Wolcott<br />
Wanda Vaughan<br />
supervisor<br />
Abbie Stinson<br />
Aimee Foley<br />
Aimee Gange-Manners<br />
Alexia Speeks<br />
Alice Dovey<br />
Alisa Knickerbocker<br />
Alison Manning<br />
Alison Savard<br />
Alison Wear<br />
Allison Jones<br />
Allison Langston<br />
Allison Lindberg<br />
Allison Schiding<br />
Allison Stamm Kirk<br />
Alma Yandell<br />
Amanda Kilfoil<br />
Amanda Michalko<br />
Amanda Piper<br />
Amanda Shade<br />
Amanda Shenk<br />
Amanda Wittenborn<br />
Amber Campbell<br />
Amberlie Hastings<br />
Amy Bell<br />
Amy Brandin<br />
Amy Emerson<br />
Amy Kamien<br />
Amy Kossick<br />
Amy Lee<br />
Amy Reinhardt<br />
Amy Stringfellow<br />
Amy Varton<br />
Amy Whitaker<br />
Ana Shirkey<br />
Anamarie Palmerin<br />
Andrea Burley<br />
Andrea Ceci<br />
Andrea Clayton<br />
Andrea Gillaspie<br />
Andrea Harthausen<br />
Andrea Shields<br />
Angela Bailes<br />
Angela Burkett<br />
Angela Dively<br />
Angela Duke<br />
Angela Gourlie<br />
Angela Longacre<br />
Angela Schexnayder<br />
Anita Farrow<br />
Anita Shepherd<br />
Anita White<br />
Ann Friend<br />
Ann Hoffman<br />
Ann Walawander<br />
Anna Jenkins<br />
Anna Pattison<br />
Annamaria La Damus<br />
Anne Arnold<br />
Anne Bushland<br />
Anne Huse<br />
Anne Tonsor<br />
Annette Hoffa<br />
Annette Stewart<br />
Annette Wen<br />
Annmarie Connor<br />
April Conger<br />
April Schmoeller<br />
Arnheidur<br />
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Libby Hickson<br />
Lillian Tanaka<br />
Linda Bennett<br />
Linda Boyages<br />
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Linda Contestable<br />
Linda Forgione<br />
Linda Gilmartin<br />
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Linda Henry<br />
Linda McClain<br />
Linda Spraggins<br />
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Mary Elliott<br />
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Mary Fish<br />
Mary Klockowski<br />
Mary Lynn Pack<br />
Mary Redding<br />
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Mary Trautner<br />
Mary Wolcott<br />
Maryanne Finley<br />
Maryellen Byler<br />
Marylee Kilcollins<br />
Megan Grattan<br />
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Melanie Hawkins<br />
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Melissa Hite<br />
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Melodie Klien<br />
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Suzanne Bennett<br />
Michele Hundert<br />
Michele Moran<br />
Michele Ruiz<br />
Michele Tate<br />
Michelle Anderson<br />
Michelle Boyette<br />
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Michelle Fischer<br />
Michelle Gardner<br />
Michelle Gonzales<br />
Michelle Grech<br />
Michelle Pollard<br />
Michelle Powers<br />
Michelle Ratliff<br />
Michelle Shelley<br />
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Ronda Dellere<br />
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celebrate<br />
you!<br />
congratulations to our talented demonstrators who had their creations<br />
published in national magazines January through April, 2008!<br />
Celebrate the demonstrators who<br />
promoted to senior associate this quarter.<br />
You’ll find their names in this month’s<br />
Online Extras under Senior Associates.<br />
And be sure to visit the You Did It! section<br />
of the Demonstrator Web Site each month<br />
for the latest promotions lists!<br />
Christine Nicklas | Hanscom AFB, MA<br />
Take Ten<br />
Connie Babbert | Dublin, OH<br />
Stampers’ Sampler<br />
Dawn McVey | Overland Park, KS<br />
Cards<br />
Genice McNellie | Jacksonville, FL<br />
Scrap & Stamp Arts and Just Cards<br />
Judi Carpenter | Decatur, IL<br />
Stampers’ Sampler (Catch Up Issue, Volume 12)<br />
Kimberly Cook | Saint Clair Shores, MI<br />
Stampers’ Sampler (Catch Up Issue, Volume 12)<br />
Nicole Watson | Tomball, TX<br />
Take Ten<br />
Stasia Sloma | Totowa, NJ<br />
PaperCrafts<br />
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Suggestion Box and clicking on Stampin’ Success/On Stage.<br />
Casting Call for this quarter can be found in this issue’s Online Extras.<br />
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the perks<br />
of persistence<br />
More instant income. More workshops.<br />
More downline members.<br />
That’s what you get when you consistently<br />
take care of your business. But did you know<br />
that along with the business perks, you can<br />
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recruiting, and leadership?<br />
To learn more about performance bonuses<br />
and milestone awards, see Chapter 5 of the<br />
Demonstrator Manual.<br />
Check out all the details in chapter 5 of the Demonstrator Manual<br />
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Resources>Stampin’ Up! Publications>Demonstrator Manual.<br />
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