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JAN. 23 UPDATES

• RSVP for the NSD 2023 Reveal: National Scrapbook Day season is just around the corner and exciting things are coming! Preview all things NSD during the NSD 2023 Reveal webinar with Home Office on Monday, Feb. 6, at 7pm CT! RSVP here.

• Album Cover Promo ends Friday at noon CT: Buy ANY combination of 4+ albums and you get to PICK 1 of 3 exclusive album covers to get FREE! 

• Limited-Edition Album Covers end Friday at noon CT: Shop 21 limited-edition album covers available in 12x12, 8x8 and Happy Album (6.75x10) sizes!

• The Serenity Buy-It-All Bundle with 10% OFF ends Friday at noon CT: At that time, the Decorative Bundle will be available for sale at full price.

• Create the Best for Your Business webinar series: Join us this Thursday at 11am CT for the next session! RSVP here.

LAST WEEK'S PHOTO RECAP

Please include #MyEvent in your description when posting your photo(s) to be considered for inclusion in the weekly collage. Thanks!

Please refer to the CDC for the latest guidance regarding COVID-19. 

• First Row Left: Advisor Nancy Delzell Mason held her first Beginner Class.

• First Row Right: Advisor Steph Caple Thompson hosted a two-day crop with 20 ladies. 

• Second Row Left: Advisor Debbie Taylor put together a Party Time! Card Kit class and shared some CM products. 

• Second Row Right: Advisor Tessa Chapple hosted 46 attendees at her 14th annual “Frosty Crop.” 

• Third Row Left: Advisor Linda Clark hosted her 23rd annual winter scrapbook weekend with 37 scrappers.

• Third Row Right: Advisor Lisa Smith held a January retreat for 26 guests. The weekend was full of scrapbooking, laughing, learning fresh ideas and making new friends.

• Fourth Row Left: Advisor Kim Smittle held two Beginner Classes and both were successful. 

• Fourth Row Right: Advisor Betsy Detlefs kicked off 2023 with tiaras and scrapbooking. It was her first-ever five-day crop.  

• Fifth Row Left: A great weekend was enjoyed by all — in person and via Zoom — at Advisor Beckie Belote’s Seas the Day Advisor Retreat in Williamsburg. 

• Fifth Row Right: Advisor Angela Miller Hall recently hosted her first crop of 2023 — they jumpstarted January by being in jammies! Attendees created over 50 Valentine’s Day cards to be donated to nursing homes.

• Top Row Left: Advisor Cindy Esselman held a weekend crop for some scrapbookers.

• Top Row Middle: Advisor Shelia Shurts Wallace also hosted her first crop of the year.

• Top Row Right: Advisor Heather Lee Weed put together a fun-filled four-day event with 30 ladies. Everyone enjoyed product buffets, Make & Takes, classes and more.

• Middle Row Left: A monthly crop is the best way to start the new year according to Advisor Leslie Theys. Attendees enjoyed new ideas, the CM catalog and scrapbooking, of course.

• Middle Row Right: Advisor Martha Cooper Murray and guests had a great time at her January crop.

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Karen Richardson hosted her “Cozy Kick-Off Crop.” The two-day event included a football theme and door prizes. Even more, fellow Advisor, team member and daughter, Brit Richardson, dropped in for some craft time.

• Bottom Row Middle: Scrappers were excited to learn how to use the Circle Cutter at Advisor Susan Fraser Thoenes’ Beginner Class.

• Bottom Row Right: “Winterfest 2023” is in the books for Advisor Beth Gurnham Beller.

• Top Row Left: Advisor Mary Lynn Kolka held a scrapbooking class at a library.

• Top Row Middle: Advisor Dawn Slaven Greenwalt held a Beginner Class.

• Top Row Right: Advisor Amy Koch enjoyed a retreat with some awesome croppers.

• Middle Row Left: An annual “Beach Retreat” was on the agenda for Advisor Cathy Burke Guidry and 64 scrapbookers.

• Middle Row Right/Top: Advisor Dee Jarvis held a Beginner Class with some neighbors and friends from church.

• Middle Row Right/Bottom: Advisor Adrienne Stevens also hosted a Beginner Class at a local community center. She’s already planning her next Beginner Classes!

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Peggy Wills hosted another weekly Zoom event and it was a ton of fun.

• Bottom Row Middle: Advisor Steph Caple Thompson had a fabulous afternoon at the nursing home where her mom lives. Fourteen residents made 8x8 paper albums. 

• Bottom Row Right: Advisor Connie Mercer English and 11 guests completed a total of 418 pages.

• Top Row Left/Top: Advisor Susan G. Juckett hosted a workshop using the Virtual Crop sketches. 

• Top Row Left/Bottom: Advisor Lynn Graham Winters held her first Beginner Class in conjunction with her regular “Come Crop With Me.”

• Top Row Right: Advisor Leonilda DiTomasso did a demo at her recent crop.

• Middle Row Left: Advisor Ruth Rawlin Tacoma and crafters got a lot done at her event.

• Middle Row Right/Top: Advisor Lisa Menconi held a Beginner Class — a card class. Lisa had just arrived at a scrapbooking event and the hostess asked if she could do a card class later on. Lisa seized the moment and said “yes!” From this in-the-moment opportunity, she met new people, sold card kits, passed around the catalog and a calendar of her events and gained four new customers. 

• Middle Row Right/Bottom: Advisor Liz Youse Kielley loved sharing ideas and products with some savvy scrappers.

• Bottom: Advisor Shelley Ann Ray Freeze held a themed roaring '20s event for 105 participants with Donna Leese Marcionette.

• Top Row Left: Advisors Judy Seljan Pluta and JoAnn Frantz hosted 40 ladies for a “Cabin Fever Reliever” weekend crop.

• Top Row Right: Advisor Cheryl Bliss loved hosting a group of ladies for her crop. 

• Second Row Left: Nineteen Advisors and 63 guests relished Advisor Heidi Srinivasan’s four-day weekend crop. She wants to give a shout-out to Theresa Harlan, Cheryl Bush, Cheryl Lynne Adams, Amy McVay Busch, Robin Kephart, Liz Abeth, Jenny Schweier Earley, Christy Taylor, Laura Brucker Dame, Lindsay Gerhart Slater, Patricia Cassell, Dawn Kaye Ashby, Eva Karas, Diane Holle Kuhlke, Kari Orlandi, Shari Folk and Autumn Folk.

• Second Row Middle: It was a wonderful weekend full of scrapbooking at Advisor Linda Elliott-Carder’s event. 

• Second Row Right: Advisor Kimberly Marples Chickinelli held her second annual “Snowball Retreat” with 12 scrappers.

• Third Row Left: Advisor Nicole Soh organized a “January Jammies” crop. 

• Third Row Right: It was all about “minion madness” at Advisor Kimberly Livesay Skeen’s event. 

• Bottom: Advisor Tammy Bahm Woodburn hosted a retreat that was full of classes, Paper Buffet™ and a sketch challenge.

• Top Left Square/Top Row: A small but mighty event was on Advisor Julie Hoffman’s calendar. 

• Top Left Square/Bottom Row Left: Here’s Advisor Beth Saunders’ table at a recent conference. 

• Top Left Square/Bottom Row Right: Many beautiful pages were completed at Advisor Karen Lucas’ crop.

• Top Right Square: Eighteen ladies enjoyed Advisor Barb Jones Natalie’s Chinese New Year weekend crop.

• Bottom Left Square: Advisor Kathy Crow Lotz is working toward her goal of hosting consistent monthly crops in 2023. Way to go!

• Bottom Right Square/Top Row Left: Advisor Sheri Terwilleger held a workshop for these guests. 

• Bottom Right Square/Top Row Right: The “crop cabin” overflowed with love, laughter and scrapping at Advisor Cassie Oelberg’s event.

• Bottom Right Square/Bottom Row: Advisor Kenna Pope hosted 30 scrappers for a crafting retreat fundraiser. They were able to raise $1,595 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

 We love to celebrate your successes! Share your creative or business-building ideas anytime with your fellow Advisors on the Facebook Group and we’ll share them here. When posting event photos, please include #MyEvent in your description. Welcome new team members and celebrate your team’s accomplishments on Welcome Wednesdays. Not a member? Join today!

SNEAK PEEK NSD 2023 
Monday, Feb. 6, at 7pm CT

National Scrapbook Day will be here before you know it and there are exciting things coming for the NSD 2023 season!

You're invited to join Amber, Noreen and Marnie on Monday, Feb. 6, at 7pm CT for the NSD 2023 Reveal, where you'll get a preview of ALL the great National Scrapbook Day products and offers we'll have available for you! You will NOT want to miss this!

Note: If you can't attend the webinar live, the recording will be shared in the Achievements Planning Group the following day.

LAST CALL FOR THE ALBUM COVER PROMO
Ends Friday, Jan. 27, at noon CT

This is it — your last chance to choose 1 of 3 exclusive album covers to get FREE when you purchase ANY combination of 4+ albums!

It's also down to the wire for the 21 Limited-Edition Album Covers (and remember that five of them are now also available in 8x8 and Happy Album sizes!), so if you've had your eye on them, now's the time to act!

TOP EARNERS BY LEVEL

Well done to each of you who rocked it last week, and to last week's top earners by level!

Pictured (from left to right): Lanita Medina (Level 5), Patricia Brantley (Level 4), Lynn Diamantoni (Level 3), Kimberley Scott (Level 2), Gail Davis (Level 1)

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LAST CHANCE FOR THE SERENITY BUY-IT-ALL-BUNDLE
Ends Friday, Jan. 27, at noon CT

The Serenity Buy-It-All Bundle is also going away on Friday at noon CT — and what is more soothing to the soul than savings?! Especially knowing that you'll get some much-needed self-care time scrapbooking your memories with the beautiful products when they arrive.

TOP GROUP & PERSONAL SALES

Congratulations to each of you who had a terrific personal week last week and to each of you who inspired your teams to do the same!

JOIN THIS WEEK'S WEBINAR
Next webinar is Thursday, Jan. 26, at 11am CT

Are you working toward earning the Advisor Escape to Puerto Vallarta in 2024? As we focus on holding Beginner Classes, growing our team and growing our business, the Create the Best For Your Business training series will be a great resource!

Hopefully you'll join the Home Office team for the next webinar this Thursday, Jan. 26, at 11am CT. We'll be talking about how to build your team, including who to approach and what to say, what made our new Advisors say "yes" to joining and the biggest perks of being a CM Advisor! And if it will be your first time attending, you can catch up on the previous weeks' recordings in the Achievements Planning Group!

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