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FEB. 13 UPDATES

• Products launching today: Advisor-Only NSD 2023 Buy-It-All Launch Party Bundle with 10% OFF, Advisor-Only NSD 2023 Essential Launch Party Bundle, Cue the Blue Buy-It-All Bundle with 10% OFF, Cue the Blue collection and limited-edition adhesive products. 

• The Adhesive Buffet is going on now: Purchase limited-edition adhesive products AND have the opportunity to earn exclusive Vivid Melodies Heart Sticker Packs and Mauve & Violet Metallic Dot Tip Pens FREE! Get details here and below in the email. 

• Last chance for Secret Box #1: Ends tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon CT.

• February Virtual Crop challenge submissions are due by tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11:59pm CT in the Virtual Crop Facebook Group.

And congratulations to Advisors Diana Stimson, Marie Golio and Meg Carpenter for being the winners of scheduling their NSD event and holding a Beginner Event during their main NSD event!

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. 

• Top Row Left: Advisors Jeannette Keezel, Lynn Diamantoni, Alice Wendel Funk, Krista Kiger, Karen Zuck, Michele Denlinger Hainly, Patti Gawinski and Kristyne Boyd Schonhaut hosted a winter retreat with a murder mystery themed “Who Stole the Memories?” for 115 scrappers. 

• Top Row Right: Advisor Margo Diebold held her first event in a newly found venue. 

• Second Row Left: Advisor Gen Kernan Lyon had a wonderful weekend at a resort with 27 scrapbookers. 

• Second Row Right: Advisor Cynthia Dalton Schmidt put together her 14th “Make A Wish Weekend.”

• Third Row Left: Advisor Lori-Anne Belluscio hosted a class for a group of crafters and showed off her inventory. 

• Third Row Right: Advisor Nicole Soh held a Beginner Class with 10 guests — six were completely new to her.

• Fourth Row Left: Advisor Connie Tabor Skaggs had a great time cropping with these ladies. Connie demoed three cards, shared tips and taught a Beginner Class. 

• Fourth Row Right: Advisors Neysa Wilson Threlkeld, Roberta DePiero and Carolyn Daly got together for a Beginner Class. 

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Wandita Pastrana-Iglesias’ Tropic Time workshop was a success. Fifteen participants joined in on the fun. She also wants to give a shout-out to fellow Advisors Daixa Cameron and Lillian De Armas for being awesome.

• Bottom Row Right: Advisor Gloria Dominguez hosted her annual winter weekend. The ladies completed many pages and Gloria gives a shout-out to Advisor Krislyn Mattei for sharing her Galentine’s Day page.

• Top Row: Advisor Kim Miller hosted her four-day, 23rd annual “Winter Scraptacular.” Fourty-four croppers enjoyed challenges, completed pages and played a “Let’s Make a Deal” game.

• Second Row Left: Advisor Denise Harding Mitchell’s recent event was a success — 60 ladies attended and 14 were new to scrapbooking.

• Second Row Middle: Advisor Kathy Smith held a January retreat and lots of memories were made. 

• Second Row Right: Advisor Tracy Dehrer Gillis had snow much fun at the annual “Big Bear” scrapbooking retreat with 34 customers. 

• Third Row Left: Advisor Krista Kiger had a fabulous monthly crop with her co-host, friend and Downline. Everyone looks so happy!

• Third Row Right: Advisors Beverly Anklam McCay and Dora Colton held their mid-winter retreat for 16 attendees. 

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Lianne Hull Griffin had a fantastic sold-out, three-day crop with 24 ladies. The event included classes, tips and techniques and registrations for upcoming events.  

• Bottom Row Middle: Advisor Karen Lucas’ February crop was tons of fun. 

• Bottom Row Right: Advisor Ada Weier-Amor had her monthly crop and more than 40 pages were completed. 

• Top Row Left: Advisor Heather Ross Hart created a volunteer event at work (to donate cards to Meals on Wheels). They made 55 cards!

• Top Row Middle: Advisor Krista Taylor Rempel’s eight-year-old daughter recently asked if she could scrapbook. The answer? Yes! She completed five pages. 

• Top Row Right: Advisor Heather Lee Weed had a wonderful four-day, fun-filled event. The duration included a Make & Take, classes, cardmaking and more. 

• Second Row Left: Advisor Caroline Williams Swartz hosted a two-day crop with 16 guests. 

• Second Row Middle: Advisor Louise Winhold held a Beginner Class and enjoyed lots of creativity. 

• Second Row Right: Advisor Vicki Taylor Gage held a Beginner Class for seven scrappers.

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Esther Adame Summers hosted her first Beginner Class. Way to go!

• Bottom Row Middle: A Beginner Class was on the agenda for Advisor Elizabeth Fitzpatrick. 

• Bottom Row Right: Advisor Karri Catello Baer recently celebrated the completion of her third weekend retreat. The theme was “class reunion.”

• Top: Advisor Lanita Medina is so proud of all the participation and creativity from the “Maine Crop & Connect.” The travel-themed event included “tour guides” and moderators from all parts of the CM country thanks to Advisors Beckie Wilcox Belote, Kristi Parker Bolin,  De Ann Johnson Castro, Ellen Evanoff, Michelle Roche Fitzgerald, Ariane Ritz, Alyse Barnas Castonguay, Diane Fischer Walker, Mary Jo Chretien, Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi, Karen Mahoney, Karen Wolfe and Coni Dyke Farrington. Alison Dutton and Caleb Hayhoe III from Home Office popped in for the good times, too.

• Second Row Left: Advisor Robin Kephart had her first event of 2023, a Beginner Class. 

• Second Row Middle: Advisor Barbara Cauchon held a 12-hour virtual event in pajamas. Barbara posted challenges every two hours and taught three classes. 

• Second Row Right: Advisor Denise Mills had a great 12-hour crop with some wonderful ladies. 

• Third Row Left: Advisor Deborah Lawrence Jones hosted a Beginner Class during her monthly crop. 

• Third Row Middle: Advisor Liz Youse Kielley had a no-frills crop. Advisor Leslie Breighner and Liz also worked on Virtual Crop sketches. 

• Third Row Right: It was a fun weekend crop for Advisor Steph Caple Thompson and 14 gals.

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Lynn Graham Winters went to an elementary school to do a Valentine’s Day card class for a fourth/fifth-grade teacher — Lynn’s grandson is in the teacher’s fourth-grade class. Lynn demoed the Tape Runner and the kiddos enjoyed using the punches, die cuts and other products. 

• Bottom Row Middle: Advisor Dawn Schulz Tan had a “Scrap Your Stash Card Class.” Everyone made two cards from just scraps.

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Dee Jarvis held a Beginner Class for 13 crafters at her mom’s senior living center. 

• Top Row Left: Advisor Lily Epstein vended, taught classes and got new customers and business contacts at a recent event.  

• Top Row Right: Advisors Cheryl Dippner and Sheri Lehman co-hosted a crop with 14 ambitious scrappers. The event included opening the Secret Box, participating in the Virtual Crop, sharing about Beginner Classes and partaking in a “Scrappy the Bear” game.

• Middle: Advisor Martha Cooper Murray held a “Muppet Crop Camp” with 33 croppers over four days. There were plenty of challenges too, like the “Rainbow Connection,” “It Ain't Easy Being Green” and the “Muppet Character” challenge (they had to base their layout off the colors of the character they chose from a hat). Everyone also enjoyed the Secret Box Opening and Virtual Crop.

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Diana McCarroll and Elaine Michael co-hosted an “Arctic Adventure Retreat” for 30 scrappers. 

• Bottom Row Right: Advisor Shelia Shurts Wallace had a crop and taught a Make & Take border kit.

• Top Row Left: Advisor Cindy Scott put together a Beginner Class — a card class with five ladies from work. They made over 90 Valentine’s Day cards to send to their hospice patients. 

• Top Row Middle: Advisors Violetta Tait Bubelis Welsh and Tammy Benn co-hosted a fold-over page and Make & Take border workshop. 

• Top Row Right: Advisor Donna Hall Guest had a fantastic February crop with 14 ladies. The attendees wore red, pink and white for an extra prize entry. 

• Middle: Advisor Diane Fischer Walker joined in on the Beginner Class fun with a new scrapbook and some customers. Everyone did stations to get their trimming and punching done and then assembled back to their spots. Home Office's Alison Dutton partook in the event as well.

• Bottom Row Left: Advisor Janet Bittner Hubert has been talking about her CM business and her friend really wanted to do a scrapbook for her daughter who is getting married. The smile says it all — she loved it! And Janet loved watching her confidence build through the process. 

• Bottom Row Middle: Advisor Delinda McLaughlin had a Beginner Class about Fast2Fabs™. 

• Bottom Row Right: Advisor Kim Smittle recently held two Zoom Beginner Classes and recorded them to post the video links later.

 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!

The new month is bringing with it a bunch of new must-haves — to help you keep on top of all the goodness, here's a handy checklist overview for your convenience!

NSD ESSENTIAL & BUY-IT-ALL LAUNCH PARTY BUNDLES
Ends Feb. 21 at noon CT

Starting today, you can purchase a quantity of 1 of either the NSD Essential Bundle OR the NSD Buy-It-All Bundle (a friendly reminder that all NSD products will be available in whatever quantity you'd like on Feb. 27). 

Which of these must-haves are you going to add to YOUR cart?

PURCHASE LIMITED-EDITION ADHESIVES & GET FREE GIFTS
Ends Feb. 21 at noon CT or while supplies last

How would you like to get your hands on limited-edition adhesive products AND have the opportunity to earn exclusive Vivid Melodies Heart Sticker Packs and Mauve & Violet Metallic Dot Tip Pens FREE?!

It's easy — simply fill your cart with ANY combination of photo-safe limited-edition adhesive products (13x13 Silicone Mat, Brochure Pockets, Peekaboo Pockets™ Variety Pack #3, Tape Runner Cases, Max-Strength Crafting Tape Runner Refill, Designer Photo Corners or Adhesive Dots) and you can earn the free gifts when you order 8+!

Which of these will YOU earn? 

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), Margo Smith (Level 4), Teri Gibson Schultz (Level 3), Christine Napoleon (Level 2), Carolyn Case (Level 1)

Have you uploaded an Advisor profile photo? Make sure you have a profile photo uploaded because you may be featured in an upcoming newsletter! 

SAVE ON THE CUE THE BLUE BUY-IT-ALL BUNDLE
Ends Friday, Feb. 24, at noon CT

The new Cue the Blue collection will be perfect for showcasing all sorts of memories with its gender-neutral, classic elements and monochromatic watercolor and gradients of navy to baby blue.

And by now you know the drill — when you purchase the Buy-It-All Bundle, you'll enjoy 10% savings for a limited time! But you won't want to wait — this discounted bundle is only around until Feb. 24 at noon CT, at which time the Decorative Bundle will be available for purchase at full price.

Remember to visit the Advisor HQ to download the Cue the Blue Project Recipe™ — it'll be a hit when you teach it at your upcoming events!

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!

LAST CHANCE FOR SECRET BOX #1
Ends TOMORROW (Tuesday) at noon CT

We hope you and your customers were able to join us this past weekend for the February Virtual Crop and the first Secret Box Opening event with Noreen! If you joined, you got to see all the beautiful products that were inside the box and got project inspiration from Noreen for how to use it and were definitely happy to have ordered it!

If you didn't order yet, good news — there's still time, but not much, for you to get your hands on Secret Box #1! You only have until tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon CT to order your box, and when you do, you'll also have access to BONUS content from Noreen and a printable PDF with a Cutting Guide and instructions for creating the four layouts and six exclusive cards! 

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