I started my Stampin' Up!^® business after my third daughter was born. I knew I wanted to quit my full time job as a tax accountant and venture into something new without paying to put my 3 daughters in day care, dry cleaning, and take out food.

When my best friend, Joyce, sent me the Stampin' Up! catalog and recruit packet, I had no idea what I was looking at and placed it all between my cookbooks. Rarely reaching for those cookbooks, I also rarely thought about Stampin' Up!, until one day I went to the craft store to get poster board and heard a lot of ladies making a fuss over wanting to learn how to stamp. Immediately, I thought that this could be a great business opportunity if I could just learn how to stamp.

Owning one Stampin' Up! stamp ("Home Tweet Home") and one ink pad (Brilliant Blue), I not only thought I could stamp, but was thrilled that I made 25 "Just Moved" post cards. I went on to emboss 50 Baby Announcements. My attitude was pretty much, "Okay, I love this. This is cool. I want to do this now and learn as I go along." My friends, I am still learning!

My husband, Jake, (whom I amuse each day with this, I'm sure) told me to "go for it" at the beginning. He has been patient and supportive. For that, I have earned 12 out of 12 Cruises and brought him with me on each trip I opted to take. We've taken our daughters on 3. Stampin' Up! is amazingly generous and has showered us with rewards. God has been so good to us!

My beginning with Stampin' Up! followed a move and a new baby. But over the past 12 years, I was to experience 3 more moves, no more babies. I love I can take this business with me wherever I go and that I am my own boss. My career personal sales went over 700K last year and I have recruited over 250 demonstrators to join in on the fun.

I am passionate about what I do, love that it goes alongside my family life, and truly am blessed with the great people I've met and get to support in my group.

This is a little about me. Let me share some pictures with you.

 
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Me and Joyce at the Stampin' Up! Convention in SLC 2009	The Stamping With Style Team Stampin' Up! Convention in SLC 2009	Me and Shelli Gardner at the Stampin' Up! Convention in SLC 2009