Stampin' Up!® NEW catalogues

They’re here! They’re here! (yes I am a little excited!)

I finally have boxes of the brand spanking new 2007-2008 Australian/NZ Idea Book and Catalogue from Stampin’ Up!® – and they’re just gorgeous. (Thank you to the wonderful Jayne who helped me out with a photo today - my camera and the light just weren't playing nicely....)

If you want to get your own copy of this little baby – full of lots and lots of new stamp sets (over 120 NEW ones), cardstock, inkpads and accessories, not to mention the 335 new samples and ideas throughout the book, just drop me a line. All my existing customers ordering one before the 20th April can have one for $10 (RRP $12.95). After this date I’m going to have to include the cost of postage in the price, and since it is so much bigger Australia Post is classing it as a small parcel – this means it will cost $6.70 to post in NSW and $9 anywhere else in the country.

So please just let me know that you want one (and who wouldn’t? - it is GORGEOUS!) and I’ll pop it in the post that same day for you. I can accept payment by direct deposit and credit card for fast postage. Don’t forget – there is over 300 brand new samples and ideas in the book too, it is such a great resource that readers of Creating Keepsakes have just voted the US version as the best Idea Book for 2007. Of course it is also available to view online from April 2 - but who can wait until then???

Free stamps - for Stampin' Up! New Zealand

In case you haven’t already heard , Stampin’ Up!® is spreading its wings to New Zealand starting next month! What a fantastic opportunity for New Zealand stampers and scrappers to get in right at the very start of this exciting venture. It’s been a huge success here in Australia and this will surely be repeated across the Tasman in NZ. Stampin’ Up!® has announced a referral program for Australian demonstrators and prospective New Zealand demonstrators, whereby anybody signing up in New Zealand that has been referred by an existing Australian demonstrator will receive an extra FREE stamp set of their choice (valued up to $79.95) in addition to the fabulous value of their starter kit. The referring demonstrator (me hopefully !!) also receives a free set for sending the referral, and FREE stamps are always welcome!

If you or anybody you know in New Zealand is interested in this fantastic ground floor opportunity with Stampin’ Up!® and would like to get in on the FREE STAMPS action, email me now! Completed paperwork must be with the Australian Stampin’ Up!® office no later than 9 April. If you have any questions about it all, please feel free to contact me for more information.

Seriously – it is so much fun, and the ideal time to start your Stampin’ Up!® business – it has been SO successful over here and I’m loving being in it so early, has made for a very exciting (and busy) year.

And the winner is.....

OMG how slack am I? (no answers from the peanut gallery please - thanks Jenni and Leonie!)

I finally got around to drawing the winner from my little SAB set contest - thanks to everyone for your wonderful comments, hints and tips - I really look forward to getting moving on all these. It also made me feel all warm and fuzzy to know that someone out there IS reading me LOL.....

Anyway without further ado.... the winner is...

TASH ALLEN

Please contact me Tash with your details and which set you'd like at auntytraci@hotmail.com

Keep reading everyone - more updates to follow soon - I'm really trying to get on top of this blogging and business thing... life has been a bit hectic lately and will be filling you all in on that soon too!

Cheers
Tracey

Thanks and a little scrapping....

Thank you to everyone for all your hints and comments about what to put on my blog - I'm going to start implementing a lot of the great ideas.... if you haven't already done so, there's still time to leave a comment on this post to be in the running for the prize on offer!

Ok - scrapping.... I've done very little of this but am really starting to get into it and enjoy it - it truly does become addictive after a while. And its so much fun incorporating stamps into it too - have to use the rubber!!! and ink!!!



This is a 6x6 layout using all SU! goodies.
Cardstock is Very Vanilla, and the photo is matted using Sage Shadow and Orchid Opulence.
Inks used throughout are Orchid Opulence and Sage Shadow
The set used to make the background is Winged Things and Itty Bitty Backgrounds (the fly spot one for the Sage dots). The butterfly is stamped in black stazOn and coloured with Orchid opulence and Sage Shadow watercolour wonder crayons - these are AWESOME and the set of 48 is on the retiring list for us - so this month is the last chance for Aussies to grab the set of these - after this month they'll be available in colour families (which will add to more $$$ to get them all). Then I've used various alphabet sets to make the words and cut out the pieces, sponged the edges - and thats pretty much it.

Some of the words and the butterfly have been mounted up higher using Stampin' Dimensionals ® to give the page some texture - and the buttons from the Soft Subtles finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Goodbye old friends, I have to go....

NO - not me LOL...

The retirement list from Stampin' UP! has been released! Stamp sets AND accessories! There are quite a few of my absolute favourites that are not going to make it into the new 2007-2008 Idea Book & Catalogue .

Click here to be see the list on the Stampin' Up! website - grab a cuppa and check it out - it's LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG, longer than I thought it would be.

Please remember that these retiring sets and accessories will only be available WHILE STOCKS LAST. Once they’re gone, we won’t be seeing them again *sob* . The last day for ordering the retired sets (if there are any left!) is March 31st. So if there is anything on that list that you really can’t live without, or have been putting off for whatever reasons.... contact me sooner, rather than later, to get your order in. I would really hate to see you miss out because we'd run out....

Of course there is a bright side to saying farewell to all these favourites….. there's HEAPS of room for NEW stuff in the next catalogue!

OK I'm off to pour over the list and my old catalogue and see what else I HAVE to get LOL!