Swirly Bird For New Team Member

I knew that a number of ladies at my Catalogue Launch last Saturday could hardly contain their excitement at the possibility of choosing up to $413.00 worth of Stampin' Up!® products for only $169.00 outlay and no shipping, just for signing up to be a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator.

 I was so excited for my friend when she joined my team that I immediately went off to my craft room and stamped out this quick card with Swirly Bird and Confetti Celebration.

 Stampin' Up!® are offering this opportunity to anyone who'd like to give it a go, from June 1st - 30th and you're not even obliged to hold parties or workshops. If you just want to purchase for your own use, perhaps sell to a couple of friends, you are still very welcome at Stampin' Up!® and on my team. The reason you get so much is this. Usually you get to choose $235.00 worth of product with free shipping for your sign up order. This month only, you also can choose 2 stamp sets extra, to a total value of $178.00 so best you get some of those expensive ones with lots of sentiments. You choose everything for your kit, so if you already have some supplies they won't be duplicated.

You will get a 20% discount off your craft supplies, and your minimum is $440 every three months, which works out to around $38 a week.

What happens if you can't make the minimum after you've signed up? Nothing really, you'll get a call or email from me warning you that you're about to drop as a demonstrator, but you don't have to return anything.

You don't need to resign, apologise or anything, so what are you waiting for?  You can read the agreement and Join here.

Hope to see you soon,
Rachel

Sitting Here

I'm frantically preparing samples for my Catalogue Launch on Saturday 4th June, in between turning up at my other employment and caring for my small grandson. That's my excuse anyway for always sneaking into my craft room to play with new stamps, ink and paper!



I have a feeling life is better when it's full. I brought Sitting Here home from Sydney Onstage and couldn't wait to have a play with it. You will find it on page 100 of the New Stampin' Up!® catalogue along with some other cute puppies and kittens. I've only made two cards so far, one with a dog and the other with the cat but there are so many sweet versions on Pinterest to inspire.


Carrie Cudney at the home office has shared a technique on Youtube, showing how to mask so that you can have the dog or cat in a basket, without lines showing through. I stamped my cat on Smokey Slate card, and adhered it, otherwise I could use the same technique to place him directly on the swinging seat. I'd love to demonstrate this to you at my catalogue launch.

Even if we haven't met yet, please don't be shy. You only need to text me your name and address, and I will let you know the exact details for the Catalogue Launch. Text 0417 500 681, I'm in South Morang, Victoria. Bring your sister, your mum or a friend. 'cos you're sure to have double the fun then.RSVP by 3rd June please.

Hoping to hear from you,
Rachel

Catalogue Launch & Open House

At the moment my house is chaotic!!! No kidding, we are busy with family stuff, I have a full class tonight and I'm madly preparing for my catalogue launch on June 4th at 2pm. I've had a second order of new goodies arrive this week. It's so exciting and I want to stay up late at night just trying out the new ink and stamps. One of the new stamp sets and framelits, available as a bundle at 10% off, is Swirly Bird. I bet if you follow Pinterest you've seen lots of samples already. Last night I CASE-d a couple of cards (this one inspired by Katy McGloin) and now I need to share this fun with you.

If you'd like to come to an Open House and share in the excitement, you'd want to be handy to Melbourne, Australia of course, I'd love to entertain you for a few hours, There'll be cake and games and stamping! Lot's of fun plus catalogues & goodie bags to take home. If you leave me a message at 0417 500 681 (name and email would be good) I'll send you an invite with a more detailed address for my house in South Morang. You are under no obligation to order anything and if you just want to collect a catalogue, there will be a $5 charge. However, you will have this refunded if you order on the day and I'm going to try my best to make it attractive to order, by letting you pick a prize for your $50 order, pick a SAB stamp set or an ink pad for your $80 order, and if your order reaches $160, you can choose one of the new Hostess stamp sets. Want to play along online? If you let me know this week, I can get a catalogue mailed to you, and the Hostess Code, which will be open until 11th June for you to be part of this.

If you were making a card for a Make & Take, would you prefer the Flirty Flamingo with a banner, or Peekaboo Peach with the Hello?

I'd better go continue setting up for my class and tidying the house, catch you on Sunday night again with CASE-ing The Catty. I have an exciting 3-D project to share. If you live in Australia, and want to place an order you can go to my online store anytime of the day or night. The Hostess Code for this month is ZGGAABEE


Happy stamping!
Rachel

Another Sneak Peek, One With Sparkle and Shine

Following on from my last post, where I shared some notecards I had made using Every Occasion, I have made some more, this time with a little more sparkle and shine. These three images were from that same stamp set, and this time they have been heat embossed in gold or silver.



The two on the left have the small square layered onto gold or silver foil, the gold star has been layered onto Flirty Flamingo, one of my favourite from the newest In Colors. I've used some of the new Playful Palette Washi, along with some of the ones already in my collection. It works really well with these smaller images highlighted on squares of card. They've been cut using the Layering Squares Framelits, which replace the current Square framelits( item #130921)They're retiring, but larger squares aren't in the new set, so I am hanging onto mine, and if you don't have them perhaps you should pop them on an order. They're reduced to $27.00 too, down from $45.00. That's pretty good, isn't it? Here is the online shop.



Congrats! is from the Happy Happenings stamp set, but Forever begins today, and 'You Wonderful Thing You' are both from Suite Sayings. The multi-word sentiment has been coloured with Stampin' Write Markers, in Peekaboo Peach, Sweet Sugarplum and Flirty Flamingo. I think we've been needing more of these soft, feminine colours, so I'm happy. What do you think about them?

I made a second card, this time in the standard size. The champagne glasses and layered square are the same, but there was more background stamping using Timeless Textures. You can see more of Flirty Flamingo here too - love it!

I'm putting in an order for new catalogues next week. If you aren't a customer of mine, but would like to come to my Catalogue Launch on Saturday June 4th, leave me a comment. It is at South Morang, north of Melbourne Victoria, Can you come?

Cheers, Rachel

Retiring Lists, Classes and New Catalogue Launch

Oh WOW! it doesn't take too long for the retiring lists to begin selling out. I thought I would add a kiddie stamp set to my order, but by the time I came to submit that order this morning, Blast Off! had sold out. You can never tell what will be popular, often it is the retiring colours, but it can be totally random.

Two out of the four stamp sets used to make this  little card are retiring. The background stamp on the crumb cake is part of Creative Elements. Its been a 'go to' stamp set for a few years now, but it is on its way out at the end of the month and the wood set is 25% off at $42.71. The other retiring stamp set is the flower on the white square, a part of Betsy's Blossom, isn't it sweet in the three shades of pink?

Luckily Papillon Potpourri is sticking around, and so is Sketched Birthday, which is where that celebrate banner comes from.

This card used the cake from Love & Laughter, another retiring stamp set. Itty Bitty Banners will appear in the new catalogue, as will Petite Petals from the Occasions mini catalogue. Off The Grid, is also retiring, as is the punch that does the tiny flowers.

If you want to check out the lists of retiring stamps and accesories you can check here...

Retiring Lists

• Retiring Stamps (Available 30 May - 30 June, 2014, or while supplies last)
  • PDF
  • Sortable Excel file
• Retiring Accessories (Available 30 May - 30 June, 2014, or while supplies last) 
  • PDF
  • Sortable Excel file

The Excel files get updated during business hours to tell you what has sold out.

Mystery Hostess

If you are ordering and want to take part in a mystery hostess promotion, when you reach checkout you enter this series of letters  CZKVNKJJ  on the  bottom left, where it has a box 'do you have a hostess code?'

Join Stampin' Up!

Don't forget that there is a special joining special  running in addition to the usual joining arrangements. More details are available here on an earlier blog post.

Classes for June

I am running the Boxed Cards class again during June. During May  I cancelled  a couple of classes due to a family situation. This has now improved, my apologies to those of you affected by this. I have a Saturday afternoon class chalked in for 21st June 2pm - 5pm, and evening classes 7pm -10pm for Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Thursday 26th June. Email rpalmieri5@bigpond.com or txt 0417 500 681 if you would like to attend one of these classes.

Catalogue Launch

I am holding a catalogue launch on Friday 4th July, 2pm through to 8pm you will be able to call in, collect a showbag and catalogue for free. There will be displays and samples to admire, and the opportunity to stamp a little sample,  if you choose. If you order in the first 10 days of July, you will be entered into a mystery hostess draw. More details as the day approaches.

Have a great week

Rachel

Stampin' Up! South Pacific Convention - Melbourne - 2014 Part One

I have just arrived home from four days and three nights, staying in Melbourne for the Stampin' Up South Pacific Convention. Almost 700 Australian and New Zealander demonstrators gathered for fun and informative classes (and don't forget all the new product previews and give-aways!) Although it would have been possible to travel into the city each day, it would have meant an early commute on an overcrowded train, so I stayed on Flinders Street on the 10th floor, with a bit of a view, especially at night.
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It was clean, comfortable and quiet, and that is all I ask of a hotel really. On a couple of mornings, I had breakfast out with my upline, Sue. For those who don't know, 'upline' is the title of the demonstrater who recruited you, so I am Sue's downline. Usually, we dine out at night in quite large groups, because everyone is so friendly, and we definitely have things in common, like stamping! {wink} These are friends who we talk to online and only see face-to-face once a year, so you have to make the most of it. Luckily, we are spoilt for choice in places to eat around Southbank.

Looking from the Melbourne Convention Centre along the Yarra River

Melbourne turned on the very best of weather, with temperatures between 18- 23°C (64-73°F) and it's only days away from the beginning of winter! On Wednesday I visited the National Gallery for a special exhibition visiting Melbourne until August sometime. The Italian Masterpieces from Museo del Prado (Spain) was full of fine examples of the Italian masters, which were greatly admired by Spanish Royalty and often given to the King as a gift. Unfortunately, no photography is allowed in the exhibition, so I purchased just one postcard. Afterwards, I had a rather long walk from the Art Gallery, back to the Convention Centre, to collect my gorgeous red bag, for an early start next morning. The managers had already had an afternoon of learning, and had been taken to a wonderful three course dinner at the Myer Mural Hall, with Shelli Gardener, the co-founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!

 ThinkInk team members Sue, Toby & Judy, checking the new catalogue

Our days are filled with entertainment, information and new products, and there certainly are a few of those for us to learn about. Two of the most exciting are Project Life and Blendabilities. A limited release of Project Life will be available to demonstrators next week, and for our customers from the 10th June. Fantastic way to store your photos, so quick and easy, and they can be 'dressed up' quite simply too. I think I will need to start doing this to keep up with all the photos I take, mainly of my gorgeous grandchildren!!!! I expect to have some products to show you soon,so don't forget to visit my online shop after the 10th.

At the end of the introductory session, we had our first Make and Take. We receive the products we need, including the stamp set, which we keep. The first stamp set was called Kinda Eclectic, and we have used it to make three projects. The first was a pair of cards, very similar but one design was 'stepped up'. That means it had more embellishments and was fancier than the first. It's great fun to be the student, getting instructions on how to achieve a great card!

After that bit of crafty fun, it was time for lunch, and then we had the surprise we'd all been waiting for!! The staff came out carrying boxes of catalogues and we could hardly wait to get our hands on them. Now to check out all those new stamp sets, dies, framelits punches and In Colors. It is strictly one catalogue per attendee, but I will be placing my order as soon as the item numbers go 'live' and it will probably be another 10 days until I receive them. I am having a Catalogue Launch Party on Friday 4th July, but if you want one sooner than that, you can txt or email me, and I will let you know when they arrive.
Phone 0417 500 681 email  rpalmieri5@bigpond.com

After lunch on Thursday, there was plenty more to do with some 'Make & Takes' and other demonstrators sharing their knowledge in another theatre. I think it might be best to save those pics for another day, since I need an early night to prepare for my other work tomorrow.

Cheers...
Rachel