Retiring Stamps & Celebrate The Everyday

Just popping in to remind you that this is the month to buy retiring stamps, ink, card, ribbon, brads and other retiring stock. The best link is probably direct to the online store here.

Stampin' Up! have let us know that the stocks of  these stamps have been exhausted...

Blast off -clear
Delightful Dozen - clear
En Francais - wood (but still showing in my on line shop)
Fabulous Florets - wood
Fine Feathers - wood
Five-way flower - wood
Simply Stars - clear
Zoo Review - clear

and these Accessories ....

Basic Glimmer Brads
Dazzling Diamonds Stampin Glitter
A4  card stock Gumball Green
A4 card stock In Color 2012-2014
A4 card stock In Color & ink pads 2012-2014
Primrose Petals re-inker
Raspberry Ripple re-inker
Basic Black Stampin' Around Cartridge
Baby Tees Stampin' Around Wheel
Lattice Bigz Die
Little Leaves Sizzlets die
Small Heart Punch
Full Heart Punch

This baby card at right has two retiring stamps on it, which I have used such a lot. The little feet are from a set called Baby Prints, which also has hand prints and some useful words. The verse which I stamped over the footprints is from another retiring set called Cuddles & Kisses. Both stamp sets will remain on my shelves for a while longer, for sure. In the retired list online, you can buy the woodmount set for $2 less that the clear at the moment. With Cuddles & Kisses, both types of stamp are reduced, check it here. Luckily, the Alphabet Press Embossing Folder remains for the new catalogue.


The slim catalogue, Celebrate the Everyday, which was released in January will end on June 30th too, and not everything has made it into the new catalogue. If you don't want to buy now, but have your eye on something in the catalogue, feel free to send me an email to check if it will carry over to the new catalogue. You can reach me at rpalmieri5@bigpond.com and if you list the item name and catalogue number it will make it easier for me to check.

En Francais is the background stamp on this card, and it is also one of the stamps whichis meant to have sold out in woodmount. It may be the clear mount stamp here, which has sold out as I have linked to wood, and could enter it to my shopping basket. Be quick if you want this one!!!

Baby We've Grown is in the slim Celebrate the Everyday catalogue, but it also made the cut to the new annual catalogue.

Another exciting piece of news for all you "Memory Keepers/Photographers" out there. A small sample of Project Life is available for you to purchase from the online store now, with the remainder of the range to be available when the catalogue goes 'live' on 1st July.

If you'd like to buy your supplies at 20% off, have you thought about joining Stampin' Up! as a hobby demo? Ask me, if you have any questions.

I'm looking forward to sharing the NEW catalogue with you too, are you coming to my Catalogue Launch on Friday 4th July? It's basically a drop-in day, free to attend and collect your catalogue. You can check out the new colours, some stamp sets and dies, even try paper punching.

Call me 0417 500 681, or email me with your name and phone number, so I can give you a call with the address. I'm in South Morang, Victoria. I'd appreciate knowing if you're coming, and if you have a friend who'd like to come, so I prepare enough samples.

Glad you popped by
Rachel

En Francais Birthday FMS 131

This morning, when I was tidying up I decided to make a card with some of the background pieces I'd demonstrated at last night's workshop. The girls were making Scalloped Tag Topper cards once they had stamped a background. I'll pop a photo of some samples near the end of this post.

The En Francais stamp makes a lovely background with its flowing script, but it was handy to have Cindy H's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches to give me some fresh inspiration on how to use it a different way. The colours here are Pool Party, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay, such an awesome trio~!

I don't usually leave such a wide margin around my layers, so that was a bit of a change for me, as was the strip of patterned paper laid over both. I'd had the Pool Party ruffled ribbon out for the class, as one of the ladies had used this colour scheme too.

I also love the Happy Watercolor stamp set, and have used the longer flower (looks like a native orchid to me) on the panel. I stamped the 'splash of paint' stamp from that stamp set three times without reinking. Using the darkest shade, Bermuda Bay, then huffed* on the rubber, stamped, huffed* again and stamped, to get the faintest image at the top.The dotty image is also from Happy Watercolor, it has been stamped in gold ink. Itty Bitty Banners has been getting a lot of use lately too, the framelits to cut the banners make it so quick and easy.

* huffed - technical term to describe breathing heavily through the mouth!!!

The girls were able to make a variety of cards using background stamps like Hardwood, En Francais and World Map before trying a couple of ways to use the Tag Topper Punches.

I've been busy with my grandchildren today and now they are in bed I am quickly catching up with my blog. We are keeping two of the older ones for a few more days, so it will be busy for a while before we return them to their parents. It isn't really helping that the weather has turned cooler and drizzly for a number of days now. We took them to a concert today and it was just as entertaining watching their reactions, as the performers were!

Thanks for popping by,
Rachel

Tag Topper Punch Class

Stampin' Up! released the Tag Topper punches in the Occasions Catalogue 28 January and initially I wasn't overly impressed. That lasted about a week, when a number of innovative demonstrators had revealed some other ways to use these punches. Need I say they were in my very next order?

There is the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch (133324) $39.95 and the Angled Tag Topper Punch (133323) $39.95.

I am holding classes at my home in South Morang, Vic., during April showing some of the other possibilities with these punches. I will be providing typed notes and photos showing the relevant measurements and so on. In addition, there will be an opportunity to try out some of the large background stamps and see how useful they really are for adding some extra interest.

Thursday 10th April 7pm -10pm:

3 places left

Daytime and evening classes available 7th, 8th, 9th April

Some of the large Background stamps...

Dictionary

World Map

En Francais

Get in touch by phone 0417500681 or email if you have any questions.

Cheers 

Rachel