Colour Renovations Coming to Stampin Up!

With colour trends changing, sometimes it can be a bit difficult to keep up, craftwise. You have favorites that are your go-to colours and you have colours that you never use...

We've asked Stampin Up! to keep some of their retired in-colors and to retire some of the colours that no one ever seems to use. And, today, Stampin Up announced that they've listed to us: as of the new catalogue and idea book, there will be a total of 40 colours divided into four colour collections: subtles, regals, brights and neutrals. There are a number of colours that will be retiring - now's the best time to stock up and buy re-inkers, cardstock and markers in the colours that will be retiring - like Green Galore, Yo-Yo Yellow and Blush Blossom. But the new colours - cherry cobbler, early espresso, cajun craze, delightful daffodil and marina mist - are beautiful and I can't wait to be able to pre-order them. Add to that some of the earlier in-colours like river rock, melon mambo, rich razzleberry, baja breeze, riding hood red and pink pirouette and you will have be able to create some wonderful, classic and elegant projects in today's coolest colours. What's more, the new colours will be around for awhile - in some cases, they'll be around for up to five years - and will be available in crayon, marker, pastel and ink pad (some will be available in spot size pads!). Stampin Up has ever created colour kits that we'll be able to buy (though at writing, I'm not sure if these will only be available to demonstrators or if these kits will be available to all customers).

Want to get your hands on these new colours? Well, the best way to get them all is to become a demonstrator! From now until May 30, Stampin Up will give you two dvds - workshops wows 2009 and workshop wows 2008 - of techniques and special projects demonstrated at Convention. What's more, if you join and recruit new demonstrator, Stampin Up! will give you a special incentive bundle made up of cardstock, markers and ink pad in some of the newest, most popular colours. Interested? Call or email me before my birthday (May 4) and I'll throw in my favorite stamp set for free - a flower for all seasons (111592) - a value of $19.95 just for joining my team!

Coming soon: clear mount stamps

Starting Tuesday, you will be able to order some new stamps from me and Stampin Up! Beginning on January 5, you'll be able to purchase Stampin Up's new clear mount stamps!

Clear-Mount Rubber Stamp features:

• Nine different sizes of clear blocks available individually or as a discounted bundle.
• Blocks have ergonomic grooves on all four sides for easy grip and traditional wood-mount feel.
• Stamps and blocks are durable and easy to clean with your Stampin' Scrub and Stampin' Mist.
• Optional image labels on stamp backs let you decide if you want to see the image through the block or not.
• Tight die-cutting for easy image positioning.
• Large clear blocks can be used to create collages or spell words with alphabet sets.
• Stamps store easily in standard, DVD-type cases with artwork on front and spine, making organization easy.

Item	Description	Price
118487	Block A (1-3/16" x 1-1/4")	$5.95
117147	Block B (1-5/8" x 1-15/16")	$7.95
118486	Block C (2" x 2-1/4")	$8.95
118485	Block D (2-7/8" x 2-11/16")	$11.50
118484	Block E (3-7/16" x 4-7/16")	$15.95
118483	Block F (4-7/8" x 6")	$22.95
118489	Block G (3/4" x 2-1/2")	$6.50
118490	Block H (1-5/8" x 4-7/16")	$11.50
118488	Block I (2-1/4" x 5-7/8")	$15.95
118491	Block Bundle (Blocks A-I)	$94.95

The new stamp cases take up much less room - they are the side of a DVD case and feature the stamp set images on the spine of the case.

Check out the new Occasions mini catalogue as well as the Sale-A-Bration flyer to see the new selection! Don't forget, Sale-A-Bration starts on Tuesday - with each $65 purchase, you are able to select a free item from the Sale-A-Bration flyer. Call or email me today to place your order!