Out with the old and in with the new :)

There is major excitement in the Stampin' Up! world with the announcement today of a shake up of the Standard Stampin' UP! colour families and individual colours.

This is great news for the UK as it means that we get 15 new colours AND we get the In-Colours that the US currently get - that will be 20 new colours to play with.

Now this isn't going to happen from today, but with the arrival of our main catalogue in October.  So, I am just letting you know this now for a couple of reasons.

If you are building up your colour collections, you may want to take a look at the list above and only buy colours that are staying.

OR

If there is a colour that you love which will be retiring at the end of September, you've got six months notice to fill up on your inkpads, refills, cardstock colours before you won't be able to get it again.

Here is a better look at the colours that we will be saying farewell to in September:

This is all that we know at the moment but I will be able to share more information with you over the coming months once we know more. 

However, in the meantime, we've got six months left of the current catalogue and a BRAND NEW Mini Catalogue to get excited about.

DON'T FORGET YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY TO PLACE YOUR ORDER TO GO INTO MY FABULOUS PRIZE DRAW - SEE 1ST APRIL POSTING.

Zoe's Easter Class

I've been waiting for Zoe to update her blog with this photo so I could steal it.

This was one of the Stamp With Us classes that Zoe taught and I loved it.  It was a class that grew from a Make & Take idea into a fully blown class.  It's not too clear in this photo but the terracotta pot was stamped, the cellophane was stamped, two tags and a lovely card.

You wouldn't believe the list of things that she needed to run this class - about 104 inkpads, 17 punches and alot of patience :)

Anyway, don't forget you've only got until the end of Sunday to place your qualifying order to be in with a chance of winning one of those FREE spending sprees or FREE stamps.

Hope you all had a great Easter!

So very excited.....

When I opened up some post today to find this :)

One of the perks of working as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is that you can work towards their Incentive Trips. The first Trip was launched and you had until October last year to earn it (you could do it five different ways!). There were 15 of us throughout Europe that earnt the Incentive Trip to Monaco and we go in June!


Having been so busy lately, I had really forgotten about it (it's still ages away in my scheme of things!) but when an envelope came through the door today with this in it, needless to say, I got very very excited! It finally seems real!


It's a letter requesting our details so that they can start booking travel arrangements and such like - yep, this is an ALL INCLUSIVE, ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP! How excited am I now?


There are seven ladies from the UK going and they are all lovely, so I know we are just going to have such a fantastic time!


Currently, we are all working hard to acheive the next Incentive Trip to Prague and as far as I know, no-one has achieved it yet. We are half way through the year, so still six months to go. I achieved the trip two weeks before the deadline last year, so I hope to not give myself as much as a heart attack this year and do it a little quicker if I continue working hard!


Anyway, it's Easter Saturday and I am due out in a minute, just had to come on and share my excitement! We are over to friends now for the evening and off to my Mum's tomorrow for the boy's annual Easter Egg Hunt. Hopefully Monday will be a little calmer and then the boys are at football club for four days, so at least that keeps them occupied for Week 2 of the school holiday.


Hope you are all enjoying the Easter Break and not eating too much chocolate!


Have fun!

It's all go here at the moment! Win £100 spending spree!

Place an order of £45 or more with me before Midnight on Sunday 11th April 2010 and be in with a chance to win one of the following extra prizes.

For each set of 11 people ordering, you can WIN one of the following:

FIRST PLACE - A £100 Stampin' Up! Shopping Spree!

SECOND PLACE - A free Level 2 hostess stamp set of your choice including

 a new one in the Mini Catalogue

THIRD PLACE - A free level 1 hostess stamp set of your choice

 including a new one in the Mini Catalogue

FOURTH PLACE - £25 worth of money to spend as you wish

FIFTH PLACE - £25 worth of money to spend as you wish

SIXTH PLACE - £25 worth of money to spend as you wish

This means that out of 11 people, 6 will get an extra prize on top of your free stamp set. How fantastic is that? You have a 55% chance of getting something

 for nothing and who doesn't like that?

Don't forget, if you spend £90 or more - you get TWO chances to win!

The winners will be notified by email on the 12th of April. Good luck !!!

(This special offer is from me only - not Stampin' Up!)

Stamp With Us September Retreat

Stamp With Us are excited to announce their next 2010 Retreat in Haslemere, Surrey.

8.00am Saturday 4th September – 5.00 pm Sunday 5th September 2010 at Branksome Place, Hindhead Road, Haslemere , Surrey, GU27 3PL

PLACES ARE LIMITED TO JUST 35 PEOPLE,

SO YOU NEED TO BE QUICK TO CONFIRM YOUR PLACE.

Classes start at 8.30am on both days and each day will consist of classes taught by

Monica Gale, Natalie O’Shea and Zoe Pierson.

Classes will include a mixture of techniques and projects and will use Stampin’ Up! products. There will be an assortment of papercraft classes and each class will be around two hours long. Previous classes consisted of mini albums, scrapbook pages, boxes, paper handbags and lots of cards. All products are included in the cost – you only need to bring a basic tool kit with you. Full details of what you need to bring will be sent to you a week or two before the event.

Over the experience of the last two events, we have come to the conclusion that most of you would like an all-inclusive price, so we are happy to offer the following:

At Branksome Place, all rooms are for one occupant, therefore, the following prices

apply per person in your own rooms:

To join us all day Saturday and enjoy all of the classes, lunch, dinner, Party Night, overnight accommodation Saturday night, Sunday classes and Sunday breakfast and lunch, the cost per person is £350.00.

If you wish to stay the Friday night to make sure you are refreshed and ready for your early Saturday morning start, then for accommodation in your own single room and breakfast on Saturday morning can be arranged for an additional £70.

Depending upon our numbers, we *may* be able to accommodate a couple Day Delegates, please contact us for more information and prices on this option if you are interested.

At the beginning of your stay, you will have your own table where you will sit for each class and make your “own”. There will be unlimited coffee, tea and snacks available throughout the day. Lunch will be provided each day too with a hot and cold buffet on the Saturday and a Roast lunch on the Sunday.

Please email us for more information and a booking form. Places are not confirmed until deposits are received.

We really look forward to seeing you so that you can come and STAMP WITH US!

Natalie, Zoe & Monica!

Here is my Make & Take that I did on the Saturday night at the Retreat.  We used the Bridesmaid Designer Series Paper to cover a notebook but we brayered it with Close to Cocoa ink first.

We also used the paper to make these cute paper roses too which were also highlighted with the ink too.  Great effect and you got to learn two things - brayering and rose making!

It's a big day tomorrow and I've got a big announcement to make with the launch of the new Mini Catalogue so be sure to tune back!

Have fun!

Here is my other class from the Retreat. An acetate box with a flower and button embellishment made from the Full Heart punch on the front and then four cards using the same layout using different colours from the Pink Flamingo set of papers. See those dinky hearts too? Maybe another sneak from the new Mini Catalogue! Very cute! The stamp set used was the Say it With Scallops set and the matching Scallop Square punch and a good mixture of colours that I wouldn't normally put together!

Tomorrow I'll share my Make & Take that I did on the Saturday night Party Night!

Have fun!