Friday, May 31, 2013

Stampin' Up! 2013-2014 Catalog is now live


  • New 2013-2014 Catalog is now live!
  • Stampin' Up! Color Refresh
  • Retired list available until June 3
  • Easy crafting with Paper Pumpkin membership program
  • Online class with class and 15 projects
  • Sample card with new Hostess set Morning Meadow
  • 25% off select MDS downloads & printed products until June 15




The new catalog is live now and you can begin ordering June 1! Check out the online version of the catalog now.


Visit the Clebrando Creatividad version of the new catalog.


Place your order through my on-line store.

You can download the catalog for free at the new Catalog Link above. My regular customers should have their free copy by now. You can order a hard copy of the new catalog.   Just add a copy to your order.  Single copies: $5.00; item 129855


Combine your order along with your digital downloads and earn free merchandise when your total order is $150 or more (minus tax and shipping.)

Also add products on the retiring list, with discounts on some items ranging from 25%, 40% and 60% off some digital items.  You can order from the retiring products list (while supplies last) until Monday, June 3.

 

Welcome the new Stampin' Up! colors to your Stamping Room


In many cases, welcome back some of your favorite in-colors from previous years!  I was so excited!  I had most of the new colors already in my paper supplies!  I never stopped using them because they were among my favorites.  I used them for my personal project.  Now I can use them for my blog projects as well -- and so can you! 

Since the last color renovation three years ago, Stampin' Up! has been watching colors closely and continually researches, surveys and monitors sales.  Stampin' Up decided now was the time for a small color refresh just as they promised they would do every three to 5 years.  As you bid farewell to 10 of our colors, you'll welcome back nine of your old In Color favorites, along with one new color.  The color families have also been rearranged a little to keep them on trend.    Without further fanfare, here are the new colors!


Smoky Slate is the new color; the rest of the refreshed colors are favorite In Colors from previous years.

Additionally, these are the In-colors for 2014.


 

You'll see the new 2014 In-colors in the new catalog, which are great additions to traditional products. You can also order the color swatches of the new In-Colors for your color Color Coach or order the new Color Coach (130118) with a card for every color in the Stampin' Up! collection. We bet you want those new colors for MDS too, right? Good news-the next time you're connected to the Internet, the software will add all seven new colors:

Add these cards to your Color Coach - 130120 - $2.50


    • Baked Brown Sugar
    • Coastal Cabana
    • Crisp Cantaloupe
    • Pistachio Pudding
    • Strawberry Slush
     

     I'll post some samples with these new colors over the next few days. 

     

    Retire list for the current catalog still available...you know the drill

    Now that the 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! catalog is live, you have only a few more days (Monday, June 3)  to order from the retired list of current stamps and accessories. 


    Morning Meadow Hostess Set sample from the 2013-2014 Catalog


    Here's a card idea from one of the new hostess sets, Morning Meadow.  I can't wait to order the matching punch from the new catalog!  The smaller flowers are from Morning Meadow and until my order from the new catalog arrives, I hand cut the blossoms.  The larger blossom is punched using the Blossom Punch.  Then it was outlined with the White gel pen.




    Recipe
    Stamps: Morning Meadow (Hostess) (129678 - Clear; 129675 - Wood)
    Paper:   Whisper White; Basic Black
    Inks:  Black Staz-On
    Accessories:  Small Oval and Large Oval punches, Blossom Punch, White gel pen, Small pearls, Essentials (126187) Paper Piercing Pack

    To place an order for any of these items: Visit my Stampin' Up! Store


    For those of you wondering where I've been.... after a couple months of drama, I'm now back on track..and spent a delightful month playing with new catalog preview products



    Heart break ...and new joy...

    We lost our 13-year-old Sheltie after a 5 month battle with liver & gall bladder disease and, finally, he lost the use of his back legs...arthritis.  He was stoic until the end, and left such a large hole in our daily lives.  Dear Husband and I immediately began a puppy search to fill the hole.  After reading through hundreds of puppy listings and talking to numerous breeders, we found our new love, Cookie, an Australian Shepard.  She joined our family the week before I left for Brazil for a 3-city, week-long business trip.  She quickly bonded with DH while I was gone; and when I returned it was like a new love affair.  

    She's exceptionally bright and mastered potty training in 13-14 weeks.  She started obedience classes at 14 week and we're busy socializing our little Cookie to new experiences, other puppies, and different neighbors and other people.  At 18 weeks she learned to climb stairs to my craft studio so I've been thoroughly distracted as she learns what's hers and what's not hers to play with in my studio and office.

    This is Cookie during a recent vet visit.

     

     

    Creative?  But no time to stamp?  Not anymore!



    You love to craft, but it can be quite a process...choose a project, decide what supplies you need, gather everything together, then finally find the time to sit down and create.  Whew-- it can be a lot of work!  Not anymore!

    Stampin' Up!'s new membership program, Paper Pumpkin, makes crafting as easy as opening your mail.  When you sign up for Paper Pumpkin, the package arrive in your mail every month, and you'll love the fun packages that included everything you need (stamps, ink, paper, and accessories) except adhesives to create a fun, exclusive crafting project; everything from cards and journals to home decor and more.  Each project is designed to take approximately 30 minutes to create, and everything comes measured and cut. 



    I already do this with my cosmetics -- and I love the surprise each month of receiving my products without having to wade through catalogs trying to match up what I need.   What a time saver!  And if you ever decide to skip a month because your life is too full to craft, just log on before the 10th and change your setting to skip a month!  This is a fabulous way to have fun in a limited amount of time.  Sign up with your sister, mom or girlfriend and make it a girls night when you all receive your kits each month!

    The stamps and accessories in the kit are often exclusive, which means that the only way to enjoy these great products is to be part of the Paper Pumpkin magic!  Paper Pumpkin packages ship on or around the 15th of each month.  Paper pumpkin memberships are only $19.95 US/$24.95 CAN a month (including shipping).  Sign up at my Paper Pumpkin link.  Not sure?  Order our Try the Paper Pumpkin kit at my online store for $16.95 US, Item 132600. 



     Online class - download immediately!


    Learn how quickly and easily you can line up stamped images for precision placement, achieve the right ink coverage, combine images together exactly where you want them, and more!

    Class features the Show & Tell 1 and 2 Stamp Sets, and includes six lessons (Backgrounds, Building, Layering, Versatility, Gift Giving, and Memory Keeping), step-out photos, instructional videos, and instructions and supply lists for 15 projects. Available for download only.  Order "Seeing the Possibilities Online Class" Item #134532 for only $14.95 US

    25% off select My Digital Studio (MDS) Print products until June 15.


    With all the celebrations this time of year, it is the perfect time to capture the moments in photos, scrapbooks, flip books and other ways to preserve these precious moments.  Many of these My Digital Studio content and print product items are 25% off until June 15.  Digital content includes all ensemble, calendar, photo books, and digital content.   See it here. Print products include cards, tags, individual pages, photobooks, swatchbooks, and calendars.   See MDS print pricing here.   Awesome, right? 

    Check out the My Digital Studio Blog every Tuesday to download the new downloads.  Then visit my Stampin' Up! Store to order your favorite weekly downloads.  Be sure to watch for the free downloads Stampin' Up! offers from time to time.  It is a great way to build content for your My Digital Studio software.  Check out all the free My Digital Studio Free Downloads, here.

    Check the retired list for great deals on digital content discs from the current catalog.

    Well, enough news for one post!  Talk to you soon!


    Enjoy!

    Donna Ross
    Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator
    Private Classes for 1 or a small group of friends: http://cardmaking.meetup.com/71/