Last days to get your Retiring Products!

Not long to go until the 2007-2008 Idea Book and Catalogue is gone forever... and many of the stamp sets are leaving for good! Some have already been sold out, so make sure you get your last minute orders in.... especially for In Color products! All the reinkers are gone, as are most of the A4 single colour packs of card stock. (There are still assorted packs).
Here is a wall hanging I have created for my Grandma... she is 92, and lives in my Aunty's spare room, so I'm hoping she has a wee wall she can hang it on! I found the wooden plaques ages ago really cheap, and have been wanting to do something with them.... so here is the result!
Click on the image to see it larger. It says: All you need is... Sweet memories, Good Times, Family, Friends, Love. Here are some close ups of a couple of the plaques....
I have used the Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper to cover each of the plaques. The colours include Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava (retiring), Soft Sky (retiring) and Wild Wasabi (retiring). It is BEAUTIFUL paper... it is available in the Summer mini catalogue, which expires on the 31st March too. I know for sure this paper won't be in the new Catalogue, because it has In Colors in it!

Another thing I have used a lot of for this project is the Rub-ons - Cherished Memories and Urban West are just lovely for this sort of thing as well as cardmaking and scrapbooking! Heaps of wonderful sentiments, flowers, flourishes and bits and pieces that finish off a project so quickly, easily and beautifully. With a black and a white sheet in each pack, there is bound to be just the right thing for your project!

Now the only stamp sets I used were Frames with a Flourish (NOT retiring!), and En Francais (also not retiring) but I have given the whole thing a vintage look by sponging Groovy Guava, Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip ink around all the edges! I also used the retiring Spring Bouquet punch and quarter inch circle punch, as well as some die-cut letters and dry embossing with my Cuttlebug. Pretties Kit flowers were died to match, and half backed pearls add an elegant touch. All hung together with Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon! I had so much fun putting this together! I will be making another one for myself I reckon!

Now, remember to email me with your final orders for this catalogue - and don't forget that some of the retiring items are discounted!!! Here is the link: http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/default.asp

Happy Stamping!

What's already gone... or nearly gone!

Item Number	Product Description	Availability
10756	Flip Flops	Unavailable
109020	Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Refill	Unavailable
109015	Soft Sky Classic Stamin' Ink Refill	Unavailable
109016	River Rock Classic Stampin' Ink Refill	Unavailable
109017	Purely Pomegranite Classic Stampin' Ink Refill	Unavailable
100381	Earth Elements Eyelets	Unavailable
100378	Soft Subtle Eyelets	Unavailable
109019	Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Ink Refill	Unavailable
108748	Best Friend Numbers	Unavailable
107212	Mateys Map	Unavailable
105320	Basic Eyelets	Unavailable
103195	Gifts Galore	Unavailable
107561	Garden Annuals	Unavailable
109610	Confetti Simply Scrappin'	Unavailable
104279	Leaf Prints	Unavailable
110255	Bundle of Joy	Unavailable
112402	Short Order Numbers	Unavailable
109018	Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Ink Refill	Unavailable
111852	River Rock A4 card stock	Unavailable
108720	Ahoy, Matey	Unavailable
108747	Best Friends Alphabet Upper	Unavailable
111851	Soft Sky A4 card stock	Unavailable
109185	Jersey Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
105316	Rich Regal Eyelets	Low Quantity
101259	Black Hemp Twine	Unavailable
108740	Bareback	Unavailable
106662	Dasey Field	Unavailable
108638	In Color 12"x 12" card stock	Unavailable
109186	Theater Ribbn Originals	Low Quantity
105445	Soft Subtle buttons	Low Quantity
111850	Wild Wasabi A4 card stock	Unavailable
106610	Basics Outline	Low Quantity
103981	Earth Elements	Low Quantity
103981	*Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons	Low Quantity
100900	Gift sacks	Low Quantity
108763	By Land	Low Quantity
104065	Fishy	Low Quantity
112253	*Dad's Day	Low Quantity
108849	It's Your Birthday	Low Quantity
105531	Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware	Low Quantity
112391	Everything Baby	Low Quantity
112310	Fabulous Flowers	Low Quantity
107464	Rough Texture	Low Quantity
107465	Speckled	Low Quantity
107467	Birthday	Low Quantity
108923	Stipple Rose	Low Quantity
112272	Classic Backgrounds	Low Quantity
108929	Symbols of Solicitude	Low Quantity
112316	Forever in My Heart	Low Quantity
105446	Rich Regal Buttons	Low Quantity
108746	Best Friends Alphabet Lower	Unavailable
112229	ABC Images	Low Quantity
108857	Linen	Low Quantity
108998	Beautiful Life	Low Quantity
110248	Polka Dots & Petals	Low Quantity
104156	Flitting By	Low Quantity
106523	Five-In-One Card Cover Envelope Template	Low Quantity
110730	*Pockets & Pieces Office Accents	Low Quantity
108722	All I Have Seen	Low Quantity
108944	Unfrogettable	Low Quantity
111853	Purely Pomegranate A4 Card Stock	Low Quantity
105515	*Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware	Low Quantity
104829	*Light Blue Gingham Ribbon	Low Quantity

Well the list just keeps on growing! Rememeber to email me asap if you see your favourites on here.... they are going so quickly! cherylandrews@optusnet.com.au
Don't be disappointed!

Bushfire Appeal update...

Yesterday was my Mum's birthday, and tomorrow is my brother's.... At our Bushfire Appeal Fundraiser on Friday night, we raised $450 from sales and donations to benefit the people of Victoria affected by these fires. What a fabulous effort! Thank you so much to all involved, we had a really fun and successful night. A special thanks to Melissa Garland for organising the evening, and her Mum for working so hard in the kitchen... and to Kelly Jurd for helping at my table!
So what has that got to do with my Mum and brother? I digress..... At my table we made a box with the outgoing Carousel Notes and Afternoon Tea Designer Series Paper. The box was the perfect size for the gift we had bought my Mum, so I designed a matching card...
The box uses a Wild Wasabi Carousel Note, and the Soft Sky Flowered sheet from the Afternoon Tea paper. We stamped the lid in Wild Wasabi ink with the Live Your Dream set. (50% of the sale price of Live Your Dream goes to the Bushfire Appeal, until the 31st March 2009.) Markers from Earth Elements (Really Rust and Garden Green) were used to ink up the flowers and stems for the tag on both the box and the card. On the box, the image was first stamped off, and then stamped again to create the softer colours to match the Groovy Guava double stitched ribbon and Wild Wasabi lid.
See how the paler colours after stamping off match the In Colors so well? Even with the In-Colors selling out so rapidly on the retiring list (see post below), it is possible to create the colours with the regular range of Stampin' Up! inks and markers.... Everything is designed to match with Stampin' Up! - making life so much easier when creating projects!
Here is the markered image without stamping off....
Even using the deeper colours, they still work really well with the In Colors. You can try using Not Quite Navy with Blue Bayou, and Rose Red with Purely Pomegranate too....
So, I have used Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi card stock (both now only available in 12x12 textured assorted and A4 assorted packs), Groovy Guava card stock, matching inks, one eighth inch handheld circle punch (on each of the scallops on the Carousel Notes), Wild Wasabi and Groovy Guava double stitched ribbon, Afternoon Tea Designer Series Papers and Carousel Notes - all retiring, and the last 2 things are available in the current Summer Mini Catalogue... Non retiring items include the Whisper White card stock, Live Your Dream stamp set (well, we find out for sure when the new catalogue comes out!) and En Francais background stamp.
Now, I loved this layout so much, I decided to use it again for my brother's card....
This time, it is Chocolate Chip for the background with the En Francais stamp in Chocolate Chip ink on both it and the Wild Wasabi Carousel Note. A piece of Afternoon Tea Designer Paper and Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, overstamping in Chocolate Chip with the Scribble This flourish stamp, some of the retiring Hodgepodge Hardware in Aged Copper, and a Cuttle Bug R as the feature in Chocolate Chip...
Chocolate Chip and Wild Wasabi ink sponged for a more aged look. Crystal Effects to make the R raised and shiny is also used around the scallops on the Carousel Note. My husband decided it looked kinda piratey.... Hmmm. Maybe it's the 'R'? Arrrrr me Hearrrties...
Anyway! Happy Birthday Rod! You'll probably get this card late at this rate... Sorry! ;o)

A Fond Farewell....

Can you believe that it's almost time for a new Stampin' Up!® catalogue? Which means that many of the stamps and accessories from this current catalogue will never be seen again! I am personally very sad about some that are going.... but it does mean there will be more yummy new things to see - and buy.... I think I am my own best customer!!!! *sigh*. Lucky I am a demonstrator and get 20% all the time!
But check out the retired list! So many things are actually reduced by 25%!!!! This is a first in Australia for the retired list! So exciting! But you have to be quick - things are already selling out fast, and some of the bargains are very good!
Two of the designer series paper sets are actually 50% off! The stamp set Looks Like Spring is on the list for the Bushfire Appeal, so 50% of it's sale price goes to Victoria, plus the matching Spring Flower Bouquet punch is 25% off, and the coordinating Spring Flowers and Spring Showers designer series paper (not pictured in the catalogue - accidently omitted) are an amazing 50% off....
One of the Hodgepodge Hardware sets (pewter) is 25% off, as are some of the Ribbon Originals packs.
So get looking, and contact me asap to order before you miss out!