New Caty Product Shares

In the new caty there are some great new products and if you’re anything like me you’ll want them all - so sharing the cost is the ideal way to do it!

I’m offering product shares for papers, ribbons and accessories as follows:

1. Designer Series Papers share (pp132-135):
90 sheets of 6x6 inch double sided DSP – 1 sheet of each design from all the DSP (Urban Garden, Haiku, Pink Flamingo, Sweet Always, Tea Party, Raspberry Tart, Sweet Slumber Specialty-textured, Bella Rose, Bella Bleu, Holiday Treasures, Good Morning Sunshine, Urban Oasis, Washington Apple, Windsor Knot, Candy Lane) 8 shares $34.15each
2. Patterns DSP Share (p135):
48 sheets 6x6 inch double sided Patterns DSP. I sheet of each design in 8 colours (Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Red Riding Hood, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango) 8 shares $17.80 each
3. In-Colour Ribbons Share (p150)
5/8” Striped Grosgrain ribbon in the 6 new in-colours – 1.7m of each colour (10.2m all together) 8 shares $15.35
4. Flower Fusion Too (p144) 1/3 share, $10.50 per share
5. Build –a-Brad (p149): ¼ share – 6 brads, pewter $4.95 per share

NB: all shares include SU 5% shipping charge and will be delivered free in the Newcastle region. Delivery outside my local area will be by Australia Post pre-paid satchels ($5.70 or $9.70 depending on size). All shares will be packed in plastic zip lock bags. Please let me know if you are interested in shares for other ribbons or accessories and I will be happy to arrange them.

SPECIAL OFFER
To celebrate the launch of the new catalogue I am offering a free copy ($12.95 value) with all orders over $100 placed in April! OR for orders under $100 during April you can purchase the caty for a discounted price of $5!

Retired List

Well the retired list is out and it’s HUGE!

SU! is having a massive clean out this year, which is sad because lots of my favorites are going, BUT that means there will be heaps of room for lots of cool new products in the new catalogue out on 1st April!!

And it gets even better – this year SU! has discounted heaps of retiring stamps and accessories by 25% and some by 50%!!!

The downside to this is that stocks are limited and once sold out that’s it. Some things have sold out already! So you need to act quickly.

Just a couple of points to note:
* Designer series papers are discounted 25% meaning they are $8.96 for 12 sheets double sided!!!! How cheap is that? There is even two packs that are 50% off $5.98 – Spring Showers and Spring Flowers – these are the ones that were left out of the caty pictures so if you’d like to see what they look like check out the 07-08 IBC or email me for a picture.
* Heaps of other awesome accessories like simply scrappin kits, rub-ons, chipboard and ribbons are also 25% off
* Ink pads will be going up to $11.95 in the new caty. Maybe now is a good time to stock up on a few new colours and beat the price rise.

Click here for the retired list in numerical order by page number (so you can go through the caty from cover to cover and see what’s going)
Or here to view it in alphabetical order by stamp set name.

Below is a list of those products which have already sold out or are in low quantity:

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
108720 Ahoy, Matey Low Quantity
108740 Bareback Low Quantity
108746 Best Friends Alphabet Lower Low Quantity
108747 Best Friends Alphabet Upper Low Quantity

Please contact me asap if you'd like to purchase any of these retiring products while they last.

Sale-A-Bration Creations!

It’s Sale-A-Bration time again at Stampin’ Up! and free stamps is what it’s all about!
Every year Stampin’ Up! gives customers, hostesses, and new recruits the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, limited-edition stamp sets they’ll enjoy for years to come.

Here’s how Sale-A-Bration works:

Customers When you spend $100 on Stampin’ Up! merchandise, you’ll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There’s no limit–for every $100 you spend, you can select another free Sale-A-Bration reward!

Hostesses When you host a workshop of at least $600 (before tax and shipping), you’ll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward–in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!

Recruits During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set–a value of up to $79.95–from our current Idea Book and Catalogue!

The Sale-A-Bration promotion started on 1 January and runs through 28 February, so don’t miss your chance to earn free products!

You can view the Sale-A-Bration catalogue via the link to the right...

Here are some of my creations made with the SAB stamp sets... The first card used the Botanical Blooms:

This next card uses the SAB set Polka Dot Punches

Polka Dot Punches again for the background hearts

This set is Yummy!

This is one of Makeesha Byl's Carousel Bags stamped with SAB set Polka Dot Punches

Lastly, these projects feature Botanical Blooms, Polka Dot Punches, and Yummy. The beautiful DSP for these projects is Afternoon Tea from the Summer Mini

If you'd like anymore info on other products used in any of these projects, or if you'd like to place an order and earn free sets! please send me an email.

We Have A Winner!

I know I said lunch time - but better late than never!!!
Thank you to the lovely ladies who left a comment on my last post. Yes you were right - all the projects featured products from the Spring Mini Catalogue - which as Tash pointed out, you can only get until the end of this month - only 15 days left. So if you'd love to get your hands on any of the beautiful stamps, papers, rub-ons, ribbons, stickers or die cuts, please email me.

I used random org to generate a winner:

Here are your random numbers:

4 Timestamp: 2008-11-15 09:06:29 UTC

Congratulations to Leah who left comment number four. I'll be sending you some blog candy very soon!

Time's running out for Birthday Specials...

I'm sure you've all heard by now that Stampin' Up! is 20 years old this month!! To celebrate there are 5 special Birthday sets available at 20% off!! All the details of the promotion are available here.

One of the sets is Pretty Princess normally $45.95, this month only $36.76! Here's a quick card I made using it to make a 4 year old birthday card back in August...

If you'd like to have this set on hand for quick easy girls cards then be sure to email me before the end of the month.

Happy Birthday to SU!

Stampin’ Up! is 20 years old this month, and to celebrate in true Stampin’ Up! style, they have a fantastic Birthday Promotion for you...

Spend $20 on regular catalogue merchandise during October and get 20% off these selected stamp sets:

Big Bold Birthday pg 37 - reduced to $43.16

Pretty Princess pg 38 - reduced to $36.76

Birthday Best pg 51 - reduced to $20.76

Crab and Company pg 55 - reduced to $42.36

Short & Sweet pg 118 - reduced to $23.96

Click HERE to see the full flyer

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY
Did you also know that Stampin’ Up! have a great promotion for World Card Making Day available from the 4th to 11th of October?

Click HERE to see the full flyer

Celebrated the first Saturday in October, World Card Making Day endeavors to bring together card makers around the world at a time that is traditionally the busiest time of year for card- and gift-making.
Stampin’ Up! is excited to celebrate this holiday with you. During this week, we are offering 20 percent off Simply Sent Card Kits.

I'm also hosting a WCMD class at my house this Saturday. If your interested in attending the class or taking advantage of the great promotions this month, please email me.

Time's Running out for 'Free Wheelin'

Have you heard about Stampin' Up!'s great September promotion? Its called 'Free Wheelin' and when you purchase a selected stamp set you get the coordinating Jumbo wheel for FREE! Save $15.95!! Here's a few projects I've put together to show some of the wonderful sets and wheels available on this promotion...

This first one features the set Bodacious Bouquet an the wheel Bodacious. You may recognise this photo - I put it up on my blog after Mothers Day when it was taken. It was a very simply scrapbook Page to make. I simply wheeled the background wit Bravo Burgundy ink on Bravo Burgundy card stock. then made the accent flower by stamping the flowers and leaves in Bravo Burgundy, Apricot Appeal and Always Artichoke. These were then cut out and layered with dimensionals. The photo was matted on Always Artichoke, I added some Apricot ribbon and a round tab for the vital details...viola! (Oh, in case you're wondering that's the faux shaving cream technique Ive used on the biggest flower - another really cool way to use the free wheel!!!! - if you're not sure what I'm talking about email me or leave a comment and I'll tell you how to do it!)

This next one was inspired by Linda Higgins awesome demonstration at Regionals. Lind demoed how to make these fantastic window cards. This one Ive made here with Artfully Asian and the Watercolour Vine Jumbo wheel. These are really easy to make too, you just cut an A4 piece of card in half, score it 10 and 20cm, punch out the window with a 1 3/8 square punch, stamp your image on vellum and stick it in between the 2 front layers!

Another window card, this one is a Christmas card with a difference, made with the Priceless set and So Swirly wheel (this has proved to be by far the most popular bundle!). This is one of the projects we'll be making at my WCMD class (I'll b posting more details on that soon).

This next one is a Bag-a-lope made with the All about Christmas Wheel which coordinates with the Merry, Merry Stamp set. The colours are Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy and Always Artichoke .

Last but not least here's another bag-a-lope featuring Carte Postal and Leaves a la Carte Jumbo wheel. The colours are Very Vanilla, Always artichoke and Bravo Burgundy.

The only set on the promotion I haven't featured is Nursery Necessities and the Nursery letters wheel - which I just ordered for myself this week - so I just might challenge myself to make something and get it on here before Free Wheelin' ends on 30th September! That's right you've only got 10 days left to take advantage of this offer, email me if you'd like more information.

Have a great weekend!

And The Winners Are...

I was a little later than I planned doing my random number draw for the blog candy (Breanna's bedtime didn't go to plan tonight!) Anyway, I jumped onto Random.org and generated a random number...the first one out was:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:4
Timestamp: 2008-08-04 11:08:10 UTC

So congrats to number 4 who was Natasha Murray!!! Yay Tash!!! for those who don't know Tash is one of my wonderful "Happy Stampers", and being a demo was ineligible to win the stamp set, but she does have some lovely handmade candy headed her way!!

So back to random.org for another draw:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:5
Timestamp: 2008-08-04 11:09:59 UTC

The next number out was lucky number 5 - Congratulations to Kylie Crossley!! It's great to see the candy go to such a lovely customer! The stamps will be in your hands very soon Kylie - enjoy!!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered, an thanks again for reading my blog!

Cheers, Kaz

eScape Promotion

Put down the phone, turn off the computer, and break free from the ‘e’!
Remember when you got letters in your mailbox instead of your inbox? During June Stampin’ Up! is taking the time to unplug and unwind, and reconnect on a personal level with friends and loved ones through handmade cards. And we invite you to eScape with us!
Reconnect with your “wireless network” by attending my eScape event or hosting one of your own! Take advantage of the 25% discount on products in the eScape bundle to help you create that special message from the heart.
The eScape Bundle includes the Circle of Friendship stamp set, Love Notes assortment, and the 1-1/4″ Circle punch valued at $78.40 for the special eScape Bundle price of $58.80! (products featured in the picture above)

My eScape Stamp-a-Stack

Come along, eScape and stamp 8 cards and matching envelopes in an afternoon class at my house on Saturday 28th June 1.30pm. If you'd like more information please email me

Ribbon Share Club

With all the fabulous new ribbons in the new Caty I thought it was time to do another Ribbon Share Club. Here are the details...

There is 6 share clubs running, you can join 1, a few or all of them – It’s entirely up to you.
Each share club has 8 memberships. You can buy more than one membership in any club if you’d like more length of a particular type of ribbon.

The details of the 6 share clubs are as follows:


1. Taffeta 8 colours 1.1m each colour (88m) $13.60

2. 5/8” Grosgrain 8 colours 1.7m each colour (13.6m) $15.70

3. Double Stitched 6 colours 1.7m each colour (10.2m) $13.35

4. Gingham 6 colours 1.7m each colour (10.2m) $10.19

5. Striped Grosgrain 4 colours 1.1m each colour (4.4m) $7.85

6. ¼” Grosgrain 16 colours 1.7m each colour (27.2m) $23.00

ALL 6 CLUBS 48 colours 74.4m $83.69

If you join 4 or more clubs, you will receive a free gift or free postage if you’re not in my local area. Cost includes shipping from SU!, separating, packaging and delivery (if you are in my local area). Outside my local area postage will be a max of $5.
If you’d like to join the club contact me asap. Offer available for a limited time.
You can view the ribbon styles & colours on page 146 of the IB&C (click picture of catalogue at the top left of my blog if you don't have one)

Palette of Prints - May Promotion

Stampin' Up! has a wonderful promotion for the month of May. With every $35 purchase his month you can buy an exclusive 6x6 double sided Prints designer series paper pad for only $12.95. The pad ha 48 sheets, 12 sheets each of Rose Red, Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Almost Amethyst papers in 6 different designs. You can check out the details at the SU! website here.

Here's a card I made (using the Rose Red prints paper) for my husband's cousin and her Fiancee who recently got engaged...

I just love these criss cross cards - they are so much quicker and easier than they look! Here I've used Baroque Motifs, Warmest Regards (for the Congratulations - retired) and In Any Event (also retired -the clink). Card stock and ink colours are Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, and Very Vanilla. Ive used the Rose Red prints DS paper from the sampler pad, some wide Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, the tab, scallop, & circle punches, and a Chrystal brad from the Pretties kit.

If you'd like to get your hands on some of this gorgeous paper please contact me to host a workshop or place an order.

Going, Going, Gone... The Retired List

The retired list is out - and it's a big one! This means there's lots of new products on their way in the new 08/09 IB&C available from 1 April - YAY!!!

The downside to this is that lots of wonderful products are leaving us forever. I'm really going to miss the in-colours, terrific tulips, simple sketches and copper ink just to name a few.

You can view the list on the SU! customer homepage (see link below left) or click here. If there's anything on the list that you just cant live without, you have to order before 31st March - after that they are gone forever. Send me an email and I'd be more than happy to help you out. As a special offer I am including a mystery gift of retiring SU! product with every order that mentions this post.

Its Sale-a-bration Time!

Its time for Stampin' Up!'s best promotion of the year! All you have to do is spend $100 during January or February and you get to pick one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets for FREE! And it gets better - spend $200 and pick 2 free sets, or spend $300 and get 3 free sets plus one free hostess set and $30 free merchandise!! So for every $100 you spend you get a free set and there's no limit on the amount of free sets!
And the Sale-a-bration sets are just gorgeous, there's four to pick from - that's the hard part - I had to have them all!! You can see the sets in the Sale-a-bration catalogue on the SU! website or click here.

Contact me anytime by email to place an order and I'll have it shipped directly to you anywhere in Australia.

And The Winner is...

#7 Kyliema!!! Congratulations Kylie! Enjoy your new set! It will be in your hot little hands very soon! Here's the details from the draw at random.org:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:7
Timestamp: 2007-11-19 08:09:50 UTC

Thank you so much to everyone who left a comment, its such a thrill to know you are all out there reading my blog! I've got lots to post over the next week so please come back again.

Double Sided Christmas Paper - YAY!!!

"Just in Thyme" for Christmas is our November Promotion - the gorgeous Holiday Thyme Designer Series Paper for the special price of $14.95. The pack includes 12 sheets (2 each of 6 double sided designs). The colours co-ordinate beautifully with our in-colours and are perfect for making Christmas cards, invitations, gift wrap, off the page items or scrapbook pages.

Email me to place an order, you can order as much as you like but only until 30th November!

All In the Family

SU! Australia General Manager David Abbott sadly passed away in October. In his honour SU! is pre-releasing the set "All in the Family" (from the 08/09 IB&C) for sale during November to raise funds for Dave's wife and 3 young children. 100% of funds from the sale of this set worldwide will be donated - how great is that!

The set retails for $73.95, however along with most other SU Demo's I will be reducing the cost by 20% (my commission) to $59.16 (not inc shipping) in the hope that this might help sell more sets for such a great cause. Although I was never fortunate enough to meet Dave, my Upline Sharon was, and can't say enough about how wonderful a man he was.

If you'd like to order this set email me at riknkaz@bigpond.net.au and I can have it shipped directly to you anywhere in Australia. To see all of the stamp set images you can download the flyer here

Join my Ribbon Club...

How would you like to have Grosgrain, Organdy AND Gingham ribbons in ALL the Stampin’ Up! Colours?

If you’d like to be sure to have the right ribbon for every project then consider joining my Ribbon Club. Here’s how it works:

As a member of the club you will receive 52 metres of ribbon made up of the following:
30 metres of Grosgrain ribbon – 2 metres of each of the 15 colours
6 metres of Gingham ribbon – 1 metre of each of the 6 colours
16 metres of Organdy ribbon – 2 metres of each of the 8 colours
The total cost is $30 per club member – membership is limited to 10 people.
Cost includes shipping, separating, packaging and delivery to anywhere in Australia
This is a one-off purchase with no ongoing commitment

If you’d like to join the club contact me asap. Offer closes and payment must be received by Monday 5th November. Payment to be made by cash, credit card or direct deposit.

You can view the ribbon colours on page 148 of the IB&C (if you don’t own one you can view it on-line (see link to SU website on left)

Spring is in the Air

We've bundled three of our most popular coordinating products for the easiest way to spread the joys of spring. For the price of the Looks Like Spring stamp set and the Spring Bouquet Flower punch, you'll get a free package of Spring Flowers or Spring Showers Designer Series paper (a $16.95 value).
Purchase the Spring Flowers Bundle or the Spring Showers Bundle during October, and discover how easy it is to make stunning projects inspired by spring.

Spring Flowers Bundle (item 111430, $88.90)Includes the Spring Bouquet Flower punch, Looks Like Spring stamp set, and Spring Flowers Designer Series paper (Pink)

Spring Showers Bundle (item 111429, $88.90) Includes the Spring Bouquet Flower punch, Looks Like Spring stamp set, and Spring Showers Designer Series paper (Blue)

Its easy to order just email me, pay by credit card or direct bank deposit and I can have it shipped directly to you anywhere in Australia.

Hooray for Hostesses!

Be the star of the party when you bring the stamping festivities home with a workshop between 1 August and 15 September. Share stamping at your gathering, and enjoy an extra party favor by adding one of three free pre-selected stamp sets to your already fantastic hostess benefits.
Choose one of these pre-selected stamp sets with a $600 workshop: Petal Prints, Nice & Easy Notes, or All About U.

That's an extra stamp set valued at $53.95 on top of the usual great hostess benefits for a $600 workshop (one level 1 or 2 stamp set and $70 free merchandise of your choice!)

If your not in the Katherine area that's not a problem, simply pass your catalogue around to your friends, or have them visit the catalogue online. Collect your orders and simply email them through to me. Your order will be shipped directly to you from the warehouse.