Today is MAGIC DAY!

Today is the BIG MAGIC DAY!

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 is the day that you can finally order from the new Stampin' Up! 2015-16 Annual Catalogue! And while that is the best news ever, that is not all this day holds for you! You also can still order from the old 2014-15 Annual Catalogue and the 2015 Occasions Catalogue for the LAST TIME!

The reasons that this is significant are many! You can order the retiring items, if they are not sold out for the last time. Any items carried over from the Occasions or 2014-15 Catalogue to the 2015-16 Catalogue will still be available at the old prices. (Any new products will be sold at the new prices.) You can still earn Stampin' Rewards according to the old system for one last time. Starting tomorrow, the new simplified percentage system kicks in. (See page 178 of the new catalogue for details.) If I may make a suggestion, today would be a great day to stock up on your Whisper White and Very Vanilla cardstock, as the price goes up significantly starting tomorrow. 

Contact  me today with your orders or place an order yourself in my  On-Line Store!

I have added a link for the Catalogue PDF that you can download in the right side menu :

                                                                                      

But if you click on the photo below, it will also connect you to the new catalogue PDF file so you can download it to your computer:

Papercrafters, start your wishlists now!

And now, because I don't want to leave you without a project, here's another card I made at my retreat this past Saturday:

• I've seen several cards using feathers and their negative space revealing a beautiful scene, and it was something I've been wanting to try forever, but never got around to. This is your last chance to order some of these products, so today had to be the day to show you!
• I used the Four Feathers Stamp Set and the Feathers Framelit Dies to create this card and you can still, as far as I know, get the bundle although there is a wait on the framelits. But don't dither about it - today is your last chance to get them!!
• I die cut one feather right from the card front and later embossed it with the Lovely Lace Embossing Folder. The scene you see in the negative space is from the Adventure Bound DSP Stack, available for the last time today! I love that Designer Paper! The other two feathers were stamped, one with Sahara Sand ink on Sahara Sand cardstock, and the other with Mossy Meadow Ink on Whisper White, using the Four Feathers Stamp Set and die cut with the Feathers Framelits.
• The sentiment is from Perfect Pennants Stamp Set, which can be found in both the old and the new Annual Catalogues. The ribbon you see is the Mossy Meadow Stitched Satin Ribbon which will not be available after today.
• I created a couple of finishing touches with Linen Thread and Pearl Basic Jewels.

And if all that isn't enough, it's Tuesday and time for another set of:

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Four Feathers Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135050]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135053]	Four Feathers Wood-Mount Bundle [137629]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Bundle [137630]	Perfect Pennants Wood Stamp Set [133227]
Perfect Pennants Clear Stamp Set [133230]	Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack [137780]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645]	Mossy Meadow 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon [133670]	Linen Thread [104199]	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247]	Big Shot [113439]
Feathers Framelits Dies [135852]	Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133737]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]
Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]

Walk in the Wild Adventure Bound

Well, the workshop for which I am prepping is going to be pretty large, so all my designs have to be based on whether or not I have enough materials to make them. My hostess loves the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack and wanted a card made using that series, but it takes quite a few of the stacks to have enough paper for a large workshop. By using smaller pieces I was able to make this design work and I paired it with the Walk in the Wild Stamp Set and some embossing with Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder!

• I just love the Birch Bark design. It looks so three dimensional, it almost feels like I could grab an edge and peel some off! Mounted just over the woodpile design, gives it a nice, rugged look perfect for a masculine card.
• I looked through the Guy Greetings stamp set for a masculine image that would work with the paper, but nothing looked right, so I got out my favourite moose stamp from Walk in the Wild and stamped him in Early Espresso Ink. He is die cut using the Labels Collection Framelit Dies and I die cut another the same size from Early Espresso cardstock, cut it in half horizontally and mounted them a little offset, behind the moose. When you do that, you might have to trim the sides close to the Whisper White so you can't see the gap. The edges of the moose label are also sponged with Early Espresso ink and the word Husband from Guy Greetings is embossed with Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder.
• The background panel is dry embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder and the two brads at the top are the Candy Dot Bases. I used the Stampin' Pierce Mat and Paper Piercing Tool to pierce the paper for the brads.

I love making masculine cards, and I hope you'll try this design for the guys in your life. Guy Greetings has words you can use instead of Husband, such as Uncle, Grandpa, Dad, Father and Brother, so you have a whole range of family for whom you could make this card.

There is one more piece of news from Stampin' Up! that I need to share with you and it is particularly for those of you who use our digital design program, My Digital Studio. This program has not developed as Stampin' Up! had hoped and will be discontinued as of May 31, 2015. There will no longer be support for this platform after that date and you will no longer be able to purchase any digital content. There will not be any print services available as well. You may continue to use the program as before, and have it printed elsewhere, but if there are any digital images you wish to download, you need to purchase and download them before May 31 of this year. This is sad news for many, but I wanted you to know so that you could get anything you needed before it was too late.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Walk In The Wild Wood Stamp Set [130354]	Walk In The Wild Clear Stamp Set [130357]	Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set [138828]	Guy Greetings Wood Stamp Set [138825]	Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set [137178]
Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack [137780]	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Candy Dots Brad Bases [132293]	Stamping Sponges [101610]	Stampin' Pierce Mat [126199]	Paper-Piercing Tool [126189]
Labels Collection Framelits Die [125598]	Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127821]	Big Shot [113439]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]