Big Shot Class / Club Combo

This Friday, my new Big Shot Class / Club combo starts up so I wanted to share a few of the samples you could expect to create over the next 4 months by attending as a guest.

If you've registered for this club/class, you'll be receiving your confirmation email tomorrow. If you'd haven't signed up but are interested in attending - there's just a couple of spots left for the taking so email me at lisaburns@rogers.com. We'd love to have you join us!

Scallop Book - could be used as a mini scrapbook, a journal, a card for a large group, a way to hold favorite sayings, quotations or recipes...the options are endless!

Difficult to understand...

There are not many things that stop us in our tracks and force us to reflect like the passing of friends or family. This week, I have watched two separate families deal with the loss of loved ones, taken from them far too early in life.

In both cases, these families struggled along side their loved ones throughout lengthy illnesses - learning more about cancer than I'm sure they ever wanted to know. In both cases, these amazing young women left massive impressions on all the lives they touched - this was abundantly clear as we celebrated their short time with us, this past week.

My heart goes out to these ladies (now angels watching over us all), their families, their friends - and all those that are left to understand 'why' and how to go on without them, and I'm reminded of these extraordinary individuals by some of their favorite sayings / quotations:

"Try to live life from the point of love and trust rather than fear and doubt"

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

"Plan for the future, but live for today"

You will be forever loved and remembered Kim & Nicole. May you rest in peace knowing you made a difference in this world for so many...

What Does Color Renovation LOOK like?

Introducing your new 2010 Stampin' Up! Color Collections! This is a change, for sure! SU! wanted us to know how much time, and planning work went into this change as they walked us through the announcement on Tuesday... WOW!

While I know that losing colors is not always fun or easy for crafters, I'm thrilled with the coordination our new color collections will bring to this hobby. Many of the colors that have been eliminated were not highly used shades, and it was often difficult to find samples made using them. SU! also conducted many focus groups and research panels over a 2 yr span to analyize what customers were looking for in their crafting colors and what our competitors offered, in terms of varity or selection!

Time & time again, Stampin' Up! offered thee most color options in the market. While this could be viewed as an advantage for the company, customers often commented on how 'overwhelming' the number of color choices were for them, particularly our newer stampers! I'm going to summarize a few other benefits & reasons for the change in some upcoming posts, but for now, I'm going to let you digest the new look of our color collection as well as share what colors will be retiring.

TIP - You may want to do a quick inventory and decide if you'd like / need to stock up on any of the retiring colors, cardstock, markers, accessories with any retiring color as it will all retire in June. Like most years, I would expect that there will be a point-in-time when SU! inventory begins to deplete and these items become sold out! Why wait... stock up NOW and avoid the craziness that will occur in another month or so!!

Here are your new 2010/2011 Color Collections - ENJOY!

And, here's what's retiring...sniff, sniff

Color Renovation Announcement!

How exciting is this! Stampin' Up! is movin' and shakin' up the crafting world with some trend setting changes to the SU! color collections!

More to come over the next few days on this exciting & fresh change for July 2010!!

MOM

I'm starting to think about Mother's Day & Father's Day projects ... so I thought I would share this very simple card sample made using the Messages For Mom stamp set, and some of the Sweet Pea Designer Paper Package - both from the Occasions Mini! I wouldn't normally use a shade of red with a shade of orange but I quite like the result of this combination!!

Remember - you have less than a month to pick up items from the Occasions Mini before they're gone and a new smokin' hot Summer Mini is released!

You can view the entire Occasions Mini here.

Other items used to make this card include: 1-1/4 Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and Sweet Pea Stitched Felt.

I also wanted to remind you that there's still time to pick up one of these sweet 'Sweet Pea DSP Shares' I'm offering for just $12 (48 sheets of 12 different patterns)!!

MORE ITEMS - Online Clearance Rack

If you enjoy getting a deal - skip on over to my business website online store to check out all of the new items that have recently been added to my online Clearance Rack! I'll showcase a few over the next week or so, both on my blog, and via email !!

Wow!! Getting a Simply Scrappin' Kit for under $10 is SIMPLY AMAZING!! Many of you know that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these kits, not only for my scrapbooking, but for cardmaking and 3D projects as well!! You can't beat this deal - grab one while you can!!

Love Stories Kit - $9.59!!

Rock-A-Bye Boy Kit - $9.59!!

U R Sweet Kit - $9.59!!

NEW ITEMS - Online Clearance Rack!

Happy Saturday Everyone!! If you enjoy getting a deal - skip on over to my business website online store to check out all of the new items that have recently been added to my online Clearance Rack! I'll showcase a few over the next week or so !!

Let's start with some Designer Paper deals! Designer Paper is so much fun (and I'll warn you - addictive) to work with for any creative project!

Check these deals out ...but hurry...these deals are only good as long the product remains in supply!!

Bella Birds DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Brocade Background DSP - Just $5.39 !!

Georgia Peach DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Good Morning Sunshine DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Haiku DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Jersey Shore DSP - Just $5.19 !!

Maine DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Pink Pirouette DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Raspberry Tart DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Rockabilly Speciality DSP - Just $5.59 !!

Sweet Slumber Speciality DSP - Just $5.59 !!

Urban Oasis DSP - Just $4.69 !!

Get them while you can! I'll be back with more online Clearance Rack items soon!!