Stampin' Up! Retiring Products Announced!

It's Here!

Stampin' Up! has announced 

which products 

we will be saying Goodbye to this year!

Shop Early!

Shop Often!

Retiring Products are 

While Supplies Last

 Only!

Take advantage of

FREE SHIPPING

this week:

April 21-25, 2014!

Shop my Online Store

and receive FREE SHIPPING 

on your entire order!

ALL PRODUCTS SHIP FREE!!!

Grab some bargains in the Clearance Rack,

Grab your retiring favorites, 

Stock up on Cardstock and Ribbon,

and don't forget to shop 

the 2014 Occasions Catalog 

- as we will bid goodbye to most of those products as well!

New Weekly Deals!

Here are this week's exciting deals

available now in my Online Store!

Introducing Project Life by Stampin' Up!

I am very excited to announce 

that Stampin' Up! 

has partnered with Project Life 

to bring quick and easy Scrapbooking tools 

to our family of products!

Stay tuned for more information.  

But, for now, here is a glimpse of things to come!

Reminder: Weekly Deals End Monday

Check out this week's deals from Stampin' Up! 

Available now in my Online Store!

Weekly deals end Monday night. 

New Weekly Deals are announced on Tuesdays.

While you are shopping, don't forget to stop by 

the Clearance Rack!

Stampin' Up! Back-Order Report

To best serve my customers, 

I will be posting the updated Back-Order Reports here, 

on my blog, as they are released.

As of today,

this is the latest report from Stampin' Up! :

Currently, the following items are on backorder; they will be available on or before the date indicated.

128415: Apothecary Art Stamp Set-April 9
128763: Woodgrain Stamp Set-April 9
130309: You're My Hero Stamp Set-April 9
133482: Best of Brides and Babies Stamp Set-April 9
133602: Petal Parade Stamp Set-April 9
131169: Regals Collection Classic Stampin' Ink Refills-April 9

133512: Good as Gold Card Kit-April 11
133521: Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper-April 11

103579: Paper Snips-April 14
114511: Little Leaves Sizzlits Die-April 14
132971: Scalloped Textured Impressions Embossing Folder-April 14

124262: Whisper White Baker's Twine-April 21

133322: Petite Petals Punch-April 23

133325: Fringe Scissors-April 30

130589: Trefoil Cross Stamp Set-Availability not yet determined
131967: Bootiful Occasions Stamp Set-Availability not yet determined
127790: En Francais Stamp Set-Availability not yet determined 

Please note: When items are on backorder, Stampin' Up! will ship each item as it becomes available. At times this may result in one order being shipped in multiple boxes and possibly arriving at different times. If a product is not shipped within 21 days from the date the order is received by Stampin' Up!, you may call me and cancel the order for a full refund or exchange it for another item. Once an item on backorder arrives in the warehouse, Stampin' Up! will ship it using the same shipping method you selected when you placed the original order.

New Weekly Deals in my Online Store!

Check out this week's deals from Stampin' Up! 

Available now in my Online Store!

Closing the Closet Door

Where did my Sunday Go?!

Well, I spent my Sunday - or at least 8 hours of it anyway - In the Closet :) 
The Closet of my Craft Room!

My Craft Room is more than that... It is where my computer is, it is where I do all of my crafting, it is where I store my photography "stuff" and my Dog Training "stuff" and my magazines, my books... you get the idea... it's where my "everything" is kept!

And it's not that large a room!  It's not small, by any means, but it's not "large" either!  
It has a decent size closet, and my husband installed 2 walls of shelves in it for me, but it got to the point where I couldn't close the door :)  There were simply too many piles of "stuff" for me to close it!  And, the shelves were getting messy too!  I had to DO something about the mess!  So, about 9am, I grabbed a cup of coffee and headed upstairs.  About 8 hours later, I came down, feeling like I had accomplished something but...not quite believing that what I did accomplish, took 8 hours!  

Of course, I also re-arranged 5 shelves of my two main bookcases as well :)

I wish I had taken "before photos".  It truly was a disaster and this is certainly an improvement!

I love that I now have 2 shelves of my bookcase devoted to my Stampin' Up! Designer Papers and 12x12 Cardstocks.   I do need to go out and buy a few more packages of the storage sleeves!  I have A LOT of 12x12 paper!

I also love that I now have all of my (old style) Stampin' Up! wood-mount stamps lined up on shelves where I can see each and every one of them!  Before, they were in the bookcase and double stacked (front to rear) so I had to dig around when I wanted something.  

I also love that I can now triple-stack my white "shoe boxes" - gaining more storage for things that I need to store away but can access quickly!

I also gained more room for additional stamp sets and a whole shelf for my photography equipment!  If (ok, when) the time comes that I need an additional shelf for stamps, I can go back to the closet and force myself to purge some stuff to make room for my camera bags in there!  It will be a win-win :)

In the meantime, I am smiling because I can now choose to have the closet door open - and have the view of my organized stamps and boxes to look at - instead of the piles and piles of "stuff" nagging at me :)

All in all, I guess it was a good Sunday :)

Stampin' Up! Back-Order Report

To best serve my customers, 

I will be posting the updated Back-Order Reports here, 

on my blog, as they are released.

As of today,

this is the latest report from Stampin' Up! :

Currently, the following items are on backorder; they will be available on or before the date indicated.

126377: Million & One Stamp Set-April 7

132154: Chevron Border Punch-April 7
133521: Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper-April 11
133512: Good as Gold Card Kit-April 11
103579: Paper Snips-April 14
132971: Scalloped Textured Impressions Embossing Folder-April 14
124262: Whisper White Baker's Twine-April 21
133322: Petite Petals Punch-April 23
133325: Fringe Scissors-April 30
127790: En Francais Stamp Set-Availability not yet determined
126963: Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad-Availability not yet determined

Please note: When items are on backorder, Stampin' Up! will ship each item as it becomes available. At times this may result in one order being shipped in multiple boxes and possibly arriving at different times. If a product is not shipped within 21 days from the date the order is received by Stampin' Up!, you may call me and cancel the order for a full refund or exchange it for another item. Once an item on backorder arrives in the warehouse, Stampin' Up! will ship it using the same shipping method you selected when you placed the original order.

Wetlands Thinking of You featuring Painters Tape Technique and Tag Topper Punch Closure

We made this card at my Card Class yesterday afternoon.

It seemed to be a very big hit!

Personally, I love it and I made two different versions.

This one, for the class, 

and another (using Pistachio Pudding CS) 

for a Friend for her Birthday ( I hope she loved it!).

I just love the effect you can achieve 

with some simple painters tape* 

and our firm foam ink pads!

Supply List for re-creating this card:

	WETLANDS Item: 126695
	WETLANDS Item: 126697
	SCALLOPED TAG TOPPER PUNCH Item: 133324
	CRUMB CAKE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Item: 126975
	COASTAL CABANA CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Item: 131175
	SOFT SKY CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Item: 131181
	EARLY ESPRESSO CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD Item: 126974
	COASTAL CABANA 8-1/2" X 11" CARDSTOCK Item: 131297
	EARLY ESPRESSO 8-1/2X11 CARD STOCK Item: 119686
	STAMPIN' DISTRESS TOOL Item: 127562
	PAPER SNIPS Item: 103579
	WHISPER WHITE 8-1/2X11 CARD STOCK Item: 100730
	WHISPER WHITE 1/4" STITCHED GROSGRAIN RIBBON Item: 126877
*Painters Tape from my local home-improvement store.	MEDIUM WHISPER WHITE ENVELOPES Item: 107301