Time for a Renovation - A Colour Renovation

Well this is a little late in coming but two posts in one day. Stampin Up have announced world wide that BIG changes are afoot in the Colour Families, and they have allowed us to share this great news with all of you. With these changes Stampin Up are striving to stay up to date with all trends that are out there.

Our new colour palette will consist of four colour collestions: Subtles, Brights, Neutrals and Regals.

Here's how it will all work:

25 of our current core colours will stay

10 of the current and past In-colours will now become core colours - (Melon Mambo, rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango, River Rock, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze and Wild Wasabi)

5 brand new colours will become core colours - (Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, and Marina Mist)

New In Colour Programme

As part of the Colour Renovation, Stampin' Up! are also making some changes to the In-colour's. Each year we will have 5 NEW In-colours, and they will remian for two years (instead of the current 1 year), this will give us all more time to enjoy the colours that we grow to love. So in September we are getting 5 new In-colours that will last until 2012, and in september 2011 we will have another 5 new incolours. That means that this year we will have 5 In-colours, but every year afterthat we will have 10 In-colours to choose from ( the previous year's plus the new one's).

As we make way for some exciting times we also have to say goodbye to some old favourties, we have 30 colours that are going to be retired. But if you need to stock up on any of this cardstock please e-mail me yogi.johno@farmside.co.nz and I can place an order for you.

I hope that you are as excited about this as I am.

A Rose Is A Rose

This is a beautiful Stamp set and you can do just about any colour combination you could think of for the roses. I have made a beautiful slider box with 4 small cards inside courtsey of Jenny Moors in the UK.

If you like this keep an eye out for another A Rose is a Roase gift box coming soon, and check out Jenny's website: http://stampingmoments.blogspot.com

Stamps: A rose is a rose

Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Urban Garden Designer Paper, Old Olive Ribbon

Go Green - Recycle

Well I've left it until the last minute to do the "Green" challenge on Swap sisters. The challenge was to alter a recycled item, be it an egg carton or anything that we could astamp on. The possibilities are endless but my DH gave me a box that had recently been emptied of its small alochol bottles and I thought this has potential. So I covered it, sponged it, stamped it and then added punched butterflys to it. Then I thought it just need something else so what do we have alot of in the house at the moment but added an EASTER EGG and of course CHOCOLATE.




STAMPS: Vintage Vogue, Butterfly Prints
CARDSTOCK: Very Vanilla
INKS: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Old Olive
ACCESSORIES: Butterfly Punch, Recycled box, and CHOCOLATE

I really enjoyed taking up this challenge and if you would like to join Swap Sisters just send me an e-mail yogi.johno@farmside.co.nz
and I can invite you. Once you have seen the things on Swap Sisters you will have no other place to hang out.

Ustamp - Spring Soiree

I have finally got around to do some stamping and the second of the Ustamp projects. Ustamp Spring Soiree 2010 and so has the fun, projects and meeting up with all my friends and having some hilarious chats.

If you want to get in on all the fun go to just click the link on my blog and join Ustamp Dawn and Friends. Its alot of fun and very easy to get hooked.

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Vintage Labels

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede

Accessories: Eyelet border punch, Oval Punch, Cottage Wall Designer Paper, Two-step Bird Punch

Did you notice the new colours and stamps?? If you want to see all of these new products and more then book a workshop for April.

Stationary Box

Well I'm a bit late but I have made the Stationary Box designed by Penny for Ustamp with LOVE I have made this a double project as I have used the colours from the Swap Sisters Challenge.

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Eyelet border Punch, Heart Punch

Thinking outside the Square - Just Add Ink challenge

Well here I am again haven't blogged in a few days but here goes. I have just completed another challenge for Just Add Ink which this week was an Altered Item, well I had a christmas container and it was UGLY so I have given it a new lease on Life.




Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose Designer paper
Punches: Butterfly and Small Tag Punch

Ustamp Secret Sister Swap

Hi well I have receive some beautiful cards from my sister swap int the States and they are great so here is two of the fabulous cards that she sent me:

Deb has used the I {heart} Hearts stamp set $49.95 which is a beautiful set and if you purchase this set at the moment Stampin' Up will donate $2 to the Haiti relief fund. Because Deb lives in the US some of the designer papers and stamp sets are not available here YET. But if you guys can hang on a little longer new BIG things are coming April 1st.

WATCH THIS SPACE

Inkspirations Challenge - 17

I was at my friends house on Saturday and she asked me if I had ever done one of these challenges before and I said no. So here goes for my first Inkspirations Challenge and I had alot of fun doing it.

Cameo Coral is one of those colours that you don't know what to do with but I think the combination is great and I love it.

Cardstock: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla

Inks: Chocolate chip, Versamark

Accessories: So Safron Designer paper, Chocolate chip & So Saffron markers

Just Add Ink

Do you like a CHALLENGE well I have the site for you. Just Add Ink is a new challenge website for Demo's and customers. The design team is made up of Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up! Demonstrator's who love to share and inspire others.

Here is the first colour challenge - what are you waiting for go ahead and create, and inspire.

Sale - A - Bration

This is an exciting and most popular promotion of the year and it all starts on MONDAY! Yes SALE - A - BRATION is back and you can earn FREE stamps.

From Janurary 25 - March 31 you can earn free stamps in 3 different ways:

• Spend $120 and earn one FREE Sale-A-Bration set of your choice

• Host a workshop of at least $700 and earn 1 FREE Sale-A-Bration set in addition to the generous hostess benefits

• Join Stampin Up during Sale-A-Bration and choose a FREE stamp set from the Idea Book and Catalogue valued up to $93.95.

The possibilities are endless and you have 4 different sets to choose from they are better than ever before. Come Back on Monday to see what they are