Stampin' Up! Australia - 2009 Retiring List

Hi Stampers,

I just wanted to give you an update on the status of some of Stampin' Up!'s retiring products:


(Last updated 24th March 2009)

Page	Item #	Description	Availability
		Stamp Sets
125	112229	ABC Images	Low
62	108720	Ahoy, Matey	Unavailable
75	108722	All I Have Seen	Low
40	108728	*All Through the Year
34	108992	*All-Year Fun
110	108734	*Alphabits
48	108738	*Artfully Asian
102	108742	*Background Sampler
53	111229	*Backyard BBQ
86	108740	Bareback	Unavailable
51	108744	***Be Happy
83	108998	Beautiful Life	Low
124	108746	Best Friends Alphabet Lower	Unavailable
124	108747	Best Friends Alphabet Upper	Unavailable
124	108748	Best Friends Numbers	Unavailable
88	110250	Big Pieces
51	108753	Birthday Best
79	108755	*Blossoms Abound
80	108756	***Bodacious Bouquet
81	108757	Bold Butterfly
101	112294	Brocade Basics
65	112376	*Bronc Buster
78	111232	*Bud Basics
58	110255	Bundle of Joy	Unavailable
63	108763	By Land	Unavailable
116	112326	Calendar Cues
108	108764	*Canvas
94	111234	Carte Postale
115	108765	Cheery Chat	Unavaiable
112	108767	Circle of Friendship
30	108768	City of David
102	112272	Classic Backgrounds	Low
55	110246	Crab & Company
28	108772	Crazy for Christmas
33	112253	*Dad's Day	Low
42	108781	*Eat Cake
106	112300	Elegant Notes	Low
116	108785	Everyday Flexible Phrases
58	112391	Everything Baby	Low
117	108786	*Expressive Flexible Phrases
79	112310	Fabulous Flowers	Low
27	108790	Festive Favorites
40	108805	Figures of Speech
108	108806	*Fine Lace
95	108807	*Finest Flourishes
67	108809	Fishy Friends
107	108811	*Floral
32	112316	Forever in My Heart	Low
108	112397	*Friendly
115	111973	***G'Day Mate
110	108820	Genuine Articles
68	111975	*Go Team
56	108828	*Greetings Galore
92	112306	*Happiness
28	108840	*Holiday Wishes
26	108842	*Hung Up on the Holidays
116	108847	It's a Date
112	112320	It's All Good
111	108849	It's Your Birthday	Unavailable
97	108850	Itty Bitty Backgrounds
68	112330	*Just Golf
68	112332	*Just Tennis
31	112216	*Keep Christmas	Low
122	111989	*Kia Ora
96	112338	*Labelicious
113	108855	*Lexicon of Love
53	110254	*Like It a Latte
107	108857	Linen	Low
88	108860	Little Pieces
76	108864	***Looks Like Spring
29	112223	*Merry, Merry
77	108874	Mostly Flowers	Unavailable
118	108875	Much Appreciated
84	108877	Natural Beauty
90	110243	*Office Accoutrement
107	108884	*On the Spot
108	108887	*Paisley
31	108888	Peaceful Wishes
74	108890	Petal Prints
46	110247	***Polka Dots & Paisley
47	110248	Polka Dots & Petals	Low
38	108894	Pretty Princess
126	108904	*Rough Edges Mini Alphabets
83	108906	*Sassy Stems
32	112362	Sealed with a Kiss
122	112346	Seasonal Wishes
124	112402	Short Order Numbers	Unavailable
43	108913	Simple Somethings
29	110244	*Snow Flurries
27	108934	***Snowflake Spot, The
30	108918	*Solemn Stillness
122	112395	Spring Pictograms
91	108920	*Stamp of Authenticity
65	108921	Starstruck
74	108923	Stipple Rose	Unavailable
84	108924	Summer by the Sea
100	112284	*Sweet Sampler
93	108927	*Sweet Shapes
60	112290	*Sweet Thing
49	108929	Symbols of Solicitude	Unavailable
43	108930	Tag Time
38	110249	Tagger's Dozen
49	108931	Take Three
75	108937	Touch of Nature
54	108944	Unfrogettable	Low
108	108954	*Well-Worn Words
36	112336	Whale Wishes
72	108960	Wild Rose
49	108962	Wishing You the Best
120	108963	Wonderful Words
		Stampin' Around Wheels
29	109690	All about Christmas
78	106610	Basics Outline	Unavailale
42	107467	Birthday	Low
80	107466	Bodacious
81	104156	Flitting By	Unavailable
95	108423	Leaves à la Carte
62	107212	Matey's Map	Unavailable
47	108980	Petals
104	107464	Rough Texture	Low
91	107465	Speckled	Low
65	109672	Bronco
54	106662	Daisy Field	Unavailable
67	104065	Fishy	Unavailable
53	107565	Flip Flops	Unavailable
40	107561	Garden Annuals	Unavailable
28	103195	Gifts Galore	Unavailable
32	109678	Kisses
74	104279	Leaf Prints	Unavailable
54	107482	Lily Pad	Unavailable
125	109568	My ABCs
55	108978	Sandy Shells
28	101638	Star
154	104061	Star Studded	Low
		Hostess Sets
24	109812	All about Occasions Bundle
21	112393	Cause for Celebration
18	112261	For a Friend
18	112239	From the Garden
22	112340	In the Spotlight
21	112233	Infinite Goodness
19	112259	Little Bit of Happiness, A
17	112214	Oh, So Lovely
17	112243	Party Punch
19	112245	So Many Sayings
20	111127	Spring Solitude Bundle
23	112263	Time Well Spent
		Accessories
		Brads, Buttons, Eyelets
145	105320	Basic eyelets	Unavailable
147	103977	*Bold Brights buttons
145	100375	Bold Brights I eyelets
147	103981	*Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons	Unavailable
147	103978	Earth Elements buttons	Low
145	100381	Earth Elements eyelets	Unavailable
145	105319	Metallic eyelets
147	105446	Rich Regals buttons	Low
145	105316	Rich Regals eyelets	Unavailable
147	105445	Soft Subtles buttons	Unavailable
145	100378	Soft Subtles I eyelets	Unavailable
		Designer Series Paper
135	110749	*Berry Bliss Designer Series paper
136	109174	*Brilliant Blue Prints Designer Series paper
134	109149	*Brocade Background Designer Series paper
136	109178	*Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series paper
136	109169	*Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Series paper
136	109150	*Dashing Designer Series paper
136	110699	*East Coast Prep Designer Series paper
134	109160	*Fall Flowers Designer Series paper
136	110479	Jersey Shore Designer Series paper
134	109151	*Le Jardin Designer Series paper
135	110748	*Notebook Designer Series paper
136	109176	*Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper
134	109148	*Outlaw Designer Series paper
135	108503	*Petals & Paisleys Designer Series paper
136	109170	*Pumpkin Pie Prints Designer Series paper	Low
136	109167	Rose Red Prints Designer Series paper
136	110698	*Spring Break Designer Series paper
135	110273	*Spring Fling Designer Series paper
NA	106686	**Spring Flowers Designer Series paper
NA	106685	**Spring Showers Designer Series paper
135	110271	*Spring Silhouettes Designer Series paper
135	109157	Wintergreen Designer Series paper
		Hodgepodge Hardware
144	105532	Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
144	105531	Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
144	105515	*Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
		In Color
129	111860	Blue Bayou A4 card stock	Low
129	109018	Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109013	*Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109060	*Blue Bayou double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111857	Groovy Guava A4 card stock
129	109019	Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109012	*Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109063	*Groovy Guava double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	108638	In Color 12" x 12" card stock	Unavailable
129	111856	*In Color A4 card stock
129	108694	*In Color textured 12 "x 12" card stock
129	111853	Purely Pomegranate A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109011	*Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109061	*Purely Pomegranate double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	109017	Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	111852	River Rock A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109016	River Rock Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109010	*River Rock Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109062	River Rock double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111851	Soft Sky A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109015	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109009	*Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109059	*Soft Sky double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111850	Wild Wasabi A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109020	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109014	*Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109058	*Wild Wasabi double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
146	110716	*Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon
		Miscellaneous
133	103604	*Days-To-Remember 12" x 12" Wall Calendar
148	103280	Embossing kit	Unavailable
133	100900	Gift sacksGift sacks	Low
132	106523	Five-in-One Card Cover Envelope Template	Low
133	110730	*Pockets & Pieces Office Accents	Low
		On Board
140	107307	*On Board Accents
141	109181	*On Board Blossoms & Basics
141	109179	*On Board Ginormous Pieces
140	107306	*On Board Simon Lower
		Punches
142	104942	1/4" Circle punch
142	104943	*1/4" Square punch
143	104389	Double Circle punch
143	106522	*Spring Flower Bouquet punch
143	112670	Three for You Punch Box
		Ribbon
147	109189	*Beachfront Ribbon Originals
147	101259	Black hemp twine	Unavailable
146	104830	*Caramel gingham ribbon
147	109187	*District Ribbon Originals
147	109188	*Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals
147	109185	Jersey Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
146	104829	*Light Blue gingham ribbon	Low
146	104828	*Light Pink gingham ribbon
146	109037	More Mustard 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
146	104831	*Moss gingham ribbon
147	109184	Sherbet Ribbon Originals
147	109186	Theater Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
		Rub-Ons
141	110282	*Anchored Rub-Ons
141	110281	*Cherished Memories Rub-Ons
141	110285	*Urban West Rub-Ons
		Simply Scrappin'
138	109610	Confetti Simply Scrappin'	Unavailable
137	110572	*Crew Kids Boy Simply Scrappin'
138	110567	Crew Kids Girl Simply Scrappin'
139	109649	Round Up Simply Scrappin'
139	109635	Secret Garden Simply Scrappin'
138	109663	*Winter Bright Simply Scrappin'
		Simply Sent
13	112664	*Friendly Notes Simply Sent
12	112666	*Lifelong Notes Simply Sent	Low
13	112665	*Sending Happy Thoughts Simply Sent
14	112667	*Simple Delights Simply Sent
14	112668	*Three Thoughts Simply Sent

Click HERE to download a full PDF version of the Stampin' Up! Australia 2009 retiring list.

If you would like to order any of the retiring products before they sell out, just drop me a line.

Best wishes,
Sam.

PS. I am going to attempt to keep this list updated for you.

Please support the Splitcoaststampers Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009

Hi everyone, I just wanted to put up a little post here asking you to consider supporting the Splitcoaststampers Victorian Bushfire Appeal 2009. Please visit this link on Splitcoaststampers to read more about the appeal, and how you can help.

Thanks,
Sam.

Another quick Colour Inspiration card...

Cutting it fine with this one...according to the Official US time clock online, I have ONE MINUTE!

Here are Kristina's colours for this week (again):


...and here is the little card I have made:




I think it would make a cute girl's party invite, and since we have one of those coming up soon this is very good timing!

Ingredients (all from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Cardstock: Textured Chocolate Chip, Plain Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Crimper, Flirty Ribbon Originals (retired), Theatre Ribbon Originals (retiring), Circle Rhinestone Brads in Fire, Scallop Edge punch, Large Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, SNAIL adhesive and Sticky Strip.

Hope I made it in time ;-).

Sam.

PS. I have been hunting around in my google reader, looking for where I have seen this shape dress card before (I know Google Reader is supposed to help with this stuff, but if you don't label things clearly...well you can imagine!). Here is a link to a card made by Kim....thanks Kim :-).

Kristina's Colour Inspiration #44

I haven't participated in one of Kristina's Colour Inspirations for a while now, and after a comment left by Debbie yesterday, I thought I'd give it a try.

This week's colour inspiration colours are:


...and here is my card:


You can see I had fun with shapes here. There are circles, dots, stripes, squares, rectangles, dashes and flowers. It is a festival of shapes!

List of Ingredients (all ingredients from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Pink Pirouette plain cardstock
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Pink Piroutette Classic Ink
Stamps: Background Sampler (retiring), Think Happy Thoughts
Accessories: Square Pegs jumbo wheel (retired), Chocolate Chip double stitched grosgrain ribbon, On Board Blossoms and Basics (retiring), Versamark, White Emboss Powder, heat tool, Dimensionals, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Close to Cocoa Prints DSP (retiring), Flower Designer Brads and round metal-edged tags.

Thanks for visiting!
Sam.

A Good Egg and some chit chat...

Today I have been a busy bee...making my swap cards for the SOS swap I am taking part in. The idea is to use only things from the current IBC that are NOT retiring, and this is my card:


As I only had to make five of these cards I decided to add lots of layers and fiddly stuff. I am very happy with they way they turned out.

Here is the full list of ingredients:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink and Close to Cocoa
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Brown, Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink Classic Inks
Stamps: A Good Egg
Accessories: Crimper, Stampin' Sponges, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Choclolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Aqua Painter, Watercolour Paper, Crystal Effects, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, SNAIL and Sticky Strip.


I made a second card in the same theme, but in a large, square layout, and this is how it turned out:


Also, I mentioned to you last week that we were going to the Canberra Show, and that I'd grab a shot of one of my favourite bovine friends for you. Et volia, Belted Galloway, or Humbug Cow ;-)...isn't she cute?


I have also been meaning to show you one of my first attempts at jewellery making:


The focal beads are hand made, glass beads, made by Melissa Rediger. The rest of the bracelet comprises Sterling silver bali beads and Swarovski crystals. I had so much fun making this bracelet, there will definitely be more ;-). I call it my 'Fiesta' bracelet because it is so bright and happy. I can't stop looking at it when it is on my wrist (and yes, I have walked into stuff because of this ;-)!

Thanks for dropping by!
Sam.

Stampin' Up! Oz-Style....Sketch Challenge #1

I'm a member of a Yahoo! group for Aussie Stampin' Up! demonstrators, and it is called Stampin' Up! Oz-Style or SOS. It is a fabulous resource and the members are a wonderful group of people. If you need to know anything about SU or even if you have general crafting questions, you can just ask away and there is bound to be another member who can help you out. You rarely have to wait long for an answer or ten :-).

Check out the home page here. You need to submit a request to join the group, but it is pretty fast and easy to do. Hope to see you there!

Anyway...the reason I am posting this morning is that SOS is hosting its first Sketch Challenge, and this is the first sketch:


I decided with the retiring list just around the corner (it should be released tomorrow, Sunday 1st March)...and anticipating that my most 'favouritest' Simply Scrappin' kit in the whole world (Crew Kids Girl) would be on the retiring list, that I'd better make best use of it now. So my card uses pretty much only that:


As you can see I have also used a small square aluminium edged tag, three silver brads and some Stampin' Up! rub-ons (for the 'thinking of you' sentiment), but other than this it is all from the Crew Kids Girl Simply Scrappin' Kit. The colours are: Basic Gray, Wild Wasabi, Regal Rose and Whisper White.

I also wanted to show you this little photo of one of my cuties:


Doesn't she have a lovely little smile? I think you can tell it was taken last weekend after our trip to the Snowy Hydro SouthCare open day...you can see she went into the pool face paint and all....but it is obviously not waterproof :-).

Hope you have a fun-filled weedkend. We are off to the Canberra Show tomorrow. My favourite exhibit is always the cows, and my favourite cows are the Belted Galloways....Humbug Cows! I'll try and get a snap of them so you know what I mean.

Hasta la vista!
Sam.

Oliver

Here is another card I have made with one of Bizzy Bec's lovely new designs...Oliver:


Bec supplied a package of lovely designer papers in black, silver and grey and some paper flowers, buttons, ribbons and brads. They all loked so beautiful together that I tried to use as many things as I could on the one card :-).

The base cardstock is black and is folded to form an A-frame card. I punched out a variety of the designer papers using a 1 1/4 inch square punch and adhered them to the background cardstock.

I stamped Oliver on some Stampin' Up! Watercolour Paper in Black Stazon and coloured him using an aquapainter and Classic Inks (Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Real Red and Old Olive). I really wanted to apply some Crystal Effects to the flowers and bow tie, but I have had some bad luck with Crystal Effects on Real Red...it seems to leach all the colour out and you end up with pink Crystal Effects and orangey pink underneath..ICKY...if you know how to stop or get around this I'd be very interested to hear about it.

The 'Be mine' sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Heart Prints set.

I have mounted the flowers together using a brad and then adhered them to the card with a dimensional.

I guess this would have been a great Valentine's Day card...but there is never really a wrong time to give a special someone a card like this!

Thanks for dropping by :-)
Sam.

Men of Life - Papertrey Ink

I made these two cards a while ago, but forgot to upload them here (at least I think I have not uploaded them before....couldn't see them anywhere).

I have used the Papertrey Ink Men of Life stamp set (LOVE IT):


This card is a CASE of this card by Melissa Bickford, that I found on Nichole Heady's blog:



Also wanted to share a few pics from our big day out today. We went to the Snowy Hydro SouthCare base open day here in the ACT...and had a ball!

We sat in a helicopter:


We sat in a firetruck:


We sat on a Harley (it was idling...so yes, we were pretty nervous ;-):


We put out a fire:


We crawled through a tunnel (and yes, that is dad in the background):


We got our face painted:


...and we finished the day with FAIRY FLOSS...what more could you ask for?


Hope your weekend was a fun one too!
Sam.

Bella Butterfly

Thought I'd show you another card I have made using one of Bizzy Bec's lovely new stamps.

This little cutie is Bella Butterfly! I have cropped her a little...to give a portrait feeling. I love how this card turned out so bright and pretty:


Here is a little close-up so you can see some of the detail. I have coloured Bella's dress using a Copic marker and then I have painted over it using Liquid Pearls in White Opal. There are also Liquid Pearls on the central spots on her wings.

I have added some Stampin' Up! chunky sprinkes in pink over her headband, and have also cut out a second set of her wings and mounted them above the first using dimensionals:


Here are the Copic colours I have used:


Ingredient List:

Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Rose Red, Summer Sun and Whisper White
Ink: Basic Brown Classic Ink
Stamps: Bizzy Bec's Bella Butterfly and Stampin' Up! Canvas background
Accessories: Swirls cuttlebug folder, edge distresser, 1 inch Rose Red double stitched ribbon, styled silver Hodgepodge, Stampin' Up! rub-ons, Copic markers, Liquid Pearls in white opal, Stampin' Up! chunky sprinkles, crystal effects, dimensionals, SNAIL and sticky strip.

Thanks for dropping by :-).
Sam.