New Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2015 - 16

New Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue 2015 - 16

So exciting! The BRAND NEW shiny Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue is here and it is packed full of gorgeous products for you to play with!

So what are the highlights? Well .........

New In-Colors
Five fabulous new In-Colors - and bang on trend - you will see these colours EVERYWHERE!

Christmas is Back!
You asked and Stampin' Up! listened - Christmas stamps are back in the Annual Catalogue - yay! There are seven fab sets - including the super-popular White Christmas & Wondrous Wreath from last year's Seasonal Supplement.

Project Kits
There are 8 kits in the Catalogue - perfect for working on with a group of friends - favourites are the new Tin of Cards (LOVE the striped tin),  the returning Perpetual Birthday Calendar and the much anticipated Watercolor Wishes Card Kit (released in July) which will contain everything to make 20 cards - including an EXCLUSIVE set of 12 Photopolymer Stamps.

Tin of Cards Project Kit

Watercolor Wishes Card Kit (available July)

Bundle & Save
There are loads of the popular Bundle and Save 15% offers throughout the catalogue - I have counted 31 but am happy to be proved wrong on that one! Fabulous Value!

You Can Make It
Loads of fun projects ideas that include a list of the products that you need to make them - I haven't counted those!

Other Highlights
Loads of brand new Stamps in all formats, new Accessories, Ribbons, Designer Series Papers, Project Life Kits, Punches, Big Shot items ...... need I go on?

And Finally
Stampin' Up! is a ardent supporter of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) and £2 will be donated from the sale of every Sprinkles of Life Stamp Set that is sold - and this set is a cracker!

Not got a copy of the catalogue yet? Drop me your address to nicky.dexter@btinternet.com and I will pop on in the post.

Partial Die Cut with Stampin' Up! Framelits

I posted this card using the Tea Shoppe Stamp Set and promised you a tutorial to show how to do a partial cut using the Stampin' Up! Framelits.

I used the Ovals Collection Framelits available in the Spring / Summer Catalogue. I add a piece of magnetic sheet to the pack which helps hold the dies in place.

Stamp the image to one side of a piece of card stock.  You need to use an image which is relatively easy to cut round (unless you like fiddly cutting!)

Select the size of Framelit you wish to use and place it over the image.

Using a pencil, draw round the inside of the Framelit up to the image.

Carefully cut round the image inside the pencil line using Paper Snips. You will need to cut along the image past the pencil line so that when you slip the die UNDER the cut out image you can line up the die with the pencil line.

Run this through the Big Shot using the normal sandwich for Framelits (you can use a sticky note to keep the die in place).

Remove the framelit and you are left with a partial cut out. 

Here is another card I made using the same technique and a different stamp set - Henry Says.  The elephant's truck is perfect for cutting round.  I hope you will agree he is rather cute!

Hopefully this tutorial makes sense - if you have any questions please leave me a comment.

Stampin' Up! Colour Refresh!

How exciting! Stampin' Up! have announced that we will be having a colour refresh when the new Annual Catalogue is launched on 1 July 2013.  

However don't panic! We will be keeping the four Colour Families - Brights, Regals, Subtles and Neutrals but they will include 10 new colours (six of which are returning In Colors from previous years). Some colours have been moved around and there will be four brand-new colours. 

You can see the changes in the table below:

So what does this mean for you? Well, as from today all the card, ink and accessories in the discontinued colours will only be available WHILE STOCKS LAST so if you have any colours you can't be without do get in touch NOW.

The new colours will be available from 1 July when the new Annual Catalogue is launched - I for one can't wait!

If you would like to place an order please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help.

Spring has sprung with Stampin' Up!

Could there be a better way to welcome in February? Stampin' Up! are really spoiling us for their 25th Anniversary Year! Today sees the launch of the 2013 Spring / Summer Catalogue and it is simply gorgeous.

The catalogue is packed with new stamp sets, tools and embellishments to brighten up your crafting. And as you have come to expect with Stampin' Up! - it all coordinates! 

You can click on the image in the side bar to browse the catalogue on line or email me and I will pop a copy in the post to you.

Don't forget that you will also receive FREE Sale-a-bration goodies with any orders of £45 or more.

I will be later with some of my favourites ........