couple close ups of the April Kit

All Day Craft-a-thon

After attending Annette's all day craft-a-thon a few weeks ago and having so much fun, I have decided to host my own. I'm so excited. I've never held an all day event before. So here's the info:

All Day Craft-a-Thon
Saturday May 15th
9am-9pm
Cost is $25

• Cost includes lunch and dinner, water and tea
• There will be goody bags, door prizes and a raffle
• There will be some retired product for sale
• Each person will get their own table
• All crafts are welcome
• You must pre register for this event!
• I will bring my Big Shot and dies, punches, stamp pads and an assortment of stamp sets for attendees to use.
  

Spring Summer class schedule

I've been working on my schedule for the next few months. I'm amazed at how quickly beautiful black calendar pages are filled with scribbles of things to do. Anyway here is the class schedule for April-August.

Stamp-a-Stack April 19th at 6:30
Kid's Mother's day class May 8th at 10am
All day Craft-a-thon May 15th 9a-9p
Kid's father's day class June19th 10am
Hostess Appreciation June 25th 6:30
New Catalog Debut (beginning of July date TBA)
Stamp-a-Stack August 10th at 6:30

More info to come about each of these but you can mark them on your calendar.

Stampin' Up! Color Renovation

Stampin' UP! is getting a color make over! Starting July 1st Stampin' UP! will have 40 core colors divided into 4 collections; Brights, Regals, Subtles and Neutrals. (My first thought was where are the earth elements? Some of our favorite earth elements have been moved to different collections.)

There are several in colors from the past returning to the core colors. I'm so excited to use river rock, baja breeze and tangerine tango and others again.

There are also 5 brand new colors like daffodil delight which is a perfect yellow.

In addition to the 40 core colors Stampin' UP! will continue to have 5 In colors, these colors will be avaliable for 2 years, next year another 5 will be introduced. We will then have 10 in colors with 5 rotating out each year (clear as mud right?)

Okay I know it's a lot of info to process. The announcement was made on Tuesday and I've read and re read the info from Stampin' UP to make sure I gave you all the correct information. I'm excited about this color change, there were a lot of colors that seemed dated and i rarely used. Stampin' UP! is changing with the times.

Below are links to the PDF's to show you the color families

4 core color collections

Retiring colors

I know several of you are thinking about your watercolor crayons, markers or pastels. Stampin' UP! will be offering add on kits with the new colors for these products.

Change isn't always easy but I'm really excited about this one, I hope you are too!

April Card Kit

This month's card kit features the new set "Awash with Flowers". It's perfect for spring!! With this floral image you can add any sentiment from, Happy Birthday to With Sympathy.

Will need basic black, brocade blue, cameo coral, creamy carmel and soft sage stamp pads to complete these cards. All cardstock and accessories are included.

Cost is $15 plus $5 if you need it mailed to you. Please place your order by April 15th.

This month I'm offering a special deal:

If you order this stamp set you will receive the card kit for FREE!!!

(you will need to pay for shipping if needed)

Offer ends April 15th.

Ever thought about being a Stampin' UP! demonstrator? It's so much fun!! In April and May if you sign up to be a demonstrator you get two addition DVD's with your kit. These DVD are filled with WOW projects that you can duplicate in your own workshops. This is a $47 value!!

I'd love to talk to you more about being a demonstrator, call or email me if you'd like more info.

More Birthday samples

Crazy for cupcakes is such a fun set...but you have to love to color!!