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  • Happy New Year! What’s Your 2014 Resolution?

    We made it!  Happy New Year!  

    2013 blew through December and came barreling full speed ahead to 2014!  (Or at least that is what it felt like at my house this year. ha ha!)  It has been all I can do to make sure my head is on straight the last week or two and so, when the Styling Stampin’ Inkspiration Design Team decided to share our resolutions I thought it was the perfect chance for me to sit back and actually take a break and reflect. 

    As I recently broke out my new Occasion Catalog and Sale-a-Bration preorder goodies and started making some new projects to share (and send out as thank you cards to some amazing customers and swap cards for some great demos), I looked under my table and behind me and realized that I have some absolutely fabulous supplies that have somehow become “old” and set aside for my “new”… even though some of those supplies are from the Holiday catalog and maybe I only bought them in the last month or two. 

    The problem with this is that I usually get to the retirement list at the end of May and suddenly am reminded of stamps, papers, and accessories that I love but had forgotten about! 

    Not this year!!

    So my resolution for 2014 is to actually USE and enjoy the supplies I have now. 
    That isn’t to say that I won’t get excited about, enjoy and share the new stuff (You can be sure I will!) but I’ll be making a conscious effort to keep enjoying and sharing fun projects with the not-so-new as well.  There are a lots of great designs for all through the year and they deserve to be enjoyed as well, don’t you think?

    For example, check out this card I created using a stamp set and paper that I often pass over for more “exciting” supplies… turns out they make great cards too!

    Card Supplies Used
    Stamps – Hello, Lovely
    Ink – Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pool Party
    Paper – Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Epic Day designer paper
    Accessories – Dotted Scallop Ribbon Trim punch, stampin’ dimensionals

    Sure it took a little bit of time to cut out the different shapes from the stamp set, but I think it gives it a really fun look!

    Yes… that is right, I hand cut everything.  But if it makes someone smile, it is all worth it!

    Which leads to a couple more follow up resolutions:

    1.  Do even more to show my appreciation to my customers and to my amazing Fun n’ Crafty team of demonstrators

    2.  Take time to stamp more… and SEND MORE!  Having a pile of cards at home does me no good, but can brighten someone’s day if I just pop it in the mail.

    So, how about you?  What is your resolution?

    You really are the best!  Smile  Here is to a great 2014!  I look forward to seeing you more soon.

     

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  • This and That – Did You See What’s New?

    So, yesterday was the big launch of a new product line from Stampin’ Up! called “This and That”.  It is coming out in the new catalog in June (and supposedly with an expanded offering) but they are releasing some of it early to us.  Always fun to start playing early!

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    If you are at all familiar with Smash books, you may feel familiar with this type of product — and if you have no idea what I mean by “Smash Book”, have no fear (and you are NOT alone!).  I have more info for you below.

    First, here are the goodies they just released:

    This and That product line
    Check out the full PDF flyer with details on the This and That line

    What you see there is:

    1.  A journal (kind of like an artist’s journal only with more decorated interior pages totalling 60 pages or 30 spreads)

    2.  Designer series paper that coordinates with the collection.  (and it is hard to see, so here is the actual patterns:
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    3.  A rotary date stamp!

    4.  Coordinating element stickers

    5.  WASHI TAPE!!!!

    So much fun stuff that will be great together but also awesome to use on your other projects like cards, scrapbooks, whatever.

    Get it all and save 15%!  Yup, you can get any of it individually but if you want it all, there is a bundle available from now through April 30th that gets you an extra 15% off everything.  Sweet!

    But what the heck do you do with it?

    Hee hee, I know some people are totally asking that question.  So, the short answer is that this is meant to be a journal you take with you and when you have some memento, memory, thought.  You can jot it down and use the accents and tapes to created a coordinated creative place to record that memory.  To give you an idea, check this out:

     

    Finally, to celebrate the launch of this product line, Stampin’ Up is giving away a trip to San Diego!!!

    Go Here To Enter!

    (This is a facebook page contest, so don’t be surprised if you get taken to Facebook)

     

    I’m going to give it a go and plan to hopefully use it as a way to record all the cute one-liners my kids and hubby are always coming up with.  How would you use yours?

    Psst – You may notice that this product line includes the colors Calypso Coral and Pool Party, both of which are In Colors that are slated to retire at the end of May.  Rumor has it, this means they will be somehow making it back into the regular rotation instead of being retired.  So, good news if you love either color!

     

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