Introducing New Firm Foam Ink Pads!

With the introduction of the 2012-2013 Annual Catalog, Stampin’ Up! has made a very big change to our Stampin' Pads—NEW Firm Foam pads! They change your stamping experience for the better. You’re going to love these new Stampin' Pads—just look at all the exciting benefits listed below:
•Provide better ink coverage for your stamps!

•Light-tap stamping produces flawless images!

•Create wonderfully solid images. The Firm Foam releases more ink onto your rubber stamp than the felt pads. When using the Firm Foam pad, your stamp will get an even, solid covering of ink that you may not have been able to achieve with the felt pads. Please note: if you are using the ink pad frequently you may need to re-ink your Firm Foam pad more often.

•Have a crisply printed, glossy label on the top of the pad that is easier to read and that will not fade or chip off!

•Come with color name labels in all four languages (English, Spanish, French, and German)—just choose your language, peel it off the back, and add it to the side of the pad for easy identification!

•Use the same patented flip-top case design that stores the inking surface upside down, so the pad surface stays moist!

•Are available in all colors, including our exclusive In Colors!

Please note: Five ink colors have undergone formula changes to improve functionality and color stability with the new firm foam pads. These colors are:

•Basic Black
•Basic Gray
•Marina Mist
•Perfect Plum
•Tempting Turquoise

All five colors of the reformulated inks have been fully tested and approved. While using the new ink formula in the old Stampin' Pads is fine, we do NOT recommend using the old ink formula in the new firm foam pads. Beginning June 1, all Ink Refills and Classic Stampin' Pads will contain the newly formulated ink.
All individual firm foam pads are now available for order; however, Stampin' Up! has run into some packaging constraints with the collection packs which may temporarily cause a backorder situation. They expect to resolve this situation soon, and the following items will begin shipping the week of June 11.
#126987: Brights Collection Classic Stampin' Pads

#126988: Subtles Collection Classic Stampin' Pads

#126989: Regals Collection Classic Stampin' Pads

For more information, check out this PDF with frequently asked questions.on the new stamp pads:
http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/22579.asp

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Click the link for flyer and all the exciting details!
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http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Flyer_HostessPromo_demo_June0112_US(1).pdf

Drink Treat Box

I came across this super cute idea for drink treat boxes at http://www.gettincrafty.typepad.com/.  She has a great tutorial for you to follow as well as instructions.  Right now she is offer FREE blog candy if you make one and post it to your blog and enter her contest, whooo hoo!!!

I used the new summer smooches DSP for the front of mine along with a cute little pin wheel.  I used the decorative label punch and stamped "sweat treats" on the front.  I think I may have one of these made for each of the ladies who are coming to my all day crop in June.  These would make super cute table favors for them!!

Now is the time to be thinking about those stamp sets you have putting off buying.  Stampin' Up has released the list of retiring stamp sets and well as the list for all accessories.  Boy oh Boy are there gonna be some changes!  Please take note of a few changes listed below, it may help you decide what items you want to purchase before they are gone or reorganized in away that it prevents you from getting items you want to have.

Click the below link to take you to the retired list of Stamp Sets to reture as of May 31, 2012.
http://204.228.150.61/docs/lastchance/en-US/RetiredStamps_0412_en-US.pdf

Click the below link to take you to the retired list of Accessores (including DSP, Inks, Cardstock, Bigz Dies, Ribbons and much more...)  The items in this list are only AVAILABLE WHILES SUPPLIES LAST!!  (I just place my large order this morning at 7:30am)
http://204.228.150.61/docs/lastchance/en-US/Availability_en-US.pdf

1)  When you look at the retired accessories list, you'll note that all of our Stampin' Pads are listed. This is for two reasons: (1) Craft Stampin' Pads will now only be available in black and white; and (2) we are introducing a new Firm Foam pad in our Classic Stampin' Pads with the 2012-2013 annual catalog.  The Firm Foam pads offer better ink coverage and, in turn, better stamped images.

2)  Only select Stampin' Write Markers will be available individually (Stampin' Write Markers in color collections will continue to be offered) This is important, cause if you are like me, I did not buy them in collections, I got them one by one as I chose to get ink pags, so now there are a few that I need to go along with misc. stamp pads.  I just purchased all the single ones I needed so that I don't have to purchase the whole collection just to get one or two single colors.


•12" x 12" Textured Card Stock will no longer be offered

•12" x 12" Smooth Card Stock will only be available in select individual colors and color collections
(not sure about the details on this yet, but I am thinking they are only gonna offer collections or singles of certain colors, I again stocked up on all the colors that I may not be able to get in single pack colors.)

I am on stand by to answer any questions and help you place any orders that you are ready to place.  Remember stamp sets retiring are available until the end of May, while accessores are only available while supplies last!!