The RETIRING LIST IS LIVE! And CRAFT SPA FREE SHIPPING OFFER...

And it is a biggy! Products only available while supplies last!!

And please don't miss my Retiring List Free Shipping Special Offer details below...

Click here for the Online Store version...
I find this the easiest to use for the Retiring List as
(a) I can see the pretty pictures so I know what the item is straightaway...
and
(b) I know what is currently available to order... as some items do go out of stock VERY VERY quickly ... and the Online Store shows the real time position...

I have also merged the 2 lists in Excel onto one list... and removed the French and German stamp set/dies versions... and so have a slightly reduced UK only 8 page version... pictured at the end of this post... but please feel free to email me for the UK spreadsheet if you are not on my newsletter circulation...

And here are the links to the original versions...
Click here for the 2017-18 Annual Catalogue List as a pdf document...
Click here for the 2017 Spring Summer List as a pdf document...

Click here for the 2017-18 Annual Catalogue Excel spreadsheet version to download if you wish to sift for yourself... AND...
Click here for the 2017 Spring Summer Excel spreadsheet version

And as a one off FREE SHIPPING special for just 48 hours... until 8pm UK time Wednesday 11th April... applies to Retiring and/or any current catalogues product...

I will reimburse the £4.95 postage for product orders over £35 … or send you a product gift up to £6 value if you prefer…. Postal reimbursement will be by cheque…

Please enter my current Host Code B3WTJ296 where prompted as you check out…  AND please email me after placing your order to redeem this offer and let me know your preference! 

Orders over £60 will get both a £6+ gift and postage reimbursed…

For orders over £150... please claim your own Stampin Rewards as you order… you will still get a gift and postage reimbursement direct from me… ie do not use my Host Code…

PLEASE NOTE that this offer does not apply to ladies wanting to place product orders towards Free Classes... the offers are are either/OR... so your Retiring List etc order can go towards the standard free classes deal OR you can get this Shipping offer... again just email me to claim and let me know your preference... 

So what else do you need to know...

• These are the products that are no longer available come 1st June (or earlier) when the new 2018-19 Annual Catalogue goes live...
• No items are discounted at this time… though discounts on select products may be introduced on or after 8 May...
• Everything retiring is only available while stocks last… 
• Some items go out of stock VERY quickly…
• The Stampin’ Up! web site gets VERY overloaded…so huge apologies in advance if anything should go wrong at their end even for a minute! My fingers are very crossed...

And why is the Retiring List so BIG this year!! Well for 2 simple reasons... which I am SO excited about...

(1) Colour Revamp Time!!!
Been a long time since the last full on Revamp... indeed 8 years ago in 2010... and I am doing a happy dance about it all... 13 colours going*... 27 staying... 10 brand new... and 6 returning!

* See more info on the Retiring colours below...  and more information on the other changes will be coming soon...

(2) New Ink Pads coming!!
New Style... Smaller... Easier to open & close... Stackable (YES STACKABLE!) and improved ink formulation... Oh... and an extra label to put on the inside so you can tell what colour ink you are using when you have it open... fabulous!!!

So that means every colour of ink pad and every refill and every marker pack is on the Retiring List... so if you want to fill your collection... or you must have a current but retiring colour... get them while you can!! Only available while supplies last!

And don't forget to top up your retiring cardstock too...

* Colours going are...
Regals - Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo, Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Rose Red
Subtles - Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist and Wild Wasabi
Neutrals - Chocolate Chip
Brights - Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango
2016-18 In Colour - Dapper Denim, Sweet Sugarplum, Peekaboo Peach and Emerald Envy

Note that I have highlighted some that I know my customers are going to particularly miss!!! So you may want to stock up with those ones ladies!!?

And to finish off this post... here are the pictures of the UK Only Retiring List... just click to open up and see in full page size... and/or if you are in the UK... please don't hesitate to email me to request the Excel spreadsheet... though I do recommend you visiting the Online Store instead...

So happy this in the New Catalogue Blog Hop

Maybe I should have called this... Everything & the Kitchen Sink!! Boy have I been having fun!!!

Welcome to the Jems Blog Hop with lots of NEW products to share and some carrying over products too. Hope you are as excited as we are!

Now in true Amanda style I really hadn't a clue what I was going to feature today. I am very excited about lots of the new products ... and I was SO lucky in that I was able to pre-order so many of my Must Haves in May... that usually doesn't happen.... so there was a lot for me to choose from....

So I decided that I would do 3 things....

(1) Use the stamp set that everyone just said "Amanda Bates" when they first saw it! 

Yes...we are talking At Home With You... and it was on the demo pre-order!!!! I am so happy to have this set!!  At Home with You stamps with co-ordinating At Home dies... all wrapped in a bundle with 10% off...

(2) Write up yesterday's post with my Favourite Things in the New Catalogue so I could concentrate on creating with "my door" today!

(3) Make another Bench Fold card seeing as you all liked them so much! I hope you like this one too... 

Click HERE to go and order the tutorial (s)... though please note there isn't a specific Kitchen Sink one...

I have been itching to use my At Home With You door for wood kitchen cupboards! And to make a Butler's Sink too....

And my favourite bits of the card... again the combination of the whole thing and getting to use the lovely new products and have some real crafty fun.... But in the details...

The kitchen cupboards and the windows care of At Home With You stamps & dies... as well as the pot of flowers, hanging signs and the lantern die for part of the tap and Fairy (Platinum) washing up liquid bottle!

Spot that I turned the handle round on some of the kitchen doors... more on that another day...

And did you spot the granite worktop...care of the old faithful Touches of Texture and black ink on Basic Grey...

Then we have the sink drainer care of the Colorful Seasons chair... which was also used for part of the taps, the washing up bottle and the little basket (for the soap and scrubbing brush!) under the left window!! 

And a laugh for you... this little basket was in the scraps pile I cleared up!!! So I can't take any credit for that one! 

And a prediction for you... the chair in the Colorful Seasons bundle could become the most "creative" die ever!!! I do have a list of lots of ideas... and a drainer, taps and basket weren't on there!

Great to use new papers... 6x6 Wood Textures for the cupboards, windows, hanging signs and flower pot ... so much wood... a real must have pack! I think I have a plan for every piece of paper! 

And the lovely 12x12 Delightful Daisy for the wallpaper and blinds... this pack is proving very popular...

And oh... blink and you will miss it... but the window panes are care of the 6x6 Color Theory paper pack... just a bit from the palest part of the Dapper Denim ombre piece... 

Yes I did seriously use papers from 3 packs.... it just had to be done to bring it all together!!!

And so there you have it... my new Kitchen Sink Bench Fold Card... click here for the Bench Fold Card tutorial details... Same card... Same general decoration details... though the specific detailed step by step instructions of this one will be in my Series Two release... coming soon... I just need to make a couple more designs with my very new stash of papers!

 And yes it does fold flat for posting....

I will be providing a Class in the Mail option for the At Home Bundle as well as an in-person class... more details to follow... but please register your interest by clicking here to email me... no commitment at this stage! (Sorry for my distance readers - only available in UK, France, Germany, Austria and Holland)

And so now it is time to pass you on... to the lovely Sarah if you are in forward mode...

Or to the lovely Uma if you have missed one - or prefer to go in reverse!

And just in case of any problems along the way... here is a full list of our blog hoppers  and links today... 

Sharon Glynn 

Umalini Kathirgamanathan 

Amanda Bates (YOU ARE HERE) 

Sarah Lavelle 

Samantha Carlton 

Julie Wade 

Julie Kettlewell 

Karyn Davies 

Allie Jolliffe 

Gill Arnold 

Kate Martin 

Karen Watts 

Lucy V Brown 

My Favourites in the new Annual Catalogue...

So I have spent a few weeks excitedly exploring the new Catalogue... and writing lists... and rewriting lists!! And I have made a few anguishing decisions and now I can share my Favourites with you!

Warning this is a long post with lots of photos - and in no particular order! As there is SO much to love... Just click on the highlighted link or photo to go to see the product...

Very Vanilla Card*
3 new items added.... and I was SO SO happy when I saw them...
Thick A4 Very Vanilla
12x12 Very Vanilla (returning)
Very Vanilla Notecards & Envelopes

The New 2017-19 In Colours

Oh how I love thee... I think this is the best In Colour Collection we have ever had... gorgeous!

Click here for my Launch Offers for the 2017-19 In Colour Half- Pack Kit and the Monthly Club. Offers (available until 21st June) If you want a Full Pack kit ... you really should think about signing up with Stampin' Up!...

Check out the co-ordinating Fresh Florals Suite... these papers are the new 2017-19 In Colour version of my class favourite Floral Boutique Navy & White papers last year and I hope that you now understand why I hinted about buying the Floral Phrases stamp set...

And would you like to guess at my favourite colour!!? And definitely the overwhelming favourite for most of my class ladies too! They do make it too easy for me...

Love Today Planner Kit
Squeal! I do so love an organiser and this is a great one!!! And I think this may be the item that goes in and out of stock on numerous occasions! Hope there are 10s of 1000s in the warehouse!

 A totally customisable yearly planner to get organised starting from today... and to give you a creative outlet too! I have been busily filling up my Bullet Journal pages so I can start afresh when it arrives...

And not forgetting the Tabs For Everything which co-ordinates perfectly if you like a tab or two (punch & bundle not available until 15th June though)

The New Glues*
Didn't know I needed the Mini Stampin Dimensionals until now!! And I so do! No more cutting away at the side of my large hexagons when I need something smaller!

And Multipurpose Adhesive sheets back... getting glue on those fancy die cuts just got way easier! Fantastic... I know I will have a lot of few happier ladies in classes... and crafting at home!

Embossing Paste and Masks*
Can't wait to get my hands on these... and already on their way... Pattern Party Masks, Embossing Paste and Palette Knives... just add white or coloured texture... and check out the bricks!!! Think you may see these used a lot!


* Checkout my Basics Products Pack in the Launch Offers to get your hands on these 3 groups and the returning A4 Glossy cardstock too...

How many is that... oh 5... aiming at 10 only so here we go again... now I will find this SO hard!! Even with my cheating method of grouping as much as I can!!

Stamps & Bundles

At Home with You

And don't miss the Boxwood Wreaths for your christmas cards using this set... wreath life has become so much simpler..

Sheet Music background stamp (look Hilda!!!)

And maybe my somewhat more personal or quirky Faves!!

Text Ya Later - I just have to giggle at some of these greetings! And I do have a thing about phones and tech etc...

World's Best Trophy - spot all those family names... an essential... and great for the males & kids & teens in your life... especially the successful ones!!

Lemon Zest Bundle - oh my... this gave me the biggest laugh a stamp set has ever! More on that another day... when I am feeling brave...

Papers
Wood Textures - all the wood you need all wrapped up in a 6x6 pack! Must buy!

Product Suites
Click on the picture to see the full range of items...

Color Theory Suite... Took me a while to grow to this one... but I am so glad I made a last minute decision to buy... and a surprise that it is now my Top Suite pick... but simply fabulous for all year round creations.... and I have quite a few cunning plans with those dies... shame that they are likely to go on back order soon.... so if you need these...please order quickly!

Coffee Break Suite - I am in colour heaven with these papers! And my ladies will love the coffee theme too... can't wait for these to turn up!

Daisy Delight Suite - well I have always had a thing about daisies!! Need I say more... unfortunately these punches are going to go out of stock for a while... probably rather fast...

Foil Frenzy Suite - the Happy Birthday Thinlits die is an absolute must have... and I adore the papers...

Punches 
Stuck in transit somewhere until 15th June... not orderable at present so I can't share a picture or a link... but see pages 206/7
2 1/4" Circle Punch - so so happy to see this size...
Decorative Ribbon Border - beautiful... seems like a while since we had a decorative border punch

Embossing Folders
Pinewood Planks & Layered Leaves... fabulous!

And last but not least...

Card Kits
I am not usually a big fan of the card kits... but loving Soft Sayings (also has refill kit available) ... everything in a box for you... what can be easier...

and the Hello Friend embossing kit... 

And that is it!!!! Think you can see what I will be using for the next 3 months of classes...

And don't forget to check out my Launch Offers... I am sure that there is something you must have there... available until 21st June 2017...