Sunday Suite - Snail Mail retiring soon & discounts...

Now I am probably the last demonstrator in the world to share the Snail Mail suite... as cutesy, colouring, bugs and animals are not exactly my thing(s)... 

But I know that they are for lots of you! 

And it is retiring soon... At the end of June to be precise... So it really is now or never... And there are even some nice reductions too...

So starting off with the whole Collection Suite (aka the Buy It All in one click) Note: the Collection is only £62 if you buy all the parts individually... so a further £3 saving overall...

Comprising the Snailed It bundle (Note: the bundle still 25p cheaper than the individual parts)

Including the Snailed It stamps... reduced to just £13.50...

And the Snail dies....

Then we have the Snail Mail papers... Click HERE for the sheet by sheet shots...

And the Snail Mail Twine Combo pack...

 

And last but no least... at half price... the Resin Hearts embellishments...

And just to finish off... a few inspiring projects for you... though if you CLICK HERE you will see a lot more!!

What's New? Stampin’ Trimmer Discontinuation...

Stampin ' Up! made some big announcements yesterday and I thought I should start to reveal all... well as much as I can at this time...

Stampin’ Trimmer Discontinuation

The Stampin’ Trimmer will be retired come 3 June 2019, including all accessories—replacement cutting blades, scoring blades, and cutting mats. There have been challenges in quality and the supply chain and so Stampin' Up! are taking the opportunity to research and explore a replacement option for this product, which will not be the same as the current Stampin’ Trimmer. 

There will be a gap in time between when the current Stampin’ Trimmer retires and when a new product becomes available, but we do not currently have an estimated time frame. Once Stampin' Up! feel confident in the new offering, they will communicate more details with us about the new product.

However I am really excited to see what the future will bring... as the Stampin Trimmer has been amazing apart from the intermittent quality issues... So to have a new product that improves on the current offering will be amazing!! 

But... in the meantime... the replacement cutting blades will also retire with the trimmer and will not be featured in the annual catalogue, so six months of inventory has been ordered to help us during this transition away from the current trimmer. Though this news could ( and probably will) cause faster inventory depletion. 

When the retiring list goes live at 8pm UK time on 15 April, the order limit for the blades will increase from three to six (and the limit will remain at six until they’re no longer available). And from now until September, we will receive intermittent shipments from the supplier. 

But... ... as of now in Europe - and throughout these months - we anticipate times when the blades will not be orderable (and not offered as a backorder). During these downtimes, you should visit the product page and enter your e-mail address to receive notification when the blades are available again... and order as quickly as possible when you are notified that new stocks are in... 

Here are the affected products ... click on the product name or photo to go straight to the product in the Online Store...

Stampin Trimmer

Stampin Trimmer Blades

Stampin Trimmer Scoring Blades

Stampin Trimmer Replacement Cutting Mat

I will be back with you very soon with some other big announcements... but I need to run a class first!!

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Jems Monthly Blog Hop

Introducing a new monthly feature for you... a monthly Blog Hop. These will be every first Saturday of the month... and will carry a specific theme for each hop... Carry on around the hop by pressing on the NEXT or BACK buttons at the bottom of the post depending on whether you want to go forwards or backwards! Your choice...

Either way there are many fantastic projects shown by my fellow team hoppers... the Jems are a talented bunch so you won't be disappointed...

So... for our first hop... we are featuring Retiring Products... not long to be able to purchase these... just till 31st May. Do remember that all current bundled items are now at 15% discount and that they will either not be available at all or not bundled anymore come the new Annual Catalogue on 1st June... Also cardstock is going up a few pennies a sheet... so stock up now... I will be ordering on Thursday night if you need anything....

So I am featuring.... the retiring Bravo stamp set (gonna really miss this one!), Shine On speciality papers (I have just grown to REALLY love these!), Itty Bitty Trio star punch (sorry all gone!) and last but not least Remembering Your Birthday (reduced in both wood and clear mount btw)


I have made the card for my son's birthday tomorrow - no guesses as to his age! Hope he likes it as I have strayed a long way from the annual Real Red card.....

This is a Large Square Double Display Card from 12x12 card - metric tutorial here, imperial (inches) here... I cannot believe how easy one of these cards is with these papers - not a lot of prepping or decoration required as the paper(card) is so stiff in itself.... yippee!

And spot the details...
Cucumber Crush panel looks more like leather care of stamped off Cucumber Crush ink & You've Got This background stamp... the silver embossing making it all pop...

Silver Glimmer Large Numbers popped onto Cucumber Crush ones to add more definition...

Really pleased with this card... especially as so out of my usual comfort box with colours... It is just so quick for a card that gives such a WOW... even I will be buying some stock of these papers... as I am always running out of teen cards... and I reckon this will also look fabulous in Bermuda Bay and Watermelon Wonder!! And the embossed silver sides will look fabulous too...

Right time to carry on with the hop... Carry on around the hop by pressing on the NEXT or BACK buttons here... Your choice which way...

SU! Products used

Stamps - Bravo , Remembering Your Birthday (reduced in both wood and clear mount btw)

Papers -  Shine On speciality papers, Silver Foil Vellum, A4 Cucumber Crush card, Silver Foil, Silver Glimmer
Punches - Itty Bitty Trio star punch (all gone!)
Inks - Staz On Black, Versamark & Silver embossing powder

Directions - Metric tutorial here, Imperial (inches) here...
Obviously somewhat less layers of card & paper to cut than the original. The only other difference in the detail being the front central square mats - silver foil 10.5cm, cucumber crush 10cm so as to fit the Congratulations image...

Rich Razzleberry Rose Wonder

Really simple stamped card... roses in Rich Razzleberry... leaves in Blackberry Bliss (going to really miss this colour when it retires on 31st May)

Greeting in a mixture of both... though I have to admit that the greeting moved in the Wisteria & Eggplant re-make of this card!

Blackberry Bliss mat... Rich Razzleberry card

And please don't forget... to re-order your re-inkers and card stock etc now for the soon to be retiring 2014-16 In Colors... more details here...