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STAMPARATUS PRE-ORDER … 3 DAYS LEFT

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It’s big news when something breaks the mould and changes everything … and Staminp’ Up!® has done that with this innovative stamp placement tool developed in partnership with the amazing Leader to Leader (L2L) demonstrator team.

The Stamparatus will change the way you stamp, and before long, you’ll wonder how you crafted without it! Why do YOU need one? You’ll fall in love with stamping all over again when you learn everything you can do with it!

  • Make multiples with ease
  • Consistently stamp crisp, clean images
  • If you want a darker impression, apply more ink and restamp—no need to start over
  • Make fewer mistakes, saving time and money
  • Easily create 2-step, 3-step, and 4-step stamped images using reversible plates
  • Develop new and specialized stamping techniques with adjustable stamping plates and precision placement

You need product details?

  • Compatible with Stampin’ Up!’s® rubber and photopolymer stamp
  • Foam mat to use with photopolymer stamps
  • Rulers and gridlines for quick measuring
  • 2 open sides so you can stamp on larger paper
  • 2 reversible plates: a total of 4 surfaces to work with
  • 2 magnets to hold the paper in place
  • Magnet storage areas
  • Retail Price–$85.00 AUD [excluding postage]
6–31 December 2017
Ends 31 December 5:50 PM (AEDT)
Shipping begins 19 March 2018. Depending on the number of reservations we receive, we may stagger available-to-ship dates.

You will receive additional communication once you place your reservation.

  • In order to reserve your Stamparatus, you are required to provide your credit card information.
  • Credit cards will not be charged until the Stamparatus ships from our facility. When you close your order, be sure to verify that your credit card and shipping information is correct.
  • Product dimensions are 20.3 x 20.3 x 2.2 cm.

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If you go to this link and click on reserve now, you will be taken to the reservation screen. Sign yourself in if you have a Stampin’Up!® online account or create one and add in your demonstrators name. If you do not have a Stampin’Up!® demonstrator in Australia I will be happy to become your point of contact, so add my name in as your demonstrator … Michele Miller

You will not be asked for payment at this time, you are reserving only. When the shipment of Stamparatus tools arrives, you will be notified to complete your order. You can then add any extra items you would like to your order and add your payment. Arrival of product is anticipated to be in March 2018.

If you don’t get a reservation in now you will have to wait until the release of the Annual Catalogue in June 2018 to order yourself a Stamparatus.

Let me know if there is anything else you would like to know about this amazing new Stampin’ Up!®

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WHAT’S ON IN 2018!

Friday 22nd December

I have had so much fun over the last couple of weeks exploring the 2018 Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues … and I am so excited to get them out to my customers.

TH-OCC18_SP  If you think the covers are amazing, just wait until you have a chance to look inside!  TH-SAB18-1_SP

If you live in Australia, you can contact me to arrange to receive a copy.

SO … with two new catalogues … it’s time for an OPEN HOUSE event to launch Occasions and  start achieving the benefits of Sale-a-bration.

Details of the OPEN HOUSE are on my updated 2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS … find the WHAT’S ON @ STAMPIN’ TIME tab at the top of my homepage to find information about classes and events planned for the first half of 2018.

 There will be lots of sneak peek projects posted soon.

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IT’S BEEN QUITE A WHILE …

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30

… since my last post!

I left my comfort zone and then left Australia for 5 weeks.

My husband, Rob and I enjoyed a fabulous holiday adventure in Canada and the United States – Vancouver, Alaskan Cruise, Canadian Rockies, Salt Lake City [including a visit to Stampin’ Up!’s head office in Riverton – a HUGE thank you to Rett for our fantastic visit!], Yellowstone N.P. [it SNOWED!!], Moab and the surrounding amazing national parks, Seattle, Vancouver and home. Driving on the wrong side of the road gets easier with every visit.

When we arrived home, I collected my BBB of Occasions Catalogue products for the projects I would create for On Stage Local on the Gold Coast.

I had 5 weeks to do this in … here are the results. I am very pleased with what I created.

The Myths & Magic Suite [stamp set and Speciality Designer Series Paper] was a little challenging at first because I haven’t really done a lot of children’s based cards or layouts in a long time.

I thought that I would start with a memories layout first – the SDSP page I used really stood out as a great background. Then I started searching through lots of photos of my two gorgeous girls [now 27 and 22]. Mermaids, Michele?

They SPLASH and I want my daughters to make a splash in their lives …

Now onto the knights, dragons and unicorns … birthday party items seemed the way to go.

So, JAMES is turning 9 and having a party. Here is his diorama invitation in an upturned mini pizza box.

I have been having fun making 6″x 6″ and 4″x 4″ smash cards since I first saw them online [apologies that I cannot acknowledge the source of this inspiration … I can’t find my CASing notebook].

This is the 3″x 3″ smash pizza box card that Robert gave to James at the party. [Names inspired by my husband – Robert James]

Look at the above display board photo and you might see the test tube of “Dragon food – Beware’.

Next, some magical wizard cards … if there wasn’t already enough get excited about, you are going to love the Myths & Magic 6″x 6″ glimmer papers and the Picture Perfect Paper Ribbon.

So … what little girl doesn’t like UNICORNS?

In this collection, I created: a mini treat bag invitation, birthday card, party treat pillow and a party treat test tube [“Unicorn snacks” … “Hand feeding only”] along with a Memories card game.

The Perennial Birthday Stamp Set, Picture Perfect Paper Ribbon and light green Glimmer Paper gave great scope for more elegant projects.

I really liked the way the paper ribbon folded in half so easily when I wanted to create the flowers for this collection.

The top centre gift box was achieved by cutting, scoring and stamping one of the floral images onto Whisper White cardstock; adhering it to create an insert into a Clear Tiny Treat Box and then using Stampin’ Up!’s brilliant new Stampin’ Blends to add colour onto the outside of the clear box.

The only thing I think the Picnic with You Stamp Set needed was an ANT stamp!

I roughly sketched my little ant and then used a black permanent marker to trace him onto a strip of Window Sheet, at different angles, to achieve my little army of picnic-pilferers.

The 3″x 3″ gift cards were designed to fit inside this trifold gift set with the front sentiment reading, “A basketful of thanks for you.

This was an amazing experience … time to plan my next challenge!

COMING SOON – Occasions and Sale-a-brations Launch.