Guess what I'm doing...!!

Yes, it's the most exciting day of the year! The new Stampin' Up! Fall-Winter Collection 2007 arrived in my mailbox today!!!!! I've been flipping through it, admiring all the new goodies! My wish list is nice and long already... shhhh, don't tell my hubby!

Okay, before I go any further, I should tell you that the copy in my hands is the only copy I have... There are more coming - this is just my demonstrator copy. I have boxes of them that I hope will arrive this week and if they do, I'll be getting in touch with everyone who pre-ordered to arrange delivery - this weekend if you are home! You can still pre-order at the special price of only $8 including taxes - contact me by June 30th.

Well, do you want to know about a few of my favourites? I think my most favourite stamp set is one called "Bundled in Love" - it's made to coordinate with Bundle of Joy (from the Spring Mini Catalogue and also available in this new catalogue). You all know how much I love the Bundle of Joy giraffe and teddy bear - now I can add the sweetest little bunny, chick and hippopotamus (did you hear that, Rhonda - a hippo!). There's a new greeting set called Short & Sweet that's the same style as Warm Words - the new one has "thank you", "wish big", "welcome baby", "very merry", "best wishes" and "love you" along with 6 little image stamps. Oh, there are so many other stamp sets, but I better stop there...

Lots of exciting accessories too. The new ribbons are beautiful! A wider grosgrain, new taffeta ribbon, and double-stitched ribbon in the six new In Colour colours. I'm thrilled with the new Stack & Store Caddy - it's like the Colour Caddy but made to store all the little brad, button and eyelet containers. It will really help to clean up my stamping table and keep the things I need close at hand. There is lots more, but you'll just have to see it yourself - I couldn't possibly describe it all!

I have one other bit of excitement to share with you before I post some cards... Yesterday was my 5 year anniversary! Five years ago, I started as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I had never stamped before but went to a Stampin' Up! demonstration, fell in love and jumped in with both feet! I started my "business" just as a way to sneak a whole bunch of stuff into the house without my husband grumbling too much because it would all be for my "business"... Well, little did I know that 5 years later, it would truly be a business and one that I've loved every moment of! Thanks for all of your support and enthusiasm along the way - it's been a great 5 years and I look forward to what is still to come. This photo is of me (obviously) last night... I was teaching a stamping class and at the end, my wonderful hostess appeared from the kitchen with this cake that said "Congratulations on 5 years". It turns out that my Mom had dropped the cake off earlier in the day so that I could have this surprise! I have the best Mom!!

Okay, I better share a couple of cards with you here... This one is a bit faded from the scanning, so it looks much brighter in real life. It's made with the retiring sets Kanji (pg 151) and Petal Prints (pg 118). This card was created by Sonia and she shared it with us at a demonstrator meeting. I loved the card and we made it at a Stamp-A-Stack a month or so ago.

This card is my own design and I love it! It's made with the Ladybuds set (pg 148) which is also retiring, along with the Itty Bitty Backgrounds and Sincere Salutations. I used the Ticket Corner Punch to create a nice corner perfect for the brads... This is a nice bright card that we made last night at our stamping class.

Well, I have some orders to sort through tonight to get ready to deliver...

Happy stampin'!

Bev.

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