For Max

The dreaded flu has caught up with me so I haven't

felt up to making many cards.

My nephew's 4th birthday is tomorrow

and I came up with this card for him.

I did get some sunshine in my afternoon.

My courier delivered the brand new Stampin Up

catalogues and with feeling not so well, what

better excuse than to spend an evening browsing

the new catalogue.

August Stamp Club

This month for Stamp Club we decorated two cute

boxes, made some gift tags, small gift cards

and a couple of Christmas cards.

I will be sad to see Contempo Christmas retire

at the end of this month, it is such a versatile set.

I am loving the white baker's twine at the moment.

I love white on everything and the twine is on my

favourite list of products to use.

Quick and Simple

This card came together without too much fuss.

Clean and simple. I used the embossing folder

for texture and the baker's twine.

Gold Medallion

Here is another stamp I will miss the Medallion stamp.

I have used gold embossing powder on this card

to give it a wow factor.

It has an Olympic feel with all this gold.

Flowers All Round

Here are some cards I made for a class using the Flower Fest

stamp set. Flower Fest is on the Retirement List and will be gone

after the 31st of August. It really is a lovely set.

Stampin Up's 2012 Retirement Lists

To view the retired Stamp Sets

To view the retired Accessories List

http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/default.asp

You might like to print them out and then highlight the retiring items in your catalogue.

Some of my old favourites are going....in particular 

I'll be very sad to say goodbye to Loads of Love, Fifth Avenue Floral, 

Pocket Silhouettes, Fox and Friends and Medallion :(

We are also losing a set of 5 In Colors -

Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, 

Concord Crush and Blushing Bride are all retiring. 

You'll notice lots of inkpads on the list too - 

that's because Stampin' Up! is introducing a new firm foam inkpad. 

The colours will remain the same, it is just the surface of the inkpad that is changing.

The fantastic news is that some items are discounted by 75%!!

So, check the list to see if anything you love is disappearing forever -

 but order it fast, because these items are only available while stocks last!