There’s some Stampin’ Up! News to share this morning and a couple of things that I wanted to point out. So let’s get to it!

Next month there’s a Stampin’ Up! party called Onstage! It’s where the next catalog is revealed to demonstrators and we get to play with new product (and even order some of it), watch presentations and hang out with the Stampin’ Up! family . We also like to make lots of a single card and swap with others so that you get a whole host of samples. This year, head office has given us a list of a few of the current stamp sets which will be in the new catalog in case we wanted to make our swaps with sets that will definitely be around for another year.  This makes these sets a really good buy – here they are:

Dragonfly Dreams (item 142924)
Jar of Love (item 141587)
Banners for You (item 141710)
Touches of Texture (item 141934 W/143251 C)
Swirly Bird (item 141749)
Beautiful You (item 143004 W/143637 C)

I seem to have used a few of these sets quite a lot!

If you’d like to attend an Onstage event, joining now would allow you to sign up for the event in November. Of course you could join a little later, but joining in March gets extra benefits. The normal benefits are:

• 20% discount on all your orders with the potential to push that 25%
• Volume rebates, team commissions, performance bonuses
• VIP access to new product releases at least a month early
• Free products to earn during various promotions
• Qualify for product rewards, incentive trips and more
• Receive the exclusive Stampin’ Success magazine quarterly
• Eligible to attend Stampin’ Up! events twice per year

The starter kit is an amazing deal – it’s fully customizable, so for just $99 you get $125 of quality product of your choice, shipped free, saving you $38.50 on product and shipping. If you join by March 31st, you add two stamp sets completely free, a value of up to $104. If you’re ready to jump in, grab your wish list and click here. Or if you have questions, go to the Join My Team tab for more details. If you still have questions, contact me.

Finally, Sale-a-bration is in the final month and will end on March 31st. Products are on an “as supplies last” basis so if there’s something you really want, dive in early. A good way to get free products is to buy a Paper Pumpkin prepaid. A 3 month prepaid Paper Pumpkin is currently on sale ($55 instead of $59), so not only do you get almost a 7% discount, you get to select a Sale-a-bration freebie. What more could you ask for?! Just order as normal at my online store – you can put the code 137859 in the search bar and it will take you right there. Even better is the 12 month prepaid where you save $2 per month (137861), but the best part is that you get FOUR Sale-a-bration items for that and $21.50 in Stampin’ Rewards! It’s $215 for a whole year of the red box (I ordered it myself) and if you add a few things and get to $250, not only do you get a fifth freebie, but there’s an extra $25 on top of the usual $25 of Stampin’ Rewards, so in total, that’s FIVE free Sale-a-bration products and $50 in Stampin’ Rewards.

In case you don’t know what Paper Pumpkin is about, here are the details:

• Each month you receive a unique, surprise kit with a project. It’s colour-coordinated and everything is pre-cut
• Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, accessories and instructions.
• Each kit gives you about 30 minutes of fun
• Your Paper Pumpkin ships around the 15th of the month.
• You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month’s kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month.
• A Paper Pumpkin subscription is just $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There’s no commitment, you can cancel or put your subscription on hold at any time. You can also prepay 1, 3, 6 or 12 months at a time (great gift idea) and save money with the latter 2 options.
• Once you’re a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can buy previous kits as supplies last. Sometimes complete kits are available, at other times, it’s just the consumables so that you can make more.

Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get a selection of ribbon and sequins (6 yards in all) when your order is $30 or more; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 34ANVEHC (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz