OK, with Sale-A-Bration's end looming ahead of us this Saturday, I am SO excited to share with you SU!'s 2012 catalog preview special offer - the Summer Smooches suite!  You can click on the picture to go to a full-size pdf of the flyer.

The paper, brads, stamp set and ribbon are all totally cute - look for a project at next month's class!  (That'll be 4/18, for the planners among us!)  What you really need to peek at, though, on the back of the flyer, is the new die for the Big Shot - the Petite Purse!  Yow!  It is the cutest thing ever, and VERY versatile, I'm seeing baskets, purses, fishing creels for the men in our lives, doctor bags...  Amazing!

This suite goes on sale for the month of April, and then will be on hiatus until the new catalog comes out June 1st - so dip in your toes!

Ahhhhh, the wait is finally over!  For all you mere mortals who are clueless on the Stampin' celebration, that's the release of the 2011-12 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog to you!  And boy is it a humdinger - so many fresh new ideas and products, waiting, (just waiting!) for your delight!  This is always such a great time of year - fresh looks at some familiar products, and of course, brand new products with their wealth of possibilities!
To that end, I've posted a little sneaky peek at a card from our upcoming July 20 Card Class, which will feature all new items and colors from the new catalog - I hope you can join us!

So, did anyone else try out the Grab Bag offer from SU! this round?  I had never seen it before, and in the interest of scientific study, decided that I should get one of each of the sizes to see what was what!  As you can see from the picture, I have just finished a very pleasant and reminiscent afternoon indeed, trying to identify all my goodies!  It turns out that my grab bags contained TONS of orphaned elements from retired Simply Sent, Simply Scrappin' and various other odd-ball card sets and decorative packs that SU! has offered over the last 4 or 5 years or so, from what I can tell.  I had to go all the way back to my very first catalog ever (not that long ago, I only caught the bug with the Fall-Winter 2007 issue!) to identify some of my components.  I have ribbons, buttons, twine and stickers, too, to contend with.  What a delight to explore some of the cards and colors that first caught my eye!  Ahhh, Sage Shadow, I hardly knew ye.  And Really Rust, I'm so sorry to finally lay my last three sheets of you to such a glorious rest!  What a great inspiration for my appreciation gifts for all my volunteers this year!  Card sets for everyone!