Retro Smiles & Big News From SU!

I am completely in love with this week's Retro Sketch #57!  I love the arrangement of the different shapes and sizes - it was hard to resist doing a chicken version of this card, and I might still need to go back and do that! 
Instead I pulled out another stamp set that I just didn't use enough, and I used some colors that I'm trying to let go of{sob.}  I swear I don't know what I'll do without Lucky Limeade - maybe they'll do a little color renovation this year, and we'll get to keep it!  PLEASE!  (Alas, the color gods were deaf this time - see below!)
Reason to Smile & Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets; Crumb Cake & Whisper White CS; Large Dots texture plate (retired); Bitty Banners framelits; Calypso Coral & Lucky Limeade inks; Calypso Coral Baker's Twine.

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2013 Color Refresh & Free Shipping!

Look how much SU! loves us - they're giving us a head's up on the Color Refresh coming in this year's new catalog - yay!  I'm not sure we've ever had this much notice before...
You can click on the flyer to the right to get the low-down on the changes - lots of returning In Colors, and we get to keep THREE of this year's outgoing In Colors - awesome!  Just not Lucky Limeade {SOB}.
There's only one brand spankin' new color - in the neutrals collection - Smoky Slate - it'll be good to have an array of grays back!
SU! will again be offering refresh kits for sale to customers starting May 31 - a collection of all 10 pads and a card stock sampler pack, 2 sheets of each new color.  There will also be a set of the Refresh markers available separately, as some of the returning In Colors pre-date SU!'s introduction of markers.
So what color am I most excited about?  I think it has to be Soft Sky - I have horded that color for three years now!  Psychic me!  The one I'll miss most?  I think it's a toss up between Baja Breeze and More Mustard.  I definitely use Baja Breeze the most, though, I think that one is the biggest shocker...
So, be sure to get stocked up on any of the retiring colors that you can't live without!  As of now, all retiring colors are while supplies last.  Don't forget to consider your stash of retired and retiring DSP while you think it over - you want to make sure you have enough coordinating card stock to go with!  I usually forget to do that, sigh...
To go with this exciting news, Stampin' Up! is offering free shipping on EVERYTHING this weekend, April 6-8, three days only!  No matter what you spend - what a great chance to get that little item that you keep forgetting to add to your order!  Or to save big on a big order!  I might have to place a little one myself this weekend!

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