Any of these beautiful bundles of Stampin' Goodness could be yours!

Here are a couple of pics of the most awesomely generous donation made by Stampin' Up! for my son's school fair tomorrow, at Northholm Grammar School, Arcadia.

The massive box that arrived was packed with an eclectic yet wonderful assortment of goodies, and the challenge was to bundle them up and package them in the most appealing way to raise lots of funds for the school.  There were new colour kits for the crayons and pastels, so I sorted those out into full packs in great colour combos.  The pastels were a little trickier until I remembered some retired colour pastel refills I'd received in a past donation box - a ha!!  By adding these to the new colours, I was able to make up four almost full boxes.  Ribbons!!  Rolls and rolls!  I chopped these up into lengths and packaged them in the crayon tin boxes, they looked quite yummy when I was done with them, all tied up with Baker's twine.  There's DSP, specialty papers, Simply Sent kits, Simply Scrappin kits, accessories like buttons and chipboard and lots lots more.  These will be on the Silent Auction stall tomorrow, with one box on display in my stall tent.  Come along and place your bid for a great cause and enjoy a fun family day out.

Tastes of Spring!

(images and text from Glenorie/Galston Community News, August 2012)


I'd love to see you out at the Spring Fair, last year's event was so much fun!  There are ride wristbands for $30 each giving the kids unlimited rides ALL DAY on almost all the attractions, including Gladiator Duel, shown at the top.  Last year's mini jeeps and giant slide were a huge hit for my kids.  There was delicious food, cakes, coffee, chocolate fountain, fairy floss and lots more.

The fair is the major fundraiser for Northholm Grammar School, and this year the funds raised are earmarked for an outdoor barbeque area.  One of the nice things the school does is involve the dads in running a monthly bbq lunch, instead of the usual canteen.  The kids just love it, all the way from Yr 3 -12, and it's a nice break for the usual canteen mums.  This facility will benefit all the kids AND the dads too!

Stampin' Up! have donated a MASSIVE box of wonderful (retired) products, that I have packed into multiple bundles of goodness each valued at well over $300.  There will be one on my stall and four more around the event for different fundraisers. I'll also have my red bushfire brigade hat money box to collect a gold coin donation for Dural Bush Fire Brigade  - take a card from the donation box, pop your coin in the hat.  You get a bargain card, the Brigade gets much needed funds for the volunteers to put towards their great work for the community.

So, come on out for a Saturday drive.  Northholm is at Arcadia, and can be reached from Old Northern Road through either Middle Dural (take the Wylds Rd turnoff towards Arcadia) or Galston Village (past Swane's Nursery on Galston Rd, and past Fagan Park on Arcadia Rd).  If you're on the north side of Sydney, you can drive the scenic Galston Gorge route from Hornsby.  It's also the very FIRST day of the new Annual Catalogue, and the gorgeous Holiday Catalogue (no longer a mini!), so you'll be able to get your copy and even place an order!

Sold Out Items Update + BARGAIN stamp pads!

 Sold Out Accessories

Stampin' Scrub Replacement Pads
Peach Parfait ink refill
Dotto refill
Concord Crush ink refill
More Mustard Marker
3/16" Gold Brads
Pear Pizzazz ink refill
Poppy Parade ink refill
Stack & Store Containers
Circle cutter replacement blades
Christmas Greetings stamp
Confetti White CS A4
Blushing Bride ink refill
Blushing Bride CS
5-petal flower punch
Color Caddy Extender Kit
Stampin' Around Wheel Storage - Standard size
Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies
Concord Crush CS A4
Well Worn Designer Series Paper
Mini Library Clips
Baja Breeze Stampin Write Marker


Sold Out Stamps

Just Surfing
D is for Dog
Curvy Verses
Short & Sweet
Calendar Alphabet & Numbers

Any inkpads you're keen on?

All of the current style of felt-based dye inkpad are currently on the retiring list, as they are being reconfigured to a new firm foam pad.  However, the felt pads are great, and I have been using mine extensively (as you can imagine!) for 5 straight years.  So, you can make your Stampin' Budget stretch a bit further by purchasine some colours in the outgoing style!   Grab some now from just $7.17 each (+ p/h) - that's 40% off.  If they're not on the 40% list, then they'll be 25% off at $8.96.
New reinkers for all colours are fine to use on old-type pads, so there's no compatibility problems if you decide to buy a reinker later on. 

Back to lesson prep!

Still plenty to choose from, but some items are gone gone gone - don't delay!

Stampin' Scrub Replacement Pads
Peach Parfait ink refill
Dotto refill
Concord Crush ink refill
More Mustard Marker
3/16" Gold Brads
Pear Pizzazz ink refill
Poppy Parade ink refill
Stack & Store Containers
Circle cutter replacement blades
Christmas Greetings stamp
Confetti White CS A4
Blushing Bride ink refill
Blushing Bride CS
5-petal flower punch
Color Caddy Extender Kit
Stampin' Around Wheel Storage - Standard size

Super dooper bargains - Selected fabric packs - Candy Cane Christmas and Deck the Halls are just $4.99 each - save 75%!  Make a quilt, make pencil cases, make a twirly skirt for a little girl in your life!  Lots of fun projects out there - just like the stamp sets you can even google with the fabric name to get ideas galore - here are just a couple of ideas I found in a super quick look today.  Shh, supposed to be working right now, but given I was up until midnight making beautiful lesson plans, I think 5 minutes is warranted!!

List of Sold Out Items - updated Tuesday 7th August

UPDATE 7th August 2012 

I will endeavour to update this list every day or two, as soon as I hear about items being sold out:

so far:

Stampin' Scrub Replacement Pads
Peach Parfait ink refill
Dotto refill
Concord Crush ink refill
More Mustard Marker
3/16" Gold Brads
Pear Pizzazz ink refill
Poppy Parade ink refill
Stack & Store Containers
Circle cutter replacement blades
Christmas Greetings stamp
Confetti White CS A4
Highlights from the list:  Medallion background stamp, as used here:

 

Autumn Days, with the lovely pheasant here is also on the chopping block, can you rescue a set for your collection?  

Dasher - individual background stamp, an absolute staple in my stamp collection that I will never part with!  And he's reduced to an eensy weensy $11.21!  Here he is here, used beautifully by another demo, Ann Schach:

Hello Blossoms and Something for Christmas are two other single stamps that deserve a spot in your cupboard, and would also make great gifts for beginner stampers - so versatile with a couple of markers and a pack of note cards.

My apologies about the link from the image in the newsletter, it takes you to my contact page rather than to the lists themselves.  However, I have added pictorial links in the side bar of this blog for quick reference!

Retiring list - selling out as we speak. BE QUICK!

In the interest of speed and efficiency, I'm going to be brief!
Here is a link to the retiring list of stamps -

STAMPS RETIRING LIST

Things to note in particular - some must-have, all time favourites are on the chopping block:
Baroque Motifs
Loads of Love
Short and Sweet
Season of Joy
Medallion background (sniff :`( )
Wonderfully worn background
Dasher (double, two boxes of kleenex sniff)
Something for Christmas  - only been with us one year, made some fantastic easy Christmas cards with this last year.

+ lots, lots more - and selected stamps are on sale as well, in either wood or clear mount or both - you'll be able to see this in the list, with availability as well.

I will be placing orders regularly, but it would be a good idea to give me a back up item or two in case something you want is gone by the time the order is placed.  Some items from the accessories list are gone already, and I suspect some stamps will not be far behind.

Call me, email me, text me - thrust your overflowing wish list into my letterbox or nail it to my door.
Please don't leave it too late (or be at the mercy of eBay scalpers everywhere...)  If you're a bargain hunter, there are some gems to add to your trophy collection too!


Here is the Retiring list for accessories:

RETIRING ACCESSORIES

Of special note - In Color products - some are already gone (Peach Parfait refill, Concord Crush refill, Dotto Refill)
Again, there are some fabulous bargains, including selected fabric packs at a WHOPPING 75% off, just $4.99!  DSPs - all are retiring apart from First Edition Specialty, some are 40% off!  Ribbons - quite a few bargains!

Going for good are:

Circle Scissors
Glass mats for these
Crop-a-dile
Confetti White and Cream cardstock (three boxes of kleenex here, and it's on SALE too!)
Selected punches including doily flower and triple flower

In addition, we are switching to a new type of foam pad in the inkpads - the current felt style is being replaced.  As a result, most (if not all) are being sold off at 25% discount, just $8.96.

SO, check out the list, zoom through, pay attention to the discounted products in case they can tempt you, and get back to me as above with your 'must haves'.