From now until 31 July, you can join the SU family by purchasing the starter kit for $259 (usually $324!!!!)!  That’s around $600 of product for less than half price!!  What a deal. Click on here to view details of the kit.

To start, you will need to have an ABN number, $259, and you can sign up via my Stampin’ Up! website (ask me for the details).

Once you join SU, you can either turn it into a profitable work from home business, or you can join just so that EVERY order you put in, gets at least 20% discount!!

Contact me for further details: andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com or ph 0400 038833.

 I’ve been playing with a new business idea. I have registered a business name “Tutelary” which means guardian angel.  I have a domain too, but I’m slowly developing it. It will be www.tutelary.com.au.

The business is a ‘virtual assistant’ type of business. For those that don’t know, I’m a personal assistant by trade, and would like to assist people and small businesses with advice and taking care of those things that they’d rather not handle. It might be to take care of all the paperwork if a family member was to pass away, or set up a new business, organise an existing business in terms of marketing, systems and procedures, it might be to conduct research into nursing homes… in fact anything you need. We can either do it, or we can advise of someone who can.

The motto of my business will be to “Assist individuals and businesses with life balance”. 

Another area which I’m enjoying ‘playing’ in, is diffusers, soy candles and melts/tarts, to help individuals balance their lives at home, as well as providing eco friendly scents.  The diffusers I am selling leading up to Mother’s Day, are alcohol free, and come with 10 reeds, a gorgeous glass cubed bottle, cork look lid, and of course the fragranted diffuser oil.  I make soy tea lights, and some simple soy tin candles and glass candles. I use eco friendly soy, with no palm oil in sight (it’s important that we don’t burn petrochemicals or erradicate the orangutan’s habitat).

If you want something more exquisite, then visit my friend Kerri’s business “Wicket Scent“. Kerri and her daughter make some fabulous ‘milk shake’, ’spider’, and ‘late’ candles. I have burnt one at home, they’re just devine. Contact me if you wish to know more about my products, particularly for Mother’s Day.

The new colour palette is organized into four collections:
Subtles;
Brights;
Regals; and
Neutrals.

You will see 25 of our current colours remaining, and ten past In Colors returning as core colours, and the addition of five new core colours. Check the colour charts to see what the new collections look like, and what colours will be retiring.

New In Color Programme
One part of our Colour Renovation that we’re sure you’re going to love is the new In Color programme! Each year we will introduce five new In Colors, and they will remain for two years. This means that the 2010-2011 In Colors will be introduced this year, but will not be retired until the 2012-2013 colours are introduced. This year there will be only be five In Colors, but after that, we will always have ten (the previous year’s plus the new). Look for a later announcement on this year’s In Colors.

Resources
Below are the resources we’ve provided to help you see and understand the colour transition. Because the new colours will not be introduced until the new catalogue in September, more information to help you with the transition will be posted as that comes closer. All Stampin’ Up! markets will now have all the same colours.

Colour Chart: New Colour Collections

Colour Chart: Fond Farewell

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!

The blog before mine, belongs to Andrea Buckland. If you haven’t already visited her, please click here and go back.

Hope you enjoy my blog entries!  You’ll see I love our new bird punch, as well as the new incolour – rich razzleberry! Here are some descriptions of the projects:

1 & 1 a. Fold up photo book/album (it’s the larger version). Let me know if you would like the instructions and I’ll email them through when I finalise the tutorial. Rich Razzleberry is featured with the new designer paper cottage garden (I LOVE this paper).  I have made the letters by using an alphabet die through the big shot!! Great for scrapbooking. Bird punch, and finished with rich razzleberry ribbon.

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2. Get well wishes is from the new teeny tiny sentiments stamp set, it’s soooo versatile. I think I can use it instead of nearly all of my sentment stamps. The bird is our bird punch, with the wing being punched out of designer cottage paper, and the branch out of old olive. The background has been run through the big shot with the perfect polka dots embossing folder. Rich razzleberry ribbon, and the label behind is also a die from a set called ‘lots of tags’.

 3. This is a card focused directly on our new in colour, rich razzlebe rry. It teams up beautifully with old olive and the matching designer paper. I have used the ‘happy birthday’ on the side from teeny tiny sentiments, and layered up the card, using a non-SU castle die.  I also used an alphabet diet set for the name ‘Arley’. Dazzlin’ diamonds, stampin dimensionals and the 2way glue pen have also been used.

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4. This card has been made using melon mambo (another new in colour), and the new stamp set (and matching roller) called Vintage Vogue. Gorgeous set. I have played with the flowers by stamping them, then dry embossing them onto a soft piece of foam, to make the flowers 3 dimensional.  Sentiment is also from the same set.

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5. Another bird punch card! Simple, but elegant. I have layered the bird’s wing to give it additional effect. Colours are night of navy, bashful blue, and whisper white. Sentiment stamped in night of navy, it’s also out of the new teeny tiny sentiments set.

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6. hmmm… another bird punch card!! Colours are melon mambo, old olive, close to cocoa. Melon mambo matching ribbon finishes off the card.

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7. Pony party! That’s the name of the stamp set. In the background, is the ‘top note’ die which has been created, using the big shot machine. What a cute little girl’s set. It also comes with a party hat, unicorn horn.. and loads of other stuff!

Hope you enjoyed my tour! I think you’ll agree my favs are rich razzleberry and the XL bird punch!!  If you wish to continue to keep up to date with me, feel free to subscribe to my blog feeds in the column to the right.  If you don’t have a demonstrator, let me know if you would like me to send the new Winter/Autumn mini to you!.

“We are again offering Blog Candy for our Blog Hop. What you need to do is complete the blog hop until you get back to me. Once you’ve visited and commented on every blog then you will need to email Sharlene at stampwithsharlene@hotmail.com who will then put your name into the draw for the blog candy. There will be one winner from New Zealand and one winner from Australia. So start hoppin by going to the next blog being Andrea Lowcock, click here to see her gorgeous creations!

Please note, Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are not eligible to win the Blog Candy.

We’d also like to thank the following who kindly donated products and money directly to the family: Buninyong Foodworks, Kryal Castle, Krooze In Cafe, Imagination Factory, Stampin’ Up!, Andrea Eppingstall – Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator, Gold Rush Golf, The Courier, Red Lion Bar and Cafe, Sovereign Hill, Custom Fabrications, Ambulance Victoria and Emmaus Catholic Primary School and it’s whole community, friends and family. Michelle Frost Stevenson, Jenn Nusbaum, Barry Eppingstall, Fiona Harrison and Sharon’s mum who bought LOTS of tickets.. and didn’t win a prize!! Many many thanks to all x

Photo courtesy of The Ballarat Courier

For those who have raffle tickets, or wish to buy some, the ticket stubbs and money need to be back to me by 17 March. The draw will take place on 19 March, results in “The Courier” newspaper, Ballarat 20th March 2010.

Here’s the info from my previous post:

As you may be aware from a recent post, my good friend Claire’s husband died suddenly on 30th December 2009, at the age of 41. He has left behind Claire and their four georgeous children; Aimee, Stephanie, Thomas and Laura (aged 16, 13, 9 and 4 respectively).

I am currently organising a ‘fundraiser’ for the family which will include raffle tickets, with prizes being offered by Stampin’ Up, myself, and a host of local businesses. Tickets will be $2 each, or 3 for $5 (email me andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com and I will send some to you). Alternatively, you can donated directly, by clicking on the ‘donate’ button below. The raffle will be drawn March 16, with winners notified that day, and announced in “The Courier” on Saturday 20 March.

For those ordering Stampin’ Up! goodies from me during the month of February, ALL my commissions will be directly going to the fundraiser. So contact me if you’d like to place an order, and know you are helping out a lovely family at the same time.

I know any sum of money won’t bring David back, but hopefully we may be able to ease the burden slightly.

 Woohoo!! I got flowers from the tooth fairy!!!

Last week I had the pleasure of getting one of my root canaled teeth removed (yes.. sometimes they don’t last forever!!). My darling tooth fairy sent me flowers to commiserate.

The guy delivering my flowers commented on my front door poster. Thought I’d share it with you. It was the brain child of one of the girls from my work.. and then I modified it. Certainly helps keeping all the door knockers at bay.. *grin*

Here’s a lovely set I like to use for sympathy cards. It has the gorgeous tree, and sentiments as well.

I’ve used markers to ‘ink’ the tree – old olive, close to cocoa and choc chip. Cardstock colours are very vanilla, close to cocoa, choc chip.

The wedding card uses ‘life definitions’ for the ‘together’ sentiment, and fast and fun notes for the wedding cake. Both have been gold embossed, with black and gold cardstock layered, and black 1/4″ grosgrain tied at the front.

I am currently organising a ‘fundraiser’ for the family which will include raffle tickets, with prizes being offered by Stampin’ Up, myself, and a host of local businesses. Tickets will be $2 each, or 3 for $5 (email me andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com and I will send some to you). Alternatively, you can donated directly, by clicking on the ‘donate’ button below. The raffle will be drawn March 16, with winners notified that day, and announced in “The Courier” on Saturday 20 March.

For those ordering Stampin’ Up! goodies from me during the month of February, ALL my commissions will be directly going to the fundraiser. So contact me if you’d like to place an order, and know you are helping out a lovely family at the same time.

I know any sum of money won’t bring David back, but hopefully we may be able to ease the burden slightly.