The catalogue breakdown... and more one sheet wonders.

Hi y'all! Well I spent a whole hour yesterday, in the sun with a cup of coffee pouring over the new 2010/2011 Stampin Up Catalogue! And as expected I have a wish list as long as my arm! No joke. I have 20 stamp sets on my wish list along with patterned papers, new punches, embossing folders and die cuts! There is so much cool stuff in the catalogue!! Something to note is all the cardstock and inks have gone up in price this year (a jump from $10.50 for cardstock to $13.95 per pack). The price increase is far outweighed by the reduction in price for the clear mount stamps, but at the same time if there are any cardstock packs you like, you might want to drop me a line and order them before September 1 cos you'll still get the old price til then!
There is a massive Colour Revolution this year too, we've seen lots of our old faves retire and there are a bunch of new colours like Daffodil Delight and Cherry Cobbler and the "colour families" have all had a make-over (goodbye Earth Elements!). It's fun to see all the cool new colours and to see some of the previous in-colours like Pacific Point and Baja Breeze staying for good! BTW if you like purple, you may want to stock up- there is hardly any purple in the new colour revolution! I'm so looking forward to getting all the new colours and having a play! As well as demo-ing them too, it's going to be fun and fresh! Plus it will make me think a little harder for colour combo's- I'm up for the challenge!
There are so many beautiful sets in the new catty, from fun party time sets like On a Pedestal, to really elegant sets like Artistic Etchings. Some of my fave sets from mini catalogues are back- like Forest Friends and Fox & Friends YAY! And on my wish list of 20 sets there are 5 shortlisted for my first order plus a punch and embossing folder and heaps of new colours of card and ink! LOL! I'll have to save my pennies!! I'm so looking forward to playing with all the new stuff!
So... on to today's cards.. I did another one-sheet-wonder sitting and came out with 4 cards {hooray!} Two were similar so I"m just posting 3 of the 4. This paper is from Doodlebug and I bought it especially for making some funky birthday cards, so happy that I've finally done it and gotten it out of my stash! It paired really well with Certainly Celery, Rose Red and Pumpkin pie, love these colours together :) very bright and cheery! The cupcake is a Hero Arts stamp but the "Sweet", the heart with squiggly border and the stack of presents are all retired SU stamps.
Hope you've had a super week and are looking forward to the weekend! Will and I are doing the City2Surf marathon on Sunday, wish us luck!
:) C