Stampin' Up! New and Improved Stamp Pads featuring the 2018-2020 In Colors

Stampin' Up!® redesigned their stamp pads.  Why? The manufacturing mold was about to expire.  So they decided to replace the mold and redesign it at the same time, making some wonderful improvements.  Here's what they look like!

What's better?

• It's easier to open. Just flip it open slide it back and voilà that's it! 
• There is a tighter fit between the cover and the base and (best of all) the lid doesn't accidently become disconnected.  How many have run into this problem?  I know I have and ended up with ink all over my hands. (Well let's be honest I end up with ink on my hands when I stamp but this is a lot more.  Hahaha!)
• They are stackable.  They have little nubs on the bottom corners of the case and little dimple on the top corners of the case that fit together, so they are easier to transport.
• They have a whole blank colored label (located on the bottom) to peel off and insert into the case.  Much easier to distinguish colors that are similar when you are working with them. 
• The color swatch on the lid is much larger, it also says "In Color" in a little square on the top. 
• A defoamer has been added to the ink, to help reduce bubbles, get a smoother coating of ink on the stamp and helps to lay the ink down better.

 

All the Classic stamp pads and reinkers will have the new formula.  You can use an old ink refill on a new pad or new ink refill on and old pad.  EXCEPT the Basic Gray Archival and Black Archival.  These should not be mixed.  The Black Archival and Basic Gray archival are being discontinued.  These will be replaced in the catalog with Mememto Black (to use with the Stampin' Blends) , Stazon (for Window Sheets).  The new Basic Gray will be in the new formula in a Classic stamp pad.

Here's a little video showing some of the features in the new In Colors. 

Thank you for stopping by!  If you don't have a demonstrator I'd love to be given the opportunity to be yours! 

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Share What You Love!

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by.  I've been silent for a month, a lot going on.  We moved my mother into a nursing home and then I had her apartment packed up and it is now residing in my garage until I can go through it before donating it to the Salvation Army.

If you've read my previous blogs, I've had fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue for the last 5 years and recently diagnosed with Sjogrens.  I know, what?  I had never heard of it before either.  This also causes fatigue and pain.  To be honest today, is the first time in a month that I have actually felt "my normal". 

I did have the great fortune to be able to attend our local "Onstage" in Milwaukee the first part of April.  Little did I know it was a 5 hour drive, one way.  But oh, did we have fun!  We were blessed to have Shelley Gardner as our emcee.  If you are familiar with the history of Stampin' Up!, Shelly and her sister started Stampin' Up! 30 years ago, this year, in their homes.  Oh girl, look where you have gone!

As an Onstage attendee we were able to pre-pre-order certain items and we got our catalog early!!!!!  Mine is already marked up!  So I'm going to preview a few of the things that I bought.

Sorry we can't show the inside of the catalog or the stamp sets, yet.  But we can display a cards that we make with the new stamp sets.

This card is made with "Share What You Love" Suite.  It's in one of our new DSP's and shimmery doilies.  I used Smokey Slate in the background layer.  The colors in the DSP are Tranquil Tide and a returning color..... Mint Macaron, which will be one of our core colors now.  More about that later.  The sentiment was only available to demonstrators, sorry.....:-(.

Thank you for stopping by. If you don't have a demonstrator I hope you will consider giving me that opportunity.  Here's a link to my store:  www.sharonbrennan.stampinup.net

Images: Stampin' Up!®