We definitely know that not everyone who frequents and participates in our challenges is a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. But our Design Team Members are all demonstrators, and we in North America are about to say, "Goodbye," to the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog. Yes, there are lots of other retirements underway. Heavens, there was just this past Sunday the announcement of over 200 Stampin' Up! Stamp Sets that will retire for North America come May 31st of this year!
Nonetheless, the Occasions Mini Catalog has a special place in our hearts. So we've created some "goodbye" projects to show off to our audience. If you have a favorite item or items from the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog which you're going to miss, we hope that you, too, will share that with us. And even if you don't, we hope that you will join with us by sharing a card or other project made with a Stampin' Up! product that has retired or it otherwise no longer available to purchase. And, believe me, we all have a lot of those! So you may just give someone else a great idea for using that stamp set or other product that's been gathering dust in a drawer or closet!
You know the routine – make a card and post a photo of it to your blog or a gallery on the internet, and come back here and use our link tool at the bottom of this post to share the photo with us! We're looking for cards posted to the internet after April 16, 2012, and (of course!) made with Stampin' Up! products only. The products may be those that are in current catalogs, or they may be retired products. But (as our blog title says) SUO – Stampin' Up! Only!
Oh, and a heads up on the closing time for this challenge. It's going to be one day shorter than usual to accommodate a bit of a vacation for your SUO Challenge Coordinator! There will be a few other timing adjustments around the end of April/beginning of May, but we'll announce them in plenty of time.
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Good Morning,
How do I know which articles are not going to be soled anymore by stampin up. I just recently got my first order from Stampin up and would like to participate at your challenge.
Thanks for your help.
Melanie-Jane
Hi, Melanie-Jane! To see the list of retired stamps, go to the Stampin’ Up! website, click on store (upper right), then click on “Retiring Products” over to the left under “Home.” Then just click on through to the stamps that you wish to see. The list of retiring accessories will come out later this month.
We’d love to see you participate in our Stampin’ Up! Only challenges! Thanks for visiting our site.
The cards you ladies made are all so very beautiful!
Your DT samples are all so pretty! I'm going to miss this occasions mini when it's retired. There were so many awesome stamps and other items this time around.
What a great opportunity to use some of the sets we will all be missing. The designer samples are all so beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration.
Great challenge! Thanks for the idea! 🙂
Hi there. These cards are all so beautiful! I am sad to see the Occasions mini end. There were a TON of great products and awesome stamp sets. I will try to complete a project to submit for this challenge. Thanks for sharing your wonderful creations!