waaaaaah!! sob... sob..... sob....

why am i so sad?

the 2010/2011 catalogue is retiring

and a lot of great things are saying their last goodbye

we girls at ESAD thought it would quite nice to give them a fitting farewell

and give you one last chance to see retiring items in action before they are gone....

forever!

debbie has shown you some great ideas for retiring stuff and now it is my turn!

i want to show you 4 of the punches retiring

corner punch

small oval

large star

designer label

these are all punches i use on a regular basis...

especially the small oval-if you don't have this already you should totally buy it NOW

it is soooo useful for everything lol

i use mine for around words, as flower petals, various body parts (ears, torsos,faces, noses), 

beaks, leaves...and the list goes on

 the designer label is soooo useful for those hodgepodge hardware frames which are also retiring

sure beats cutting around the frames and trying to get them to fit perfectly!

this punch is also good for skeleton faces

 i also use them to make frilly leaves for my flowers

also going is the pennant die which, apart from the obvious, 

also has 2 different scallop borders for you to use

down below is a scrapbooking page i have made using a variety of the punches and pennant die.

i have used the playdate designer series papers for this page.

 the flowers were made from the playdate dsp and some of the scallop circles from the pennant die. in the middle of the flowers are some hodge podge brads which are retiring.

at the top i have used the other side of the scallops from the pennant die to have a wave effect whilst down the bottom i have used the 2 types of scallop edging from the pennants to give a layered effect 

 on the side i have layered the small oval in a line to also give a scalloped effect

 on this page i have used the star punch, the photo corner punch and the merry details die to add cute embellishments to the page.

 using the xmas trees from the merry details die as arrows 

gives you another use for this die apart from xmas cards

up in the corner i have used the bottom of the big bold cupcakes die as a tag with a snowflake from the merry details die as an accent with a square rhinestone brad

all the things i have used in these two scrapbooking pages are retiring at the end of this month.

if you suddenly have realised you now cannot craft without any of these cool things don't hesitate to contact your favourite stampin up demo today to order these goodies before they sell out!!!

now quickly go and check out michelle's creations to see what else you will need in that retirement order!

what is ESAD you ask?

ESAD stands for "extra special australasian demonstrators" and we are an on-line group of stampin up demos from australia and new zealand. we love what we do and we love sharing it with our customers, friends, blog visitors and other stampin up demonstrators. we run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how and cyberstamps. we are always there to help and support each other as well when needed. so, if you are a stampin up demo in nz or oz, then feel free to join us at http://www.facebook.com/groups/esadsu/

okies cheers ears and enjoy your weekend