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Stampin’ Up! Triple Witching Day!

Aloha, all!

     In finances, "Triple-witching" day is the third Friday of the month that ends each quarter. It marks the simultaneous expiration, at the close, of stock options, index options and index futures.  What can result is volatility in the market.

     OK, stop!  What does this have to do with Stampin' Up!  What it means is that there is excitement on September 1, 2010, for three different reasons:

1. The Stampin' Up! 2010 Holiday Mini Catalog is here!!
2. It's Diva Coffee Break Design Team Wednesday!!
3. There's a Fantastic New Recruit Promotion!!

     So lots is happening in the world of Stampin' Up! today.  For here at Robin's Craft Room, I can tick off the first two items of excitement with one word: Merry!

     That's in "Merry" as in "Merry Christmas" or "Make Merry."  That's what we're going to be doing for the next four months as we start into the fall and winter holiday season in earnest.  My preference for today would have been to go for the fall holidays first to show off Holiday Mini products, and start with some of the fabulous new fall stamps and papers that Stampin' Up! has ready for us.  But the color challenge for the Diva Coffee Break Design Team just didn't seem to fit.  Herewith the colors:

     Now, I really like these colors – I like pretty much ALL of the Stampin' Up! colors (there are retired that I wish we had back, but that's another story).  But how to use these for a fall project just escaped me.  So directly on to Christmas I went with this one.  The first thing that came to mine while I was trying to come up with something is that I didn't want snow!  I moved to Hawaii to escape snow, and I'll wait just a teensy bit before bringing snow to my blog.  After that, absent any really Christmas-y colors, I decided on a gift wrapping.  I love to decorate the heck out of my Christmas packages, so decorate the heck out of this card I did.  Buttons and bows and pearls sure seemed to do this trick for this "package." 

     Where the Holiday Mini Catalog comes into play here is with the great new punch, the Decorative Label Punch, that's being introduced with this catalog.  Tomorrow I'll share with you a card that uses not only this punch, but also a new "Christmas" stamp set – in a definitely non-Christmas-y way.  Then it will be back to the fall holidays.  And do I have some tricks and treats for you!

     Meanwhile, please go visit the Diva Coffee Break Design Team blog for samples from all the other Divas.  Just in case you might not have guessed, there are a couple of cards over there with snowflakes!  Brrrrr!  (But they're fabulous designs!)  And try this color challenge yourself!  No need to use products from the holiday mini (you probably don't have them yet if you're one of my customers – but soon, huh?).  Just have fun with the colors!

     Oh, and check out the New Recruit Promotion link over to the right!!!  Great gift for new demonstrators this month and into October!

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