Happy Friday to all my Crafty Friends! I saw an update on our Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator website and I wanted to share it with you, as I know several of you have tried, purchased, or are considering My Digital Studio. This is exciting to me to see that SU takes our feedback and is ALWAYS working on “ways to improve” and I just love that about them.
Here’s the scoop:
As announced in April, we are making some changes to our My Digital Studio product line. Here’s some more information about the upcoming changes to our print products.
In June, we are switching to a new print vendor. We are excited about this new relationship and their high quality product offering! Because of this transition, we need to make a few changes to our product mix-including discontinuing some items, changing prices and options on a few carryover items, and introducing several items. These changes will also require us to temporarily shut off ordering starting on May 31. (We anticipate that ordering will be down for two weeks.)
Discontinuing Items
On May 30, the following items will be discontinued. If you are working on any of these project types or want to order additional copies of previously completed projects, you have to place your orders before they are gone at 11:59 PM (MT) on May 30.
| Item | Size | Reasoning |
| Linen Photobooks | 11″ x 8-1/2″ | Our new printer doesn’t currently offer linen photobooks, and we’ve had low order quantities in the past. |
| Leather Photobooks | 5″ x 5″ 8″ x 8″ 11″ x 8-1/2″ 8-1/2″ x 11″ 12″ x 12″ |
We’ve had low order quantities and would have incurred significant price increases to keep these. |
| Hard Cover Photobooks | 5″ x 5″ | We would have incurred significant price increases to keep these. We will continue to offer a 5″ x 5″ Soft Cover Photobook at a competitive price. |
| Board Books* | 8″ x 8″ | Our new printer doesn’t currently offer these, and we’ve had low order quantities in the past. |
| Hard Cover Journals* | 6-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ | We would have incurred significant price increases to keep these. Instead, we decided to move to a Soft Cover Journal with two binding options. |
| Tags* | 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ 2-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ |
We would have incurred significant price increases to keep these. We suggest using new Project Life cards (see below) for tags. |
*As you know, we have a variety of digital downloads with these specific project type templates. We are working on a fix in the software so that your previous projects will convert to a new project offering. For example, a 6-1/4″ x 8-1/4″ Hard Cover Journal project would convert to the new Soft Cover Journal. We’re working on fixes for the other discontinued project types.
Changes to Carryover Print Products
We worked with our new vendor where possible in order to keep costs low. Unfortunately, we need to make some small price and option changes to several of our carryover items. Watch for more information with all the new prices soon.
| Item | Size | Reasoning |
| All Hard Cover Photobooks | Black and white endsheet options only | Our new printer does not offer the same variety of endsheet options. We examined ordering trends and found that the majority of the books ordered had black or white endsheets, so we’ve decided to continue forward with those two options. |
| White fly sheet, same as our Soft Cover Photobooks | The vellum fly sheet would have caused an additional increase in the cost per book. | |
| All Photobooks and Additional Pages | Price increases | There are increased manufacturing costs. |
| Individual Pages | Price increases | There are increased manufacturing costs. |
| Minimum order quantity of 10 | The majority of orders exceeded our previous minimum of five. Our prices would have increased even further if we kept the minimum at five, so we felt this was a good compromise. | |
| Calendars | Price increases | There are increased manufacturing costs. |
| Cards | Printed on heavier weight cardstock | Our new printer offers higher quality cardstock at a comparable price. |
New Print Products
We are excited to introduce the following items soon:
| Item | Size |
| Perfect Bound Soft Cover Journals | 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, 80 double-sided lined pages |
| Spiral Bound Soft Cover Journals | 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, 80 double-sided lined pages |
| Project Life Cards** | 3″ x 4″ and 4″ x 3″ 4″ x 4″ 4″ x 6″ and 6″ x 4″ |
**Optional rounded corners for additional cost
Print Ordering Downtime
Watch for more information, prices, and pictures for these new items in the coming days and weeks. As you can imagine, this shift will require some work on the back end before we roll out the new products. We need to make changes in the software and get everything set up with our new printer which will require us to turn off print ordering. We anticipate that the changes will take us about two weeks, starting on May 31. Again, if you are working on any discontinuing project types or will need an order during the downtime, please place your orders before 11:59 PM (MT) on May 30.
Here is a link to my online store that has our Freebies: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryID=1488
Also- here were some specials I want to remind you about, always trying to SAVE YOU MONEY!!
Don’t forget that we announced this week we are having an awesome BLOW OUT SALE!! From now until June 4th, there is a huge sale on items in the retirement lists. Hurry, offer is while supplies last.
Shop my online store at http://LynnStreifert.Stampinup.net Type in the hostess code: UHRBGZ9B. By using the hostess code you will save on shipping too! If there are enough orders to earn hostess credits then I will put all the names in a hat and draw a winner for earning all the hostess rewards.
Paper Pumpkin is half off until May 23rd, just go to http://www.mypaperpumpkin.com sign up for our monthly craft kit in the mail, type in “shellideal” in the promotion box and fill in your contact info, and be sure to select me, Lynn Streifert, Glenville, NY as your demonstrator. (If you are already a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber, type in shellideal and see if you can earn the 1/2 off discount too!
Well, that’s all for now, hope you all have a Happy Friday and wonderful Memorial Weekend!! What are your crafty plans?
Thanks for stopping by to read my blog!
Lynn
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