Wow! If you checked out the retiring products list yesterday and noticed the Stampin’ Up! Color Revamp of 2018, your head was probably spinning wondering what was going on! I know mine was! I halfway expected some kind of color changes because it had been a few years since our last one, but we weren’t told of any ahead of time so it was a complete surprise! I think it is a good one, although I was surprised to see Real Red switched to the Regals color family! What?!!
This is being called a “Color Revamp” because Stampin’ Up! changed many of the core colors. They say when they change a few core colors, they will call it a color refresh. Stampin’ Up! has planned to make changes to the color selections every three to five years. What’s funny is that a few colors that we had in the past are coming back! These colors are:
- Poppy Parade
- Mossy Meadow
- Flirty Flamingo (in the outgoing In Colors now!)
- Coastal Cabana
- Mint Macaron
- Blackberry Bliss
So if you have your old colors stashed in the closet, get them out!
The In Color offering will continue as it has. Stampin’ Up! will introduce five new In Colors each year that will be available for two years. And now we will have five NEW In Colors for 2018-2020.
Here are the new In Colors and the current ones from last year carrying over:
Here are the new Colors:
And here are all the colors and color families together! 
So there you have it! What do you think?? We currently have 50 colors (10 In Colors + 40 Core Colors), but in the new catalog we will have 53 colors (10 In Colors + 40 Core Colors + 3 Basics). Basic Black, Whisper White, and Very Vanilla will be in the Basics category, leaving space to add rich colors in the Neutrals!
So Stampin’ Up! is keeping 27 of the core colors that we have, 13 colors are going away, adding 10 new core colors, and adding 6 returning In Colors that will now be core colors!
Whew!!
AND…..INK PADS!!!
Who would have known, but our ink pad cases are made in molds and because they were wearing out, rather than replace them with the same design, Stampin’ Up! decided to design new ink pad cases to improve some of the features! Plus it’s a good time with the new ink colors.
- The new ink pad cases are simpler and easier to open. Just insert your thumb in the “lip” at the front and lift it to open. The ink pad inside is still stored upside down to keep it juicy!
- The ink pad cases are stackable!
- New color stickers, one to place inside the pad instead of us having to cut our own.
- As long as they were redesigning the ink pads, yes, they did improve the ink as well. They added “defoamer” to the ink to prevent the ink bubbling like it did sometimes with new ink pads and especially the lighter colors in our old pads. This should help to get an even coating of ink on the stamp and give the stamped image a smoother, solid look.
- The Archival Ink is going away and Basic Gray will be offered in Classic Ink. Tuxedo Black Memento ink is staying and STAZON is COMING BACK!! Yea!!
- The new ink pads will fit in the current Color Caddy (that’s what I use) but since they are thinner, they will fit looser. Just don’t spin the Color Caddy fast! (not that it spins fast anyway!) Stampin’ Up! is working on something new!
- Current and new ink refills will work in the new and the old ink pads except for Archival Basic Gray cannot be used with Classic Basic Gray. The new catalog will have the new ink refills.
- You can see a portion of the new ink pad design in the banner at the top of the page.
Retirement Lists
Shop for Retiring Products in the Online Store! Click HERE!
Get PDF List of Retiring Annual Catalog Products HERE!
Get PDF List of Retiring Occasions Catalog Products HERE!
- All retiring items are only available while supplies last and will be discontinued after May 31.
- Due to high demand for retiring stamp sets, retiring stamp sets will be guaranteed available until May 25; all other products are not guaranteed and are only available while supplies last.
- Don’t delay in ordering things you really want lest they sell out!
That’s enough information to make your head spin for now! Note that all Bundles in the catalogs are retiring although the individual products may not be retiring. You just won’t be able to buy them in a Bundle at the 10% discount. Get them now!
Stay tuned as we go through this retirement period together! It will all sink in and not feel as overwhelming as we get our heads around all of it! AND customers will have a chance to get some sneak peek products in May! More details later!
Remember, if you want to see what’s inside the new catalog NOW and get to pre-order some of the new products early, you will want to sign up to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator! There are some perks and this is one of the best times to be a Demonstrator as we change over to the new catalog! Ask me if you would like some information or have questions!
Leave a comment on this blog post or let me know what you think about this Stampin’ Up! Color Revamp of 2018!