Aug12
“So You had to have a Big Shot, Didn’t Ya?”
Yah, this line from the Billy Joel song has been my mantra-like chant, ever since Shelli Gardner’s announcement at Stampin’ Up! convention that we were broadening our horizons, and adding a sizzix suite of products to the SU family! All I can say is that ever since that moment, after the applaus and yelling finally died down, we remained in shock for the remainder of the convention. So of course, I JUST HAD to have a Big Shot to add to my collection of die cutting machines! 
The best part is that I don’t need all those others any more!
This is a long post, but please stay with me, because I promise, it’ll be worth your time to get to the bottom of this post. NO PEAKING!
My first die cutting was a Quick Kutz Squeeze which only handled 2" dies, which were quickly replaced with 4" dies, so I had to replace my squeeze with the newer QK Revolution machine to handle the larger dies. Although they were still slightly smaller than a standard A2 card, I lived with that for awhile until I got my eyes on the Spellbinder’s nestability dies and the Wizard machine. More importantly, some the "nesties" were larger than the 4" QK ones. PLUS, the machine could handle any manufacturer’s dies, and it could emboss at the same time, as well as use Fisker’s texture plates. Basically, there was a "sandwich" which would make everything work!
I was blissful, UNTIL …….I walked into my local scrapbook store and saw that Quick Kutz had created a 12" long extender piece for my Revolution machine, and they had created a variety of 12" border dies, with beautiful flourishes. Now, the alphabets’ dies, almost all of them from Quick Kutz, have always been my favorite. Yes, more expensive than those for Cuttlebug, but more sophisticated (IMHO) and more choices and sizes. So, what’s a poor girl to do? (poor being the key word here). I loved the idea of being able to do the 12" inch borders for my scrapbooks, so I purchased the extender plate and kept both the Revolution AND the Wizard. sigh!
But the worst thing was that I couldn’t use any of my coolest equipment to demonstrate, or use to help me do my make-n-takes, or stamp camps! UNTIL …… that beautiful moment at convention, when the roof of the building above the main theatre parted, and beams of sunlight shined down on us from heaven, and we heard a chorus of angels singing "aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh". And Goddess Shelli said, "Don’t you love my apron? Don’t you want to know how I made this? Don’t you want to know how I made all of these beautiful gifts you see in this room? Well, DUH! The anticipation mounted, and she finally announced, "We’re getting a sizzix machine to do die cutting and many exclusive dies which will match our stamp’s artwork and designs." And she showed us our exclusive dies designed and available only at Stampin’ Up! and the other sizzix dies available to purchase. And we got to see all the adorable papercrafting gifts and packages we could make, especially if it was a BIGZ die. And we got to see the Decorative Strip dies which produces beautiful 12" borders. And we got to see the BIGZ XL (14") dies that could cut through more materials than all the other machines put together. And we got to see how the Big Shot could handle all other Sizzix dies, CB dies and folders, Spellbinder’s dies, Fiskers texture plates, and various other manufacturer’s dies that you have probably collected as I have.
Look at what I made today with the BIGZ and the BIGZ XL dies that we now carry! Aren’t they the cutest little party favors? Or cute little goodie bags to send your child to school with for his classmates on Halloween, Christmas, or Valentine’s Day? Did I mention that it can cut 5-6 pieces of designer series paper at a time? whew! Did I also mention that the BIGZ and BIGZ XL can cut through 50 different materials like BUTTAH??????
Ok, so you can tell that I’m super excited about this new Big Shot, because now I’m one of the first new Big Shots in town with the sleek and sexy black Stampin’ Up! model, which my cute little doctor purse to put it and my accesssories in!
You’ll be seeing a lot more samples of cool gifts, packages, bags, boxes, cards, and more coming your way. If you want to be the proud (as I am) owner of our new Big Shot, and any of it’s accessories, you would qualify to receive free hostess stamp sets and free Stampin’ Up! merchandise with your purchase over $150. Of course the more dies your order, the more Stampin’ Up! merchandise you can receive FREE! Customers can begin ordering their own beginning Sept. 2, 2008. All you have to do is call or email me! Soon, you will see more infromation in our upcoming mini-occasion catalog. For now, you can click here to view a sales brochure.
So, here’s my deal. I’m offering a die worth up to $21.95 absolutely FREE (yes, I said free) with any purchase of Special Edition Starter Kit and a pack of card stock, (or the equivalent of minimum purchase of $200). In ADDITION to your free die, you would also receive your choice of $20 in free Stampin’ Up! merchandise, AND wait! There’s more! And you would receive any level 1 hostess stamp set. Wow! Remember, you don’t get all that at Joanne’s and Michaels, and they don’t show you how to operate your machine either, and they don’t come to your house to help you or deliver your stuff to you! Not to mention, my favorite subject, ME! 
Yes, you also get my tips, ideas, and my experience! You know, those things you PAY for in a magazine or instruction book? So, please don’t compare apples to oranges, because my store is totally different all the other stores because I am built into the whole package!
