The following is a list of all CM products that are retiring and the dates that they will retire:
June 2008
•All original 12x12 and 7x7 albums and coversets including blackberry, celebration, chamois, chocolate, cobalt, ebony, ever after, forest, indigo, slate, olive, petal, ruby, sky, and denim
•12x12 Disney Coverset
•7x7 Disney Album
•7x7 ABC Album
•12x12 Black Window, White Window, and Heart Window
•Original 12x12 and 7x7 Gold Dust refill pages
•12x12 Everyday Power Palette
•12x12 Mod Power Palette
•12x12 Vintage Power Palette
•12x12 Gazebo Power Palette
•12x12 Chalet Power Palette
•12x12 Cabana Power Palette
•12x12 Cottage Power Palette
•7x7 Power Palettes in Vintage and Mod
•All 12x12 Original Perfect Fit Paper Packs (Specialty Perfect Fit – beginning Sept. 2008)
•All 10x12 Shades of Color Paper Packs
•Everyday Elegance Vellum Paper Pack
•Shimmer Paper Pack
•Celebration Perfect Fit Paper
•Best Wishes Stickers
•Party Time Stickers
•Formal Affair Stickers
•Playful Monogram Stickers
•Wedding Bliss Stickers
•Memory Mate Project Tote in Mod and Vintage
•Memory Mate Case in Mod and Vintage
•Once Upon A Wedding Album Kit
•“I Do” Wedding Kit
•Mickey Classics Album Kit
•Adventures of Pooh Album Kit
•Celebration Album Kit
September 2008
•12x12 and 7x7 Pink Coversets (hot pink – came out for Christmas 2007)
•12x12 and 7x7 Green Coversets (lime green – came out for Christmas 2007)
•Graduation Perfect Fit Paper
•Candy Cane Perfect Fit Paper
•Starry Night Perfect Fit Paper
•Holiday Sparkle Stickers
•Holiday Splendor Stickers
•School Time Themed Scrapbook Refill Pages
•Graduation Album Kit
•Judaic Album Kit
•Starry Night Album Kit
•Candy Cane Album Kit
March 2009
•7x7 Dijon Coverset
•7x7 Lily Pad Coverset
•12x12 Blackberry Inspiration Coverset
•12x12 Soft Pink Coverset
•12x12 Soft Blue Coverset
•12x12 Truffle Coverset
•7x7 Christian Inspiration Kit
•7x7 Daily Inspiration Kit
•Specialty Perfect Fit Paper Packs including Bright Baby Boy, Bright Baby Girl, Little Boy, Little Girl, Soft Baby Boy, Soft Baby Girl, Christian Inspiration, Daily Inspiration
•Monogram Stickers in Bright and Soft Baby Girl & Baby Boy
•Bright and Soft Jumbo Stickers in Baby Girl & Baby Boy
•Bright Once Upon A Baby Boy & Baby Girl Album Kits
•Soft Once Upon A Baby Boy & Baby Girl Album Kits
•Baby Boy Stickers
•Baby Girl Stickers
•Little Boy and Little Girl Album Kits
•Christian Inspiration Album Kit
•Daily Inspiration Album Kit
September 2009
•Original 12x12 Scrapbook Pages in White, Spargo, Natural, and Black
•Original 7x7 Scrapbook Pages in White, Spargo, Natural, and Black
•Original 12x12 Page Protectors
•Original 7x7 Page Protectors
•Original 12x12 White Portrait Sleeves
TRANSITIONING
Help on making the transistion from 12x12 & 7x7 to True 12x12 & 8x8
Change is never easy for most people, especially for those of us who really don't like change. But, DON’T PANIC! This transition will take place over a time period of 18 months (March 2008 - September 2009), giving you time to adjust to this change. You’re probably saying right now – “What about all those albums I’ve got that I haven’t completed, and what about all that perfect fit paper I haven’t used already?” As for the perfect paper, you can still use it in your current albums and even in the new albums. There will be ideas to help you with using the perfect fit paper on the new pages on www.creativememories.com. As for album projects that you are currently working on, you will want to take a tally of all of the album projects you are working on and all the unused albums you may have waiting for completion. You will definitely want to stock up on page refills and page protectors to complete these albums! Here’s a little formula I came up with to help you:
1.Count up how many 12x12 and 7x7 albums you have that you are either currently working on or you have in your closest waiting to get started on. Don’t forget any ongoing projects that are updated only once a year or so that you may have like school day albums, Christmas albums, vacation albums, albums that grandparents have, etc. Write down each album on a sheet of paper.
2.Then, decide how full you want this album to be at completion – just the pages that came with the album or to full capacity. A 12x12 album can hold 40 sheets, and a 7x7 album can hold 20 sheets. (One sheet has a page completed on both sides giving you a total of 80 pages in a 12x12 and 40 pages in a 7x7.) Beside each album written down on your paper, record how many sheets you currently have in that album (including both completed and blank). Then record the number of pages that you want the album to have at completion beside that album. Subtract the first number from the second number, and that’s how many refill pages you will need to order for that album. 12x12 and 7x7 refill pages will retire starting September 2009.
3.Then, determine how many page protectors you will need to complete the album. Take the total number of sheets you want in your completed album and subtract the number of page protectors you already have for that album, and that is how many page protectors you will need to order.
** 12x12 Page Refills and Page Protectors both come in packs of 15 sheets each. Total your number of pages and page protectors needed and divide each of the numbers by 15 to determine how many packs to buy.
** 7x7 Page Refills and Page Protectors both come in packs of 12 sheets each. Total your number of pages and page protectors needed and divide each of the numbers by 12 to determine how many packs to buy.
4.Order those coversets and specialty coversets you’ve been waiting to order. You may have pictures or pages you’ve been working on including things like Disney, baby, etc. Maybe you were planning on buying the Disney album when you got around to scrapbooking those pictures, or maybe you are working on those pages now and waiting to buy the coverset when they’re finished. NOW is the time to order because MOST current 12x12 and 7x7 albums and coversets are being retired beginning June 2008, and there are limited quantities. The remaining coversets will retire starting June 2009.
5.Order any Power Palettes, album kits, or other products that you have been thinking of using for an album project or you are currently using and may need more of. MOST current “consumable” products will be retiring at one point or another over June 2008 – Sept. 2009. CM Tools, adhesives, power sort boxes, vellum accents, pens, everyday displays, picfolio albums, and most of the totes will remain the same.
NEW PRODUCTS AND SIZES
Now, even with your busy, hectic schedule, you CAN have time for scrapbooking! Creative Memories has put forth a tremendous effort to make things easy for you. Here are some of the newest products Creative Memories is introducing in 2008 to make celebrating your memories fun, quick, and simple so you can get your albums COMPLETED!!
Feb. 1, 2008 –
•True 12x12 Coversets in Ruby, Cobalt, Ebony, and Chocolate
•True 12x12 White Pages
•True 12x12 Page Protectors
•12x12 Primary Power Palette
•12x12 Jewel Power Palette
March 1, 2008 –
•True 12x12 Coversets in Lavender, Pine, Blue, and Tan (all new colors)
•8x8 Coversets in Ruby, Cobalt, Ebony, Chocolate, Lavender (pearlescent texture), Pine, Blue, & Tan (shimmer texture)
•True 12x12 Refills in White, Spargo, Natural, & Black
•8x8 Refills in White, Spargo, Natural, & Black
•True 12x12 and 8x8 Page Protectors
•12x12 Pastel Power Palette
•12x12 Earthy Power Palette
•8x8 Power Palettes in Primary, Jewel, Pastel, and Earthy
• Power Palette “Additions” including Jewel Spring, Pastel Hers, Earthy Spring, Primary Easter, Jewel Easter, Pastel Spring, & Primary Spring
•Vellum Accents in “Expressions of Him” and “Expressions of Her”
•Paisley Maker (It’s back to stay for those of you who loved it!)
•Tearing tool (easily creates 2 unique torn edges on your paper)
•More new Digital Template Themes for Storybooks and Page Prints
•Digital Power Palettes in Pastel, Primary, Earthy, and Jewel
•Digital Power Palette Additions
•Digital Primary & Jewel Content Collection CD
•11x14 Picfolio Max Albums in Black and Red
•8x8 Picfolio Max Albums in Black and Red
•Album Identification Charm
•More kits to complete Picfolio Milestones Albums in Jewel, Pastel, Earthy, & Primary
Later in 2008
•Many more Power Palette additions that will include stickers, title stickers, and paper that will be for specific album pages like sports, travel, seasonal, etc.
•Side-holding sleeves for flex-hinge traditional albums
•Paper album kits in both “For Her” and “For Him” themes coming out in time for Mother’s Day & Father’s Day