Empress Elite with plates and cards made from autoship

HSN October 29th, 2024 - Product Recap + Shopping List

Hello crafters,

We are so excited for our upcoming Craftober shows on HSN this Tuesday, October 29th! We hope that you are planning on joining us at 12am (midnight), 11am, 2pm and 5pm along with appearances in 8pm and 11pm. It's a thrilling day for us, because we are launching the brand new, beautiful Empress Elite as the Today's Special! We haven't had a new machine since 2018, so this gorgeous new body style is going to upgrade your craft room with its sleek new style and gorgeous champagne color.

Underneath, the Empress Elite is an incredible work horse of a die-cutting and embossing machine! Our new style is coming with its own swiveling turntable, a USB port and, if you purchase from HSN on 10/29, you are getting BOTH a set of regular sized and large Empress plates to use with your machine. You will be happy to hear that the plates that you already have will also work in the new model! The more the merrier!

Some of the many features and benefits include:

  • The Empress Elite is perfect for a wide range of crafting needs, eliminating the need for multiple machines.​
  • The rotating turntable allows you to swivel machine to remove the plates; no more reaching over the machine!​
  • It has a user-friendly setup: simply open the box, plug in, and play! There are intuitive 3-button controls.​
  • You can achieve clean, professional results that enhance the overall quality of your projects, ideal for intricate designs.​
  • You will experience fast cutting and embossing speeds, significantly reducing crafting time without compromising quality.​
  • The Empress Elite works seamlessly with various materials, including cardstock, paper, stabilized fabric and many more-- expanding your creative possibilities.​
  • It is built to withstand frequent use; the Elite offers reliability and consistent performance over time.​

There is a spectacular autoship option available with the TS on Tuesday. If you are looking for gorgeous dies to use with your machine, then you are going to love the 3 autoships we created just for you! These dies are only available through the exclusive Today's Special and with the Empress Elite; they are not sold separately. 

February 2025 Autoship - Filigree 3D Concentric Dies

May 2025 Autoship - Baroque 3D Concentric Dies
August 2025 Autoship - Butterfly 3D Concentric Dies
We have a new configuration for our amazing Matte Foil Cardstock, and there is an auto-ship available. You will get 12 sheets of 8x12 and 12 sheets of 6x8 in each color. The autoship starts with gold and October, and continues as follows:
Matte Foil Cardstock Gold - OCT

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Champagne - NOV

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Red - DEC

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Pink - JAN

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Green - FEB

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Blue - MAR

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Lavender - APR

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Dark Blue - MAY

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Black - JUN

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Bright Pink - JUL

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Orange - AUG

Luxury Matte Foil Cardstock Rose Gold - SEP
We have new 12 inch cut and emboss folders that are great for your card making and scrapbooking creating. You can get the single ship (Fall Floral), or sign up for the autoship!
October Autoship - Fall Floral
January Autoship - Ribbon Border
April Autoship - Scroll Work
The Simply Joyful Card Making Kit allows you to make 10 festive cards in minutes! Everything you need is inside the folio including card bases, layers, sentiments, signature cards, bows, embellishments, envelopes and even adhesive! 
Your last chance at our Create 10 event is going to be on HSN October 29th! Take the opportunity to use your HSN card and Flex Pay on the crafting event of the year! You will get 2 boxes full of tools and materials, over 19 hours of live instruction, access to Swapcard, prizes, warehouse sales and so much more! 
Assorted decorative craft supplies in plastic bags, including paper, floral elements, and ornate embellishments, arranged on a white surface.
The brand new Seal Cut and Emboss Folders make their debut on HSN October 29th. Use your favorite papers to create 19 different envelope seals and even an adorable envelope!

We have another brand new set of Luxury Solid Cardstock coming your way. This set contains 36 sheets of 6x8 and 36 sheets of 4.25 x 9.5; 12 sheets of 6 colors (dark green, red, light blue, lavender, pink and light green).

 

Simply Astrid Scrapbooking Kit
We have 10 wonderful embellishment dies that are all about celebration! The  Celebration 3D Embellishment Dies make excellent sentiments for your cards, scrapbook pages and even tags. Say everything from Happy Birthday to Cheers to You, Birthday Greetings and more along with a balloon, heart, cake and other celebratory images.
Looking to add a little shine to your paper projects? Look no further than the Luxury Glitter Cardstock. You will get 12 sheets of 6x8 and 12 sheets of 4.25 x 9.5 glitter cardstock in green, champagne, pink, silver, red and gold.
Add bright festive flowers to your holiday cards and scrapbook pages with the 3D Poinsettia Stickers. You will get 80 stickers in white, pink and red flowers to use individually and together.
a bunch of flowers that are sitting on a table.
a christmas card with poinsettis and a christmas tree.
a christmas card with snowmen and poinsettis.
There's nothing like sending a cheerful Christmas card. The Retro Christmas Card Kit is all inclusive and has fun 1930's patterns and imagery to make 12 holiday cards. Give as a gift or keep in your desk for a quick card!
Holly jolly cards are easy with the Paper Elf Shoes Finishing School Craft Box! You will make 18 cards creating festive elf shoe cards with the dies and components inside the box. Along with the materials, there is a code for 3 instructional videos for the kinds of projects we like to make!
The neutral blooms from the Crop at Home 4 Faded Rose Collection were such a hit! We decided to create a folio of Black and Cream Flower Stickers; you'll get 80 Black and Cream Embellishment Stickers (4 each of 20 designs). Just think about adding these flowers to wedding albums, scrapbook page and cards!
Who doesn't love an advent calendar? The new Creative Tags Advent Calendar lets you or a crafter celebrate the 12 days of Christmas in such a fun way! Inside are 48 pieces of 2.75" x 3.25" cardstock, 24 embellishment sticker designs, 24 sentiment stickers, 48 dies, 12 pieces of 12" red and white twine.

The Christmas Paper Anthology has an entire library of patterns for all of your holiday crafting needs. This special set of 12" x 12" Christmas cardstock has 17 festive patterns for handmade holiday tags, cards and more. It contains 102 sheets of 12" x 12" Cardstock (6 each of 17 designs).
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It's time to deck the halls and your Christmas projects with our Holiday Border Stickers! Add a quick border to your 12x12 pages or trim for your cards. These stickers layer together to create a one of a kind dimensional decoration. You'll get 64 - 12" Border Stickers (4 each of 16 designs).

October 29th Shopping List

HSN Number Item
880660 Empress Elite with Plates AS
880662 Empress Elite with Large Plates SS
888761 Matte Foil Cardstock SS
888812 Matte Foil Cardstock AS
888692 12" Cut & Emboss Folders SS
888693 12" Cut & Emboss Folders AS
866368 Simply Joyful Easel Card Making Kit
886403 Create 10 Event Ticket & Kit
888750 Seal Cut and Emboss Folders
888762 Luxury Solid Cardstock
893211 Simply Astrid Scrapbooking Kit
888696 Celebration 3D Embellishment Dies
888756 Luxury Glitter Cardstock
888784 3D Poinsettia Stickers
888775 Retro Christmas Cardmaking Kit
866394 Paper Elf Shoes Finishing School Craft Box
888699 Black and Cream Flower Stickers
888752 Creative Tags Advent Calendar
888702 Christmas Paper Anthology
883339 Holiday Border Stickers

 

HSN will have a $7.50 S&H cart 10/28-10/30 in honor of Craft Day! We will see you at midnight EDT with the worldwide launch of the amazing Empress Elite! You can watch on your tv or online here. We look forward to our time together! 

Happy Shopping,

Anna

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17 comments

I’ve been so curious about the new machine. Is it as fast and quiet as the mini? Those are the only negatives I’ve ever experienced with my beautiful workhorse Empress. Swivel is great! Love that my plates will fit in the new one. Oh, on that note – thank you from the bottom of my heart for figuring out that cutting into the mat saves the plates from being destroyed! It’s made all the difference. The mini is so perfect for, oh, cutting multiple tiny dies for projects – like twelve for a fan!! Anything that doesn’t require a bigger plate is cut on my nice quiet, fast mini! Probably can’t purchase the Elite now but can’t wait to see it work so I can dream! Back to prep videos!

Claire Bowers

Can’t wait to see all the demos of the new products. Definitely must get the Advent Calendar!! Will start saving for the New Elite Empress even though my original works. See you at midnight!! Thanks Anna and your creative team. 🌸

Roxann Higgins

Love it all. I’ll be watching and shopping at midnight. 🥰

Rita Ventura

I absolutely LOVE everything! May be that Christmas really does come early this year! LOL

Alice Joan Anderson

I am counting down the hours. All products are so beautiful.

Susan Beck

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