It has just been announced that the Stampin’ Trimmer (126889) is retiring the end of May along with the replacement blades and mat. Here is what Stampin’ Up! announced:

Stampin’ Trimmer Discontinuation

We have decided to retire the Stampin’ Trimmer as of June 3, 2019, including all accessories—replacement cutting blades, scoring blades, and cutting mats. We’ve experienced challenges with our supplier and are taking the opportunity to research and explore a replacement option for this product, which will not be the same as the current Stampin’ Trimmer. There will be a gap in time between when the current Stampin’ Trimmer retires and when a new product becomes available, but we do not currently have an estimated time frame. Once we feel confident in the new offering, we will communicate more details with you about the new product.

While the replacement cutting blades will also retire with the trimmer and will not be featured in the annual catalog, we have ordered what would normally be six months of inventory based on recent historical patterns to help demonstrators and customers during this transition away from our current trimmer. But please know that this news could cause faster inventory depletion. When the retiring list goes live on April 15, the order limit for the blades will increase from three to six (and the limit will remain at six until they’re no longer available). And from now until September, we will receive intermittent shipments from the supplier. Throughout these months, we anticipate times when the blades will not be orderable (and not offered as a backorder). During those downtimes, you and your customers will have the option to enter an email address to receive notification when the blades are available again.

I love my Stampin’ Trimmer for these reasons:

• It has a scoring blade as well as a cutting blade.
• You can cut 12″ x 12″ cardstock with it.
• You can start and end a cut in the middle of the piece of cardstock’
• It has a ruler of up to 1 inch on the right hand side of the cutting/scoring groove.
• You can easily change out old cutting blades for new ones.
• The Stampin’ Trimmer is lightweight and very portable.

I am sorry to see the Stampin’ Trimmer is retiring. If you don’t have one, be sure to buy one now while there are adequate quantities. I’m sure they will sell out before the end of May and the extra blades will sell out even faster since multiple quantities can be ordered.