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Home Decor Kits in the Kits Collection

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Three new Kits were released in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection on Tuesday, plus one accessory to go with the Kits if you so choose!

Create three DIY displays with the Radiant Reminders Kit. Featuring monstera leaves, luna moths, and neutral patterns in beige, black, brown, green, and gold, these handmade home decor pieces let your creativity shine while adding natural, organic style to any room.

Display your creations on clipboards from the Standing Clipboard Trio Kit (sold separately), or add them to your favorite frames, bulletin board, or other fun display.

DETAILS
– Makes 3 displays
– Colors: Basic Beige, gold, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Secret Sea
– Coordinates with the Standing Clipboard Trio Kit (sold separately)
– Sentiments printed in English, French, and German

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Step-by-step instructions
– Precut paper images
– Printed labels
– Includes gold foil
– Adhesive

The Every Little Thing Kit is the other new Kit in the Kits Collection. These are Kits that you just purchase with your order, like any other product, as long as they are available in the Online Store.

With this Kit, create three DIY floral and nature-inspired paper artworks. Featuring magnolias, tulips, mountains, and a bird, each piece includes uplifting sentiment stamps to brighten your home. Display them on the clipboards from the Standing Clipboard Trio Kit (sold separately) for a personalized decor touch.

DETAILS
– Makes 3 paper artworks: 1 each of 3 designs
– 2 large: 5″ x 7″ (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
– 1 small: 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.2 cm)
– Colors: Basic Beige, Cajun Craze, Cloud Cover, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Secret Sea
– Also available in French

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Every Little Thing Stamp Set
– Clear stamp block
– Secret Sea Classic Stampin’ Spot
– Step-by-step instructions
– Precut paper pieces
– Adhesive

Here is the Standing Clipboard Trio Kit which includes three clipboards you can use to showcase creations from the coordinating Radiant Reminders and Every Little Thing Kits (sold separately). These are also great for your handmade cards, photos, stamped art, and favorite quotes. Each clipboard comes assembled and features a sturdy backing and kickstand. They’re perfect for adding a personal touch to your desk, craft room, or office.

DETAILS
– 3 easel clipboards: 1 small and 2 large
– Small clipboard: 4-3/4″ x 6-3/4″ (12.1 x 17.2 cm)
– Large clipboard: 6″ x 8″ (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
– Color: Brown

Check out these new products in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection! If you have been interested in something besides cards, these might be something you were looking for!

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day 2026!

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Here are a few past Valentine’s Day ideas that you can use, just in case you are a little behind!

Valentine Candy Bars

This has always been one of my favorite things to do for any holiday! Decorate a candy bar! A full-size chocolate bar is the best, but you can probably do smaller ones if that is what you have.

Valentine Jar

Now any of us can do something like this with an empty jar or maybe a votive holder on a smaller scale!

Valentine Candy Holders

These candy holders are great for any holiday and have been around a long time! Easy to make fold-over cardstock and decorated holders for those yummy chocolate squares!

Simple Valentine Banner Gift

Find some pieces of cardboard of whatever size you like and decorate for Valentine’s Day, almost like a card, but adhere them to ribbon with strong adhesive to make a little hanging decoration for the home.

Valentine Candy Holder Mailbox

Here’s a fun little candy holder for Valentine’s Day! What’s more perfect for Valentine’s Day than a little mailbox, especially if it has chocolate candy in it! Just click on the title above to go to the original post for the measurements and directions.

I hope these ideas give you a little inspiration for something fun to make for your Valentine!

Happy Valentine’s Day to You!

Valentine’s Day Candy Treat Box

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This Valentine’s Day Candy Treat Box is rather quick and easy to make, and the recipient will surely be happy with the chocolate treat inside! You will almost think these measurements are too small, but they turn out to be perfect for holding four Ghirardelli square chocolates! You could modify the measurements if you had different candy you wanted to gift to someone or use as a party favor. Something like this would be a nice table decoration placed at each person’s place setting at a dinner or luncheon.

I used cardstock for a little sturdiness and then decorated with designer series paper. You could probably use designer paper only. My sample is made with Real Red cardstock, cut at 8″ x 2″. Score at 3 1/2″ and 4 1/2″. When you crease and fold on those lines you can see what is the space created to hold the candy.

For the little “box” inside, it’s very easy and not really a box. Cut two pieces of cardstock at 2″ x 1″ Score at 1/2″ from each side edge. Crease and fold those little pieces and see how they will be adhered to the inside sides of the first piece you created. In other words, these two little pieces will make the sides of the treat box. It’s easy when you are seeing it and doing it.

If you want to, you can cut the top corners of the treat box off at an angle as I did, or use a corner rounder punch of some kind, or just leave it as is. Punch a hole or two holes in the top for a rib 1/8″ bon to hold it closed.

I decorated my Valentine treat box with some Valentine paper, the Made WIth Love Designer Series Paper. The heart is from the Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper as is the greeting. I just trimmed around the heart image from the paper, placed it on a piece of Real Red and cut around that for a layer. The heart is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting was trimmed down as small as possible so it would fit at the bottom of the treat box. I used the narrow Bubble Bath 1/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon to tie my box closed. This narrow ribbon is great for small things like this!

Have fun making one of these treat boxes! It would be great for any other occasion, too! Just decorate differently!

Valentine 2-4-6-8 Open Treat Box

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If you want an easy treat box for Valentine’s Day, make this one! It’s actually a 2-4-6-8 box, which, if you have been stamping for a while, you’ve probably learned how to make or heard of. If you haven’t, just follow these directions because it is easy. You can use it for any occasion.

Cut a piece of cardstock or designer series paper at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. I used the Made With Love Designer Series Paper. Pay attention to the pattern if you are using designer paper. I almost missed checking that! Score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″ along the long side, of course. Turn the paper and score at 2″ along what will be the bottom of the box. Again, watch out for the pattern to make sure you have it going the right way. If you want to have the top edge turn down to show the opposite side of the paper, score at 3/4″. You can vary these measurements if you want your treat box to be taller or shorter. Then cut where you scored for the bottom flaps to separate them and cut off the smallest little piece. See the photo below.

Crease and fold all the score lines, and fold up the box so you can see how it will go together. Then apply adhesive to the smallest side piece and fold the opposite side over flat on the table to meet it, so you don’t have to hold it in the air and line everything up.

Once you have the box assembled, decorate it however you like. I wrapped around a piece of Strawberry Slush 3/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon. I stamped a heart in the Endless Love Stamp Set on Strawberry Slush cardstock with Strawberry Slush ink and cut out. It fits perfectly on this box. I also stamped the greeting from the same stamp set and made a little Basic White banner across the heart.

Now you have a cute little treat box you can fill with chocolate hearts or whatever kind of candy or small gift you have. To make one for another occasion, such as a birthday or maybe birthday party favors, just change the designer paper and decoration. This is a fun and simple project to make!

Valentine 2-4-6-8 Open Treat Box with Candy

Envelope Valentine Treat Bag

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Maybe you don’t know how this Envelope Valentine Treat Bag was made unless you have been around Stampin’ Up! a very long time like me! It was one of those creative ideas I learned when I first joined Stampin’ Up! or maybe when I first started stamping. There were many ideas I saw like this that just amazed me with the creativity!

Here is my original treat bag which is probably over twenty years old! I don’t remember if I made this one or if my upline made it and gave it to me for a sample. Anyway, I have saved it all these years.

This little treat bag is made with a Stampin’ Up! Medium Envelope! These are the best envelopes. You should have a couple of packages. I can identify a Stampin’ Up! envelope in my hand if I get one in the mail! They have a nice smooth feel to them.

Here is how to make this easy treat bag with a Stampin’ Up! envelope. Begin by sealing the envelope. Turn it so the envelope flap is vertical, not the usual horizontal. You could freehand making the handle, but I cut a piece of computer paper the same size as the envelope for a pattern. That way, I could fold it in half, as if you were cutting out a heart, so it would be symmetrical. I had measured up about 2 1/2″ up from the bottom on both sides and 1/2″ from the fold at the top so the handle would be about 1″ wide. I cut a curved line from the side to the top to make the pattern for the handle as you can see in the photo below. Then I used the pattern to cut the envelope. Remember, you hold the envelope on its side, so it’s long from top to bottom, not the usual horizontal position.

Once you have the envelope cut like the pattern and like the sample, decorate it however you like! I used two different patterns of the Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper to decorate the front of the treat bag. First, I cut a piece with the hearts at 4 3/8″ x 2″ to put across the front. Then I decided I would like a little border top and bottom using another paper with stripes. These two were each 3/4″ wide x 4 3/8″. I glued the top one a little higher than the top of the “bag” portion to cover up the curve going to the handle, then, after adhering, trimmed off the excess following the curve of the bag.

The greeting on the front is one of the cut-apart images in the Love Notes DSP. I cut it smaller than it is on the sheet so it would fit better. It is 2 5/8″ x 2 1/8″. Then I layered it on a piece of Real Red cardstock 2 7/8″ x 2 3/8″. To decorate the handle, I stamped Real Red hearts with the hearts in the Endless Love Stamp Set. And finally, I tied a bow around the handle before putting candy inside. I used the Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon. Just add candy when you are ready!!

You have to try making one of these envelope treat bags for any occasion! It’s really fun and easy!

Lovely & Beautiful Gift Bag

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Yesterday I opened up the package of the Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper, one of the new papers coming next week in the new Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog.

These are the first two papers I saw in the package when I pulled them out. Pretty.

Then I turned back the top paper to see the design on the other side, and I actually exclaimed out loud, “Oh My Gosh!!” Those big flowers with gold foil outlines just took my breath away! From there I knew I was going to use this floral paper for my first card of the New Year. But I ended up making a small gift bag with it.

Before I started working, though, I paged through the designer series paper to see all of the designs. Each one was gorgeous!

If you think these papers look nice in these photos, wait until you see them in person with the beautiful gold foil accents!

To make this little gift bag, cut the paper at 6″ x 12″. Score at 1″, 3 3/4″, 6 1/2″, and 9 1/4″. Then turn and score at 2″. Pay attention to the direction of the pattern if it is necessary for your paper. The part scored at 2″ will be the bottom of the bag and those score lines will be cut up to the horizontal score lines. See the diagram below. I drew pencil lines on the score lines.

Fold and crease all the score lines. That tiny little 2″ x 1″ piece will be cut out. The piece above that is where you will put adhesive to glue to the other side to assemble the box. Just crease and fold everything to see how it goes together. Adhere that side together, then do the flaps. If you want to close the top of the bag, you can punch holes for ribbon as I did, or you can just use some type of clip. Or you can leave the bag open!

I stamped a little sentiment on Basic White with Calypso Coral ink from the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set, coming in the January Online Exclusives. It is just tied on with the ribbon with a little Stampin’ Dimensional on the back to hold it in place.

This is just a simple little project where the gorgeous paper does all the work! If you like florals at all, I would definitely get this Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Remember, Bonus Days are coming on Tuesday, January 6th, which is the day of all new things! Unless you are in a hurry for particular products, hold off until Tuesday or after when you can earn $5 coupons for every $50 you spend IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN ACCOUNT WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS! Check your account for an accurate email address because that is how you will receive the $5 coupon codes to use in February. If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! account, this is a good time to make one – and be SURE to opt in for Rewards and for Marketing so that I can mail catalogs to you from Stampin’ Up!

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Welcome 2026!!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

May your New Year be filled with inspiration and creativity!

Here’s to 365 days of creativity ahead—cards to make, scrapbook pages to create, fun projects to try, and lots of new stamps, paper, ink, and dazzling embellishments!

Let’s get started!!

New Stampin’ Up! Products Coming Your Way in 2026!

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And not just the January-April 2026 Spring Mini Catalog will be available, but also new January Online Exclusives beginning January 6th! PLUS a new Product of the Month and three new Kits in the Kits Collection! Now that’s a day worth circling in red on your calendar! It’s all coming in the New Year on January 6th! At the same time, the Holiday Mini Catalog will end on January 5th, but now we have this new system of some carryover products being shown in the Online Exclusives and retiring products going in the Last Chance Category. I think I have that right, anyway!

Here are some sneak peeks of the new Mini Catalog and Online Exclusives products that I ordered before Christmas and barely got to look at until now.

These stamp sets are all in the new Spring Mini except for the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set is an Online Exclusive in the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection. The Easter Basket Dies (part of the Easter Basket Bundle which includes the stamp set and dies) is next to the stamp set and says “Stampin’ Cut & Emboss” at the top with the name of the dies in tiny print above the images. Remember, these are all in the new packaging of the plastic sleeves rather than the cases for the stamp sets so if you want to, you can slide the dies in with the stamp set. I haven’t thought about yet how I will organize these sets with the new packaging.

Three new Spring Mini ephemera packs, the bottom one being vellum with gold foil. I have been loving using the ephemera packs for “quick and easy” cardmaking or other projects!

I didn’t open the packages, but here are the new designer series papers I ordered! Some floral, some Valentine’s, some Easter, and BUGS! Living in Houston, I’m not one to make any cards with bugs on them because we see too many of the real creatures in our daily lives living here in the tropics! But this Cute As A Bug Suite Collection is pretty cute so I did get some bug stamps and bug paper! However, the Cute As A Bug paper isn’t all bugs – it has strawberries and mushrooms on separate sheets as well so I can tolerate that! But these bugs are CUTE!

Some new ribbon and embellishments for all our fun projects!

The Product of the Month for December, True Blue Florals Designer Series Paper, is still available as I write this and can be purchased with a minimum order, after any Rewards or coupons, of $75. When the January POM comes out, if the December POM is still available, you can choose either one with your $75 order. One to a customer.

Beautiful Pastels Shimmer 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper, perfect for springtime and Easter cards and projects! The colors are Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly, and Pool Party.

The two photos above show both sides of the new Mixed Up Patterns 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. This paper coordinates with Suites and products in the new Spring Mini.

If Christmas is over, Valentine’s Day is not far behind! This cute Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper in the Spring Mini is much like other paper we have had with cut-apart smaller images to use as parts of your cards or other projects and scrapbook pages. But other sheets are regular 6″ x 6″ designer series paper so you get both in one pack!

This may be a little difficult to see, but it is one sheet of diecut flowers and foliage. This is the Covered In Flowers Accents. The whole sheet is white so you can use as is or color the pieces as you see fit. It is called “paperboard” and is thicker than designer series paper. I used it on a card my newsletter subscribers will see tomorrow (so sign up in the red box if you want to receive my newsletters on Tuesdays!) and I liked using the flower very much. They are diecut so you just poke out the pieces you want. For that card I just left my flower as is. Another time I will try coloring and see how it turns out. The only thing is, as I said, it is just one sheet, so you may want multiples.

So this gives you a little peek into what is coming next week, January 6th, in the new Spring Mini and the Online Exclusives for January. Plus there will be three new Kits in the Kits Collection and new Product of the Month (POM). Always remember to check the Last Chance list as well before you place your order and try to find a bargain!

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Christmas Eve Last Minute Ideas

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Here’s an idea that’s been around a long time! Buy one of those giant chocolate bars and print out this poem!

Need a gift bag? Decorate to look like a snowman! Don’t have a white bag? Make this design or similar on a piece of white cardstock and stick it on the front of a bag!

One of my favorite votives of all time! I think it was the black and white gingham paper with the greenery and red berries. Dress up any votive holder or little jar you have and decorate however you like. Put a tea light inside. Of if it is a jar, fill it with candies or little cookies for a gift!

Here’s an oldie, but wow! Still just as cute eleven years later, if I do say so! Just cover a chocolate candy bar with designer paper or in this case, cardstock, and decorate or stamp or print a holiday greeting. Who wouldn’t enjoy a cute candy bar for Christmas? It’s a good stocking stuffer!

Joy of Christmas Gift Card Holder Inside

And of course, gift card holders are always great at the last minute. Or put in cash! Or write an IOU for that gift that didn’t arrive yet! Here’s the link with directions. And there are two styles on that post!

Have a Merry Christmas Eve!!

Quick & Easy Gift Card Holder

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I’m reposting this from last year, as I came across it for a Quick and Easy Gift Card Holder. I’m thinking that at this late date, a lot of us might be looking for simple gift card (or cash!) holders. Of course you can use any cardstock and designer series paper you have.

Start with a 4″ x 12″ strip of cardstock. You could make it taller if you wanted to. Score this strip of paper at 4″ and 8″, basically in thirds, since the paper is 12″ long. Then on the end section, cut from the score line down to the corner on a diagonal. This can be on either end of the card.

Put a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive or other strong adhesive on the bottom of that section with the diagonal cut. Then fold that diagonal piece over to the inside panel next to it.

My sample is a card base of Real Red, and I used the Reindeer Days Designer Series Paper and Sticker Sheet to decorate the holder. On the front, I cut a piece of designer paper with the packages at 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. The tree and strip of holly leaves behind it are stickers from the Reindeer Days Sticker Sheet.

You can decorate the inside however you like or leave it plain. I put another paper behind the diagonal piece and a diagonally cut piece of designer paper on that diagonal corner. Just cut a square of 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ and cut diagonally from one corner to the other. Just make sure you have the pattern going the right way and that you cut to and from the correct corners. You can write a message on the inside left of the holder or add a piece of Basic White on which to write or stamp something.

Put your gift card or cash in the pocket. Decorate the front a little more with some bling, like these Iridescent Faceted Gems on the tree. If you prefer, make a belly band to go around the gift card holder to keep it closed. These are so quick and easy, I bet you can’t make just one!

New Kits For December in the Kits Collection!

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Kits Collection Banner Botanicals Kit Dec 2025

The Banner Botanicals Kit

Create thoughtful cards with a botanical motif and heartfelt sentiment! Makes 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. Click the link above.

Kits Collection As You Grow Kit Dec 2025

The As You Grow Kit

Something different and wonderful to create for your own child or to make as a gift!

Create an adorable album to capture baby’s first year with the As You Grow Kit. This all-inclusive kit has everything you need to document sweet memories each month. With plenty of letter and number stickers and pockets for holding extra treasures, personalizing the album is a breeze! From baby’s first moments to first birthday, keep track of every unforgettable milestone with this kit!

DETAILS
– Makes 1 album
– Album size: 5-3/4″ x 9-1/4″ x 7/8″
– Colors: Basic Beige, Cajun Craze, Cloud Cover, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Secret Sea, Soft Sea Foam, Timid Tiger
– Sentiments printed in English, French, and German

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Hard paper-wrapped album cover with elastics
– 2 fold-out pages
– 2 pages with pockets
– 3 precut printed journal pieces
– 12 sticker sheets: 3 sheets of sentiments (1 per language), 9 sheets of images, numbers, letters, and more
– Project suggestions (Feel free to get creative—follow the project suggestions or assemble any way you like)
– Adhesive

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Lots of choices and would make great gifts!

Make a Decorative Trees Gift Bag

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I guess it’s time to be wrapping holiday gifts, if you’ve done your shopping, that is! One of my favorite things to do is create decorative gift bags for any occasion, such as this Decorative Trees Gift Bag, perfect for a Christmas gift.

You may have shopping bags like this kraft one from shopping at certain stores, usually nice gift shops. Even if they have the store name on the front, you can usually cover that up with your decorating. You can also buy a pack of gift bags in various sizes like this one, or sometimes in white or colors, at a craft store. It’s just like making a card except on a larger canvas! Creativity knows no ends!

This gift bag is actually the third version of my original idea. Actually, it’s not even close to my first idea except for involving Christmas trees, but creativity often evolves as you work on your project. I saw the Decorative Trees Stamp Set on my shelf and it is still current, on the Last Chance List discounted 50%! When I looked it up in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store, I saw a cute idea for a card which I just translated to a bag. Perhaps you have this stamp set from last year or whenever it came out.

For the background on this bag, I stamped the greeting “O Christmas Tree” in the stamp set diagonally across the bag in Crumb Cake ink. Then I stamped three different colors of trees, just the outline, in Garden Green, Shaded Spruce, and Old Olive. I didn’t want to look for the dies, but there are some although not available at Stampin’ Up!, so I just cut them out by hand. The first two are embossed and the third on has stamping on the inside. The first one is embossed with the Dotted CIrcles Embossing Folder. The second one is embossed with the Forever Plaid folder. I added a little Pecan Pie trunk to each tree. The center tree is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

If you don’t have tree stamps or dies, just cut some out by hand! We’ve all drawn Christmas trees by hand at least when we were kids, so just channel your inner child! If nothing else, just draw a triangle!

Then the fun began! Decorative the trees and bag with embellishments! Use whatever you have! The first tree has current Traditional Sparkling Sequins in gold and Pool Party (which almost looks like silver). The middle tree has retired Cherry Cobbler and Clear Berries gems (some name like that). I colored the clear ones with a Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blend marker to look like berries. Some are in sets of three, some single. The third tree has adhesive gold stars in a strand that a special friend brought me all the way from Japan! They fit perfectly on this tree! And because I came across them, I used the small white stars in the Shimmer Star Foam Stickers to look like little stars or even represent little snowflakes.

Even though my first idea was to use a white paint pen and form a tree shape by drawing small snowflakes on the kraft bag, I thought I should make something that other stampers could copy. But if you wanted that look, you could use white craft ink and a snowflake stamp. There’s always a work-around for ideas!

You probably have a bag of bags in your house somewhere so check it out and personalize a bag or even gift wrapping. If you run out of fancy wrapping paper, use the kraft-colored grocery paper bags or plain wrapping paper. You can always decorate these things with your stamping and scrapbooking supplies!

Last-Minute Thanksgiving Ideas

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Make Place Cards For Thanksgiving Dinner

I used to love to make placecards, even just for regular family dinners with the grandparents! Sometimes my grandma had little seasonal stickers I could just stick on a folded paper with a name! Here are some easy ideas for your Thanksgiving table!

Turkey Sour Cream Treat Holder Side View

Turkey Sour Cream Treat Holder For Thanksgiving

This “sour cream container” turkey is easy to make and this treat idea is great for many occasions! Just make the easy container and cut out some tail feathers by hand or use a leaf punch or whatever you have!

Ribbon Turkey For Thanksgiving

Punch out a couple of circles and adhere various ribbons to the back for tail feathers! Add a backing to cover up the ribbons on the back. Super easy and something different.

Thanksgiving Punch Art Turkey Candy Bar Wrapper

I love decorating candy bars, big and little, for any occasion! Cover the candy bar with designer series paper or cardstock and add a punch art turkey or Thanksgiving image and greeting.

Top Note Thanksgiving Cello Bag Treat

All you need is a little bag and a topper of any kind to decorate a little treat bag with candy or maybe a fancy cookie or other treat! Add a little Thanksgiving-type decoration or greeting and you’ve got a nice dinner favor or small hostess gift.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Nutcracker Tags Made From the Kit

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I knew I wanted this Nutcracker Tags Kit the minute I saw it in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! I could tell the tags would be so cute for Christmas gifts and maybe even to make into a card. Each nutcracker image is printed and diecut in bright festive colors. To embellish them, just adhere pieces of their costume with Dimensionals to the tag. Tie them onto a background striped tag and all you have to do is write your “To: From:” on the back when you add them to a gift. No stamping is required. Just add the pieces, the sentiments, and tie the tags together with the black baker’s twine. The tags and sentiments even have gold glitter to make it look extra festive and high-quality.

The Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection is great for anyone to make! I had the opportunity to stamp with my great-niece and worked along with her as we made cards from three different kits and she could easily do it. In fact, after a little while she didn’t even want to follow the directions, she just wanted to make her own creation with the contents in the kit! And that’s fine! The Kit is yours! If you want to change anything or add any of your own products, like extra cardstock, just go ahead and have fun!

At this time, the Nutcracker Tags Kit is sold out. It says “Currently Unavailable” and you can add your email address for Stampin’ Up! to send you an email if and when they get more in stock. I hope they do get more in stock because I really do like this kit. You would still have time to order and make the kit if they are restocked in the next few weeks. I hope so!!

But if you did already purchase the Kit, this is your reminder to get it out and make the cute nutcrackers! Your gifts will look more luxurious and festive with these tags!

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More Halloween Treat Boxes

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I’m going to show you the last of my Halloween Treat Boxes I have made for the trick-or-treaters this year! Hopefully we will get a decent number of kids, but we don’t get as many as we had years ago.

These darling character boxes you see in the top photo I found online at www.stampingamore.com. This lady has made quite a few of these style boxes for different seasons and every one is cute! She has videos so you can watch and make at the same time.These boxes are super easy to make and then you just make whatever face or design you like on the front.

The first one I made, watching the video, was Dracula, the purple box. It turned out so cute I wanted to make more. The next one of hers that I copied is the black cat with a witch’s hat. I think I added some extra glimmer stars that I punched out. I did pull out some retired punches for all of these projects.

Next I made the green Frankenstein box. It is her design but by then I could whip up a box pretty easily and I’ve made lots of Frankenstein boxes and cards through the years.

By then I was ready to strike out on my own with the pumpkin box. I copied a face I saw on Pinterest but I think it was an ad and didn’t give a name. I wanted something to make it look more like a pumpkin so I simply cut a piece of cardstock in a curve and then sponged on Pumpkin Pie ink along that curve to give the pumpkin it’s curves! I dug out a retired stamp set with leaves the sizes wanted and stamped and fussy-cut some fall leaves in various colors of green and orange. The stem of the pumpkin is just a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock I cut by hand, with no thought! I tied a bow with some orange and black baker’s twine. I really liked my pumpkin treat box!

I also wanted to make a ghost. I just drew the ghost freehand because a ghost can look like almost any shape! The box is black but I sponged on some white kraft ink to look spooky. I also edged the ghost with a Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend marker. To make the ghost even cuter, I die cut the letters for “Boo” in the Alphabet A La Mode Dies.

Here are all the treat boxes with cello bags of candy!

At the last minute I found some Square Pillow Boxes in my stash so I thought why not decorate those and fill with candy for Halloween! I pulled out my retired Cat Punch and also used the Spooky Sweet Designer Series Paper.

I wanted this pillow boxes to be quick and easy so I just sponged on some Gorgeous Grape ink only on the front and on the top flap. I cut some circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies for backgrounds. And for embellishment, I added some little black adhesive stars that I had from “somewhere”, maybe a Paper Pumpkin Kit, and the fun Shimmer Foam Star Stickers and some rhinestones and sequins for a collar on the black cats.

And finally, one more Book Treat Box treat! This one has a stamped character from the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set, colored with Stampin’ Blends. It was so fun decorating these Book Treat Boxes!

Happy Halloween!

Stamping With Karen

Having Fun With Paper, Ink, and Stamps

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