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Get Ready For the Virtual Album Retreat in July!

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Virtual Album Retreat Kit Contents

What is this combination of products? It is called the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 Kit and it is available to order NOW! It’s a brand-new event unlike anything Stampin’ Up! done before! During this three-day, virtual event, you’ll create 12 scrapbook spreads using the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 Kit, open to customers and Demonstrators who love scrapbooking, want to learn new techniques, and connect with others with the same interest! It will be held in a private Facebook group. You can even be a new scrapbooker because all you have to do is follow along with you kit with all the materials you need (except for a few basic things like extra adhesive, ink pads, etc). Here is the Stampin’ Up! list of additional products you may need and probably already have if you are a stamper or scrapbooker.

There is no extra cost to register or to sign up for the retreat. Just purchasing this kit covers everything. After you order this kit in your online account, making sure your email address is correct and current, closer to the date of the retreat you will be emailed the link to the private Facebook group where this retreat will be held. The recordings will be available in the group for you to watch again or watch for the first time if you couldn’t watch live.

When: July 16–18, 2025, 2:00–10:30 p.m. (MT)

Where: Private Facebook Group

Registration: There is no registration for this event! By purchasing the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit, you’ll get access to an exclusive Facebook group where the live event will stream.

Price of Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit: 
$250 USD 

Language of Event: This event will be presented in English only. However, about a month later, this retreat will be available to you on YouTube with captioning in other languages if English is not your first language.

After the Event: You can access the recorded event videos on the Virtual Album Retreat Facebook group page.

The Month by Month Kit will contain exclusive stamp sets, designed precut sheets, cardstock, embellishments, and more! Kits are only available while supplies last, so be sure to order ASAP. Ordering early will also ensure that you get your products in time for the event.

This Kit does NOT include an album. Stampin’ Up! says there are different kinds of albums available and people often have certain preferences. They feel it is best for everyone to choose their own album according to the style they like. Page Protectors are included though.

The price of the kit may sound like a lot, but consider that you are getting three days worth of “retreat” and guidance with the Stampin’ Up! Home Office in Riverton, a community of other scrapbookers, and access to the recordings.

If you have any questions, just let me know!

You can view the kit and all the products HERE! It is in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store like all other products. You can scroll through all the photos and see the page layouts you will be making.

Keep in mind, with the new Stampin’ Rewards, you will be receiving 10% Rewards when you purchase the kit to use on a future order….AND if you already have received rewards from previous orders, you can apply those to the purchase of the kit! That may help a little on the pricing. Remember, if you USE rewards when you purchase the kit, that brings down the order amount and then you get new rewards based on that total.

Please don’t hesitate to ask if you need more information that I can provide! The Retreat is a ways off in July but depending on interest, the kits Stampin’ Up! has prepared could sell out as they only have a limited amount of kits. They went on sale yesterday so check it out! When you are finished with the retreat, you will have a two-page spread for each month of the year….and of course, you can modify your pages as you go! If you prefer the layout or colors on the February spread to be for April, just change the month. No Scrapbooking Police will be checking on how you make your own pages! 🙂

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Coming June 3! BOGO 50% Off Suites & Suites Products!

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Stampin' Up! Suites BOGO 50% Off 2025

Starting June 3, all available suites and suite products from the 2025–2026 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives are buy one, get one 50% off! If you’ve had your eye on a new suite from the annual catalog or you really like the look of a stamp set from an Online Exclusives suite, you don’t have to choose—you can get both!

  • All available suites and suite products from the 2025–2026 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives are buy one, get one 50% off.
  • When you shop the sale, the 50% off discount will apply to the lower-priced item (for example, if you buy a suite collection and a stamp set from a suite, the suite would be full price, and the stamp set would be 50% off).
  • Suite collections are available if all items are in stock; if all items are not in stock, you can still shop the available suite products.
  • You don’t have to buy a suite and suite products all from the same suite collection for the discount to apply. You can buy any suite products from any suite.
  • The discount will appear in your cart once you’ve added two items within the sale parameters to your cart.
  • Products are available only while supplies last.

Here is a Stampin’ Up! video showcasing the Suites, so you can watch and then start thinking about what you want to put on your Shopping List!

Happy Shopping June 3 – 30, 2025!

Florals In Bloom Birthday Gift Bag

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Florals In Bloom Birthday Gift Bag

And sometimes you forget to hit the “Publish” button after you write a blog post! It was supposed to be on my blog Friday, but I forgot to push the button! Anyway, here is this fun and easy gift bag you can make in no time!

It might be time to make a few gift bags to have on hand this time of year. You probably have graduations coming up or lots of summer birthdays, hostess gifts for parties, maybe even Father’s Day! You can make your own small gift bag in just a few minutes and decorate for the particular occasion.

This particular pattern of gift bag is made with just half a sheet of 12″ x 12″ sheet of paper, whether card stock or designer series paper. This finished gift bag is 4 1/4″ tall, 4″ wide, and 1 3/4″ deep. It is large enough for a small gift or maybe a gift card and a congratulatory card. You could put a cello bag with a few cookies or candies in there. So it is small but not tiny!

While you can cut the paper at 6″ x 12″, I made mine 7″ x 12″ so that I could fold the top edge down 1″ to show the other side of the paper for a little interest on the bag. Either way the rest of the measurements and scoring are the same.

For this bag, I used this floral pattern in the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper. You’ll find it in the Annual Catalog. It is part of the Florals In Bloom Suite Collection. Make sure any pattern on any paper is going in the direction you want it to go on your project when you cut your paper and when you score, depending on the project.

Start with a 6″ x 12″ piece of paper (or if you want to fold over the top make your paper 7″ x 12″). Score at 4″, 5 3/4″, 9 3/4″, and 11 1/2″. Turn the paper so the short edge is at the top and score at 1 3/4″. This will make the bottom flaps of the bag. Cut those short bottom tabs up to the 1 3/4″ score line. Cut off the little 1/2″ tab on the bottom.  Fold on all the score lines and crease well with the Bone Folder.  Adhere the tab on the end to the other side to assemble the bag.  Then adhere the flaps on the bottom. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue for the ease of getting things lined up properly before it sticks together or you can use Tear & Tape Adhesive.

Florals In Bloom Gift Bag Scoring

Have fun decorating your bag! I folded over the top 1″ before assembling the bag. You can punch holes front and back to tie ribbon through in order to close the bag or just do it decoratively with a bow as I did. I stamped a Basic White Countryside Corners diecut (dies on the Last Chance list) with a greeting in the Poised Peony Stamp Set (retired). You can use whatever greeting you have. I layered this diecut on the next larger die in Peach Pie cardstock. The greeting is stamped in Strawberry Slush ink and the little peony is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with Peach Pie and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I stuck this up underneath the folded over top edge and I think it fits just fine. It looks a little like a banner. I added a few of the new Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems to the greeting for a little sparkle.

And that’s how easy making this basic gift bag is!

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Florals In Bloom Birthday Wishes Gift Bag

Enjoy More Stampin’ Up! At the Movies!

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Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog Cover 2025-2026

Here are a few more videos from Stampin’ Up! that you might enjoy! I love looking at these to see the new products showcased so well! Have you worn out your new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog yet from looking through it over and over again? I think every time I page through it I find something new. Besides the new catalog, we also have many products in the Online Exclusives. Even though it’s a little inconvenient to not have all our products in one catalog, the advantage is we don’t have to wait for the next catalog to get new products. Stampin’ Up! can release new Online Exclusives every two months for us! And rather than the Clearance Rack or even immediate Retirement Lists, we have the Last Chance List where products will stay while supplies last. Some are discounted and prices may be adjusted over time, but it’s nice to have those items still available longer even though they are “retiring”.

One of my favorite products, in recent catalogs, are the Ephemera Packs. This video showcases the newest cards & envelopes plus ephemera packs, all of the things you can Mix & Match!

Stampin’ Up! has recently returned to an emphasis on scrapbooking with lots of new products and kits. Of course, products for scrapbooking and cardmaking are almost always interchangeable, but it’s nice for scrapbookers to have more choices these days. I think the older we get and we look back at our own family and ancestors, the more we realize the importance of memory-keeping in whatever form it takes. Whether you make very detailed, exquisite pages for your photos in fantastic albums, or you make some easy pages decorated with photos and (very importantly) journaling! Someday somebody is going to look through these pages and be so happy that family events or even just images of our daily lives are recorded. Enjoy this video about specific scrapbooking products in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog.

And popular with a lot of people, who like to make things but don’t have as many supplies as many of us have, or just want to open a box and have a fun project to make, easy enough for anyone, even beginning crafters, are the Kits in the Kits Collection! Two or maybe sometimes three new Kits are released every month! Here are videos about the two Kits released in May 2025.

Enjoy the weekend by relaxing with your new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog whether you have a hard copy in your hands or like to browse online! If you missed a previous post with other videos of the new products, CLICK HERE to see them!

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Virtual Scrapbooking With Stampin’ Up!

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Virtual Album Retreat Banner Info

If you are interested in scrapbooking, Stampin’ Up! will be holding a Virtual Album Retreat in July! It’s a brand-new event unlike anything they have done before! During this three-day, virtual event, you’ll create 12 scrapbook spreads using the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 Kit, open to customers and Demonstrators who love scrapbooking, want to learn new techniques, and connect with others with the same interest! It will be held in a private Facebook group.

Who: Crafters who love to scrapbook!

When: July 16–18, 2025, 2:00–10:30 p.m. (MT)

Where: Private Facebook Group

Registration: There is no registration for this event! By purchasing the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit, you’ll get access to an exclusive Facebook group where the live event will stream.

Price of Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit: 
$250 USD 

Language of Event: This event will be presented in English only.

After the Event: You can access the recorded event videos on the Virtual Album Retreat Facebook group page.

To make the 12-spread album, you’ll want to purchase the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 Kit. We only have a limited number of kits, so make sure to order yours ASAP when the ordering period begins on May 28! Everyone who purchases a kit will receive an email in early July with a link to the exclusive Facebook page where the live event will stream.

Includes: Exclusive stamp sets, designed precut sheets, cardstock, embellishments, and more

Kits available while supplies last! Ordering begins on May 28th!

Virtual Album Retreat Kit Contents

Floral Impressions Yellow Daisies Thank You Card

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Floral Impressions Yellow Daisies Thank You Card

The design of this card came from the layout of one I saw online, but it’s the paper and products that I used that makes it different. All I had to do was look through one of the floral papers and the exact idea came to me for this Floral Impressions Yellow Daisies Thank You Card. You will find this paper in the Online Exclusives, one of the new May 2025 additions.

The card base is Garden Green with a layer of paper with foliage designs and a few smaller flowers. This Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper has many pretty images to choose from in lots of different ways. I chose this particular pattern because I hoped that I could also use the large flowers on another one of the papers to make the focal point of the card. Do you like it or is it too busy? I think I like it.

To help the large yellow daisies stand out, I die cut one of the long shapes in the Nested Essentials Dies. It is cut out of Garden Green cardstock although I also tried other colors too. I thought maybe the generic side of the yellow flowers paper would look good but it would have gotten lost with all the background foliage and being mostly covered by the flowers.

The large yellow flowers, I presume they are daisies or something similar, are hand-cut (fussy-cut) right out of the paper using my Paper Snips. When I do this, I try to choose something near the edges of the paper because, of course, we hate to waste any bit of our beautiful designer papers! Don’t try and cut out one flower out of the entire sheet of paper. Cut roughly around what image you want to cut out, and then more precisely cut out from the small piece of paper with only that image. Move the paper instead of your scissors, as they say! If you hate cutting images out of paper, you can get the Impressions Abloom Bundle or just the Impressions Abloom Dies, also in the Online Exclusives. Or get the entire Floral Impressions Suite Collection. Then you’ll have everything!

After adhering the foliage designer paper to the card base and the Garden Green diecut to the left side of the card, I played around with placing the flowers I had cut out, some little flowers also, and a few leaves. Finally I decided on this placement, took a photo with my phone so I would remember the layout, and then glued everything to the card. Two of the yellow daisies are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, the rest are glued down flat on the card.

The greeting is in the More Messages Stamp Set. Honestly, I took the lazy way out on this one! I decided on the “thanks a lot” greeting, but I didn’t want to mount the entire stamp on the largest block just to get that one phrase. So instead, I inked up the words I wanted with the full ink pad, laid the strip of Basic White cardstock over the inked words and hoped I was getting it fairly straight. I tried holding it in place while also rubbing it to get the ink transferred. I got lucky because it worked on the first try and I only had to trim the ends by hand. Using a Stampin’ Write Marker for those words would have worked also, but I just grabbed the ink pad. A Stampin’ Ink Spot would be perfect, too. But I went for the quickest way and then just wiped off the stamp, still in the case, with my purple Simply Shammy. I got ink on my fingers but it worked out!

Here is another card I made with the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper. As you can see, I don’t mind cutting out flowers from the designer paper! At least as long as I have my trusty Paper Snips!

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Beautiful Bokeh Just Because Paper Scraps Card

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Beautiful Bokeh Just Because Paper Scraps Card

I was busy making some other cards with this paper and ended up with some scraps. They all looked so pretty together in a little pile that I decided to make something with them, and that’s how this Beautiful Bokeh Just Because Paper Scraps Card was designed! It’s an easy card to make, of course. When you make a card like this take some time to just play around with the pieces until you feel like you have everything in place how you like it. You can even take a picture with your phone so you can look back at how you laid everything out if you need to move things around to glue them down.

This card begins with just a Basic White cardstock card base. For the layer, I used a piece of the Beautiful Bokeh 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper cut at 5″ x 3 3/4″. Then I cut some of the scraps from all different colors of the Beautiful Bokeh paper into strips that are 3/4″ x 3 1/4″ and arranged them at slightly different angles. They are all glued down flat, but you could pop some up on Dimensionals if you wanted to.

The Bokeh Effect is soft, blurry circles in the background, often seen in photography. However, it was a “thing” we all were making a few years ago using an acetate stencil to give the impression of all these soft-colored circles on a background paper. However, now we can just buy the paper with the same effect! Here is another card I made using the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper.

The greeting is stamped in Berry Burst ink on a strip of Basic White cardstock (another scrap). It is in the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set. I did pop up the strip with Stampin’ Dimensionals. And of course I added some colorful sequins for a little sparkle! Use whatever you have.

I don’t necessarily advocate saving every single piece of paper that is leftover from a project, but when you do have a little collection of scraps and feel inspired, see what beautiful project you can create with the scraps!

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Beautiful Gallery Boats Father’s Day Card

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Beautiful Gallery Boats Father's Day Card

Now that Mother’s Day is over, it seems I am already hearing about Father’s Day! Father’s Day this year is Sunday, June 15th. That’s only a month away. I didn’t intend to make a Father’s Day card, but as I looked through the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, when I came across this scene with the boats on the water, I got the idea to make a Father’s Day card out of it. This Beautiful Gallery Boats Father’s Day Card would be perfect for the man in your life on Father’s Day or any other masculine occasion.

Because of the boat scene on the paper, I thought making a “slimline” card would make the best use of this pattern. I got out a regular envelope that you might use for paying bills or sending a note and measured that to make sure my card would fit. To make the card base, I cut a piece of the Secret Sea cardstock, one of the new In Colors, at 7″ x 6 1/4″. Folded in half, the card base is 3 1/2″ x 6 1/4″. The Cloud Cover cardstock (another new In Color) layer measures 3 1/4″ x 6″.

The designer paper is the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper will remind you of an old-world art gallery with landscape scenes, florals, still life art, and more. You. may be inclined to frame quite a few of the squares of the designer paper and use it for a decorative item in your home! For this card, the designer paper is cut at 6″ x 3″. Obviously, you can’t just cut the paper anywhere. You need to trim the top, bottom, and sides so that the part of the paper you want is the focal point of the card.

The greeting is stamped on a narrow strip of Cloud Cover cardstock in Secret Sea ink. This greeting is in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set. I think it works well for a Father’s Day card. I added a narrow strip of Crumb Cake cardstock offset underneath the greeting although it doesn’t show up very much.

On the inside of the card, since the card base is such a dark color, I added a layer of Basic White for a stamped or written greeting. It measures 6″ x 3 1/4″. Since I had a little strip of the DSP leftover, I adhered that to the bottom of the white layer inside It was 1/4″ x 6″. It’s fun to add a little something inside the card.

I really encourage you to check out this Beautiful Gallery Designer Paper, even if at first you think it’s not your style. If nothing else, you could frame some of the papers and give them as gifts!

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See the New Paper Pumpkin Kit For June 2025!

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PaperPumpkin Kit June 2025 Border Sq Ad

Take a look at this upcoming Paper Pumpkin Kit for June 2025, Full Of Charm! Even if you don’t know anything else about the kit, it looks like it will be a gorgeous one! Join Paper Pumpkin now (or by June 10th, but today is good!) and find this Paper Pumpkin Kit in your mailbox mid-June! Everything you need for making the project will be in the box except scissors! Each kit includes an exclusive stamp set, an ink spot, easy directions, access to a video, and all the materials and adhesive you need for the project! Easy enough for beginners and fun for experienced crafters who would enjoy not designing a project for a change! Just open the box and make it! The supplies are even wrapped in colored tissue paper, so when I say this is a gift you give yourself, it really is true!

Full Of Charm Kit Details:

Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Envelopes and card bases with decorative gold foil
• Precut paper pieces and unique sentiment labels
• Coordinating colors: Berry Burst, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow, Pretty Peacock

This June Paper Pumpkin Kit will coordinate with the Floral Charm Suite Collection, one of the new Online Exclusives coming in July!

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Stampin’ Up! At the Movies!

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Please enjoy a few of the new videos from Stampin’ Up! about the great products in the new Stampin’ Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalog!

I love watching these!

This video gives an overview of all the Suites in the new catalog. No need to put in each product number, just enter the one number for the whole suite. Or choose the products individually that you want right now (and come back later for the rest!).

Be sure to catch where some of the patterns in the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper come from! I always love hearing any “behind the scenes” information! And learn about the new Kinsugi paper!

Often it’s the final embellishments you add to a card that really makes it pop! Just that extra little spot of color or sparkle is what your card or project really needs!

If any of these products really “spoke” to you, be sure to order them as soon as possible to avoid any delays with backorders. I used to work with a teacher who said, in her little bit of a Southern accent say that her mother told her, “If it speaks to you, you must buy it!” All-righty then! I’ve remembered that for years and it works for shopping! 🙂 It’s my shopping motto everywhere!

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Floral Impressions Flowers Card

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Floral Impressions Flowers Card

This Floral Impressions Flowers Card is somewhat inspired by a card on the cover of the front of the new Stampin’ Up!® 2025-2026 Annual Catalog, although I thought I saw one like it on the inside of the catalog as well. The floral card on the front of the catalog is made with products in the Annual Catalog whereas my card is made with paper in the May Online Exclusives!

My card is made with flowers I cut out, by hand, from the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper. This paper and other products come in the Floral Impressions Suite Collection in the Online Exclusives, as I said. I ordered a couple of other products in the Suite but not everything. I got the Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack and of course, the Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems.

I get the Floral Impressions Paper in the Online Exclusives mixed up with the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper in the Annual Catalog on page 117. They look very similar to me and when I got my second pre-order, I thought I had ordered a duplicate of the first paper I got! I’ll get it straight eventually, but right now I have to look at each one to get it right!

My card uses Basic White cardstock for the card base with a layer of Strawberry Slush cardstock. As I paged through the papers, I was struck by the “other side” of the floral paper with this Darling Duckling yellow grid pattern, so I had to use that. I cut a strip 1 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ with the yellow side up across the card. I only put glue across the middle in case I wanted to stick any flowers underneath the strip.

The flowers are all cut out with Paper Snips scissors from the designer series paper. Some of you may hate to do that, but I find it rather relaxing. These were a little more challenging that I usually like to do but I like the look. In fact, I cut out some extras so I am saving those for another card. I just played around with them until I liked the placement then either glued them down flat or popped a few up with Stampin Dimensionals.

The tricky part was where to put the greeting since I didn’t really leave space. I used the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set in the May Online Exclusives. The cute part of this stamp set is the long tail from the cursive writing of each word, but due to space, I had to cut mine shorter. In the end, I popped it up over a few of the flowers. As you might expect, to embellish the card even more, I used the 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls in Darling Duckling on the background and two Strawberry Slush pearls on the greeting. These are nice because they don’t stick up very much for mailing.

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day so I think, just in case, you should treat yourself today to a Stampin’ Up! order just in case “some people” do not show you enough appreciationg! LOL! It happens!

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Beautiful Gallery White Bouquet Card

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Beautiful Gallery White Bouquet Card

This Beautiful Gallery White Bouquet Card is made with one of the new and very interesting designer series papers in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. You can’t even imagine all of the different designs on those papers in the Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. A lot, maybe most of these papers would be beautiful framed for home decor (hence the name, “Beautiful Gallery”!) so you can use these for framing, cut the papers down for cards and projects, or even use them for scrapbooking. These papers feature exclusive designs by in-house Stampin’ Up! artists. That makes them even more special.

To make this card, I did have to cut down a 6″ x 6″ beautiful paper! However, I am very happy with the card so it’s fine! Why do we hate to use our designer papers so much! I remember someone years ago saying she bought three packs of every designer paper….one to use, one in case she needed more, and one to keep!

The card base is Mossy Meadow, and I added a layer of Basic Beige. I have barely used that Basic Beige color but it goes well on this card as the flowers are not a pure or solid white. I think having the extra layer of Basic Beige makes the flowers stand out more. For the greeting I used one in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set and stamped it with Mossy Meadow Ink on a scrap of Basic Beige. It is diecut with one of the Textured Notes Dies. I really like these dies! You will find them in the Online Exclusives.

For some embellishment, I made a little “nest” of Gold Twisted Thread and adhered it to the back of the greeting. The gold thread is one of the Last Chance products but isn’t discounted. Then the greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added a few Iridescent Foil Gems, which have been one of my favorite gems to use since they came out!

Here is the link to page through the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog if you haven’t seen it yet.

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Florals In Bloom All-Occasion Card

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Florals In Bloom All-Occasion Card

In honor of the new Stampin’ Up! Annual 2025-2026 Catalog that went live yesterday (did you hear??!), I thought I would look through it for an idea for a card and I found it on page 45 of the catalog! This Florals In Bloom All-Occasion Card is what resulted from following the “technique” for this card described on page 45. There couldn’t be an easier idea to try and is a great way to show off both sides of our beautiful designer series paper!

If you look in the bottom section of page 45 in the Stampin’ Up! catalog, you’ll see this “technique” for showing off both sides of the designer series paper. Score and fold over one side of the designer series paper! Isn’t that the simplest technique you ever heard?! I don’t know what their measurements were but I’ll tell you what I did. I didn’t have the same greeting they used so I chose something else and added an extra piece of cardstock to show off the flowers a little better.

The card base is Strawberry Slush cardstock, which coordinates with the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper that I used. Not knowing what Stampin’ Up! used, I cut a piece of designer paper at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. I scored at 1″ on the right side of the paper and folded that over which showed the opposite side of the bluish and peach-colored flowers on the front side of the paper. At that point, you can just center this piece on your card base. Since I had been playing with cardstock colors, I already had out Peach Pie cardstock so I cut a strip of that to put on the opposite side of the designer paper to bring out the Peach Pie flowers on the paper. This piece I cut out at 1″ x 5 1/2″ and adhered it to the left side of the designer paper. You can make that margin whatever width you want. I made it 1″ wide just because I didn’t know how much I wanted, but you can use a slimmer scrap piece of cardstock for this piece.

I didn’t do any complicated math for the measurements of this card, but you can if you want! Everything is just “eyeballed”. The strip of Peach Pie showing on the side of the designer paper is 1/4″ wide. When placing this piece of designer paper on the front of the card, there were 3/8″ margins on each side. The paper was as long as the card length so you do have to line it up carefully. If you are off by a little bit, just use the Paper Trimmer to shave off the bit of overhanging paper.

For the greeting I chose an already-stamped sentiment that I had saved from stamping and diecutting the entire stamp of greetings in the More Messages Stamp Set. You can ink up the entire stamp and get all the greetings stamped at once, then diecut with the one big die in the More Messages Die. You can buy both together in the More Messages Bundle in the May 2025 Online Exclusives. If you only want to stamp one message you can ink up the one sentiment on the stamp with a Stampin’ Write Marker or very carefully with an ink pad or Stampin’ Spot. If you stamp and diecut the entire stamp, just save the extra sentiments in a little plastic bag or in the stamp case. Makes it very handy when you want a greeting in a hurry! Mine happened to be stamped in Strawberry Slush ink so it was perfect!

For a little embellishment I cut two short pieces of the Summer Splash 3/8″ Ribbon, adhered them folded in half on the back of the greeting with Stampin’ Seal Adhesive, then popped up the whole greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then trim the ends of ribbon to even them up.

This is a very easy card and really fun to find this new way of using designer series paper to show off both sides without cutting two pieces! Be sure to check out lots of tips and tricks in the catalog as you page through, whether the hard copy or the digital version.

Here’s another card I made the other day with scraps of the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper that I think turned out nice!

Have fun shopping in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog as well as newly added Online Exclusives!

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Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog 2025-26

Click catalog photo to view digital version.