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Two New Kits in the Kits Collection For February!

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Two New Kits Banner Feb 2026

Stampin’ Up! has two new Kits in the Kits Collection for February! They are both card kits, so if you need to restock on cards for the New Year, this will get you started!

Happy Happenings Kit Cards

This Happy Happenings Card Kit is for some of life’s happiest occasions – a new baby, a wedding, and thank you cards.

DETAILS
– Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
– Folded card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
– Colors: Cloud Cover, Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Timid Tiger
– Also available in French

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Happy Happenings Photopolymer Stamp Set
– Clear stamp block
– Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Spot
– Step-by-step instructions
– 9 printed envelopes
– Precut paper pieces
– Clear self-adhesive dewdrop embellishments
– Adhesive

Happy Happenings Kit Stamp Set

Happy Happenings Kit Contents

Happy Happenigs Kit Cards 2

The second Kit for February is the Best Ever Kit.

Best Ever Kit Cards

“Celebrate your #1s—Mom, Dad, and all the everyday heroes—with the Best Ever Kit. Foam fingers, ribbons, and trophies make it a winner for cards, tags, and paper crafts that show big-time appreciation. It’s playful, easy to use, and full of ways to craft your own heartfelt celebration.”

DETAILS
– Makes 6 cards: 1 each of 6 designs
– Folded card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
– Colors: Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Shaded Spruce

Kit includes:
– Step-by-step instructions
– 6 printed envelopes
– Gold foil precut pieces, printed precut pieces, round sequins
– Adhesive

Best Ever Kit Contents

Best Ever Kit Card #1

The Kits Collection are Kits that you can purchase in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store whenever you like when they are available. These are different than the Paper Pumpkin monthly subscription kits, which are automatically sent to you each month, unless you choose to skip a month, and which generally are a surprise as to their exact contents. But either kind of kit is perfect for the new papercrafter or the experienced one! You will be able to make these kits even if you do not have any or much expertise so don’t be afraid to try a Kit! Videos are available to watch how the project or cards are made in addition to the illustrated instructions.

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Love Notes Valentine Flowers Card

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Love Notes Valentine Flowers Card

Are you stamping today or watching the Super Bowl?? I guess there is time for both! Basically, the Super Bowl is on almost all day so there will be plenty of time to stamp before the actual game starts!

This Love Notes Valentine Flowers Card came about because I absolutely love this paper with the little heart flowers in the Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I saw a card online using this paper and decided to somewhat copy it.

This card has a base of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. I accidentally cut the flower paper smaller than I intended, but since “there are no mistakes in stamping,” I made the best of it. I just added a layer of Pretty in Pink cardstock, and that smaller size allowed the pretty Flirty Flamingo to show off more around the margins. The hearts are punched out with one of my retired heart punches from the Love Notes DSP. I layered both of these hearts on top of a diecut Pretty in Pink circle from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. I also added a strip of the Garden Green Chevron Ribbon across the lower part of the card and also a bow on the top heart. The pink heart on the white heart already says “Be Mine” so it could be a Valentine without any addition greeting or you could add something else.

I also added three Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems to the card for a little sparkle. They’re a little dark on this card so I wish I’d used something else or a lighter color. But I do love those gems. They are on the Last Chance list with a little discount if you want some!

Remember, if you order anything at Stampin’ Up! this month and have Bonus Days coupons to use, be sure to add those codes that were emailed to you. And if you have a $75 order, you can pick up the Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper for only $5, so I would get it for sure! It’s very beautiful and artistic paper!

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Envelope Valentine Treat Bag

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Envelope Valentine Treat Bag

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.

Envelope Valentine Treat Bag Original

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.

Envelope Valentine Treat Bag Pattern

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.

Envelope Valentine Treat Bag with candy

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!

Envelope Valentine Treat Bag closeup

New Product of the Month For February!

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POM Painted Illusions Title

Look at this gorgeous new designer series paper, Painted Illusions, available today as the February Product of the Month! Watercolors and whimsical designs! So interesting to use on many projects, including cards, scrapbook pages, gift bags, albums, and even home decor! Frame those swirly patterns for some inexpensive art in your home or craft room!

Get the Product of the Month (or even one of the past ones if still available) for only $5 with a $75 minimum order (before shipping and tax). You must also keep in mind any discounts you apply that will lower the product order amount below $75, such as applying your Stampin’ Up! Rewards or Bonus Days coupon codes. For example, if your order of products (not counting shipping and tax) comes to $80 and you apply two $5 Bonus Days coupon codes, your order amount will drop to $70 and will not be eligible for the Product of the Month. You do have one year to use your Rewards from the time you received them and you have until February 28 to use the Bonus Days coupon codes so you don’t have to rush to use them if you want to get this paper on your first order this month.

Also, you MUST have a Stampin’ Up! account that you set up yourself in order to get the Product of the Month (POM). It is easy to sign up. Be sure to opt in for Rewards and CONTACT so you will show up on my customer list, making it easy to order and mail new catalogs to you when they come out. Just look in the upper right corner of the Stampin’ Up! website for the “Sign Up” link. Click on that and then click on “Create Account” at the bottom of the Sign In box. I can help you or you can call Stampin’ Up! but you need to do it to put in your own secret password!

Lots of new things today! There are two new Kits in the Kits Collection and first day to sign up for the virtual Lovely Blossoms Craft Class by Stampin’ Up! More Last Chance Products and of course, the first day to redeem your Bonus Days coupon codes. Watch for more information and SIGN UP for my weekly newsletter! Sign up for my Mailing List HERE or over on the right sidebar of my blog here.

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Made With Love Heart Valentine

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Made With Love Heart Valentine

Make this Made With Love Heart Valentine with strips of the various patterns of designer series paper. You can use scraps to make a background for something different! The Made With Love Designer Series Paper is just perfect for all your Valentines. Making valentines always reminds me of elementary school where we often made our own valentines using construction paper, that white paste, and maybe doilies. We would cut out hearts by folding the paper in half and cutting half a heart shape, then unfolding and see what we came up with! Maybe we got to buy a box of assorted one-sided valentines and then stew over who in your class would get which valentine. Or maybe if we were creative, we could glue the boxed valentine to a card made with construction paper. I wonder how many of us now-stampers/scrapbookers/papercrafters were in love with paper, glue, pens, stickers, construction paper, a new box of crayons, chalk, and glitter when we were kids?!

I didn’t necessarily plan to make these paper strips all aligned straight and together like this, but you never know what you will end up creating when you begin! The card base is Real Red. The Made With Love Designer Series Paper strips are cut at 1″ x 3 3/4″. I adhered them to a piece of Basic White cut at the usual 4″ x 5 1/4″. At first I had the strips 4″ long which left a little margin on the sides of the Basic White but not at the top and bottom. So to make it all even, I cut the strips down a little at 3 3/4″. You could cut them narrower and have space in between them. Or adhere them catty-wampus on the Basic White.

Before adhering the piece with the strips to the card base, I wrapped around a piece of Real Red Shiny Ribbon. This is on the Last Chance List. Just cut a piece of ribbon a little longer than the card width and adhere the ends on the back with Stampin’ Seal. Then tie a separate bow and adhere with Mini Glue Dots.

I didn’t plan it, but there was a piece of designer paper lying there begging to be cut into a heart. You can use dies, I just used my scissors, carefully folded the paper in half without creasing it, and cut out half a heart shape. It turned out fine, so I popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. In the meantime, I found something in an ephemera pack to use! In the Unforgettable Times Ephemera Pack I found this gold foil “Love” attached to “this”. That combination of words doesn’t sound too useful to me, so I just cut the two words apart. It was pretty easy. Then I just adhered the word “love” to the heart. Easy peasy! For a final touch, I added three Pearlized Faceted Circles, found in the Spring Mini in the Lovely & Beautiful Suite Collection. These come in three colors – Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, and white. I used the Calypso Coral.

I think we could all make tons of Valentines with this Made With Love DSP and a few greetings and embellishments! It’s February, so it’s time!

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Stampin’ Up! Video of January New Releases

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I don’t know how I missed this video made by Stampin’ Up! showing and discussing the new product releases in January, but I did discover it last night! It’s a very long video, so it’s good for watching on a cold, maybe snowy Sunday afternoon! Or any day! It’s done very well with Sara Douglass (CEO of Stampin’ Up!) and Cindy Schuster (Stampin’ Up! Concept Artist and Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator). They show the new products very well, along with samples, at a good pace, since there are so many new things! I’m sure you will get a good view of the new things with this recording and enjoy seeing everything, even if you already have some of it!

(There is a countdown at the beginning since it was a Facebook Live so just move the cursor ahead until the video actually starts!)

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Splash of Sparkles Endless Love Valentine Card

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Splash of Sparkles Endless Love Valentine Card

If you want a less-than-traditional Valentine, try this Splash of Sparkles Endless Love Valentine Card. Valentines can be almost any style, so if you want something other than the traditional red and pink, you can use any colors, any paper, any design that is pleasing to you or to the person to whom you are sending the valentine.

For this valentine, I chose to use the Splash of Sparkles Specialty Designer Series Paper. I love this paper because it is so colorful and artistic! The gold and iridescent foil really makes it special and sparkly! It could even be called Splash of Color! I chose this pattern with “splashes” of purple and pink blotches along with the foil colors for the background paper on this card. The card base is Highland Heather cardstock, one of the coordinating colors with this designer series paper.

Before adhering the designer paper to the card base, I added a piece of the Bubble Bath 1/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon. This ribbon is part of the Made With Love Suite Collection in the January-April 2026 Mini Catalog. This ribbon is great because it is so narrow so it works well in certain cases. On this card, I didn’t want anything covering too much of the designer paper. Instead of a bow, I just tied three pieces of ribbon in knots at the top.

The hearts are stamped with Highland Heather Ink on Highland Heather cardstock using the Endless Love Stamp Set, also part of the Made With Love Suite. I liked these open hearts because then I could add the XX from the same stamp set and the word “Love” from the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. This stamp says “Love you” so I only inked up the word “Love” and stamped that. Then the three hearts were cut out. The two hearts were glued down flat on the card and the Love heart is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really felt this Valentine called for a bit more sparkle, so I chose the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems, in the Annual Catalog. These were the perfect addition on this card!

As you can see, we can use something other than red, white, or pink for valentines! All that really matters is the thought and the message. Inside the card, I added a Basic White layer and stamped “Happy Valentine’s Day” using the Endless Love Stamp Set.

I hope you are working on your valentines because Valentine’s Day is coming up really quick! Have fun making them!

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Easy Endless Love Monochromatic Valentine Card

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Monochromatic Endless Love Valentine

To make this Easy Monochromatic Valentine Card, you only have to choose one color to use! That makes life easier, right?! And you don’t have to think very hard if you want a basic color for a Valentine! It has to be Real Red, my favorite color!

Of course, Valentines can be any color and often use many colors. However, for this card, while trying out this new stamp set, I just made it easy and chose Real Red cardstock and ink. I also enjoy random stamping on a piece of cardstock to make a background or my own designer series paper. Sometimes, with all our beautiful designer papers and ephemera, I feel I am not actually stamping enough. It really feels good to do lots of stamping on a piece of paper!

This card has a Real Red card base and Basic White layer. I used the Endless Love Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog. This stamp set is part of the Made With Love Suite Collection. The stamp set is perfect for making Valentines or Valentine scrapbook pages, but you can also use it for wedding cards or just any kind of card sending love to someone. You can also choose the Endless Love Dies, Made With Love Designer Series Paper, an embossing folder, ribbon, and Valentine sprinkles for shaker cards.

If you want to have some fun stamping, just use several different stamps, starting with the larger ones, and stamp on the background paper. I started with the two kinds of hearts, then added the hearts inside the hearts, the XX in some other ones. Then to fill in the little bit of empty space, I used the little dots.

The greeting is from the Reason To Celebrate Stamp Set, one that is full of sentiments that you can mix and match and use for lots of occasions. I used the Traditional Labels Dies (now retired, unfortunately) and also cut a banner to place underneath. Then the whole greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little sparkle, I used a few of the red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for a little sparkle. These are on the Last Chance List for 10% off. I loved using these over Christmas and you certainly can use them other times too if you like glitter and sparkle. And they are flat, so good for mailing. I’d say pick up a package or two while you can!

On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer and put strips on the side using Made With Love Designer Series Paper, just to decorate the inside a little bit.

Have fun making Valentines!

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Paper Pumpkin Valentine Cards

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Paper Pumpkin Jan 2026 Cards

Last night was the moment to spend some relaxing time making my January 2026 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Special Delivery. Paper Pumpkin is the monthly treat you get in your mailbox when you subscribe! Usually, the kit is for making cards, but sometimes it is something different. This kit even had a specially designed box that is worth saving. The pretty boxes are nice for storage, and we all have plenty of supplies that need storing! While this kit came with Valentine stamps (mostly), the cards are just pretty ones that you could send any time.

Paper Pumpkin Jan 2026 Messy Desk

I always love opening up the box with everything wrapped in tissue paper and all the supplies sealed up. Then you get to open that package and see what goodies you got to make the project. Adhesive is even included! Usually it is dimensionals and sticky strip tape. Sometimes you get sparkly gems to use as embellishments. Each kit comes with an exclusive stamp set and ink spot. I tend to save my ink spots and use my regular ink pads. There is even a video you can watch to see the whole process from unboxing to assembling the cards or project, if you want a little extra help besides the printed instructions.

Paper Pumpkin is a kit that comes to you in the mail and there is no risk or obligation. Just go into your account after you subscribe and you can skip a month or cancel your subscription any time by the 10th of any month before the next kit gets billed and sent out. It’s good for beginning crafters or those who just like to get a project already planned out and all the supplies in one box!

Join Paper Pumpkin before February 10th to get the cute Celebrate Spring Kit!

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Craft whimsical handmade cards that celebrate Easter and sweet spring days.
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Precut paper pieces and pink baker’s twine
• Iridescent pink and yellow sequins
• Coordinating colors: Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink,
Shy Shamrock (Classic Stampin’ Spot)

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New Stampin’ Up! Craft Class Coming!

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Lovely Blossoms Craft Class Flyer
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Stampin’ Up! will be holding a virtual craft class using the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection in February. These craft classes are for Customers and Demonstrators alike!

  • Make unique projects using detailed instructions as you craft along with our Stampin’ Up! product experts.
  • Learn exciting tips and techniques to further your crafting experience.
  • Be inspired to continue crafting long after the class is over!

The Lovely Blossoms Craft Class (170929) can be purchased in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store for $25 beginning Feb. 3 so I can’t link it yet. (Suite not included). It will be available for purchase beginning February 3 and the class will be held on February 19, 2026 in an exclusive Facebook group at 2:00 PM MT. If you miss the livestreamed class, it will be recorded, and you will be able to watch it later at your convenience.

The class will be available for purchase before AND after the class is livestreamed. The recording will be available immediately after the livestream.

You are not required to purchase the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection or any supplies. You could watch the class, use whatever supplies you have, or purchase a few things from the Suite and go back later if you wish and order some more! You will learn techniques for clean and simple projects.

Join the Craft Class Facebook group. After you purchase the Craft Class, you’ll receive an email with a link to an exclusive Facebook group. To view this group, you’ll need to enter the name and email address you used when you purchased the Craft Class; you’ll also need to enter your Craft Class order number. With this information, the group administrator can admit you to join the group. Please allow at least 24 hours for the group administrator to admit you. If you aren’t admitted to the group, you won’t be able to view the class. Once you’re on the Facebook group, you can download the instructions for the projects you’ll make during the class. We recommend you review the instructions before you view the class so you can have everything prepped and ready to go.

There are two previous craft classes also available for purchase in the Online Store….

Brushed With Beauty Craft Class

Traditions of Christmas Craft Class

Just put “Craft Class” in the Stampin’ Up! Search Box or click on the links here.

If you like watching other people stamp and show you tips and tricks as I LOVE to do, then try out one of these classes!

Wonderful Snowflakes Winter Storm 2026

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Wonderful Snowflakes Winter Storm 2026

It just so happened that I had this retired package of snowflakes sitting out with some other retired papers and with the tremendous Winter Storm of January 2026 going on right now across half of the country, I thought I should use some of these snowflakes. These are the Wonderful Snowflakes, diecut iridescent foil white snowflakes, that apparently came out in the Holiday Mini Catalog of 2021! I had no idea it was that long ago! With the stormy, snowy, icy, cold winter storm, I thought I would make a card for those of us suffering through this very wintery weather….especially here in Houston, TX where we don’t have this kind of weather very often. And if we do have it, it usually doesn’t last very long. Houston mostly escaped the worst weather we could have had, freezing rain and ice everywhere. While the highway ramps and overpasses were icy and various spots slick and some traffic accidents, it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. Not that I was out and about! We just stayed in all day yesterday!

This card is plenty simple! If you don’t have these specific snowflakes, maybe you have snowflake dies or snowflake stamps. I used Cloud Cover cardstock for the card base and that’s all. I didn’t add a top layer to the base. I thought the base should be some kind of blue for the sky or the dreary days of winter, and once I spotted my package of Cloud Cover, I knew that was it!. I happened to only have these three snowflakes left. One side has the iridescent, shiny look, but you could turn them over for matte white.

Here’s how I glued them down using the Multipupose Liquid Glue. I got the idea from Patty Bennett. Use a silicone brush, like you would use for butter or barbecue sauce. Cut the bristles shorter. Then have your Silicone Craft Sheet handy or something similar. Make a little puddle of the glue on the silicone sheet, then dab the brush straight up and down into it. Place the snowflake or delicate item you want to glue face down on the silicone sheet (in a clean spot) and dab the back lightly with the silicone brush. You only want a little bit of glue on the brush so it doesn’t ooze onto the front of the image. If you don’t want to put glue on the snowflake like this, just put the most minute drops of glue possible on the back of the snowflake.

Wonderful Snowflakes Glue Technique

This small diecut circle under the greeting was already in my package of paper, so I used it! It’s from the Spotlight on Nature Dies. The greeting is stamped in Memento Black ink on a Basic White narrow scrap with both ends cut in the banner shape. The greeting is in the Banner Sayings Stamp Set. The circle is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little bling, I added quite a few Pearls of Beauty in white on the snowflakes and around on the card.

Enjoy your Snow Day today, if you have one. Stay warm and stay safe. Remember, it will be August before we know it!

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Join and Get a New Stampin’ Positioner!

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Exclusive Join Offer Stamp Positioner

Here’s a big surprise from Stampin’ Up! They are coming out with this new Stampin’ Positioner in the future, but you can sign up to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now and get this new product FREE! Buy the Starter Kit and get this Stampin’ Positioner FREE. Current Demonstrators can preorder one, and it will be available to everyone at a time to be determined.

Stampin' Positioner Tool

When you join Stampin’ Up! February 3–March 2, you’ll get the new Stampin’ Positioner tool FREE! Along with your Stampin’ Positioner, you’ll receive your Starter Kit, which includes free business supplies and free shipping. Plus, you’ll get all the fun that comes with being part of our supportive crafting community. There’s no better time to join than now!

Just order $125 worth of Stampin’ Up! products that you want for your Starter Kit and pay only $99! AND now, from February 3-March 2, you will also receive the new Stampin’ Positioner. This new tool will stamp precisely aligned images and create repeating patterns easily so that you can make multiple projects in minutes. It comes with the large stamp plate plus a smaller alignment plate for smaller images.

Becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator means you get to enjoy all the perks of being part of Stampin’ Up! Receive a discount of 20-25% off your product orders, early access to new products and catalogs, the opportunity to attend Stampin’ Up! events, the chance to earn a modest supplemental income, and best of all, make new stamping friends as you meet customers and other Demonstrators.

Watch this video to find out more!

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Cute As a Bug Thanks Friend Card

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Cute As a Bug Cut-Apart Images

This is one sheet of the Cute As a Bug Designer Series Paper that recently came out in the new Stampin’ Up! January-April 2026 Mini Catalog. It is part of an entire Suite. the Cute As a Bug Suite Collection. This kind of patterned paper has cut-apart images on one sheet of paper that can be used for any of your projects, whether cardmaking, scrapbooking, or other papercrafting. These individual images can be trimmed down smaller or combined in layers. Whatever your project requires.

The picture above shows how I began using this sheet of paper. I cut across horizontally the whole sheet since those horizontal images were all the same size. Then I cut down on each individual strip to separate the various images. If you prefer, you can just cut apart the individual images you plan to use at the time.

Cute As a Bug Thanks Friend Card

To show how very easy it is to make a card with these cut-apart images, I made this card using just one of the cut-apart images, the one with the various whimsical bugs having a little picnic or gathering on a blanket on the ground. This piece is 4″ x 5 1/4″ and fits perfectly on the card base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The greeting is a piece of ephemera in the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. I thought the color coordinated with the card and was small so as not to take away from the cute scene on the card. The two words could also be cut apart and used individually if that suited the project better.

I think this scene is so cute with the little bugs, mushrooms, and berries! I’m normally not too interested in bugs and insects and other creepy crawlers since we have plenty in real life in the tropical climate where I live! But these little guys on this Cute As a Bug Designer Series Paper were too cute to pass up so the title for the paper is perfect!

If you are interested in the whole Suite Collection, you can get the designer series paper, the stamp set and dies, ribbon, and some very cute ladybug embellishments. As I write this, the Suite is not available but is on order and should be back in stock the week of February 2nd. It looks to me like it is the stamp set and dies that are not available so if you wanted the paper right away you can still order that, although it says Low Inventory right now. If you go to any unavailable product, there is a box to fill in your email to be notified when it is back in stock so you know when you can order it. I have found it tot work very well.

Wintery weather is on the way for a lot of our country, but it won’t be long that spring will be upon us and these cute little bugs will be out having fun….well, maybe not “cute” little bugs in Houston, but at least this Cute As a Bug Suite Collection is cute!

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Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card

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Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card

This Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card is made with some of the happiest paper we have ever had! Wait until you see it in person! That’s how I felt the first time I made a card with this paper – it made me feel happy! The colors, the foil accents, the splashes of colors in all different designs – it’s just wonderful paper to have fun with! You will want to put the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper on your next order!

I made a Z-Fold card because it shows off more of the beautiful paper in the Splash of Sparkles pack. A Z-Fold card is easy to make. It just requires one extra fold. Make the usual card base of 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ for the front. Then fold the front of the card in half, back toward the fold which is at 2 1/8″. Score first to make it easier to fold. This card base is made with Timid Tiger cardstock, one of the newest In Colors.

To decorate the card I cut a strip of the orange, pink, and gold striped pattern at 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″. For the inside of the card I used the pattern with the big watercolor circles, choosing the portion that had the orangish and pinkish colored circles so it would coordinate with the paper on the front.

For the front of the card, I diecut a piece of Timid Tiger with one of the Branching Out Dies and the next smaller one in Bubble Bath pink. For the inside of the card, I diecut another piece of Bubble Bath in the same smaller size so that it would fit behind that layered panel on the front of the card.

The flower, leaves, and sentiment are stamped with the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. The flower is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with the Timid Tiger Combo of Stampin’ Blends. The leaves are stamped with Granny Apple Green ink on Basic White. I cut both out by hand. The greeting is stamped in Memento Ink, also on Basic White. For space reasons, I cut the words apart and carefully cut around each one.

To assemble the card, layer the Bubble Bath cardstock diecut panel on the Timid Tiger panel. When you have the card folded into the Z-shape, adhere the designer paper on the narrow front panel and the other pattern inside the card. See where the center of that panel is so that it can be lined up right on the Z-fold. Only put glue or adhesive on the one side so that the other side will not be stuck to the inside of the card! I had a scrap of the striped paper, so I adhered that as a background for the words to the front panel. The flower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the leaves are glued flat to the card.

If you want to stamp a greeting or images on the inside panel, do so before you adhere it inside the card, just in case. I stamped Happy Birthday and a couple of the other flower in the stamp set. Line it up inside the card with the front panel, put adhesive on the back of it, and then fold the back side of the card over to adhere the greeting panel to the inside of the card so that it lines up with the front panel and will not be sticking out when the card is closed. You will understand when you do it!

Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card Open

Here are the two sides of the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Papers:

Spash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper

Aren’t those such bright and fun colors? And even better in person!

Splash of Sparkles Paper Foil Accents

And one side has gold and iridescent foil for some real pizzazz! Think about birthday cards, any happy occasion, maybe even party invitations!

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Made With Love Hugs & Kisses Valentine Card

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Made With Love Hugs & Kisses Valentine. Card

I was so happy with the way this Made With Love Hugs & Kisses Valentine Card turned out, even without a clear idea of what I would make and with so many choices of pretty papers and combinations of those papers! Get the Made With Love Designer Series Paper and the Endless Love Stamp Set, and you are set for making many valentines!

The Made With Love Designer Series Paper is chock-full of hearts in different sizes and colors, X’s and O’s, love arrows, and then the more generic sheets that coordinate with the Valentine sheets but will also be good to use on other kinds of cards. The beautiful colors are Bubble Bath, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Real Red, and Strawberry Slush. You will find this paper, stamp set, and all the extras in the Made With Love Suite Collection in the Stampin’ Up! January-April 2026 Mini Catalog on pages 30-33.

If you would like a sticker sheet to coordinate with the Made With Love Paper for scrapbooking or even cards and other projects, check out the Made With Love Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet on page 59 of the Mini Catalog. These Sticker Sheets we have had recently at Stampin’ Up! are really fun to use and quick and easy in some cases, too!

For this card, I used Real Red cardstock for the card base. I cut the top layer of designer paper with the small hearts at the usual size 4″ x 5 1/4″, although you could make it a little shorter if you wanted to save a strip of paper, as long as the bottom paper would overlap a little bit. The bottom piece of polka dots is cut at 5 1/4″ x 1 1/2″. Adhere those two papers together before adhering to the card so you can wrap the ribbon around over the seam first. Any time I put ribbon on a card like this, I just extend the ribbon about an inch or less around to the back or the paper on each side, not all the way around. It saves a couple inches of ribbon on each card! Put a little Stampin’ Seal on the back to hold the ribbon. After you have the ribbon attached, adhere the designer paper to the card base. The ribbon I used is the Strawberry Slush 3/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon, which is in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog 2025-2026.

To decorate this card I used three hearts. Two are stamped with the Endless Love Stamp Set. The striped heart is stamped in Strawberry Slush ink (although it looks close to Real Red!) and the open heart is stamped in Real Red, both on Basic White cardstock. I just fussy-cut these by hand. We’ve all cut out hundreds of hearts by hand since childhood, haven’t we??! The Strawberry Slush cardstock heart is just punched out with a heart punch (retired) that I have. I believe it’s the one that came with a scalloped-edge heart punch in the set. I found this heart punch was practically the same size as the stamped hearts so I thought it worked fine. However, there are the Endless Love Dies you can purchase along with the stamp set in a Bundle if you would like dies. Hearts, whether dies or punches, are always useful for your stash! I played around with the placement of the three hearts before settling on this design. The white heart is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used the words in the Endless Love Stamp Set in Strawberry Slush ink on Basic White for the greeting on the card. After stamping them first, I cut them into narrow strips with one end flagged like a banner. The top one is popped up on Dimensionals. The bottom one is adhered with a little Stampin’ Seal on the white heart with a Dimensional under the banner end to be even with the white heart.

Finally, I tied a bow and adhered it to the ribbon on the front of the card with MIni Glue Dots. I thought about adding some gems or jewels, but it was late and I couldn’t even think which ones would go with the card! And, actually, I thought the card looked fine without any bling. There already is a lot going on with the busy hearts paper, the three paper hearts, and ribbon!

Start making some Valentines now so you won’t be rushed when the calendar turns to February, especially if you are going to be mailing some cards!

And on the inside, on a piece of Basic White cardstock, I used the three stamps in the Endless Love Stamp Set, “Happy”, “Valentine’s” and “Day” to stamp the greeting in Strawberry Slush ink. You could also add a scrap strip of one of the designer papers to the bottom. Then you are set to write a little Valentine message or simply sign your card!