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New Paper Pumpkin Kit For January 2026

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Paper Pumpkin Special Delivery Jan 2026

Here is the new Paper Pumpkin Kit for January 2026! It isn’t easy to think ahead to January and the New Year when we are so busy with holiday preparations, but I’m sure this Special Delivery Paper Pumpkin Kit will help us start the year off right! If you recently subscribed to Paper Pumpkin, your December Kit went out and you’ll receive it soon. Now that the December Kit went out after December 10th, it is time to think about the next kit! If you are not a subscriber yet, you can join any time through January 10th to receive this Special Delivery Kit! Personally, I don’t even have to see what is in the box, I want THE BOX! Look at how pretty it is! You can save and use this box for storage or gifts or anything after you make the kit. I love when they give us a specially designed box!

Here is a sneak peek of the information about the kit!

Subscribe December 11–January 10

Send heartfelt valentines featuring sweet postage stamp designs and sentiments for love
and friendship.
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
• 3 different coordinating envelope designs
• Precut paper pieces with gold foil accents
• Coordinating colors: Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Darling Duckling, Garden Green,
Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade (Classic Stampin’ Spot)

I think this is going to be a Paper Pumpkin Kit we will love, and I believe we will be able to use these cards for lots of occasions, probably even Valentine’s Day!

Go ahead and subscribe to Paper Pumpkin right now so you won’t forget! And once you are a subscriber, if you see a past kit or refill (no stamp set or ink spot) you like, you can purchase it. If you already have a subscription, you don’t need to do anything. If you skipped the December Kit, be sure to go into your account and make it active for January.

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Here’s My Stamp Lamp!

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Stamp Lamp full view

Many, many years ago I went to a Stampin’ Up! convention in Salt Lake City and we got to take a side trip to Riverton, UT to see the Stampin’ Up! home office. It was great to tour the home office and see the shipping area. In the first part of the tour, there were different displays, the history of Stampin’ Up!, decorative things, I don’t remember what all. But one idea I saw was this lamp with a clear base filled with stamps! Back then we probably only had the wood-mount stamps. Just like many creative ideas I see, I HAD to have a lamp like that filled with stamps.

Eventually I found this lamp, probably on Amazon, maybe it was even before Amazon! Anyway, I bought the lamp and then, like many things, for all these years, any minute now I was going to put the stamps in it. FINALLY FINALLY the other day as I was sorting through my very old wood-mount stamps, I selected some stamps that I thought would look good inside this lamp. I thought I would just toss them inside the lamp. But it was the bottom of the lamp that was removable AND there is a rod through the middle holding the cord going to the light bulb. So there wasn’t a big open space inside the lamp base and I had to reconsider which stamps would really fit inside. It was NOT an easy job trying to fit the wood blocks inside in a curved container, keeping the center rod straight, and trying to keep the wood blocks where I was putting them! But I did get the lamp filled and arranged pretty well! I only have one boo-boo. Do you see where it is? I had to save the rest of the stamps in their cases and remember that those are the sets where the missing stamps are in the lamp.

So after all these years, here are photos of my stamp lamp with these stamps artfully (?) arranged inside as best I could! I do like it and it’s perfect in the room with all my craft stuff and retired stamp sets, paper, etc.

Stamp Lamp 2

Stamp Lamp 2

Stamp Lamp 6

And yes, you can buy a lamp like this one on Amazon! Just search for something like “clear glass base table lamp fillable”. I’ve seen people fill lamps like this with seashells, so you can certainly fill one with stamps!! Maybe I should buy another one and fill it with markers for a very colorful lamp!! Or all my leftover ribbon or embellishments! So many possibilities! LOL!

If you would like more modern stamps that Stampin’ Up! sells these days and any other stamping or scrapbooking products, remember that Stampin’ Up! has FREE SHIPPING with a minimum $75 order, today and ending on Friday, December 12. Also, if you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, or become one right away, you can take advantage of the sale on Paper Pumpkin Past Kits, Refills, and Add-on Dies. This sale also ends on Friday, December 12. And with a $75 order, you may choose to also purchase the Product of the Month for only $5.00. You may use some or all of your Rewards as long as your merchandise total does not fall below $75. And don’t forget the Last Chance List with some products discounted plus the newest Online Exclusives and the big selection in the Kits Collection! Enjoy!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! HERE!

FREE SHIPPING Starts Today at Stampin’ Up!

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Today begins three days of FREE SHIPPING at Stampin’ Up! with a minimum order of $75.

What should you order?? Anything you want! Order from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, the Holiday Mini (which ends January 5, 2026), Online Exclusives, Kits from the Kits Collection, Last Chance Products (some discounted), Scrapbooking supplies, Craft Class…..and if you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, there is a sale today through Dec. 12th on Past Kits, Refills, and Add-on Dies!

AND….with a $75 order, you will also be eligible (if you have your own account) to purchase the Product of the Month for only $5.00. This is a package of 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ designer series paper, True Blue Florals. If you love blue, you really need to check out this paper. The Product of the Month will be available while supplies last. Next month there will be a new Product of the Month!

GO SHOP!

  • All order types qualify for this promotion.
  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be opened and closed from December 10–12. (If you already started an order, write down the numbers and start a new order!)
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 USD.
  • Coupon codes and Stampin’ Rewards will lower your order’s retail amount. Orders must meet the qualifying amount to be eligible for free shipping.
  • The additional cost for expedited shipping is not covered by this promotion.
  • Prepaid 3-, 6-, and 12-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions and month-to-month subscriptions do not qualify for free shipping. Refills, past kits, and add-ons do qualify toward free shipping, but you must be a subscriber to purchase. Subscriptions billed and shipped this month will be charged for the normal amount ($27.00 USD shipping included) + tax.
  • Please keep in mind that due to the high volume of orders and the Christmas season, the distribution center may fall behind our typical shipping timeframes. We will do all we can to return to our regular service levels as quickly as possible. Any orders placed during this promotion are not guaranteed to arrive before or by December 25.

Three Days of Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up! Dec. 10-12!

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What do we love? FREE SHIPPING!

Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, December 10 through Friday, December 12, 2025 Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING with a minimum order of $75 or more!

PROMOTION DETAILS

  • All order types qualify for this promotion.
  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be opened and closed from December 10–12. (If you already started an order, write down the numbers and start a new order!)
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 USD | $100 CAD (before tax).
  • Coupon codes and Stampin’ Rewards will lower your order’s retail amount. Orders must meet the qualifying amount to be eligible for free shipping.
  • The additional cost for expedited shipping is not covered by this promotion.
  • Prepaid 3-, 6-, and 12-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions and month-to-month subscriptions do not qualify for free shipping. Refills, past kits, and add-ons do qualify toward free shipping, but you must be a subscriber to purchase. Subscriptions billed and shipped this month will be charged for the normal amount ($27.00 USD shipping included) + tax.
  • Please keep in mind that due to the high volume of orders and the Christmas season, the distribution center may fall behind our typical shipping timeframes. We will do all we can to return to our regular service levels as quickly as possible. Any orders placed during this promotion are not guaranteed to arrive before or by December 25.

This is my unofficial advice – if there is something you want to order that you HOPE to have arrive before Christmas, I would order today! Especially if you do not have a $75 order. You will beat the free shipping orders tomorrow. Today, December 9th is the date Stampin’ Up! gave as the last day to order and hopefully receive your order before Christmas.

GO FOR IT! FREE SHIPPING! ORDER EARLY!

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Traditions of Christmas Season’s Greetings Card

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Traditions of Christmas Season's Greetings Card

This kind of card is difficult to photograph with its gold foil accents, but I assure you this Traditions of Christmas Season’s Greetings Card is pretty in person! This is the particular patterned paper that “spoke” to me when I looked in the Tradtions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. That’s a good way to get your creativity going – just look at a package of designer series paper and see what strikes you! Then go from there!

I really liked the Pool Party color on some ribbon and flowers on this paper so I really wanted to have Pool Party be a part of the card. I could have put the colors in reverse or used only Pool Party as the card base, but this time I used Real Red for the card base with a layer of Pool Party ( 4″ x 5 1/4″). Then the designer paper is cut at 3 3/4″ x 5″.

With this paper, I was rather purposeful in wanting the red flowers centered and hopefully not hidden when I added a greeting. Sometimes you can trim the sides or top and bottom so that you get a certain image in the spot where you want it to show on the card.

For the greeting, I used the Traditional Labels Bundle (stamp set and dies). You can do it either way, but this time I diecut the label and then stamped the greeting in Real Red on Pool Party cardstock. To add a layer, I adhered the stamped label and greeting to a piece of Gold Foil, the simply cut around it leaving a narrow margin of gold. It was easy to cut it by hand so don’t be afraid to do it! Before adhering to the card, I added some Stampin’ Seal on the back and adhered some Gold Striped 3/8″ Ribbon to the backside where I wanted it, then used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop up the greeting and help hold down the ribbon. I love this ribbon! However, it is unavailable right now and not due back in stock until February!!

Just so you know, the Traditions of Christmas Designer Series Paper, is currently unavailable as are the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ DSP and the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack, but all are due back in stock next week!! So check back earlier or fill in the blank to be notified with each product. Sometimes things arrive sooner and you can grab them before everybody else.

If you already have these materials or even make a card like this one last-minute, I think you will find it plenty easy to make with no fuss!

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Christmas Tags & More Presents Card

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Christmas Tags & More Presents Card

This Christmas Tags & More Presents Card was a fun card to make with the ephemera pieces in the designer paper! I think I’ve made a card like this in the past, using paper to make it look like a stack of Christmas presents. When I looked at the ephemera pieces in the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, I saw a couple actual gifts plus a couple other pieces that could be gifts!

This card has a Garden Green base with a layer of Real Red. May as well use green and red together today for a Christmas card! To start stacking the gifts, I used the green and white plaid one first, and then the red plaid banner in the ephemera looked like it could be a gift also. I cut off the banner end and shortened the green and white gift on the top. The bottom holly piece was just another tag or some kind of piece of ephemera that was the right size to put underneath the red plaid gift. Then I also noticed the little green package with white polka dots and slipped that at the top of the stack of gifts. The green and white package already had a bow on it, so for the other two, I just added two ephemera bows also in the package.

Before adhering the stack of gifts, I figured the Basic White top layer was going to look a little plain. Another good opportunity to use the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons to add a little design for the background in gold! These things are so fun to play with! I put the cross-hatch design in diagonal corners and some dots in the other two corners. After adding those, I adhered the gifts to the card front.

For the greeting, I found this one in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. I had tried out some others, but this one seemed to be the right size and showed up against the background. Instead of the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons, you could emboss the white background first with something not too busy or add some sequins or gems for a little bling and sparkle.

When you have an assortment of these ephemera packs, you have an easy and fun way to make a card!

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Card From Our House to Yours

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Card From Our House to Yours

As many of my cards do, this Elegant Pine Snowflakes Card From Our House to Yours card came about from looking through the package of designer series paper! Quite often, your creativity kicks into gear once you start looking at your products and paper. I liked the background paper and thought maybe if I cut out a snowflake that would look good for the focal point of the card.

This card starts with a card base of Shaded Spruce cardstock with the fold at the side rather than the top of the card. Cut the cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″ and fold at 5 1/2″. You could also put the fold at the top of the card. Usually we have the fold along the long side of the card.

The snowflake layer of paper is in the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper. I chose one of the larger snowflakes from another sheet of the same designer paper and cut it our by hand (fussy-cut) with my Paper Snips. It’s so easy to cut out things by hand if you turn and move the image you are cutting out rather than moving your scissors. It really does make it easy once you change your focus on cutting. I planned to just adhere the snowflake to the front of the card, but I thought it needed something behind it. Since there was this Basic White diecut circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies already in my package of Basic White, I tried placing that behind the snowflake and liked the look of it. I also added a piece of the Shaded Spruce & Gold Edge 7/8″ Ribbon underneath. I think just the strip of ribbon looks pretty enough. No need for a bow anywhere. The snowflake is adhered flat on the white diecut circle and then the whole thing is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is from my favorite thing, the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I think the small banner size fits perfectly on the card without detracting from the big snowflake. I trimmed off the right side of the banner to be straight along the edge of the designer paper. For a little sparkle, I added a small red Traditional Sparkling Sequin to the center of the snowflake and three gold sequins on the background paper. Those sequins are on the Last Chance category now and reduced 10%. I think you should get some! They are so pretty! I’m already on my second package and haven’t even made all my Christmas cards and projects yet!

Check out the whole refreshed Last Chance Products!

Check out the Cyber Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Sale through Dec. 9th!

Check out the new Kits in the Kits Collection (even the old ones, great gifts to give!)!

Check out the newest Online Exclusives!

And check out the new Product of the Month for only $5.00 with a $75.00 purchase!

Paper Pumpkin Cozy Christmas Cards Oct 2025 Kit

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Paper Pumpkin Cozy Christmas Cards Oct 2025

Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Subscription Sale Happening Now!

These are the cards you would have made had you been a Paper Pumpkin subscriber back in October! (And once you become a subscriber, you can order any past Kits or Refill (like this one!) (no stamp set or ink spot) that are available, while supplies last.) Every month is a new papercrafting kit that comes to you in your mailbox! I say it’s a gift you give yourself if you like stamping, papercrafting, cardmaking, crafting, but honestly, it looks like a gift! Sometimes you get a special designer Paper Pumpkin box and sometimes it’s the regular Paper Pumpkin box. But inside, you will find all the supplies you need (except maybe a scissors) shrink-wrapped and then enclosed in colored tissue paper! So it really looks like a gift!

From December 1-9, the Prepaid Subscription Sale for Paper Pumpkin is going on. If you like, you can sign up for Paper Pumpkin and pay by the month when your kit ships right after the 10th of the month. Shipping is included and you do earn Rewards on your purchase. But right now, you can purchase a 3-, 6-, or 12-month subscription at a discount and save money when you get your Paper Pumpkin! Even if you are paying by the month, you can purchase a Prepaid subscription, enter the special code Stampin’ Up! will email to you, then you account automatically knows you have a Prepaid subscription and won’t charge you by the month. You can still skip a month and your account will keep track. Once your subscription runs out, it will revert back to a month-by-month subscription if that’s what you had before. if not, your subscription will just end and you can choose to continue or not.

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If you subscribe during this sale, or even the month-by-month, the first kit you will receive right after December 10th will be the Watercolor In Bloom Kit. With this kit, you can show your love and appreciation with rich watercolor hues and elegant botanical flourishes.
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Copper foil and copper sequins
• Precut paper and vellum pieces
• Coordinating colors: Copper, Garden Green, Night of Navy (Classic Stampin’ Spot),
Pretty Peacock, Secret Sea, Shaded Spruce

Anyone can make these kits! You don’t have to be an experienced stamper! There are pictorial directions and a video you can watch. Or use the supplies to make your own creations!

Take advantage of this Cyber Monday offer for fantastic deals on 3-, 6-, and 12-month prepaid subscriptions.  

From December 1–9, prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions will be discounted as follows:

3-month prepaid: $61.00 (regular price $81.00)
6-month prepaid: $122.00 (regular price $162.00)
12-month prepaid: $244.00 (regular price $324.00)

This offer ends on December 9 at 11:59 p.m. (MT) 

Purchase a Prepaid Subscription today in the Stampin’ Up! Onine Store Here!

Cyber Monday Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Sale Today!

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Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Cyber Monday Sale 2025

Starting today, December 1, at 8 a.m. (MT), Stampin’ Up! is offering big savings on prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions! There’s never been a better time to subscribe to get a new all-inclusive crafting kit delivered to your door each month. I consider it a gift I give myself! Once a month you get some actual HAPPY MAIL right in your mailbox!

You can read about Paper Pumpkin HERE!

Whether you’re looking for a last-minute Christmas present that sparks creativity or resolving to make time to craft in the new year, a Paper Pumpkin subscription is the gift that keeps on giving. Read on for more information about this special offer and some key details you should know.

Take advantage of this Cyber Monday offer for fantastic deals on 3-, 6-, and 12-month prepaid subscriptions.  

From December 1–9, prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions will be discounted as follows:

3-month prepaid: $61.00 (regular price $81.00)
6-month prepaid: $122.00 (regular price $162.00)
12-month prepaid: $244.00 (regular price $324.00)

This offer ends on December 9 at 11:59 p.m. (MT) 

And now, here’s the fine print:

  • Subscriptions purchased during this promotion start immediately with the December Watercolor in Bloom Kit. This kit cannot be skipped.
  • Do not purchase multiple subscriptions for the same recipient. The subscriptions will all start with the Watercolor in Bloom Kit, so the recipient will end up receiving duplicates of the same kit each month.
  • Shipping cost is built into the price of the kit and is not reduced. The promotional discount applies only to the product value of the kit itself.
  • Subscriptions purchased during the promotion will earn reduced rewards compared to full-priced subscriptions due to the discounted price, but they will still qualify for rewards once the threshold is met.
  • Don’t miss your chance to enjoy months of exciting kits at an incredible value!

Don’t miss your chance to enjoy months of exciting kits at an incredible value!

SHOP for your PREPAID PAPER PUMPKIN SUBSCRIPTION HERE!

Click the link above and then scroll down a little bit to the Prepaid Plans.

ALSO: This is the LAST DAY for the Black Friday Sale. Stampin’ Blends markers are still available if you need to get some or you need to replace some of your older ones! And you might be able to get Stampin’ Dimensionals, too!

The Stampin’ Up! Black Friday Sale is Still On

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The Stampin’ Up! Black Friday Sale is still going, through tomorrow, Monday December 1st. The deadline for ordering is December 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (MT). While the sale was disappointing to many of us that some products were sold out right away the first day (or during the night!), if you are interested in Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, there are many colors that are on a great sale and still available!

The Stampin’ Blends Markers are wonderful for coloring, but they don’t last forever. While this sale is going on, I would recommend getting a scrap piece of white cardstock (not just computer paper) and testing each end of the markers you have with just a little scribble to see if any are dried out, particularly the brush end which is what I use the most. Sometimes they just get mushy and are difficult to color with. I periodically go through mine and order new ones if I have markers that are not easily usable. So if you need new markers, right now is a good time to buy some on sale.

The Blends combo is normally $11.00 and is now on sale for $6.60. So if you want markers or more colors or have some that are past their prime, be sure to catch the sale before it ends tomorrow night, Dec. 1st!

As I write this, Stampin’ Dimensionals are the only other product still available on the sale and are about $1.00 off.

Remember, tomorrow Monday December 1st will be the beginning of the Cyber Monday Sale on Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions!

From December 1–9, prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions will be discounted as follows:

3-month prepaid: $61.00 (regular price $81.00)
6-month prepaid: $122.00 (regular price $162.00)
12-month prepaid: $244.00 (regular price $324.00)

This offer ends on December 9 at 11:59 p.m. (MT).

Learn about Paper Pumpkin Prepaid subscriptions HERE and then scroll down for the Prepaid subscription information.

Last-Minute Thanksgiving Ideas

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Thanksgiving Place Cards

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

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

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

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!!

The Stampin’ Up! Black Friday Sale Starts Today!

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Beginning TODAY, Nov. 25th, you can get up to 40% off select Stampin’ Up! products. This is the first Stampin’ Up! Black Friday sale ever, so you are a part of Stampin’ Up! history!

Save up to 40% off the most useful, needed, irresistible Stampin’ Up! products at deeper discounts than ever before. Shop between November 25 to December 1 so you can create more by spending less during this limited-time-only sale!

*** (I have to say, there is not a lot on this sale, unless a lot sold out during the night before I was up! Lots of Stampin’ Blends, Thick Basic White Cardstock, adhesives, the Paper Trimmer and Cutting Blades, Basic Black Cardstock, Very Vanilla Cardstock, and Bundles of Reinkers. There are just two pages as I see it now. But if you need any of these things, it’s great to get them on sale!! You can also get regular price products, such as the new Online Exclusives released this month. And if you need envelopes for your Christmas cards, they are not on sale but you can order them! I suspiciously see, sometimes, pages 3 & 4 at the bottom of the Sale page so I’m guessing either they had more for sale and it was bought up by the Early Birds OR maybe they are going to add more. I will update you if that happens.)

Stampin’ Up! has listed these products below.

40% off: Stampin’ Blends, Paper Trimmer and blades, Ink Bundles

25% off: Select adhesive

15% off: Select cardstock

This is a great sale for new crafters and new Demonstrators who would like to stock up on the basics.

Refresh Your Stash. Take some time to shop the sale and replenish all your stamping necessities. This way you can restock on all the essentials that you want to have on hand all the time!

Stock Up on Essential Products. This is a great chance for Demonstrators and customers alike to stock up and save on everyday tools and consumable items that every crafter needs.

Great Opportunity for New Stampers. New customers who have just started stamping will need essential products to help build their crafting stash. This sale presents a great chance for them to build their base so they’re ready to craft whenever inspiration strikes.

Perfect for Christmastime. All of the products that will be on sale make great gifts for crafters, whether they’re just starting to craft or if “Crafting” is their middle name. And with delivery set to arrive before Christmas, this sale is the perfect way to get in the festive spirit!

This is more than just a sale—it’s everyone’s chance to grab everyday crafting must-haves at prices too good to pass up.

Shop the full selection of discounted products online. Products are available while supplies last. Orders will likely arrive in time for the holidays.

Visit the online store to view all the products that will be on sale. 

The last day for the Black Friday sale will be Monday, December 1st!

SHOP NOV. 25:  Stampin’ Up! Online Store

Traditions of Christmas Ornaments Card

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Traditions of Christmas Ornaments Card

This Traditions of Christmas Ornaments Card is made with beautiful holiday designer paper cut in circles to look like Christmas ornaments. As long as you are diecutting, go ahead and cut out various size circles out of whatever paper you are using and you will have extras to play with and make additional cards.

This card base is Pool Party with a layer of Basic White for the background. I used the beautiful Traditions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. It was easy enough to take scraps of paper and cut it into as many circles as I could fit different size dies on it. Then you have both sides of the designer paper to use as far as patterns you like so it’s easy to make some beautiful ornament shapes. I used the Stylish Shapes Dies for this. After I had a lot of circles cut out, I just played around with pattern and size to design the card.

For the ornament hanger at the top, I simply cut little pieces of Gold Foil to make that gold cap on top of each ornament. Then I dug around in my bins of retired ribbon and found just a short piece of this gold cord that was just enough for me to tie a gold bow on each ornament. I adhered each bow with a Mini Glue Dot.

The blank white space around the ornaments looked too bare, but at first I wasn’t sure what I would like, maybe just some sparkly gems. But then I thought of the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons which just seem like magic to me! I love cutting out pieces of the designs and just rubbing it with my finger, after removing the backing paper, to transfer to the cardstock. I thought these designs filled in the space nicely.

For the greeting, I chose the word “joy” out of the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. I love and have used this ephemera pack a lot. It has beautiful greetings of all sizes for your holiday cards and projects as well as scrapbook pages. This gold foil “joy” seemed to fit perfectly on this ornament and it looks good in that position on the card.

Sometimes you don’t know what you are going to come up with when you start designing a card. Even when you have an idea, by the time you try out different colors, papers, and greetings you might end up with a card completely different than your original idea. Or maybe you didn’t have an idea but just working with the elements your creativity comes alive!

Remember, the Stampin’ Up! Black Friday Sale begins tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25 and lasts through December 1. Be sure to shop early to get your choices before anything runs out!

Christmas Tags & More Ornaments Card

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Christmas Tags & More Ornaments Card

This Christmas Tags & More Ornaments Card is easy to make with the versatile pack of 6″ x 6″ designer series paper called Christmas Tags & More! Besides the pretty holiday designs and tags in the paper, there are some sheets of diecut ephemera images you can use any way you like on cards or scrapbook pages and other projects for the holidays.

This card starts with a card base of Real Red cardstock, although you could use another color that matches the ornaments. There is a layer of Basic White cardstock for the background because I felt like I wanted the card to be very simple.

For the string holding the ornaments, I used a recently retired green baker’s twine. You could use whatever you have. A gold trim would be pretty, too. The ends are adhered under the sides of the white cardstock. Make it fairly tight going across but you want a little dip in the string. I chose three ornaments from the ephemera pages in the designer series paper, plus two pieces of mistletoe. To adhere the ornaments I put a Stampin’ Dimensional on the back of each one at the center to bottom and then a Mini Glue Dot to adhere to the string. The mistletoe is adhered flat on the card. Then I tied three small bows to adhere with a Mini Glue Dot to the top of each ornament.

Before I added the greeting, I had to play around with papers and layers trying to find the right thing for the bottom of the card. All of a sudden, the right combination came about! I added a strip of the red and green plaid pattern with a layer of Real Red under the greeting to highlight the gold foil wording. But I didn’t want it covering up very much of the plaid design.

The greeting is found in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I have loved this pack with all kinds of gold foil greetings for the holidays that are ready to go and even are backed with adhesive. Just peel off the backing and adhere to the paper. Or if you’d rather use some other adhesive or pop up the greeting with Dimensionals, just leave on the backing paper and do it your way.

For just a tiny bit of embellishment, I added two gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins at each end of the greeting. I think they highlight the greeting a little bit and even a little on a card is nice!

Just get out all the papers and the diecut images and play around with all the possibilities!