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Spooky Sweet Pumpkins and Ghosts Card

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Spooky Sweet Pumpkins and Ghosts Card

Make another fun Halloween card using the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper by using one of the scenes on the papers plus the spooky characters on the paper and cut-outs. There is so much you can do with this paper! For this card, the Spooky Sweet Pumpkins and Ghosts Card, I even added a few little ghosts floating over the field of pumpkins!

The card base is Basic Black cardstock. It goes with the nightime scene out in the pumpkin field. All I did was add some Halloween characters out on the sidewalk from the designer paper. The rhinoceros is a diecut and is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. His little friend, the bird carrying a pumpkin bucket, is standing on the brick wall in the background. The little bat dressed up like a ghost is fussy-cut from the designer series paper. He is also popped up on a few Dimensionals and the bird on the wall is adhered flat to the card.

Just to make the card spookier, I cut out three little ghosts by hand. You can sketch a little ghost by just drawing an arch and then a wiggly bottom of some kind. Add a face for your ghost and cut out. I popped up all the ghosts with one Dimensional each!

The greeting is stamped with the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set on Basic White with Memento ink. To fit them on the card better, I cut all the words apart and made them as narrow as possible. To make them spooky, I sponged them each with a little bit Gorgeous Grape ink. While I thought the card was busy enough, there was no way I could skip adding some Shimmer Star Foam Stickers for a little sparkle.

You still have time to make some Halloween cards for friends and family and get them in the mail! Have fun with whatever supplies you have to make some fun or spooky cards!

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What To Buy During Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

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Today is the second day of FREE SHIPPING at Stampin’ Up! with a minimum order of $75. You still have one more day after today, but hurry, so your products don’t sell out!

This is a perfect time to make your list of products you need for holiday cards, gifts, gift bags, gift tags….or just regular stamping and scrapbooking occasions.

I made a collection of some basic supplies in the photo above that you might want to put on your list so you are prepared for anything!

Those are a FEW ideas anyway!! Just things you don’t want to find out that you ran out right in the middle of your holiday stamping! Of course many stamp sets, dies, Kits, ribbons, scrapbooking supplies, paper, cardstock, etc. etc. etc. We want it ALL! At least take advantage of FREE SHIPPING and earn at least $7.50 in Stampin’ Rewards! Make sure you have your account set up and have OPTED IN to Rewards!!

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Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

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SURPRISE!! It’s Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

Stampin’ Up! surprised us yesterday with an announcement of FREE SHIPPING for THREE DAYS ONLY! Start looking online and through the catalogs to make out your shopping list!

Here are the details:

  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be opened and closed from October 22–24. (Start a new order even if you have one in your cart.)
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 USD (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. You may use your Rewards but after those are taken off your amount has to be $75 or more, before tax.
  • 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.

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Remember, the sale is Wednesday, October 22 through Friday, October 24! Three days only!

Order must be $75 or more AFTER you take off any Rewards you use.

HAVE FUN SHOPPING!

Kintsugi Inspirations Just For You Card

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Kintsugi Inspirations Just For You Card

This Kintsugi Inspirations Just For You Card came about, just like the card from yesterday’s post, when I realized with the holiday season coming up and always new products, I hadn’t used some of my older designer series paper. Just seeing this pattern with the small blue flowers on stems and gold foil accents made me want to use it on a card right away! I also had a scrap of designer paper with these various vases and flowers. Right away I was inspired to cut out the blue and gold vase and use it on this paper.

The card base is Misty Moonlight with a layer of the blue flowers in the Kintsugi Inspirations Specialty Designer Series Paper. All of these papers are beautiful and very different from what we normally have and use. I made a couple of diecut circles for the greeting, both dies in the Spotlight On Nature Dies, one in Misty Moonlight and one Basic White. The greeting is stamped with Misty Moonlight ink from the Traditional Labels Stamp Set.

After placing the greeting flat on the card, I popped up the vase which I had fussy-cut from the paper on Stampin’ Dimensionals. After I did that I got the idea, from seeing a scrap on my table, to fussy-cut a branch of the blue flowers and insert those into a little slit I made in the top of the vase. I used Mini Dimensionals on the back of the flower stem to pop it up like the vase.

As you know, I couldn’t leave well enough alone and had to add an embellishment! I chose the Iridescent Foil Gems to add around the greeting. It’s usually difficult to stop once you get out a package of gems or sequins!

You’ll find the whole Kintsugi Inspirations Suite in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on pages 58-60. That means it likely won’t be discontinued any time soon so you still have a good chance to get this unique paper and even the whole Suite if you like!

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Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card

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Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card

As I was looking through my designer papers, I realized some of them have not been used for quite awhile with Halloween and Christmas projects taking the focus plus new products coming out pretty frequently. From that perspective, I made this Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card. If you wanted to, you could make it into a holiday card with a different greeting.

This paper has been around for awhile but it is still available! It came out last year in the Holiday Mini Catalog along with the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle of stamp set and dies. That Bundle was retired in April 2025, but the pretty Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper is still available! It does say “Low Inventory” as I write this so if you want to purchase it or get another package if you already have some, better hurry! It wasn’t a package of paper I would have chosen, but we used it in a virtual Stampin’ Up! event last fall and I loved it! Before the paper is gone, I decided to set it aside and make a card with it!

The card base is Garden Green Cardstock with a layer of the green striped pattern on the back of one of the featured papers. What I really like was this pair of birds sitting on a branch with red berries. I cut it out by hand with my Paper Snips, then layered the birds on a diecut piece of the Nests of Winter Designer Paper. It was cut out with the Branching Out Dies found on page 50 in the September-December 2025 Holiday Catalog, and then layered on a diecut of Real Red. You could also use Cherry Cobbler. The birds and the layers are all adhered flat on the card but you could pop up the birds or the layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is one I found in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. There are ephemera packs in the Annual Catalog on page 25 and in the Holiday Mini on page 15. If you don’t own any ephemera packs yet it’s time to get some! They are fun and easy to use. At first I thought this diecut greeting in the ephemera pack would be too small for this card, but once I placed it on the diecut piece, I really liked it there! If you wanted this to be a Christmas card, just add a different greeting…or just a winter card!

I couldn’t resist adding three small Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-Backed Berries to the card front to match the berries on the paper! These are also “Low Inventory” so bette grab them if you want them. They are great for Christmas cards or any time.

This Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper just appealed to me when I came across i t, looking for something different from all the Christmas and Halloween paper. Often we get so caught up in all our new things, we forget about our older products. This was a pretty paper and I was inspired to use it for something different! Check your designer papers and see if there is something you haven’t used in awhile!

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Traditions of Christmas Stampin’ Up! Craft Class

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Be part of Stampin ‘ Up! history! This will be the first time Stampin’ Up! will hold an online craft class for everyone who wants to purchase the class – Demonstrators AND Customers! It’s the Traditions of Christmas Craft Class!

Tis the season to get crafty with the Traditions of Christmas Craft Class! During the class you’ll use the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection to make four unique projects, craft along with an experienced instructor, and learn exciting tips and techniques. Even though the Suite is currently not available until November, you can still craft along with with other supplies you have in your stash. It is only the designer paper that is out of stock right now, I believe, so you could order the other products individually.

After you’ve purchased the class, Stampin’ Up! send you an email within 2–3 business days that will have everything you need to know, plus a link to the exclusive Facebook page where they will host the class. You can watch the live stream or view it later on demand—whatever works for your schedule! If you don’t have all the materials for the live class, you can watch it later and craft along then. Or watch it live and catch up with making the projects later . You will be able to watch the video replay for at least six months.

Purchase the class in the Online Store just like you would order any product. In fact, you CAN order other things and add this class to your order. You will not pay shipping on the class if you order it by itself, but you will pay sales tax. You will just get the usual email from Stampin’ Up! saying you ordered the class, but you will get class information a few days later.

Of course, you get Stampin’ Rewards of 10% to use on a future order. And you can USE rewards you’ve already earned to purchase this class!

DETAILS
– Access to 1 digital video class
– Makes 4 projects (3 cards and 1 decor piece) using the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection (sold separately)
– Livestream: October 23 at 2:00 p.m. (MT)
– Purchase by October 20, 2025, and access the Facebook page as soon as possible to guarantee access to the livestream
– Purchase after October 23, 2025, for on-demand access to the livestreamed class
– The class will be presented in English. Videos with English, French, German, and Dutch captioning will be available through the Facebook page one week after the live stream. Class attendees will have access to a supply list and project instructions available in English, French, German, and Dutch.

REMEMBER: Stampin’ Up! will send you an email with everything you need to know about the class. Keep an eye out for this email—it may take 2–3 business days to receive, so please be patient. Make sure you’ve opted in for Stampin’ Up! emails so you don’t miss it! If, after this time, you have not received an email, please contact Stampin’ Up! 1-800-STAMP-UP.

You will still be able to purchase the class AFTER the live class so all is not lost! If you do want to watch it live, please purchase the class very soon so you can get signed up in the Facebook group to watch it and have all the information ahead of time.

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Halloween Triangle Boxes

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Halloween Triangle Boxes

I have made many, many of these triangle boxes of various sizes through the years. They are so easy and can be made for any occasions! So here are a couple of Halloween Triangle Boxes you can try! Just remember to put candy inside before you tie the ribbon!

These are made with a piece of paper cut 4″ x 8″. You can make the size bigger or even smaller. Score in half at 4″. Make a mark at each end at the half spot which on these boxes would be 2″ on the 4″ end. The scoring will look complicated, but it will not be. The box is scored from the 2″ mark on the end to the 4″ center score line. Therefore, you will be scoring at an angle on each side, from the halfway end mark to the center score line.

Halloween Triangle Boxes Sides

Check out the sample below where you can clearly see the score lines and creases. As you go along, you will gather the two end folds together and punch a hole through both sides on each end. I used my retired Crop-A-Dile to punch the holes but you can use any hole punch you have.

Triangle Box diagram

After all the scoring, fold and crease each score line and punch the holes, unless you want to just glue the sides together after putting the treat or gift inside.

Halloween Triangle Boxes Sides

Halloween Triangle Box Open

Decorate your triangle box however you like! You can tie the ribbon to close the box and then decorate, but depending on what you are doing, it may be easier to decorate the front while it is flat and then close it up.

I used the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper for the one box. The candy paper forms the triangle box and then the figure on the front is cut out from another paper in the package. I simply punched a 2″ circle for behind the figure to help it stand out against the busy background of the box. I used part of a greeting in the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set and trimmed it down to be narrow with a banner end and popped it up on Mini Dimensionals. The box is tied with the Timid Tiger 3/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon.

The second box is made with Gorgeous Grape cardstock. Using cardstock makes the box a little sturdier. I decorated it with some Halloween diecuts that are included in the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series paper. The box is tied with the Darling Duckling Faux Linen Ribbon, one of the new In Colors. Instead of a greeting, I added several of the Shimmer Star Foam Stickers

There are SO many possibilities with making these triangle boxes. Here is one blog post with last year’s Halloween triangle box. And another Halloween triangle treat box from the year before.

Try one of these Halloween Triangle Boxes for a few small pieces of candy or a small gift!

Halloween Triangle Boxes Sides

Spooky Sweet Candy Corn Tree Halloween Card

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Spooky Sweet Candy Corn Tree Halloween Card

This Spooky Sweet Candy Corn Tree Halloween Card was a quick and fun card to make at the last minute with no plan! With no card idea in mind except that I wanted to make a Halloween card, I pulled out the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper pack and took it from there!

This Spooky Sweet designer paper is called “Specialty” because it comes with a couple sheets of diecut images. All you have to do is punch them out and adhere them somewhere on your card, project, or scrapbook page. It also comes with “cut-apart” images that could be tags for a candy treat bag or background Halloween scenes of haunted houses or city streets. What got this card started was the strip of paper above the houses that is a Petunia Pop background and an iron fence. That is what I placed on the bottom of my card! My card has a Basic Black card base with a layer of Petunia Pop cardstock, one of the In Colors from last year and now in its second year.

After I had the fence, I just built a scene! I hadn’t used the diecut trees yet so I adhered one with Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop it up. With the little candy corns being individual diecuts, I thought, why not make a candy corn tree?! Haven’t we all wondered where candy corn comes from? Well, it certainly must come from spooky Halloween trees! You can see them growing right on this tree! I also added the pumpkins with a crow on top and the little Halloween fairy. She is popped up on Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped in Petunia Pop ink from the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set. I love the greetings in this stamp set. There is also a die set that is very cute that you can add to the stamp set and purchase in the Spooky Halloween Bundle. There still is time to order these Halloween sets and designer paper and be able to make and send Halloween card and treats and certainly to make scrapbook pages to record fun Halloween memories. To help the greeting fit and to look a little more interesting, I cut the words apart and even cut around the shapes of some of the letters in order to fit in the space beside the candy corn tree. For a little sparkle on the card, I also added some Shimmer Star Foam Stickers in all three colors – black, white, and purple. I love these foam stickers! I love that they come in three colors and in different sizes so you can really mix and match depending on your project.

It’s time to make some Halloween cards to give and send so copy some of my ideas and have fun making your special Halloween creations! Remember, the Halloween products are in the Online Exclusives, not in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

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Ornament Trio Christmas Card

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Ornament Trio Christmas Card

This Ornament Trio Christmas Card is another idea for a Christmas card! Keep it simple and use a few embellishments plus the greeting. Since this one uses designer series paper, you would only be able to make a certain number of this particular card, with as many sheets of this pattern of paper that are in the packages. This card was made with one square sheet with the ornaments printed on about 2/3’s of the paper and a polka dot border to one side in Crumb Cake. But it can also give you an idea for a Christmas card cutting out or stamping some ornament shapes out of the supplies you have, adhering them to a card with a background layer, and embellishing them.

This card starts with a card base of Real Red cardstock and has a layer of Gold Foil to match the bit of gold foil on the card front, the little ornament caps below the ribbon. The Gold Foil also makes the card look a little richer and special. These ornaments came from the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is called “Specialty” because it comes with diecuts as well as paper. Some of the paper is practically ready-made gift tags if you just cut them apart!

The patterned paper with the three ornaments on it is what I used on this simple card. I trimmed it down to 3 3/4″ x 5″, trying to keep the ornaments centered. To jazz them up a bit, I cut out three gold foil caps to cover the ones printed on the paper and make the ornaments look more authentic. I didn’t have to think very much about what greeting should go on the card. I found one that fit just right in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I could have peeled off the backing of the “Merry Christmas” greeting I chose in the package to use as a sticker, but instead, I just added some Mini Dimensionals to pop up the greeting for a little interest. These greetings are SO handy and so pretty, especially with the gold foil. Be sure you put at least one, maybe two packages, on your order.

If you prefer, there are diecut ornament images in the package and you could make a similar style card using those instead of the patterned paper. There are SO many possibilities for holiday cards and projects in this one 6″ x 6″ pack of designer series paper, which is more than just normal designer series paper.

To embellish the ornaments, beside adding the gold foil ornament topper, I added some retired Cherry Cobbler and Gold Ribbon, which I still had in my basket and was the only narrow red choice I had. I thought the wider ribbon in Real Red that I have would be too large for these ornaments. Use what you have. You could use a narrow gold ribbon, bakers twine, whatever you have! I also added some Traditional Sparkling Sequins in gold near the bottom portion of the card.

Besides ordering the very fine Greetings For You Ephemera Pack (or two!), I would suggest you get one or two of the beautiful Traditional Sparkling Sequins which can be used beyond Christmas. They are such pretty, sparkling embellishments and are flat on the card, a great advantage for mailing.

October is speeding by so start thinking about Christmas and holiday cards, invitations, gifts, favors, and giftwrap ideas!

Christmas Tags & More Ornament Sheet

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Spooky Sweet Haunted Street Halloween Card

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Spooky Sweet Haunted Street Halloween Card

You know Halloween is really going to sneak up on us! And if you want to mail cards to people, you have to think ahead (note to self!). This Spooky Sweet Haunted Street Halloween Card is an easy card to make if you have the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper even comes with some diecut images that you just pop out and adhere to your card or project.

The designer paper in this package is so fun and interesting. Two of the sheets feature different Halloween scenes, such as a street of haunted houses that can be cut apart and used however you like. For this card, I cut just this single house and cut it to fit on this card front. I cut the bottom edge and also along the roof lines on the top. The card base is Petunia Pop cardstock with a layer of Basic Gray cardstock. When you trim down this image on the designer paper it will fit on the card.

After getting the basic card made, I looked at the diecut images on two of the sheets that come in the package and chose the two pumpkins with the crow on top and a couple of bats. The pumpkins are popped up. The greeting is stamped with the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set. I stamped the words with Memento Ink on Pumpkin Pie cardstock, then trimmed it down as narrow as I could and separated the words. I popped up the greeting on Dimensionals. I really like this technique of cutting the words apart or making them very narrow to make them fit better on the card. I also added several Shimmer Star Foam Stickers in purple and black. Love these things!

Just get out your designer papers, look through them, and see what ideas you come up with. You might even find a good paper to use for Halloween in a package of birthday paper or who knows what! Have fun with creating!

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Last Day! Kits Sale at Stampin’ Up!

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LAST DAY for the Kits Collection Sale of all Kits are Stampin’ Up! This sale even includes the three newest sets just released last week! Save 10-30% on any of the Kits! I ordered the Nutcracker Tags Kit! I always like to make any tags kit Stampin’ Up! releases because I always need more tags for packages and they can also be used as the main image on a card!

Watch these videos showing the the newest Kits in the Kits Collection.

Remembering Christmas Kit

Calm and Bright Kit

Nutcracker Tags Kit

Today is the LAST DAY of this 3-Day Sale so hurry and get your favorite kit or a few for gifts before any more Kits sell out!

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Day 2! Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection Sale!

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Day 2! Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection Sale!

Choose from all kinds of Kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection for a savings of 10-30% off! This sale even includes the newest Kits, just released October 1st! These kits come with all the supplies you need and are easy enough for anyone to make! Directions are included and you can even watch a video if you like (and I always watch the video regardless!). These Kits make birthday cards, home decor, all-occasion cards, small scrapbook-type albums, plus Kits for the fall and Christmas holidays!

Here is the Christmas Ornaments Kit in the Kits Collection that came out last year! I bought this kit and made these ornaments. I used them for an extra decoration on gift bags and packages which the recipient could then save and use on their Christmas tree or as a little decoration in the home or on future packages. A glue gun was helpful with this kit. It was fun to make and very nice! On some of the ornaments, I added some extra touches or just changed up the design a bit. You can do that with any of the kits if you like!

Christmas Ornaments Kit Stampin' Up! Kits Collection

Here is my blog post talking about making this Christmas Ornaments Kit! Put this Kit on your order if it is still available! Gold Hoops and little pinecones all included!

Sale Details:

  • All kits in the Kits Collection are 10–30% off.
  • Sale runs October 6th – 8th only.
  • Available while supplies last.
  • Sale excludes Paper Pumpkin, Scrapbooking Workshop Kits, and Starter Kits.

Choose your favorite Kits and maybe get some as gifts!
Shop early for the best selection!

Shop the Kits Sale Today!

3-Day Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection Sale!

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3-Day Sale Oct. 6-8 on the Kits Collection! Save 10-30%!

This three-day sale is the perfect opportunity to stock up on your favorite kits from the Kits Collection. Our kits come with everything you need for a fun and creative experience. From season’s greetings to birthday wishes to home decor, you can find almost anything to suit your crafting needs in our Kits Collection. And with up to 30% off, now’s the perfect time to grab that kit (or two, or three!) that you’ve been eyeing. Some kits may sell out faster than others, so don’t wait to start shopping on October 6!

So many choices! But here is a Kit I would buy right now! It’s the Haunted Home Kit! I made my kit this past weekend and I was SO happy with how cute it is! My daughter was here and she liked it and even my husband commented that he liked it!! So you know it’s GOOD! It’s not teeny tiny either! Also, I used the cardboard that backed the package of supplies, covered it with some greenish designer series paper to look like grass and used that as a base for my Haunted Home! I can set the fence on that as well, but the tree has to go separately. I did use hot glue to assemble the house as the kit suggests. I also used it on the base of the house to adhere to the grassy base I just mentioned, but now I’m thinking maybe I should have left it unattached so I could put a flameless candle inside to like it up from the inside which would show through the yellow vellum windows.

Haunted Home Kit House Front

It’s not difficult to make, except maybe for the roof! The roof is in two parts – the main roof and the little roof on top of the top window. I just watched the video a couple of times until I got it!

Haunted Home Kit House Back

Here is the back side. Even on the back side it is cute with all the windows and shutters!

There are lots of fun kits to choose from and they are designed for anyone to make them. You don’t have to be a stamper or crafter! Just follow the pictorial directions or watch the video! Change up any kit if you like. The supplies are all there for you to use!

SHOP THE KITS COLLECTION TODAY!

Shop early for best selection, of course! Sale ends Wednesday!!

It’s Time For the 12 Weeks of Christmas 2025!

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Who knew it was already time for me to begin sending my special 12 Weeks of Christmas emails to my newsletter subscribers?! I’m thinking about Halloween decorations but it really is only 12 weeks until Christmas! This is a special thank you gift I send to my email subscribers every year with exclusive ideas I won’t be posting anywhere else. First we start with holiday cards, then gift ideas, and finally gift bag and tag ideas for wrapping those gifts! The weeks fly by for sure!

Every Wednesday I will send out a 12 Weeks of Christmas email at 1:00 PM. Hopefully, it will be an inspiration (and reminder!) for creating your own projects for the holidays and getting a head start!

I have fun sending these emails and I think my customers enjoy receiving them and getting extra ideas that they can use for their holiday crafting. Tell your friends to sign up, too, if they like papercrafting! They might not even need to be stampers! There are always work-arounds.

How do you get them? You have to be on my Mailing List! Just sign up in the red box on the right if you are on my website. If you are on your phone, you may have to scroll all the way down to find it. Or just click HERE to go to the page to sign up. It’s free, of course, and you can unsubscribe at any time if it’s not for you. If you are already getting my Tuesday emails, then you don’t have to do anything! You are IN!

These projects will not be anywhere else…not on my blog, or Facebook page, or Instagram. They are my gift to my mailing list subscribers as a thank you for following me and stamping along with me! We’d love to have you join us if you would like! The first email goes out Wednesday, October 8, 2025! See you then!

Three New Stampin’ Up! Christmas Kits Today!

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I was so excited when I checked the Stampin’ Up! website this morning and saw that Stampin’ Up! had not two, but THREE, new Kits in the KIts Collection and they are all Christmas! One is a tag kit, one is a small journal/scrapbook for the holidays, and one a beautiful card kit! I can’t wait to look these over in more detail, but I think for sure I’ll be ordering the Nutcracker Tags kit! I love those because you can use them for tags or make cards with them. Check out these Kits!! And easy enough for anyone to make!

Nutcracker Tags Kit

The Nutcracker Tags Kit

Make your gifts stand out under the tree with the Nutcracker Tags Kit. Featuring festive nutcrackers and glittery sentiments, this kit makes it easy to create handmade tags bursting with festive spirit. It’s a fun and merry way to add extra magic to every gift. Now let’s get cracking!

DETAILS (#166226)
– Makes 12 tags: 3 each of 4 designs
– Colors: Basic Black, Darling Duckling, Garden Green, gold, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Shy Shamrock

166226

Remembering Christmas Kit

Turn your festive moments into a cherished keepsake with the Remembering Christmas Kit! With plenty of space for photos and journaling, you can easily create a festive album filled with your favorite Christmas highlights. Combine die-cut letters, holiday-patterned paper, and fun ephemera like bows, stars, and stockings to craft a merry album full of Christmas cheer. Display it proudly each season and relive those joyful memories year after year!

DETAILS (#166230)
– Colors: Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce

Calm & Bright Kit

Calm & Bright Kit

Celebrate the warmth of home and the quiet magic of Christmas with the Calm & Bright Kit. A clean and simple design style paired with a soft color palette sets the tone for creating serene, sophisticated cards. Neutral bases and intricate die-cuts—tiny houses, holly leaves, and banners—layer beautifully to form peaceful focal points, while stamped sentiments like From Our House to Yours and All is Calm, All is Bright add a heartfelt and timeless touch.

DETAILS (#166461)
– Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
– Folded card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
– Colors: Basic Beige, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, white

ALSO: Last Chance List has been updated! Check it out!

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