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THREE New Kits From Stampin’ Up!

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Three New Kits Banner Aug 2025

The Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection has many papercrafting kits to choose from for all kinds of interest. These Kits include predesigned projects that come in lots of different project types! Each Kit is easy enough for anybody to make. All materials you need are supplied, with directions and even a video you can watch. These are perfect for new crafters or experienced crafters who want quick and easy projects.

Here are the three new Kits just released on Tuesday, August 5th!

Harvest Home Garland Kit

Harvest Home Garland Kit

Create this beautiful garland for your autumn home decor with the Harvest Home Garland Kit. Layer die-cut leaves—including hints of copper foil—for a rich, nature-inspired look. The Kit makes one garland that is 5’5″ long. Colors in the Kit are Cajun Craze, copper, gray, Lost Lagoon, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, and white.

Harvest Home Garland Kit Contents

Bunch of Thanks Kit

Bunch Of Thanks Kit Aug. 2025

Brighten someone’s day with handmade floral cards from the Bunch of Thanks Kit. With hand-drawn designs, heartfelt gratitude sentiments, and preprinted pieces, this all-inclusive card making kit helps you craft stunning cards in minutes—no extra supplies needed.

DETAILS
– Makes 8 cards: 4 each of 2 designs
– Folded card size: approx. 3-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ (9.5 x 14 cm)
– Colors: Bubble Bath, Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Strawberry Slush, Timid Tiger
– Also available in French

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Bunch of Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set
– Clear stamp block
– Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Spot
– Step-by-step instructions
– 8 printed envelopes
– Adhesive

Bunch of Thanks Kit Contents

Brighten Your Day Kit

Brighten Your Day Kit Aug 2025

Create easy to assemble, nature-inspired cards with the Brighten Your Day Card Kit. The delicate, organic overlays and soft pastel colors pair beautifully with friendship and encouragement sentiments.

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: Balmy Blue, Basic Beige, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie.
Sentiments printed in Dutch, English, French, and German

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Step-by-step instructions
– 9 printed envelopes
– Precut overlays
– Adhesive

Brighten Your Day Kit Contents

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In Color Sale Begins Today! Also New Kits & Last Chance Products!

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In Color Sale Banner

Starting today, August 5, and continuing until the end of August, select products that feature the new 2025–2027 In Colors™ are 15% off! This is a great opportunity to purchase new In Color products at a discount, so grab products you love—like ink, two-tone cardstock, and Designer Series Paper—and get everything you need to create projects that showcase Stampin’ Up!’s amazing color coordination!

This is a great opportunity to purchase new In Color products at a 15% discount, so grab products you love—like ink, two-tone cardstock, and Designer Series Paper—and get everything you need to create projects that showcase Stampin’ Up!’s amazing color coordination!

Speaking of color coordination, watch this very helpful and educational video by Stampin’ Up! talking about how to use the Color Coach and how to coordinate the In Colors with the Core colors.

  • Sale includes select inks, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, embellishments, and other products that include these new In Colors. Only products featured on the 2025–2027 In Colors page are included in this promotion.
  • Some products are excluded from the sale, including the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit (167338).
  • Products are available only while supplies last.
  • Sales Period: August 5 – 31

If you love all the colors, purchase a package of each of the colors…Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling, Timid Tiger, Secret Sea, and Cloud Cover. But if you aren’t sure what you like, do what I did – buy the In Color 8 1/2″ x 11 Cardstock Assortment. And then buy another assortment so you have more, or start getting the individual packages.

Don’t forget Stampin’ Blends and Stampin’ Write Markers and all kinds of things!

ALSO: Three new Kits were added to the Kits Collection today! One is even on sale because it has the 2025-2027 In Colors in it!

AND: Refresh on the Last Chance list including 2025 Sale-A-Bration products. The Last Chance category takes the place of the Clearance Rack. Check it out and see what you find! Only available while supplies last!

Ready to shop the sale? Click here!

Spotlight On Nature In Colors Hello Card

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Spotlight On Nature In Colors Hello Card

I wouldn’t have predicted that I would come up with this Spotlight On Nature In Colors Hello Card when I wanted to highlight the Stampin’ Up! 2025-2027 In Colors, but here it is! I planned to use one diecut circle for each color scattered around on a card, probably using the Stylish Shapes Dies, but once I spotted the Spotlight on Nature Dies, I decided to use those instead! These dies have such interesting designs around the edges and lots of sizes so it was a no-brainer.

The card starts with just a Basic White card base although you could use something else, probably or piece of designer series paper. From there I just got out my assorted package of In Colors and used smaller pieces or half sheets to cut out a bunch of these circles. As long as I was diecutting, I may as well put several different dies on each piece of cardstock. I knew I could save any extras to use on another card or project. I like having the package of assorted In Colors, at least to start, so I can try out all the In Colors and then, the ones I really like, I can buy in individual packages. But to start with, I get all the colors in an assortment, and probably buying two assorted packages is a good idea! Then you have plenty of cardstock for awhile.

I could have predicted that to make this card, if I knew ahead of time what I would ultimately make, that I would take a long time to decide on colors and placement of all the circles. I originally thought I would only do one circle of each color on the card, but then I began layering. Somehow the pattern I originally laid out pretty much looked good and with just a few tweaks, I stuck with it! If you are working on something like this, and have it all laid out, but now you have to take it apart to glue it together, be sure to take a picture with your camera on your phone first and then you have that photo to refer back to! It sure is helpful to do that, if you think of it!

These are the 2025-2027 In Colors and I really like them. The colors are Secret Sea (the very dark blue), Cloud Cover (the lighter blue), Timid Tiger (the orange color), Darling Duckling (yellow) and Strawberry Slush (the vibrant pink). They all come in regular size cardstock, 12″ x 12″ cardstock, Stampin’ Blends, ink pads (except for Cloud Cover which just didn’t make the high quality standard but you can use the ink refill and make your own pad with a Stampin’ Spot!), Stampin’ Write Markers, and find these colors in designer papers. These are the on-trend colors for this year and next!

Back to my card! I could have popped up some of these circles, but they are all adhered flat to the card. I found the “Hello” greeting in the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. Of course, I stamp a lot of greetings for cards, but I also find it fun and time-saving to find an appropriate greeting in one of our many ephemera packs that we have in this catalog! To complete the card, I added the 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls. These are pretty and also fairly flat which is always good for mailing. I chose one of each color to put randomly on the card, in different sizes.

DON’T MISS!…

The big 15% Stampin’ Up! 2025-2027 In Color Sale begins Tuesday, August 5th! The sale includes select inks, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, embellishments, and other products that include these new In Colors. Only products featured on the 2025–2027 In Colors page are included in this promotion.

Some products are excluded from the sale, including the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit (167338).

Products are available only while supplies last.

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2025-2027 In Color Sale Coming August 5!

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In Color Sale 2025 Sq Ad Info

Something new and exciting! I don’t recall Stampin’ Up! ever having a sale on In Colors, but one is coming next week on Tuesday, August 5, 2025! These new 2025-2027 In Colors really appeal to me, unlike the ones that just retired! It’s all personal color preference! If they appeal to you, also, then you should get ready to “shop the sale” as soon as possible when the sale begins. On August 5th there will be a page of the In Color products that will be on the sale.

This is a great opportunity to purchase new In Color products at a 15% discount, so grab products you love—like ink, two-tone cardstock, and Designer Series Paper—and get everything you need to create projects that showcase Stampin’ Up!’s amazing color coordination!

  • Sale includes select inks, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, embellishments, and other products that include these new In Colors. Only products featured on the 2025–2027 In Colors page are included in this promotion. 
  • Products are available only while supplies last.
  • Sales Period: August 5 – 31

If you love all the colors, then purchase a package of each of the colors…Strawberry Slush, Darling Duckling, Timid Tiger, Secret Sea, and Cloud Cover. But if you aren’t sure what you like, do what I did – buy the In Color 8 1/2″ x 11 Cardstock Assortment. And then buy another assortment so you have more, or start getting the individual packages.

While you wait until Tuesday, look online or in the catalog to familiarize yourself with the new In Colors, just the 2025-2027 ones, and see which ones you like the best. Or maybe you like them all! There will be other products, not just the cardstock! And remember, if you have been around a lot of years, you may still have Strawberry Slush colors in your retired stash! It was a long time ago, but I found my ink pad, some cardstock, a Stampin’ Write marker and ink refill I think! Bonus!

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Celebratory Sips Birthday Drinks Card

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Celebratory Sips Birthday Drinks

Maybe you have seen this paper and Suite Collection around on the internet from the May Online Exclusives at Stampin’ Up! I didn’t order it right away, but later on I couldn’t resist. However, this is the first time I have really gotten it out to make a card and I’m happy with the way this Celebratory Sips Birthday Drinks Card turned out! It was fun to make. As I am writing this, the Celebratory Sips Suite Collection is not available because the two embossing folders in the suite are not available. But you can order everything else, just separately.

You might think that all the papers have to do with fancy drinks, but that’s not the case! The Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper also has flowers, citrus images, watercolor designs, plus summer-inspired drinks. As hot as the weather is across the country you might like to cool off by designing some cards or scrapbook pages with these summer drinks! I’m really happy with the variety of designs on these papers, plus some whimsical designs on “the other side” of the papers.

Here are the Celebratory Sips papers up close:

Celebratory Sips DSP Other Side

Celebratory Sips DSP Other Side

The card starts with Berry Burst cardstock for the card base. There are so many colors you can choose from that coordinate with these papers! I hardly ever use Berry Burst but I liked it with the background paper I used. As you can see, that paper is one of the generic designs on “the other side”. I fussy-cut three drinks from one of the designer paper sheets. If you get the Cheers & Sips Bundle you can stamp and diecut some drink images and maybe some from the designer paper, but I only have the paper. To make the drinks stand out a little better against the rather dark background, I die cut a Basic White circle from the Spotlight On Nature Dies. How often do I use these particular dies? A whole bunch! They are a good set to have in your collection!

Then it was just a matter of placing the drinks. I popped up the pink drink with the cherry and umbrella on the left, but the lemonade drink, shall we say, is adhered flat to the card. The green drink in the center ( I don’t think it is a Margarita!) is popped up right in between on Stampin’ Dimensionals just on the right side because the left side is flat on the pink drink.

The greeting is in the Charming Day Stamp Set. It just happened to be nearby and I thought the “Happy Birthday” font was perfect to use on this card. I stamped it with Berry Burst ink and then cut around the shape instead of taking up too much space on the card. I saw a tip about drawing around the stamp itself lightly with pencil, stamping within that line, and then you can cut out the greeting following the line. If it is too difficult to get your stamp placed right, just eyeball it. There is no right or wrong way to cut around the words. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Since I wanted it to be a fun birthday card, I aded several Shiny Sequins that I had in my stash. You can use whatever gems or sequins you have to add a little sparkle!

Remember, you will find the Celebratory Sips Suite products in the Online Exclusives category or just search for the name.

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Beautiful Gallery Orange Floral Card

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Beautiful Gallery Orange Floral Card

This Beautiful Gallery Orange Floral Card came together pretty easily once I decided on colors for the center focal point. The Beautiful Gallery 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is truly beautiful to use and several of the papers could, maybe should, be framed for home decor!

This particular paper I chose for the background on this card is not like most of the other papers. Most are outdoor landscapes, floral sketches, or look like images you would see in an old-world art gallery. This paper looks more like a tapestry or beautiful fabric, but the design and colors really appealed to me. The Lost Lagoon cardstock card base is cut at 11″ x 4 1/4″ with the fold at the top instead of the side just for something different.

The center panel is another of the papers with outlines of flowers and foliage. I decided to color in three of the flowers and foliage, but not all of the images. I intended to color the flowers with Peach Pie Stampin’ Blends with maybe a highlight of Pumpkin Pie, but I got my colors mixed up and only used the Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie Combo. The leaves were colored with Light Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend and just a touch of Lost Lagoon on one feathery type of leafy foliage.

To make this floral piece go with the background, I sponged it lightly all around the edges with Lost Lagoon ink, but also brushed the sponge lightly across the paper as well to make it look blended with the print in the background. This 3″ x 3″ piece is layered on a 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock Before adhering to the card, I wrapped around some Linen Thread and tied a bow. Then that piece was popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a greeting, I chose one in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. I sponged a little Lost Lagoon ink on that and layered it on a small diecut circle in the Unbounded Love Dies. That little greeting has a Stampin’ Dimensional under the bottom portion so that the top will lay over the floral piece and the bottom part is popped up even with the floral piece.

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Sweet & Spooky Kit Treat Boxes

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Sweet & Spooky Kit Three Treat Boxes

If you are a Halloween lover as I am, you will want to get this Sweet & Spooky Kit in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection. Get a head start on Halloween! I only put together three of the treat boxes for the sake of storage at the moment, but I’m going to make all the tags to put on the boxes and then they will be almost ready to go at Halloween! Any of these, especially the one that looks like a haunted house, would make a cute Halloween decoration in your home!

The treat boxes are all easy to make! Sticky strip adhesive is even included. The boxes are all scored so all you have to do is crease on all the folds, maybe run a Bone Folder or something across the creases just to make them folded crisply, then adhere the sides and bottom. The directions show you exactly where to put the adhesive tape. The fun part is making the tags and the directions show which pieces you need and where to put adhesive. Just clip on to the box with the cute orange paper clips and the black & white twine tied through the tag.

Sweet & Spooky Kit Package

In your kit, you will find the package with directions and all the supplies you need.

Sweet & Spooky Kit contents

All the supplies are included in the kit in one package! In this kit you even get some star gems to embellish the treat boxes and tags.

Sweet & Spooky Kit Two Treat Boxes

Here are two of the finished treat boxes. You can always use the kit supplies however you like. If you wanted to, you could mix up the tag pieces and make your own creations.

Sweet & Spooky Kit Boo Treat Bag

Here is the third treat box with its cute “hey Boo” tag and a bat! These boxes hold plenty of candy, too! They are not small little treat boxes! I found this Sweet & Spooky Kit to be very cute and easy to put together! If you like Halloween, I say get this kit, maybe two kits!

Here are the Kit details:
– Makes 15 treat boxes: 5 each of 3 designs
– Colors: Basic Black, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, iridescent, Pumpkin Pie

Kit includes one of each item listed below.
– Step-by-step instructions
– Printed and iridescent-foil precut pieces
– Paper clips
– Pressed wood picks
– Baker’s twine
– Adhesive-backed holographic stars
– Adhesive

You can even watch a video of Sara Douglass putting the kit together if you aren’t sure about something.

All of the Kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection are easy enough for new crafters or non-crafters and fun for experienced crafters as well! It’s fun to just open the box and get started on a project without having to think up your own idea! Try one and see for yourself!

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Floral Impressions Yellow Daisies Birthday Card

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Floral Impressions Yellow Daisies Birthday Card

This Floral Impressions Yellow Daisies Birthday Card is an easy one to make when your kitchen is torn up waiting for new flooring, your stamping supplies are scattered around different places in the house, and you can’t find your Paper Trimmer anywhere! (Oh! It’s under a pile on the fireplace! Who would have thought?!)

The card base is Garden Green cardstock with a layer of the generic design on the back of the daisy paper. This is the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives. This is a great package of paper with pretty florals and foliage plus the pretty colors on the “other side” of the papers. This paper is part of the Floral Impressions Suite Collection if you want it all with one number on your order! Don’t forget it is FREE SHIPPING at Stampin’ Up! with a $75 order today and tomorrow!

The daisy paper is 3″ x 4″ and the only reason it is that size is because it was a piece already cut to that size and fit this card perfectly! I layered it on another piece of Garden Green cardstock 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. The greeting is in the Saying Something Ephemera Pack in the Annual Catalog. I layered it on a strip of Garden Green. Just add a little bow out of twine, like this Garden Green color, or Linen Thread would be perfect as well. The greeting is popped up on Dimensionals.

That’s all there is to this card. Add a Basic White layer inside so you can stamp or write a personal message because of the dark cardstock. Add a few gems if you like some sparkle, too!

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TODAY! Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

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Free Shipping Boxes July 2025 Info

Free Shipping Details:

  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be closed July 25.
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 (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 shipping included) + tax.

Now that we have Rewards to use in our accounts, remember that if you apply those Rewards to your order and it lowers your merchandise total below $75 then you will not receive free shipping. But you can save those Rewards to use next time. Just be mindful of that.

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FREE SHIPPING at Stampin’ Up! Coming Soon!

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Free Shipping Chalkboard July 2025

Stampin’ Up! has announced FREE SHIPPING coming for three days only, July 23-25! That is this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! Make your list today!

Free Shipping Details:

  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be closed July 25.
  • Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount has been met, which is $75 (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 shipping included) + tax.

Now that we have Rewards to use in our accounts, remember that if you apply those Rewards to your order and it lowers your merchandise total below $75 then you will not receive free shipping. But you can save those Rewards to use next time. Just be mindful of that.

Happy Shopping!

2025 Back To School Tax Holidays Coming Up!

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2025 Back to School Tax Holiday Chart

It’s that time of year, almost! 2025 Back To School Tax Holidays will be starting up! School could be starting in a few weeks for some children and it will be back-to-school time! A few states are offering a sales tax holiday during certain dates. You will have to click and check the chart above to see if your state is participating and what products are eligible.

There are 13 states and Puerto Rico with a sales tax holiday for school supplies in the months of July or August (the dates are included in the table below by state). There are four states (GA, LA, NJ, WI) that have suspended the tax holiday for this year. Basically, this is a school supply holiday and each state has specific rules they consider to be school supplies—this may be by description or by price. The table above shows the items included per state statute definitions.

Basically, the Stampin’ Up! products included are ones that would normally be used by students in a classroom for educational purposes. It looks like these are adhesives and markers of all kinds. You must place your Stampin’ Up! order during the dates for your state to take advantage of this state tax holiday. If you have school-age children, you know they will be wanting to get into your markers and may need adhesives for those school projects! Even though my family didn’t show much enthusiasm for my crafting fun, when they needed to do a project for school they almost always came to me looking for my supplies to use!

Check the chart, or click HERE for the link, and see if you can save a little money on tax during your state’s tax holiday!

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Painterly Pears Unbounded Love Birthday Card

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Painterly Pears Unbounded Love Birthday Card

I needed to make a simple card because we are in the midst of getting a new kitchen floor so everything is out of place, including my stamping stuff since I do that at our kitchen table! This Painterly Pears Unbounded Love Birthday Card came together very easily even though I didn’t really have a plan. Very often just looking at a pack of designer series paper stimulates some creativity!

For this card, I simply looked at the Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper and this pattern with the Petal Pink background happened to be in the front of the package. It looked beautiful to me! And I found a Petal Pink card base, already cut, scored and folded! I can’t find where I put my Paper Trimmer but I always have my old guillotine one from years ago handy so I cut use that to trim down the designer paper for the card front.

The greeting is made with the Unbounded Love Bundle. I used two of the dies in the Unbounded Love Dies, one to diecut the Basic White larger oval scalloped shape and a smaller one for the Petal Pink thin oval. I found that the small Petal Pink diecut fit right over the pierced inside border of the scalloped diecut. Before adhering the Petal pink piece, I stamped a greeting from the Unbounded Love Stamp Set in Mossy Meadow ink. It just barely fit! I also added a little trim to the bottom of the greeting. It is the Petal Pink 5/16″ Braided Trim. I just cut two small pieces because the braided trim is thick so I didn’t want to fold over one bigger piece in half and make too large a fold under the greeting. Then I popped up the whole greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a little embellishment, I used the new Low Profile Sparkle Dots to put a little sparkle on this card. These Dots are in the beautiful Painterly Pears Suite Collection but you can purchase them separately, of course.

You’ll find the Painterly Pears Suite and individual products in the latest Online Exclusives in the Online Store! It really is a beautiful set that I’m sure you will enjoy!

Get the Haunted Home Kit While You Can!

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Kits Collection Haunted Home Kit

You may remember that this Haunted Home Kit in the Kits Collection came out last year and sold out before Halloween! Stampin’ Up! said they would make it available again this year and it is in the Online Store NOW. Due to the popularity last year, I’m thinking if you want this, although it is July, order it now in case it should sell out again! Also, “some” Kits in the Kits Collection will have a price increase July 22. I don’t know which ones, but it would be a good time to get this Kit and any others you are interested in this week!

This Kit comes with all the materials you need to make your own haunted paper house with cardboard walls, vellum, and other pieces to accessorize. Just follow the directions to assemble the house, then add your own ghostly touches to it if you like!

Kit includes:
*Cardboard Home Pieces
* Predesigned projects
* Step-by-step instructions
* Precut vellum and die cut paper pieces
* Enough adhesive to complete projects
*A 10-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ x 1-1/4″ (26.7 x 21.6 x 3.2 cm) printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go.

Product colors: Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Gray Granite, Moody Mauve, Pumpkin Pie

Kits Collection Haunted Home Kit

AND….you might want to order two Haunted Home Kits and decorate one for Christmas! Yes, some people did that last year! You can use the pieces however you like. Now you might have to use some creativity to see how to make it into a Christmas house….or any other house….but I’m sure you can do it!

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About the August Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin Aug 2025 Farmhouse Florals Banner Info

It’s time to sign up for Paper Pumpkin, the papercrafting kit that comes to you in the mail each month! It’s a gift you give yourself, your creative escape! And if you want to double or triple the fun, order extra kits whenever you want and craft with a friend or loved one.

No risk, no obligation. You can cancel your subscription if Paper Pumpkin is not for you or better yet, skip a month or two if other things come up and you don’t have time to craft that month. Just check your account no later than the 10th of any month to pause, cancel, or reactivate your account for the next month’s kit.

All supplies are included. With your first kit, you get an acrylic block on which to mount the stamps you need in the exclusive stamp set included in your kit. Other than scissors, everything you need including adhesive is wrapped up like a gift in your Paper Pumpkin box. Sometimes the box is just as cute as the project inside! I especially love the holiday kits! Get signed up now so you won’t miss out on those!

Here are the details about the August Paper Pumpkin Kit, Farmhouse Florals, which you will receive about mid-August. Did you see the typewriter and flowers on the banner above? That’s a clue about some of the card designs!

August: Farmhouse Florals
Subscribe July 11–August 10
Send whimsical cards featuring flowers nestled in delightfully unexpected places.
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Precut paper pieces and linen thread
• Sentiment stamps for the outside and inside of the cards
• Coordinating colors: Calypso Coral, Darling Duckling, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon,
Pecan Pie, Secret Sea (Classic Stampin’ Spot).

One 1″ x 1″ Stampin’ Spot is included in each kit as your mini ink pad! Collect them each month and you’ll have lots of colors of ink to use on other projects!

With this August Paper Pumpkin Kit you will even receive a FREE additional stamp set!

Paper Pumpkin Farmhouse Florals Free Stamp Set Aug 2025

CLICK HERE TO JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN!

Two Tone Cardstock Torn Strips Card

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Two Tone Cardstock Torn Strips Card

This Two Tone Cardstock Torn Strips Card is so easy to make and shows another way you can use the Stampin’ Up! Two-Tone Cardstock! Today is the LAST DAY for the 20% off sale on all two-tone cardstock! You can choose some or all of your favorite colors to try out, or I suggest, buying one or more of the assorted packs. That way you get two sheets of each of six colors! These are 12″ x 12″ sheets so you will have lots of cardstock for cards and other projects and certainly perfect for scrapbooking.

Each piece of cardstock has a smooth texture for stamping and a white core that works great for techniques like tearing, sanding, crumpling, embossing, etc. This cardstock is two-sided with shades of the same color on each side.

106 Color Variations. This two-tone cardstock offers 53 lighter and darker Stampin’ Up! colors on double-sided sheets. It’s available in single or mixed-color packs for harmonious colorful or monochromatic projects. 

A Crafting Necessity. Two-tone cardstock has so much to offer! It’s an ideal layering option without adding bulk and its white core means you can tear, crumple, sand, and emboss your way to fun effects whatever your crafting skill level. Its smooth texture is great for stamping, clean cuts, crisp folds, and seamless color applications. And because it’s 12″ x 12″, you can use it as a scrapbook base, or you can cut it to use as part of your card-making projects.

This is how you make this card. I used “regular” Daffodil Delight cardstock for the card base. For the two strips on the side, I cut 1″ x 5 1/2″ strips from the Two-Tone cardstock I already had, one Granny Apple Green and one Poppy Parade. If you tear any cardstock TOWARD yourself, you will get that ragged edge. We used to do that a lot during my early days of stamping! When you tear this Two-Tone cardstock like this, it reveals the white core of the paper which just adds a little interest! If you use this paper but don’t want the white showing, just sponge a little ink on along the edge, which is interesting in itself.

For the focal point of the card, I used a new product I had. I die cut a circle with the Spotlight on Nature Dies in Basic White. Then I used a pear, strawberry, and foliage from the Good Times Mix & Match Ephemera Pack. You’ll find this new product on page 25 in the Annual Catalog. It looks like our other ephemera packs, but I noticed it was thicker. They are actually stickers! Just peel off the paper on the back if you want to use them as stickers or leave it on and perhaps use Dimensionals or other adhesive depending on your project. I used mine as stickers on this diecut circle base but then popped up the circle on Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a simple greeting, I just stamped directly in the corner of the card using a stamp from the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set.

These are the assortments of Two-Tone cardstock:

Celebrate Together

Memories In Bloom

Weekend Adventures

Turtle-y Sweet

Wildflower Celebrations

Everyday You & Me

Meant To Bee

Check your stash because maybe you purchased one of the scrapbooking workshop kits that Stampin’ Up! offered last year when this two-tone cardstock first came out. You may already have some sheets of this fun paper!

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