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Customer Preorder: Share What You Love Bundle & New Ink Pads!

The Share What You Love Suite is in the new upcoming Stampin’ Up! Catalog, but you don’t have to wait until June to get it!

Beginning today, May 1st, customers can pre-order products from the Suite in a choice of Share What You Love Bundles of your choosing…..and get a free gift besides!

Watch the video above with Brandi from the Home Office and then review the Bundles below!

Here are the details:

Bundles may be included as part of a new demonstrator’s Starter Kit (free items will be included).
Bundles (with free items) are exclusive to the suite early release and will no longer be available after May 31, 2018. Individual items from the Share What You Love suite will be available when the 2018–2019 annual catalog is released on June 1, 2018.
There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this promotion.
There are no purchase limits in place during the customer sales period.
If items in the bundles become unavailable during the sales period, available items will ship, and backordered items will ship separately when available.
Customer Sales Period: May 1–31, 2018 until May 31, 2018; 11:59 PM (MT)

You can add any other items to your order just like usual. Check out the Last-Chance List and the Clearance Rack.

If your order reaches $150 or more, you earn Stampin’ Rewards as usual.

Download the Share What You Love Flyer with all the Bundles HERE and print it out if you like!

As Brandi said in the video, if you would like to get those new In Color Ink pads and try out the new style, you can order the group of 5 for 10% off.

Time to go check out these new Share What You Love Bundles &

In Color Ink Pads because we all like to share what we love when it

comes to stamping and Stampin’ Up!

Just Add Color Paper For Adult Coloring

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Something you may have passed up on the Last-Chance retiring list of Stampin’ Up! products is the Just Add Color Paper which is great for “adult coloring”. This paper is heavyweight, perfect for whatever style of coloring you prefer. You get 2 pages each of 6 designs. Color them in or leave them as the outline images for a simplistic card or project. Whatever you like!

Stampin’ Up! offers many coloring options! On these cards I used my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, which, hopefully will be back in stock in time for the new catalog! You could also color with the Aqua Painter and ink refills, like watercoloring, or a watercolor paintbrush. Use the Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens. Use the Stampin’ Write markers – usually the lighter colors work best as the dark would be a bit heavy for this kind of coloring.

On these two cards, I colored a whole section of the paper and then cut into the paper to fit on a card. The underwater card was not as hard it might appear! I didn’t color inside the lines on every bit of the seaweed, just kind of colored most of it green without staying in the lines. Then I usesd my Pool Party marker to kind of fill in empty spaces to look like water, since it is under the water after all! Then I colored kind of all over the area with the Light Pool Party to give it the watery look. Just play and see what you come up with!

If you would like an easier way to make a card with this paper, consider cutting out the exact image(s) you want to use and color those, not the whole area!

Check out THIS BLOG POST to see the card I made with just a teapot that I colored and cut out and mounted on a card!

They say adult coloring is really good therapy for all of us! Did you like to color as a kid? Well, it’s time to stop and enjoy it again with the fun adult coloring techniques! Forget your problems for awhile as you concentrate on your artistic coloring, staying in the lines (or not!), and enjoying the pretty colors!

Grab this fun paper if you are the coloring type before it is gone! Put the Just Add Color Specialty Designer Series Paper on your next Stampin’ Up! order so you can do some adult coloring!

Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance Retiring List While Supplies Last!

Easy Birthday Memories Birthday Card

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Here’s an Easy Birthday Memories Birthday Card that you could make with the delightful Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper if you get it before it retires! I love red so I was particularly drawn to this pattern in the package! There also is a coordinating framelits set that goes with this paper.

The Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper is unique because there are some framelit dies that fit some of the images in the paper so you can die cut those. These Birthday Friends Framelits Dies also coordinate with the Birthday Delivery Stamp Set. And the best part is that if you like all three of these items – the paper, the stamp set, and the dies – you can purchase them all in a Bundle and save 10%. It’s the Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Bundle. It’s almost always a good idea to go ahead and buy the bundle so you have everything you need! Stampin’ Up! does such a good job of coordinating lots of products with images and colors.

To make this card, I started with a Real Red card base. If you are following the new Color Revamp, Real Red is not retiring, it is being moved to the Regals color family! Kind of surprising to me, but we’ll see how it works! As long as they aren’t getting rid of Real Red!

Real Red is actually what taught me the quality of Stampin’ Up! products way back when I was a new customer. I saw no need to purchase the Stampin’ Up! cardstock and went to a craft store to buy paper at a discount. I was thrilled to find a whole package of red cardstock AND envelopes! What a deal! But when I learned how that “red” compared to the Stampin’ Up! Real Red I could tell there was NO comparison! Stampin’ Up! had the better red by far! Even more than “by far”! In my opinion, it is the BEST red anywhere!

I chose this red piece of designer paper for the card front and layered it on a piece of Whisper White with a thin margin, just to help it stand out against the Real Red card base. Then I die cut a cake from the designer paper with a framelit. Next I needed something to make the cake stand out a bit, so I layered it on a Stitched Shapes Circle Framelit and even layered it lower on the circle rather than in the center. I don’t know why, but I liked it better in that position.

For some bling, I added the Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon just adhered back and forth behind the circle piece. Then this whole focal piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For the greeting, which didn’t fit on the circle as I had originally planned, I chose one from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. I also stamped “It’s Your Day” and “Happy Birthday” on a piece of Whisper White inside the card. I could have used a greeting from the coordinating Birthday Delivery Stamp Set, but I happened to have this other stamp set handy.

So all in all, this is an easy birthday card to make, and easy enough to use the layout and just change up the theme and greeting by changing the paper and the sentiment.

This Bundle and all the separate pieces are on the Last Chance List of retiring products, so these will only be available until May 31 at the latest, while supplies last!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! FOR ANY PRODUCTS YOU HAVE HAD ON YOUR WISH LIST!

Coming May 1st For You: Share What You Love Bundle

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Coming May 1st for you, the Share What You Love Bundle, your chance to get your hands on some new product before the Stampin’ Up! Catalog comes out!

Stampin’ Up! wants to share the love with every crafter with the upcoming Share What You Love Suite and as a tribute to those who have made the company what it is today! And during May, CUSTOMERS get the chance to preorder products from this suite.

Stampin’ Up! is offering Bundles, suited to different kinds of crafters, only during this Preorder Early Release period. The products will be available in the new catalog, but not in Bundles.

Click HERE to download the flyer describing all the Bundles available to you and the a la carte products!

You can also purchase the new In Color ink pads for 2018-2020.

Pretty exciting, right?!! Be sure to check out the FREE products you get with each Bundle. Order more than one Bundle if you like.

More details later! Stay tuned! Get ready for Tuesday, May 1st!

Remember, this Pre-Release is FOR YOU, beginning May 1st through May 31, for the Share What You Love Bundle!

Get Craft Kits on Sale From Paper Pumpkin Up To 75% Off!

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Usually past Paper Pumpkin Kits and Refills to the kits are reserved only for Paper Pumpkin subscribers. But starting today, until May 9, or WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, everybody can stock up on great deals on these papercrafting kits! Check out the list below!

Just add the Item Number to your Stampin’ Up! order. The Refill kits do not include the ink spot nor the exclusive stamp set, but all other supplies are included. The “Past Kit” contains the full kit. Even if you do not get the ink spot and stamps, you would probably find ways to use the supplies inside to make similar or alternative projects using the stamps you do have! Just play!

I believe the Something Good to Eat Kit (143593) may be sold out….and for good reason! This is the kit that comes with 16 “test tubes” (treat tubes) that you can fill with candy or something and decorate for Halloween or Christmas or any fun occasion! I know my Trick-or-Treaters loved getting them at my door! So even if you just order the Refill to get the tubes, it will be a great deal and you will have fun playing with them! While they last!!!

Although the kit was made for Halloween, here is a project I made for St. Patrick’s Day! Click HERE.

Banner Surprise Kit Refill
$2.00

Bold Botanicals Kit
$8.50

Bold Botanicals Kit Refill
$2.00

Season Of Gratitude Kit Refill
$4.00

Something Good To Eat Kit Refill
$4.00

What A Gem Kit
$4.25

What A Gem Kit Refill
$2.00

Another Great Year Kit
$4.25

Also check the Clearance Rack and the Last-Chance category to add more items to your order! Might as well make that shipping cost worthwhile!! At the very least, stock up on adhesive or cardstock!

Check out these Stampin’ Up! videos to get more details on these kits and more! Just click on the “Show More” after the first few videos to get to the older ones.

These “Spring Cleaning” Paper Pumpkin kits and refills will be discontinued May 9th if not sold. Everything is available while supplies last, of course!

And if you are interested in Paper Pumpkin, try it out for two months with this special offer!

Subscribe today (or at least by May 10th) and get the May and June Kits each at 50% off! That’s quite a deal for what you get! An exclusive stamp set, an ink spot, an acrylic block with your first kit to mount the stamps, directions, a video to watch, and all the supplies in the kit to make the project.

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN HERE!

Take advantage of Stampin’ Up!’s spring cleaning sale and pick up a few of these craft kits on sale from Paper Pumpkin up to 75% off to add to your crafting fun!

Eclipse Technique 16th Birthday Celebrate Animals Card

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Sometimes you can just copy yourself as I did with this card because I love this stamp set and wanted to try the Eclipse Technique for a 16th Birthday card with the We Must Celebrate Animals! Maybe not quite your typical 16th birthday card, but it was what I was in the mood to make that day! I love this stamp set and thought I would try the Eclipse Technique with the numbers.

Sadly, the We Must Celebrate Stamp Set is retiring the end of May. I didn’t purchase it at first when it came out in the Occasions Catalog, but then I fell in love with it when I saw a lot of samples using it online. Isn’t that what always happens?! I even was so daring as to cut the animals apart carefully so I could use them separately, or even put them back together side by side on the acrylic block to stamp this card.

To do the Eclipse Technique, stamp the front of the card first, the do the die cuts. This must be a separate layer so that a darker layer will go underneath to make the numbers show up. The darker layer underneath can either be the card base itself or just hide a darker layer underneath! After being die cut with the Big Shot, the numbers are then replaced in the space and popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. I used the Large Numbers Framelits Dies, which I am also sad to report are retiring! They are so great to use for birthdays and anniversaries and other special occasions, like graduations. The coordinating stamp set, Number of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set is also going out.

The card base is Whisper White Cardstock with a layer of Marina Mist. I put a small layer of Basic Black behind the die cut numbers. The front of the card is colored in with Stampin’ Blends Markers. The grass is stamped with two stamps from the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set. First I stamp the large swath of grass and then I go back and stamp with the blades of grass stamp. Maybe I fill in the empty spaces with a little bit of brown for a little dirt or even another shade of green. The die-cut “Celebrate” is in the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies that were available during Sale-A-Bration, BUT this set will also be available in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Catalog.

If you would like to see the same card I made without the Eclipse Technique, please click HERE.

If you love this animal stamp set, be sure to check it out on the Last-Chance list and get it before it is gone!

Some retiring items are already sold out, but you can see the ones that are still available by checking the Online Store rather than depending on the written list.

Try the Eclipse Technique on a card using whatever dies you think you can use, something like my Eclipse Technique 16th Birthday Celebrate Animals Card.

Easy Birthday Memories Birthday Cards

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Take some time to make an assortment of easy Birthday Memories Birthday Cards using the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper. This paper, along with the coordinating Birthday Delivery Stamp Set and the Birthday Friends Framelits Dies. All of these products are on the Last-Chance List of retiring products so don’t delay if you are interested! And you can buy the stamp set, paper, and dies in a Bundle and save 10%!

The card with the vintage little girl is a z-fold card. All this means is you make the card base as usual, but then score the front of the card base at 2 1/8″, which is down the middle of the 4 1/4″ card front, and fold it back. So, in essence, you just fold the front of the card back on itself in half! Then add a front panel of whatever size you like, mainly one that will hide the greeting that you will stamp on the inside! You can decorate each panel with designer paper or stamp as I did on the front panel. That little girl always reminds me of paper dolls I used to have as a kid!

The card with the cakes doesn’t need much else since the paper pattern is so bold! It makes you hungry just to look at that paper with all the beautifully decorated cakes! Just adhere a layer of the designer paper to the Pacific Point card base with a Real Red layer in between to help the paper stand out. The greeting is stamped in Real Red with a greeting in the stamp set and die cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies and layered on a scalloped oval in the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies. This is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals with a bit of Gold Metallic Thread would around behind the greeting in a little “nest”.

The third card uses a simpler pattern in the Birthday Memories package and the birthday fox is die cut right from another piece of the designer paper! How handy is that?! You don’t even have to stamp and color the image! To spotlight him and his banner, stamped with a greeting from the stamp set, I die cut a large circle with the Layering Circles Framelits Dies.

All of these cards are pretty quick and easy to make, especially if you just copy mine and don’t think about a design.

Here’s another popular card I made earlier in the z-fold style. It’s such an easy way to make a card yet the recipient will think you are a true designer!

If you are interested in any of the products in this birthday bundle, be sure to check if out in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! Then you, too, can make cards like these Easy Birthday Memories Birthday Cards!

Did You Miss Out on the April Paper Pumpkin Kit From Stampin’ Up!?

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If you did not subscribe to Paper Pumpkin by April 10th, this is the April Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin’ Up! that you missed out on! Not to mention 50% off! If you love nautical, you would have loved this kit!

You can still subscribe now and receive the May and June Kits and even get them at 50% off with the special Promo Code: SAVEFIFTY0418. Just sign up for Paper Pumpkin HERE by May 10th!

And another benefit is that once you sign up, you can go to the Stampin’ Up! Online Store and look under Paper Pumpkin. Later each month, after all the Paper Pumpkin kits have gone out, if Stampin’ Up! still has some full kits or refills (no ink spot, no stamp set) to sell, they will add them to the store. Once you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you will be able to go in the Store and purchase those kits. We don’t know yet about any extra April 2018 kits so we’ll have to wait and see, but if you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin today, you can start checking the store and maybe in a few more days they will add the April kit (or refill) to the store and you can purchase it. In the mean time, you can start looking forward to the May kit coming to your mailbox mid-month!

This 50% off offer is for new subscribers only. With your first Paper Pumpkin kit, you will receive an acrylic block on which to mount (stick) the stamps that come in the kit.

No risk, no obligation! Try Paper Pumpkin for a few months and see how you like it. Busy?? Just skip a month! Hate it?? (no, that couldn’t happen!), not your thing? Just cancel your account, no problem. I’ll even take care of it for you with Stampin’ Up!

You can follow the video and instructions for that kit exactly, or you can use all the supplies to make something different! Some people do a little bit of both! But for a beginner crafter who doesn’t have extra supplies, everything you need is included in the red box! If you are experienced, it’s an opportunity to open the box and start creating without having to think of an idea first and then get out your supplies. They are all right there ready to go!

TRY PAPER PUMPKIN FOR 50% OFF the FIRST TWO MONTHS!

Use Promo Code: SAVEFIFTY0418

Birthday Blooms Floral All-Occasion Card

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One of the beautiful stamp sets that is on the Last Chance list that I hate to l see leave is the Birthday Blooms Stamp Set, with which stamped this Birthday Blooms Floral All-Occasion Card. I’ve always thought this stamp set was so pretty and I loved the fonts of the sentiments. This stamp set can be used various ways. The flower image could be embossed, could be stamped and cut out around the outline, or stamped in a color with no coloring in a monochromatic card. Color in the flower image many different ways. You can make beautiful cards with this stamp set!

For my card, I used a card base of Daffodil Delight. This was a card base already cut in my pack of paper, cut the “long” way that I must not have used, that would have the fold at the top of card. I chose to put the fold on the side of the card for something different. We don’t usually make a card with the fold on the side but there’s no reason not to!

I stamped the flower and greeting on a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock, one of my favorite papers! It has just the tiniest bit of shimmer that you can see if you hold the paper at the right angle, but it’s also good for watercoloring. I wasn’t watercoloring on this card, I was using the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, but the paper is just good and works well with these markers. The Stampin’ Blends got caught up in the Chinese New Year factory shut down right at the time that more and more people were ordering them, causing a huge backorder situation, so Stampin’ Up! took them off the ordering list for now until they are fully resupplied, probably around the time the new Stampin’ Up! catalog comes out. It won’t be long now, hopefully! I LOVE using these markers!! There is just something about them!

For a little interest I added a strip of designer paper at the bottom. This happens to be from the Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper, which has sold out already, but you can substitute from lots of choices. You could even add a bit of ribbon tied around the side or some small accents, like pearls or dots or sequins to the front of the card, but there’s nothing wrong with simple!

I have to add that I used the Stamparatus to make this card. I did try to do it without but when I stamped the greeting, it didn’t stamp fully! So I was sunk! I turned the paper over and stamped again….but this time, the flower didn’t ink up in the center ( probably needed to reink my ink pad!) so it didn’t stamp nicely. Then I grabbed my Stamparatus and when each of the stamps didn’t stamp fully, I could just ink up the stamp again and stamp again right over the image, thanks to the magnets holding my card front down like nobody’s business! When you get a Stamparatus in the new catalog, you will want to be very careful with the magnets! They are very strong!

If you want to make a simple card with a beautiful flower and lovely sentiment, be sure to get this Birthday Blooms Stamp Set before it retires May 31 and try a card like my Birthday Blooms Floral All-Occasion Card.

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Lovely Inside and Out Multicolored Thinking of You Card

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This Lovely Inside and Out Multicolored Thinking of You Card will certainly brighten up your day with the colors I chose! This is one of the stamp sets that is retiring, but I haven’t stamped with very much. So sad!

What I was really interested in when I bought this Lovely Inside and Out Bundle was the Lovely Words Thinlits Dies. You can use these dies in many ways, either like I did on the front of this card, just cutting out the word and shape out of a piece of rectangular paper. Or you can cut the word out by itself. You could have used another heart die on the outside of this die to make it an outline heart with the word inside.

Remember, Bundles in the current catalog will all retire as “Bundles”….in some cases, the stamp set and dies will continue on in the new catalog but separately (as there will be Bundles of the new products in the new catalog). In this case, with the Lovely Inside and Out Bundle, the stamp set and dies are all actually retiring, not just the Bundle configuration. So if you want to save 10% on any Bundles in the current catalog or Occasions Catalog, get them now and save 10% before May 31.

This card has a card base of Powder Pink. The Whisper White layer is stamped with two In Colors, Powder Pink and Lemon Lime Twist plus some So Saffron thrown in for a third color. The stamp set is called Lovely Inside and Out. The die cut piece is layered over a piece of Lemon Lime Twist, but to add a little interest in the background, I stamped the scattered dot image in the stamp set, even stamping off first (when I remembered!!). This would make a great shaker card, too, but I was making something simple. For a bit of bling, I used some Tutti-Fruitti Adhesive-Backed Sequins.

You could use this card to send just as a “happy” card to send to a friend or someone you know. You never know who could really use a card on the day that it arrives in their mailbox! They won’t care if it is a simple card, just that you thought of them.

Remember, don’t wait too long on retiring products that you want, especially the ones you REALLY want! Or ask me if something is showing as “Low Inventory” so you can get your order in right away.

Here are the products that are already sold out as of early this morning:

Make some “happy” cards today and mail them out to people! Whether you hear back or not (and you probably will!) you will have the satisfaction of brightening someone’s day, not to mention the good therapy stamping cards will be for you! Use this Lovely Inside and Out Multicolored Thinking of You Card as your inspiration!

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A Card For Barbara Bush

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Rose Wonder Sympathy Card for Barbara Bush

If I were going to make a card to send to the Bush family, I would probably make one like this Rose Wonder card with a few pearls in honor of Barbara Bush. I would say almost all of Houston, Texas is just heartbroken since hearing of the death of Barbara Bush yesterday evening. I don’t think most of us considered the ages of Mr. and Mrs. Bush because they have been in everyone’s lives for so long and so vital in our city. So it was a shock the other day to hear that Mrs. Bush was in failing health, and as with our own family members, even when death is expected, it still is shocking and sad when it finally happens. I was heartened the other day when I heard her granddaughter, Jenna Bush, say on the Today Show that her grandmother told her not to believe everything she hears! I was hoping that meant things weren’t as dire as thought.

I remember when President Bush was still in office and people would ask what they were going to do when his term was over. They never wavered in saying they were going home to Houston, but I detected a bit of skepticism on those asking the question that a former president would go live in Houston. They did make their home here (I used to drive out-of-town friends past their street to say that’s where the Bushes lived, not that you could get into the neighborhood of course!). They were “regular people” in the neighborhood, often seen at their favorite restaurants, Barbara was seen at her favorite grocery store, George was seen at his favorite BBQ restaurant and returning movies to Blockbuster back in the day! Schools were named after them here in Houston.

It was thrilling one time to be at an Astros ballgame and saw, down in the best seats right behind home plate, that President and Mrs. Bush were in attendance! I think I watched from my seat way up high with my binoculars what the Bushes were doing more than I watched the ballgame! They were frequent spectators at Houston games and often featured on the “Kiss Cam” at the ballgame!

Of course there was all their public service work for which they are admired and will be remembered. But here in Houston people will remember the kind of neighbors they were in the Houston community all over the city in many aspects. So many stories on our local news of people who knew the Bushes and have such loving stories to tell about Barbara Bush. Houston and Texas, as well as the rest of the country will miss Barbara Bush, but what a full and exceptional life she led and shared with others. Her whole family can take comfort in that.

Easy to Stamp All-Occasion Dahlia Card

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You can make this Easy to Stamp All-Occasion Dahlia Card in just minutes and add whatever appropriate greeting you want! This Definitely Dahlia Stamp Set is just one large background stamp, and sadly, it is on the Last Chance List of retiring products.

If you love this big beautiful flower, it is time to order it! I also made these two cards with other products that are retiring the end of May……the 2016-2018 In Colors. Particularly if you want these colors in cardstock, ink pads, or ink refills plus any accessories with these colors, you will want to put these on your order! The colors I chose to use are Peekaboo Peach and Flirty Flamingo.

Now the funny thing is, with the Stampin’ Up! Color Revamp, one color that is “retiring” with the In Colors is actually coming back as one of the Brights Core Colors! That color is Flirty Flamingo. Read about the Color Revamp HERE in my recent blog post.

I have always particularly like these background stamps on the wood blocks. However, now with the Stamparatus, if you plan on purchasing this tool, I might recommend the Clear-mount version of Definitely Dahlia so that you can stamp with the Stamparatus. That way if you do not get a good impression the first time, you can reink the stamp, leaving it in place on the Stamparatus, and stamp again to fill in the image. But either stamp is good! I still love the wood blocks too!

Sometimes we get wrapped up into the latest stamping idea, which is great, but sometimes we need to remember we can stamp quick and easy, simple cards like this Easy to Stamp All-Occasion Dahlia Card.

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Check out the Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance Retiring Products!

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It’s time to shop for the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Retiring Products! This includes products from both the Annual Catalog AND the Occasions Catalog!

If it is a lazy, rainy Saturday (or a bright, sunshiney one!) and your taxes are done, take some time to peruse your Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and Occasions Catalog and make up your order of retiring (and other!) products that you want before they are gone!

If you don’t have those catalogs and don’t have a Demonstrator you work with and want the hard copies in your hands, please email me at Karen@Karenstamps.com and I’ll put them in the mail to you for your last minute shopping!

Click HERE! Check out the products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store!

See things you want? Don’t hesitate or they might be gone!

Click HERE for the PDF of Annual Catalog Retiring Products!

Click HERE for the PDF of Occasions Catalog Retiring Products!

Relax this weekend and check out the Stampin’ Up! Last-Chance Retiring Products!

Sweet Soiree Fancy Cake Birthday Card

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I was actually struggling to make a card with the striped side of this designer paper and one of the cakes I’d cut out by hand, when I flipped the paper over and made this Sweet Soiree Fancy Cake Birthday Card. As soon as I turned the paper over, the cake designs layered over the pretty Powder Pink card base, looked beautiful and perfect. There was no point in trying to force a card that wasn’t working when all I had to do was flip the paper over and make a simple card out of it! The Sweet Soiree Paper is so pretty!

To embellish the card, I adhered a strip of the Powder Pink 3/8″ Shimmer Ribbon across the bottom of the card. It’s a real shame to cover up ANY part of a paper pattern as pretty as this one! Then I tied the bow separately to adhere on top of the ribbon. Luckily I held off until I had the greeting ready.

I finally found a pretty small “Happy Birthday” stamp in the Beautiful Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set. I could punch it out with the 1 3/8″ Circle Punch after I stamped the birthday greeting using Powder Pink Ink and Whisper White cardstock and layered it on a small silver foil doily in the Metallic Foil Doilies package.

I played around with where to put this greeting on the card, when finally I figured out the best place was on the ribbon with the bow on the bottom of the greeting since there was some empty space there anyway!

This Sweet Soiree Fancy Cake Birthday Card is a very easy card to make since the paper is so pretty by itself. How can it be retiring??!

Be sure to check out the retiring Stampin’ Up! products in the Online Store.

Make a Mini Treat Bag Birthday Card

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Make a Mini Treat Bag Birthday Card quick and easy using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies which are retiring!! So sad! I have loved these Mini Treat Bag dies since they came out and have encouraged everyone to buy a set!

You can use these dies to make more than just a treat bag! Many times I make the bag plus a card to put inside, all of which makes up the greeting card as you see above. You can also fold the top over and hold closed with a ribbon or belly band with a small gift or candy inside. So many different options.

To make this Mini Treat Bag Birthday Card, I used the Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is in the Occasions Catalog and is retiring. You might have thought it was only for Valentine’s Day since it was in the Occasions Catalog, but this paper can be used lots of ways. Here I did choose the paper with the little hearts because I think it is such a cute pattern. Then I could coordinate with the heart die cut in the MIni Treat Bag Thinlits Dies and also the Watercolor Words Stamp Set. This stamp set is also on the retirement list and is one of my favorites! I’ve always loved the font, the size and the greetings and images themselves in this set.

I used our Tear & Tape Adhesive, which is staying, to adhere the bag. The die cut puts score lines on the paper so it is easy to assemble. I used Melon Mambo cardstock for the card inside and the heart on the front, plus Gold Foil for the other heart. Very quick and easy! I could even embellish the front of the card more if I wanted to.

See how I made a little treat bag for Halloween in THIS POST by folding over the top of the bag! You can use the Search box on the right side of my blog to find more examples using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlit Dies. They are so fun! I don’t know what will take their place for me! But we have to give up old products to make room for the new!

Check out the Last Chance Products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store so you don’t miss out on any of the great retiring products!

You just might want to make a Mini Treat Bag Birthday Card like this one for someone special!