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Stampin’ Up! Video of January New Releases

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

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

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Splash of Sparkles Endless Love Valentine Card

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Splash of Sparkles Endless Love Valentine Card

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Easy Endless Love Monochromatic Valentine Card

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Monochromatic Endless Love Valentine

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have fun making Valentines!

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Paper Pumpkin Valentine Cards

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Paper Pumpkin Jan 2026 Cards

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

Paper Pumpkin Jan 2026 Messy Desk

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

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

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

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

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New Stampin’ Up! Craft Class Coming!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brushed With Beauty Craft Class

Traditions of Christmas Craft Class

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

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

Wonderful Snowflakes Winter Storm 2026

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Wonderful Snowflakes Winter Storm 2026

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

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

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

Wonderful Snowflakes Glue Technique

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

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

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Cute As a Bug Thanks Friend Card

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Cute As a Bug Cut-Apart Images

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

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

Cute As a Bug Thanks Friend Card

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

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

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

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

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Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card

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Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card Open

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

Spash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper

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

Splash of Sparkles Paper Foil Accents

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

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Made With Love Hugs & Kisses Valentine Card

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Made With Love Hugs & Kisses Valentine. Card

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lovely Blossoms Hello Friend Card

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Lovely Blossoms Hello Friend Card

This Lovely Blossoms Hello Friend Card is a very easy card to make, and the artwork makes it beautiful. If you have seen other designer papers with “cut-apart” images, like the Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, this is some of the same. This Lovely Blooms Designer Series Paper has images of lots of white blooms and a palette of colors of light pink, green and navy. Navy is really Secret Sea, a color I haven’t used much, so I’m glad to have some papers with which I can use more of it. The smaller images on several sheets can be cut apart, trimmed down to whatever size you want or left as is for your cardmaking and scrapbooking projects.

For this card, I used a base of Old Olive with a layer of Secret Sea. I chose the section of the designer paper with the white flowers on the Secret Sea background but I trimmed it down to fit on the card. The Secret Sea layer is 4″ x 5 1/4″ and the floral layer is 3 3/4″ x 5″.

For the greeting, I stamped “Hello Friend” in the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set in Secret Sea ink on a scrap strip of Basic White cardstock. I cut a little flagged end on the left side and lined up the right side with the edge of the designer paper. It is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Also a part of this Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection in the Online Exclusives is a pack of Moody Palette Glossy Dots. I used three of the Old Olive Dots on the front of the card. This is the nice part of a Suite. You know exactly what things go well with what!

Right now the Lovely Arrangements Bundle (stamp set and dies) is out of stock but is expected back the week of January 26th. You can buy the other items separately without waiting to buy the whole Suite. If you are interested in that Bundle or the separate items, go to their listing in the Online Store and sign up for the email that will alert you that it is back in stock.

If you like making quick and easy cards, this Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper is one to have on hand!

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February 2026 Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin Celebrate Spring Feb 2026 Banner

It’s time for a new Paper Pumpkin Kit! The January Kits are being sent out now for those people who subscribed by January 10th, so now we have the February Paper Pumpkin Kit! It’s early, but if you’d like to receive this card kit in your mailbox mid-February, go ahead and sign up now! Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription from Stampin’ Up! and I say is a treat you give yourself….or even someone special! It is a kit with all the supplies included that you will need, including an exclusive stamp set, ink spot, and even adhesive. There is no risk or obligation. Skip a month or cancel your subscription any time before the 10th of any month.

Here are the details about the February Paper Pumpkin Kit!

FEBRUARY: Celebrate Spring
Subscribe January 11–February 10
Craft whimsical handmade cards that celebrate Easter and sweet spring days.
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Precut paper pieces and pink baker’s twine
• Iridescent pink and yellow sequins
• Coordinating colors: Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink,
Shy Shamrock (Classic Stampin’ Spot)

Coordinates with the Easter Joy Suite Collection (item 166954) in the Spring Mini Catalog!

Paper Pumpkin is for anyone, even non-crafters or beginning crafters. Directions are included, of course, and there is always a video online, too. And if you are an experienced, avid crafter, maybe once in a while you’d like to not have to design a project on your own – just open the Paper Pumpkin box and start creating! You can even create different designs than are presented in the kit. They are your supplies and you can cut things differently, make different designs. Just have fun with your kit!

If you like, Paper Pumpkin also offers a few Add-On Dies that you can use with the three Paper Pumpkin Kits for that quarter. Right now, you can “add-on” these little dies to go with the January, February, and March Paper Pumpkin Kits. Of course, you can also use these dies with your other Stampin’ Up! projects, too.

Paper Pumpkin Beautiful Blooms Dies Add-Ons

These are the Beautiful Blooms Dies (168666) that you can purchase in the Paper Pumpkin menu in the Online Store. Or just click the link!

Find out all about a Paper Pumpkin monthly subscription HERE!

Go to that link, read about Paper Pumpkin, and scroll all the way to the bottom to see some videos of past kits. Also, once you are a subscriber, you can purchase any past kits or refills (no stamp set or ink spot), and add-on dies that are available.

Love Notes Heart Love Card for Valentine’s Day

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Love Notes Heart Love Card

This Love Notes Heart Love Card for Valentine’s Day is fun and easy to make with the Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is cuter and more useful than you might imagine just looking at it in the catalog or online. You can use these 48 sheets of paper, 8 sheets of each of 6 designs, to make all kinds of cards, tags, scrapbook pages, and any projects you want! The cool part is that some of the sheets have cut-apart sections that you can cut down even further if you like to make whatever you come up with.

This card has a Flirty Flamingo card base which coordinates with this Love Notes paper. I used this section with the watercolor-look background and heart. I trimmed down the white margin to fit it on my card base. For the greeting, I cut out the word “Love”, layered it on another piece of the designer paper, then layered that on a piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock cut into a banner. The banner was cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies, some of my favorites. I popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I felt that the card still needed some pizzazz, so I looked through my embellishments and found these retired little hearts and flowers – well, that’s what they are called: Adhesive-backed Hearts & Flowers. I liked the look of the little hearts scattered around the card! If you ever feel like your card needs a little something, look through all your embellishments and you will likely find something to add!

Love Notes 6_ x 6_ Designer Series Paper

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Many New Stampin’ Up! Products Today! Spring Mini, Online Exclusives, Kits, Bonus Days & More!

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Spring Mini Catalog Cover 2026

Today is one of those days we stampers, papercrafters, and scrapbookers love with SO many brand-new Stampin’ Up! products going LIVE! We have a new Stampin’ Up! January – April 2026 Spring Mini Catalog, three new Kits in the Kits Collection, new Online Exclusives, a new Product of the Month, AND it’s BONUS DAYS! It’s like Christmas all over again except it’s all for us!

Bonus Days 2026 Ad info

Before you start shopping, though, let me tell you about Bonus Days! From Jan. 6 – Feb. 2, with each order of $50 or more you earn a $5 coupon code that will be emailed to you soon after you place your order. If your order has multiples of $50 (such as $100 or $150) (before shipping, tax, and after any Rewards are applied), you will earn a coupon code for each $50 increment. You will receive one email with two, three, or however many coupon codes. With each $50 order, you will receive an email with one coupon code.

It is up to YOU to save these coupon codes. I suggest printing out the email(s) so you have a hard copy in case anything happens to your computer or email. Then during the redemption period in February, you will enter the coupon code(s) you earned on your order. We can talk about that part later. So as you shop, think about $50 increments in a large order or reaching $50 in one order. Then save those coupon code emails!

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The Spring Mini Catalog (as I like to call it!) is filled with beautiful. new colors and designs for Valentine’s Day, Easter, florals, and all kinds of things. It’s always a refreshing change after all the holidays we have been crafting for during the past three months!

Here are the links you need if you don’t have a copy of the catalog in your hands.

VIEW THE SPRING JANUARY – APRIL 2026 MINI CATALOG PDF HERE!

SHOP THE SPRING MINI CATALOG HERE!

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New Online Exclusives, products that are not in any catalog but you can order online while supplies last!

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New Kits Collage Jan 2026

NEW KITS IN THE KITS COLLECTION!

This month of January we are treated to THREE new Kits in the Kits Collection in the Online Store! These all-inclusive kits were designed for beginning crafters or those looking for a quick creative fix! These are great kits for those who do not have a lot of supplies or like the idea of just opening a box and having all the supplies and design ready to go! Check these out and all the other Kits already in the Kits Collection!

Lots To Love Kit

Butterfly Garden Kit

Adopt a Pet Kit

POM Fabulous Sayings Stamp Set Jan 2026

New Product of the Month

The Product of the Month is a new special promotion Stampin’ Up! started last month in December. The Product of the Month items are specially designed to be some of the best items Stampin’ Up! has to offer that aren’t available in any of our catalogs or our Online Exclusives. Every month they will release a new item that is only available for purchase once per account. These items will be limited quantity and are likely to sell out quickly—once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good! Spend $75 and purchase the Product of the Month (POM) for only $5.00!

The January 2026 Product of the Month is this Fabulous Sayings Stamp Set! Looks like a good one to have to me! We always want more sentiments to use! Or while it is still available, you could choose the December POM, the True Blue Florals Designer Series Paper instead if you don’t already have it.

I hope you enjoy all these fun new products! It makes a long blog post but it sure is fun to have so many new Stampin’ Up! products to dream about owning!

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Make an Easy Love Notes Valentine

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Love Notes Love You More Card

I’m here to tell you that if you like to make easy Valentines or a lot of Valentines, this Love Notes 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is for you! Put it on your order right away! If I didn’t already own this package of paper, but I saw this pattern with the little heart flowers, I would buy it just for this sheet of paper! This Love Notes pack of paper has 8 sheets of each of 6 double-sided designs, so that’s a lot of paper you can use making multiples. Some papers are 6″ x 6″ full sheets, but lots are cut-apart designs to be used for making Valentines, tags, scrapbook pages, cards, or whatever you are making. Just trim down the designs you want to use. You can make them smaller than the design on the paper if you like or use part of the design or fussy-cut it for something different. Once you start playing you might not be able to stop!

Love Notes 6_ x 6_ Designer Series Paper

This photo above gives you an idea of what the papers are like. You can easily cut out one of these square designs or the other larger and smaller designs to make whatever design you want on your card or project.

My sample card today has a card base of Garden Green cardstock. The designer paper layer on the card is exactly what the 6″ x 6″ paper looks like except that I trimmed it down for my card. It comes with that diagonal design on the left side of the heart flower garden. I trimmed it down so the side design was only 3/4″ of an inch wide, and of course trimmed down the whole sheet to 4″ x 5 1/4″ to fit on the card front. I didn’t have to add the extra diagonal piece on the side because it was already part of the paper!

The center focal point is one of the square designs on one of the cut-apart papers. It is 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″. I layered it on a square 3″ x 3″ piece of Petal Pink cardstock and popped it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Now this is one of the rare cards that I did not embellish! No ribbon, no sequins, no gems, no sparkle! I wanted to show you how EASY this card was to make and yet it is still very pretty even without any extra things or work!

On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer for a stamped or handwritten message or greeting and I added one of the scrap strips from the heart-flowered paper to the side of the white layer for a little decoration inside the card.

Love Notes Love You More Card Inside

While a lot of this paper is Valentine-themed, you can still use a lot of it for other occasions. So if you need some paper for Valentines and wonder what you will do with the rest, I’m sure you will be able to use it beyond (or before!) Valentine’s Day.

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It will go LIVE on Tuesday, January 6th along with Bonus Days!

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Paper Pumpkin Special Delivery Jan 2026

Here is the new Paper Pumpkin Kit for January 2026! This Special Delivery Paper Pumpkin Kit will help us start the year off right! Personally, I don’t even have to see what is in the box, I want THE BOX! Look at how pretty it is! This is a box you will likely want to save for storage or gifts or anything after you make the kit.

This Paper Pumpkin Kit will arrive in time for making valentines with sweet postage stamp designs and sentiments for love and friendship. But what is Paper Pumpkin? It’s a complete papercrafting kit that arrives in your mailbox every month after the 10th unless you skip a month or cancel. All the supplies you need except scissors are included in the kit, even adhesive. Plus an exclusive stamp set and an ink spot, like a tiny ink pad for this project. You can follow the directions and photos on the brochure included and also watch a video! The kit is fine for beginning crafters and people who don’t have supplies to make cards and other projects. All you need comes in the box! You can also look online at what other people make sometimes with alternate ideas with the supplies in the kit. So if you want to change up the project sent to you, you are free to do so! It’s your kit!

Here is the information about the kit!

Subscribe December 11–January 10

• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
• 3 different coordinating envelope designs
• Precut paper pieces with gold foil accents
• Coordinating colors: Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Darling Duckling, Garden Green,
Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade (Classic Stampin’ Spot

I think this is going to be a Paper Pumpkin Kit we will love, and we probably will be able to use these cards not just for Valentine’s Day but for other occasions as well!

You must subscribe to Paper Pumpkin by January 10th to get this kit and that is less than a week away!

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

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