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It’s the Last Chance Shopping Day!

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Today is the day the Last Chance List and Sale goes LIVE of products retiring from both the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and the January – April 2023 Mini Catalog (the Spring Mini). Some, but not all, of the products are discounted, some up to 60% off!

All of the Bundles in the catalogs are “retiring” but in some cases, the two products are continuing on, just separately, to make room for the new Bundles. Be sure to check if the two products in the Bundle are discounted because they may be cheaper separately on sale than getting 10% off for the Bundle!

Some retiring products are being “reconfigured”. They are marked retiring but because of the Color Refresh, they just have to be adjusted with the new colors, such as the Stampin’ Write Markers.

Some products are carrying over to the Online Exclusives category, which means they will be available online but not in the catalog. If they sell out, Stampin’ Up! can decide if they can restock those products or not.

Here is the list of those carrying-over Online Exclusives:

Last Chance Annual Catalog

Last Chance Spring Mini Catalog

HAPPY SHOPPING!

Did you know you can SORT the items on any shopping page by different categories, like “Newest”, “Price”, “A-Z” and also change if you want to see 30 products or 90? It’s on the right side under the title “Last Chance Products”. Very helpful sometimes!

Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card

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Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card

How about a hot pink Easter card? Well, this Polished Pink Easter Bunny Card probably fits the bill! As long as I already had the Polished Pink cardstock out and as long as this piece of designer paper had already grabbed me, I decided to go ahead and make this card! It’s quick and easy if nothing else!

You still have time to get a few Easter or Spring cards in the mail if you want to and hopefully, they will arrive in time! Easter is Sunday, April 9, 2023.

This card uses the Flowers & More Designer Series Paper that I have really enjoyed from the Spring Mini Catalog. I didn’t even pay attention to it at first, but once I got it as a Host Reward (p. 90) I loved using it. Before adhering the designer paper to the card base of Polished Pink, I wrapped around some ribbon. I pulled out several white ribbons but I liked my first try, the White 3/4″ Frayed Ribbon. Even though it is quite wide, I think it works okay. Instead of trying to tie ribbon all the way around a card layer, just cut it long enough for a small amount to wrap around to the back and adhere those ends. Then you can add a bow or knot or whatever you want separately.

The bunny is stamped in Memento ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I really have gotten a lot of use out of that stamp set for Easter and it will be good for baby cards, too, with those cute bunnies! I punched out the bunny with the Easter Bunny Punch. As I’ve mentioned before, it is backordered and hopefully will be back in stock around May 15. I popped the bunny up with just two Stampin’ Dimensionals, one to be over the top of the ribbon and one below. It might not be exact but get it as close as you can since the ribbon is a little thick.

For the greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” in the Celebrating You Stamp Set in Shady Spruce ink. Next, I use the Conversation Bubbles Dies to cut out the greeting. It actually cuts out the two separate pieces, so then I diecut a piece of Polished Pink cardstock to get the border piece I wanted. I first tried Shady Spruce for the border but I liked the pink better!

I did tie a small piece of the Frayed Ribbon around in a knot, which is a little thick, but I liked it fine! If you would like you could add a few rhinestones to the bottom of the greeting.

Remember, the Last Chance Sales for both the Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini begin on Tuesday, April 4th. If you are interested in the Conversation Bubbles Stamp Set and/or Dies which are retiring, do NOT buy the Bundle! The stamp set will be discounted 60% and the Dies 20%. The Bundle itself is still full price! So do the math if there are discounts on the things you want to buy when the sale begins! The Celebrating You Stamp Set is also retiring but not discounted. It is one I have used a lot for greetings! I’m sad to see it go!

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Radiating Stitches Easter Bunny Card

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Radiating Stitches Easter Bunny Card

Sometimes when you want an idea for a card, it’s okay to copy yourself! Recently, I made an Easter card like this one and I liked it so much I had to keep it for myself! But then I thought I should just make another one to mail. In the process, I came up with this slightly different design which I also like a lot!

The card base is Polished Pink Cardstock and so is the first layer. Polished Pink is one of the current 2021-2023 In Colors that will be retiring. However, Fresh Freesia, in that group, will be added to the lineup of regular colors!

I used three of the Radiating Stitches Dies for this card to form the layers. Stampin’ Up! made these dies so that they DO layer in the right sizes! They add a different look and some texture to your cards and projects. They are unorderable right now as I write this but hopefully, they will be back in stock soon.

The next layer is Parakeet Party, one of the 2022-2024 In Colors that is staying for another year! The designer paper in the center is one of the patterns in the Flowers & More package, available as a Host Reward in the Spring Mini. Look on page 90. I thought the little lines of colors looked perfect for an Easter card!

The bunny is part of the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. He is stamped in Memento Ink and then has a few colors of Stampin’ Blends markers added to give him a little color and shading. He’s also holding a carrot, one of the cute extras in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set. I just cut the bunny and carrot out by hand with my Paper Snips scissors. It’s really not difficult at all. The bunny and carrot are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals, both the regular size and the mini black ones.

The greeting is also from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and is stamped and diecut with the smallest of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The “Happy Easter” greeting JUST fits on there! The greeting is also popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back. For a little bling, I added three Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Whether you like the Orchid Oasis card I made with the Radiating Stitches Dies or this one with the Polished Pink colors and a different Easter Bunny, I think both are cute for Easter. Take off the bunny and add some flowers and foliage or some other image and you can change the card for another occasion!

Country Gingham Happy Easter Bunny Card

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Country Gingham Happy Easter Bunny Card

After all the excitement the last couple of days about Last Chance Lists and the Color Refresh at Stampin’ Up!, thought it was time for a relaxing Easter card, like this Country Gingham Happy Easter Bunny Card. This designer paper I used is on the Last Chance List for the Spring Mini Catalog, but I’m happy the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Punch are staying! After Easter that stamp set and punch will make very cute baby cards!

This card starts with a Petal Pink card base. Petal Pink is staying as one of our colors. I used two different patterns of the Country Gingham 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper for the front of the card. I chose a green gingham for the bottom to sort of represent grass that the bunny is sitting in! The top pattern is a Petal Pink and Sweet Sorbet plaid. So soft and pretty!

The Easter Bunny in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set is stamped in Gray Granite ink on Basic White and then punched with the Easter Bunny Punch. (The Easter Bunny Punch is due to be back in stock the week of May 15.) I colored in around the inside edges a little on the bunny with a Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend Marker just to add a little shading.

The flower garland in the Easter Bunny set and Easter eggs were stamped in Memento Ink on Basic White and colored with Stampin’ Blends. Just choose whatever colors you like. I cut out the flowers and the eggs by hand.

The tag is die-cut with one of the Something Fancy Dies out of Basic White. I stamped the greeting from the Celebrating You Stamp Set in Mint Macaron Ink. Mint Macaron is one of the retiring colors. I even adhered a little scrap of the Mint Macaron designer paper with a smaller diagonal plaid at the bottom of the tag.

I adhered two Easter eggs to the tag and tied a bow with the Petal Pink 3/8″ Soft Polyester Ribbon. The bow is adhered with two little Glue Dots to the tag. For a little finishing touch, I added some Heart Pearls above the bunny.

I had almost forgotten, after Valentine’s Day, that I had this Country Gingham Designer Series Paper but it’s really nice for Easter cards and for spring cards and projects. If you don’t have any or don’t have enough left, be sure to stock up before it retires or sells out!

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Ten Years of Growth Paper Pumpkin Cards

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Ten Years of Growth Paper Pumpkin Cards

When my Paper Pumpkin Kit finally shows up in my mailbox each month, usually the weekend is a good time to sit down and make the project in the kit! These are the three card designs to make with the kit and from there, you can make whatever you want with the supplies!

I usually like to make the project as designed first, and then decide if I want to continue or make some alternates. There are always alternative ideas for each Paper Pumpkin Kit on the internet and even on the directions Stampn’ Up! sends in the box!

This kit was to celebrate ten years of Paper Pumpkin! I think I attended the Convention when the first kit was introduced, or at least I remember I got a free kit at the Convention! I always say it’s a present you give yourself to get a papercrafting kit right in the mail with everything you need inside, but it really does seem like a gift! You open the cute box and inside you’ll find the package of supplies all wrapped up in colored tissue paper, just like a gift! So it IS a gift you give yourself!! And you can gift someone else, too!

The cards in this kit have a pretty design already printed on the front, and then there are diecut pieces of foliage and ferns and pots to add to the card front. There are pieces on which to stamp a greeting and add that to the card. I put the greetings on two cards but I may use another greeting from another stamp set on some of the other cards. So the kits are always easy to make for anyone.

This celebratory kit even came with an extra FREE stamp set to use any time! Paper Pumpkin often has little surprises for us!

Here is a video to see how this kit went together. There is always a video you can watch plus the directions that come in the kit. Some months there are extra full kits or “refills” that are available in the Online Store IF you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber. If you decided you loved a particular kit and wanted another one, or, for example, at Christmas time maybe you want two kits to make a lot of gift tags or cards. If you subscribe now to receive the April Kit but wish you had the March kit after you subscribe you can shop in the Online Store under Paper Pumpkin -Past Kits, Refills & More and presently, purchase the “Refill” for the March Kit. You won’t get the stamp sets or ink spot but you can stamp greetings from sets you already own….or simply write in your own greeting! All the other supplies are included!

Now if this Paper Pumpkin monthly kit idea appeals to you, be sure to sign up SOON for the April Paper Pumpkin Kit! The deadline will be April 10th and kits are mailed out soon after.

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This kit is coming with a little extra! A box organizer! It will have some narrow strips that you can fit together in an empty Paper Pumpkin Kit box to divide it into sections to hold the ink spots you get in each kit or however you want to use them. To read all the details about the April Kit, just click HERE to read my recent blog post.

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Conversation Bubbles Thank You Card

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Conversation Bubbles Thank You Card

I simply can’t get enough of this designer paper, especially this pattern, but I finally got a chance to play with the Conversation Bubbles Bundle which I used for the greeting on this Conversation Bubbles Thank You Card. I think it stands out well against this busy paper and makes the whole card look fun!

Years ago Stampin’ Up! had a set with conversation bubbles as I recall, but this one takes it up a level with the diecut bubbles and borders. There are interesting edges, sizes, and textures to the bubbles, plus extra little dies like hearts, flowers, and stars. In the stamp set are fun phrases and expressions in cute fonts to use or use any other sentiments you have. The Bundle is really something you have to play with to see for yourself. Just looking at the catalog doesn’t do it justice.

This package of designer paper, Flowers & More 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, is available as a Host Reward in the Spring Mini Catalog. With an order of $150 or more, you can choose it as your host benefit. It’s not your regular package of 12 sheets of paper. It has 48 sheets of paper, 4 sheets each of 12 designs! Be sure to consider it if you have a large order of $150 or more before the end of Spring Mini on May 1st! Check it out on page 90 on the top edge of the page!

This designer paper has the best coordinating colors! Some In Colors and some regular colors! For the card base, I chose Sweet Sorbet and then added a full layer of the floral pattern in the Flowers & More Designer Paper.

The center focal point is a piece of Parakeet Party Cardstock, cut at 3″ x 3″. The designer paper, this time a stripe in the same Flowers & More paper is cut at 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″. Underneath the striped paper is a layer of Sweet Sorbet cut at 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″. That layer is really optional, but I liked it.

The greeting uses the Conversation Bubbles Bundle and is stamped in Sweet Sorbet ink on Basic White. Then I used the die again, this time with Sweet Sorbet cardstock to get the textured border to go around the “thank you”. In the photo, you can see the little diagonal lines for texture on that border piece. I could have used just the white bubble and not used the outer border or layered it just on a small Parakeet Party rectangle or something to give it a layer.

Before I adhered the striped greeting piece to the layer of Parakeet Party, I tied around a piece of the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon just in a knot. What would we do without that ribbon?! I use it all the time and I hope it doesn’t retire! You can even color it easily with markers or ink if you want a colored ribbon.

The center panel is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals, but it could be adhered flat on the card. On the inside, I would suggest putting a layer of Basic White with a little strip of designer paper or maybe even one of the other bubble greetings or die cuts. You can stamp another message on that or write your personal note without it being on dark cardstock. It would be fun to use this bright and happy paper on the envelope flap and really make the recipient excited to open your card!

There is only about a month left to shop the Spring Mini Catalog! I think by the end of the week we will have the Last Chance List and any discounts on retiring products. If there are any products in the catalog that you really really want, it might be best to order them BEFORE the Last Chance list comes out just in case things sell out. Some will for sure.

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Flowers & More Floral Print Thank You Card

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Flowers & More Floral Print Thank You Card

Here is basically a quick and easy card to make for any occasion. I have been dying to make a card with this particular pattern in the Flowers & More Designer Series Paper, and finally, here is my Flowers & More Floral Print Thank You Card.

This card is so simple to make! The card base is Basic White Cardstock and I just used a square piece of the designer paper for the focal point of the card. The designer paper is cut at 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and is layered on a piece of Sweet Sorbet Cardstock that is cut at 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. Even though the card is very simple in design, I played around with it a lot! This is the design I intended to make, but I played around with adding another pattern of designer paper as a regular layer on the card and a smaller square of the floral designer paper. I also played around with the layer under the designer paper square. I tried several different colors and settled on Sweet Sorbet.

Before adhering the designer paper square to the card, I tied around my last little bit of the Polished Pink 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon. I also added a few Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels in the flower centers.

For the greeting, I stamped a simple “thanks” in Sweet Sorbet ink from the Sentimental Park Stamp Set.

You could use this card design with any paper design and greeting that goes with the occasion, whatever you want it to be!

This Flowers & More Designer Series Paper is available only as a Host Reward that you can choose with an order of $150 or more. You’ll find it in the back of the Spring Mini Catalog at the top of page 90. Since it’s in the Spring Mini, you only have until May 1st to earn this paper. It has beautiful bright patterns in its 48 sheets of paper, 4 each of 12 designs! That’s a lot of paper!!

This card design on my Flowers & More Floral Print Thank You Card is so easy to make, you could make several with different designer papers and then leave the bottom space blank until you need the card for a specific occasion!

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First Day of Spring Hello Spring Card

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First Day of Spring Hello Spring Card

Today is the first day of Spring! I decided to celebrate with my First Day of Spring Hello Spring Card! Even though we are having probably one last really cold day in Houston, it is the first day of Spring even if it doesn’t feel like it.

Today is called the Spring Equinox but it doesn’t officially happen until 5:24 PM EDT. The term Equinox comes from Latin words meaning “equal night” with the length of day and night being nearly equal in all parts of the world.

For my card today, I thought I would use my new set of alphabet dies, the Alphabet A La Mode Dies. You will find them on page 61 of the Spring Mini. I loved the skinny look of them and it looked like there would be fun ways to use them! Aren’t we always looking for new and interesting ways to make our cards?!

This is a Slimline card, as we call it. I cut the card base of Bermuda Bay cardstock at 6″ x 6″ and scored it at 3″ to make this style of card. The Basic White layer is just a tiny bit smaller than 3″ x 6″ so 2 7/8″ x 5 7/8″.

I cut out the letters with different colors of the Brights cardstock. I used Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, and Gorgeous Grape. Unbelievably, I remembered to use the Adhesive Sheets so the skinny letters would be like stickers and I wouldn’t have to use teeny tiny drops of glue on the back. I just needed small pieces of the adhesive sheets on the back of each color of cardstock. After they were diecut, I just peeled off the protective layer and stuck the letters onto the Basic White cardstock on the front of the card.

But first, always do your stamping first! I sort of did, and sort of didn’t. I did figure out how the letters would fit on the card and saw that there would be enough space to stamp the “hello” from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set in Memento Black ink. It’s just the right size! After I had that stamped on the white piece, I was ready to adhere the alphabet letters. I figured out where the center of that piece was and started placing the letters off to the sides of the center. Then I saw how they ended up, if they were fairly even with the sides of the card and adjusted them accordingly. It helps to use a ruler along with Grid Paper to have a straight edge to help place the letters evenly at the base. Or make them more whimsical and tip them different ways, then you don’t even have to try to make them straight!

After I had the “hello” stamped and the letters adhered, I knew I wanted to add flowers in the corners. I started off stamping and coloring in some flowers, cutting them out and placing them on the two opposite corners, but I didn’t like that. I ended up using the flower clusters in the Sentimental Park Stamp Set and stamping those with Memento ink. It was dangerous to stamp right on the card with the letters already adhered but I took a chance and it worked out!

I felt like the Stampin’ Blends would be a bit too strong in their colors for this card, so I switched to Watercolor Pencils! I don’t use them often enough but they are fun and satisfying to use just like the Blends! Just add some color with the pencil, it doesn’t have to be perfect, then use a Blender Pen to smooth out the color. The Blender Pens were some of the first things I purchased after I heard about Stampin’ Up! They have just a little bit of moisture which works with the Watercolor Pencils. There are two different assortments of pencils in the Online Store so you can choose which colors you might use the most.

I hope this First Day of Spring Hello Spring Card inspires you to enjoy your first day of spring, and maybe even make a spring season card!

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Radiating Stitches Easter Card

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Radiating Stitches Easter Card

It’s time to be making Easter cards and here is one with a new design, the Radiating Stitches Easter Card! These new dies, one of the Online Exclusive products Stampin’ Up! recently released, really give a fresh new look to cardmaking!

The card base is Orchid Oasis, one of the current 2022-2024 In Colors, and one that will be staying around. I originally planned the card base to be Basic White with the Orchid Oasis as the layer. But after getting the layer ready, I didn’t care for it against the white so I made the card base out of Orchid Oasis. Color on color! The new die set is called Radiating Stitches. The dies layer pretty well. Three are rectangles and there is also a heart and two circle dies. Lots of creative possibilities!

The Orchid Oasis layer is wider, then the Sweet Sorbet rectangle fits inside the center and the smaller rectangle fits in the center of that one. I used the cute little flower paper in the Flowers & More Designer Series Paper. This is a Host reward you can choose with a $150 order from the Spring Mini Catalog. You’ll find it in the back of the catalog on page 90 up in the top corner!

You really could just add a decent-sized greeting going across the center of the card, but since I wanted an Easter card, I added a bunny! This is one of the bunnies in the Easter Bunny Stamp Set in the Spring Mini. I stamped the bunny on Basic White cardstock with Memento ink. Since I really wanted just a white bunny, I added a little gray fur on his middle with the Light Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend marker and some touches of Petal Pink for the ears and feet.

The greeting is stamped in Orchid Oasis ink on Basic White and diecut with the narrow Stitched Rectangle Die. It barely fits, but it does fit! I popped up the bunny on Stampin’ Dimensionals, so I put Dimensionals on each end of the greeting so it would fit over the bunny. For some sparkle, I added some Iridescent Rhinestones to the card front in the flowers.

These Radiating Stitches Dies are something a little different and you will find them in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. They give your cards a little extra texture and design!

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Regency Park St. Patrick’s Day Card

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Regency Park St. Patrick's Day Card

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Today is St. Patrick’s Day for those of you who celebrate! Instead of making an “official” St. Patrick’s Day card, I made this card with lots of green and even a touch of gold! And the greeting could be for someone you are giving the card to on St. Patrick’s Day!

This is about a five-minute card!! The card base is Shaded Spruce cardstock which matches the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper in the Spring Mini Catalog. All I had to do was make the card base, cut the designer paper 5 1/4″ x 4″, and glue it on with Stampin’ Seal. The greeting is stamped with a stamp in the Inspired Thoughts Stamp Set in Shaded Spruce ink on Basic White. Then it was diecut with a Deckled Rectangle Die.

For a little embellishment, I decided to use the new Gold & Silver 1/8″ Trim Combo Pack. It is one of the Online Exclusives products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. I just got it and I can say the gold is really bright and shiny!

So if I run into somebody today to whom I wanted to give a St. Patrick’s Day card to, I think this one would be somewhat appropriate! Otherwise, I can use it for a birthday or some other occasion!

Celebrate in your green today and enjoy your special day!

St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Card With Hearts

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St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Card With Hearts

If you are looking for a card for St. Patrick’s Day, which is tomorrow, this St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Card With Hearts card may give you an idea. It certainly wasn’t my first idea, but after several failures of what I thought was going to be an easy idea, I came up with this and I like it a lot! In fact, I believe you could give it to anybody for any occasion where you wanted to wish them some luck!

The card base is Garden Green cardstock, and the front is stamped with the Hand-Drawn Dots background stamp. It’s the first time I’ve used it! It’s in the Spring Mini Catalog on page 28. I must have seen some cute idea that I had to have it for, but who knows now what that was! Anyway, it’s a good background stamp to have just for a little interest and pizzazz! You can make it as bold or as subtle as you like by using different colors or even stamping off for a very light image. I need to play with it more!

I cut the center layers smaller so the dotted background would still show a little bit. The designer paper I used is in the Hues of Happiness package in the Annual Catalog and is on the opposite side of one of the floral patterns. I cut it so that mostly the green area would show. This designer paper is cut at 3 1/4″ x 4 1/4″. Then I used a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock for a layer under that to help it stand out. It is cut at 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″.

The shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day is made of three hearts. I originally planned to just punch out three hearts out of Garden Green cardstock, but these look a lot more interesting. I used the Country Bouquet Stamp Set and Garden Green ink on Garden Green cardstock. I punched out the hearts with the Country Bouquet Punch. (This punch is due back in stock around April 17th.) The stem I just cut myself. The hearts are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

For a little gold, I embossed the greeting with Gold Embossing Powder and the Heat Tool. The greeting is in the Country Bouquet Stamp Set and as I said, with a simple greeting like this, I think you can use this card on a day other than St. Patrick’s Day. If you want a stamp set that is “officially” for St. Pat’s, the Lucky Clover Stamp Set is perfect for you!

And for just a little more gold, I used my new package of the Gold Faceted Adhesive-Backed Sequins. You get little moon shapes, some large teardrop shapes, and two sizes of circle sequins. You’ll find these on page 43 in the Spring Mini Catalog.

Whether you are Irish or not, have fun making a little something for St. Patrick’s Day with some heart shamrocks!

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Playing in the Rain Z-Fold Card

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Playing in the Rain Z-Fold Card

Everything in the Rain Or Shine Suite in the Spring Mini Catalog is so cute that you can’t make just one card! I’ve used this stamp set, dies, and designer paper to make quite a few cards but it’s always fun to make another one, like this Playing in the Rain Z-Fold Card.

I decided to make a Z-Fold card with the cute bunny in the Playing in the Rain Stamp Set. I think Z-Fold cards look like an extra-special design but it’s really ridiculously simple! To make a Z-fold card, make a card base as you normally would. Then score the card front in half, at 2 1/8″, and fold the right front half of the card back on itself. When you look at the card standing up, from the top, it looks like a zigzag or a Z.

This card base is Balmy Blue cardstock. I used layers of the Rain Or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper, the raindrop pattern for the front panel of the card, and also on the inside. The narrow front panel is 5 3/8″ x 2″. The inside is 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″.

I diecut two of the scalloped rectangles, the same size, from the Scalloped Contours Dies, in Basic White cardstock. One rectangle is stamped with the bunny using Memento ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. For his fur, I used #500 and #600 of the Natural Tones with Pale Papaya in his ears. His jacket is Orchid Oasis. The puddle is colored in with Balmy Blue and I added a little Light Smoky Slate just scribbled in to ground the bunny and the puddle. The raindrops are stamped in Balmy Blue ink. I covered the scalloped edges with a piece of scrap paper so I wouldn’t get raindrops on those edges and I just tried not to get raindrops on the bunny. For a little embellishment, I cut out some flowers from the designer paper and adhered them near the bunny.

When you adhere the front panel onto the Z-fold card, be sure you only put glue on half of the panel so it only adheres to that folded panel, not the inside of the card!

With a Z-Fold card you have to be careful about what you put on the inside. You would like it to not show from the front. So if you write a message all the way across the inside, it will show from the front of the card. I cut another scalloped rectangle die that was the same size as the one on the front (or you could do something smaller) and I stamped the greeting on that plus added some designer paper flowers to the bottom. To adhere it to the inside, I lined it up with the front of the greeting against the back of the front rectangle which is already adhered to the front of the card. Keep that in place while you apply adhesive (I like the Liquid Glue so you have that “wiggle room” in case you need to move it a tiny bit to get it placed perfectly.) and then fold over the back of the card to adhere to the greeting which will then be on the inside of the card and placed perfectly behind the front panel so that you don’t see what is in the inside until you open the card.

Playing in the Rain Z-Fold Card Inside

Writing this out is a lot more complicated than actually making the card! If you don’t put a panel on the inside of the card but you just stamp a greeting, just lightly mark with a pencil where the front panel hits the inside, and then you will know the area where you can safely stamp or write your greeting or message.

Here is another good example of what a z-fold card that I made looks like.

Try your hand at a Z-fold card like my Playing in the Rain Z-Fold Card and it will look extra special for your recipient. With different designer paper and a bunny on the front, this would make a really cute Easter card!

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April Paper Pumpkin Kit: All The Little Things

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Now, this looks like a fascinating Paper Pumpkin Kit to me! I already can’t wait to receive it in mid-April! Paper Pumpkin is a papercrafting kit that comes in your mailbox once a month, usually with all the supplies you need to make specially designed cards, but the project could be anything! I consider it a treat I give myself! No designing my own project (unless I want to!) and no worry if I have the exact supplies! They are all in the box! With your first kit, you receive an acrylic block on which to mount the stamps. An exclusive stamp set, an ink spot, adhesive, and all the materials you need are in the box! You will love the presentation! As I said, it’s a gift you give yourself!

The April Kit is called All the Little Things and if you are not already a subscriber, you can sign up HERE right now! The deadline for the April Kit is April 10th but do it now so you don’t forget!

This kit includes nine cards, three each of three designs, with elegant designs and bright colors. The iridescent foil is the shining detail to bring your crafts together. You can make a card for anyone and for any occasion!

And don’t wait, because anyone who subscribes to this month’s kit will get a FREE box organizer! This organizer fits perfectly inside your Paper Pumpkin box and is great for keeping your supplies from past kits organized, so you know right where everything is!

Paper Pumpkin April 2023 All the Little Things Box Organizer
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The April Paper Pumpkin kit focuses on optimism and renewal. The sentiments in the kit were designed to focus on just that! The included photopolymer stamp set has four sentiments that celebrate the simple things and encourage growth and healing. It’s a great set to have on hand that can be used for multiple occasions.

The All the Little Things Paper Pumpkin kit has a unique theme that focuses on beautiful cherry blossoms! Cherry blossoms represent positivity, renewal, and a fresh start. The die-cut pieces in this kit are detailed to reflect these exact principles. They are filled with bright colored pinks and dotted with iridescent foil. It’s a detail that won’t go unnoticed!

This kit includes:

  • 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs, and 9 coordinating envelopes.
  • 1 photopolymer stamp set with celebratory sentiments.
  • 1 Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Spot.
  • Precut cherry blossom paper pieces with iridescent foil.
  • Unique embellishments and twine.
  • Adhesives to complete the projects.
  • Final card size: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” (14 x 10.8 cm).
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce.
  • FREE box organizer

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Punch Art Bunny Easter Card

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Punch Art Bunny Easter Card

If you don’t have the Easter Bunny Punch, there are other ways to make a bunny for an Easter card or treat! This card shows you one way to make a “Punch Art” Bunny with a couple of other punches.

For the face of the bunny, use the one heart in the Heart Punch Pack. I used the plain edge one, but if you want your bunny to look a little furry, the Scallop edge one is good for that! I punched the heart out of Basic White cardstock and turned it upside down for the bunny’s face. If you don’t have a heart punch of a decent size, maybe you have dies. And if you don’t have anything, we all know how to cut out a heart by folding a paper in half!

For the bunny ears, I used the wings on the Ladybug Punch. I glued them behind the tip of the upside-down heart after coloring the inside of the ears pink. I used the Light Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo marker but mine needs to be replaced and was too light. So I used the Dark Petal Pink Blend and that’s how my bunny’s pink cheeks and ears got a little dark! If you don’t have the Ladybug Punch, you can probably find some leaf shapes on another punch or certainly a die that you can use.

The bunny’s nose is punched with a retired 1/2″ Circle Punch but if you don’t have that you may have a circle punch or die that you can use instead. I used a Black Stampin’ Write Marker to draw the bunny’s whiskers and eyes. The little bow is tied with the Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

To make the card, I used a Soft Sea Foam card base with a layer of Basic White to help the designer paper to stand out better. The designer paper is in the Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper package. The bottom portion is the other side of the leafy top portion. Over the seam, I adhered a piece of ribbon, it’s the retired Soft Sea Foam Ribbon.

The greeting is stamped with Soft Sea Foam ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and then die cut with one of the Deckled Rectangles Dies. The bunny and the greeting are popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little sparkle, I added three small Loose Frosted Dots in pink with tiny dots of glue.

Some of the products I used are retired or not available at the moment, but all that matters is that you see how to make a bunny using whatever punches or dies you have for your Easter projects!

Petal Pink Easter Bunny Card and Easter Tag

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Petal Pink Easter Bunny Card and Easter Tag

I got the idea to make an Easter tag and after I made the tag with no space for Easter eggs, I got the idea to make this Easter card! It turned out that everything was in Petal Pink so they are both monochromatic.

I know the Easter Bunny Punch is currently unavailable, but maybe you already have it or have another bunny punch or die. Hopefully, it will be back in stock, but it will be a while. Or stamp a bunny and cut it out as a pattern.

To make the tag, I needed a large area for the tag as the bunny punch is rather large. I ended up using the large plain Layering Circle Die to cut out the Petal Pink card stock and then punched the Easter Bunny out of it. I wanted to use the negative of the bunny with a piece of designer paper behind it. Since the bunny was pretty large, I just die-cut the next smaller plain circle out of the polka dot pattern in the Regency Park Designer Series Paper to place behind the bunny. I popped up the bunny on Stampin’ Dimensionals, mostly the Black Mini Dimensionals, and then adhered the bunny to the designer paper.

For the backing of the tag, I cut out the largest scalloped circle die in the Layering Circles Dies on which to layer the punched-out bunny in Basic White so the little scalloped edge would just barely show behind the bunny. Then to cover the plain white back, I die-cut another scalloped circle the same size out of the Petal Pink wicker pattern and glued that on.

For a greeting, I stamped “Happy Easter” from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set in Petal Pink ink, cut apart the words, and then even cut around the words for a different look and to have them fit on the tag! For some bling, I added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I punched a small hole in the top so I could put some ribbon through and tie it with a piece of Linen Thread. This would make a cute tag for a baby gift (without the Easter greeting of course!)

I had wanted to add some of the stamped Easter eggs from the stamp set, but there was no space on the tag. At that point, I got the idea to make a card with a background of the stamped eggs!

The card base is Basic White. I decided to put a stamped center panel across the card. That Basic White piece is 3″ x 5 1/2″ I stamped the Easter eggs randomly on that piece to fill up the space. Then I pulled out a 2″ wide strip of the Regency Park polka dot paper and cut it 5 1/2″ and in half at 1″.

I adhered the two designer paper strips directly to the card base top and bottom and then overlaid the stamped center panel. I punched two bunnies with the Easter Bunny Punch and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a tiny bow for each bunny and stamped the greeting. It is diecut with a narrow Stitched Rectangle Die. I was hoping the words would fit! The greeting is also popped up on Dimensionals.

That’s all there is to that card so it is actually pretty simple to make. It’s easy to make a monochromatic card with no coloring or choosing multiple colors.

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