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New Forever Friends Kit in the Stampin’ Up! Kit Collection

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Kit Collection Forever Friends Kit

The Forever Friends Kit has all you need to create beautiful floral cards with green foil accents to share with all your friends!

AVAILABLE April 12, 2023! #162323 $21.00 USD

DETAILS
This kit includes:

  • Enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs
  • 8 coordinating envelopes
  • One Forever Friends photopolymer stamp set
  • One Night of Navy Ink Spot
  • Printed card bases, printed foil envelopes, foil die cuts, adhesive, twine, and a clear block
  • Finished card size: 5-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ (13.3 x 10.8 cm)
  • Coordinating colors: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Petal Pink

The Stampin’ Up! Kit Collection is different from Paper Pumpkin Kits. Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription that is mailed to you each month when you are a subscriber. Kits in the Kit Collection are in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store ready for purchase like any other product and no subscription is required.

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Butterfly Kisses Thinking of You Card

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Butterfly Kisses Thinking of You Card

I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend and now it’s back to the Last Chance List at Stampin’ Up! When I saw this Butterfly Kisses Designer Series Paper on the list, I was inspired to make a bright card for spring, this Butterfly Kisses Thinking of You Card. It’s a fairly quick and easy one, too!

I’d almost forgotten I had this Butterfly Kisses Paper. It is 6″ x 6″ so I wasn’t seeing it as often as my 12″ x 12″ paper. But when I saw it was retiring, I knew I better play with it a little more! As I rummaged through the package of pretty papers, I chose this small floral pattern and decided to cut out some of the large butterflies on some other papers.

One of the coordinating colors is Parakeet Party, one of our In Colors that is sticking around for another year! Since I was looking for a bright, spring, happy look, I knew I had to use Parakeet Party for the card base.

I chose two of the larger butterflies on one of the Butterfly Kisses Paper and just cut them out with my Paper Snips. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop them up. Since they didn’t stand out as well as I would have liked against the floral pattern on the card layer, I punched two Fresh Freesia circles on which to layer the butterflies. Normally I would use the Layering Circles Dies to cut out a couple of circles, but I remembered that a few Circle Punches are coming back. Actually, it is the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and the 2″ Circle Punch in the Online Exclusives with a 2 3/8″ Circle Punch coming in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I used my retired 2 1/4″ Circle Punch to punch the Fresh Freesia circles to put behind the butterflies.

For the greeting, I used one in the Go-To Greetings Stamp Set which you will find in the current Annual Catalog on page 26. It is carried over into the new catalog! Just great all-purpose greetings in three different fonts that you will use all the time. I chose “Thinking of You” stamped in Starry Sky ink (another 2022-2024 In Color) and diecut with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies. I just squeezed it in between the two butterflies.

Here is another card I made using the Butterfly Kisses designer paper and some little cutout butterflies to adorn a tag on the card.

For a little sparkle and shine, I used some of the Gold Faceted Adhesive-Backed Sequins. I planned to just place a few randomly on the card, but instead, I decided to decorate the butterflies! They’re the star of the card, after all! The Butterfly Kisses Designer Paper and the Gold Sequins are both discounted on the Last Chance List!

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Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny Card

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Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny

Here’s one last Easter card for the year, the Regency Park Easter Eggs and Bunny Card! I saw a card that used the Framed Florets Dies to make Easter eggs! In past years we’ve had oval punches or oval dies to use to make Easter eggs, but I hadn’t thought of using these dies. Naturally, I couldn’t find the exact card again but it was easy enough to make up my own design.

This card has a Basic White cardstock card base with a layer of Petal Pink. The Easter eggs are die cut with the smallest oval die in the Framed Florets Dies. I used the Regency Park 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is on the Last Chance List and is very pretty! It has all kinds of floral patterns plus more generic patterns on the “back”.

The bunny is also made by punching out the Regency Park DSP using the Easter Bunny Punch. The Bunny Punch was so popular it sold out pretty early but more are due back in stock the middle of May. The Easter Bunny Stamp Set and Punch are both in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog which is great! Besides Easter, you can make cute baby cards with the stamp set and/or punch.

The background piece is Basic White but I added a little bit of Pool Party ink with a Blender Brush just so it wasn’t so plain. To make it look like the eggs and bunny are in the grass, I die cut some grass pieces from dies in the Playing in the Rain Dies.

The greeting is stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink from the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and die cut with a small Stitched Rectangle Die. These dies are retiring which makes me very sad! I used them a lot so if you don’t already own them you might want to pick them up on the Last Chance List AND they are discounted! For a finishing touch, I added a bow to the bunny with the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon.

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Happy Easter!

Last-Minute Easter Ideas For You

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If you need some last-minute Easter ideas for this weekend, here are some from the past. Maybe you have these older supplies to use! Of course, you can always substitute papers, colors embellishments, etc. Use what you have! Just click on the link below the photo to go to my blog post with information and directions.

Easter Bunny Treat Basket

Someone asked me to make two Easter treats for her nephews, so I copied a bunny treat box I had made earlier! If you don’t have this old die to form the box, just make an ordinary box (or maybe you have a small gift box around the house you could cover or decorate with designer paper).

Three Easy Paper Easter Baskets

Make an Easy Paper Easter Basket

You’ve likely made these little baskets before. Use cardstock or designer paper and just decorate!

Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card

Flowering Fields Z-Fold Tulips Easter Card

Use the retired Flowering Fields Designer Paper if you have some in your stash or ANY pretty paper, layered on a rectangle of some sort. Make it a Z-Fold card for extra pizzazz. Add a greeting or write “Happy Easter” by hand if you don’t have a stamp. “Just For You” always works, too!

Triangle Box Easter Bunny Treat

Triangle Box Easter Bunny Treat

Here’s one of those easy Triangle Boxes that I like so much. This one is decorated to look like an Easter Bunny, of course! You just need some ovals for ears and maybe a little heart or circle for the nose plus some whiskers! Draw on a face. Fill with treats and tie at the top.

You can find even more ideas if you click on the “Easter” in my Categories drop-down box. It probably goes back MANY years!

Hand Drawn Dots Thank You Card

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Hand Drawn Dots Thank You Card

It’s time for the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance products to make some of their last appearances. I thought about what card I wanted to make for this blog post and I had two reasons to make this card. For one thing, this background stamp, Hand-Drawn Dots, is a great deal! The original price was $19.00 but you can buy it now on the Last Chance List for only $7.60 which is 60% off! My second reason is that only recently bought this stamp and now it’s retiring already! At 60% off!

I was going to stamp a card background with this Hand-Drawn Dots Stamp and then just add a greeting, maybe some ribbon. Easy, peasy! But another stamp set I only recently bought and now, very surprisingly to me, is retiring, is the Conversation Bubbles Stamp Set. It is discounted 60% and priced at $9.60 instead of $24.00. The Conversation Bubbles Dies are 20% off and priced at $22.40 instead of $28.00. This is an example of why you should buy the stamp set and dies separately and NOT the Bundle because you will save almost $15!

I thought since the dots background was such a fun look, the Conversation Bubbles whimsy would go great with it! I decided to use the outgoing In Colors 2021-2023 to ink up the Dots background stamp. You probably shouldn’t do this but I took the lazy way out and randomly dabbed the ink pads around on the dots. I started with the lightest color and worked toward the dark, but if you can see another color on your ink pad, just take a paper towel and dab it off so your colors aren’t mixed. But a better idea would be to use a sponge or Sponge Daubers to have more control and not get other colors of ink on your ink pad!

This card has a base of Soft Succulent. Some people were surprised that color was retiring! I thought a layer of Polished Pink would go well and then the Hand-Drawn Dots background on Basic White.

The Conversation Bubbles are stamped in Polished Pink, Evening Evergreen, and Fresh Freesia and then die cut. One piece of the diecut can be the border so then I cut another one in Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia so I would have the extra piece in a color to put around the conversation bubble. I popped up the “Wow” bubble with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The little heart is also a diecut in that set. For a finishing touch, I added some 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds around on the card for a little sparkle. They are discounted also since they are outgoing colors.

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Don’t Miss the April Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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I’m excited to receive the April Paper Pumpkin Kit, a papercrafting kit that comes in your mailbox once a month. It comes 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!

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

Sign up for Paper Pumpkin TODAY and look forward to the April Kit in your mailbox!

OR add a Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Kit on your Stampin’ Up! Online Order!

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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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