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Last Day For the Holiday Mini!

All good things must come to an end and the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini certainly was a “good thing”! Seems like yesterday that I was excited about the Sweetest Christmas Suite with the candy canes and red & white glimmer paper, not to mention the cute Sweetest Christmas Designer Paper. This was the first card I made, copying from the sample in the catalog. Loved it!

But it wasn’t time for Christmas yet, so I played with the fall Hello Harvest Stamp Set and dies (sold out) and the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper. The paper is gorgeous, but even prettier if you add some color to the pumpkins with Stampin’ Blends!

Hello Harvest First Day of Fall Pumpkin Card

Since I love Halloween, I had to have several Halloween stamp sets! Loved the Best Witches and the Scary Cute Bundle. Besides cards, I even made a little scene in a wooden frame for Halloween!

Earlier in July, Stampin’ Up! had an online stamping event using the Splendid Thoughts Bundle and the beautiful Splendid Day Designer Paper. Something a little different but so pretty, especially the paper!

Splendid Thoughts Sale-A-Bration Card and Envelope

For kind of a whimsical Christmas card, I liked the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set. No dies, just pure stamping and coloring if you wanted to. What’s not to love about a stamp set called “Jingle Jingle Jingle”?!

Jingle Jingle Jingle Christmas Card With Bells

After a while, I also had to order some of the products in the Lights Aglow Suite, such as the Twinkling Lights Dies, the Lights Aglow paper, the Festive Foils paper, and the Gold & Vanilla ribbon. Too many pretty ideas for Christmas cards out there!

And besides all the Christmas cards, it was fun to use the Sweetest Christmas Suite to decorate a shopping bag and turn it into a Christmas gift bag.

That was just a little walk down Memory Lane with the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog 2022! But today is your last day to purchase anything you’ve gotta have from that catalog! Tomorrow, January 5th begins the Spring Mini. A few things will be carried over that we will see again but most of the products will be retired. Shop the Last Chance Sale today!

Last Two Days For the Last Chance Sale!

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Just a reminder that January 4th, coming up on Wednesday, will be the last day for the July – December 2022 Holiday Mini Catalog! It was so exciting when this catalog came out, with the holiday ideas for fall and Christmas swirling in our heads, not quite believing that Christmas would ever really get here! And now it’s all over and we are ready for new things!

Some products from the Holiday Mini are discounted up to 60% off, some are not discounted at all but this will be your last chance to get them!

It’s time to look through the Holiday Mini ONE MORE TIME and make sure you have what you want! There are still lots of good choices left!

SHOP THE LAST CHANCE SALE HERE!

And don’t forget to check out the Clearance Rack where you will for sure find bargains!

SHOP THE CLEARANCE RACK!

Have fun!!

Playing in the Rain Turtle Card

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It’s a new year and almost time for a new Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog, so here’s a new Playing in the Rain Turtle Card! This little turtle isn’t playing in the rain but some of his friends are in the Rain or Shine Suite Collection in the new catalog coming January 5th! That’s right, just a few more days until a new Stampin’ Up! catalog goes LIVE and we all love that!

Plus, it will be Sale-A-Bration 2023, the biggest promotion that Stampin’ Up! has annually! With every $50 you spend, you earn a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration brochure, no limits! With a $100 purchase there are a couple of special items you could choose instead of two $50 level items but it’s all your choice. Just think in increments of $50 if you can when you shop to get as many free products as you can! (Before tax and shipping, of course!)

This Rain or Shine Suite was one that I chose during the Demonstrator pre-order because the little animals in the stamp set and designer paper were so cute and fun! And we all need to make some “fun” cards to send out to bring a smile to someone’s face, not to mention our own as we make the card! The Suite contains a Bundle of stamps and dies, a Raindrops Embossing Folder, tiny little daisy embellishments, and very cute designer paper with some images having a UV Coating that adds some shine.

To make this card, I used one of the sample cards on the catalog pages to copy. That card is a “slimline” card, taller and narrower than most cards. My card is the usual size so it looks a little different. Sometimes using a card sample in the catalog is a good way to get your creativity flowing.

This card has a Balmy Blue card base I use a strip of the Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper which has the sky, clouds and flowers. I trimmed it down and separated the clouds and flowers to fit my card the best. I wanted the turtle to be standing in the field of daisies with the sky behind him so I have two pieces of paper on the card front. After I trimmed off a little of the top of the sky portion I noticed the other side had the Mango Melody plaid design. The catalog sample uses a wider piece but I just used it across the seam of where my sky and flowers meet.

The turtle, in the Playing in the Rain Stamp Set, is stamped with Memento Ink and colored with Stampin’ Blends in Old Olive and Granny Apple Green. The little daisy is colored with Daffodil Delight and a center of Cajun Craze. I was prepared to cut him out with scissors, but there is a die in the Playing in the Rain Dies! There are lots of fun dies in this set to play with! You can buy the stamp set and dies in the Playing in the Rain Bundle and save 10%! (Notice the same name for the stamp set and dies??!)

The greeting is stamped with Mossy Meadow ink and die cut with a small scalloped Layering Circles die. I thought it would be fun to add a bow to the Mango Melody strip. For embellishments, I used the very small Loose Daisy Embellishments on the greeting.

As I looked at the sample card in the catalog again, I noticed that they had some popped-up clouds in the sky and I felt my card needed a little something in the top portion. I was prepared, again, to hand-cut some clouds out of the designer paper, but lo and behold, there is a die that cuts out a certain group of three clouds from the paper!

Be sure to take care lining up the die so you don’t cut off the UV coating that outlines the cloud shape. After cutting out the clouds, I popped them up on the top of the card. I could have popped them up directly over the printed clouds on the paper.

Although it’s supposed to be a rainy, stormy day here in Houston, I chose to make this sunny, happy day card. Whether you choose rain or shine with this suite, you will be making a cute card! Get ready for the January-April 2023 (Spring Mini) Catalog to go live on Wednesday, January 5th, and for Sale-A-Bration to begin the same day! Circle that date on your calendar for sure!

Make a Card For New Year’s 2023

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Happy New Year! Happy New Year’s Eve anyway! It’s time to make a card for New Year’s! I haven’t done any stamping since I finished my Christmas cards at the last minute with my kids home for a week or more. Also, most of my stamping stuff is moved into another room due to Christmas decorating so it’s not handy to be stamping right now. I hadn’t even played with my new Spring Mini and Sale-A-Bration things that I was able to preorder as a Demonstrator.

Since today is New Year’s Eve, I thought it was time to try to make an appropriate card. I had various ideas but nothing seemed quite right. I thought I was heat emboss several flowers with gold powder that would make them look like fireworks for New Year’s Eve. I got out all my embossing stuff to do that and came across an actual “Happy New Year’s” greeting in the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. Then I came across this Festive Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper that I had seldom used even though I think it’s beautiful. I thought it looked festive enough for a New Year’s Eve card, especially if I embossed the greeting in gold!

I found this diecut in the Painted Labels Dies and I thought it would make a perfect layer for the greeting. I stamped the greeting on Basic White with Versamark Ink and used the Heat Tool to emboss with Gold Embossing Powder. Then I die cut it with this swirl in the Painted Labels Dies. I also cut one out of Basic Black cardstock and cut out the center of the white swirl with the embossed greeting. I simply layered it on the black swirl and it’s large enough for the center of the card. The paper is fancy and the greeting is fancy. That’s enough for this card….well, except for a few Adhesive-backed Seasonal Sequins!

If you need to take a card to a New Year’s party, this would be a good one to make and take! Have a safe and happy New Year’s Eve!

Join My Stamping Newsletter Mailing List!

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I’d like to invite you to join my Stamping With Karen Mailing List to keep up with news from Stampin’ Up! and to be inspired by new stamping projects, tips, techniques, and more from me! There is always something new with Stampin’ Up! from products to catalogs and early releases of new products and I know you’ll want to know all about it.

Every Tuesday, I send out a newsletter with at least one free project idea, tip, or technique plus the latest Stampin’ Up! news and updates. Stampin’ Up! usually posts updates to Demonstrators every Tuesday morning so a newsletter on Tuesday from me has the news “hot off the press”!

Stampin’ Up! puts out an Annual Catalog once a year, plus two “Mini” catalogs a year {that aren’t so “mini”) plus the big promotion called Sale-A-Bration in January. These catalogs give you lots of products you will be excited about, want to learn about, and want to see all the ideas for cards and projects possible! Get on my Mailing List to keep up with these exciting events and know what to expect. If you’re one of my purchasing customers I’ll send you these catalogs free of charge when they come out.

Keep up with news about the new Paper Pumpkin Kit every month and subscribe if you want to join in the fun of having a project already planned and prepped for you in the cute Paper Pumpkin box! Always sign up or skip a month if you want by the 10th of any month.

As a special gift to my Mailing List subscribers, every year before the holidays I send out my “12 Weeks of Christmas” newsletters, with one new holiday project each week leading up to Christmas. These are ONLY for my subscribers and you won’t find them on my blog or anywhere else. We just finished this year’s “12 Weeks” right before Christmas!

If you are on my blog, you will see a red sign-up box in the top right corner where you can simply put your name (or first name) and best email. If you are on your phone, you probably need to scroll way down to get to the sidebar things. OR you can go to my sign-up page HERE.

When you sign up, you will receive an email with a link to a free gift from me!

I hope you will enjoy the card and project ideas I send out in my weekly newsletter. Even if you never make the project, maybe just seeing ideas will do your crafty heart good! I know it does mine! I’m all about the creative ideas!!

Let’s stay connected and in touch with each other over our favorite thing to talk about…..stamping with Stampin’ Up!

Framed & Festive Painted Christmas Cards

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If you are looking for some more fairly easy ideas for Christmas cards, these Framed & Festive Painted Christmas Cards might be the ones. You can make yours even easier by leaving off the diecut greenery and berries. How about just designer paper, a greeting, and some ribbon?

This is the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper. It was around last year and was carried over this year which I was happy about! I still had some from last year so I was happy to have another chance to use it, and I did use it a lot. I think I only have a little bit of paper left! It is on the Last Chance Sale so you can grab some at a bargain price! I especially loved the two patterns of paper I used on these two cards.

Both greetings are in the Framed & Festive Stamp Set. I loved using these this season. Stampin’ Up! released this stamp set in the Fitting Florets Collection, but this stamp set will not continue on into the Spring Mini Catalog. I loved the font of the greetings and they were ones I would actually use on my Chritsmas cards, either on the card front or maybe inside the card. If you want this stamp set, be sure to get it by January 4th.

The top card has a Garden Green card base. I had to use two patterns of designer paper because I only had this one strip with the evergreens and red berries left, not enough for a full card so I used another pattern for the bottom portion. I used this Real Red Ribbon (retired) to cover up that seam of the two papers, plus for decoration.

The greeting is stamped in Real Red ink and diecut with a one in the Painted Labels Dies. It almost looks like the die is too small for this greeting but it does actually fit.

The second card has a Real Red card base and uses a full front layer of designer paper. I just added a bow to the bottom of the greeting. The greetings are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on both cards.

Now if you have time and energy, use whatever dies or punches you have to cut out some greenery and maybe some Red Glimmer Paper berries! I used the leafy dies in the Christmas Banner Dies and the berry die is in the Organic Beauty Dies. Just stick a few in under the greeting. On the second card, I used that really sparkly paper from the previous Sale-A-Bration! You can’t get any more sparkly than that paper!

It does take a little bit of time to die-cut that greenery and berries so if you are down to the wire (as I am!), just skip that part and make the cards without it!

Snowman Magic Christmas Card

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Back in July, I saw a card on the Stampin’ Pretty blog by Mary Fish using the Snowman Magic Bundle and I just loved it! I didn’t even own this Bundle so after a while I order just the Snowman Dies. At any moment, I was going to copy Mary’s card, but it didn’t happen until now! I guess it’s now or never now that it is just a week until Christmas.

My card isn’t “exactly” like hers because I didn’t buy the stamp set and I used a different background. But it is pretty close! I used Tahitian Tide for this card. It’s one of the “new” In Colors that came out in the Annual Catalog. Such a pretty blue to use with a snow scene!

It has turned cold here in Houston and will get even colder for Christmas so I’m hoping for snow, but I don’t think my wish will come true! It did snow many years ago here on Christmas Eve and we went out and played in the snow a bit on Christmas morning! I even made a tiny snowman that I kept in the freezer for months! It probably wasn’t much bigger than the snowman on this card!

Even without the Snowman Magic Stamp Set, I knew I could use the diecut snowman and make him look okay! I added a bit of the Light Gray Granite Stampin’ Blend on the edges of the snowman plus diecut the scarf and hat and added my own stripes and color with the Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend. The snowman carrot nose is the smallest thing I have ever seen as a diecut! I just colored it with the Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend and somehow managed to glue it down on the snowman’s face. Then I drew in the eyes and mouth with the Gray Granite marker. The arms are the next smallest things I’ve ever die cut! I had a brown scrap of cardstock handy.

The frame of snowflakes is a diecut that does all that work for you! Before adhering to the card base, I embossed a piece of vellum using the Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder. You can see the trees in the background. I also diecut the two green trees on each side of the snowman and three white snowflakes that I added.

I adhered the vellum to the back of this frame piece and since the snowflakes aren’t adhered except to the edges, I just cut a piece of snow for the base by hand and slipped it down into the frame. The snowman and trees are adhered flat to the vellum. Just slip them in where you want them. Then adhere the whole thing with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card base.

The greeting is stamped in Tahitian Tide ink and die cut with a narrow banner shape in the Stylish Shapes Dies. It is popped up on Dimensionals also.

This was a fun card to make, maybe a little too much for multiples, but there are many things you can do creatively with this set of dies!

Warm Welcome Christmas Presents Card

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This is a fun card to make for the holidays! This Warm Welcome Stamp Set and Dies, in the Warm Welcome Bundle, make it easy to make this special card. Who wouldn’t love a stack of Christmas presents right outside your door?!

This Warm Welcome Bundle is coming in the Spring Mini Catalog BUT it was released early for a special online Stampin’ Up! event. So we’ve had a little bit of time to play with it. There are a lot of things you can do with a stamp set and dies like these!

To make this card, I started with a card base of Evening Evergreen, one of the current In Colors. The plaid paper to look kind of like the wallpaper inside this house is from the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper. The bottom pattern of the designer paper is to look like carpeting or flooring, also in the Fitting Florets DSP.

To get the doorway scene, I die-cut the doorway out of Crumb Cake Cardstock. The die cuts out the doorway piece if you want. Then I used that same die to cut out a piece of Basic White Cardstock. I embossed this Basic White piece using the Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder. You can buy it at 60% off now on the Last Chance Sale. I love the scene that this embossing folder creates. I added a little shading with Stampin’ Blends on the door and frame. I didn’t have to but I love those Blends!

After adhering the door to the card front, I adhered that white embossed piece inside the doorway to look like the snow-covered mountains outside in the distance! The packages are stamped and diecut, then colored with a few Stampin’ Blends.

The greeting is stamped with Evening Evergreen ink on Basic White Cardstock and diecut. I used one of the Stitched Rectangles but had to use that trick to make it longer to fit the greeting. I don’t know how to explain it but you can find it online. You roll the die through only part of the way, then remove the die but position it farther down the greeting while letting the other end nest back into the part that was already die cut so it is still lined up perfectly.

That’s all there is to this card! On the inside I added a Basic White layer and stamped a greeting on it. Now the card is ready to go!

Don’t forget on Thursday will be the FREE SHIPPING DEAL for one day only, with a $75 or more order! Don’t miss it!

FREE SHIPPING! Thursday, Dec. 15th!

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Time for you to stock up and save on your favorite Stampin’ Up! products! What’s the big occasion? On December 15, 2022 only, Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE shipping on orders subtotalling $75 USD | $100 CAD or more. This incredible deal lasts for 24 hours only, so head over to the Stampin’ Up! Online Store on Thursday and go crazy!

Think about the Last Chance List and the Clearance Rack!

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Free shipping only applies during the 24-hour period the promotion is live in each market; this means that the order must be opened and closed on 15 December 2022.
With the exception of month-to-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions, all Stampin’ Up! products qualify for the promotion. Subscriptions billed and shipped this month will be charged for the normal amount ($23.50 USD | $32.50 CAD shipping included) + tax.
Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions are eligible for FREE shipping under the same rules as all other Stampin’ Up! items during the promotion.
The free shipping promotion does not cover the additional cost for expedited shipping.
**Due to increased shipping times and possible shipping delays during the month of December, we can’t guarantee delivery before Christmas.

This sale begins at 12:00 a.m. and ends at 11:59 p.m (MT) on December 15, 2022

We all LOVE Free Shipping! Have fun!

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My Spring Mini 2023 & Sale-A-Bration Preorder

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One of the best perks of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is getting to order the new products that are coming out a month ahead of time! The reason for this isn’t just to do something special for us, the reason is so we can learn about the new products and make samples to show our customers so that YOU can order as soon as these products are available! Right now we are looking forward to (at least after we finish our Christmas cards and projects first!) getting the new Stampin’ Up! January – April 2023 Mini Catalog (I’ll usually call it the Spring Mini Catalog) PLUS Sale-A-Bration 2023! As much as we love the holiday products it’s usually refreshing to get our hands on the new spring products. A new start, a fresh start for the New Year!

I haven’t had a chance to use any of my new products because I’ve been trying to get ready for Christmas. But they are fun to have and to look at! I have taken photos of what I got so you can get a taste of what’s coming!

Here are the three stamp sets I chose for now. These are all in the Spring Mini. The Country Bouquet Stamp Set is part of the Country Floral Lane Suite, which I ordered, to get “all” the things!

Spring Mini Preorder 2023 Country Floral Lane DSP

This is one of the designer papers in the Suite, the Country Floral Lane DSP. I love the hearts and leaves and I’m sure this paper and Suite will be very popular!

The new Country Bouquet Punch will coordinate with this designer paper pattern. Plus you can just punch this stylish heart design out of cardstock or stamped images from the stamp set.

Spring Mini 2023 Preorder Country Gingham other side

This cute Country Gingham 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is another choice in the Country Floral Lane Suite.

Spring Mini 2023 Preorder Embellishments

Here are some new embellishments in the Mini Catalog! It’s the Real Red & Burlap Ribbon and the Pastel Adhesive-Backed Sequins in the Country Floral Lane Suite and the Loose Daisy Embellishments in the Rain Or Shine Suite. The center stamp set in the top photo is in this Suit and comes with the Playing in the Rain Dies and the Raindrops Embossing Folder. The Rain or Shine 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper is so cute and has some shiny embossed areas on it which make it very interesting.

Spring Mini 2023 Preorder Dandy Designs DSP Saleabration

And then we have some things I earned as Sale-A-Bration rewards. If you are new to Stampin’ Up!, Sale-A-Bration is an annual special event where for every $50 in products you buy, you can choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product in the special Sale-A-Bration Brochure. Some items, like the huge pack (48 sheets) of designer paper called Dandy Designs, is available with a $100 purchase. It is so fun to get some great stamping products for FREE!

This beautiful paper, Dainty Flowers, is a free Sale-A-Bration item with a $50 purchase. One sheet has floral ovals which will be fun to use and another is like other sheets we have had where you can cut the paper into six panels and each one has pretty flowers plus white space which can easily be made into cards. This paper will coordinate with the Dainty Delight Bundle in the Mini Catalog.

I’m sure I will order more of the new Spring Mini products as time goes on, but this is what I started with! What is more fun than a new Stampin’ Up! catalog?!

Don’t forget the Last Chance Sale and there are still pretty many items on the Clearance Rack if you would like some good bargains!

Framed Florets Blue & Pink Christmas Card

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For something different, I used the Fitting Florets paper to make this Christmas card with its nontraditional colors! Some of us are still making Christmas cards and getting them ready to mail so here is another idea perhaps you can use!

This Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper is available through January 4, 2023, as part of the early release of the Framed Florets Bundle which will be in the upcoming Spring Mini Catalog in January. Some of the papers are florals and others have more generic patterns. Then some have patterns that you can use for Christmas cards without looking Christmasy!

One of the coordinating colors of this designer paper is Balmy Blue so I used that for the card base. That’s almost all you need for this card – just the card base, the designer paper layer, and the greeting! This pattern in the Fitting Florets Designer Paper looks particularly appropriate for Christmas with its foliage and pinkish berries. I chose another pattern and cut out some of the blue flowers and foliage to add to the greeting.

The greeting is stamped with the fun stamp set, also an extra product with the Framed Florets Suite, the Framed & Festive Stamp Set, available until Jan. 4th. This is a Christmas greeting set with a fun font and sayings. I stamped the greeting in Polished Pink ink on Basic White and die-cut it with one of the oval frames in the Framed Florets Dies. Next, I used the same die with Polished Pink cardstock to get the pink frame around the oval greeting.

For some embellishment, I used the Metallic Mesh Ribbon. I adhered that behind the designer paper and the greeting, then tied a separate bow with two pieces of ribbon and adhered it with Glue Dots. And of course, I had to add some Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels to the greeting!

Remember, the Last Chance Sale for the Holiday Mini Catalog is going on so check out what discounts might still be available!

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Monochromatic Jingle Christmas Card

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You can make this simple Monochromatic Jingle Christmas Card in red and white, and if you have them, you can add a Flat Jingle Bell Trinket (no longer available). It’s so funny how you can “know” when you have your card right. I kind of tried out some different layouts with the designer paper and cardstock layers but the card was too plain. Once I added the ribbon and bow across the bottom, and especially the Jingle Bell, I knew that was IT! Just that little touch, for me, made it perfect!

The card base is Real Red and I used the ever-popular Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper. This paper will be retiring with the Holiday Mini Catalog on January 4th or while supplies last. It’s not discounted but it is on the Last Chance List. It’s best now that the sale started to just look in the Online Store and see what is still available rather than looking at the original list.

The diagonal stripe paper is 5 1/4″ x 4″. The “Jingle” is stamped in Real Red ink on Basic White Cardstock. The name of the stamp set is Jingle Jingle Jingle so that is easy to remember! I diecut it with one of the Stitched Rectangles Dies. At first, I was going to layer it on another rectangle in Real Red but I wasn’t happy with that. Then I decided to add the red piece with the white polka dots as a layer under the greeting. It measures 4″ x 1 1/4″. The “Jingle” rectangle is 3 1/4″ x 1 1/4″. You can vary the sizes of both.

The ribbon is the Real Red Ribbon in the Combo Pack with Garden Green. I just adhered a strip across the bottom portion of the designer paper and added a bow separately, adhered with Mini Glue Dots.

As I said, for the finishing touch I added one of the Flat Jingle Bell Trinkets that I already had. They are sold out now, unfortunately. I looked in my retired stash and found this red & white twine so I used that on the bell. Otherwise, you can just add some white twine or Linen Thread, whatever you have. If you don’t have the bell, you can stamp one in the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set.

Now that you have all the information to make this card, it would be pretty quick & easy to make! On the inside, I added a layer of Basic White stamped with a greeting from the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. And in the corner, I stamped the little bell in the Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set and the little bow that goes with it.

This is the fun season of making Christmas cards so put on some Christmas music and just enjoy the process (if you are still working on Christmas cards!).

Stampin’ Up! Last Chance Sale Begins Today!

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It’s time to let the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog go with the Last Chance List of products and discounted items. Not everything is on sale, but discounts do go up to 60%!! I didn’t even realize how many until I literally put on my magnifying reading glasses that are too strong normally but I bought them because they were pretty and they do come in handy for reading Stampin’ Up!’s very small print!

LAST CHANCE LIST (Click to View & Zoom In!)

CARRYOVER LIST (Click to view items that will still be available when the Mini Catalog retires)

SHOP!!

It was announced that the Clearance Rack would have a “Refresh” today so be sure to check that out for some great prices, I imagine, on past products! When you want to find the Clearance Rack, go to the Stampin’ Up! page and then instead of clicking on “Menu”, click on “Sales Specials”.

And if all that weren’t enough, Stampin’ Up! is also adding the past “Perfect Partners Dies” to the Clearance Rack that they featured back in September that have still current coordinating stamp sets! All of these things are only available while supplies last! If you like the dies, don’t forget to order the stamp sets too! Below is the flyer we had for the Perfect Partners to refresh your memory!

Perfect Partners Flyer — **Click to View**

Perfect Partners Flyer pt2 — **Click to View**

Remember, the Early Bird gets the worm! Shop as early as you can if there are things you really want!

These products are already no longer available:

Adhesive-Backed Sequins & Gems 159972
Flat Jingle Bell Trinkets 159980
Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls 161822
Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper 159535
Glimmer 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper 159537
Santa Express Memories & More Cards & Envelopes 159596
Snowflake 12″ x 12″ Specialty Vellum 159832
Mini Magnetic Cutting Plate 151005
Witch Hat Builder Punch 159856
Magnetic Plate 161128

Have fun shopping! Hope you snag some great bargains!!

Easy Painted Christmas Card

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If you want to make a quick and easy Christmas card, it doesn’t get much easier than this Easy Painted Christmas Card. And it is almost time to really be making those quick and easy cards! We still have a little time yet, though! Not time to panic yet!

You can use ANY designer paper to make a card like this one. I chose Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper, one that was brought back from last year so you probably have it in your stash. If you don’t have it, beginning tomorrow, it will be 50% off in the Last Chance Sale!! This is the sale of select products that will be retired from the Holiday Mini so may be your “last chance” to get some of these products!

I used a Real Red card base and just used this generic red “baubles” pattern in the designer paper for the card front. I already had this Tailor Made Tag diecut in my Basic White package of cardstock so I used it and just stamped the greeting from the Brightest Glow Stamp Set in Real Red ink.

If you don’t have the tag dies, just cut a rectangle with your Paper Trimmer or maybe you have another die shape or punch you can use. Add some ribbon and/or some embellishments. I found these Festive Pearls in my drawer that I really hadn’t used. They are tiny and come in different colors…Cherry Cobbler, gold, silver, and Soft Succulent.

On the inside, add a Basic White layer with a stamped or handwritten greeting or message, and maybe add a strip of designer paper to the inside just for some extra decoration. There! You have a very simple card that looks just fine! The recipient will ooh and ahh over it and it only took you a minute to make! Be sure to pick easy designs when you are making multiples, especially a lot of multiples of Christmas cards!

Check out the Last Chance Sale tomorrow PLUS the Clearance Rack refresh! If you need any gifts for papercrafting friends, maybe you can pick out a few things they would like!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE TOMORROW!!

The Holiday Mini Last Chance Lists

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It’s almost the end of the July – December 2022 Holiday Mini Catalog! Just about one more month to purchase from it, but select products will be on sale beginning Thursday, December 1st! That’s a good thing! (Also, a Clearance Rack Refresh beginning December 1st!)

Stock up on your favorite products before they’re gone for good! Save up to 60% on essential craft supplies.

All products are available while supplies last, and there are no purchase limits.

Stamp Sets are not guaranteed during this promotion and are while supplies last.

Last Chance List PDF

Carryover List

(These products will still be available after the Mini retires.)

July-December 2022 Mini Catalog — Click Catalog to View!