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Gnome For The Holidays Wizard Card

Do we really have to retire the cute Gnome For the Holidays Stamp Set and the cute little gnomes? I have come to love certain cute gnomes, in this stamp set and other handmade ones I have bought online so I hate to see this stamp set go! I made some cute Christmas cards with this stamp set, like this one and this one. These guys were so fun to stamp with!

For this card, I made this one little gnome into a wizard! I started with a card base of Night of Navy Cardstock and layered with a copper star-studded designer paper. This Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper that has been with us for two holiday seasons but was a gorgeous one with the copper foil accents. While it has holiday images, it also has generic patterns, like this one, that you can use anytime for cards, projects, or scrapbook pages.

I inked up the gnome with Memento Ink and then wiped off the little ornament dangling from his hat with my Simply Shammy. You could also ink up the stamp with the Basic Black Marker and omit the ornament. I stamped the gnome on Whisper White and die-cut with a plain oval in the Layering Ovals Set. I used the Copper Foil for a layer underneath with a die-cut scalloped oval. The greeting is stamped in Night of Navy Ink from the Itty Bitty Birthdays Stamp Set and layered on a strip of Copper Foil.

For the gnome/wizard, I colored him with Stampin’ Blends. I decided to “paper piece” his wizard hat by stamping on a piece of the designer paper, trying to get as many stars as possible on it, and then cutting it out with Paper Snips. I just glued that over his stamped hat. I also thought he needed a wand for his wizardry so I die cut some stars from the Stitched Stars Dies for his wand and for a few others scattered around. Stars are great for lots of things!!

Gnome For the Holidays Wizard Card Closeup

Here are my “real” gnomes that I purchased from a lady on Instagram, @thelittlegreenbean. She makes the cutest gnomes and other things. Over a year ago when I discovered her, I didn’t even like gnomes, but I fell in love with hers and bought a couple for Christmas gifts last year. I got the first one with the milk and cookies for myself, then the Halloween gnome, and this year the Ugly Christmas Sweater gnome! I love that one!

If you are interested in the Gnome For the Holidays Stamp Set, you only have today and tomorrow, Monday January 4th to get it. On the 5th, the set will be retired as the new Jan-June Mini comes out.

Be sure to check out the Year-End Giant Closeout at Stampin’ Up! before these retiring goodies are gone on Tuesday! Have fun shopping!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! TODAY!

Darling Donkeys Happy New Year 2021

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Well, we made it through 2020 and I dare say most of us have high hopes for 2021 being a much safer, healthier, better year! This Darling Donkey surely is planning on a happier year ahead in 2021!

This donkey is from the stamp set Darling Donkeys that is one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets you can earn FREE with a $50 purchase beginning January 5, 2021! At first I wasn’t too excited about donkeys, but they are pretty cute and I think this set will be pretty popular! It already is among Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators!

This card base is Mossy Meadow and coordinates with the Dandy Garden 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper coming in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. I chose the opposite side of one of the floral patterns of the paper to be on the card front.

The donkey from Darling Donkeys is stamped with Memento Ink and colored in with my favorites, Stampin’ Blends (mostly Smoky Slate but a little Crumb Cake, too!). Then I die-cut the donkey with the Layering Ovals Dies and Gold Foil with a scalloped oval die. I just wanted some gold on this festive New Year’s card!

The Gold Foil stars are from the Stitched Stars Dies. The numbers are from the Making a Difference Stamp Set. The greeting in the corner is inked up with a Mossy Meadow Marker, only the part I wanted on the stamp in the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set.

Hope you enjoy the Darling Donkey welcoming in 2021 with a happy, hopeful look on his face! Have a Happy New Year all year!

Fine Art Floral Thinking of You Card

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I’m finally getting a chance to play with some new things in the upcoming January – June 2021 Mini Catalog, coming January 5th and the result was this Fine Art Floral Thinking of You Card.

As you can imagine, this Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper is gorgeous! When you get your catalog or look at it online next week, look at the back cover because you will see how the artists created the designs for this paper. One side of every sheet is a floral design and the other side is a more generic, plainer watercolor washed design.

And when you look at the back of the designer paper package, you will be amazed at how many coordinating colors go with this paper! I think there were twelve colors plus white. I always write all the colors with a marker on the back cardboard so I can read them easier than trying to squint and read Stampin’ Up!’s tiny print!

The card base is Flirty Flamingo. I cut a strip of the designer paper thinking I would put it on the side of the card, but as I turned over the floral side, I really liked the other side, too, and ended up with this design I adhered two strips of the “other side” to the sides of the card but leaving 1/4″ of Flirty Flamingo showing, and then adhered the floral side over the top and down the middle. That panel is 2 1/4″ wide. Not what I had planned at all, but it’s what it turned out to be!

For the greeting, I sort of copied a sample in the catalog. I die-cut only the word “just” from a die in the Floral Gallery Dies. The die says “just want to say” but I just laid the Merry Merlot Cardstock over the word “just” and die cut that. Don’t forget to save the dot over the J!

I die cut the label for the greeting from the Tasteful Labels Dies in the Annual Catalog. Then I stamped the “thinking of you” in the new Art Gallery Stamp Set on the label in Merry Merlot ink but did not ink up the “I’m”. I got lucky and did not mess it up! Then the die-cut word “just” is adhered to the label also. I popped this greeting up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. You can purchase the Art Gallery Stamp Set and the Floral Gallery Dies in the Art Gallery Bundle and save 10%.

I thought I was finished and was ready to photograph the card but I thought it still needed “something”. Of course that something was a little bling from the Champagne Rhinestone Jewels.

Once I had the design figured out, it was a pretty easy card to make. This is a beautiful suite that you will be attracted to when you see the new catalog!

The new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog starts Tuesday, January 5th….next week!! That will also be the first day of the biggest promotion of the year, Sale-A-Bration! What a week to look forward to!

Heartwarming Hugs DSP Thank You Cards

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I wanted to make some thank you cards to have on hand, and while it is the Christmas season, I didn’t want them to look like Christmas cards! These thank you cards made with pieces and scraps of my Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper in the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini) were easy and fun to make! I loved this designer paper, especially the red and green plaid. You may think it is Christmas paper at first glance since it was introduced in the Holiday Mini Catalog, but if you look closely the designs are generic, not Christmasy, so you can use it long past Christmas!

Just look through your stamp sets. I chose various “Thank You” stamps to use and cut or layered them on various dies and a few punches. Again, look through what you have. You will have something to use or even just cut rectangles or squares with your Paper Trimmer.

You can keep it really simple with no embellishments or you can use some ribbon, like the Real Red 3/8″ Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon I used on some of these cards. You can use something else, it doesn’t have to be exactly what I used.

These cards all have either Real Red or Pear Pizazz card bases. Then I just cut various pieces and sizes of the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Paper to add to the card base plus a greeting. I made thank you cards, but you can see you could do birthday cards or just cards to send to friends. This is “happy” paper! If you have some left after making holiday cards, use it up by making cards like these to use up your scraps so you can buy new paper next season! OR if you don’t have Heartwarming Hugs and like it, hurry up and get it on the Stampin’ Up! Giant Year-End Closeout as it is retiring Jan. 4th.

Yesterday I posted this one card but I also just made the nine extra cards you see in the photo above. Once you get going, you will find it so easy to make a whole batch of cards. You could even leave the greetings off until you know what you want to use the card for, then stamp and add the appropriate greeting. Use one side of the paper on one card, then cut another piece and use the opposite side. Make some cards square. Use two or three patterns of the paper on the same card front. Just go wild! You can do it!

It’s handy to make several cards while you have your supplies out and it is really handy when you need a card in a hurry and you already have some generic cards made ready-to-go save for adding a greeting and maybe a little extra embellishment. Get out your Heartwarming Hugs DSP and make some Thank You cards quickly and easily or add other greetings for a variety for your stash! Check that Closeout in the Stampin’ Up! Store for all the remaining retiring items from the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog!

Heartwarming Hugs Thank You Card

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Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to write a few thank you notes for gifts you received. At least that is the old-fashioned way of doing things and I think still the best! Which would you rather receive? An email on your computer or a handmade card in the mail with a handwritten note thanking you for a gift you gave or sent to someone?

Christmas may be over but you can still get out any leftover Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper that you have and make a whole assortment of cards! If you look closely at the paper, it has no Christmas or holiday designs, just reds and greens. You can still use this paper for almost anything because it is not specifically designed for Christmas!

This easy card just starts with a Real Red card base with a layer of one of the patterns in Heartwarming Hugs. This paper is on the Year-End Closeout Sale at Stampin’ Up! but the inventory is running low so if you want it, order it soon! I wrapped a piece of Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon around the middle of the designer paper before adhering it to the card base.

The greeting is stamped in Real Red Ink in the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set. I die cut the greeting with a scalloped rectangle in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Then this was layered on another die in the set in Real Red. If you wanted to embellish this card further, you could add one kind of jewel or another on the sides of the Real Red die-cut.

Add a Whisper White layer to the inside and write your thank you note for your lovely gift or gathering or whatever you want to write! The recipient is sure to be impressed with your manners and cardmaking skills!

A Christmas Poem For Stampers!

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Can any of us relate to this poem?? I knew there were some stamping poems out there, from many years ago, and after searching I found this one in a forum from 2005! I don’t think the Demonstrator knew where it came from, it was shared with her from others, so I have no idea who came up with it, but they knew what they were talking about! I can think of one dear stamping friend in particular, but I think it applies to most of us! (Except for those people who had their cards done last summer! But what fun is that?!)

Enjoy! And have a Happy Christmas Eve!

The Week Before Christmas (In a Stamper’s House)

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and the house was a hush
Save the stamping of rubber in a last minute rush.
The cardstock was cut with precision and care
In hopes that a greeting would soon be stamped there.

The children were tucked in their beds around eight,
But now it’s ten-thirty… How’d it get so late?
And I in my PJs with bleary red eyes
Had finally arranged all the stamping supplies.

It started out simple. (It does every year.)
Just make a few cards for friends who are dear.
I pressed ink to paper. (It looked crisp and clean.)
A sprinkle of powder, heat to a sheen.

When what on my green Christmas card should appear?
Why, a tiny gold Santa with sleigh and reindeer.
On pigment! On powder! On heat from a gun!
Now ribbon and glitter! Can I make eighty-one?

“I can do it!” I said with all of my might
And looked at the clock – ’twas well past midnight.
I went straight to stamping out card after card.
“This might take all night, but at least it’s not hard.”

But after I finished, they looked a bit lame.
I didn’t want fancy, but these were too plain.
And then in a twinkling, a thought came to mind.
“I’ll just dress them up, and then they’ll be fine.”

So I went to my craft room and looked all around,
Then back to the table with all that I’d found.
My Fiskars I brandished (I wasn’t a quitter),
And soon I was covered in EP and glitter.

The cap of a marker I held in my teeth.
I’d lay in some color or maybe gold leaf.
My broad little face was all beaded with sweat,
But I wouldn’t give up – well, not at least yet.

There was glue on the table and ink on the floor.
I laughed at the sight though my fingers were sore.
I did not complain, just kept up my work.
When more things went wrong, I did not go berserk.

When finally finished, one card about six,
It looked pretty good after all of my tricks.
I’m keeping this one. My work on it shows.”
So clutching my card, up the stairs I arose.

I crawled into bed at the crack of dawn,
Creativity all spent, motivation all gone.
But make no mistake, I promise one thing:
You’ll all get your cards, but not ’til next spring!

–Author Unknown

Brightly Gleaming Square Christmas Cards

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We’re down to the wire but you may still need some easy Christmas cards to make to put with a gift (or even mail late!) so take a look at these Brightly Gleaming Square Christmas Cards that you can make!

You can make square cards any size you like. I made these 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ by just cutting across a full sheet of cardstock horizontally at 4 1/4″. Since the paper is 8 1/2″ wide, when you fold it in half you have 4 1/4″ so that works out perfectly! You could also do 3″ x 3″ for a gift enclosure. Just trim your paper at 3″ x 6″.

You can make it super simple and just add a layer of designer paper, but I added some Copper Foil behind the designer paper on two of the cards. The first card has a base of Mossy Meadow Cardstock, then foil under the Mossy Meadow pattern of the paper, all just regular margins like we make on our cards.

The card on the right has a card base of Pretty Peacock Cardstock. When I went to make the foil layer underneath the Pretty Peacock pattern, all I had were scraps of the Copper Foil so I just cut two strips of foil and put them on two sides of the designer paper. It looks like I designed the card that way, not that I ran out of paper!

For the middle card, I used a card base of Very Vanilla with a layer of Night of Navy underneath the designer paper.

Each card just has a stamped greeting that is die-cut and then layered on another die-cut. You could use punches or simply cut squares or rectangles for the greetings and layers. I won’t even list the dies I used, just use what you have!

These cards I made are difficult to photograph because of the pretty foil accents on the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is, as I write this, on the Giant Year-End Closeout sale, discounted 50%! It’s very pretty so you might want to grab some if it is still available.

Square cards are quite the thing these days. The only thing is that if you mail a square card in a square envelope you are supposed to pay a surcharge. But these square cards will fit in our regular Medium Envelopes so no worries. But if you are just enclosing one with a gift or handing one to someone, you can use or make a square envelope with no issues.

These cards with just a card base, layer, and greeting are simple to make. Change up the designer paper or colors and greetings and you can make a card for a birthday or congratulations or whatever you need. Remember to check out this pretty paper in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. It is well-worth 50% off for sure! If you need last-minute cards, try these Brightly Gleaming Square Christmas Cards!

Don’t Forget! Giant Closeout & Clearance!

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As we are busy getting ready for Christmas this week, take a moment to breathe and relax by looking online at the Stampin’ Up! Giant Year-End Closeout! Remember, the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog (Holiday Catalog) is retiring January 4th. Some products will carry over to future catalogs, but a lot is leaving.

I hate to see the end of the Holiday Catalog, yet by the time the holidays are over, I am ready for the fresh, new things in the next catalog! The January -June 2021 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) will go live January 5th as well as Sale-A-Bration! If you are a regular customer of mine, you probably have received (or will receive soon) both the Spring Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. Be sure to watch your holiday mail! I know some customers have received theirs but with the mail so unpredictable these days, yours may still be on its way! (Or the mail person is enjoying reading it before giving it to you!!)

Also, the Clearance Rack was “refreshed” not long ago but there are only a few products left! Be sure to check it out. You might find a bargain or two that you “need”!

I hope you are closer to “done” with your Christmas preparations than I am! I’m still doing my cards, believe it or not. It’s my favorite thing to do but it always get saved until last and then it’s a rush. Sending my Christmas cards always reminds me of my mother. She always had her Christmas card register booklet with everyone’s addresses and would write notes inside in her pretty handwriting and address all the envelopes. We had typewriters and return address labels (I think) but no computers to write a Christmas letter. I remember when the mailman would make two trips in a day to deliver Christmas cards! Now that was the “good old days!”

Don’t miss out on the bargains that are available now. Maybe you need a Christmas present for yourself (although you know it won’t arrive until after Christmas!). I’m probably going to pick up something I want this afternoon just because! Take care of yourself, too!

Happy Holidays!

Wrap Gifts With Designer Paper

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If you happen to run out of wrapping paper as you wrap your Christmas gifts, or gifts any time of year, consider this idea: Wrap Gifts With Designer Paper!

This is a gift for my son and this particular pattern of paper in the Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper I thought would be a fun one for him since he sees some of these animals when he is out hiking where he lives. This paper was in the Holiday Mini Catalog LAST year but surprisingly was carried over to this year. Right now it is discounted on the Year-End Closeout by Stampin’ Up! so it really is a good deal. There is even some “official” Toile Tidings wrapping paper discounted over 50% off on the Clearance Rack right now.

I did not make a box, I just adhered this paper on to the box the gift is packed in. He’s going to have to rip the paper off to get inside the box! I only had one full sheet of this animal paper and another partial sheet so I had to piece it together somewhat. The top is not really a lid, it is another sheet of paper with the checked design folded over the top and that is also just adhered to the box, not really a lift-off lid. I used the Stampin’ Seal+ adhesive for a good strong bond.

The reason I am posting this gift-wrapping idea is to give you a reason to use up your designer paper (maybe especially retired paper that we all hoard!), maybe look for some paper that makes the gift more personalized, and keep you from rushing out to the store for more wrapping paper! You can use some of your old ribbon (or new!) as well.

Now yesterday at the same time I was getting ready to wrap this package, Sara Douglass, Stampin’ Up! CEO was going live on Facebook showing an easy way to make designer paper gift boxes with NO CUTTING! I felt like we were both a little bit on the same wavelength! I just sort of tried her method when I made the lid of my box, although, as I said, it’s not a lid that lifts off, it is glued down. But I did the corners as she did!

Here is the link to Sara’s video on Facebook (if it works!). Don’t forget other gift-wrapping ideas you can use rather than spending a lot of money on wrapping paper or rather than running out to the store.

Use designer paper or cardstock to make small gift bags.
Use designer paper or cardstock to make small gift boxes.
Use gift bags you already have from shopping and decorate the front right over the store printing.
Stamp on plain white computer paper or cardstock to make your own designer paper to wrap a gift.
Decorate kraft or white lunch sacks you may have in your pantry to hold a gift.
Stamp on or use brown packing paper you might receive in shipped gifts and then embellish the package with Stampin’ Up! ribbon and embellishments.
Make your own gift tags with kits, punches, or die-cut squares, rectangles or circles.

Those are just a few ideas I hope you will find helpful as we all get pressed for time! I think we all have designer paper that we can spare for wrapping gifts that will make a high quality gift presentation! Keep that idea in mind of wrapping gifts with designer paper whether for Christmas now or future occasions!

Sign Up For the Paper Pumpkin Sending Hearts Kit

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Love is in the air! Send a little love to someone special with the Sending Hearts Paper Pumpkin Kit. From heaps of heart-shaped elements to paper pieces in red and pink, this month’s kit has everything you need to create eight adorable cards—with coordinating envelopes—for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, and every celebration of love in between!

With the add-on to January’s sweet and sentimental kit, there’s even more love to share! The add-on—called Little Love Boxes—includes 20 tiny, printed boxes and 24 die-cut, heart-shelled snails and sentiment labels. When combined with the remaining components from the Sending Hearts kit, you can create treat packaging, additional cards, and so much more!

Who doesn’t love making Valentines and sending them? I think Valentine’s Day takes us back to our childhood, to elementary school, when we would decorate shoeboxes or lunch sacks in which to receive our valentines from our classmates!

Sign up time is open now for the January 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Sending Hearts! Sign up now or reactivate your account so you will receive this kit mid-January!

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN TODAY!

Forever Fern Christmas Card

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This Forever Fern Stamp Set is so beautiful, more beautiful than you can really imagine until you stamp with it, so I wondered if I could make it into a Christmas card. Another stamper online had wondered the same thing and came up with a card that I copied as far as the layers she used.

The card base for this card is Mossy Meadow, one of the coordinating colors for the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper that I used for one of the layers. I think this paper is so pretty and so Christmas-y but the patterns can also be used as generic patterns on non-holiday cards.

Over Mossy Meadow is a thin layer of Whisper White to help the designer paper stand out. The front layer of the card is layered on Gold Foil to add some pizzazz to this happy Christmas card.

On the front layer, I stamped the larger ferns in Mossy Meadow Ink in the Forever Fern Stamp Set on the card, with the stems being hidden underneath the greeting, otherwise, those large ferns would not fit very well. Then I stamped some smaller ferns in Old Olive Ink and the berries in Real Red Ink and die cut them with the Forever Flourishing Dies. If you are stamping and die-cutting several images, I think it’s a good idea to stamp a couple extras as long as you are stamping, so in case your die slips or doesn’t come out right, maybe you will then have an extra die-cut to use, or you can save the extra one if they all come out fine.

The greeting is stamped in Real Red Ink and die cut with one of the Ornate Frames Dies. It is popped up on three Mini Dimensionals so I could get it placed in the center but so there was space to slip wonder the die-cut ferns and berries under the greeting. Some of those I popped up on regular-size Dimensionals and some I adhered flat on the card. I resisted the urge to use some Real Red Rhinestones for some bling!

The way these Forever Fern Stamps are designed, the images come out rich and beautiful looking. “This is a Distinktive** stamp set; it has a special texture that gives added depth and dimension in a single step, creating photo-realistic images. **Patent pending” When you first use this type of stamp, you may think it didn’t pick up the ink properly, but that is the way it is designed and as you look at it, you will see the texture and the beauty of the stamping.

If you want to make a card like this Forever Fern Christmas Card, you can make it simpler if you just use basic layers and not these multiple ones. Anything you make with this Forever Fern Stamp Set and dies in the Forever Fern Bundle will be a beautiful card!

Astounding News About Whisper White!

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We got this astounding update yesterday from Stampin’ Up! Read about the change from our beloved Whisper White!

“Whisper White has been a Stampin’ Up! staple for so long. We love it and we know you love it, too. We are sad to announce that the supplier’s mill producing our Whisper White cardstock has permanently closed due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we weren’t given much notice on this closure. This means that the technology unique to this particular supplier is now unavailable to us and we can no longer offer our Whisper White cardstock and related products, such as Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes. Please note that this won’t affect any of our other cardstocks, this only affects Whisper White.

We know Whisper White has a huge fan base; we’re big fans, too! And we are crushed that it’s going away. Even though this decision was out of our hands, rest assured that we jumped right into action to find the best replacement paper possible. We have dedicated many hours to source and test alternative cardstock options from several suppliers to find the perfect fit that still maintains the Stampin’ Up! quality you know and trust. We are happy to share that we have found a winner for our new cardstock, Basic White!

The quality of our new Basic White was thoroughly tested by our quality assurance and product teams. It also tested very well with demonstrators and concept artists who gave it a huge thumbs up. We believe in the quality of the new Basic White cardstock and we know it will become your new crafting staple!

With Whisper White going out of production, this means a number of Whisper White products will be affected. Below is a list of all products that will be replaced with our new Basic White cardstock. These items are now available while supplies last with an order limit of 2 per item per order.

Whisper White 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Cardstock (124302)
Assorted Memories & More Cards & Envelopes (149710)
Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes (131527)
Whisper White 3″ x 3″ (7.6 x 7.6 cm) Envelopes (145829)
Whisper White 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock (100730)
Whisper White 8-1/2″ x 11″ Thick Cardstock (140272)
Whisper White Medium Envelopes (107301)

Our new Basic White products will become available to purchase as soon as we have them in stock. This means that some Whisper White and Basic White products may be available at the same time. Additionally, due to the nature of sourcing, some Basic White products may not be available before the Whisper White products sell out. Please know that we are working on getting these products available to you as fast as possible.

Since this change is outside our control, we haven’t been able to tackle all necessary alterations at once. You may still see the name Whisper White on some of our non-cardstock product labels, catalog, and marketing material for a while. We will be working on a rolling change to address this.

While we expect this to come as quite a surprise, we hope that this transition to our new Basic White products can be an exciting change for everyone! To help soothe any nerves about this change, we want to provide as much information as possible to get the word out about our new Basic White cardstock.

We also have a video message addressing some potential concerns that you and your customers may have. This video goes over a comparison of Whisper White to Basic White so you will know what to expect with this change. You can watch the video here.

It’s always hard to say goodbye, but we are excited about the new Basic White product line and we encourage you to try it out! We are confident that you’ll love it just as much as we do.”

Were you as surprised as I was with this news??! Another victim of the pandemic, unfortunately! Who would have thought it would affect our Stampin’ Up! paper! But only the Whisper White, remember! We’ll have to stay tuned and see how it goes!

Easy Tag Buffet Christmas Cards

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Talk about some easy stamping to make Christmas cards, especially the card on the left, these two Easy Tag Buffet Christmas Cards are it!

The other day when I had the Tag Buffet Stamp Set out, I noticed the stocking and just thought about stamping a background with it! Sometimes I like to just do some repetitive stamping! It feels so good!

For the first card, I just stamped the stocking around on the card front. I used the Thick Whisper White Cardstock because I wasn’t going to have layers. I stamped in Real Red Ink. The greeting is also from that stamp set and die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly Die and layered on Real Red also die-cut from that set.

For some embellishment, I added some Red Satin Ribbon and some Red Rhinestone Jewels. I had to!

After I had fun making that card, I decided to use the ornament stamp in the Tag Buffet Stamp Set and stamp that randomly but with different colors! I used Poppy Parade, Old Olive, and Crushed Curry.

The Christmas greeting is also in the Tag Buffet Stamp Set and I stamped it in Old Olive. The rectangles are in the Stitched Rectangles Dies. Then I used the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack on the backside of the greeting for some pizzazz with ribbon instead of rhinestones!

So basically, these cards are just stamping and adding a greeting, maybe some ribbon or bling! Time is getting short to finish Christmas cards and get them in the mail so you might try this idea!

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Today! Stampin’ Up! Year-End Closeout!

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Today, December 8th, is the first day of the Stampin’ Up! Giant Year-End Closeout! It’s time to grab your favorites from the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog before they retire! Although you have until Jan. 4th when the catalog ends, some products will go fast and are only available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! Some products are discounted and are great bargains so check those out in the Online Store!

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CLEARANCE RACK UPDATED TODAY ALSO!!

The Early Bird gets the worm!

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Here are just a FEW of my favorites I’ve made from this Holiday Mini catalog!

Gnome For The Holidays 3 Gnomes Christmas Card

Freezin’ Fun Snowflake Card

Poinsettia Decorated Mini Coffee Carrier

Tag Buffet Christmas Gift Tags

Gilded Autumn Gather Together Card For Fall

And many more….! But it’s time for you to go shop! Many embellishments and accessories are on great sales! Happy Shopping!

SHOP THE CLOSEOUT!

‘Tis The Season Candy Cane Christmas Card

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If you only had the ‘Tis The Season Designer Paper, I can’t imagine how many different Christmas cards you could make! And there are also generic patterns that you can use long after the holidays.

This was an easy card to design. I picked the candy cane print pattern of the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I also chose the red narrow-striped design for the bottom portion of the card. I adhered those two papers together using my Grid Paper to make sure everything lined up for the correct size. Then I was able to wrap around a piece of the Real Red 3/8″ Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon to cover the seam of the two papers.

The greeting is stamped in Real Red Ink from the Tag Buffet Stamp Set. I love the font and style of this writing in this stamp set! Even though it goes with the Tag Buffet Project Kit, it’s really a stand-alone kit for making any Christmas cards and projects. But I also love the Tag Buffet Kit tags!! You can see the ones I made HERE.

I looked through all my dies and decided on this shape for the greeting. It is in the Tasteful Labels Dies. It is large enough and has an interesting shape plus a stitched edge! For a little bling, I couldn’t resist adding some of the Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels. I’m not sure I like how I placed them. What do you think??

Then on each side of the greeting I tied two small pieces of the red ribbon just in a knot, not a bow. A bow would take up too much area and obscure the greeting.

The card base is Shaded Spruce. Since that is rather dark for the inside of the card, just add a layer of Whisper White. I just stamped a holiday greeting on it, but you can also add a strip of the designer paper along the bottom edge of the inside layer for a little decoration.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 8th is the first day of the Stampin’ Up! Giant Year-End Closeout. This is a list of the retiring products in the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog (otherwise known as the Holiday Mini Catalog!). These products will not be available after January 4th. However, they are only available while supplies last so don’t wait until January 3rd to get your favorite product you don’t own yet.

Actually, this ‘Tis The Season Designer Paper will be discounted 20% during the Closeout Sale! Check the list for the discounts and save!

And these products will carryover into future catalogs. Click on the image below and see what is staying!

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