Rings of Love Gift Bag and Tag

During the Stampin’ Up! Creativity Now virtual stamping event for Demonstrators, one of the projects was a gift bag made with the Splendid Day Designer Series Paper. It was beautiful using that foil paper! Since I watched the recording a couple of weeks later, I had already cut up some of my designer paper. When I made a mistake scoring one of the sides of the bag, I had no extra matching designer paper to use! But a few days later I gave it another try rewatching the video and just used some different designer paper, the Rings of Love Designer Series Paper in the Sale-A-Bration brochure! This pretty fall paper is even FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration.

We’ve all made gift bags before. All you do is cut the paper and score it for folding and forming the bag shape according to the size and style you want. There are just different details. Will the top be open or closed, the sides straight or pinched in, tall or short, wide or narrow, the top closed with ribbon, a clip, staples, or something else? You have lots of options when you make any basic gift bag design!

This gift bag starts with two pieces of designer paper cut at 7″ x 9 1/2″. Pay attention to the pattern of the paper so you know which end of the paper you want for the top and which for the bottom.

Score the paper that will be the top of the bag at 3/4″ on both pieces with the paper horizontal in the Paper Trimmer. Then score at 8″ to make the bottom flaps for the bag. This will leave a 1 1/2″ area at the bottom of the bag.
Turn the paper lengthwise and score at 1/2″, 5 1/2″, and 6 1/4″. On the 6 1/4″ score, don’t go all the way to the horizontal score line at the bottom. Stop before you get there! This will be the line to pinch in the sides of the bag eventually. Do the second sheet the same way. Make sure both paper designs are going the same way. The two papers should be scored exactly the same way.
In the bottom left corner of both papers, cut away that small rectangle formed by the score lines. Over on the right bottom of the paper, cut a slit along the 5 1/2″ score line just up to the horizontal score line.
Fold and crease all the score lines, gently using the Bone Folder. Apply Tear & Tape adhesive as shown in the photo below. You can also check your score lines and cutting using that photo. The adhesive is placed differently on the two papers so look closely. On the left paper, put adhesive along that first scored section and one small piece on that bottom right square piece next to the slit you cut. On the right paper, put adhesive on the same side section, then pieces on the bottom flap and the small bottom right section as on the first sheet. The adhesive goes on the side of the paper you want to show on the outside.

5. Adhere the sides together after the lines are creased and then do the bottom flaps. You’ll be able to see where everything goes. Try to have all the seams toward the back of the gift bag.

6. Once the bag is assembled, fold on the top score lines to close by folding to the front or to the back. I folded mine toward the back but you can do either. Be sure you put your gift inside before closing up with the ribbon!

7. Tie ribbon around the gift bag from top to bottom to hold the top closed. I used the Gold 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon on my gift bag. Add a gift tag if you want. (Directions for my tag are below.)

For my gift tag that you see hanging on the front of the bag, I used another sheet of the Rings of Love Designer Series Paper that had the tree ring slices on it. I cut out a circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies in the Annual Catalog from Soft Suede cardstock and adhered one of the tree ring slices on it that I cut out by hand. The greeting is stamped on the half circle die in the Splendid Stems Dies in Poppy Parade ink. I also cut out a segment of the colored leaves from the designer paper as well as a die-cut stem from the Splendid Stems Dies to tuck under the greeting a bit. I poked a hole in the tag off to the side and tied on an Open Leaf Trinket and tied this around the bow. You can have fun making any kind of tag that suits the occasion.

The front of the gift bag turns out to be 5″ x 8″ and about 1 1/4″ wide. You can place a few cards inside or a small gift or treat! Try this Rings of Love Gift Bag and Tag using this designer paper or whatever you have on hand for the occasion!

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Rings of Love You Are Wonderful Card

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If you want some pretty fall paper with which to make a card like this Rings of Love You Are Wonderful Card, then browse through the current Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration brochure and check out this designer paper! You can earn it FREE with a $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase! You’ll find it on pages 6-7. It’s the Rings of Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper and has so many usable patterns. There are images of cottages, mushrooms, acorns, birds, tree rings, and flowers. So interesting and so pretty!

This card is so quick and easy to make! You could use almost any of the patterns in the designer paper package and use this card design. You could make the card fold any way you like, but I put the fold at the top for a change. Cut the sheet of cardstock in half lengthwise at 4 1/4″ (half of 8 1/2″, the width of the cardstock) and score at 5 1/2″ for the fold.

The card base is Parakeet Party, which is really a BRIGHT color! I used a layer of Poppy Parade underneath the Rings of Love Designer Paper. The Poppy Parade color is on the designer paper. I just love this sheet of designer paper! Such pretty designs with mushrooms, berries, and leaves plus a butterfly!

For the greeting, I used a strip of Basic White cardstock about 3/4″ x 3 3/4″. The stamped greeting is in the Celebrating You Stamp Set. It is stamped in Poppy Parade ink and off to the right side a little bit. Then it was layered on a wider strip of Poppy Parade.

For a final touch, I added some of the Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins. They are Sweet Sorbet in color but they still look good on the card!

One interesting this about this Sale-A-Bration paper besides being free with a $50 purchase, is that it coordinates with the Ringed With Nature Bundle in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog (Holiday Mini Catalog) on page 62. So if you purchase that Bundle that comes with the Hybrid Embossing Folder and 16 dies, you can choose this Rings of Love Designer Series Paper FREE and make all kinds of cards and projects with all these coordinating products!

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Watch the Sale-A-Bration Videos!

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We are already three weeks into Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration 2022, the second one of the year! Sale-A-Bration is probably the oldest promotion Stampin’ Up! has, continually improving since the beginning when there were less choices than we have now! Sale-A-Bration is an opportunity to earn FREE products in the Sale-A-Bration brochure with every $50 purchase (before shipping and tax). No limits! With every increment of $50 on your order, you can choose a free product. You can choose a few special ones with a $100 order instead of two $50 level ones. With a $150 order, you also earn Stampin’ Rewards starting at 10% PLUS Sale-A-Bration products! With a $300 order, you receive the Perfect Pomegranate Stamp Set FREE.

Here are some videos you may watch to learn more about the Sale-A-Bration options!

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Hippest Hippos Ballerina Card

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The Hippest Hippos Stamp Set in the Sale-A-Bration brochure is one of the fun stamp sets available! If you are looking for something cute and whimsical, animals usually fill the bill. I picked this hippo with her tutu to be my first card using this set, the Hippest Hippos Ballerina Card. You can use one hippo at a time or all three of them at once.

This card has Pool Party for a card base and a layer of Basic White underneath the designer paper just to help set it off. The designer paper is in the Design a Daydream 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. You can find this paper at the very tip top of page 179 in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog as a Host Reward you can choose with a $150 or more order. There was one like it in last year’s Annual Catalog…a giant package of designer paper, 48 sheets, 4 each of 12 designs! The catalog says 12 sheets but that is incorrect, you do get 48 sheets of 12″ x 12″ paper!! Just think of the projects you can make! I liked this dotted circle design in the package, but it was difficult to choose!

The ballet hippo is stamped in Memento ink on Basic White cardstock and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. Then I diecut the hippo with one of the circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies and cut the next largest circle out of Petal Pink. If you layer any of these circles on top of each other the margin is a little big so I decided to just offset the Hippo circle to the side. After adhering the Basic White layer and the designer paper to the card base, I popped up the hippo focal point with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For the greeting I used one in the Hippest Hippos Stamp Set to go with the ballerina! It is stamped on Basic White with Memento ink and the die cut with one of the small Stylish Shapes Dies circles. I put Dimensionals on the back of it but off to the lower right side since it would overlap the larger circles with the hippo. To make it stand out a little bit without a layer, I just used the brush tip of my Light Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Marker to make a colored edge around it very lightly and carefully.

To finish the card, I had to give the ballerina a little rhinestone necklace and a few rhinestones scattered on the card. On the inside, I added a layer of Basic White on which to stamp or write a message. I had just a very narrow scrap of designer paper so I adhered that to the left side of the white insert. Even just that little bit of paper added something!

Remember, Sale-A-Bration runs through the end of August. With every order of $50 or more in merchandise, you get to choose a free product in the Sale-A-Bration brochure! No limits! Check out the Sale-A-Bration brochure HERE.

There are lots of good choices during Sale-A-Bration! Maybe you will choose the Hippest Hippo Stamp Set. There are also Hippo Dies available if you can get both the stamp set and dies with your order amount.

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Back to School Tax Holidays 2022

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It seems like school just got out but the other day in the drugstore I saw all the school supplies are on the shelves! Now that my children are grown, I barely know if school is in session or out. But in the past, our whole lives revolved around the school calendar! And as often as our husbands and/or kids thought our craft hobbies were just a silly thing we did and that we had too many supplies, as soon as they needed something for a school project or task around the house, they came to Mom first to see if she had a certain paint or tool or material that they needed! Right?

In recent years, certain states began having sales tax holidays on certain items that you could purchase for the new school year and not pay sales tax for certain days. I used to think it was barely worth my trouble to go shop for kids’ school clothes on those days in the crowds, but when it added up, I saved a bit! Now, some of our stamping supplies, the ones people might use in school, are eligible for the Sales Tax Holiday! So if you order these particular items, not everything, on the particular dates for your state, you can save on sales tax, at least according to your municipality on what they allow. Maybe not that big a deal, but maybe a little savings here and there!

Click this link below to go to the chart from Stampin’ Up! listing the participating states:

US Sales Tax Holidays

Eligible products according to the statute include “items normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes.” You must place your order with Stampin’ Up! during the tax holiday period in order to receive these items tax-free (which is midnight on the first day to midnight on the last day of the tax holiday). Also, keep in mind that this is a state sales tax holiday; the state statute may not apply to county, city, and special jurisdiction taxes.

Creativity Now Splendid Thoughts New Life Together Card

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Last month Stampin’ Up! offered a virtual event for Demonstrators called “Creativity Now”. It was all stamping, no business, as they said. Just a gathering of Demonstrators from all over, stamping together following different presenters making several cards plus a couple of interviews with designers talking about the Splendid Day Suite and the Sweetest Christmas Suite. I always love “behind the scenes” information! I didn’t get to watch and stamp live last month but I did get to catch up and watch the recording and make most of the cards. This card, Creativity Now Splendid Thoughts New Life Together Card, is the first one that was shown.

This card sort of fits into “Watercolor Month”. Although it’s not really watercolored, it has that look in the background made with Stampin’ Blends markers rather than true watercoloring. The card base is Soft Sea Foam cardstock with a layer of Basic White cardstock and a piece of the Splendid Day Specialty Designer Series Paper. We started with the Basic White piece on which we “scribbled” light and dark colors of Pool Party and Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends markers. The top half of the Basic White is colored with the Light Pool Party and the bottom half (not quite out to all the edges) with Light Fresh Freesia. Then halfway down the Light Pool Party, it is colored with Dark Pool Party down to the Fresh Freesia. Likewise, the Light Fresh Freesia is half-colored with Dark Fresh Freesia. We were told just to scribble back and forth and you could do this as solidly or less solidly as you liked. If you wanted to, you could have used water and ink to achieve the same look. Just be cautious on Basic White so that you don’t get too much water.

After coloring the bands of color on the Basic White piece, we stamped the bee in the stamp set a couple of times, randomly, in upper and lower halves both in Pool Party ink and Fresh Freesia ink.

The greeting is stamped with one from the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set in Fresh Freesia ink on a piece of Basic White, then the ends were “flagged” with Paper Snips. On the back of this sentiment piece, an 8″ piece of Soft Sea Foam Ribbon is folded in half and adhered to the back with a loop on the left side and the ribbon tails hanging out on the right side. The ribbon can be secured with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

We also used the Splendid Stems Dies to die cut two of the leafy stems in Soft Sea Foam. These are adhered to the back of the greeting, top and bottom, using Mini Glue Dots. This greeting piece is adhered to the center of the Basic White piece. Then this Basic White piece is adhered, at an angle, to a piece of the Splendid Day Specialty Designer Series Paper. We used the Fresh Freesia print side of one of the patterns, not the foil side. Then this layered piece is adhered to the card base popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. It is adhered at an angle. The presenter said she tried to place it so that the Basic White top piece is straight and then the designer paper underneath is angled slightly. You can do that or have it all straight as we usually do it.

You can take this idea and change it up a bit. Add a different greeting, different diecuts, color in the background with true watercoloring or different colors or even blocks of cardstock, stamp a random design on the card base, add some bling! So many possibilities, yet this card is soft and beautiful just as it is. It could be an engagement or wedding card or change the greeting for another occasion. This design idea is very versatile.

I think this Splendid Day Suite is kind of a sleeper in the Holiday Mini Catalog that might be overlooked. The designer paper is just gorgeous and the coordinating colors make for soft, colorful, and even relaxing impressions. There are lots of choices in the stamps and dies for leafy stems or stamped images. Be sure to check out the Splendid Thoughts Bundle for a savings of 10% if you want both the stamp set and dies. If you also want the designer paper and embellishments of Soft Sea Foam Ribbon and Open Leaf Trinkets, then just order the whole Suite!

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Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card

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This Hello Harvest Bundle in the new Holiday Mini Catalog is right up my alley because I love fall, pumpkins, and Halloween! This Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card is not for Halloween necessarily but you could make it look that way. For now, this is just a pretty fall card that you could send anytime during the fall for a birthday or just a “thinking of you” kind of card and certainly for Thanksgiving. Not to mention using the pretty pumpkins for fall or Thanksgiving treats and favors if you like to make those!

This card has a card base of Early Espresso cardstock and a Very Vanilla layer. I don’t use Very Vanilla that often but this card idea seemed to call for it. I stamped two of the pumpkins directly on the Very Vanilla card front and spaced them apart a little bit. If I had spaced things a little better on this card, I would have stamped the pumpkins a little lower on the card to allow more space for the greeting at the top. But it is still okay as is.

The middle pumpkin is stamped on a Very Vanilla scrap and die cut using the Rustic Pumpkin Dies. I colored the pumpkins with Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends and the middle one with a bit of Cajun Craze. Then the middle pumpkin is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I also die-cut the little curly-cue stems in Old Olive cardstock and adhered those to the pumpkins plus a little flower that is in the stamp set.

The greeting is stamped from the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. There are some nice greetings in that set. It is stamped in Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla then diecut with the little banner piece in the Scalloped Contours Dies. Next, I trimmed off the scalloped edges and die-cut another banner piece in Old Olive and layered the greeting on that. It is also popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a little grounding for the pumpkins, I very lightly scribbled in some Light Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends under the pumpkins across the bottom of the card. It is literally scribbled lightly, not heavy-handed coloring. On the inside of the card I would suggest putting a layer of Very Vanilla maybe stamped with a little something from the stamp set since the Early Espresso is too dark of a color on which to write.

If you like fall, you will really like this Hello Harvest Bundle and maybe even the entire Rustic Harvest Suite Collection!

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How to Add Labels to Rubber Stamps Perfectly

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When you get a new red rubber cling stamp set from Stampin’ Up! you are eager to try it out but first, you want to know How to Add Labels to Rubber Stamps Perfectly. One way to do it is to peel off the covering from the label leaving it on the whole sheet of labels and place the stamp down on the label. That is how I have done it for years, but there is another way to do it and be able to SEE how the label and stamp line up so you can get the label on just right!

Detach the stamp from the rubber sheet, leaving the white paper over the back that protects the stamp’s cling side. We will use the pumpkin in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set, a new stamp set in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

Carefully peel the label off the label sheet. Be sure you are on the side where the labels are cut around. This label will be very sticky.

Place the label on a clear acrylic block, leaving the white covering on top. You may need to use a larger block for larger stamps. The sticky label side is face down on the top of the acrylic block.

Now peel off the white covering from the label, which will likely come off in two half pieces. That’s how they are designed.

Now the clear label is on the top of the acrylic block and you can obviously see through it which will help you place the label correctly onto the stamp!

In the photo above, you can see the clear label is ready. Right above it, the pumpkin stamp has been turned face down, ready to receive the clear label. The white paper covering the cling side of the stamp is removed. Be sure to take this off!

Pick up the block with the label and hold it over the backside of the stamp (that white/gray cling side). Line it up with the edges of the label on the stamp. It will be easy to see where you are.

When the label is adhered to the cling side of the stamp, it will look like the photo above. The block is on top, the stamp underneath.

Turn the block over and the stamp is ready to use!

Now, just as if you had stamped with it, carefully peel the stamp off the block with your finger, being sure to get underneath the clear sticky label.

If it is difficult to get the stamp off the block with your fingers, use the Take Your Pick tool, the spatula end (unscrew the pointy end and switch), and carefully insert the flat spatula underneath the sticker.

That’s it! You have the label perfectly aligned on the stamp! I know some people use their stamps without a label but I need it on my stamps!

I hope this step-by-step method of adhering labels to your red rubber cling stamps is helpful to align the label and stamp design very well which will help your stamping be aligned the way you want it to be!

Splendid Thoughts Sale-A-Bration Card and Envelope

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Just as I had made this card using the Sale-A-Bration Pool Party & Soft Sea Foam Cards & Envelopes I saw that Stampin’ Up! had an update that this product was SOLD OUT! Ugh!! It was a great product to have a package of card bases and decorated envelopes ready to go….for FREE! However, we can still make something similar on our own with designer paper, half a sheet of cardstock, and an envelope!

Although I used one of those card bases, you can simply use a very light designer paper background or stamp your own background on Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

I used the Splendid Thoughts Bundle in the Holiday Mini Catalog to decorate this card. The die-cut flower pot is the Texture Chic Specialty Designer Series Paper. I thought it looked fancy with the gold foil design on it plus has a little distressed look to it like a flower pot might have. The rest of the plants are all die cut with the Splendid Stems Dies. There are more dies for stems and leaves than there are stamps in the Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set so you get a lot extra with the dies! In fact, if you needed to save money, you could just purchase the dies to make the stems and leaves and cut out cardstock or do your own coloring. Be aware that the stamps that you would think would color the leaves and flowers(?) of the other stem do not line up with the outline and that’s how they are supposed to be! Maybe a more modern look? It’s fine, but just know that your stamp is not defective or that you’re not crazy!

I popped up the pot on Stampin’ Dimensionals just at the bottom so I could stick in the plants wherever I wanted from the top. I had two that I stamped and overstamped with the “coloring in” stamp and the others were simply diecut from cardstock. I cut quite a few extras so I could play and arrange them in different ways. With this set, as long as you are diecutting some of the plants, do extras and keep them on hand! Some of the stems I cut shorter to fit properly.

I already had the second half-circle die cut in my cardstock in Soft Sea Foam cardstock so I copied a sample in the catalog and stamped a greeting on it. There are very nice sentiments in this Splendid Thoughts Stamp Set. Then I used Stampin’ Dimensionals on the right side of the piece so it could overlap the flower pot and be even. I also added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels for a little bling!

If you wanted to decorate the inside of the envelope, just stick a piece of designer paper inside and then you’ll have to trim by hand the top portion to follow the line of the envelope flap but below the glue portion….or cover the flap entirely and add your own glue to mail the envelope. Or easier, adhere the designer paper to the outside of the flap and then trim around the flap to cut off the excess designer paper. A friend I sent a card to the other day noticed and asked about the flap of the envelope I had decorated in that way!

These card bases and envelopes may not still be available during Sale-A-Bration, but you can still make cards in Soft Sea Foam and Pool Party for sure! Remember to shop in increments of $50 if you can during Sale-A-Bration so you can earn the products you want in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! If you have a large enough order, you may be able to choose $100 level products or mix in some $50 level and a $100 level! Nice choices!

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Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit For August

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Paper Pumpkin Kit August 2022 Sweet Sunflowers

Get the Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit for a crafting experience you won’t forget! This month’s kit includes watercolor designs inspired by nature, two Classic Stampin’ Spots for a Two-Step stamping experience, and an all-new twist technique. As a bonus, this month’s kit includes a FREE gift that will add the perfect golden accent to any of your projects. Time to make smiles bloom!

ABOUT THE KIT
Name: Sweet SunflowersItem Number: 161120

This kit includes:

All the supplies you need to create 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs; and coordinating envelopes.
An all-occasion stamp set to express words of gratitude, friendship, greetings, and beautiful wildflower-designed images.
Specialty Vellum honeycomb shape pre-cut pieces.
2 Classic Stampin’ Spots (Crushed Curry and Soft Suede) for a Two-Step stamping experience with a twist!
Paper pieces and embellishments with watercolor designs and images.
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
FREE GIFT: 8 Gold Foil Honeycomb Sheets

Completed card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede

SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Subscribe to the July Paper Pumpkin Kit between July 11 and August 10 at www.paperpumpkin.com! Note: Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

This looks like a kit I can’t wait to get!! Even the box is so pretty!

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Best Witches Haunt It Halloween Card

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This Best Witches Haunt It Halloween Card is the first Halloween card of the season! It’s a little early, considering it is over 100 degrees these days here in Houston! I have to say some Halloweens here haven’t been all that much cooler either by October 31st! But weather aside, I wanted to try in my new Halloween stamp set, Best Witches and I was in the mood to color!

You’ll find the Best Witches Stamp Set in the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog or Holiday Catalog, as I like to call it (and type it!) on page 55. The stamp set has two cute witches, a toad, some stars, and some cute sayings! It’s just my kind of Halloween set!

To make this card, I used Granny Apple Green cardstock for the card base. Then I added a piece of Black & White Designs Designer Series Paper to the bottom half of the card. These will be fun papers to use for Halloween or any time. You can leave them black and white or you could color the white parts of the papers.

I stamped the witch in Memento Black and colored her in with Stampin’ Blends. I just chose whatever colors I wanted with no planning so just play and choose whatever colors you are in the mood for. I think I used Smoky Slate and Gray Granite on the witch’s hat, Daffodil Delight for the gold buckle, Fresh Freesia for the hat band, but Highland Heather for her dress. Her face is Ivory with a little pink blush on her cheeks, Petal Pink. Then I cut out the witch by hand with Paper Snips You wouldn’t have to but that was my original idea when I wasn’t quite sure what the background was going to be.

Stampin’ Up! says July is Watercolor Month so I thought I would do a little watercolor background on which to layer the witch. Since I was using Basic White which can’t handle very much water at all, I watercolored VERY lightly. I used the wide Water Painter to pick up just a little bit of ink in the lid of the ink pad with minimal water and just brushed across the paper very lightly. I used Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Gorgeous Grape. You can barely see it but, as I said, I didn’t want much water on the paper which could make the paper pill and look messy. Then I stamped with the small stars stamp in the Best Witches Stamp Set, in Daffodil Delight, on the background. I had also stamped at the top half of the Granny Apple Green with Granny Apple Green ink so that it would just be very light in the background to add a little interest and match the stars on the designer paper.

The Basic White paper was die cut with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The witch is adhered flat on the paper although you could use Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop her up if you wanted to. The greeting is stamped in Memento Black and then cut apart just for fun. I think this would be a fun card to send to a girlfriend for Halloween! I love it! And for a finishing touch, I couldn’t resist adding a bow of Fresh Freesia ribbon in the corner. My other thought was to use Iridescent Rhinestone Jewels for a little sparkle but I did the ribbon for something different.

I love Halloween and I had so much fun making this card! It may barely be the middle of summer but you know time flies so if you enjoy Halloween, don’t hesitate to get an early start on fall. If you are having summer heat like we are, maybe making a fall or holiday card will cool you off! Certainly staying inside in the air-conditioning and stamping will keep you cool! I hope this Best Witches Haunt It Halloween Card will inspire you to think ahead a little bit to the fun days coming up!

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Rustic Harvest Pumpkins Card

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This photo of this Rustic Harvest Pumpkins Card really doesn’t do this designer paper justice. In real life, the beautiful pumpkins against the black background are really dramatic and elegant. You don’t often see artistic pumpkins like these!

This Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper is really something special for fall! I could barely wait to get it in my hands to see it in person. There will be so many beautiful ways to use this paper for fall cards and projects you will be making. There is another pattern with beautifully colored fall flowers against a black background and another with fall gourds. If you love fall, you’ll want this paper.

This is a super simple card that mainly showcases the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper. The card base is Cajun Craze and I used the pumpkin designer paper as the full card front. The greeting is in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. You can purchase this stamp set separately or along with the Rustic Pumpkin Dies in the Hello Harvest Bundle and save 10%.

I stamped the greeting on Crushed Curry cardstock and die-cut it with one of the Rustic Pumpkin Dies. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals® on the card. Before adhering the designer paper to the card base, I added a piece of the Evening Evergreen 3/8″ Windowpane Check Ribbon and tied a knot. I was just looking for a quick card and to try out the beautiful pumpkin paper! There is lots more creativity to be had with this Rustic Harvest Suite Collection on page 48 of the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog.

Remember, today, July 10th is the last day to get signed up for the July Paper Pumpkin Kit! It’s great for beginning crafters and even experienced ones! This month’s kit has a nautical theme. Join Paper Pumpkin HERE.

The July-December Mini Catalog isn’t just about Christmas! Check it out for lots of fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving ideas! There are even stamp sets and products that you can use any time of year included in the Holiday Catalog. Not everything is about a holiday or season!

We may be in the heat of summer, but fall will soon be here (I hope!) and we’ll be in full crafting mode! Check out the Rustic Harvest Suite and see what you like!

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Tomorrow: Last Day to Sign Up For Paper Pumpkin July 2022 Kit!

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Isn’t the thought of sending a message in a bottle something we have all wanted to do? Now you can, (sort of), with the July 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit! You won’t be throwing a bottle into the ocean, but it will still be fun for you and the card recipient!

“Seas” the day and set sail across the ocean with the Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin Kit! With beautifully designed nautical imagery, a fun message in a bottle motif, and sentiments that are “shore” to please, this month’s kit is full of warmth and fun.

Each kit contains enough supplies to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 daring designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit will have your loved ones feeling sand-tastic!

Stampin’ Up! also has a special game for you to play—take part in the Sea if You Know Paper Pumpkin quiz to learn more about Paper Pumpkin and this month’s kit! Plus, subscribers to the Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin Kit will be entered to win a 1-month prepaid Paper Pumpkin code!

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Sending Good Thoughts Photopolymer Stamp Set
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin’ Spot®
Printed dry-embossed card bases
Printed envelopes
Printed die cuts
Twine
Mini glue dots
Dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″

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Christmas Candy Cane Card

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As long as I still had the paper, stamps, and dies out from yesterday’s card I decided to make another card design with all those materials. As I looked through the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper, I liked this small candy cane print with this little red and white print on the backside of a candy cane stripe and that’s how this Christmas Candy Cane Card was born!

The card base is Real Red. I cut the two pieces of the designer paper to overlap a little bit. I intended to use Real Red Ribbon across the seam but I glued the paper down to the card base before I put the ribbon across. So the next best thing, maybe even better, was to use a strip of the Real Red Glimmer Paper! It really makes it festive!

To decorate the card, I die-cut one of the candy canes on the Sweetest Christmas Designer Paper from the Candy Cane Dies. You can cut it out with Paper Snips if you don’t have the dies. However, you can purchase the Sweet Candy Canes Bundle with the stamp set & dies and save 10% over buying them separately. I popped up the candy cane with Stampin’ Dimensionals and tied on a bow with the Real Red Ribbon in the Real Red and Garden Green Ribbon Combo Pack. Then I used some diecuts of leaves, Gold Foil and Garden Green, using the Christmas Banner Dies. You can decorate the candy cane as much or as little as you like.

The greeting is in the Sweet Candy Canes Stamp Set. I used the oval die in the All That Dies to cut it out. I think it fits perfectly along the glimmer band. For a finishing touch, I added two of the Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins in green. They come in four different colors.

This would be a relatively easy card to make multiples of because it’s mostly designer paper. The candy cane is easy enough to cut out by hand or die-cut and the extra greenery, whether gold foil or green doesn’t need to be stamped, just diecut. Only the greeting is stamped. Even if you don’t make lots of multiples, you could make 5-10 of this same card, and little by little as you make new Christmas cards you will end up with enough to mail out to lots of friends and family!

You can get by making this card with just the package of the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper, the Real Red & White Glimmer Paper, some ribbon, and a Christmas greeting (which we all have in our stash!) plus some die-cut leaves (and if you have any die cuts, you probably have some leaves or sprigs or a punch!). This Christmas Candy Cane Card is really a basic card design with two different patterns of designer paper top and bottom, a focal point, and a greeting. Here you can see some cards from a few years ago with the two patterns of designer paper and a greeting. Easy peasy!

Sweet Candy Canes Christmas Card

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My first order from the new Holiday Mini Catalog arrived yesterday, and after a busy day, I got to open it late last night. The first thing I wanted to make was this pretty Sweet Candy Canes Christmas Card that is pictured in the catalog on page 10 in the Sweetest Christmas Suite Collection. I didn’t want to try to figure out my own design at that moment since it was late, but I look forward to playing more with the paper, stamps, dies, and embellishments as soon as possible! I already had ideas dancing in my head just opening the designer paper package! I didn’t take time to look up the sample recipe for how Stampin’ Up! made this card, I just stared at the catalog page multiple times to figure out at least something close to this sample card! The sparkle is so pretty!

I started with a card base of Real Red and used the large striped die in the Candy Cane Dies to die cut the new Real Red and White 6″ x 6″ Glimmer Paper. I only used it once, but there are a lot of narrow slivers of glimmer paper that will come out of your die-cut piece. I believe that if you turn the glimmer paper over to the other side, you will be able to see the die-cut lines better and see if you got all of them out of your piece.

You can use just the die first to see how it lines up with the diagonally striped designer paper in the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper to make the background look like candy cane stripes, just to get the idea. I’m not sure yet the best way to size a piece of designer paper to line up with that die, so for now I would say either cut a larger piece of designer paper than you need, adhere the glimmer paper, then trim off the excess or just adhere the die-cut glimmer paper on the large 12″ x 12″ paper and then trim. Someone will figure out a less wasteful way to get the diecut placed correctly on the designer paper!

The Candy Canes Dies work with the candy cane printed paper in the Sweetest Christmas DSP. You might want to just cut with your scissors into the candy cane you want to diecut. At that point, it really is almost easier to just cut out the candy cane with your scissors! But the dies do match and that’s what I did for this card. Just make sure you get the candy canes that face different directions if that is what you want. You can also use the stamps, inking up the whole candy cane in one color or use Stampin’ Write Markers to color multiple colors on the different stripes. I think that will be fun too to make your own custom candy canes! I adhered my candy canes flat on the card but you could pop them up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Next, I stamped the tag with a greeting from the Sweet Candy Canes Stamp Set. There is a die for making this tag and you can use it a couple different ways. I simply cut off the bottom half of the tag and the bow went over the hole when I adhered it to the card. The ribbon is in the new Real Red & Garden Green 3/8″ Ribbon Combo Pack in the Suite.

The small green leaves on the card sticking out from behind the tag and candy canes are stamped from the Sweet Candy Canes Stamp Set and die cut. The Gold Foil leaves are die cut with the dies in the second Bundle in the Suite on page 11 of the catalog. These are the Christmas Banner Dies. There are several leaf options you can choose from.

For a finishing touch, use a few of the Adhesive-Backed Seasonal Sequins in the Suite. These are metallic and somewhat shiny but not sparkly and come in two sizes and several colors. Since you have a lot of glimmer going on already on this card, you don’t need too much more sparkle!

I think this is going to be a useful and fun Suite to work with making Christmas cards and other projects. There are lots of sample ideas in the catalog to get us started! Soon there will be hundreds and thousands of ideas online I’m sure for using this Suite of products! Maybe you make all your cards the same, but if you like a variety, when you design and make one card you make go ahead and make several more (like 4 more) then you will have five cards that are done and ready to go. When you make the same card over and over it is faster because you are not figuring out the design each time and you can make the additional cards assembly-line style!

If you want ALL of the products on pages 8-11, just use the Sweetest Christmas Suite Collection number #159579. If you want to leave out certain items, then order each product you want separately or order extras of certain ones you want more of! You can try out this Sweet Candy Canes Christmas Card to get you started with a very lovely card to send and then come up with more of your own creative ideas or use the other samples in the Holiday Catalog for inspiration!

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