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Florals In Bloom Birthday Blooms Card

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Florals In Bloom Birthday Blooms Card

I got the idea for this Florals In Bloom Birthday Blooms Card from a sample in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on page 89. The unique part of that card and this one is that instead of having a rectangle or square of designer paper covering only the top part of the card base, the designer paper is cut by hand with Paper Snips up and down, willy nilly, along the images on the paper rather than in a straight line. In the photo of the card, you can see that curvy edge on the left side of the card.

The card base is Cloud Cover cardstock, one of the new 2025-2027 In Colors. It’s a good idea to purchase an assortment package (or two) of the In Color cardstock and then you get all the new colors and see which ones you like the most.

The floral paper is the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper in the Annual Catalog. The greeting is stamped in Peach Pie ink on Basic White and then diecut with one of the Spotlight On Nature Dies. The greeting is in the Textured Floral Stamp Set (retired) but you can choose one you have suitable for the occasion.

The diecut greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The ribbon, folded in half, is adhered under the greeting with Stampin’ Seal to hold it in place while I tried to also place Dimensionals over the ribbon to help hold it down. I also cut out a few flowers and leaves by hand from the designer paper to embelllish the greeting a little bit. Of course I had to add a few pearls in the 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls in Cloud Cover. You could choose from many other gems or sequins you may have for a little sparkle on your card!

Page through the catalog and see what fun ideas speak to you when you are looking for a card to make! Don’t forget about the card templates on page 24 to give you a vision of a layout for your card.

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Florals In Bloom Decorated Kraft Gift Bag

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Floral Blooms Decorated Kraft Gift Bag

When I came across this plain kraft shopping bag, I decided it would be a good idea to decorate it for a summer birthday gift. This Floral Blooms Decorated Kraft Gift Bag was easy to make and now it is ready to go when I need a gift bag for a birthday! The beautiful paper really transformed this plain bag!

All these measurements depend on the size of your bag, obviously. My bag is 9 1/2″ wide. Just adjust your measurements according to how big or small your bag is. I used the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper in the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. You could use any pattern in the package you like. My paper is cut at 5″ x 9 1/2″. I also added a strip of Petunia Pop cardstock (one of the current In Colors from last year, still current this year!) at the top and bottom of the floral paper. I already had a scrap that I could use. I cut it in half so each piece was about 1″ x 9 1/2″. Half an inch was adhered underneath the designer paper, top and bottom so half an inch would show.

The greeting uses the With You In Mind Stamp Set. It’s a “returning fave” on page 37 of the Annual Catalog, carried over from the last catalog. It was perfect for the look I wanted on this gift bag with it’s large greeting. It is stamped in Petunia Pop ink on Basic White cardstock. I used the Textured Notes Dies to cut out the greeting and then cut out the next larger one out of Petunia Pop cardstock for a layer under the white. You can’t go wrong with this set of Textured Notes Dies! They are so useful and each one has a fancy border. They are part of the Botanical Textures Suite Collection so you could purchase these dies on the Suite Sale. Put your thinking cap on when you order so that the two lowest priced Suites or Suite items give you the good deal.

For a finishing touch, I tied a double bow with the Petunia Pop 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon. It’s on the Last Chance List. And a few sparkly gems, the new Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems. Even though neither of those colors are Petunia Pop, the light-colored Pretty In Pink ones worked just fine. There are also Clear gems in that package as well.

Just that quick you have a nice gift bag that could be designed for any occasion or season! I love making these gift bags out of small shopping bags I receive at certain stores….or you can purchase a package of them at the craft store. They are handy to have on hand!

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Florals In Bloom Birthday Gift Bag

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Florals In Bloom Birthday Gift Bag

And sometimes you forget to hit the “Publish” button after you write a blog post! It was supposed to be on my blog Friday, but I forgot to push the button! Anyway, here is this fun and easy gift bag you can make in no time!

It might be time to make a few gift bags to have on hand this time of year. You probably have graduations coming up or lots of summer birthdays, hostess gifts for parties, maybe even Father’s Day! You can make your own small gift bag in just a few minutes and decorate for the particular occasion.

This particular pattern of gift bag is made with just half a sheet of 12″ x 12″ sheet of paper, whether card stock or designer series paper. This finished gift bag is 4 1/4″ tall, 4″ wide, and 1 3/4″ deep. It is large enough for a small gift or maybe a gift card and a congratulatory card. You could put a cello bag with a few cookies or candies in there. So it is small but not tiny!

While you can cut the paper at 6″ x 12″, I made mine 7″ x 12″ so that I could fold the top edge down 1″ to show the other side of the paper for a little interest on the bag. Either way the rest of the measurements and scoring are the same.

For this bag, I used this floral pattern in the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper. You’ll find it in the Annual Catalog. It is part of the Florals In Bloom Suite Collection. Make sure any pattern on any paper is going in the direction you want it to go on your project when you cut your paper and when you score, depending on the project.

Start with a 6″ x 12″ piece of paper (or if you want to fold over the top make your paper 7″ x 12″). Score at 4″, 5 3/4″, 9 3/4″, and 11 1/2″. Turn the paper so the short edge is at the top and score at 1 3/4″. This will make the bottom flaps of the bag. Cut those short bottom tabs up to the 1 3/4″ score line. Cut off the little 1/2″ tab on the bottom.  Fold on all the score lines and crease well with the Bone Folder.  Adhere the tab on the end to the other side to assemble the bag.  Then adhere the flaps on the bottom. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue for the ease of getting things lined up properly before it sticks together or you can use Tear & Tape Adhesive.

Florals In Bloom Gift Bag Scoring

Have fun decorating your bag! I folded over the top 1″ before assembling the bag. You can punch holes front and back to tie ribbon through in order to close the bag or just do it decoratively with a bow as I did. I stamped a Basic White Countryside Corners diecut (dies on the Last Chance list) with a greeting in the Poised Peony Stamp Set (retired). You can use whatever greeting you have. I layered this diecut on the next larger die in Peach Pie cardstock. The greeting is stamped in Strawberry Slush ink and the little peony is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with Peach Pie and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I stuck this up underneath the folded over top edge and I think it fits just fine. It looks a little like a banner. I added a few of the new Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems to the greeting for a little sparkle.

And that’s how easy making this basic gift bag is!

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Florals In Bloom Birthday Wishes Gift Bag

Florals In Bloom All-Occasion Card

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Florals In Bloom All-Occasion Card

In honor of the new Stampin’ Up! Annual 2025-2026 Catalog that went live yesterday (did you hear??!), I thought I would look through it for an idea for a card and I found it on page 45 of the catalog! This Florals In Bloom All-Occasion Card is what resulted from following the “technique” for this card described on page 45. There couldn’t be an easier idea to try and is a great way to show off both sides of our beautiful designer series paper!

If you look in the bottom section of page 45 in the Stampin’ Up! catalog, you’ll see this “technique” for showing off both sides of the designer series paper. Score and fold over one side of the designer series paper! Isn’t that the simplest technique you ever heard?! I don’t know what their measurements were but I’ll tell you what I did. I didn’t have the same greeting they used so I chose something else and added an extra piece of cardstock to show off the flowers a little better.

The card base is Strawberry Slush cardstock, which coordinates with the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper that I used. Not knowing what Stampin’ Up! used, I cut a piece of designer paper at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. I scored at 1″ on the right side of the paper and folded that over which showed the opposite side of the bluish and peach-colored flowers on the front side of the paper. At that point, you can just center this piece on your card base. Since I had been playing with cardstock colors, I already had out Peach Pie cardstock so I cut a strip of that to put on the opposite side of the designer paper to bring out the Peach Pie flowers on the paper. This piece I cut out at 1″ x 5 1/2″ and adhered it to the left side of the designer paper. You can make that margin whatever width you want. I made it 1″ wide just because I didn’t know how much I wanted, but you can use a slimmer scrap piece of cardstock for this piece.

I didn’t do any complicated math for the measurements of this card, but you can if you want! Everything is just “eyeballed”. The strip of Peach Pie showing on the side of the designer paper is 1/4″ wide. When placing this piece of designer paper on the front of the card, there were 3/8″ margins on each side. The paper was as long as the card length so you do have to line it up carefully. If you are off by a little bit, just use the Paper Trimmer to shave off the bit of overhanging paper.

For the greeting I chose an already-stamped sentiment that I had saved from stamping and diecutting the entire stamp of greetings in the More Messages Stamp Set. You can ink up the entire stamp and get all the greetings stamped at once, then diecut with the one big die in the More Messages Die. You can buy both together in the More Messages Bundle in the May 2025 Online Exclusives. If you only want to stamp one message you can ink up the one sentiment on the stamp with a Stampin’ Write Marker or very carefully with an ink pad or Stampin’ Spot. If you stamp and diecut the entire stamp, just save the extra sentiments in a little plastic bag or in the stamp case. Makes it very handy when you want a greeting in a hurry! Mine happened to be stamped in Strawberry Slush ink so it was perfect!

For a little embellishment I cut two short pieces of the Summer Splash 3/8″ Ribbon, adhered them folded in half on the back of the greeting with Stampin’ Seal Adhesive, then popped up the whole greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then trim the ends of ribbon to even them up.

This is a very easy card and really fun to find this new way of using designer series paper to show off both sides without cutting two pieces! Be sure to check out lots of tips and tricks in the catalog as you page through, whether the hard copy or the digital version.

Here’s another card I made the other day with scraps of the Florals In Bloom Designer Series Paper that I think turned out nice!

Have fun shopping in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog as well as newly added Online Exclusives!

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Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog 2025-26

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Florals in Bloom Strips Card

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Florals in Bloom Strips Card

This Florals In Bloom Strips Card is perfect for the beginning of May! April showers bring May flowers! And even better, May brings a new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog THIS Tuesday, May 6th! That’s the date the new catalog will go live online or in your hot little hands if you have a hard copy! The catalog is shrinking a bit, I have to say, as more and more products are being shown online only in the Online Exclusives. This isn’t a bad thing because it means Stampin’ Up! can introduce new products for us many times through the year without waiting for the next catalog or mini catalog. However, it does mean we all need to check online to see everything that is being offered. And instead of some products completely dropping off the face of the earth at the end of the Annual Catalog in retirement, they are moved to the Last Chance category (replacing the Clearance Rack) so that they are still available, some at a discount, until they sell out.

This Florals in Bloom Designer Series Paper is coming in the new Annual Catalog May 6th. There is a very similar floral paper coming in the Online Exclusives May 6th also. At least they look very similar to my eyes and I keep getting them mixed up! Yesterday when my new order (preorder) came with the Floral Impressions Designer Series Paper in it, I thought I had mistakenly ordered a duplicate pack of the Florals in Bloom paper! Maybe they won’t look so similar to you, but just be aware there are two floral paper packages!

Since I had been using the Florals in Bloom Designer Paper, I had some scraps, and I decided to try to make a card with them. I trimmed down some pieces to 4″ x 1 1/4″ and played around with the arrangement. The card base is Strawberry Slush cardstock, one of the “old” colors coming back as a new In Color. Check and see if you still have some cardstock, ink, and marker from years ago in your stash. I didn’t measure or do the math to place the strips on the card base, I just eyeballed it and it all fit fine. If you have a different color card base and then a layer of Strawberry Slush, you would need to make your strips a little smaller to fit. Or you can bump the edges together and not have space in between.

The greeting is in the Memorable Blooms Stamp Set (on the Last Chance List)and is stamped in Strawberry Slush ink. I used one of the pieces in the upcoming Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack. You will find this package in the Online Exclusives coming May 6th and is part of the Floral Impressions Suite Collection. It’s great to have this ephemera package with various shapes and sizes of pieces you can use for labels or make into tags with the nice gold foil edges. To put a Strawberry Slush layer under the Foiled Label, I also punched out the next foil piece which is a little larger and held it in place on the Strawberry Slush cardstock and trimmed around it. I think I could have done it by hand just around the stamped piece as well. I just wanted an extra little border to help it stand out against all the florals in the background. This greeting piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a little embellishment I added a White 1/4″ Ribbon (165616) tied into a bow. This ribbon is current now. It is narrow and woven so it works with almost anything. I didn’t leave well enough along, though! I added some of the new 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls in Strawberry Slush to the greeting and scattered around on the designer paper.

If you like florals, you have some pretty papers coming May 6th to choose from….or just get them all!

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