Here’s another card, the Cute As a Bug Howdy Card, made with the Cute As a Bug Designer Series Paper. “Cute” is the perfect word to describe this paper with all the fun and whimsical insects! Also, included in this designer paper are cut-apart panels like we have seen in some other packages of designer paper lately, which allow you to create your own little scenes using the stamp set or bugs in the designer paper for your cards or scrapbook pages.
This card has a card base of Poppy Parade. It matches the plaid, which is part of the cut-apart panels on the paper. I added a layer of Very Vanilla on the card front, then the Poppy Parade panel across the middle of the Very Vanilla cardstock. The mushroom and fern panel is used for the center focal point of the card.
To make the mushroom panel look more interesting, I cut out this little caterpillar and leaf he is carrying to shield himself from the sun. I popped him up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and placed him on top of the mushroom. The diecut word “Howdy” is from the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. I love it when I find an appropriate sentiment in an ephemera pack because it’s so easy! I thought this “Howdy” would go with the color scheme of the designer paper. It was the right size, and just fit the card.
This is a very easy card to make! Here’s a similar card I made recently where I cut out images from other papers. I don’t know who likes bugs, but these cute bugs are ones you can love, especially creating fun cards with the Cute As a Bug Designer Series Paper!
To make this Easy Monochromatic Valentine Card, you only have to choose one color to use! That makes life easier, right?! And you don’t have to think very hard if you want a basic color for a Valentine! It has to be Real Red, my favorite color!
Of course, Valentines can be any color and often use many colors. However, for this card, while trying out this new stamp set, I just made it easy and chose Real Red cardstock and ink. I also enjoy random stamping on a piece of cardstock to make a background or my own designer series paper. Sometimes, with all our beautiful designer papers and ephemera, I feel I am not actually stamping enough. It really feels good to do lots of stamping on a piece of paper!
This card has a Real Red card base and Basic White layer. I used the Endless Love Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog. This stamp set is part of the Made With Love Suite Collection. The stamp set is perfect for making Valentines or Valentine scrapbook pages, but you can also use it for wedding cards or just any kind of card sending love to someone. You can also choose the Endless Love Dies,Made With Love Designer Series Paper, an embossing folder, ribbon, and Valentine sprinkles for shaker cards.
If you want to have some fun stamping, just use several different stamps, starting with the larger ones, and stamp on the background paper. I started with the two kinds of hearts, then added the hearts inside the hearts, the XX in some other ones. Then to fill in the little bit of empty space, I used the little dots.
The greeting is from the Reason To Celebrate Stamp Set, one that is full of sentiments that you can mix and match and use for lots of occasions. I used the Traditional Labels Dies (now retired, unfortunately) and also cut a banner to place underneath. Then the whole greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little sparkle, I used a few of the red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for a little sparkle. These are on the Last Chance List for 10% off. I loved using these over Christmas and you certainly can use them other times too if you like glitter and sparkle. And they are flat, so good for mailing. I’d say pick up a package or two while you can!
On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer and put strips on the side using Made With Love Designer Series Paper, just to decorate the inside a little bit.
Here’s a big surprise from Stampin’ Up! They are coming out with this new Stampin’ Positioner in the future, but you can sign up to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now and get this new product FREE! Buy the Starter Kit and get this Stampin’ Positioner FREE. Current Demonstrators can preorder one, and it will be available to everyone at a time to be determined.
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This is one sheet of the Cute As a Bug Designer Series Paper that recently came out in the new Stampin’ Up! January-April 2026 Mini Catalog. It is part of an entire Suite. the Cute As a Bug Suite Collection. This kind of patterned paper has cut-apart images on one sheet of paper that can be used for any of your projects, whether cardmaking, scrapbooking, or other papercrafting. These individual images can be trimmed down smaller or combined in layers. Whatever your project requires.
The picture above shows how I began using this sheet of paper. I cut across horizontally the whole sheet since those horizontal images were all the same size. Then I cut down on each individual strip to separate the various images. If you prefer, you can just cut apart the individual images you plan to use at the time.
To show how very easy it is to make a card with these cut-apart images, I made this card using just one of the cut-apart images, the one with the various whimsical bugs having a little picnic or gathering on a blanket on the ground. This piece is 4″ x 5 1/4″ and fits perfectly on the card base of Blackberry Bliss cardstock. The greeting is a piece of ephemera in the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. I thought the color coordinated with the card and was small so as not to take away from the cute scene on the card. The two words could also be cut apart and used individually if that suited the project better.
I think this scene is so cute with the little bugs, mushrooms, and berries! I’m normally not too interested in bugs and insects and other creepy crawlers since we have plenty in real life in the tropical climate where I live! But these little guys on this Cute As a Bug Designer Series Paper were too cute to pass up so the title for the paper is perfect!
If you are interested in the whole Suite Collection, you can get the designer series paper, the stamp set and dies, ribbon, and some very cute ladybug embellishments. As I write this, the Suite is not available but is on order and should be back in stock the week of February 2nd. It looks to me like it is the stamp set and dies that are not available so if you wanted the paper right away you can still order that, although it says Low Inventory right now. If you go to any unavailable product, there is a box to fill in your email to be notified when it is back in stock so you know when you can order it. I have found it tot work very well.
Wintery weather is on the way for a lot of our country, but it won’t be long that spring will be upon us and these cute little bugs will be out having fun….well, maybe not “cute” little bugs in Houston, but at least this Cute As a Bug Suite Collection is cute!
This Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card is made with some of the happiest paper we have ever had! Wait until you see it in person! That’s how I felt the first time I made a card with this paper – it made me feel happy! The colors, the foil accents, the splashes of colors in all different designs – it’s just wonderful paper to have fun with! You will want to put the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper on your next order!
I made a Z-Fold card because it shows off more of the beautiful paper in the Splash of Sparkles pack. A Z-Fold card is easy to make. It just requires one extra fold. Make the usual card base of 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ for the front. Then fold the front of the card in half, back toward the fold which is at 2 1/8″. Score first to make it easier to fold. This card base is made with Timid Tiger cardstock, one of the newest In Colors.
To decorate the card I cut a strip of the orange, pink, and gold striped pattern at 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″. For the inside of the card I used the pattern with the big watercolor circles, choosing the portion that had the orangish and pinkish colored circles so it would coordinate with the paper on the front.
For the front of the card, I diecut a piece of Timid Tiger with one of the Branching Out Dies and the next smaller one in Bubble Bath pink. For the inside of the card, I diecut another piece of Bubble Bath in the same smaller size so that it would fit behind that layered panel on the front of the card.
The flower, leaves, and sentiment are stamped with the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. The flower is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with the Timid Tiger Combo of Stampin’ Blends. The leaves are stamped with Granny Apple Green ink on Basic White. I cut both out by hand. The greeting is stamped in Memento Ink, also on Basic White. For space reasons, I cut the words apart and carefully cut around each one.
To assemble the card, layer the Bubble Bath cardstock diecut panel on the Timid Tiger panel. When you have the card folded into the Z-shape, adhere the designer paper on the narrow front panel and the other pattern inside the card. See where the center of that panel is so that it can be lined up right on the Z-fold. Only put glue or adhesive on the one side so that the other side will not be stuck to the inside of the card! I had a scrap of the striped paper, so I adhered that as a background for the words to the front panel. The flower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the leaves are glued flat to the card.
If you want to stamp a greeting or images on the inside panel, do so before you adhere it inside the card, just in case. I stamped Happy Birthday and a couple of the other flower in the stamp set. Line it up inside the card with the front panel, put adhesive on the back of it, and then fold the back side of the card over to adhere the greeting panel to the inside of the card so that it lines up with the front panel and will not be sticking out when the card is closed. You will understand when you do it!
Here are the two sides of the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Papers:
Aren’t those such bright and fun colors? And even better in person!
And one side has gold and iridescent foil for some real pizzazz! Think about birthday cards, any happy occasion, maybe even party invitations!
It’s November and two new Kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection were added! It’s always fun to see what new Kits will arrive each month! The first one is the Everyday Beauty Kit, which does look like a beautiful kit for making some all-occasion cards with very pretty botanical images, even on the envelopes.
Stampin’ Up! says:
“Create the perfect card for any occasion using the all-inclusive Everyday Beauty Kit. This kit comes with everything you need to make three unique card designs: printed card bases and coordinating envelopes with lovely botanical patterns, precut paper pieces, timeless faux wax seals, shimmering metallic thread, and a versatile stamp set that you can use on countless other projects.”
DETAILS – Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs – Folded card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm) – Colors: Basic Beige, gold, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy, Petal Pink – Also available in French
Kit includes one of each item listed below. – Everyday Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set – Clear stamp block – Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Spot – Step-by-step instructions – 9 printed envelopes – Faux wax seal stickers – Metallic thread – Adhesive
Here are all the pieces you get in the Kit to make the nine cards. And if you choose, you can make your own creations with the supplies if you want to make different designs. It’s all right there for you to play with! Just open the box!
The second new Kit for November, is the Adventure Awaits Kit. This looks like a fun set of cards to send to just the right person!
Stampin’ Up! says”
“Let your creativity take the driver’s seat with the Adventure Awaits Kit. Coast in the retro colours and hand-drawn artwork that can be either feminine or masculine. With printed sentiments, precut paper, and vellum details, this kit comes with everything you need to make nine cute cards.”
DETAILS – Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs – Folded card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm) – Colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Pretty Peacock, Timid Tiger – Sentiments printed in English, French, and German
Kit includes one of each item listed below. – Step-by-step instructions – 9 printed envelopes – Vellum – Adhesive
Here are all the components of this Adventure Awaits Kit! Each Kit includes an exclusive stamp set that you won’t see anywhere else.
If you are new to papercrafting, be assured you can make these Kits! Just follow the directions and/or watch the video specific for each Kit! Experienced stampers/papercrafters will find enjoyment in just opening the box and finding a cute project ready to make without having to design anything or hunt for all the needed supplies! They are all in the box except for possibly a scissors!
Do you know what today is? Today is October 25, TWO MONTHS until Christmas Day! Wow! That puts things into perspective for us crafters, right?! I wanted to post a Christmas card today to remind all of us that even though it isn’t Halloween yet, it is almost Christmastime! Here are two cards, Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scrap Cards, that you can easily make with brand new paper or the scraps that you have left after making other cards. And you can use any paper you have! In fact, you can make this same kind of card for a birthday or any occasion, just change the theme and greeting of course!
This card is made with a Real Red card base. As you may have guessed, I used the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper in the Online Exclusives since September. You could use Cherry Cobbler cardstock or one of the greens. The paper strips are cut at 1 3/4″ x 4″. I adhered mine directly on to the card base. However, sometimes it is easier to cut a piece of cardstock the same size as the three strips together and adhere the strips onto that layer, then the whole piece on to the card base. Or you can make a layer that is larger (if you cut your strips smaller) and have that layer show around the margins of the strips. Very versatile design. These strips are all touching, but you can also make them smaller and narrower and leave a space in between.
The greeting is one of the gold foil sentiments in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. It is layered on a Gold Foil diecut circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. This eventually is layered on a larger Real Red diecut circle. First, however, I used the Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon back and forth behind the gold foil layer and held in place with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I often put some Stampin’ Seal on the paper to hold the ribbon in place until I get it just right and then add the Dimensionals.
For some pizzazz, I added five gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins for sparkle. With this design you can make hundreds of other kinds of cards. It’s a great way to use more than one pattern of our beautiful paper!
Here is a second card, made with the same Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper, but with the strips switched around and a different greeting and ribbon. This card base is our old favorite, Old Olive. The greeting is also in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack, but the whole word punches out. It is layered on an Old Olive Stylish Shapes circle with Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon, which is so pretty. Just like the first card, the greeting is popped up on Dimensionals. This time I used the Real Red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for some sparkle on the card. Just add a greeting or write a message inside the card and you are set to go!
Since today is only two months until Christmas (and that’s Christmas Day when ALL the work and preparation is over with!) let’s all try to make at least three Christmas cards today, maybe more, just to get in the mood and into gear!
You know Halloween is really going to sneak up on us! And if you want to mail cards to people, you have to think ahead (note to self!). This Spooky Sweet Haunted Street Halloween Card is an easy card to make if you have the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper even comes with some diecut images that you just pop out and adhere to your card or project.
The designer paper in this package is so fun and interesting. Two of the sheets feature different Halloween scenes, such as a street of haunted houses that can be cut apart and used however you like. For this card, I cut just this single house and cut it to fit on this card front. I cut the bottom edge and also along the roof lines on the top. The card base is Petunia Pop cardstock with a layer of Basic Gray cardstock. When you trim down this image on the designer paper it will fit on the card.
After getting the basic card made, I looked at the diecut images on two of the sheets that come in the package and chose the two pumpkins with the crow on top and a couple of bats. The pumpkins are popped up. The greeting is stamped with the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set. I stamped the words with Memento Ink on Pumpkin Pie cardstock, then trimmed it down as narrow as I could and separated the words. I popped up the greeting on Dimensionals. I really like this technique of cutting the words apart or making them very narrow to make them fit better on the card. I also added several Shimmer Star Foam Stickers in purple and black. Love these things!
Just get out your designer papers, look through them, and see what ideas you come up with. You might even find a good paper to use for Halloween in a package of birthday paper or who knows what! Have fun with creating!
Choose from all kinds of Kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection for a savings of 10-30% off! This sale even includes the newest Kits, just released October 1st! These kits come with all the supplies you need and are easy enough for anyone to make! Directions are included and you can even watch a video if you like (and I always watch the video regardless!). These Kits make birthday cards, home decor, all-occasion cards, small scrapbook-type albums, plus Kits for the fall and Christmas holidays!
Here is the Christmas Ornaments Kit in the Kits Collection that came out last year! I bought this kit and made these ornaments. I used them for an extra decoration on gift bags and packages which the recipient could then save and use on their Christmas tree or as a little decoration in the home or on future packages. A glue gun was helpful with this kit. It was fun to make and very nice! On some of the ornaments, I added some extra touches or just changed up the design a bit. You can do that with any of the kits if you like!
Here is my blog post talking about making this Christmas Ornaments Kit! Put this Kit on your order if it is still available! Gold Hoops and little pinecones all included!
Who knew it was already time for me to begin sending my special 12 Weeks of Christmas emails to my newsletter subscribers?! I’m thinking about Halloween decorations but it really is only 12 weeks until Christmas! This is a special thank you gift I send to my email subscribers every year with exclusive ideas I won’t be posting anywhere else. First we start with holiday cards, then gift ideas, and finally gift bag and tag ideas for wrapping those gifts! The weeks fly by for sure!
Every Wednesday I will send out a 12 Weeks of Christmas email at 1:00 PM. Hopefully, it will be an inspiration (and reminder!) for creating your own projects for the holidays and getting a head start!
I have fun sending these emails and I think my customers enjoy receiving them and getting extra ideas that they can use for their holiday crafting. Tell your friends to sign up, too, if they like papercrafting! They might not even need to be stampers! There are always work-arounds.
How do you get them? You have to be on my Mailing List! Just sign up in the red box on the right if you are on my website. If you are on your phone, you may have to scroll all the way down to find it. Or just click HERE to go to the page to sign up. It’s free, of course, and you can unsubscribe at any time if it’s not for you. If you are already getting my Tuesday emails, then you don’t have to do anything! You are IN!
These projects will not be anywhere else…not on my blog, or Facebook page, or Instagram. They are my gift to my mailing list subscribers as a thank you for following me and stamping along with me! We’d love to have you join us if you would like! The first email goes out Wednesday, October 8, 2025! See you then!
I was so excited when I checked the Stampin’ Up! website this morning and saw that Stampin’ Up! had not two, but THREE, new Kits in the KIts Collection and they are all Christmas! One is a tag kit, one is a small journal/scrapbook for the holidays, and one a beautiful card kit! I can’t wait to look these over in more detail, but I think for sure I’ll be ordering the Nutcracker Tags kit! I love those because you can use them for tags or make cards with them. Check out these Kits!! And easy enough for anyone to make!
Make your gifts stand out under the tree with the Nutcracker Tags Kit. Featuring festive nutcrackers and glittery sentiments, this kit makes it easy to create handmade tags bursting with festive spirit. It’s a fun and merry way to add extra magic to every gift. Now let’s get cracking!
DETAILS (#166226) – Makes 12 tags: 3 each of 4 designs – Colors: Basic Black, Darling Duckling, Garden Green, gold, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Shy Shamrock
Turn your festive moments into a cherished keepsake with the Remembering Christmas Kit! With plenty of space for photos and journaling, you can easily create a festive album filled with your favorite Christmas highlights. Combine die-cut letters, holiday-patterned paper, and fun ephemera like bows, stars, and stockings to craft a merry album full of Christmas cheer. Display it proudly each season and relive those joyful memories year after year!
DETAILS (#166230) – Colors: Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Pretty Peacock, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce
Celebrate the warmth of home and the quiet magic of Christmas with the Calm & Bright Kit. A clean and simple design style paired with a soft color palette sets the tone for creating serene, sophisticated cards. Neutral bases and intricate die-cuts—tiny houses, holly leaves, and banners—layer beautifully to form peaceful focal points, while stamped sentiments like From Our House to Yours and All is Calm, All is Bright add a heartfelt and timeless touch.
DETAILS (#166461) – Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs – Folded card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm) – Colors: Basic Beige, Gray Granite, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, white
It might be a little early for Christmas gift bags, but I wanted to use this pretty paper on a gift bag to show it off, so here is the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Gift Bag. If you look through the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper, you will find this one paper with this huge pine snowflake centered on the paper. How can any one cut up that sheet of paper with that design?! It would be beautiful on a scrapbook page….as long as you didn’t put any photos on it! So my best solution was to center it on a large gift bag!
You might have collected kraft or other gift bags from certain stores that you can use for gift bags. Or you can buy a bunch of them at a craft store, small or large. This bag is 10″ wide so I just trimmed an inch off each side of the designer paper. It is 7 1/4″ from top to bottom. For a border piece on the top and bottom, I was just going to have cardstock, but then I noticed the strips I had cut off from the designer paper, turned them over, and used those. To help offset all the colors and paper designs, I cut strips of Shaded Spruce. You can make these any widths you like. I made the top designer paper strip about 1 1/4″ wide, with 1″ showing and a little bit wider at the bottom. The Shaded Spruce cardstock strips are both 1/2″ wide.
Every gift bag needs a gift tag! I found an already diecut circle of Gold Foil using the Stylish Shapes Dies in my gold foil package. For the greeting, I used “merry & bright” in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. These are peel-and-stick greetings in golf foil so they are very easy to use. I also fussy-cut some foliage from the designer paper to decorate the tag. I used some retired Cherry Cobbler ribbon to tie the tag to the bag.
After I took the first photo of the bag, I realized the tag didn’t show up very well plus I remembered I intended to put some red berries gems on the tag to match the berries on the paper. These Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-Backed Berries are perfect to go with this paper. You could also add some on the designer paper on the bag.
I love to decorate gift bags like this for any occasion and we’ll certainly need a lot of them for Christmas so it’s a good idea to start making some!
I always say having a Paper Pumpkin monthly subscription from Stampin’ Up! is a gift you give yourself! When I get my kit, it already looks like a gift when I open up the box and see the supplies wrapped up in colored tissue paper! Then I open up the supply package like it’s Christmas and see what all is included! In the photo above , you can see what I discovered when I opened everything for the September 2025 Kit, Fall For Toile! You get the card bases, envelopes with decorated flaps, diecuts, stamp set, ink spot, ribbon, and adhesives! I don’t think I even needed a scissors!
This was a set of nine cards for fall, 3 each of 3 designs. All the kits are easy enough for anyone to make. You get pictorial directions plus you can watch a video, which I usually like to do regardless. The directions show you where to put the adhesive on each piece and what kind of adhesive, which, again, is included in the kit. I would say this kit was really easy to make. Just some easy stamping on the diecut pieces for two of the greetings and some acorns for another decorative piece, a little ribbon to add to three of the cards, and the rest was just adhering the diecuts to each card. These are beautiful cards to send to friends and loved ones for fall or even Thanksgiving.
The top left card was the most “difficult”. It was fun stamping leaves around the edges of the card. I always like doing that random stamping! Then I had to placed the two diecut leaf groupings together, plus the foil-accented dark leaves on the card, all popped up on Dimensionals. Then the stamped greeting and ribbon adhered to the back was adhered over the intersection of the leaves.
The top right card is the first one I made. The card base already has that pretty toile background on it (also on the backside of the card!). The greeting was already printed, I only stamped the cute pair of acorns. The tree and frame are a diecut popped up on dimensionals.
The bottom card was the very easiest. I stamped the little birds in the corner of the cornfield and adhered it to the card base with Dimensionals. The pumpkins and fox are all diecuts and popped up also. The greeting is stamped and popped up. Nothing could be easier to make!
You, too, could get in on the fun of Paper Pumpkin Kits by subscribing before October 10th. For October you will receive a Kit to make Christmas cards that have flocked pieces to decorate the cards. For November, your Kit will make small goodie boxes perfect for the holidays to present a gift card or small gift or treat. Personally, I like the holiday kits the best, but then I love holidays of all kinds!
When you become a subscriber, besides getting the kit in the mail every month, you also have the option to purchase any past kits that are available, refills (which do not include the stamp set or ink spot, but otherwise have all the same supplies), and some add-ons like small dies that you can use to enhance your cards and projects or use any time. If you like a past kit but only see a refill, you can probably make use of that even without the stamp set and ink spot that would come in the full kit. For example, this fall kit I am showing has already been mailed out to subscribers, but once you subscribe, perhaps the “refill” kit will still be available, as it is as I write this, and you can just use some of your own stamps and ink to make the cards. Then your first kit will come in the mail, Cozy Christmas, right after October 10th.
And you can always use your supplies any way you like! Lots of alternatives are always posted online as soon as people get their kits and start creating. For example, with this month’s kit, with the card bases printed on both the front and the back, you could cut the two sides apart and make twice as many cards by adhering the printed part of the kit card to your own cardstock base. You can change it up however you like. Sometimes I make some of the cards as designed and then make my own alternatives. It just depends on what you like to do. If you are a beginner, at first you will probably just want to follow the directions for the fun of crafting. As you get more experienced, you might like to make the projects a little bit different – maybe add your own greeting instead or add your own embellishments if you have some.
To join Paper Pumpkin, just click the link below. No risk, no obligation to continue for any length of time. Stampin’ Up! guarantees every kit, so if you have a problem, just let them know. You can even skip a month if necessary or if the hint of the upcoming project doesn’t appeal to you. It used to be a total surprise what would come in the kit, but now we get somewhat of a hint, which I am happy about. Subscriber or reactivate a previous account you had, by October 10th! The 10th of the month is the date to always remember if you want to make any changes to your account as that is the date the current subscription ends and on the 11th the new kit comes out. It’s easy to go into your account and skip a month, or heaven forbid, cancel! I hope you will try out Paper Pumpkin and enjoy some pre-planned crafting with all the supplies right there in your box! And wrapped up in tissue paper like a gift!!
I got another Stampin’ Up! order late yesterday and had to try out this new Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper, which you will find in the newest Online Exclusives. I was totally drawn to this darker print pattern and made this Elegant Pine Snowflakes Season’s Greetings Card, partly so I could use the new In Color, Secret Sea!
This is really just a basic design for a card so you can change it up however you like. The card base is Secret Sea cardstock with a layer of Real Red cardstock, which I couldn’t resist adding for that pop of red! The Real Red layer is cut a bit larger than usual to give that very narrow border of the Secret Sea. It measures 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″. I did cut the designer paper layer at the usual 5 1/4″ x 4″ but I decided I wanted more of the red to show than just a narrow margin so I trimmed it down just a bit. Now it is 3 3/4″ x 5″.
I intended to wrap the new ribbon I just got that belongs in the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Suite around the left side of the designer paper and add a bow. But I was too hasty in gluing down the layers! Instead, as you can see, I just tied a bow with the new Shaded Spruce & Gold Edged 7/8″ Ribbon. It is adhered with several Mini Glue Dots. I first intended to place it on the side of the card, but when I sort of accidentally moved it into that corner I thought it looked like a bow that would be on a package so I placed it there!
The greeting is in the Traditional Labels Stamp Set. It is stamped in Real Red on one of the new Foiled Frames & LabelsEphemera Pack. You’ll find these in the Floral Impressions Suite in the Online Exclusives that came out in May. Obviously they aren’t just for Christmas but you can use them any time, even Christmas! I popped up the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To embellish the tag a little bit, while I was watching TV, I cut out some pine snowflakes and pinecones. And because they are so pretty, I added some red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for some sparkle in the dark background.
While it seems crazy to be showing Christmas cards now, we know time flies and every year we wish we would have started on our cards and holiday projects earlier. Now is your chance to start thinking about what you would like to make, order your supplies, and get to work!
Stampin’ Up! will be holding a FREE virtual event to celebrate World Card Making Day on October 4, 2025 and YOU are invited!! During this event all of us, Customers and Demonstrators will:
Celebrate the art of cardmaking.
Learn new stamping techniques.
Craft along with the presenters and create beautiful, heartfelt cards that you can send out.
Connect with fellow stampers.
Event Details
Who: Everyone, including new customers!
When: October 4, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (MT)
Where: Online
Price of Event: Free
Registration Dates: September 3–October 3, 2025, until 2:00 p.m. (MT)
Registration for this event is free. Everyone must register to receive a link to view the event. Also, those who register will receive a gift after the event ends. Even if you watch with some friends, be sure each friend registers so they will get the link and receive a special registration gift.
LAST DAY to register is the day before, October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM (MT).
This World Card Making Day event will be recorded and will be available to watch immediately following the event. So watch it live and craft along, go back and rewatch certain parts, or watch the recording later if you miss the live event.
One of the best parts about this event is the opportunity to craft together! This year we’re going to create cards using the Handmade & Heartfelt Kit, an all-inclusive product that comes with everything you and your customers need to make 10 lovely, all-occasion cards.
Item: Handmade & Heartfelt Kit (166213)
Includes: A stamp set, 10 cards and envelopes, a card organizer, shaped labels, twine, glitter adhesive, embellishments, a mini ink pad
