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Special Deal on the August Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin Aug 2026 25% off Ad

Last Tuesday Stampin’ Up! announced this special on a Paper Pumpkin Kit…for NEW subscribers….to try Paper Pumpkin and receive 25% off this first Kit.  This is the kit for August 2026, Kindred Greetings. 

Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription to craft kits that are all-inclusive, beginner-friendly, and delivered in your mailbox each month. Everything you need to make the project is in the box, including a small ink spot, exclusive stamp set, adhesive, and maybe embellishments. Usually the project is cards, but it can be other things like gift tags, home decor, a small album, or something else! Everything comes wrapped in tissue paper inside the Paper Pumpkin box, which is why I say it is a gift you give yourself to find this in your mailbox each month. No risk, no obligation to continue for any length of time. If you need to skip a month, just log in to your account by the 10th of any month.

Not only will subscribers receive the wonderful August Kindred Greetings Kit at a discount, but you’ll also gain access to exclusive add-ons, past kits, and refills. It’s a great way to carve out a little creative “me time” each month while joining a global community of passionate crafters!

  • Subscribe July 11–August 10
  • Send timeless, understated cards with heartfelt messages of comfort and appreciation.
  • Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
  • Precut paper pieces and intricate precut card fronts
  • Gray and white twine
  • Coordinating colors: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite (Stampin’ Spot), Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Pool Party

Card bases and envelopes have a textured, linen-like feel.

The discount is only valid for new Paper Pumpkin subscribers. This means customers who have not had an active Paper Pumpkin subscription on their Stampin’ Up! account in the past 18 months.

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN JULY 11 – AUG 10th to save 25% on this first kit only!

TODAY!! New Hot Foil System Available at Stampin’ Up!

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Stampin’ Hot Foil System! Get it today in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store!

I would say in all my years at Stampin’ Up!, this Stampin’ Hot Foil System is the biggest thing since the first Big Shot came out! Stampin’ Up! says it was quite popular during the Demonstrator opportunity to preorder recently so they expect that Customers will love it too, and it could go on backorder for a while. They have already ordered more supplies, but if you don’t want to wait, you might want to order it very soon!

While the main thing is the Hot Foil System itself, you will also need the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Stampin’ Up! has tested the Hot Foil System with our current products, and that is how they can offer a 1-year limited warranty on the system as long as you are using Stampin’ Up! products. The hot foil dies are different from our usual die-cutting dies so you do need to use the appropriate ones.

I’m sure there is a bit of a learning curve, but from the videos I have watched, it looks like we will all catch on pretty quickly! You just plug in the platform, let it heat up, lay the die on it, let it heat up, then make the sandwich with the foil, paper, and other two pieces. Pick it up and run it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine SLOWLY, they say! Then peel off the foil and prepare to be amazed at the beautiful piece you have just created!

I do not doubt that as more and more people get the hot foiling system in their hands, we will all learn more tips and tricks and get many more ideas for things to make and card designs! Just like when a new stamp set comes out, and stampers come up with the most amazing projects that we all benefit from!

Watch this Stampin’ Up! video and see how it all works.

I put in my order last night and am excited to get it! At first, I wasn’t sure I “needed” it, but in the end I could not resist and did not want to wait if things sold out! It is an expense, especially with the dies and things you need, just like buying stamp sets, but you do get the virtual Metallic Magic Craft Class for FREE (do not add it to your order; it is included with the system for free) AND you do get 10% in Rewards to use on future purchases within a year. (You do need to have a Stampin’ Up! account to earn Rewards. It’s easy to do.) You can order the system, the gold and silver foil (I held off on the pink for now), and then choose which dies you like the most. Please look at the Bundles, especially, and save 10% off the cost of purchasing the two items separately, like our stamp set bundles. You don’t need ALL of them right now. Some have a matching stamp set, the butterfly dies have masks for coloring in, and some items are stand-alone, like the Garden Silhouette Die.

Go check out the Stampin’ Foil System in the Online Store and/or download the Metallic Magic Brochure and see what you like!

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Artisan Sketched Garden Floral Birthday Card

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Artisan Sketched Garden Floral Birthday Card

This Artisan Sketched Garden Floral Birthday Card is one I put a birthday greeting on, but could be made for many other occasions. I was inspired to make this card by one I saw on a Stampin’ Up! post SOMEWHERE! It doesn’t look like I “saved” it anywhere. I probably thought I was positive I could easily find it again, but I could not! Have you ever done that?! Liked a card, wanted to copy it, and then couldn’t find it anywhere! What intrigued me about that card was the colored striped piece placed somewhere on the card, I don’t remember where. Rather than keep feeling frustrated, I went ahead and made my own card with the Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper. This is the pack of all black & white paper, floral images of all kinds, as well as more generic patterns.

I wouldn’t have thought of coloring in between the lines of the black and white striped paper in the package! That’s what I love about stamping and seeing everyone’s ideas. There is always something new and something I never thought of. I cut a piece of the stripes at 5 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ and colored in with all the new 2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. If you click on that link and sort for “Newest” the new In Colors will come up. But you could use any colors you like.

The card base is Hydrangea Hue. The background layer of paper, I thought, was plain enough but cute to go with the flower. I don’t know if those tiny images are foliage or flowers, but it makes a cute design. The flower is printed on one of the designer papers. They are all pretty close together, so it’s not easy to cut one out with the Paper Trimmer, so I just roughly cut around it, near the bottom of the sheet, to get it separated from the paper. I colored the flower with Barely Blush using the Stampin’ Blend Combo. This is a VERY light pink, so I put on a couple layers of light and dark Barely Blush. The little seed pod is colored in Golden Glow, and the leaves are Peaceful Pine green. After coloring the flower, I fussy cut it with my Paper Snips. If you need new scissors, new ones are coming soon!

I adhered the flower to a panel of Barely Blush cardstock cut at 3 3/4″ x 1 3/4″. It looked fine just that way, but I decided to add a layer of Hydrangea Hue cardstock to go with the card base. It is 4″ x 2″. This whole panel is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

You might think Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are very skilled and creative at all times, but that is not true! I was trying to get some glue out of this nearly empty small bottle I use for intricate areas I need to glue, but it was clogged. Next, I turned to my close-to-empty bottle of Multipurpose Liquid Glue (what I put in the little white bottle), but it was clogged up too. After trying to unclog the tip, I wisely thought to see if any would come out on a piece of scrap paper. Well, it certainly did come out in a big blob of glue! So I used the green bottle to pick up little bits of glue from that puddle and dab it on to the fussy-cut flower very carefully. There are other ways I could have done it, but this worked ok.

Glue Blob

The best idea would be been to stick that roughly cut out flower from the designer paper on to an Adhesive Sheet, then I could have had the flower be like a sticker with no need for glue! But I didn’t and usually don’t think that far ahead with Adhesive Sheets!

To finish off this card, I added as small a bow as I could make with the Barely Blush Ribbon using Mini Glue Dots on the back. I realized I didn’t have a greeting, so I stamped “Happy Birthday” with Hydrangea Hue ink using the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. Since the flower was popped up I needed to pop up just the right side of the greeting so the left side could lie flat on the flower panel. I also added three Barely Blush 2026-2028 In Color Dots to the card.

It looks to me like a lovely, simple card, maybe with the In Colors being very soft and calming. Don’t forget to try different things with our designer papers!

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Everyday Essentials Thank You Card

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Everyday Essentials Thank You Card

HAPPY NEW STAMPIN’ UP! CATALOG DAY!!

Yes, today is the day it all happens!! Stampin’ Up! is releasing its new May-August Catalog, full of new products and some old ones we have had! This catalog is not referred to as the Annual Catalog because now we will have three catalogs during the year, plus new Online Exclusives every two months. So we will have a nice stream of new products coming our way with maybe a little less confusion about which catalog something is in.

This Everyday Essentials Thank You Card features a couple of new products. First and foremost is the new Everyday Essentials Mix & Match Designer Series Paper on page 70 of the new catalog. The card base is Misty Moonlight. I cut the designer paper at 5 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ so that I could add narrow strips of Bubble Bath pink along the sides. I cut strips 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ to add under the DSP while still letting the sides of the Misty Moonlight show. I love the dark background on the paper and the pretty flowers in Bubble Bath and Darling Duckling.

For the greeting, I used the Scalloped Blooms Stamp Set on page 46 of the catalog. I think this stamp set has some nice and useful sentiments. I stamped the “Thank You’ with Misty Moonlight ink on Bubble Bath cardstock and then diecut it with a rectangular scalloped die in the Scalloped Blooms Dies. You will be surprised when you open this package and see how big the scalloped circle dies are! It’s a nice collection. And this stamp set and die set is part of the Bloom Boutique Suite Collection!

For a little embellishment, I added the Bubble Bath 1/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon behind the sentiment. I looped it around back and forth more times than I normally do, but really, it just made these little loops on its own so I made more than usual! The little flower embellishments are called Dreamy Flowers and come in Berry Burst, White, and Bubble Bath. I felt like the greeting needed a little something, and these kind of match the pink flowers on the card so they were perfect!

Stampin' Up! Catalog May-August 2026

If you are a regular customer of mine and HAVE A STAMPIN’ UP! ACCOUNT, then I likely ordered a catalog for you, and you should have received it by now, hopefully. You may think you have a Stampin’ Up! account, but since they updated the website awhile back to comply with privacy laws, etc. etc. it has been a little more difficult to see our list of customers. You also have to have opted in to “Contact” so that I have permission to send you a catalog. It would also be good if you opted in to “Rewards” because why not?! If you have trouble with any of this, ask me and I can send you an “Invitation” that maybe makes it easier for you to complete this process and also choose me as your Demonstrator. It’s also possible you did all this, and your name still doesn’t show up because that’s just how computer systems work sometimes! Let me know!

If you are interested in ordering Stampin’ Up! products and having me be your Demonstrator, send me your contact information if you would like a real catalog in your hands, and I can send one to you now that I have some extra copies.

But the May Catalog is not the only new thing today! Check out the Online Exclusives, the new Kits, the new Craft Class, the new Product of the Month, and the new Starter Kit Offers! So much new! My head is spinning!

Keep checking my blog for more information on all these new products and information! It would also be a good idea to sign up for my Tuesday newsletter with all the latest news from Stampin’ Up! and project ideas. Sign up in the red box to the side of my blog or at the bottom of this article if you are on your phone.

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TODAY ONLY! Stampin’ Up! Flash Sale!

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SU Flash Sale Memory Keeping May 2

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!

Celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with Stampin’ Up! today only! They are offering 20% off SELECT memory-keeping products in the Online Store.

If you are running out of some memory-keeping staples and want to restock, or maybe you want to get into scrapbooking and memory keeping, now’s the perfect time to shop. This sale only lasts 24 hours, so make sure you are ready to shop till you drop!

Details:

24 hours only

Sales Period: May 2, 2026, from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (MT)

  • 20% off select memory-keeping products
  • Items available while supplies last
  • See and shop all qualifying products in the online store

TODAY ONLY! Stampin’ Up! Flash Sale!

And not just for scrapbookers!! Lots of two-tone cardstock, scrapbook kits, a few stamp sets, dies, Flip Flaps, White Willow Cardstock….and. more!!

Cute As a Bug Howdy Card

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Cute As a Bug Howdy Card

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!

Easy Endless Love Monochromatic Valentine Card

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Monochromatic Endless Love Valentine

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.

Have fun making Valentines!

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Join and Get a New Stampin’ Positioner!

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Exclusive Join Offer Stamp Positioner

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.

Stampin' Positioner Tool

When you join Stampin’ Up! February 3–March 2, you’ll get the new Stampin’ Positioner tool FREE! Along with your Stampin’ Positioner, you’ll receive your Starter Kit, which includes free business supplies and free shipping. Plus, you’ll get all the fun that comes with being part of our supportive crafting community. There’s no better time to join than now!

Just order $125 worth of Stampin’ Up! products that you want for your Starter Kit and pay only $99! AND now, from February 3-March 2, you will also receive the new Stampin’ Positioner. This new tool will stamp precisely aligned images and create repeating patterns easily so that you can make multiple projects in minutes. It comes with the large stamp plate plus a smaller alignment plate for smaller images.

Becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator means you get to enjoy all the perks of being part of Stampin’ Up! Receive a discount of 20-25% off your product orders, early access to new products and catalogs, the opportunity to attend Stampin’ Up! events, the chance to earn a modest supplemental income, and best of all, make new stamping friends as you meet customers and other Demonstrators.

Watch this video to find out more!

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Cute As a Bug Thanks Friend Card

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Cute As a Bug Cut-Apart Images

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.

Cute As a Bug Thanks Friend Card

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!

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Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card

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Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card

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!

Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card Open

Here are the two sides of the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Papers:

Spash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper

Aren’t those such bright and fun colors? And even better in person!

Splash of Sparkles Paper Foil Accents

And one side has gold and iridescent foil for some real pizzazz! Think about birthday cards, any happy occasion, maybe even party invitations!

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Remember, it is Bonus Days through Feb. 2nd! Earn a $5 coupon to spend in February with every $50 amount you spend on products!

Two New Kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection

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Everyday Beauty Kit

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!

Everyday Beauty Kit Contents

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!

Adventure Awaits Kit

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.

Adventure Awaits Kit Contents

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!

Check out these two new Kits and previous ones in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scrap Cards

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scraps Cards

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!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Merry & Bright Card

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!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Joy Card

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!

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Spooky Sweet Haunted Street Halloween Card

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Spooky Sweet Haunted Street Halloween Card

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!

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Day 2! Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection Sale!

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Day 2! Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection Sale!

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!

Christmas Ornaments Kit Stampin' Up! Kits Collection

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!

Sale Details:

  • All kits in the Kits Collection are 10–30% off.
  • Sale runs October 6th – 8th only.
  • Available while supplies last.
  • Sale excludes Paper Pumpkin, Scrapbooking Workshop Kits, and Starter Kits.

Choose your favorite Kits and maybe get some as gifts!
Shop early for the best selection!

Shop the Kits Sale Today!

It’s Time For the 12 Weeks of Christmas 2025!

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12 Weeks of Christmas 2025 Sq Info

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!