Checking Out New Stampin’ Up! Products

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Testing Markers

It’s so much fun receiving an order of new Stampin’ Up! products! As a Demonstrator, I got to preorder certain products from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog this month. One of the products I got were all the Stampin’ Blends Markers in the new In Colors. They are not all pictured in the photo above, but I did get all five new In Colors.

Here’s a tip when you get new Stampin’ Up! products! Check them over! After receiving the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, I sat down with a scrap of Basic White cardstock and tried out each color, brush end and tip end. You want to do this to make sure you don’t have a defective marker that maybe is dried out. I have rarely had this happen, but you know, stuff happens sometimes. I think sometimes there is a batch of a certain product that isn’t perfect. I just try out each marker, just scribbled a little test scribble. I suggest coloring on Basic White so you can see the true color of the marker. I have done it just on my grid paper but it’s not the same. You might find out if the markers all work properly, but scribbling on white cardstock lets you see the color. And that’s something you want to know with a new marker color!

Naturally, I forgot to order a few things on my first preorder so I had to place another order, like for the new Basic Beige cardstock and ink pad, plus the retiring Stampin’ Write Core Colors markers. These markers came out last year when we had the big color refresh to fill in the colors we already had. When I saw that these markers were on a good discount at 50% off I thought it was a great deal to get them!

As I said about the Stampin’ Blends markers, I sat down with a scrap of Basic White cardstock to test out all the Stampin’ Write Markers and make sure they were all working fine. They were! What I didn’t think about at first is that these are the new design of Stampin’ Write Markers! I realized they felt thinner than the markers I had plus the tip end had a new design! I really liked the new tip end! How do we get so excited about such things?! That’s why we are papercrafters I guess!

These Stampin’ Write Core Color Markers are 50% off!! So if you need to fill in these colors, or even most of them, it’s time to order them before they disappear. Actually, I thought they were sold out but more must have come in! The colors are Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie, and Pretty Peacock.

And while we are talking about Stampin’ Up! colors, here are cardstock colors I stocked up on that I needed before prices go up. But when I held the packages together, I just thought “How pretty all these colors are!” So I had to take a photo to show you! One of the best things about Stampin’ Up! is how pretty their colors are and how the products all coordinate. You won’t get a red ink that doesn’t quite match the paper.

Stampin' Up! Colors

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Earth Day Zoo Crew Card

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Earth Day Zoo Crew Card

Today, April 22 is Earth Day, a special day celebrated since 1970 and since 1990 observed in 190 other countries as well. I didn’t start with that theme as I began making this Earth Day Zoo Crew Card, but as I colored in the background of the alligator riding his bicycle with some dirt and grass, I thought maybe he is celebrating Earth Day today. Maybe he is just out riding his bicycle to enjoy nature, maybe he is on his way to a park to help plant a tree, or maybe he is going to plant the flowers in his basket somewhere! Who knows?!

I have loved this Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper and the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and am sorry to see them retiring in only about another week. The characters are all so cute and fun. You can find one of the animals doing almost any activity you are interested in!

The card base is Pool Party with a black and white dotted layer of one of the designer papers in the pack of Zoo Crew DSP. I added a strip across of another pattern of the paper.

The alligator I cut out by hand just for fun to layer on the label for the focal point of the card. I die cut a Basic White cardstock piece and a Pool Party piece from the Nested Essentials Dies. These two sizes are great to layer together. Before adhering together, I used my Pool Party Stampin’ Blend Marker to scribble in the sky background and the Smoky Slate Combo markers to scribble in some dirt and rocks at the bottom with a few blades of Lemon Lime Twist grass. Then I glued on the Zoo Crew alligator letting his tail extend beyond the label. I popped up this piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added one of my last little Brushed Brass Butterflies following right behind the alligator!

The greeting is a little layered banner with the Zany Zoo Stamp Set birthday greeting. I tied a little black and white gingham bow at the top and added three Pool Party Glossy Dots.

If you enjoy these Zany Zoo characters, be sure to grab them before they retire!

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Simply Zinnia Melon Mambo Hello Card

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Simply Zinnia Melon Mambo Hello Card

I just loved this designer paper and just had to make a card with it so that was the starting point for this Simply Zinnia Melon Mambo Hello Card. Melon Mambo is one of my favorite Stampin’ Up! colors! I thought it would make a good background for this card. I’d seen this idea online somewhere and thought it would be a good card design.

The card base is Melon Mambo with a layer of Pretty in Pink. Pretty in Pink is one of the new In Colors coming May 1st. But it is also an “old” color that we had some years ago so you may already have it. I layered on this Melon Mambo pattern in the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper.

The flower is a zinnia die cut with the Simply Zinnia Dies. I used the same petal die for both colors, Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo. To make the flower look full with these two diecut pieces, line them up one on top of the other, then move the top one to one side or the other until the petals fill in the empty spaces. I also die cut a Melon Mambo center for the flower and then Pretty in Pink for the circle of flowers around the center. I just looked up zinnia flower parts and that diecut part is called disc flowers and that is where the nectar is on a zinnia.

For the background, I die cut a piece of Basic White cardstock with the largest of the banner shapes in the Nested Essentials Dies. Before adhering the flower, I stamped the “hello” greeting in Melon Mambo ink on the banner. This is from the Simply Said Stamp Set, a new one coming May 1st! Make sure you stamp it low enough so that the flower doesn’t cover it up.

I adhered the zinnia flat on the banner and the banner flat on the front of the card. You could pop up one or both of these with Stampin’ Dimensionals if you wanted to. Then I added a bow with the Petal Pink ribbon in the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack. And for some sparkle, I added two Melon Mambo gems in the Glossy Dots Assortment. These are great because they are fairly flat which is great for mailing.

You will find the Flowering Zinnias Suite Collection in the Online Exclusives in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. This collection of products is very pretty. As I write this the Shiny Sequins are backordered so the Suite isn’t available but you can order everything else individually. The Shiny Sequins should be back in stock next week.

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In Color Paper Strips Card

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In Color Paper Strips Card

This In Color Paper Strips Card came about because I made bookmarks for my customers to go with the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I like to give them samples of the new In Colors with each catalog. Luckily, I am in an online Demonstrator group and someone usually makes up a document that we can use to make these bookmarks and other new catalog items to help our customers.

The way I made these bookmarks was to cut out 1/2″ x 11″ strips of each color of cardstock. Then I laid each strip across the whole printed page of the list of new In Colors. After all those were glued down, I cut the strips into 2″ wide pieces to make bookmarks. Each side of the printed cardstock needed 1/2″ cut off each side margin. That left these scrap strips with the new In Colors adhered from the edges of the printed page. It gave me the idea to lay them side by side, staggered to make a checkboard.

Bookmark Strips Card

I adhered these In Color strips onto a separate piece of Basic White cardstock. Then I trimmed that piece down where it needed to be to to make it fairly even. I used a card base of the new In Color Shy Shamrock and adhered this checkerboard to the card. I think it looks like an Easter card almost! The new In Colors do have a spring or Easter feel to them!

For a greeting, I used the new stamp set Simply Said, stamped in Shy Shamrock ink. It is cut out with one of the Unbounded Love Dies. For embellishment, I adhered a piece of Shy Shamrock 3/8″ Bordered Ribbon to the back of the greeting, going back and forth from top to bottom. Then it was adhered flat to the card. I also added some new 2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots in Petunia Pop to each side of the greeting. I will say the ribbon is very pretty and soft. I think you will like it. Also, the In Color Resin Dots are pretty and flat which is great for mailing so we don’t have so much thickness.

I supposed you could make a woven card to look like this which we used to do in school a lot when I was a kid or at home for fun. That would be fun to do with these pretty new In Colors! Be sure to check them out in your catalog and put them on your Shopping List for May 1st when the new Stampin’ Up! catalog goes live!

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Flowering Zinnias Thinking of You Card

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Flowering Zinnias Thinking of You Card

This Flowering Zinnias Thinking of You Card isn’t the card I thought I was going to make when I started! It just goes to show you that anything can happen when you go to make something! When I got out the pack of Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper there was a scrap of the paper with the big flowers, which is the opposite side of the purple plaid you see in the background. That piece of paper just made me think of a narrow panel of designer paper down the front of the card with wider-than-usual margins on each side.

The card base is Berry Burst. The layer on the card is the purple plaid pattern I mentioned with flowers on the other side. The flower panel is cut at 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″. I wanted the purple plaid to show a little bit.

The greeting is stamped from the Simply Zinnias Stamp Set. It’s pretty long but with very careful placement, I was able to diecut it with one of the banners in the Nested Essentials Dies. I wanted the smallest piece with this greeting not to cover up too much of the flowers. I thought I would need to use the next largest die for the greeting but I felt it was a little too large for the space. I got lucky fitting all the letters of the greeting on this diecut piece! I also cut the same size banner out of Berry Burst, then cut that piece in half horizontally so I could use the two pieces to layer under the top and bottom of the greeting piece to help it stand out.

For embellishments, I tied a bow with the Lemon Lime Twist ribbon in the Ribbon Duo Combo Pack with the Petal Pink ribbon also. This ribbon combo pack will be retiring at the end of the month and is discounted by $4.00 so it’s a nice deal! I also added three Berry Burst gems to the card from the Tinsel Gems Four-Pack.

This would be an easy card to duplicate now that you have the design and plan! Try it! Get all the Zinnia products in the Online Exclusives part of the Online Store!

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Zoo Crew Musical Birthday Card

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Zoo Crew Musical Birthday Card

As I looked for a card idea to make with a stamp set that was retiring from the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, I had a difficult time finding a set I had that wasn’t already sold out! This is the one I came up with and made this fun Zoo Crew Musical Birthday Card with this retiring designer series paper that I love! I wish this whole stamp set, dies, and designer series paper were sticking around another year! These little animals, doing various things from camping to crafting to playing instruments are just so cute and fun! It may be Tax Day, but these little guys will put a smile on your face!

For this card, I started with the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper in the Zoo Crew Suite Collection. It was tough deciding which characters to use, but I decided on the musical guys. I used my Paper Trimmer to cut out each animal without getting too much other background. You could use a punch or rectangle die or whatever you like but I find just using the Paper Trimmer to be the easiest. Then I layered each animal on colored cardstock and then onto a narrow piece of black. You could do just one layer. I won’t put all the exact measurements because your cut-out animal might be a different size than mine.

The frog was already colored in, but I did decide to color in the bear and the first animal, whatever he is. Maybe he is a wild boar. I used Stampin’ Blends. Their instruments were already colored, I just colored the animal body. You could use Watercolor Pencils or some ink and a Blender Pen or even leave them blank. I didn’t think about how they weren’t colored at first.

The card base is Basic Black with a layer of Lemon Lime Twist. The background designer paper is in the Zoo Crew paper. You could choose from several different patterns.

Fitting these three musicians on the card was a little tricky, but I finally was satisfied with how I have them placed. I decided to pop all three of them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Where the corners overlapped, I did not put a Dimensional.

For the greeting, I chose one in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and stamped it on a scrap strip of Basic White. I have a lot of these scrap strips of cardstock, and they are often handy for a narrow greeting. Rather than making banner ends on my greeting, I added some Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs to each end. These are great because they are flat and didn’t add any more bulkiness to the card.

As I am writing this, you can still get the retiring Zany Crew Suite Collection or the individual products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store! Let me know if you have any questions about what is available or not available during this Last Chance retirement time!

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Layers of Beauty Anniversary Card

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Layers of Beauty Anniversary Card

I thought I would try out this lovely new stamp set to make this Layers of Beauty Anniversary Card. We may have lots of floral stamp sets and dies but there’s always a new one that is so pretty we must have that one, too! This Layers of Beauty Stamp Set and Die is something new coming in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog 2024-2025. There are also Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks in this Bundle that can be used to color this large floral piece.

My other goal with this card was to use some of the new In Colors 2024-2026. The card base is Petunia Pop cardstock. The layer of striped paper is in the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper. I thought it looked good as a background to the floral piece without being too distracting.

The large floral piece fits on the largest acrylic block we have! That’s how big it is! It is stamped with Memento Ink on Basic White cardstock. I stamped it on a piece of 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White. Be careful how you place it before you put the stamp down on the paper so you get all the areas of the stamp.

To color in the floral piece, I used my brand new Stampin’ Blends Markers of the In Colors 2024-2026. For the roses, I colored in with Pretty in Pink, both Dark and Light. The daisy-like flowers are colored with Petunia Pop with little Peach Pie centers. The leaves are all colored with Light Shy Shamrock and then highlighted a little bit with Dark Shy Shamrock. Then I went back over the roses with a little bit of the Peach Pie Stampin’ Blend Marker just for fun.

After coloring the floral piece, I used the die to cut it out. It’s not too hard to figure out which way it fits on your stamped image, but take some time to make sure all the edges are lined up properly so you get a good diecut. This was glued down flat on the card but I almost popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped from the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set with Petunia Pop ink. I used one of the dies in the Unbounded Love Dies to cut it out. However, that die was a little big to fit on the card without taking up too much space. I took the die cut piece back to my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to trim off each end of the label by placing the die right on the diecut piece but sliding it down a tiny bit to make it shorter. I did this on the opposite end also. You can feel that the sides are lined up in the lines on the sides of the die. I only ran the die through just over each end, not across the whole piece. I popped up the greeting with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Lastly, I added three 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems in the Shy Shamrock color. It was hard to stop at three, but I did it!

Right now you can shop the Last Chance Sale at Stampin’ Up! to get select products at a discount or to stock up on your favorite papers, stamps, dies, and embellishments before they retire (or before the prices go up in the new catalog!). This sale lasts until April 30, 2024. And then the new Annual Catalog begins on May 1st!

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May Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin May 2024 Kit You're the Best There Is

It’s time for the next Paper Pumpkin Kit! The next Paper Pumpkin Kit is for May and is perfect for Father’s Day! Just join or subscribe to Paper Pumpkin by May 10th! It’s called “The Best There Is Kit” and will fill in the gap we sometimes feel when we are looking to make masculine cards.

Subscribe 11 April–10 May

  • Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration!
  • Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
  • Precut paper accent pieces and labels
  • Woodgrain textures and masculine earthy tones
  • Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige

And, the Kit coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393), coming in the new Stampin’ Up Annual Catalog!

I always say Paper Pumpkin is the gift you give yourself! Once a month you get a fun Paper Pumpkin box in your mail. All you have to do is sit down, open the box, and start crafting. If it is your first kit, you will receive an acrylic block for the stamps. Maybe you will need scissors to cut some ribbon or twine. Otherwise, everything you need is included in the kit, including an ink spot and an exclusive stamp set. You can subscribe, try it out, skip a month if you need to, or cancel if it’s not for you. No risk, no obligation! Just try it out! If you tried it years ago, I urge you to give Paper Pumpkin another try because I think the kits have only improved through the years! The holiday kits are always my favorite!

You can subscribe by the month or you can add a Prepaid Kit to your regular Stampin’ Up! order. You can purchase different subscription lengths to your order, then set up an account and apply the code that Stampin’ Up! will email you to get credit in your account for the 3-months or 6-months of kits you ordered, for example.

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Last Chance Sale Begins Today!

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Last Chance April 2024 Banner Info

Last Chance Lists!

The Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and the January – April 2024 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini) will soon be retiring.  Some products will carry over to the new Annual Catalog, which I always like so I get to use some stamp sets some more.

Starting TODAY, April 9th you will be able to get discounts on select products. There are only a few in the Spring Mini and lots more in the Annual Catalog List.  Keep in mind that ALL Bundles will be retired, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the components of that Bundle won’t still be carried.  They just break up the old Bundles and make Bundles of new products.  So a Bundle might be retiring, but maybe you can still buy the stamp set or dies or punch or whatever in the new catalog separately.  You will just miss out on the 10% discount on a Bundle if you don’t buy one you want before the new catalog goes into effect.

  • All products are available while supplies last, and there are no purchase limits.
  • Discounted items can be added to a Starter Kit and redeemed as a 50% off item or with Stampin’ Rewards.
  • Only orders opened and closed during the promotion period apply. 
  • Stamp sets are not guaranteed during this promotion and are while supplies last.

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A Card For the Total Eclipse of the Sun 2024

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Today is the big day! The day of the Total Solar Eclipse 2024 that many people have been looking forward to! We are here in Central Texas hoping for at least a little parting of the clouds so that we can see the actual eclipse with our fancy glasses we bought months ago!

Of course, I had to make a card to commemorate the big event! This is my vision of the moon coming between the sun and the earth on this day at just the right time to line up and perfectly cover the sun. This will be the last total eclipse across the United States for another twenty years!

For this card, I had to have darkness so I started with a card base of Basic Black. I used two inks and Blending Brushes on Basic White for the dark sky. I used Pebbled Path first and then Starry Sky. Of course, I could have just used Basic Black cardstock but that wouldn’t be as interesting. I just colored and colored with the Blending Brushes until I had a dark enough color.

For the eclipse representation, I used the Deckled Circles Dies. I thought they were perfect because they say the sun will peek out behind the mountains of the moon and the corona of the sun will have an uneven edge. So the Deckled Circles Dies were better than punched circles!

I chose this one in the Color & Contour Stamp Set (sold out) for a greeting. I first thought I would cut out the word ‘amazing’, but I decided the whole sentiment was fine. Because the total eclipse is “absolutely amazing”. I stamped it with Versamark Ink and used Gold Embossing Powder to make it special.

I’ll have to let you know later how the eclipse turned out! It seems a lot quieter here than we expected. Perhaps a lot of people changed their plans when it turned out the forecast was for clouds obscuring the eclipse and maybe some storms afterward. We expected massive traffic jams everywhere but we haven’t seen that so far although there are more popular places to see the eclipse than where we are. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that we will have a break in the clouds at the right time and that we have the full experience of this magnificent event!

Fresh As a Daisy Hello Card

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Fresh As a Daisy Hello Card

If you like a quick and easy card, this one is it! The pretty designer paper with the daisies is part of a panel of all different designs on one sheet of paper. All you have to do is cut it apart and make it into a card.

This Fresh As a Daisy Designer Series Paper has been a favorite the past year that we have had it in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. But now it is time for it to retire, although the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set and Dies are returning to the new catalog! If you want the Bundle, order it before the catalog retires and save 10%.

For this card, I made the card base Boho Blue, the In Color from last year, so it will be sticking around another year. Under the designer paper panel, I added a layer of Basic White which helps it stand out a little bit with the white flowers.

Before adhering the designer paper to the layer of Basic White, adhere a piece of the Boho Blue Ribbon around the lower portion. I tied a separate bow and adhered it with a couple of Mini Glue Dots.

The greeting is stamped from the Irresistible Blooms Stamp Set. It is cut out with a die in the Something Fancy Dies. This little hexagon shape fit perfectly. For a little interest, I used a Light Boho Blue Stampin’ Blend Marker to add some dotted lines around the edge of the shape since there is not layer to help it stand out. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

That’s all there is to that card! Very pretty with very little effort! Let the designer paper do the work!

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New Things From the New Catalog!

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Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog Cover 2024

One of the best parts of my week was the new Stampin’ Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog arrived! This was the complimentary copy I got as a Demonstrator, but hopefully, the ones I ordered for my customers will arrive in a couple of weeks as well! You can’t see the inside yet, but here are some of the goodies I got in my Demonstrator pre-order that arrived yesterday!

New In Colors! At first glance I thought two of the colors looked exactly the same – Summer Splash and Shy Shamrock! But as I got used to them a little, I can tell they are different.

In Color Cardstock 2024-2026

Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink (a returning color from years ago!), Summer Splash, Petunia Pop, Shy Shamrock

In Color 2024-2026 Ribbon

The In Color ribbons are really nice, I think!

In Color 2024-2026 Embellishments

New In Color Embellishments AND the new Basic Beige Ribbon. (I forgot to order the cardstock and ink!)

Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper

The thing we always say about Stampin’ Up! designer series paper…It is SO much prettier in person than you think looking at the photos online! I wasn’t too thrilled looking at the online photo of this paper, Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper, but once I opened the package I thought it was really beautiful paper! You’ll like it! Very pretty colors!

Stamp Sets

The three stamp sets I ordered. I’m always looking for more greeting choices. I thought the Simply Said Stamp Set and the Unbounded Love Stamp Set had some useful choices. I just couldn’t pass up the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set (plus the dies and the decorative masks for coloring in the flowers!).

Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder

This embossing folder is a “WHOA!” It’s giant size! Looks rather interesting. I put a piece of cardstock inside so you could see the design.

Ephemera Pack

This is the Saying Something Ephemera Pack. You get two of the same sheets. There are three other ephemera packs to choose from! Great for scrapbooking but also for making easy cards!

Unbounded Love Dies

The Unbounded Love Dies! I think these will be useful dies to own for making frames and labels!

Layers of Beauty Dies

The Layers of Beauty Dies for that big bouquet of flowers that you can color with the Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks which I didn’t photograph and haven’t played with yet.

I also got the new Stampin’ Blends in the In Colors, the Ink Pads, the 12″ x 12″ cardstock because sometimes you want a 12″ x 12″ piece of paper! Maybe there’s something else. And I do know I forgot to order some things but there is plenty of time to catch up! Now to find some time to play with all these pretty new things!

Only 3 more days until the Last Chance Sale begins at Stampin’ Up! on April 9th for the retiring products in the Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini! Not everything is discounted, of course, but a lot of things are in the Annual Catalog. Be sure to check it out as early as you can.

Flowering Zinnias Note Card

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Flowering Zinnias Note Card

I’m calling this the Flowering Zinnias Note Card, not because it is of the Stampin’ Up! Notecard size, but because I didn’t add a greeting to the front. Either a greeting can be added or it can just be a card in which to write a note with no special occasion in mind!

Don’t forget about the new products in the Online Exclusives, like the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper and if you like, the Simply Zinnia Bundle with stamp set and dies. The Online Exclusives is going to be an ongoing thing with Stampin’ Up! so that we can continually get new products to purchase without waiting for a new catalog. So always remember to look in the Online Exclusives when you are shopping!

The card base for this card is Berry Burst cardstock. Then I used the Radiating Stitches Dies to diecut a frame out of Basic White cardstock for a frame around the flowers. It is the largest one in the set. The background inside that white frame is a leafy pattern of paper in the Flowering Zinnias DSP. Mine is cut at 3 1/8″ x 4 1/2″. Then I just cut out assorted flowers from the designer paper plus a few leaves. The two flowers on each side of the center are adhered flat on the card and the center flower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Those leaves are already attached to the flower in the paper.

This Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper is so bright and cheerful, I know it will brighten up the day of the person you send the card to!

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Don’t Forget About Paper Pumpkin!

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Paper Pumpkin April 2024 Kit Delicate Wings

Most everyone loves butterflies so most everyone will love this Paper Pumpkin Kit! Now that April is here, it’s time to get serious about signing up for the April Paper Pumpkin Kit and maybe purchase the Add-On dies that work for three months’ worth of kits!  Paper Pumpkin is the papercrafting kit that comes to you in the mail once a month!  I say it’s a gift you give yourself….or maybe even others, especially if you would like to craft with a family member or friend!

This April Kit is called Delicate Wings. Send elegant words of encouragement and support to those you love.  The photo above shows you one card design with a pop-up butterfly and champagne foil behind it. It’s very elegant looking! Lots of champagne foil in this kit!

Kit Details:
· Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
· Precut paper pieces and butterfly designs
· Champagne foil images, sentiments, and labels
· Coordinating colors: Lost Lagoon, Moody Mauve, Basic Beige, Basic Gray (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Basic Black, champagne foil
· Partial pop-ups to make your cards shine!


Express your gratitude and add something special to each of your crafting projects with the Thanks & Beyond Dies! Cut out a butterfly outline and a separate detailed piece that nests inside to create a partial pop-up feature. You can also add the sentiment to any card front or use the hexagon label for whatever you need. We love how these dies offer more options for not only April, May, and June Paper Pumpkin kits but also any other crafting projects. 

Paper Pumpkin Add-Ons Apr May June 2024

The Add-on details:
· Item number: 164397
· Name: Thanks & Beyond Dies
· Price: $12.00
· Availability: available for purchase on the online store starting March 11 and while supplies last.
· Includes: 4 dies

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