My 12 Weeks of Christmas Begins Today!

Today is the day my 12 Weeks of Christmas holiday emails begin! Hard to believe, I know, to think about Christmas when we have just entered fall! But we crafters know that we must start early on our handmade projects so we can get all the fun things finished on time that we want to make!

It’s just 4 hours until my first 12 Weeks of Christmas email goes out today at 1:00 PM (CT)! The only way you can get these emails is to be on my Stamping With Karen Mailing List! I send out a regular weekly email on Tuesdays and these holiday emails will go out on Wednesdays until Christmas! To get on my email, sign up in the red box on the right side of this blog. If you are on your phone, you may have to scroll to the bottom of your screen.

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Every year I send out special holiday emails with a single project for you to make or by inspired by on Wednesdays to my mailing list subscribers. This is a thank you gift to them from me for following me and being on my newsletter list. I really do appreciate those who show an interest in my stamping business either by being a customer or even just following my blog and reading my newsletters.

Please join us and sign up now so you don’t miss the first 12 Weeks of Christmas email this afternoon!

New at Stampin’ Up!: Free Shipping Today, New Birthday Organizer, New Offer to Join!

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TODAY ONLY!!

If your order is $75 or more today only, you get FREE SHIPPING!

Do a quick inventory of your basic supplies, look through the Holiday Mini Catalog and see what you need for the Holidays, maybe order those Medium Envelopes for your Christmas cards (I can feel a Stampin’ Up! envelope when I get one in the mail before I even see the card!), and don’t forget the new Warm Welcome Bundle, an early release from the Spring 2023 Mini Catalog, that was used on World Card Making Day and you can purchase now! If you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, or become one, order the refill for the Spooky Treats Kit so you will have plenty of treat boxes for the Halloween trick or treaters!

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New Birthday Card Organizer Kit in the Kits Collection TODAY!

DETAILS

Kit includes one 8″ x 10″ (20.3 x 25.4 cm) monthly planner with space to record birthdays each month as well as a pocket sleeve to hold birthday cards.
Includes 12 full-size birthday cards, 6 of 2 designs, and 12 coordinating envelopes.
Includes Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Embellishments, and Tear & Tape Adhesive
Includes die-cut florals and pieces ready for you to use—no prep work required!
Includes sticker sentiments and die-cut labels in Dutch, English, French, and German
Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Evening Evergreen, Petal Pink, Sahara Sand, and Soft Succulent

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JOIN STAMPIN’ UP! IN OCTOBER!

Beginning today, October 4th, you can join Stampin’ Up! and become an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator running your own business! This month is a special deal you will love to take advantage of! During October, starting today, you can join Stampin’ Up! by purchasing the Starter Kit and choosing more products than usual for the same price! Choose $155 in products and pay only $99 for your Starter Kit! Business supplies and catalog are included + the kit ships free!

Think about it and feel free to ask if you have any questions!

Information about Joining Stampin’ Up! HERE!

FREE SHIPPING Oct. 4th at Stampin’ Up!

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If you got to watch the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Card Making Event yesterday, you found out that on Tuesday October 4th Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING on an order of $75 or more before tax! It’s a One Day Only deal!

If there are some items in the Holiday Catalog you need for Christmas cards or other holidays, envelopes, adhesives, cardstock, markers, ink refills……whatever you need to stock up on before we really jump into all our holiday crafting, Tuesday would be the day to order!

Check out the Kits Collection for a new Birthday Organizer Kit coming on Oct. 4 plus the Christmas Gifting Kit that is already out plus many more!

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And if you would like to start your own stamping business and be a part of Stampin’ Up! there is a deal on the Starter Kit as well! Choose $155 in product for your Starter Kit and pay only $99. Normally you would get $125 in your Starter Kit for $99 so you will get $30 more from October 4 -31 if you join during that time! You also get free business supplies and they ship your kit FREE! Be part of the fun of Stampin’ Up! Starts October 4!

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Monochromatic Polished Pink Cottage Rose Card

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I wanted to make a quick and easy card so I opted to make this Monochromatic Polished Pink Cottage Rose Card. It basically is easy to make, it just wasn’t so quick as I worked on designing it. I wanted to add extra flowers, but it was difficult to add the additional stems and leaves. It’s imperfect for sure, but most people will not notice! Just us stampers!

This card was made with the very pretty flowers in the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. This is one of the stamp sets that will be shown in the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Cardmaking Event this afternoon! If you forgot or even if you never heard about it before, you can still join it today! It is 2:00 – 5:00 PM (MT). Just click on that link or go to Stampinup.com and click on the banner. It will take you to the link to view the event. You can gather your stamping supplies beforehand if you want to stamp along or just watch and enjoy. And best of all, it is FREE! AND there is a SURPRISE! Watch and find out!

Back to this card…I used a card base of Polished Pink Cardstock because I hadn’t used it in a long time! The card layer is Shimmery White Cardstock, one of my favorite papers! You can’t tell in the photo and it’s even hard to see in person, but the paper has just the lightest glimmer to it. I love it!

I simply stamped the largest floral stamp in Polished Pink ink on the Shimmery White Cardstock. However, I wanted more flowers so I stamped the largest single flower up in the corner. Next, I stamped the three little flowers on the diagonal on the left and right of the large stamp. But there were no stems, just these flowers floating in space. I ended up very carefully inking up a tiny bit of the stem on the leafy stamp and stamping it under each flower. Of course, I didn’t match them up perfectly, so I tried drawing in the rest of the stem in the tiny space with the tip end of the Dark Polished Pink Stampin’ Blend marker. It didn’t work really well, but it is okay! We don’t need “perfect” all the time!

It seemed like there was still empty space so I added two stamped leafy stamps to the top and bottom. At that point, I had to tell myself to stop! As my friend and I used to say when we were painting sweatshirts, wine glasses, plates, and everything else, “You have to know when to stop!”

There wasn’t much space for a greeting, so I just used the “forever friends” stamp in the Cottage Rose set. I covered up the word “forever” as I inked up the word “friends” and then stamped. If I messed up, I would have stamped it on a piece of Shimmer White and adhered it over the mistake. For a finishing touch, I added some sparkle with three Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Whether you get to watch the Stampin’ Up! event or not, take some time today to stamp on World Card Making Day and celebrate the craft we all love!

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY 2022 at STAMPIN’ UP!

Ready For the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Cardmaking Event?

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STAMPIN’ UP! FREE VIRTUAL, CRAFT-ALONG EVENT

Join Stampin’ Up! on Saturday, October 1st for a free, virtual World Card Making Day event. Gather your friends and craft along as we do what we all love—make cards! In just under three hours, we’ll make three unique cards together. Everyone is invited and welcome, and registration is not required.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with others who love crafting as much as you do and to experience all that Stampin’ Up! has to offer.

AND…..There will be a SURPRISE!!

On Saturday at the correct time or before, go to the Stampin’ Up! website and click “Join Event”. It’s in big letters right at the top!

This is a worldwide online event, open to EVERYONE!! All you have to do is gather your supplies, get online at the appointed time and join the Stampin’ Up! presentation! Watch from the comfort of your own home or gather some friends together! This virtual card-making event will take place on Saturday, October 1, from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Mountain Time (MT).

CLICK HERE TO GET CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CARDS!

World Card Making Day is all about making beautiful, heartfelt cards. During the event, we’ll walk you through several projects, and you’ll create the cards right along with us. You’ll end up with new project ideas and some stunning new cards!

For the presentation, Stampin’ Up! will be using the Cottage Wreaths Bundle, the Cottage Rose Bundle, and the Warm Welcome Bundle. You may have two of those, but if not, just substitute with whatever sets you have that will work. Or just enjoy the ideas!

You can stamp along with the presentation or you can simply watch and enjoy! Registration is not required, but if you would like to be kept informed of the upcoming event, CLICK HERE and register! It’s FREE, remember!! It will be recorded so you can watch it later if you can’t watch it live or if you want to watch it again. It will be fun for sure!

I really encourage you to attend “virtually” and enjoy some stamping time with Stampin’ Up! It’s sure to be fun! And there’s that surprise!!

Coming Next Week! It’s the 12 Weeks of Christmas!

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Believe it or not, Christmas is not that far off, just a little over 12 weeks away, so it is time for my 12 Weeks of Christmas Holiday Emails to begin! These special emails will begin next Wednesday, October 5th!

Every week for 12 weeks you will be getting an email from me with a fantastic holiday project for you to make! It is completely FREE, but it is exclusive to people on my mailing list. You can use these ideas to make your holiday preparations easier!

This is a thank you gift for my mailing list subscribers that I like to do every year. Just like in my regular weekly email, I will send a photo of a project, a list of supplies needed, and all the directions to make it.

In the first few weeks, I will send card ideas since it’s likely that is the first thing most of us will work on at this point. Next, come a few weeks of gift ideas, and finally, as we are doing Christmas shopping, some ideas for gift wrap, bags, and gift tags.

These are exclusive projects that I won’t be posting on my blog or anywhere else. I just want my subscribers to know that you are appreciated! If you are already on my mailing list, no need to do anything!

The only way you can get these special 12 Weeks of Christmas emails is to be on my Stamping With Karen Mailing List! If you are not on my Mailing List, you better get on it before Wednesday, October 5th at 1:00 PM, otherwise, you are going to miss out! The first 12 Weeks of Christmas goes out on Wednesday!

Just sign up in the red box on the upper right if you are on my blog or click the link below!

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Paper Pumpkin Spooky Treats and Ghost Card

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Here are the Spooky Treats I made from the September Paper Pumpkin Kit plus one Ghost Card I made with the cute ghost stamp and greeting in the Kit! I just loved this Paper Pumpkin Kit and can’t wait to make more of the treat boxes and maybe more “alternative” ideas! I’m thinking about ordering more kits! They will be so fun for Halloween!

Paper Pumpkin Kits are a papercrafting subscription kit you receive in the mail once a month. It is “usually” cards but some months, especially for the holidays, it might be something different. Everything you need is in the kit and with your first kit on your subscription, you receive a special acrylic block. Even the ink is included in a small square ink spot plus adhesives! There is even a video you can watch on your phone or computer so you can see how the kit goes together if you prefer. There is no obligation to continue for any certain amount of time and you can always skip a month if you choose. You can subscribe HERE!

The Spooky Treats Kit made the three treat boxes you see in the photo above. I love that the box is so easy to crease and fold and assemble into the box. That’s where the video comes in handy for the first time or two! And then you decorate the “sleeve” that wraps around the box and it’s all ready for you to add treats later or a small gift! You could make your own sleeve for another holiday or occasion if you wanted to. Do anything you want with your Paper Pumpkin Kit!

For the card, I used a card base of Basic Black with a layer of black and white polka dot paper in the Perfectly Penciled Designer Series Paper. You could also use the Black & White Designs Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Catalog. I stamped the ghosts on Basic White cardstock, Orchid Oasis, Tahitian Tide, and Parakeet Party, then cut them out by hand. The Happy Halloween greeting is in the Paper Pumpkin stamp set in the kit and is stamped with Orchid Oasis ink, then die cut with one of the Stylish Shapes Dies. The ghosts are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. Very fun and easy to make! The kit makes these three versions of treat boxes, six of each!

You might assume that you are too late to get this cute kit, but while supplies last, you CAN purchase the full kit in the Stampin’ Up! Store or the refill if you already have the kit with the stamp set and ink. The only catch is that you must be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber to purchase the kit or the refill.

SPOOKY TREATS PAPER PUMPKIN PAST KIT

SPOOKY TREATS PAPER PUMPKIN REFILL

The only catch is that you must be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber in order to buy any of the Past Kits or Refills, but you will want to be a subscriber so that you receive the October Kit! Be sure to subscribe by October 10th to receive this Ho Ho Ho Kit!

‘Tis the season to make your own Christmas cards with the Ho Ho Ho Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit contains whimsical designs of Santa and his reindeer in a classic Christmas color palette which is sure to match various styles of holiday décor and look great on mantles everywhere.

Each kit contains enough supplies to create 9 festive cards—3 each of 3 designs—and 9 coordinating envelopes. These cards are sure to bring a warm holiday spirit.

And word from the North Pole is that this kit coordinates with next month’s Paper Pumpkin tag kit and the special add-on product! With so much coordination between products, you’ll have a breeze at creating a cohesive look for all your holiday gifting needs. Make this season the most wonderful time of the year for your loved ones—and for yourself!

Sounds like SO much fun to me! I can’t wait!

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Abigail Rose Get Well Card

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I just got this Bundle and designer paper recently and tried it out with this Abigail Rose Get Well Card. I wish I hadn’t waited so long because it all looks beautiful and I certainly have seen beautiful cards online made with these products! I bought them because I wanted them and the Cottage Rose Bundle is going to be used in the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Event, FREE for everyone, to be held this coming Saturday, October 1st on World Card Making Day! You are invited to join in, whether you stamp along during the event or whether you just watch and enjoy! There will be a replay if you want to watch it again or if you miss the live event. If you don’t have the Bundles they are using, just substitute with what you have.

For my first card with the Abigail Rose Designer Series Paper and the Cottage Rose Bundle, I wanted to start with something simple. I’m kind of fascinated with the designs and colors of the paper in the package. I don’t know that we’ve had a package before of “brownish” papers. These are all beautiful.

The card base is Early Espresso with a layer of this brownish floral pattern in the Abigail Rose DSP. Who would think some dark brown floral images on a Crumb Cake background could look so pretty and elegant?! I also purchased the Natural Finish Ribbon in the same suite of products. It is quite wide but very pretty. I haven’t tried it yet, but according to the catalog sample, it can be stamped on! This ribbon is made of flax and a cotton blend so it looks a lot like burlap but a lot more sophisticated! I simply adhered it across the width of the card.

The Cottage Rose Stamp Set has beautiful flowers and foliage and very nice greetings. The greeting on this card is one in the set, stamped in Early Espresso ink. I die-cut the greeting using the label in the All That Dies. To embellish the greeting a little bit, I stamped a few of the small flowers in the set around the edge in Crumb Cake ink.

The die-cut leaves were stamped in Crumb Cake ink on Very Vanilla cardstock and one stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock. The greeting is popped up on the Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals at the top and bottom so they would fit above and below the wide ribbon. Then I just tucked the die-cut leaves underneath, cutting some stems to make them a little shorter to fit better.

On the inside of the card, I added a Very Vanilla layer stamped in the corners with one of the flowers in the stamp set.

For my first try with this Cottage Rose Bundle and Abigail Rose Designer Paper, I made a simple but elegant card with a greeting to send to someone who is under the weather for whatever reason and those are good cards to have on hand, ready to send when needed.

I hope you will try to at least watch part of the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Event on Saturday or the replay. I don’t know what this one will be like but Stampin’ Up! events of any kind are always fun and worthwhile. Maybe you will pick up some new ideas or maybe it will just be some time for yourself to relax and watch some beautiful stamping! Just go to the Virtual Stamping Event page to find the link to join. The time of the event will be 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Mountain Time on Saturday, October 1st.

Warm Welcome Trick or Treat Halloween Card

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You may not recognize this open door stamp or the kitty, but they are from an early release of a stamp set and dies that will be coming in the January-June 2023 Spring Mini Catalog! They are out early because they will be used in the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Card Making Day Event next Saturday, October 1st! I wondered if I could turn it into a Halloween card along with the Scary Cute Stamp Set and I ended up making this Warm Welcome Trick or Treat Halloween Card! We have lots to discuss here!

This new stamp set is the Warm Welcome Stamp Set. There are also the Warm Welcome Dies, but you can only purchase the stamp set and dies together in the Warm Welcome Bundle right now. I don’t know if they will go away after World Card Making Day or what will happen, so if you like this Bundle, whether you are participating in WCMD next Saturday, I would go ahead and order this Bundle! There are lots of stamps and lots of dies so this will be a fun set to play with!

The Stampin’ Up! WCMD virtual event is FREE for EVERYONE next Saturday! The Bundles they will be working with and demonstrating are the Cottage Wreaths Bundle, the Cottage Rose Bundle, and as I said, the Warm Welcome Bundle. And if you purchase one or more of these Bundles, add the Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (item 158987) to your order after you have a Bundle in your cart and you will get the Jewels FREE! If you would like to register so you can be notified about the event, register HERE, but it is not required at all. You don’t even have to stamp along, own these stamp sets, or anything. You can just WATCH! If you miss the live event, you can watch the replay. Read all about this Virtual Event HERE.

To make this card, I started with a Basic Black card base and a layer of So Saffron. As it turned out, I had this Ornate Floral (retired) embossed piece in the package of paper and I thought it looked like wallpaper inside a house, so I used it. You could use another embossing folder, stamp a piece of cardstock, use a piece of designer paper, or simply leave the cardstock plain.

I stamped the door and frame (one stamp) with Memento ink and die-cut it. Since I wanted it to look like the front door had been opened and therefore you would see the outdoors with the trick-or-treater at the doorstep, I masked the edge of the door so I could add color inside the frame for the Halloween sky. To do this masking, I used the brand new Stampin’ Up! Masking Paper! It worked like a charm. It was the first time I used it! I just cut narrow strips the length of three sides of the door (top and sides) so that when I added the color, it wouldn’t get on the door frame. When you peel off the backing of the Masking Paper there is adhesive to hold it in place and is easy to pull off when you are finished masking whatever you are covering up. I used a Blending Brush to just add several ink colors to look like a Halloween sky. I used Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and some Basic Gray at the bottom. There are other color combinations you could use! Just play!

The door and frame are colored in with multiple colors of brown using Stampin’ Blends! I started with Light and Dark Crumb Cake but then I played around adding darker shades of brown and used some of the Natural Tones markers, too. As I said, just play!

The blue piece at the bottom of the card is meant to look like a carpet inside the house. It’s one of the patterns in the 2022-2024 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I just cut a 1 3/4″ strip of it. Perhaps I should have glued the door right at the top edge of the carpet!

It would be a good idea to stamp the little trick-or-treater in the doorway before adhering to the card. I got lucky and the stamping still worked okay, but I did use the Stamparatus so that I could re-stamp it if the image didn’t turn out dark enough. The embossed paper underneath didn’t cause a problem; that’s what I was worried about. You usually want to do all the stamping before assembling the card so if you mess up, the whole card isn’t ruined! The “Boo!” and bats are also in the Scary Cute Stamp Set with the trick-or-treater. The cute little cat is in the Warm Welcome Bundle as well. I colored him with Stampin’ Blends.

On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer stamped with a greeting in the Scary Cute Stamp Set, plus the group of three trick-or-treaters and a moon!

Warm Welcome Trick or Treat Halloween Card Inside

Be sure to mark October 1st on your calendar for World Card Making Day and plan to watch or stamp along with the Stampin’ Up! Virtual event! You can use similar stamp sets you might already own, or as I said before, just enjoy watching the stamping! A few days before the event, a link will be added to this page. Return here and click the Join Event link to participate. The time will be 2:00 – 5:00 PM Mountain Time. Enjoy!

Check Out The Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals

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Here are the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for September 22 – 28, 2022. These are the last ones for the month!

CLICK HERE to SHOP THE SEPTEMBER WEEKLY DEALS!

Hello Harvest First Day of Fall Pumpkin Card

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Today is the first day of fall so I thought I would make this Hello Harvest First Day of Fall Pumpkin Card, possibly with the hope that it would feel like fall where I live! No such luck, it’s still as hot as almost any summer day here. I’m ready to see colored leaves and wear a jacket in cool weather so I hope this card will bring us a weather change soon!

I used the Holiday Mini Catalog for the idea for this card. I pretty much copied one of the samples on page 50 in the Rustic Harvest Suite. But I did change some things!

The card base is Crushed Curry with a layer of a piece of the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper. At the top and bottom of this black and white piece of designer paper, I added just a narrow strip of a different pattern in the Rustic Harvest paper.

The really fun part of this card was stamping the pumpkins in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set, die-cutting them with the Rustic Pumpkin Dies, and then coloring them! The two orange pumpkins on the sides are colored with Stampin’ Blends, mostly the Pumpkin Pie Combo but I also used tiny amounts of some other colors. Just play with the markers and see what you get! The center pumpkin I tried to copy from the catalog but I got it a lot darker than I would have liked. The sample in the Holiday Catalog uses watercolor paper and the pumpkin is colored with a Water Painter and Merry Merlot ink. I had to be careful because I was only using Basic White cardstock which, of course, doesn’t handle water as well as watercolor paper! But it worked out all right except I like the lighter-colored pumpkin in the sample.

For the fall leaves, I used the stamp in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. Rather than using an ink pad, I used various colors of Stampin’ Write Markers. You can apply color directly to the stamp with one color and then just dab on other fall colors. If you get a darker color on a marker just scribble with it on scrap paper to get the excess ink off. Then “huff” on it with your breath and stamp. There is also a die to cut out the leaves. I really had fun making assorted leaves to add on at the base of the pumpkins.

To assemble the card, after adhering the designer paper piece, I adhered the two side pumpkins with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and popped up the middle one with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I very carefully added some glue to the back of little pumpkin vines to adhere to the pumpkins.

The greeting is stamped on the same designer paper that I used for the strips at the top and bottom of the black & white paper. It is in the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. Behind the diecut greeting, I added some Gold & Vanilla 3/8″ Satin Edged Ribbon going back and forth. Then I placed the little die-cut flowers around the card as well.

Here is another card I made with just a single colored and diecut pumpkin.

If you want to get in a fall mood, be sure to order the Hello Harvest Bundle and maybe the Rustic Harvest Designer Paper and have fun!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE!

True Beauty Floral Lattice Card

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This True Beauty Floral Lattice Card came from finding scraps on my table! I could tell you how I was busy stamping and die-cutting a whole bunch of flowers and leaves for this card, but all I did was try to clean up a little messy pile on my table and I thought I should go ahead and make a card right that minute! I suppose one time when I made another True Beauty card, I may have stamped many flowers and cut them but only used enough for that one card. Maybe it was THIS CARD. I don’t really know! But it was fun making a card from scraps! If you have a pile of any kind of scraps, see what you can make!

This card is made with the True Beauty Bundle in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. If you want both the True Beauty Stamp Set and the Organic Beauty Dies, you can purchase the Bundle and save 10%. With this stamp set, I would say you probably DO want the Bundle because you get this really nice lattice die to use for a background,

The card base is So Saffron with a background layer of Gold Foil die cut with the lattice die in the Organic Beauty Dies. The flowers were all stamped in various colors and die cut along with the greenery. Some of my greenery is from another die set(s). It would be good to use Adhesive Sheets on the back of the Gold Foil before die-cutting so you don’t need to apply glue.

I just placed some flowers and leaves around on the card front. Some are adhered flat and some are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. When doing a project like this, don’t put glue or Dimensionals everywhere on the back of what you are gluing. You want to have some space to be able to slide another flower partially under another or slip some leaves underneath the flowers.

I added some Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels to the flower centers. I chose not to put a greeting on the front of this card. For one thing, the card front is pretty full as it is, but also, I kind of like it for just a pretty card that I can write a note inside without any specific greeting. Or I can wait until I use the card and add an appropriate greeting.

A way to get those Iridescent Pearls FREE is to purchase one of the Bundles that are going to be used on World Card Making Day October 1st! If you would like to join the Stampin’ Up! Virtual event of cardmaking, just tune in at the appropriate time! The link will be on the Stampin’ Up! website. If you like, but not required, you can register HERE and Stampin’ Up! will send you updates on the event. You can watch live, stamp along, or simply watch! If you miss it, you can watch the replay later! I’m sure it will be fun so plan on joining. The Bundles they will be stamping with (not that you are required to have them or purchase them) are the Cottage Wreaths Bundle, the Cottage Rose Bundle, and the brand-new Warm Welcome Bundle! This Bundle will be in the January-June 2023 Mini Catalog!

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Scary Cute Halloween Happiness Card

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It was a busy weekend, but I felt like making a fun Halloween card and this Scary Cute Halloween Happiness Card came about! Only two weeks left in September if you can believe that! Halloween will be here before we know it! I like the look of this little girl out trick-or-treating and the greeting “Halloween Happiness” because happiness for kids in the fall is dressing up and going out trick-or-treating and filling their bags with candy and treats!

The card base is Orchid Oasis (but the Parakeet Party green for the background for the photo makes it look like that might be good for the card base with a LAYER of Orchid Oasis! The Orchid Oasis has a layer of Pumpkin Pie and a strip of the dark star pattern in the Black & White Designs Designer Series Paper. I added three rows of three colors in the Glitter Washi Tape Pack across the designer paper. Love the Glitter Washi Tape! There are four colors in the pack you can choose from or use all of them! Perfect for Halloween or really any festive occasion!

The Scary Cute Stamp Set and the Scary Silhouettes Dies come together in a Bundle which saves 10% if you want both. The stamp set is cute in itself, but with this set I think you will also want the dies as they are so different and fun for Halloween! You get the interesting frame with the tree branches, bats, a black cat, and a seemingly haunted house! The stamp set has cute silhouettes of several different trick or treaters and fun sentiments for Halloween cards and projects!

I die cut the frame out of Basic Black and the background out of Parakeet Party. I just glued the frame over the background and stamped the girl on the background. I did use my Stamparatus to get a good stamped image over three times, maybe I needed to reink my ink pad better! If you ever have an image that doesn’t stamp as well as you would like, you often can use a marker or reinker to lightly fill in the areas that didn’t stamp well. I also stamped the Halloween greeting in the lower corner of the card. The bats are adhered at the top of the card. For a little more sparkle besides the washi tape, I added some yellow Glossy Dots in Daffodil Delight.

We’re about to embark on the fun part of the year for crafters and papercrafters with all the holidays coming up! Start early and enjoy the process. Make some Halloween or fall cards to send to friends and family and surprise them when they find “real mail” in their mailbox! Here is another fun card I made with the Scary Cute Bundle but just blended some colors in the background, stamped the figures in black, and added die cut bats and the haunted house!

You’ll find the Scary Cute Bundle in the Holiday Mini Catalog so use this Scary Cute Halloween Happiness Card as an example of what you can make with it!

SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!

Jingle Jingle Jingle Christmas Card With Bells

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This Jingle Jingle Jingle Christmas Card With Bells was fun to design! This stamp set, Jingle Jingle Jingle, is probably a less noticed one in the Holiday Mini Catalog because it’s not part of a Suite or Bundle. However, it’s a fun stamp set with cute words and extra little stamps like a candy cane, Christmas lights, stars, and Santa hat, plus fun words to use as sentiments.

This card has a card base of Real Red and a layer of Basic White. I simply spaced out the stamped word “Jingle” using my Stamparatus to make sure I had it straight and that it stamped the image well in Real Red ink. I didn’t really do it the “right” way with my Stamparatus (I should have just moved the plate down instead of placing the stamp on the card where I wanted it!) but it turned out just fine. Using the lines on the Stamparatus, I could see if I had the word straight.

In between the words, I stamped the string of Christmas lights. These are stamped in Memento ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. I used Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Orchid Oasis, and Daffodil Delight. You can use the Light or Dark marker or any other colors you like for Christmas. Another tip would be to add some Wink of Stella Glitter Brush to each light bulb for a little bit of sparkle up close.

I added two Flat Jingle Bell Trinkets to the bottom of the card. I’m not sure where the red and white baker’s twine came from but it was on my desk so I used it! I ran the twine through the holes in the bell trinkets but glued down the bells with Mini Glue Dots. These bells are flat which is great because they will be easier to go through the mail. So cute!

I almost added some Iridescent Rhinestones or some jewels for a little sparkle, but then I decided to use the star stamp in the set stamped with Daffodil Delight ink.

On the inside of the card, I added a Basic White layer stamped with two rows of Christmas lights and one of the phrases in the set that goes with the bells. I could also stamp or write “Merry Christmas” underneath when I send the card and sign it.

Jingle Jingle Jingle Christmas Card With Bells inside

Whether we like to think so or not, it’s the middle of September already, and time to get ahead of ourselves and start making our cards and projects so we won’t be so rushed when the holidays arrive! I am saying this to myself!

This Jingle Jingle Jingle Stamp Set is a good stamp set to use because you can make several different versions of cards with this set. The whimsical images will be fun to use!

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