Joy to the World - Stampin' Up!® Hope Love & Joy

   Way back in December I broke out some of my January-April mini catalog preorder items to make Christmas cards for my team.  The Hope Love & Joy bundle works well for many different kinds of cards and I know I'll be using this one all year round.  I love how the 'O' in each word can be replaced with the different images so it's really easy to change up the look depending on the kind of card you're making.

  I started with a Secret Sea card base and then embossed a piece of Two Toned Olive Olive with the Beautiful Pattern embossing folder and tore of the edges.

  On a piece of Basic White the 'joy' is stamped in Secret Sea and then the smaller sentiment is stamped above it.  The world is stamped on a piece of scrap and then I used Stampin' Blends to color it in.  After it was die cut it's added with a dimensional.  Before adhering the whole panel to the card front I added a gold twine bow.

  Finally I sprinkled a few Traditional Sparkling Sequins around the images for the final touch.

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Items marked with a * will be available starting January 6, 2026.

Stamps: Hope Love & Joy*

Ink: Secret Sea

Blends: Cloud Cover light, Old Olive light

Paper: Secret Sea, Basic White, Two-Toned Old Olive

Accessories: Hope Love & Joy dies*, dimensionals, gold twine (retired), Beautiful Pattern embossing folder, Traditional Sparkling Sequins

New Year, New Calendar - Stampin' Up!® Simply Beautiful

   Happy New Year stamping friends!  I ended up taking more of a break from my stamp room than I intended to over the holidays but now I'm getting back into the swing of things and trying to get my stamp room back in shape now that we're about to transition to the new Stampin' Up!® Jan.-April 2026 mini catalog!  I've got different stacks and piles of supplies as well as a few projects completed in December that didn't get blogged yet!  So much already on my 'to-do' list for 2026!

  This is a fun stand up calendar that my stampers made at our end of the year holiday party.  I figure it's a good time to combine something useful for the new year with upcoming products!  Look for all of these products to be available on Tuesday Jan. 6!

I wanted to show off the gorgeous new Lovely & Beautiful Suite Collection.  The Lovely & Beautiful DSP is just a flower lovers dream with big bold blossoms and gold accents on one side and sweet smaller floral patterns on the opposites.

The design is accented with a stamped flower and leaf from the Simply Beautiful bundle as well as the White with Gold ribbon and Pearlized Faceted Circles for even more sparkle.

  The base is quite simple with just a 5 1/5" x 11 cardstock base, folded in half.  The stand is a 4" x 4" square of the same color, scored at 1/2", 2", and 3 1/2".  The scores on the ends are folded up and adhered to the inside of the base.

  The Old Olive layer is 4" x 5 1/4" and the DSP is 3 3/4" x 5".  The layer behind the calendar is 3 1/4" x 2 1/2".

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Stamps: Simply Beautiful

Ink: Fresh Freesia, Old Olive

Paper: Fresh Freesia, Old Olive, Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP

Accessories: Simply Beautiful dies, White with Gold ribbon, Pearlized Faceted Circles, dimensionals, 2026 Mini Tear-Off Calendars (Taylored Expressions)

Beary Sweet Celebration - Stampin' Up!® Valentine Kisses

   

  The New at SU blog hop is back with another round of fantastic projects to inspire your own creativity!  We're a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators from around the work and we love to share with you.  This time we are sharing new(er) Stampin' Up!® products using the same card sketch.  It's amazing to see all the different ideas with the same layout!

  This is what we're working with:

  I'm showcasing the Valentine Kisses bundle this month.  You can find this bundle in the Online Store in the Online Exclusives section.  While it's Valentine's Day themed I made more of a general celebration card which could be used for a birthday or other special occasion day.

  I used some of the pretty DSP from the 12 Days of Advent Crafting Calendar for my color palette starting with a Misty Moonlight card base.  The bear is stamped and colored with Stampin' Blends markers and the fun part of this die is that it cut slits above and below the bears arms so you can tuck various things in his arms.  I went with the bouquet to coordinate with the DSP.

  The bear is popped on dimensionals on a Perennial Postage die cut and a piece of Misty Moonlight.  For the 2 smaller panels on either side I flagged the ends for interest and used the tiny heart stamp on the Pretty in Pink on and then used another piece of the Advent Calendar DSP for the other in an Old Olive leaf pattern.

  The sentiment is stamped and added to the center, a die cut heart with a gem and a baker's twine bow are added for more detail.  

  Scroll down to hop through the New at SU! team and see how they used this sketch!  

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Valentine Kisses (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Memento Black, Pretty in Pink

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Pretty in Pink light, Old Olive light, Daffodil Delight dark, Misty Moonlight light

Paper: Misty Moonlight, Basic White, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar DSP

Accessories: Valentine Kisses dies (Online Exclusive), Perennial Postage dies, dimensionals, Strawberry Slush & Pretty in Pink Gems, Flirty Flamingo baker's twine (retired)

Modifying the New Stampin' Up!® Stamp Set Packaging - Video

   With the release of the November Online Exclusives and continuing on to the upcoming mini all of Stampin' Up!@ stamp sets and dies will now be coming in the new packaging (older products will be changed out as the old packaging sells out).  I'm really liking the new style as it makes it even easier for me to store more sets in the same amount of space as well as being able to keep the stamps and die sets together.  Before with the different sizes and style of packaging it didn't work well for me to keep them together.

  

  But there is one drawback to the new envelopes....we don't have the stamp images printed on the inside of the insert so it makes it a bit tricky to keep track of how the stamps fit on the plastic sheet and if you have all the stamps accounted for when you're cleaning up!  I definitely need some help when it comes to keeping my sets intact!  

I've made a quick video showing how I'm modifying the paper insert to keep myself organized!  Hope it helps you as well!

Christmas 4 Square - Stampin' Up!® A Little Cheer

   The CAS Colours & Sketches challenge team is back today with a brand new challenge to wrap up this stamping year!  It's a fun one with a lot of room for you to create!  Choose one of the past years challenges but make it seasonal! Lots of great color combos and layouts to choose from!

I didn't join the Design Team until October so I had fun looking back over the challenges from earlier in the year to see what jumped out at me and there was a clear favorite!  I'm using the May 13 sketch for my card today.

  I knew that 4 square center element would be perfect to show off the tiny images in the A Little Cheer stamp set which is a sweet little Christmas set.

  I used a rectangle card base instead of a square but you can definitely see the sketch here.  I stamped the images then cut them out and popped them on dimensionals on small Stylish Shapes square die cuts.  I backed those with 2 more square layers.

  The sentiment is a simple and small font from the Wishing You Joy stamp set.  No other embellishments to keep it really clean and simple (CAS) but it was hard not to add some sparkle!

  I hope you join us for this CAS Colours & Sketches challenge and add your creativity to the gallery.  Remember keep it clean and simple and choose a challenge from anytime in the year but make it seasonal!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: A Little Cheer (Online Exclusive), Wishing You Well

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Shaded Spruce, Real Red, Shy Shamrock

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Shaded Spruce

Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals

Pink Poinsettia Noel - Stampin' Up!® 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

   My house is slowly but surely getting decorated for Christmas and we even have snow falling right now to make it feel even more seasonal.  I've already mailed out the bulk of my Christmas cards (yay!) but I'm still finding myself making a few more here and there especially when there is a good challenge!  The Color Hues challenge has a really fun one that can be seasonal or not and I couldn't resist it!  They want us to use shades of Pink and Green this time!  So fun!

  I pulled out the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set and decided to turn the floral stamp into a poinsettia.  I don't think it's meant to be a poinsettia but I think it works nicely as one!  

  I started with a Strawberry Slush card base that you can't see and added 2 pieces of DSP to the card front.  The Old Olive strip is in the Gathering Together Specialty DSP and then Strawberry Slush piece can be found in the Florals in Bloom DSP.

  The flower is stamped in Pretty in Pink and is then topped with a Strawberry Slush die cut (die is one of the Advent Calendar items).  I stamped and fussy cut a few Old Olive leaves to tuck underneath before adding the flower to a Stylish Shape square.

  The 'Noel' is from the Wishing You Joy stamp set and is stamped in Old Olive.  The finishing touch is a cluster of gold sequins in the center of the flower.

  I really like how this one turned out and the I think the color combo is a fun one to use to get a little non-traditional for this time of year.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Wishing You Joy, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Basic White, Gathering Together Specialty DSP,  Florals in Bloom DSP

Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, gold sequins

Birthday Wishes - Stampin' Up!® 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

  I treated myself to the 12 Day of Crafting Advent Calendar and I started opening it on December 1 and I plan to (if I remember) open a new door every other day to make it last until Christmas.  I won't show the products themselves so I don't spoil the surprise for others but I will be showing some projects made with the products.  The Advent Calendar is currently on the Last Chance list if you still want to order it! I used the stamp set that came with the calendar along with a few dies for this card that plays along with the Global Design Project color challenge.  

  I used Cloud Cover for the card base, then added a layer of Basic White.  Using the challenge colors: Cloud Cover, Lost Lagoon and Highland Heather and some one inch wide strips and stamped some of the images on them to make a nice background for the focal point flower.

  The flower is stamped off Highland Heather and a few Lost Lagoon die cut leaves.  I bulked up the flower by adding it to a Perennial Postage die cut as well as another larger square.  

  The sentiment is stamped in Lost Lagoon under the bands of cardstock.  A few retired Riverside Irregular Pearls are added to the top corner.  They have just the right colors for this palette even though my photo gives them an orange hue!

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set

Ink: Cloud Cover, Lost Lagoon, Highland Heather

Paper: Cloud Cover, Lost Lagoon, Highland Heather, Basic White

Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, dimensionals, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar dies, Riverside Irregular Pearls (retired)

Simple Christmas - Stampin' Up!® Ornamental Christmas

   Since I had my Christmas Tags & More DSP out from my card yesterday I wanted to use up a few more scraps and play along with the Paper Players tic tac toe challenge and I'm getting it in just under wire. I decided to use the right hand down column which is "white, Christmas, die cuts".

So for the white element I used a Basic White card base along with the white in the DSP pattern and the white embossing on the tree.  And since this is clean and simple card I could say I have lots of "white space" as well.

 The Christmas part is self explanatory here but I used the Wishing You Joy stamp set for the sentiment and the Ornamental Christmas stamp set for the tree.  

  After die cutting the tree I popped it up on dimensionals and then loaded it up with ornaments which are the Traditional Sparkling Sequins embellishments.  A glimmer paper star tops the tree for the final touch.

  I liked how the first one turned out so much that I made a second and switched the colors of the ornaments and star for a bit of variety.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ornamental Christmas (Online Exclusive), Wishing You Joy

Ink: Memento Black, Versamark

Paper: Basic White thick, Garden Green, Christmas Tags & More DSP, Red Glimmer paper (retired), Gold Glimmer paper (retired)

Accessories: Ornamental Christmas dies (Online Exclusive), white embossing folder, A Little Cheer punch pack (star), dimensionals, Traditional Sparkling Sequins