Good Thursday morning my stamping friends welcome to our Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop. If you are starting with me, thank you. I hope you will stop by everyone’s blog to see what they have created this week. If you are hopping over from Akiko’s blog, thank you for stopping by. This week we have Sketch Challenge. Here is my card using this week’s sketch.

I used the Stampin’ Up! Irresistible Blooms Bundle along with the Naturally Gilded Specialty Designer Series Paper for my card today. These products will be available as an Online Exclusive to customers starting March 1, 2023.

Here’s our sketch for this week.

I started by adding color to a Naturally Gilded DSP card front using my Blending Brush and So Saffron Ink. I adhered the panel Naturally Gilded DSP to a Brushed Metallic Paper mat using Stampin’ Seal. I adhered the layered panel to a Basic White Thick card base using Stampin’ Seal +.

On a panel of Petal Pink cardstock I stamped the larger flower image from the Stampin’ Up! Irresistible Blooms Cling Stamp Set twice in Petal Pink Ink. On a panel of Calypso Coral cardstock, I stamped the larger flower image from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set in Calypso Coral Ink. I cut the 3 flowers out using the Irresistible Blooms Dies. I cut the leaves from a panel of Hello Irresistible 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper using the Irresistible Blooms Dies. I cut the detailed leaves from a panel of Brushed Metallic Paper using the Irresistible Blooms Dies. I arranged the flowers and leaves on the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Seal and Glue Dots.

On a panel of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set in Versamark Ink. I sprinkled it with my Copper Embossing Powder and set it using my Heat Tool. I cut the sentiment out using the Meadow Dies. I adhered the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Loose Frosted Dots to the card front.

On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set in Calypso Coral Ink on a Basic White panel. On the bottom of the panel, I stamped the flower image from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set in Petal Pink Ink. I stamped the small leaf image around the flower in Soft Sea Foam Ink. I adhered the Basic White panel to the inside of the Basic White Thick card base.

To complete my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the flower images from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set in Calypso Coral and Petal Pink Inks on the envelope front. I stamped the small leaf image from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set in Soft Sea Foam Ink around the flowers. I adhered a panel of Naturally Gilded Specialty DSP to the envelope flap.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. Now that you’ve seen my card, take a minute to hop through and see everyone’s projects today. If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go to Tara’s page. Or you can just click on the names below to go directly to all their blogs! Happy Hopping!!

Amy Koenders:

Mary Deatherage:

Jaimie Babarczy:

Sue Prather:

Karen Finkle:

Akiko Sudano:

Karen Ksenzakovic: You Are Here

Tara Carpenter:

Terry Lynn Bright:

Carol Buckalew:

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d love to be your Demonstrator. Just click HERE to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. 

MY CURRENT HOST CODE IS:    BFQ24SXS

Use this host code when placing an order with me. When you order $50 or greater you will receive a free gift from me! If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any 1 item valued up to $10.00 from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog or the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog!  Unfortunately, packs of cardstock are no longer an option for a free gift. Shipping has become too expensive to ship and it’s costing me as much to ship as the cardstock costs. For any orders $50 or more I will also send you my monthly class tutorials.  Click HERE or go to my Customer Rewards for more details and to see what this month’s tutorials are.

Please remember to use my current Host Code and make sure that you can see my name on the final checkout page listed as your Demonstrator when you order so that you know that you’re ordering with me, and you’ll get my rewards! 

Happy Stamping, Karen

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In response to changing policies at Stampin’ Up – I’m adjusting my Ordering Gift policy as well.  I’m having to get a little more tough on the adding of Host codes when you place your order thru my Online Store.

Not to worry – you’re still going to get that $10 ordering gift for orders of $50 (before shipping & tax) or greater.  And the gift is still any 1 SU! product up to that $10 value – which includes some of our fun Host Sets!

But – if you DO NOT use the Host code for your orders of less than $150 (this is the RETAIL total before Shipping & Handling), then you’ll have two options:

1. You’ll need to call Stampin’ Up! (1-800-Stamp-Up) and ask them to add it for you. They’re very helpful and will get it done quickly!  OR….
2. If your order was over the $50 threshold but under $150, then…you’ll forfeit that $10 ordering gift and rewards – this is the Bummer Option – and I REALLY don’t want to do this, SO please remember to add my Current Host Code.

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Stampin’ Up! has some new items to pick from at the $50 level and $100 level during Sale-a-bration!  They are all items from the current catalog and they’re all available in addition to the Sale-a-bration exclusives from the Sale-a-bration 2023 Brochure!

Click Here for a printable PDF or the New Items that have been added. Head over to my Online Store to shop and pick up some of those new Sale-a-bration items that have been added.

Please note that you must use the item numbers included on the linked flyer in order to redeem these items as Sale-A-Bration items.

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Coming on March 1, 2023, Stampin’ Up! is going to be having Online Exclusive Products and the first will be available starting March 1st. Click Here for a printable PDF flyer with the items that will be available. If you like what you see, there is a way you can get them NOW. If you join Stampin’ Up! before the end of February, you can either add the items to your starter kit, or you can pre-order them once you join. This is just one of the perks of being a demonstrator.

Amazing Joining Special during Sale-a-bration January 5 – February 28

Stampin’ Up! has an amazingly awesome joining special. You get to choose what you want. All the options ship for free and include a past Paper Pumpkin Kit along with some business supplies in case you want to make this a business. There is No Obligation to sell, you do NOT have to use this as a business, you can join just to enjoy the discount for yourself. I would LOVE to have you on my team. Join as a hobby demonstrator and enjoy all the benefits of a business demonstrator.

Option #1 This exclusive Boho Blue Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine ($63 value) + Your choice of $175 of Stampin’ Up! products for only $129.00. The Boho Blue is one of the new In-Colors coming for 2023-2025.

Option #2 The original White Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (a $63 value), + Your choice of $175 of Stampin’ Up! products for only $129.00

Option #3. Your choice of $175 of Stampin’ Up! products for only $99.00.

If you have a LONG shopping list, this is a great way to get everything you always want at a discount. Enjoy at least a 20% discount on the products you purchase. Why wait, this is such an awesome deal, and it only sticks around until February 28th. Join now and start enjoying that discount right away!!! Contact me at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com and we can talk about you joining. We have people on our team from all over the United States. We get together monthly via Zoom; we have team Facebook pages where we share what we make and ask questions. This was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, I’ve made a lot of new friends from all over.

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Stampin’ Up! The Wreath of Blooms Kit

Get ready for the latest addition to the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! The Wreath of Blooms Kit gives you everything you need to make your own home decor piece. Roll and shape the precut pieces and put your wreath on display!

This month’s kit includes: 

• One 8″ (20.3 cm) diameter chipboard wreath.
• Precut paper pieces that can be rolled and shaped into three-dimensional blossoms.
• Multicolored brads to keep everything together.
• Thick twine to hang your wreath.
• Enough adhesive* to complete the project.
• Coordinating colors: Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz, Petal Pink, So Saffron, white.

*Please note that you will need a hot glue gun for this project, which is not included in the kit.

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Ten Years Of Growth

Subscribe February 11 – March 10

It’s Paper Pumpkin’s 10-year anniversary and we want to celebrate how much we’ve grown! This month’s kit is all about happy greetings, organic and botanical designs digitally painted by our in-house artists, along with all-occasion sentiments to celebrate the happy moments in life and recognize the people around you who help you grow! 

And as part of our anniversary celebration, the March Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a FREE GIFT featuring a plant and pot builder to make all your projects plant-astic!

This kit includes:

• All the supplies you need to create 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs; and coordinating envelopes.
• An all-occasion stamp set to recognize the people in your life who help you grow with greetings and beautiful botanical images.
• 1 Polished Pink Classic Stampin’ Spot
• Paper pieces and embellishments with digitally-painted designs and images.
• Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• 1 FREE additional stamp set, which includes a plant and pot builder to make plant-astic projects!

Completed card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8  cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Coastal Cabana, Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Crumb Cake

Subscribe to the March Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 February 2023 and 10 March 2023 by clicking here!

Note: Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Basic White Cardstock 1″ X 4″ (sentiment), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
• Basic White Thick Cardstock 4 1/4″X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 5 1/2″)
• Calypso Coral Cardstock 2 3/4″ X 2 3/4″ (flower)
• Petal Pink Cardstock 2 1/4″ X 5″ (flowers)
• Hello Irresistible 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper panel for leaves, 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope)
• Naturally Gilded Specialty Designer Series Paper 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front)
• Brushed Metallic Cardstock 4 1/4″X 5 1/2″ (card front mat), 3 1/4″ X 2″ (leaves)

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