Good Wednesday morning my stamping friends. Here we are halfway through the week already. I hope your week is going well.

It’s time for an inspiration challenge from The Card Concepts. We have a double challenge this week. It’s the second challenge of the month, we are posting two challenge photos!  You can choose whichever photo you prefer, or you could create two separate cards, one for each photo! The inspiration photo #193a is New Arrival and 193b is Busy Bee.  Here is my card that was inspired from the challenge photo.

I used the Stampin’ Up! Honeybee Home Bundle, the Stampin’ Up! Queen Bee Bundle, the Hive 3D Embossing Folder and the Beautiful Shapes Die for my Clean and Layered card. I was inspired by the inspiration photo 193b with the colors and bees. All these Items will be retiring at the end of the month except for the color. If you would have told me that less than a week after I got the new In-Colors that I would be using the Wild Wheat, I would have said you were crazy. It’s my least favorite color, but it works so well with these stamp sets.

I hope you will take a moment to visit The Card Concepts and join us for our challenge 193a or 193b.  How are you inspired by the photos?

I started by cutting a panel of Basic Black cardstock using the Beautiful Shapes Dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Honeybee Home Cling Stamp Set on the bottom of the panel in Versamark Ink. I sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder and set it using the Heat Tool. I embossed a panel of Wild Wheat cardstock using the Hive 3D Embossing Folder. Using my Wink of Stella brush, I flicked some shimmer on the embossed panel.

On a panel of Basic White cardstock, I stamped the large bee from the Stampin’ Up! Queen Bee Cling Stamp Set in Versamark Ink. I sprinkled it with Black Embossing Powder and set it using the Heat Tool. I stamped the 3 small bees from the Honeybee Home stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the same panel. I cut the small bees out using the Honeybee Blossoms Dies and the large bee using the Queen Bee Dies. I colored the bees using the Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Markers.

I adhered the hive embossed panel to a Wild Wheat card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the die cut Basic Black card front over the embossed panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I adhered the bees to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the card front.

On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Honeybee Home stamp set in Wild Wheat Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the 3 bees from the Honeybee Home stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink by the sentiment and on the bottom of the panel. I colored the bees using my Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Basic Black mat then to the inside of the Wild Wheat card base.

To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the large bee from the Queen Bee stamp set on the envelope front in Tuxedo Black Ink. I stamped the 3 smaller bees from the Honeybee Home stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the envelope flap. I colored all the bees in using my Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Marker.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you like the card and will give it a try. Happy Stamping!!

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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:    XMVFTAU4

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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Forever Friends Kit Available April 12th

This kit includes: 

• Enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs
• 8 coordinating envelopes
• One Forever Friends photopolymer stamp set
• One Night of Navy Ink Spot
• Printed card bases, printed foil envelopes, foil die cuts, adhesive, twine, and a clear block
• Finished card size: 5-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ (13.3 x 10.8 cm)
• Coordinating colors: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Petal Pink

162363 $21.00 USD | $29.00 CAD

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Exploring In Color

Subscribe April 11 – May 10

Say hello to mountain landscapes and new In Colors! This month’s kit features nine outdoors-themed cards in our new 2023–2025 In Colors plus exclusive FREE stickers. Want more? Get the cards & envelopes add-on (available 2 May while supplies last) and continue your creative adventure!

This kit includes:

• All the supplies you need to create 9 card, 3 each of 3 designs, plus 9 coordinating envelopes.
• A 7-piece all-occasion stamp set that celebrates good friends and great adventures!
• 1 Copper Clay (new In Color!) Classic Stampin’ Spot.
• Twine and die-cut accents
• FREE stickers to put on your projects or anything you want—water bottles, laptops, coolers, and more!
• Finished card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm).
• Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Boho Blue, Copper Clay, Daffodil Delight, Moody Mauve, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Wild Wheat

Subscribe to the May Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 April 2023 and 10 May 2023 by clicking here!

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

ADD-ON

Exploring In Color Cards & Envelopes

Available starting: 2 May, while supplies last

Price: $10.00 USD | $13.75 CAD

This add-on includes

• 18 cards, 6 each of 3 designs
• 18 coordinating envelopes
• Finished card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Boho Blue, Copper Clay, Daffodil Delight, Moody Mauve, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, Wild Wheat

Paper Pumpkin add-ons are cash-and-carry items, like retired Paper Pumpkin kits. See the Cash-and-Carry Sales Policy in the Policies Document for more information. 

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2023-2024 Annual Catalog Coming Soon!!

The new catalog is awesome!! I’ve already started my list of all the new products I want to get. If you are a current customer of mine and have placed an order in 2022-2023, you should be receiving a new catalog any day. If you haven’t placed an order in the past year, I will not be automatically sending you one. If you have not ordered and/or would like to be a customer of mine and would like a copy of the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog, please send me an email at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com requesting a catalog.

Do you want all of the gorgeous new designer papers in the Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog but can’t afford everything? With the new catalog, I’m offering a 2023-2024 Annual Catalog Designer Series Paper Share. What is a Paper Share you ask? It’s a sample of each of the new Designer Series Papers from the Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog.  If you were to purchase all of the DSP in the new Annual Catalog, it would cost you over $320.00 plus shipping. You can find all the details Here.

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Stampin’ Up! is all about creativity and sharing what we love with those we love. And that means providing a compelling selection of high-quality craft supplies in coordinating colors and designs. We’re always working to not only meet trends but set them. That means evaluating and even refreshing our current products—This year we’re refreshing our complete color collection!

Stampin’ Up! has announced that, in addition to the new 2023-2025 In Colors, we’ll be getting some new colors in the core color families (Brights, Neutrals, Regals and Subtles) with the new 2023-2024 Annual Catalog! You’ll find some new friends and returning favorites among our Brights, Neutrals, Regals, and Subtles. And you won’t want to miss our new 2023–2025 In Colors. We hope you’re as excited as we are to start crafting with these fresh new colors and to share them with your fellow crafting enthusiasts. 

New Core Family Colors from Stampin’ Up!

Stampin’ Up! has put together a quick video showing you the colors that are leaving and the new colors coming in, including the new In Colors!  You can see it here:

If you want a quick list of the retiring core colors, here they are:

• Blushing Bride
• Pear Pizzazz
• Mint Macaron
• Rich Razzleberry
• So Saffron
• Merry Merlot
• Pacific Point
• Mango Melody
• Soft Suede
• Sahara Sand
• Bermuda Bay

2023-2025 In Colors!

Here is a peek at the new 2023-2025 In Colors!

They are really pretty!  Their names are:

• Copper Clay
• Wild Wheat
• Boho Blue
• Moody Mauve
• Pebbled Path

The new and returning colors are so pretty!  Can’t wait to get them!!

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Price Changes Coming With The 2023-2024 Annual Catalog

Stampin’ Up! let us know that some of the items in the new catalog will have higher prices when the catalog is launched on May 2.  The prices for all items that are carrying over will continue to be the current catalog prices through May 1.  So now is a great time to stock up on any favorites before the price increases happen in early May!  We have not been told any specifics on the amount that the prices will increase but we have been given a list of items that will increase in price with the new catalog.

Due to increased costs to produce these items, beginning May 2 new prices will be in effect within the following product categories:

• Cardstock
• Designer Series Paper
• Specialty Paper
• Notecards and Envelopes
• Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads and Refills
• Stampin’ Blends
• Stampin’ Write Markers
• Select Specialty Inks
• Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machines and plates
• Embossing Folders
• Punches
• Take Your Pick products
• Storage
• Clear Blocks
• Select tools
• Select adhesives
• Select stamp sets
• Paper Pumpkin

To see the updated pricing, check the new 2023–2024 Annual Catalog.  I’ll be mailing out the catalogs in mid-April to my ordering customers so take a peek when it arrives in your mailbox.  So, the good news is that you will have time to order any last-minute items before the new pricing starts once you see the upcoming catalog!  

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The Stampin’ Up! 2022-2023 Annual Catalog Retiring and January-April 2023 Mini Catalog sale going on now!

LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS DETAILS

• All products are available while supplies last, and there are no purchase limits.
• Stamp Sets are not guaranteed during this promotion and are while supplies last.
• ORDER DEADLINES:  May 1, 2023 at 11:50 PM MT

Click HERE for a printable PDF of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog Last Chance Products. The retired items list for the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog in PDF format, including the discounts that will apply beginning on April 4, 2023.

Click HERE for a printable PDF of the January-April Mini Catalog Last Chance Products. The retired items list for the January-April 2023 Mini Catalog in PDF format, including the discounts that will apply beginning on April 4, 2023.

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Card stock cuts for this project:

• Basic White Cardstock 4″ X 3 1/2″ (bees), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
• Basic Black Cardstock 4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front), 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat)
• Wild Wheat Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 5 1/2″), 3 7/8″ X 5 1/8″ (embossed panel)

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