Stampin’ Up! Horse & Sleigh for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’ll be at work all day tomorrow and last I saw it’s supposed to be a rainy one here in NJ.

I wasn’t able to do a YouTube live this week. My card is one we did at our monthly Stamping Studio on Tuesday night. I was asked to do the Mystery Stamping for this month, so I had everyone make the card that I did for my live last Wednesday. If you’re interested in joining our group, contact me and I can talk to you about joining. Now is the perfect time. If you’d like to watch my video from last week and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, and you can Click Here for my YouTube live video. Here is my card for today.

Stampin' Up! Horse & Sleigh Bay Window Fun Fold 1 creativestampingdesigns.com

I used Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up! Horse & Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set and One Horse Open Sleigh 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper for my card today.

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I started by cutting a 4″ X 5″ panel of the One Horse Open Sleigh DSP. To get this, I cut 2″ off the bottom of a 6″ X 6″ panel. I then cut 1″ off the side, depending on what part of the scenery I wanted. I first cut 3/4″ off each side, then 1″ off each side and that left me with a 1 1/2″ panel. I adhered each of the panels to coordinating Pool Party mats using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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I folded the Lost Lagoon card base in half at the 5 1/2″ score line and adhered the left side of the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue to make a book fold card. The 1/4″ score line is a valley fold, the 1 1/2″ & 3 1/4″ are mountain folds and the 4 1/2″ is a valley fold, where it’s adhered. I adhered the layered DSP panels to the card base in order of the scene, except the last (right side) 3/4″ matted panel, using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. On a panel of Lost Lagoon, I stamped the sentiment from the Horse & Sleigh stamp set in Versamark Ink. I sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder and set it using the Heat Tool. I cut the sentiment out using Paper Snips.

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I adhered the sentiment to the center panel of the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals only on the right half only. I added a few Rhinestones Basic Jewels to the card front. I opened the card base and adhered the last 3/4″ layered DSP panel to the inside right using Stampin’ Dimensionals, making sure not to put them on the left side of the panel so the 1/4″ of the card front could slip under.

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On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Horse & Sleigh stamp set on the panel of Basic White in Lost Lagoon Ink. I adhered 2 – 1/4″ panels of One Horse Open Sleigh DSP, that I had cut off the full panel at the beginning, on either side of the panel. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Pool Party mat then to the inside of the Lost Lagoon card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the pine tree image from the Horse & Sleigh stamp set in Lost Lagoon Ink on the envelope front. I colored the trunk with my Pecan Pie Stampin Write Marker. I adhered a panel of One Horse Open Sleigh DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you like the card and will give it a try. Please feel free to post a picture of your card under my Facebook post in the comments. I always like to see how everyone else’s cards come out when you CASE my cards. 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:   WRAGYZRS

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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Joining Special October 3 – October 31

If you’ve been thinking about joining the Stampin’ Up! community October is the perfect time.

We want to celebrate our 35th anniversary in style! From October 3 – October 31, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal!

Promotion Period: 3–31 October

New demonstrators can choose one of the following options for your Starter Kit:

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the normal cost of a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $125 USD worth of product for only $64.35 USD!

Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $168.75 USD worth of product by spending $99 USD!

No matter which option you choose for your Starter Kit, both provide free business supplies and free shipping on your Starter Kit—not to mention all the fun that comes with being part of Stampin’ Up!

FREE OnStage @Home Registration

It gets better! Those who sign up for a Starter Kit during this offer will also be automatically registered for FREE* to our virtual OnStage event on 11 Novembera $77 USD value!

  • Those who sign up for this offer have the opportunity to watch the event independently, gathered together with other demonstrators, or with their Team Leader.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will be automatically added to the OnStage attendees; they do not need to register separately.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will also receive an email with all the information about this event.

*Please note that free registration will not include the gift box.

Stampin’ Up! events are always SO much fun!!  Bonus that you can join and attend your first even for free!!

Come join my team.

We welcome all types of Demonstrators from those only purchasing to get the discount for themselves to those who want to run a business and anywhere in between!  There’s never any pressure to sell! We’re a group that loves to stamp and share what you create. Demonstrators get lots of perks including at least a 20% discount on all orders that you place as a Demonstrator, invitations to Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator events and preordering from upcoming catalogs and promotions (like the new Online Exclusives coming in November!!)!  The new Online Exclusive items ARE available to pick as part of your Starter Kit (or you can order them later and get your 20% discount!). 

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Warm Wishes

Subscribe October 11 – November 10

Light up the Christmas season with this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit! With traditional Christmas home designs and warm Christmas wishes, spread the light of Christmas with a gift box. Plus, you can get the Warm Wishes Cards & Envelopes Add-On to take your Christmas crafting even further (available while supplies last). This month’s kit coordinates with the October Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! If you can’t get enough of this traditional Christmas scene and need more cozy crafts, then make sure to check the October Refill’s availability and spend more time crafting this holiday season!

This month’s kit comes with everything you need to make traditional Christmas treat packaging boxes that you can fill up with all sorts of small goodies, treats, gifts, and more. Subscribe today so you can take part in spreading the light of Christmas around you!

This kit includes:

  • 8 boxes; 4 each of 2 designs
  • 1 Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Spot
  • Iridescent glitter accents on paper
  • Precut paper pieces
  • Linen thread
  • Treat bags
  • Warm Wishes photopolymer stamp set
  • Completed box size: 4-1/4″ x 4-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ (10.8 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm) and 4/1/4″ x 3-3/4″ x 1-1/2″ (10.8 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm)
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

ADD-ON DETAILS

Warm Wishes Cards & Envelopes
Available for purchase starting 11 October; only while supplies last.
Item number: 163985
$14.00 USD

This add-on includes:
• 20 Cards & Envelopes 
• Iridescent glitter accents on paper
• Folded card size: 5″ x 7″ (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Subscribe to the November Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 October and 10 November 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 3 1/8″ X 4″ (inner liner)
  • Lost Lagoon Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 1/4″, 1 1/2″, 3 1/4″, 4 1/2″ & 5 1/2″), 1″ X 3 1/2″ (sentiment)
  • Pool Party Cardstock 2 – 7/8″ X 4 1/8″, 2 – 1 1/8″ X 4 1/8″ & 1 5/8″ X 4 1/8″ (dsp mats), 3 1/4″ X 4 1/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • One Horse Open Sleigh 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper 2 – 3/4″ X 4″, 1″ X 4″ & 1 1/2″ X 4″ (card front panels), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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Stampin’ Up! Garden Meadow for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday the 13th morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. Do I have any superstitious friends out there? I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’m hoping to get a little outside work done today while I’m home before the rain comes. It’s time to trim back some of my plants that have started to die off for the winter. I need to get my garden in the front of my house cleaned up and figure out what I’m going to do with all the trees that are growing. Last year we had to cut down our huge 40′ Bradford Pear tree because it split. I now have a garden full of new trees growing and I’d like to transplant some in remembrance of my dad and Jasmine (my dog that passed when the tree had to come down). I need to find a tree expert to tell me how to do it properly.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Garden Meadow Bundle along with the Meandering Meadows 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper. Both these items will be available to customers starting November 7th from the Online Exclusive Products. I also used the Stylish Shapes Dies for my card today.

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I started by cutting a 4″ X 5″ panel of the Meandering Meadows DSP. To get this, I cut 2″ off the top of a 6″ X 6″ panel. I then cut 1″ off the side, depending on what part of the scenery I wanted. I first cut 3/4″ off each side, then 1″ off each side and that left me with a 1 1/2″ panel. I adhered each of the panels to coordinating Bubble Bath mats using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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I folded the Orchid Oasis card base in half at the 5 1/2″ score line and adhered the left side of the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue to make a book fold card. The 1/4″ score line is a valley fold, the 1 1/2″ & 3 1/4″ are mountain folds and the 4 1/2″ is a valley fold, where it’s adhered. I adhered the matted panels of DSP to the card base in order of the scene, except the last 3/4″ matted panel, using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. On a panel of Orchid Oasis, I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Garden Meadows Photopolymer Stamp Set in Versamark Ink. I sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder and set it using the Heat Tool. I cut the sentiment out using the Stylish Shapes Dies.

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I adhered the sentiment to the center panel of the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals only on the right half of the circle. I added a few Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds (available November 7th) to the card front. I opened the card base and adhered the last 3/4″ matted DSP panel to the inside right using Stampin’ Dimensionals, making sure not to put them on the left side of the panel so the 1/4″ of the card front could slip under. I stamped the garden tool images from the Garden Meadow stamp set on a panel of Basic White in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the images with Bubble Bath and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered them to the right panel using Multipurpsoe Liquid Glue.

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On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Garden Meadow stamp set in Orchid Oasis Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the flower basket image from the Garden Meadow stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the bottom of the panel. I colored the image using Bubble Bath, Crumb Cake, Granny Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist and Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Bubble Bath mat then to the inside of the Orchid Oasis card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the flower images from the Garden Meadow stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the envelope front. I colored the images using Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Grany Apple Green, Lemon Lime Twist and Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered a panel of Meandering Meadows DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   WRAGYZRS

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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Joining Special October 3 – October 31

If you’ve been thinking about joining the Stampin’ Up! community October is the perfect time. If you saw my card from World Card Making Day (you can see it Here), I used some new Online Exclusive products and products from the new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog. You can add those Online Exclusive products to your Starter Kit, and still have more money to spend. This is really an awesome deal and I’d love to have you on my team. The added free registration to OnStage is a great bonus and then you can order the Be Mine Suite collection for your 1st order.

We want to celebrate our 35th anniversary in style! From October 3 – October 31, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal!

Promotion Period: 3–31 October

New demonstrators can choose one of the following options for your Starter Kit:

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the normal cost of a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $125 USD worth of product for only $64.35 USD!

Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $168.75 USD worth of product by spending $99 USD!

No matter which option you choose for your Starter Kit, both provide free business supplies and free shipping on your Starter Kit—not to mention all the fun that comes with being part of Stampin’ Up!

FREE OnStage @Home Registration

It gets better! Those who sign up for a Starter Kit during this offer will also be automatically registered for FREE* to our virtual OnStage event on 11 Novembera $77 USD value!

  • Those who sign up for this offer have the opportunity to watch the event independently, gathered together with other demonstrators, or with their Team Leader.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will be automatically added to the OnStage attendees; they do not need to register separately.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will also receive an email with all the information about this event.

*Please note that free registration will not include the gift box.

Stampin’ Up! events are always SO much fun!!  Bonus that you can join and attend your first even for free!!

Come join my team.

We welcome all types of Demonstrators from those only purchasing to get the discount for themselves to those who want to run a business and anywhere in between!  There’s never any pressure to sell! We’re a group that loves to stamp and share what you create. Demonstrators get lots of perks including at least a 20% discount on all orders that you place as a Demonstrator, invitations to Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator events and preordering from upcoming catalogs and promotions (like the new Online Exclusives coming in November!!)!  The new Online Exclusive items ARE available to pick as part of your Starter Kit (or you can order them later and get your 20% discount!). 

I broke it down a little for you. If you choose the 35% off, you get $125 in product for $64.35. If you add the Meandering Meadows Suite for $82.50 you still get to add another $42.50 in product of your choice to pick.

If you choose to get an additional 35% of product, you get $168.75 of product for $99. If you choose the Meandering Meadows Suite for $82.50 and the Fluffiest Friends Bundle for $54, you will still have another $32.50 in product of your choice to pick.

Then Stampin’ Up is adding FREE registration to our OnStage@Home Event in November, a $77 value, you can preorder the Bee Mine Suite Collection in a Demonstrator order and get 20% off the suite!!

What are you waiting for? If you have been back and forth about joining, drop me a note at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com and we can talk about you joining. This is an awesome deal that you won’t want to pass up.

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Warm Wishes

Subscribe October 11 – November 10

Light up the Christmas season with this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit! With traditional Christmas home designs and warm Christmas wishes, spread the light of Christmas with a gift box. Plus, you can get the Warm Wishes Cards & Envelopes Add-On to take your Christmas crafting even further (available while supplies last). This month’s kit coordinates with the October Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! If you can’t get enough of this traditional Christmas scene and need more cozy crafts, then make sure to check the October Refill’s availability and spend more time crafting this holiday season!

This month’s kit comes with everything you need to make traditional Christmas treat packaging boxes that you can fill up with all sorts of small goodies, treats, gifts, and more. Subscribe today so you can take part in spreading the light of Christmas around you!

This kit includes:

  • 8 boxes; 4 each of 2 designs
  • 1 Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Spot
  • Iridescent glitter accents on paper
  • Precut paper pieces
  • Linen thread
  • Treat bags
  • Warm Wishes photopolymer stamp set
  • Completed box size: 4-1/4″ x 4-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ (10.8 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm) and 4/1/4″ x 3-3/4″ x 1-1/2″ (10.8 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm)
  • Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

ADD-ON DETAILS

Warm Wishes Cards & Envelopes
Available for purchase starting 11 October; only while supplies last.
Item number: 163985
$14.00 USD

This add-on includes:
• 20 Cards & Envelopes 
• Iridescent glitter accents on paper
• Folded card size: 5″ x 7″ (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Subscribe to the November Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 October and 10 November 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 1/4″ X 1 1/4″ (garden tools), 3 1/8″ X 4″ (inner liner)
  • Bubble Bath Cardstock 2 – 7/8″ X 4 1/8″, 2 – 1 1/8″ X 4 1/8″ & 1 5/8″ X 4 1/8″ (card front panel mats), 3 1/4″ X 4 1/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • Orchid Oasis Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 1/4″, 1 1/2″, 3 1/4″, 4 1/2″ & 5 1/2″), 2″ X 2″ (sentiment)
  • Meandering Meadows 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper 2 – 3/4″ X 4″, 2 – 1″ X 4″ & 1 1/2″ X 4″ (card front panels), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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Stampin’ Up! Fluffiest Friends

Good Sunday morning stamping friends. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Were you able to join us for our World Card Making Day presentations yesterday? How about the Stampin’ Up! event? I was glued to my computer all day yesterday.

Today’s card I made on our Facebook Live event yesterday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the new Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up! Fluffiest Friends Bundle which will be available to customers starting in November. I used the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine Photopolymer Stamp Set and Bee Mine Designer Series Paper, which will be available in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog. Lastly, I used the Stampin; Up! Happy Labels Photopolymer Stamp Set for my card today.

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I started by adhering a panel of Bee Mine DSP to a Petal Pink card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Using the Fluffiest Friends Dies, I cut the hive from the center of another panel of Bee Mine DSP. I adhered pieces of the Foam Adhesive Sheet to the back of the die cut DSP. Using the Fluffiest Friends Dies I cut the beehive from a panel of Daffodil Delight, the leaves & grass from a panel of Granny Apple Green and the branch from a panel of Pecan Pie.

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On the larger panel of Basic White, I stamped the bee image from the Stampin’ Up! Fluffiest Friends Cling Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the bees using Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers and Clear Wink Of Stella on the wings. On the smaller panel of Basic Whtie, I stamped the bear image from the Fluffiest Friends stamp set. I colored the bear using Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Ivory and Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blends Markers. I cut the image out using the Fluffiest Friends Dies.

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I adhered the die cut grass to the inside of the die cut hive panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the beehive and leaves to the tree branch using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the Basic Whtie panel (with the bees stamped on it) to the center of the card front. I adhered the die cut DSP panel on top of the Basic White panel. I adhered the bear inside the hive, behind the grass using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the branch to the top of the panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment from the Bee My Valentine stamp set on a strip of Basic White in Sweet Sorbet Ink. I cut the ends on an angle. I adhered the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Happy Labels stamp set in Sweet Sorbet Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the bee image from the Fluffiest Friends stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on either side of the sentiment. I colored the bees using Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers and Clear Wink of Stella for the wings. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Sweet Sorbet mat then to the inside of the Petal Pink card base.

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To complete my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the bear & bee images from the Fluffiest Friends stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the envelope front. I colored the images the same as I did for the card. I adhreed a panel of Bee Mine DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. These products will be available in November and January unless you would like to join as a demonstrator, and you can get them early. If you are interested in joining, you can add the Online Exclusive items to your starter kit. Stampin’ up will register you for the OnStage event in November and you can purchase the Bee My Valentine Bundle with your first order. Information about joining is below. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here. You can also watch the video on our World Card Making Day Facebook page Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   WRAGYZRS

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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Time to stock up and save on your favorite Stampin’ Up! products! What’s the big occasion? From 9–11 October, we are offering FREE shipping on orders subtotaling $75 USD or more. This incredible deal lasts for three days only, so don’t miss out!

Here are the details:

  • Free shipping offer begins:  October 9 at 12:01 AM MT
  • Ordering Deadline:  October 11 at 11:59 PM MT
  • Free shipping applies after the qualifying amount has been met.
  • The minimum qualifying amount to receive free shipping is $75 or more (before tax).
  • Free shipping only applies during the three-day period the promotion is live in each market; this means that the order must be opened and closed between October 9-11.
  • With the exception of a one-time monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription, all Stampin’ Up! products qualify for the promotion. Subscriptions billed and shipped this month will be charged for the normal amount ($24.50 shipping included) + tax.
  • Prepaid 3, 6, or 12 month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions are eligible for FREE shipping under the same rules as all other Stampin’ Up! items during the promotion.
  • The free shipping promotion does not cover the additional cost for expedited shipping.
  • Please keep in mind, that with any product launch, the distribution center may fall behind our typical shipping timeframes.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at: creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com

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New Joining Special October 3 – October 31

If you’ve been thinking about joining the Stampin’ Up! community October is the perfect time.

We want to celebrate our 35th anniversary in style! From October 3 – October 31, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal!

Promotion Period: 3–31 October

New demonstrators can choose one of the following options for your Starter Kit:

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the normal cost of a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $125 USD worth of product for only $64.35 USD!

Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $168.75 USD worth of product by spending $99 USD!

No matter which option you choose for your Starter Kit, both provide free business supplies and free shipping on your Starter Kit—not to mention all the fun that comes with being part of Stampin’ Up!

FREE OnStage@Home Registration

It gets better! Those who sign up for a Starter Kit during this offer will also be automatically registered for FREE* to our virtual OnStage event on 11 November—a $77 USD value!

  • Those who sign up for this offer have the opportunity to watch the event independently, gathered together with other demonstrators, or with their Team Leader.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will be automatically added to the OnStage attendees; they do not need to register separately.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will also receive an email with all the information about this event.

*Please note that free registration will not include the gift box.

Stampin’ Up! events are always SO much fun!!  Bonus that you can join and attend your first even for free!!

I’d Love to have you on my team

If you’d like to join my team, I’d love to have you!  Once you join, you’ll get at least a 20% discount on all of your Stampin’ Up! purchases and you can preorder from the upcoming catalogs!

We welcome all types of Demonstrators from those only purchasing to get the discount for themselves to those who want to run a business and anywhere in between!  There’s never any pressure to sell! We’re a group that loves to stamp and share what you create.

If you have been back and forth about joining, drop me a note at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com and we can talk about you joining.

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New Rustic Countdown Kit Available

The Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit has all you need to make a rustic, 25 day paper advent calendar. What a great way to bring a classic, cozy Christmas feeling to your home this season!

This kit includes: 

  • Enough supplies to create 25 individual envelopes
  • Printed die cuts, printed labels, adhesive, embellishments, clothespins, and twine
  • Folded envelope size: 4″ x 3″ (10.2 x 7.6 cm)
  • Coordinating colors: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive

163114 $19.00 USD

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Home for the Holidays

Subscribe September 11 – October 10

Create dazzling traditional Christmas cards with the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes eight beautiful cards—four each of two designs. Whether you want to send a few to your loved ones or fill your home with some extra special Christmas cheer, this kit has everything you need to make some sparkly, festive cards. Keep reading to learn more!

One extra fun feature of the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit is the bottle of glitter glue! You can use this glue to add shimmery, shiny details to the Christmas scenes on their cards. You can add some glitter to the trees, houses, snow, and more. There are endless possibilities you will have with this glue and the kit.

Bring some inspiration to your creations with the coordinating box design! This box could help create a cute village Christmas scene with your cards, and more. You could even use the box as a photo op prop! This is a fun way to make the most of the kit. Don’t let the Christmas crafts end once you finish with this kit! Since the Home for the Holidays Kit perfectly coordinates with the November Paper Pumpkin Kit, you and you will be able to extend your holiday crafting experience even further. So make sure your subscription is up to date!

This kit includes:

  • All the supplies you’ll need to create 8 sparkly and dazzling Christmas cards—4 each of 2 designs—and eight coordinating envelopes.
  • A coordinating photopolymer stamp set with endearing holiday sentiments and festive designs.
  • A Real Red Stampin’ Spot
  • A bottle of Glitter Glue
  • Beautiful Christmasy-themed precut pieces

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

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

Subscribe to the October Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 September and 10 October 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 3 3/8″ X 4 5/8″ (card front panel), 1/2″ X 3 5/8″ (sentiment), 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″ (bear), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
  • Daffodil Delight Cardstock 1 1/2″ X 1 1/4″ (bee hive)
  • Granny Apple Green Cardstock 2″ X 3″ (grass & leaves)
  • Pecan Pie Cardstock 2 1/4″ X 1 1/2″ (branch)
  • Petal Pink 4 1/4 X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 5 1/2″)
  • Sweet Sorbet Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • Bee Mine Designer Series Paper 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″ (card front), 3 1/2″ X 4 3/4″ (card front panel), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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Stampin’ Up! Joy To You for fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. I took tomorrow off for World Card Making Day. My team will be doing videos starting at 9am ET on our Facebook page. I hope you will head over to watch some of them or all of them.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

Stampin' Up! Joy To You Fun Fold 1 creativestampingdesigns.com

For today’s card I used the Stampin’ Up! Joy To You Cling Stamp Set along with the Stampin’ Up! Christmas Classics Photopolymer Stamp Set and Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper. This is another super simple and quick card that you can make multiples of in no time.

Stampin' Up! Joy To You Fun Fold 2 creativestampingdesigns.com

I started by cutting 2 3/4″ off the front of a Melon Mambo card base, hold onto that piece.

Stampin' Up! Joy To You Fun Fold 3 creativestampingdesigns.com

I adhered a panel of Merry Bold & Bright DSP to a Granny Apple Green Foil mat using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the layered panel onto the front of a Melon Mambo card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the sentiment from the Joy To You stamp set in Granny Apple Green Ink. I stamped the corner image from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Melon Mambo Ink in all 4 corners. I adhered the sentiment to a Granny Apple Green Foil mat using Stampin’ Seal. I adhered the layered panel to the cut card front panel of Melon Mambo using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the layered sentiment panel to the card Melon Mambo card front using Stampin’ Seal + only on the left side. I added a few Iridescent Adhesive Backed Discs to the card front.

Stampin' Up! Joy To You Fun Fold 5 creativestampingdesigns.com

On the inside, I adhered a panel of Merry Bold & Bright DSP to a Granny Apple Green mat using Stampin’ Seal. I adhered the layered panel to the inside of the Melon Mambo card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I stamped the sentiment from Christmas Classics stamp set in Granny Apple Green Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the corner image from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Melon Mambo Ink on all 4 corners. I adhered the Basic Whtie panel to the inside of the card base.

Stampin' Up! Joy To You Fun Fold 6 creativestampingdesigns.com

To finish my card, I decorated a Basic Whtie Medium Envelope. I stamped the bough image from the Christmas Classics stamp set in Granny Apple green Ink on the envelope front. I adhered a panel of Merry Bold & Bright DSP to the envelope flap.

Stampin' Up! Joy To You Fun Fold 7 creativestampingdesigns.com

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   WRAGYZRS

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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New Rustic Countdown Kit Available

The Rustic Christmas Countdown Kit has all you need to make a rustic, 25 day paper advent calendar. What a great way to bring a classic, cozy Christmas feeling to your home this season!

This kit includes: 

  • Enough supplies to create 25 individual envelopes
  • Printed die cuts, printed labels, adhesive, embellishments, clothespins, and twine
  • Folded envelope size: 4″ x 3″ (10.2 x 7.6 cm)
  • Coordinating colors: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive

163114 $19.00 USD

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Inkin’ Krew World Card Making Day Event – Saturday, October 7!

Save the date!!  Our team will be hosting a World Card Making Day event again this year!  We’ll be setting up a Facebook page where we’ll be going live and posting videos showing you card projects all day long!  

The event will be Saturday, September 7 and will start around 9 AM ET that day and run through around 9 PM ET that evening.  Replays will be available for all of the presentations if you aren’t able to watch that day. 

We’ll be posting a link to the event page a few days ahead of the event and opening it for all to attend so keep an eye out for that in early October!

Hope to see you then!

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Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Event – Saturday, October 7!

You are invited to craft along with Stampin’ Up! for about three hours, and create three unique cards for World Card Making Day! Everyone is invited and welcome and the event and registration are FREE! 

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.  Mark your calendars now and join us on October 7!


EVENT DETAILS

Who: Anyone!
When: October 7 from 2:00–5:00 p.m. (MT)
Where: Online
Price of Event: Free
Registration Dates: September 6 – October 7, 2023 

You can participate in the event without registering. However, registration is encouraged because it’s the best way to stay up to date regarding event details. The email address provided will only be used for event communication.

Language of Event: Most of the event will be presented in English with language interpretation voiceover and subtitles in English, French, German, and Dutch. 

Help Support : Support will be available on the event platform one hour before the event begins, during the event, and for 30 minutes following the event. 

Video on Demand: The World Card Making Day event will be recorded, and you’ll be able to access it after the live event. It will be available October 8-31. 

Click Here to open a full-size flyer showing you the stamp set bundles that will be used (including the new Heartfelt Hexagon bundle!!) for the projects on World Card Making Day.

Click Here for the measurements and card stock cuts for the three projects that will be shared at the World Card Making Day event.

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New Joining Special October 3 – October 31

If you’ve been thinking about joining the Stampin’ Up! community October is the perfect time.

We want to celebrate our 35th anniversary in style! From October 3 – October 31, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal!

Promotion Period: 3–31 October

New demonstrators can choose one of the following options for your Starter Kit:

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the normal cost of a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $125 USD worth of product for only $64.35 USD!

Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $168.75 USD worth of product by spending $99 USD!

No matter which option you choose for your Starter Kit, both provide free business supplies and free shipping on your Starter Kit—not to mention all the fun that comes with being part of Stampin’ Up!

FREE OnStage@Home Registration

It gets better! Those who sign up for a Starter Kit during this offer will also be automatically registered for FREE* to our virtual OnStage event on 11 November—a $77 USD value!

  • Those who sign up for this offer have the opportunity to watch the event independently, gathered together with other demonstrators, or with their Team Leader.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will be automatically added to the OnStage attendees; they do not need to register separately.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will also receive an email with all the information about this event.

*Please note that free registration will not include the gift box.

Stampin’ Up! events are always SO much fun!!  Bonus that you can join and attend your first even for free!!

I’d Love to have you on my team

If you’d like to join my team, I’d love to have you!  Once you join, you’ll get at least a 20% discount on all of your Stampin’ Up! purchases and you can preorder from the upcoming catalogs!

We welcome all types of Demonstrators from those only purchasing to get the discount for themselves to those who want to run a business and anywhere in between!  There’s never any pressure to sell! We’re a group that loves to stamp and share what you create.

If you have been back and forth about joining, drop me a note at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com and we can talk about you joining.

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Home for the Holidays

Subscribe September 11 – October 10

Create dazzling traditional Christmas cards with the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes eight beautiful cards—four each of two designs. Whether you want to send a few to your loved ones or fill your home with some extra special Christmas cheer, this kit has everything you need to make some sparkly, festive cards. Keep reading to learn more!

One extra fun feature of the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit is the bottle of glitter glue! You can use this glue to add shimmery, shiny details to the Christmas scenes on their cards. You can add some glitter to the trees, houses, snow, and more. There are endless possibilities you will have with this glue and the kit.

Bring some inspiration to your creations with the coordinating box design! This box could help create a cute village Christmas scene with your cards, and more. You could even use the box as a photo op prop! This is a fun way to make the most of the kit. Don’t let the Christmas crafts end once you finish with this kit! Since the Home for the Holidays Kit perfectly coordinates with the November Paper Pumpkin Kit, you and you will be able to extend your holiday crafting experience even further. So make sure your subscription is up to date!

This kit includes:

  • All the supplies you’ll need to create 8 sparkly and dazzling Christmas cards—4 each of 2 designs—and eight coordinating envelopes.
  • A coordinating photopolymer stamp set with endearing holiday sentiments and festive designs.
  • A Real Red Stampin’ Spot
  • A bottle of Glitter Glue
  • Beautiful Christmasy-themed precut pieces

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

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

Subscribe to the October Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 September and 10 October 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 2 1/4″ X 3 3/4″ (sentiment), 2 1/2″ X 3 5/8″ (inner liner)
  • Granny Apple Green Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • Melon Mambo Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 5 1/2″)
  • Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper 2 1/4″ X 3 3/4″ (card front panel), (3 3/4″ X 5″ (inner liner), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)
  • Melon Mambo & Grann Apple Green Foil Sheets 2 – 2 1/2 X 4″ (card front panel mats)

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Stampin’ Up! Gift Of Giving for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’ll be working in the office all weekend for the last day of the month and the 1st.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 1 creativestampingdesigns.com

I used the Stampin’ Up! Gift Of Giving Cling Stamp Set along with the Stampin’ Up! Joy To You Cling Stamp Set, A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper and Scalloped Contours Dies for my card today.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 2 creativestampingdesigns.com

I started by folding the Cherry Cobbler card base a listed below. I adhered the Cherry Cobbler card base to the front of the Crumb Cake card baes using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the panels of A Walk In The Forest DSP to the Cherry Cobbler card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 3 creativestampingdesigns.com

On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the ‘To You’ image from the Gift Of Giving stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the image using Cherry Cobbler, Pretty Peacock and Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Markers. I fussy cut the presents using Paper Snips. I adhered the presents to the bottom section of the card base using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 4 creativestampingdesigns.com

On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the Santa image from the Gift Of Giving stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the image using Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty Peacock, Real red, Shaded Spruce and Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Markers. I cut the image out using the Scalloped Contours Dies. I adhered the die cut image to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Blooming Pearls to the card front.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 5 creativestampingdesigns.com

On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from Joy To You stamp set in Cherry Cobbler Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the star image from the Gift Of Giving stamp set in Wild Wheat Ink on the top and bottom of the panel. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Cherry Cobbler mat then to the inside of the Crumb Cake card base.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 6 creativestampingdesigns.com

To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the star image from the Gift Of Giving stamp set in Wild Wheat Ink on the envelope front. I adhered a panel of A Walk In The Forest DSP to the envelope flap.

Stampin' Up! Gift of Giving Fun Fold 7 creativestampingdesigns.com

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   WRAGYZRS

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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Inkin’ Krew World Card Making Day Event – Saturday, October 7!

Save the date!!  Our team will be hosting a World Card Making Day event again this year!  We’ll be setting up a Facebook page where we’ll be going live and posting videos showing you card projects all day long!  

The event will be Saturday, September 7 and will start around 9 AM ET that day and run through around 9 PM ET that evening.  Replays will be available for all of the presentations if you aren’t able to watch that day. 

We’ll be posting a link to the event page a few days ahead of the event and opening it for all to attend so keep an eye out for that in early October!

Hope to see you then!

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Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Event – Saturday, October 7!

You are invited to craft along with Stampin’ Up! for about three hours, and create three unique cards for World Card Making Day! Everyone is invited and welcome and the event and registration are FREE! 

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.  Mark your calendars now and join us on October 7!


EVENT DETAILS

Who: Anyone!
When: October 7 from 2:00–5:00 p.m. (MT)
Where: Online
Price of Event: Free
Registration Dates: September 6 – October 7, 2023 

You can participate in the event without registering. However, registration is encouraged because it’s the best way to stay up to date regarding event details. The email address provided will only be used for event communication.

Language of Event: Most of the event will be presented in English with language interpretation voiceover and subtitles in English, French, German, and Dutch. 

Help Support : Support will be available on the event platform one hour before the event begins, during the event, and for 30 minutes following the event. 

Video on Demand: The World Card Making Day event will be recorded, and you’ll be able to access it after the live event. It will be available October 8-31. 

Click Here to open a full-size flyer showing you the stamp set bundles that will be used (including the new Heartfelt Hexagon bundle!!) for the projects on World Card Making Day.

Click Here for the measurements and card stock cuts for the three projects that will be shared at the World Card Making Day event.

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Celebrate The Miracle Stamp Set Available Now!!

This just in!  Stampin’ Up!’s Celebrate the Miracle stamp set (item 165131) is now available as an online exclusive!  This beautiful Hanukkah stamp set has 19 stamps and is available to order now in the Online Exclusives section of the online store!

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New Joining Special Starting October 3 – October 31

If you’ve been thinking about joining the Stampin’ Up! community October is the perfect time.

We want to celebrate our 35th anniversary in style! From October 3 – October 31, anyone who joins our fun crafting community as a new demonstrator can choose either 35% OFF the cost of their Starter Kit or get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit! What a deal!

Promotion Period: 3–31 October

New demonstrators can choose one of the following options for your Starter Kit:

Option 1: Get 35% OFF the normal cost of a Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $125 USD worth of product for only $64.35 USD!

Option 2: Get 35% MORE product with their Starter Kit. Those who select this option will receive $168.75 USD worth of product by spending $99 USD!

No matter which option you choose for your Starter Kit, both provide free business supplies and free shipping on your Starter Kit—not to mention all the fun that comes with being part of Stampin’ Up!

FREE OnStage@Home Registration

It gets better! Those who sign up for a Starter Kit during this offer will also be automatically registered for FREE* to our virtual OnStage event on 11 November—a $77 USD value!

  • Those who sign up for this offer have the opportunity to watch the event independently, gathered together with other demonstrators, or with their Team Leader.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will be automatically added to the OnStage attendees; they do not need to register separately.
  • Demonstrators who join during this promotion will also receive an email with all the information about this event.

*Please note that free registration will not include the gift box.

Stampin’ Up! events are always SO much fun!!  Bonus that you can join and attend your first even for free!!

I’d Love to have you on my team

If you’d like to join my team, I’d love to have you!  Once you join, you’ll get at least a 20% discount on all of your Stampin’ Up! purchases and you can preorder from the upcoming catalogs!

We welcome all types of Demonstrators from those only purchasing to get the discount for themselves to those who want to run a business and anywhere in between!  There’s never any pressure to sell! We’re a group that loves to stamp and share what you create.

If you have been back and forth about joining, drop me a note at creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com and we can talk about you joining.

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Home for the Holidays

Subscribe September 11 – October 10

Create dazzling traditional Christmas cards with the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes eight beautiful cards—four each of two designs. Whether you want to send a few to your loved ones or fill your home with some extra special Christmas cheer, this kit has everything you need to make some sparkly, festive cards. Keep reading to learn more!

One extra fun feature of the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit is the bottle of glitter glue! You can use this glue to add shimmery, shiny details to the Christmas scenes on their cards. You can add some glitter to the trees, houses, snow, and more. There are endless possibilities you will have with this glue and the kit.

Bring some inspiration to your creations with the coordinating box design! This box could help create a cute village Christmas scene with your cards, and more. You could even use the box as a photo op prop! This is a fun way to make the most of the kit. Don’t let the Christmas crafts end once you finish with this kit! Since the Home for the Holidays Kit perfectly coordinates with the November Paper Pumpkin Kit, you and you will be able to extend your holiday crafting experience even further. So make sure your subscription is up to date!

This kit includes:

  • All the supplies you’ll need to create 8 sparkly and dazzling Christmas cards—4 each of 2 designs—and eight coordinating envelopes.
  • A coordinating photopolymer stamp set with endearing holiday sentiments and festive designs.
  • A Real Red Stampin’ Spot
  • A bottle of Glitter Glue
  • Beautiful Christmasy-themed precut pieces

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

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

Subscribe to the August Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 September and 10 October 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 3/4″ X 4″ (bottom sentiment), 2 – 4″ X 5 1/4″ (artwork & inner liner)
  • Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 4 1/8″ x 9 3/4″ (front card base scored & folded at 2 1/4″ & 4 1/2″), 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • Crumb Cake Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 5 1/2″)
  • \a Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper 4″ X 5 1/8″ (card front panel), 2 1/8″ X 4″ (card front panel), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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Stampin’ Up! Rocking Horse for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. It’s turning into Autumn here in NJ. It’s been in the 70’s this week and beautiful. Last I heard it’s going to be a rainy weekend here, but we’ll see what happens.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Rocking Horse Bundle along with the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees Bundle, Joy Of Christmas Designer Series Paper and Distressed Gold Specialty Paper for my card today.

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I started by adhering a panel of Joy of Christmas DSP to the front of the Cherry Cobbler card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered another panel of the Joy of Christmas DSP to the inside back panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the rocking horse, presents, bow, drum and flute images from the Stampin’ Up! Rocking Horse Photopolymer Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored all the images using Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Pecan Pie, Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Markers. I cut all the images out using the Rocking Horse Dies. From scraps of Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green and Real Red I cut the Bear and Blocks using the Rocking Horse Dies. I cut the rocker for the rocking horse from a panel of Distressed Gold Specialty Paper. I adhered the rocker to the bottom of the rocking horse using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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For the tree, I stamped only the detailed tree image from the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set in shaded Spruce Ink on a panel of Joy of Christmas DSP. Using the Merriest Trees Dies, I cut the 2nd largest tree from the panel and the 3rd largest tree. I cut the 4th largest tree die off the 2nd largest die cut tree. I adhered the tree die cuts together using Stampin’ Dimensionals. From the panel of Distressed Gold Paper, I cut the tinsel die and the detailed star die using the Merriest Trees Dies. I cut the solid star die from a scrap of Wild Wheat cardstock. I adhered the tinsel to the tree and the detailed star to the solid star. I added Festive Pearls to the tree. I adhered the tree to the back panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals on the bottom part of the tree and a Glue Dot on the top of the tree. I added the presents, blocks and drum under the tree using Stampin’ Dimensionals and the flute using a Glue Dot.

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I adhered the rocking horse to the front panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I adhered the packages and bear using Stampin’ Dimensionals. On a strip of Basic White, I stamped the sentiment from the Rocking Horse stamp set in Cherry Cobbler Ink. I cut the ends of the strip on an angle using the Paper Trimmer. I adhered the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Rocking Horse stamp set in Cherry Cobbler Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the bow image from the Rocking Horse stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the corners of the panel. I colored the bows using Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered a strip of Joy of Christmas DSP to the bottom of the panel. I adhered the Basic Whtie panel to a Pecan Pie mat then to the inside of the Cherry Cobbler card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the gift packages and bow from the Rocking Horse stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the envelope front. I colored the images using the Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered a panel of Joy of Christmas DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   P6UQN4GZ

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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CLEARANCE RACK REFRESH

Stampin’ Up! has refreshed the clearance rack!!! There are lots of new savings on Paper, Dies, Embellishments, Inks and even Stamp Sets. Clearance Rack Deals are only while supplies last though, so hurry over to the Clearance in my Online Store and start saving!!!

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Inkin’ Krew World Card Making Day Event – Saturday, October 7!

Save the date!!  Our team will be hosting a World Card Making Day event again this year!  We’ll be setting up a Facebook page where we’ll be going live and posting videos showing you card projects all day long!  

The event will be Saturday, September 7 and will start around 9 AM ET that day and run through around 9 PM ET that evening.  Replays will be available for all of the presentations if you aren’t able to watch that day. 

We’ll be posting a link to the event page a few days ahead of the event and opening it for all to attend so keep an eye out for that in early October!

Hope to see you then!

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Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Event – Saturday, October 7!

You are invited to craft along with Stampin’ Up! for about three hours, and create three unique cards for World Card Making Day! Everyone is invited and welcome and the event and registration are FREE! 

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.  Mark your calendars now and join us on October 7!


EVENT DETAILS

Who: Anyone!
When: October 7 from 2:00–5:00 p.m. (MT)
Where: Online
Price of Event: Free
Registration Dates: September 6 – October 7, 2023 

You can participate in the event without registering. However, registration is encouraged because it’s the best way to stay up to date regarding event details. The email address provided will only be used for event communication.

Language of Event: Most of the event will be presented in English with language interpretation voiceover and subtitles in English, French, German, and Dutch. 

Help Support : Support will be available on the event platform one hour before the event begins, during the event, and for 30 minutes following the event. 

Video on Demand: The World Card Making Day event will be recorded, and you’ll be able to access it after the live event. It will be available October 8-31. 

Click Here to open a full-size flyer showing you the stamp set bundles that will be used (including the new Heartfelt Hexagon bundle!!) for the projects on World Card Making Day.

Click Here for the measurements and card stock cuts for the three projects that will be shared at the World Card Making Day event.

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Home for the Holidays

Subscribe September 11 – October 10

Create dazzling traditional Christmas cards with the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes eight beautiful cards—four each of two designs. Whether you want to send a few to your loved ones or fill your home with some extra special Christmas cheer, this kit has everything you need to make some sparkly, festive cards. Keep reading to learn more!

One extra fun feature of the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit is the bottle of glitter glue! You can use this glue to add shimmery, shiny details to the Christmas scenes on their cards. You can add some glitter to the trees, houses, snow, and more. There are endless possibilities you will have with this glue and the kit.

Bring some inspiration to your creations with the coordinating box design! This box could help create a cute village Christmas scene with your cards, and more. You could even use the box as a photo op prop! This is a fun way to make the most of the kit. Don’t let the Christmas crafts end once you finish with this kit! Since the Home for the Holidays Kit perfectly coordinates with the November Paper Pumpkin Kit, you and you will be able to extend your holiday crafting experience even further. So make sure your subscription is up to date!

This kit includes:

  • All the supplies you’ll need to create 8 sparkly and dazzling Christmas cards—4 each of 2 designs—and eight coordinating envelopes.
  • A coordinating photopolymer stamp set with endearing holiday sentiments and festive designs.
  • A Real Red Stampin’ Spot
  • A bottle of Glitter Glue
  • Beautiful Christmasy-themed precut pieces

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

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

Subscribe to the August Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 September and 10 October 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 4″ X 5 1/2″ (artwork), 3/4″ X 2 1/2″ (sentiment), 2 1/2″ X 4″ (inner liner)
  • Cherry Cobbler Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 2 3/4″ & 5 1/2″)
  • Crumb Cake Cardstock 1 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ (bear)
  • Daffodil Delight Cardstock scrap for block
  • Granny Apple Green cardstock scrap for block
  • Pecan Pie Cardstock 2 5/8″ X 4 1/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • Real Red Cardstock scrap for block
  • Wild Wheat Cardstock scrap for star
  • Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper 2 5/8″ X 4 1/8″ (card front), 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (inner liner mat), 3″ X 6″ (tree), 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
  • Distressed Gold Paper 2 1/4″ X 3 1/2″ (rocker, tinsel and detailed star)

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Paper Snips

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Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’ll be working all day tomorrow. I think I heard it’s supposed to start cooling down here in NJ.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees Bundle along with the O Holy Night Designer Series Paper and Online Exclusive Silver & Gold Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper for my card today.

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I started by adhering all the panels of O Holy Night DSP to coordinating Basic White mat using Stampin’ Seal. I adhered the layered panels to the Balmy Blue card base and card base strip using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I folded the card base and card base strip on the score lines for a ‘Z’ fold card. The larger section of the card base strip goes in the front and the larger section of the card base goes in the back. I adhered the 1 1/2″ ‘Z’ fold strip to the bottom of the Balmy Blue card base using Tear & Tape. On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the solid tree image from the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set in Granny Apple Green Ink 4 times. Some were stamped in full strength, and some were stamped off once on scrap paper. I stamped the details tree image from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Granny Apple Green Ink over the solid tree images. I cut the trees out using the different sizes of Merriest Trees Dies.

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I adhered the largest die cut tree to the front of the card base using Tear & Tape just on the bottom. I stamped the sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Night of Navy Ink on a strip of Basic White. I cut the 2 ends on an angle using the Paper Trimmer.

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I adhered the stamped off die cut tree to the back of the ‘Z’ fold strip using Tear & Tape.

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Here is a top view of how the card should look when adhered together.

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On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the ornament image from the Merriest Trees stamp set 4 times in Real Red Ink. I stamped the different present images and bows from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Cherry Cobbler, Balmy Blue and Shaded Spruce Inks on the panel. I cut all the images out using the Merriest Trees Dies. Using the Merriest Trees Dies, I cut the garland die from a panel of Gold Adhesive Backed Glimmer Paper, the solid & detailed star dies from a panel of Daffodil Delight and the tree base from a panel of Smoky Slate. I decorated one of the die cut trees with the garland and ornaments. I adhered the tree to the tree base using Glue Dots. I adhered the tree to the back section of the card base using Tear & Tape. I adhered the detailed star to the solid star. I adhered it to the top of the tree using a Stampin’ Dimensional. I adhered the packages under the tree. On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Granny Apple Green Ink. I stamped the star image around the sentiment in Balmy Blue Ink. I adhered the Basic White panel to the inside of the Balmy Blue card base.

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I did not do this part on the video. On the back of the card, I put a panel where I could write a message. I stamped the sentiment from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Night of Navy Ink on a panel of Basic White. I had an extra tree, star and ornaments from what I cut for the card front, so I adhered them to the Basic White panel. I adhered the Basic Whtie panel to a Night of Navy mat then to the back of the Balmy Blue card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the solid and detailed tree images from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Granny Apple Green Ink on the envelope front. I stamped the star image from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Daffodil Delight Ink on top of the tree. I stamped the star image from the Merriest Trees stamp set in Balmy Blue Ink around the tree. I adhered a panel of O Holy Night DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   P6UQN4GZ

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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Christmas Everywhere Kit Available

Share the joy of Christmas with everyone, everywhere with the Christmas Everywhere Kit! Featuring trees from around the world, this kit comes with everything you need to quickly create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—so you can send the special people in your life warm Christmas wishes wherever they are! 

This kit includes: 

  • Enough supplies to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs
  • 9 coordinating envelopes
  • Christmas Everywhere photopolymer stamp set
  • One Lost Lagoon Ink Spot
  • Printed card bases, printed die-cut labels and images with red glitter, adhesive, and a clear block
  • Finished card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
  • Coordinating colors: Granny Apple Green, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie, Pretty Peacock, Real Red

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Online Exclusive New Designer Series Paper Available

Surprise, surprise! We’re offering a special release of five beautiful new Designer Series Paper options! These papers include fabulous holiday prints, gorgeous seasonal styles, and some spectacular timeless designs. 

We originally created these papers to be part of our second Sale-A-Bration offering. However, since our next release of new Online Exclusive products won’t happen until November (and you won’t be able to find any of these papers in a catalog), we’ve adjusted our strategy and decided to release these paper options starting 6 September! That way, you have the chance to get ahead on Christmas cards, seasonal crafts, and much more. These products are available while supplies last—you don’t want to miss out! 

Sales Period: Starting 6 September

  • The special release paper options will be available in the Online Exclusives category in the online store.
  • Products will only be available while supplies last. Once products run out, they will no longer be visible in the online store.

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Home for the Holidays

Subscribe September 11 – October 10

Create dazzling traditional Christmas cards with the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes eight beautiful cards—four each of two designs. Whether you want to send a few to your loved ones or fill your home with some extra special Christmas cheer, this kit has everything you need to make some sparkly, festive cards. Keep reading to learn more!

One extra fun feature of the Home for the Holidays Paper Pumpkin Kit is the bottle of glitter glue! You can use this glue to add shimmery, shiny details to the Christmas scenes on their cards. You can add some glitter to the trees, houses, snow, and more. There are endless possibilities you will have with this glue and the kit.

Bring some inspiration to your creations with the coordinating box design! This box could help create a cute village Christmas scene with your cards, and more. You could even use the box as a photo op prop! This is a fun way to make the most of the kit. Don’t let the Christmas crafts end once you finish with this kit! Since the Home for the Holidays Kit perfectly coordinates with the November Paper Pumpkin Kit, you and you will be able to extend your holiday crafting experience even further. So make sure your subscription is up to date!

This kit includes:

  • All the supplies you’ll need to create 8 sparkly and dazzling Christmas cards—4 each of 2 designs—and eight coordinating envelopes.
  • A coordinating photopolymer stamp set with endearing holiday sentiments and festive designs.
  • A Real Red Stampin’ Spot
  • A bottle of Glitter Glue
  • Beautiful Christmasy-themed precut pieces

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

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lolly, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Real Red

Subscribe to the August Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 September and 10 October 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 2 – 2 5/8″ X 4 1/8″, 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (large card base mats), 1 3/8″ X 5 3/8″ & 2 – 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ (card base strip mats), 2 3/8″ X 3 7/8″ (inner liner), 4 1/4″ X 11″ (trees), 1/2″ X 2″ (sentiment), 4″ X 3″ (ornaments, presents, bows & star), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (back panel)
  • Balmy Blue Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 11″ (card base scored & folded at 2 3/4″ & 5 1/2″), 1 1/2″ X 11″ (card base strip scored & folded @ 2 3/4″ & 5 1/2″)
  • Daffodil Delight Cardstsock 1″ X 1 3/4″ (star)
  • Night of Navy Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (back panel mat)
  • Smoky Slate Cardstock 1 1/4″ X 1 3/4″ (tree stand)
  • O Holy Night Designer Series Paper 2 – 2 1/2″ X 4″, 4″ X 5 1/4″ (large card base panels), 2 – 1 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ & 1 1/4″ X 5 1/4″ (card base strip panels), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)
  • Silver & Gold Adhesive Back Glimmer Paper 1 1/2″ X 3″ (garland & present ribbon)

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Stampin’ Up! Timeless Charm for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’ll be working all weekend, Saturday at the hardware store and Sunday at the Hungry Hound the dog bakery. I haven’t worked a Sunday in a while and I’m actually looking forward to it. Here’s to hoping it’ll be a nice day and there will be lots of puppies visiting. I attached a link in case you are ever curious or what the dog bakery is and if you ever place an order, tell them Karen sent you.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below, just above the supply list, along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Timeless Charm Bundle, which are Online Exclusive products, along with the Stampin’ Up! Timeless Arrangements Photopolymer Stamp Set and Garden Wald 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper which will be available starting September 6th, for my card today.

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I started by adhering the panels of Garden Walk DSP to the coordinating Boho Blue mats using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the front layered panel to the front of the Petal Pink card bae using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the larger layered panel to the inside back of the Petal Pink card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the smaller layered panel to the front of the small Petal Pink card base using multipurpose Liquid Glue. Using the Timeless Charm Dies, I cut the grass from a panel of Garden Green, the solid small flower die from a panel of Calypso Coral and the open leaf die from a panel of Boho Blue. On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the solid leaf image from the Stampin’ Up! Timeless Charm Cling Stamp Set in Pretty Peacock Ink. I cut the image and tall flower using the Timeless Charm Dies.

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I adhered the grass dies to the bottom of the small card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue only on the bottom. Using my Small Blending Brushes, I added some Garden Green, Petal Pink and Calypso Coral Inks to the tall Basic White flower. I adhered the flower to the small card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals, tucking the stems behind the grass. I adhered the other die cut pieces to the card front using small amounts of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. On as strip of Basic White, I stamped the sentiment from the Timeless Arrangements stamp set in Boho Blue Ink. I cut the sentiment out using the Something Fancy Dies. I adhered the small card base to the larger card base using Tear & Tape on the front section and Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back section. I adhered the sentiment to the top of the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Ombre Matte Decorative Dots to the car front and a couple Brushed Brass Butterflies near the flowers.

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Here is the view from the top so you can see how it should look.

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On the inside, I stamped the sentiment from the Timeless Arrangements stamp set in Boho Blue Ink on a panel of Basic White. I stamped the flower and leafy images from the Timeless Charm stamp set on the other Basic White panel in Tuxedo Black Ink and Boho Blue Ink. I colored the flower and leafy images using Boho Blue, Petal Pink and Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered the Basic White panel to Boho Blue mats then to the small Petal Pink card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the flower and leafy images from the Timeless Charm stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink on the Envelope front. I colored the images using Boho Blue, Petal Pink and Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adhered a panel of Garden Walk DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   4G2N3MDT

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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You can start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons today, August 1 – August 31st. Redeem 1 coupon code or all your codes on an order.

Ordering Deadlines

Redemption Period: August1– August 31, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (MT)

  • There is no limit to the number of coupon codes participants can redeem on an order during the redemption period. If using multiple codes, they must be separated by a space.
  • Coupons may be redeemed one time only.
  • Coupon codes may be redeemed for any product (excluding Starter Kits, demonstrator supply items, and Paper Pumpkin month-to-month subscriptions).
  • New prepaid Paper Pumpkin codes may be discounted using Bonus Days coupon codes.

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Sales Tax Holiday Going On!!!

Thirteen states are having Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays this year and some Stampin’ Up! items qualify for the tax break in those states!

The states with upcoming tax holidays are:  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.  So, if you live in one of those states, take a second to download the spreadsheet Click Here and mark your calendar! The last one is New Jersey starting on August 26th.

Please note that you must place your order with Stampin’ Up! during the tax holiday period in your state in order to receive these items tax-free (which is midnight on the first day to midnight on the last day of the tax holiday).  Also, keep in mind that this is a state sales tax holiday; the state statute may not apply to county, city, and special jurisdiction taxes.

For those wondering about Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, and Wisconsin, those states have suspended the sales tax holiday again this year.

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September-December 2023 Mini Catalog Paper Shares Ordering Is Open

Do you want all of the gorgeous new designer papers in the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2023 Mini Catalog but can’t afford everything?  I’m doing a 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! September-December 2023 Minil Catalog.  If you were to purchase all of the DSP in the new Annual Catalog, it would cost you over $170.00 plus shipping.

New Designer Series Paper Share – $30.00 plus $8.50 for Priority Mail Shipping

I’m offering a Designer Series Paper share from the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2023 Mini Catalog and I’d love to have you join!!  I’m placing my share order early on September 6th and I’m going to use the expedited shipping option so I should be able to have the shares cut, bundled and back out to you during the week of September 11th.

How my shares work:  I order full packs of all of the Designer Series Papers listed below, I cut them into 6″ x 6″ pieces (or 6″ x 12″ pieces for double shares) and give you one panel of each design from each pack on the list.  I pack up the paper in a cellophane bag with labels listing the NameItem # and Colors in the pack and mail it back out to you just as quickly as I can!  Shares give you a good working sample of all of the papers so that you can decide which ones to order in full packs!

Here are the Designer Series Paper Shares that I am offering from the new Mini Catalog!

New Designer Series Paper Share – $30.00 plus $8.50 for Priority Mail shipping

You will receive one 6×6 sheet of each design from the following DSP packs (the number after the name indicates how many 6×6 sheets of that paper pack you will receive):

  • A Walk In The Forest – 6
  • All About Autumn 6″ X 6″ – 12
  • Beary Christmas – 6
  • Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets – 2
  • Garden Walk 6″ X 6″ – 8
  • Glow-In-The Dark 6″ X 6″ Specialty Paper – 1
  • Joy Of Christmas – 6
  • Joyful Specialty Paper – 4
  • Merry Bold & Bright – 6
  • O Holy Night – 6
  • Oxidized Copper Specialty Paper – 2
  • Shining Brightly Specialty Paper – 6
  • Snowflake Magic Specialty Paper – 3
  • Them Bones – 6
  • Winter Meadow – 6

In all, you’ll receive 80 – 6” x 6” sheets of designer or specialty paper!

Double DSP Share – $60 + $8.50 Shipping by Priority Mail – if you’d like double shares of the designer paper, I’m offering those too!  I’ll cut the 12″ x 12″ designer paper sheets into 6″ × 12″ so that you’ll be able to get 3 full A2 size card fronts from each sheet and you’ll get double sheets of the 6″ x 6″ since they’re already precut.

Anyone is welcome to join in my share (please note, I can only ship to addresses within the US).  If you’d like to join, email the following information to creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com

  • Your first and last name
  • The email address that is connected to your PayPal account. I only accept PayPal for payment.  ***You do not need to have a PayPal account to pay the invoice, you can choose to pay by credit card without having a PayPal account.

Deadline to sign up for my share is Monday, September 4th at 5:00 PM ET.

Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

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With Love & Gratitude

Subscribe August 11 – September 10

Express your love and gratitude in elegant style with the September Paper Pumpkin Kit inspired by Shelli! This kit includes eight treat packages (you can also use for small gifts) and eight miniature note cards with matching envelopes and specialty gold foil embellishments. Whether you’re needing a hostess gift, a sweet surprise for dinner guests, or have another reason to give love and thanks, this kit has you covered.

The With Love & Gratitude Paper Pumpkin Kit offers the perfect way to give thanks to the special people in your life. The kit design is an elegant representation of the blessings of autumn and the gratitude that comes along with the season. The combination of graceful pumpkin designs and elegant colors, plus specialty gold foil embellishments make this kit a stand-out offering with Shelli written all over it! Subscribe by 10 September to get your kit full of iconic autumn images, love, and gratitude!

What’s better than a box full of crafts you can use to express your love and gratitude? How about the kit packaged in a custom, matching box that’s just as beautiful? The With Love & Gratitude comes with a custom box you can use to store all kinds of things: your finished treat packages and cards, crafting supplies, or you can fill it individual notes with all the reasons you have to be grateful—write each one down and fill up the box, then pull out a note of inspiration whenever you it!

This kit includes:

  • 8 treat packages
  • 8 note cards
  • 8 coordinating envelopes
  • 1 photopolymer stamp set
  • 1 Lost Lagoon Ink Stampin’ Spot
  • Specialty gold foil, precut embellishments
  • Adhesives
  • Finished treat packaging: 3-1/2″ x 5″ x 2″ (8.9 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm)
  • Final card size: 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (8.9 x 8.9 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Copper Clay, Crumb Cake, gold foil, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path

Subscribe to the September Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 August and 10 September by clicking here!

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

Plus, don’t miss the Thoughts of Thanks Journal! It matches both the design and intent of the kit, giving you an even more personal way to document and express your gratitude. It’s available as an add-on, but only while supplies last!

ADD-ON DETAILS

Thoughts of Thanks Journal
Available starting: 11 August, while supplies last

Price: $15.00 USD | $21.00 CAD

Item number: 163270

This add-on includes:

  • 8″ x 10″ (20.3 x 25.4 cm) journal
  • 2 specialty gold foil sticker sheets
  • Gold-clip page marker

Available for purchase separately on the online store starting 11 August, while supplies last.

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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Card stock cuts for this project:

  • Basic White Cardstock 2″ X 4″(die cuts), 1″ X 3″ (sentiment), 2 – 1 7/8″ X 3 1/2″ (inner liners)
  • Boho Blue Cardstock 2″ X 5 3/8″ (front panel mat), 1 7/8″ X 3 5/8″ (small front panel mat), 2 – 2″ x 3 5/8″(inner liner mats), 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (back panel mat)
  • Calypso Coral Cardstock 1 3/4″ X 3″ (die cut)
  • Garden Green Cardstock 1 1/2″ X 5″ (grass)
  • Petal Pink Cardstock 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2′ (card base scored & folded at 2 1/8″ & 4 1/4″), 3 3/4″ X 6 1/4″ (small card base scored & folded at 2 1/8″ & 4 1/4″)
  • Garden Walk 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper (1 7/8″ X 5 1/4″ (front panel), 1 3/4″
    X 3 1/2″ (small front panel), 4″ X 5 1/4″ (back panel), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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Stampin’ Up! Autumn Leaves for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’ll be working tomorrow, and Sunday I’ll be attending our monthly team meeting which I always look forward to.

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! All About Autumn Suite Collection for my card today. This suite will be available starting Sept 6th from the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. I think this is one of the most beautiful suites from the new catalog and I hope you have this on your shopping/wish list.

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I started by scoring the 2 card bases as stated below. The 2 – 1 1/2″ score lines get folded as mountain folds and the other score lines get folded as valley folds. Keeping the two 1 1/2″ sections on the outside, fold the 4 5/8″ scored sections so the flaps are on top. Adhere the 3 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ panel to the 2 flaps. (This part was hard to explain, you might want to watch the video for this). Adhered panels of All About Autumn 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper to coordinating Pretty Peacock mat using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the layered panels to the coordinating sections of the card bases using Multipurpose Liquid Glue, all except the center section.

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This is the top view of how the card base should look

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Using the Autumn Leaves Dies, I cut 2 of the maple leaves from panels of Cajun Craze and Pretty cardstock, I cut the oak leaf from a panel of Moody Mauve cardstock and the double elm leaf from a panel of Old Olive cardstock. I embossed all the leaves using the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. I cut the maple leaf veins from panels of Oxide Copper Specialty Designer Series Paper using the Autumn Leaves Dies. I cut the oak and elm leaf veins from panels of All About Autumn DSP using the Autumn Leaves Dies. I adhered the veins to the leaves.

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I tied a bow around a piece of the Natural 1″ Ribbon using the 1/4″ Metallic Copper Ribbon, both from the Copper & Natural Ribbon Combo Pack. I frayed both ends of the ribbon by pulling on a loose string. I adhered the ribbon to the card front panel using Stampin’ Seal. I arranged the leaves how I wanted them and adhered them using Stampin’ Dimensionals and Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I trimmed any excess frayed ribbon. I adhered the card front to the Moody Mauve card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Autumn Leaves Photopolymer Stamp Set in Versamark Ink on a panel of Very Vanilla. I sprinkled it with Copper Embossing Powder and set it using the Heat Tool. I cut the sentiment out using the Autumn Leaves Dies. I adhered the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots to the card front.

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On the back, I stamped the elm leaf vein image from the Autumn Leaves stamp set in Old Olive Ink between the 2 Very Vanilla back panels. I stamped the solid elm leaf image from the Autumn Leaves stamp set in Old Olive Ink, stamping off once on scrap paper, over the vein image. I adhered 2 strips of All About Autumn DSP to the bottom of the panels. I adhered the Very Vanilla panels to Pretty Peacock mats then to the back section of the Moody Mauve card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope. I stamped the maple leaf vein image from the Autumn Leaves stamp set in Pretty Peacock and Cajun Craze Inks on the envelope front. I stamped the maple leaf image from the Autumn Leaves stamp set in Pretty Peacock and Cajun Craze Inks, stamping off once on scrap paper, over the veins. I adhered a panel of All About Autumn DSP to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. 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:   4G2N3MDT

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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You can start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons today, August 1 – August 31st. Redeem 1 coupon code or all your codes on an order.

Ordering Deadlines

Redemption Period: August1– August 31, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (MT)

  • There is no limit to the number of coupon codes participants can redeem on an order during the redemption period. If using multiple codes, they must be separated by a space.
  • Coupons may be redeemed one time only.
  • Coupon codes may be redeemed for any product (excluding Starter Kits, demonstrator supply items, and Paper Pumpkin month-to-month subscriptions).
  • New prepaid Paper Pumpkin codes may be discounted using Bonus Days coupon codes.

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Sales Tax Holiday Going On!!!

Thirteen states are having Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays this year and some Stampin’ Up! items qualify for the tax break in those states!

The states with upcoming tax holidays are:  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.  So, if you live in one of those states, take a second to download the spreadsheet Click Here and mark your calendar! Texas starts today, Friday August 11 and Massachusetts starts on Saturday August 12.

Please note that you must place your order with Stampin’ Up! during the tax holiday period in your state in order to receive these items tax-free (which is midnight on the first day to midnight on the last day of the tax holiday).  Also, keep in mind that this is a state sales tax holiday; the state statute may not apply to county, city, and special jurisdiction taxes.

For those wondering about Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, and Wisconsin, those states have suspended the sales tax holiday again this year.

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September-December 2023 Mini Catalog Paper Shares Ordering Is Open

Do you want all of the gorgeous new designer papers in the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2023 Mini Catalog but can’t afford everything?  I’m doing a 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! September-December 2023 Minil Catalog.  If you were to purchase all of the DSP in the new Annual Catalog, it would cost you over $170.00 plus shipping.

New Designer Series Paper Share – $30.00 plus $8.50 for Priority Mail Shipping

I’m offering a Designer Series Paper share from the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2023 Mini Catalog and I’d love to have you join!!  I’m placing my share order early on September 6th and I’m going to use the expedited shipping option so I should be able to have the shares cut, bundled and back out to you during the week of September 11th.

How my shares work:  I order full packs of all of the Designer Series Papers listed below, I cut them into 6″ x 6″ pieces (or 6″ x 12″ pieces for double shares) and give you one panel of each design from each pack on the list.  I pack up the paper in a cellophane bag with labels listing the NameItem # and Colors in the pack and mail it back out to you just as quickly as I can!  Shares give you a good working sample of all of the papers so that you can decide which ones to order in full packs!

Here are the Designer Series Paper Shares that I am offering from the new Mini Catalog!

New Designer Series Paper Share – $30.00 plus $8.50 for Priority Mail shipping

You will receive one 6×6 sheet of each design from the following DSP packs (the number after the name indicates how many 6×6 sheets of that paper pack you will receive):

  • A Walk In The Forest – 6
  • All About Autumn 6″ X 6″ – 12
  • Beary Christmas – 6
  • Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets – 2
  • Garden Walk 6″ X 6″ – 8
  • Glow-In-The Dark 6″ X 6″ Specialty Paper – 1
  • Joy Of Christmas – 6
  • Joyful Specialty Paper – 4
  • Merry Bold & Bright – 6
  • O Holy Night – 6
  • Oxidized Copper Specialty Paper – 2
  • Shining Brightly Specialty Paper – 6
  • Snowflake Magic Specialty Paper – 3
  • Them Bones – 6
  • Winter Meadow – 6

In all, you’ll receive 80 – 6” x 6” sheets of designer or specialty paper!

Double DSP Share – $60 + $8.50 Shipping by Priority Mail – if you’d like double shares of the designer paper, I’m offering those too!  I’ll cut the 12″ x 12″ designer paper sheets into 6″ × 12″ so that you’ll be able to get 3 full A2 size card fronts from each sheet and you’ll get double sheets of the 6″ x 6″ since they’re already precut.

Anyone is welcome to join in my share (please note, I can only ship to addresses within the US).  If you’d like to join, email the following information to creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com

  • Your first and last name
  • The email address that is connected to your PayPal account. I only accept PayPal for payment.  ***You do not need to have a PayPal account to pay the invoice, you can choose to pay by credit card without having a PayPal account.

Deadline to sign up for my share is Monday, September 4th at 5:00 PM ET.

Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

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With Love & Gratitude

Subscribe August11 – September 10

Express your love and gratitude in elegant style with the September Paper Pumpkin Kit inspired by Shelli! This kit includes eight treat packages (you can also use for small gifts) and eight miniature note cards with matching envelopes and specialty gold foil embellishments. Whether you’re needing a hostess gift, a sweet surprise for dinner guests, or have another reason to give love and thanks, this kit has you covered.

The With Love & Gratitude Paper Pumpkin Kit offers the perfect way to give thanks to the special people in your life. The kit design is an elegant representation of the blessings of autumn and the gratitude that comes along with the season. The combination of graceful pumpkin designs and elegant colors, plus specialty gold foil embellishments make this kit a stand-out offering with Shelli written all over it! Subscribe by 10 September to get your kit full of iconic autumn images, love, and gratitude!

What’s better than a box full of crafts you can use to express your love and gratitude? How about the kit packaged in a custom, matching box that’s just as beautiful? The With Love & Gratitude comes with a custom box you can use to store all kinds of things: your finished treat packages and cards, crafting supplies, or you can fill it individual notes with all the reasons you have to be grateful—write each one down and fill up the box, then pull out a note of inspiration whenever you it!

This kit includes:

  • 8 treat packages
  • 8 note cards
  • 8 coordinating envelopes
  • 1 photopolymer stamp set
  • 1 Lost Lagoon Ink Stampin’ Spot
  • Specialty gold foil, precut embellishments
  • Adhesives
  • Finished treat packaging: 3-1/2″ x 5″ x 2″ (8.9 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm)
  • Final card size: 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (8.9 x 8.9 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Copper Clay, Crumb Cake, gold foil, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path

Subscribe to the September Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 August and 10 September by clicking here!

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

Plus, don’t miss the Thoughts of Thanks Journal! It matches both the design and intent of the kit, giving you an even more personal way to document and express your gratitude. It’s available as an add-on, but only while supplies last!

ADD-ON DETAILS

Thoughts of Thanks Journal
Available starting: 11 August, while supplies last

Price: $15.00 USD | $21.00 CAD

Item number: 163270

This add-on includes:

  • 8″ x 10″ (20.3 x 25.4 cm) journal
  • 2 specialty gold foil sticker sheets
  • Gold-clip page marker

Available for purchase separately on the online store starting 11 August, while supplies last.

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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Card stock cuts for this project:

  • Cajun Craze Cardstock 3″ X 3″ (leaf)
  • Moody Mauve Cardstock 2 – 5 1/2″ X 6 1/4″ (card bases both scored @ 1 1/2″, 2 3/4″ & 4 5/8″), 3 1/2″ X X 5 1/2″ (card front pop-up), 2″ X 3″ (leaf)
  • Old Olive Cardstock 2″ X 2″ (leaf)
  • Pretty Peacock Cardstock 2 – 1 3/8″ X 5 3/8″, 2 – 1 1/8″ X 5 3/8″, 3 3/8″ X 5 3/8″ (card base dsp mats), 3″ X 3″ (leaf), 2 – 1 3/4″ X 5 3/8″ (back panel mats)
  • Very Vanilla Cardstock 2″ X 3″ (sentiment), 2 – 1 5/8″ X 5 1/4″ (card back panels)
  • All About Autumn 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper 2 – 1 1/4″ X 5 1/4″, 2 – 1″ x 5 1/4″, 3 1/4″ X 5 1/4″ (card front panels), 2 – 1/2″ x 1 5/8″ (back panel strips), 1 1/2″ X 3″ & 2″ X 2″ (leaf veins), 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
  • Oxidized Copper Specialty Designer Series Paper 2 – 3″ X 3″ (leaf veins)

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Stampin’ Up! So Very Merry for Fun Fold Friday

Good Friday morning stamping friends and welcome to my Fun Fold Friday. How was everyone’s week? I hope you are ready for the weekend. I’ll be working tomorrow and we’re expecting it to be busy. We’re having our annual bucket sale. Customers come in and purchase a 5gal bucket for $5 where all the money goes to the Children’s Miracle Network. They walk around and do their shopping, filling the bucket with what they want/need. When they come up to check out, they get 20% off just about everything in the bucket. There are always some exclusions. It’s usually a very busy day which will make the day go super-fast..

Today’s card I made on YouTube Live on Wednesday. If you were able to join me or watched the replay, thank you. If you’d like to watch my video and stamp along, the measurements are below along with the link to my YouTube channel. Here is my card for today.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Do Very Merry Photopolymer Stamp Set along with the One Horse Open Sleigh 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper, Stylish Shapes Dies, 2 3/8″ Circle Punch and Banner Pick A Punch for my card today.

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I started by adhering a panel of One-Horse Open Sleigh DSP to a Real Red mat using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the layered panel to a Pool Party card bae using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I folded the small card base in half and adhered it to the large card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered a panel of One-Horse Open Sleigh DSP to the small card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

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On a panel of Basic White, I stamped the Santa-stained glass image from the So Very Merry stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the image using Crumb Cake, Ivory, Pool Party and Real Red Stampin’ Blends Markers. I cut the image out using the 2 38″ Circle Punch. From a panel of Pool Party cardstock, I cut the 2nd largest circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. I adhered the Santa image using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I adhered the layered artwork to the small card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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On a strip of Basic White, I stamped the top part of the sentiment from So Very Merry stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink. I used a piece of Post-It Note Tape to block off the bottom portion of the sentiment. I used the Banner Pick A Punch to cut the one end of the sentiment. I adhered the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added a few Festive Pearls to the card front.

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On the inside, I stamped the bottom portion of the sentiment from So Very Merry stamp set in Tuxedo Black Ink. To get just the bottom, I used the Post-It-Note Tape to block off the top when inking the stamp. I stamped the stained-glass bells image from the So Very Merry stamp set on the top of the panel in Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the image using Real Red and Wild Wheat Stampin’ Blends Markers. I adherd a strip of One-Horse Open Sleigh DSP to the bottom of the panel. I adhered the Basic White panel to a Real Red mat and then to the inside of the Pool party card base.

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To finish my card, I decorated a Basic White Medium Envelope. I stamped the stained-glass bells image from the So Very Merry stamp ser in Tuxedo Black Ink on the top of the envelope front. I colored the image using Real Red and Wild Wheat Stampin’ blends Markers. I adhered a strip of One-Horse Open Sleigh DSP to the bottom of the envelope front and a panel to the envelope flap.

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Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you liked my card and will give it a try. I hope you will CASE this card and please feel free to post it in the comments of my Facebook page under my post. I’d love to see your take on the card. The list of measurements are below if you’d like to stamp along while watching the video. You can watch my video on my YouTube Channel Here.

If you watch this on my YouTube channel, please remember to subscribe so that you will get notified when a new video goes live. Thank you to those that have subscribed already. Happy Stamping!!

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:   4G2N3MDT

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 2023-2024 Annual 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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You can start redeeming your Bonus Days Coupons today, August 1 – August 31st. Redeem 1 coupon code or all your codes on an order.

Ordering Deadlines

Redemption Period: August1– August 31, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (MT)

  • There is no limit to the number of coupon codes participants can redeem on an order during the redemption period. If using multiple codes, they must be separated by a space.
  • Coupons may be redeemed one time only.
  • Coupon codes may be redeemed for any product (excluding Starter Kits, demonstrator supply items, and Paper Pumpkin month-to-month subscriptions).
  • New prepaid Paper Pumpkin codes may be discounted using Bonus Days coupon codes.

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Festive Tags Kit Now Available

’Tis the season to start your holiday crafting! It’s so simple with this all-inclusive kit. Adhere the die cuts and embellishments, then tie the tag to a gift with a twine bow. You’ll have handmade tags in minutes!

The Festive Tags Kit includes:

  • Predesigned projects
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Precut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
  • Makes 15 tags: 3 each of 5 designs
  • Size range: 1-1/2″ x 2″–2-1/2″ x 3″
  • Enough adhesive to complete projects
  • Die cut stickers and accents
  • Peel-and-stick gold dots
  • Baker’s twine
  • A 9-7/8″ x 6-1/2″ x 2-3/4″  printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go
  • Product colors: Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Real Red
  • Item number:  162485
  • Kit Price:  $13.00  $11.70 (on sale!!)

Check out everything comes in the kit!

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Kits Collection Up To 30% Off Starting Tuesday Today August 1 – 31

If you are new to stamping and don’t know where to start or if you are even going to like it, the Kits Collections is a perfect place to start. These all-inclusive kits are the perfect solution to get your feet wet. What better time to try it than when they are on sale. Click Here to head over to the Kits Collection in the online store to see all of the kits that are available now!  And get your orders placed early in August, the Kits Collection kits are available while supplies last!

You can save up to 30% on amazing kits from the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! This is a limited time offer you won’t want to miss.

Kits Collection Sale Details:

  • Sales Period: August 1-31
  • Ordering Deadline:  August 31, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (MT)
  • The sale only applies to the Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! (it does not include Paper Pumpkin kits).
  • There is no limit to how many kits may be purchased.
  • The kits will be up to 30% off, sale prices will be reflected in the online store.
  • No discount code necessary—the discount will be applied automatically.

Head over to my online store during August and pick up some of those awesome kits at a great deal!

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Sales Tax Holiday Going On!!!

Thirteen states are having Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays this year and some Stampin’ Up! items qualify for the tax break in those states!

The states with upcoming tax holidays are:  Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.  So, if you live in one of those states, take a second to download the spreadsheet Click Here and mark your calendar! Florida is still going on now. Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia start today, Friday August 4th. Arkansas starts on Saturday August 5th.

Please note that you must place your order with Stampin’ Up! during the tax holiday period in your state in order to receive these items tax-free (which is midnight on the first day to midnight on the last day of the tax holiday).  Also, keep in mind that this is a state sales tax holiday; the state statute may not apply to county, city, and special jurisdiction taxes.

For those wondering about Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, and Wisconsin, those states have suspended the sales tax holiday again this year.

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September-December 2023 Mini Catalog Paper Shares Ordering Is Open

Do you want all of the gorgeous new designer papers in the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2023 Mini Catalog but can’t afford everything?  I’m doing a 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! September-December 2023 Minil Catalog.  If you were to purchase all of the DSP in the new Annual Catalog, it would cost you over $170.00 plus shipping.

New Designer Series Paper Share – $30.00 plus $8.50 for Priority Mail Shipping

I’m offering a Designer Series Paper share from the Stampin’ Up! September-December 2023 Mini Catalog and I’d love to have you join!!  I’m placing my share order early on September 6th and I’m going to use the expedited shipping option so I should be able to have the shares cut, bundled and back out to you during the week of September 11th.

How my shares work:  I order full packs of all of the Designer Series Papers listed below, I cut them into 6″ x 6″ pieces (or 6″ x 12″ pieces for double shares) and give you one panel of each design from each pack on the list.  I pack up the paper in a cellophane bag with labels listing the NameItem # and Colors in the pack and mail it back out to you just as quickly as I can!  Shares give you a good working sample of all of the papers so that you can decide which ones to order in full packs!

Here are the Designer Series Paper Shares that I am offering from the new Mini Catalog!

New Designer Series Paper Share – $30.00 plus $8.50 for Priority Mail shipping

You will receive one 6×6 sheet of each design from the following DSP packs (the number after the name indicates how many 6×6 sheets of that paper pack you will receive):

  • A Walk In The Forest – 6
  • All About Autumn 6″ X 6″ – 12
  • Beary Christmas – 6
  • Melon Mambo & Granny Apple Green Foil Sheets – 2
  • Garden Walk 6″ X 6″ – 8
  • Glow-In-The Dark 6″ X 6″ Specialty Paper – 1
  • Joy Of Christmas – 6
  • Joyful Specialty Paper – 4
  • Merry Bold & Bright – 6
  • O Holy Night – 6
  • Oxidized Copper Specialty Paper – 2
  • Shining Brightly Specialty Paper – 6
  • Snowflake Magic Specialty Paper – 3
  • Them Bones – 6
  • Winter Meadow – 6

In all, you’ll receive 80 – 6” x 6” sheets of designer or specialty paper!

Double DSP Share – $60 + $8.50 Shipping by Priority Mail – if you’d like double shares of the designer paper, I’m offering those too!  I’ll cut the 12″ x 12″ designer paper sheets into 6″ × 12″ so that you’ll be able to get 3 full A2 size card fronts from each sheet and you’ll get double sheets of the 6″ x 6″ since they’re already precut.

Anyone is welcome to join in my share (please note, I can only ship to addresses within the US).  If you’d like to join, email the following information to creativestampingdesigns@gmail.com

  • Your first and last name
  • The email address that is connected to your PayPal account. I only accept PayPal for payment.  ***You do not need to have a PayPal account to pay the invoice, you can choose to pay by credit card without having a PayPal account.

Deadline to sign up for my share is Monday, September 4th at 5:00 PM ET.

Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

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Meaningful Flowers

Subscribe Julu 11 – August 10

Discover messages of friendship and loyalty in the flowers from the August Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes 8 cards, 4 each of 2 designs, and 8 coordinating envelopes. The kit is special because of the way it uses the meaning of flowers. On each card, you’ll find a small inscription of what the flowers represent. As you craft with the included vellum and watercolor paper pieces, you’ll know you’re sending a message of encouragement and loyalty to your recipients. The Meaningful Flowers Paper Pumpkin Kit is full of florals that are meant to spread hope, encouragement, and remind you of your favorite memories. The kit focuses specifically on forget-me-nots and lotuses. Their meaning is enscripted on the back of each card. Subscribe by 10 August to send beautiful paper crafts with thoughtful messages to those you love. 

And don’t wait, because anyone who subscribes to this month’s kit will get a FREE stamp set! This Distinktive stamp set is perfect for a variety of occasions! 

This kit includes:

  • 8 cards; 4 each of 2 designs
  • 8 coordinating envelopes
  • 1 photopolymer stamp set
  • 1 Pretty Peacock Ink Spot
  • Linen thread
  • Vellum and precut paper pieces
  • FREE Distinktive stamp set
  • Adhesives
  • Final card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Bubble Bath, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Misty Moonlight, Orchid Oasis, Pretty Peacock, Tahitian Tide

Subscribe to the August Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 July and 10 August 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 3″ X 3″ (artwork), 1/2″ X 2 3/4″ (sentiment), 3″ X 4″ (inner liner)
  • Pool Party Cardstock 4 1/4″ X 5 1/2″ (card base), 3 1/4″ X 8 1/2″ (small card base scored & folded at 4 1/4″), 3″ X 3″ (artwork mat)
  • Real Red Cardstock 4 1/8″ X 5 3/8″ (large card front mat), 3 1/8″ X 4 1/8″ (inner liner mat)
  • One Horse Open Sleigh 6 X 6 Designer Series Paper 4″ X 5 1/4″ (large card front), 3 1/8″ X 4 1/8″ (small card front), 1/2″ X 3″ (inner liner), 2 1/4″ X 6″ (envelope flap)

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