Card Making Ideas
Easy Pop-Up Merriest Tree Card
I began a class last week which featured a pop-up card like this, and right away I saw myself using the Merriest Trees dies to recreate it! Plus, the design was simple and so impressive. I knew it would be perfect for my next Quick Class. Some of the great features of...
Thanksgiving is for Gratitude
Thanks for hopping by for the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop where our theme this month is gratitude. With Thanksgiving coming up, now is a great time to focus on being thankful. I know I make a LOT of thank you cards all year long, but I really do try to focus on gratitude...
Humble Home Christmas Card
So after creating cards using the templates from the annual catalog, I decided to continue on with the theme by turning to the templates on page 16 of the September-December (SD) 2024 catalog. However, there are 20 templates on the page but only about 12 weeks left of...
Nests of Winter with Template #22
I can't believe this is the final template from page 22 of the Stampin' Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog! I had to use the Nests of Winter suite to round out the finale as it is really versatile and needs to be highlighted! Here's the template: The suite has a number of...
Pretty in Pink for the Holidays
I know that Pretty in Pink, or any pink, is unusual for a holiday or Christmas card, but every year I seem to find myself using it at least once! This time, I saw a card from Mary Fish which used Pretty in Pink DSP along with the ice skates from the Sophisticated Sled...
Seasonal Cards with Template #20
Template #20 is such a simple template that I couldn't decide what type of seasonal card to feature, so I chose a few! I find I can never have enough seasonal cards, and with all the amazing selections available from Stampin' Up!, I shouldn't have to settle. Here's...
Sweet Countryside Inn Sampler for Template #19
The Countryside Inn DSP has been around for a while, and I just never tire of it! I was playing with it recently and when I saw Template #19 on page 22 of the Stampin' Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, I knew it would be perfect to use with it. I have been tackling each...
Adorable Halloween Treats for Stampers Dozen October Blog Hop
The theme for this month's blog hop is to use traditional Halloween colors - Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black and Gorgeous Grape - and what better way than to make treats! It just so happens that my children's librarian friend is looking for ideas for treats for her...
Splendid Autumn DSP with Template #18
The fabulous Splendid Autumn DSP (designer series paper) has 12 different scenic designs, and there are some surprising colors within. When I saw this lovely scene with purple flowers, I thought "how unexpected for Autumn!" yet gorgeous. In my Quick Class today, I...
Adorable Lily Pond Lane with Template #17
Earlier this month as summer was ending, I borrowed the Charming Duck Pond bundle from the Lily Pond Lane suite from a friend to use in class (thanks Sharon!). This wasn't a suite that appealed to me - I mean, it's cute and all, but one can't own everything! In class,...
Basic Template for a Wealth of Cards
Gotta love an easy template for a batch of cards! Check out Template #16 from page 22 of the 2024-2025 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog: I used this template to create 2 cards in my Quick Class this afternoon. Check it out here to see how easy it is!...
Slip into Fall with Stampers Dozen Blog Hop
Let's slip into fall together with the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop! I just love the colors of fall with the changing leaves, halloween decorations and crisp blue skies. The Stampin' Up! Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper (DSP) captures a lot of these colors with...
Brand-new Halloween Spells Scrapbooking Kit and a Fun Technique!
Stampin' Up! has a new scrapbooking line and it's not just for scrapbooking! The Halloween Spells DSP and stickers make quick and easy cards and I just can't stop because it is so much fun. ***Check out the new scrapbooking online catalog here*** Here you can see the...
Splendid Autumn DSP for Another Template
With today's launch of the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog, the Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper (DSP) is the first item I will be using as it heralds the upcoming Fall season. Stampin' Up! has been including a scenic set of DSP in every catalog because the...
Scrapbooking is BACK at Stampin’ Up!
We are so very excited to announce the return of scrapbooking supplies to the Stampin' Up! line-up! With the “absorption” of Close to My Heart (CTMH – a now-defunct scrapbooking company, once our competitor), we are bringing in a whole lot of new options. And since...
Summer Splash & Pretty in Pink for End-of-Summer Card
This being the final "official" week of summer, I just had to reach for my aptly named Summer Splash cardstock. It's one of the 2024-2026 In Colors and my current favorite. However, I hardly use it! That changed today. For my Quick Class Live, I was featuring the...
Adventurous Sky for Template #12 & A Fun-Fold
We are up to Template #12 in the Stampin' Up! template line-up, and the Adventurous Sky bundle was screaming at me to be used for this one! When I see a giant circle, to me that says focal point. And what better focal point than the amazing airplanes included in the...
Fabulous Holiday DSP Sneak Peek & Template #11
In my Quick Class Live this week, I featured a huge sneak peek for the upcoming holiday DSP! I made the card shown here and then went through every sheet of designer series paper found in the Stampin' Up! September-December Mini Catalog. Check it out here:...
Cool Friendly Fins Summer Card for Stampers Dozen Blog Hop
What better than an underwater Friendly Fins summer scene for a summery blog hop? This adorable stamp/die bundle makes it amazingly easy to create! First, the watery feel of the background was created with the So Swirly embossing folder. This giant folder allows you...
Upcoming Mini Catalog Paper Share – Order Today
In just a few weeks, you'll be able to shop for brand-new paper crafting products from Stampin' Up!'s September-December 2024 Mini Catalog. The catalog goes live Wednesday, September 4. It's filled with brand-new paper crafting products for fall, winter, Thanksgiving,...
Thoughtful Journey DSP for Template 10
So Template 10 on page 22 of the Stampin' Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog calls for a full-front image, and my go-to for this is always the Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper (DSP). The natural, free-flowing flower and field scenes are stunning as focal points. And...
Template 9 with a Special Twist
I'm up to Template 9 on page 22 in the Stampin' Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog! Today I featured this template in my Quick Class Live on YouTube and Facebook. You can watch it below: https://youtube.com/live/3mbSZiFsKD0 In addition to using the template with paper...
8 Easy Card Templates to the Rescue!
Did you know that there are 22 card templates on page 22 of the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog? I've been working my way through them during my weekly Quick Class Lives and I thought I'd share them with you here. I have linked to them below. I've gotten through 8 so far!...
Sophisticated Sled for Stampers’ Dozen Blog Hop
The Sophisticated Sled bundle is one of the recently added Online Exclusive items, just in time for Christmas in July! This bundle includes a winter-themed stamp set and coordinating die cuts. Stamp your image and quickly cut it out. Or, several of the dies cut out...
A Little Latte with Template #6
The Stampin' Up! Little Latte Suite Collection is part of our Online Exclusives collection, available only in the online store. Because today marks the launch of a bunch of new Online Exclusive items, I thought I would use an Online Exclusive for my weekly Template...
Flowers of Beauty with Unbounded Love Scraps for an Easy, Beautiful Card
The Flowers of Beauty bundle has so many options for fabulous floral accents and focal points, and this card makes excellent use of one of them. This particular template or sketch is making the rounds on social media, mostly because of it's great use of Designer...
Friendly Fins Card to Kick off Summer
When I saw the Friendly Fins Bundle in the catalog, I knew it had to be part of my collection! I love anything revolving around water and I knew these adorable stamps and dies would create many aquatic scenes. And while I tend to avoid "scene" cards, the amazing coral...
Beautiful In Colors for the June Stampers Dozen Blog Hop
The 2024-2026 In Colors from Stampin' Up! are bright and beautiful, and they work together beautifully! This isn't always the case, but it makes me so happy when they do. Given that the theme to our blog hop is In Colors, this card allowed me to use all of them at...
Fabulous Fathers Day Card with Adventurous Sky Plane
The Adventurous Sky bundle has all you need to create super-impressive masculine cards! As soon as I saw it in the Stampin' Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, I knew it would become my favorite bundle with which to create cards and scrapbook pages for the many men in my...
Cap & Gown Stamp Set to Celebrate your Favorite Grad
Celebrate the hard work and achievement of graduates with a handmade card! The Cap & Gown Stamp Set features stamps that can be combined or used separately on paper projects, cards, gift tags, and more to wish happy graduation to nephews, nieces, grandchildren,...
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