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Holiday Mini Catalog · Holidays

Let’s Celebrate

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Happy Monday, everyone! Can you believe we’re halfway through August already?! Me either! But that means, we’re just a few short weeks away from the launch of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. And trust me when I say you’re gonna love it!

This week, we’re starting a new design series. We’re going to be looking at our holiday products from a different angle, taking them beyond the holidays into the everyday.

And today, we’re starting with the new Nests of Winter designer paper. We’re using the detailed bird patterned paper to create a celebratory card. While it’s a little wintery, the design doesn’t feel like a holiday card. This card would be perfect for a winter birthday, promotion, retirement, or graduation.

We get started with a base of Night of Navy cardstock. Our focal panel backdrop consists of a narrow panel of Night of Navy embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder and two mats — white glimmer paper and textured gold specialty paper. The cluster of birds are diecut from the Nests of Winter designer paper using the Spotlight on Nature dies. The sentiments are stamped in navy on white cardstock using the Happy Little Things and Friends for Life stamp sets and then diecut using the Greetings of the Season banner die. I’ve tied Night of Navy & Gold sheer ribbon through the end. Our sentiment panel overlays the focal images. And the design is finished with a few gold sequins to draw the eye across the design.

Tune in tomorrow for another twist on the Nests of Winter.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Night of Navy cardstock
White glimmer, textured gold, Nests of Winter (coming soon!) DSP
Happy Little Things, Friends for Life stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Greetings of the Season dies
Snowflake Sky embossing folder
Night of Navy & Gold sheer ribbon
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Coming Soon · Holiday Mini Catalog

Christmas in the Air

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a ball digging into my box of Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog preorder goodies and sharing sneak peeks with you. One of the many perks of being a demonstrator is having the opportunity to order new items early, and I love being able to share my excitement about new products with you.

Today, we’re getting a look at a new embossing folder called Painted Trees, which is part of the larger suite that we worked with yesterday. This embossing folder is on the larger side, which is perfect for anyone who prefers making larger-sized cards. For today’s card, I kept things really simple. Let’s take a look.

We get started with a card base of Basic White cardstock. While cut to a standard size, I did orient the score line at the top of the portrait orientation. The base of our front panel is a sheet of the new Take a Bow designer paper. For our focal panel, we start with a quarter panel of Pool Party cardstock, which is cut down so that a narrow border of our base shows on all sides. I then machine embossed this panel using the Painted Trees embossing folder. I oriented the tallest tree so that it would be in the center of my panel, which gives just partial images of the smaller trees on either side. Using my sponge daubers, I went over the embossed portions with Mossy Meadow and Old Olive inks to bring out the details of each tree. I then sponged around the trees with Pool Party ink to give more depth and variation to the sky in the background. I used my water painter to flick diluted white craft ink on the panel to give the look of fluffy falling snow. Our sentiment panel is diecut from Garden Green cardstock using the Peaceful Season dies and then the sentiment from Peaceful Season is heat embossed in white. The word Christmas is diecut from white glimmer paper using the Peaceful Season die. I thread the silver & white sheer ribbon through the ends of the sentiment panel and tied a bow on one end to affix it to the card front. A few adhesive snowflakes finish things off.

I just love this embossing folder and can think of so many other sets that could be paired with it to create some really beautiful scenes. But this design is super simple and easy to replicate and is definitely going into my rotation of Christmas cards this year!

Next week, we’re going to look at our designer papers a little differently. I hope you’ll tag along as we turn patterns that may seem seasonal into designs for all occasions.

Products used in today’s card:
Basic White, Pool Party, Garden Green cardstock
White glimmer, Take a Bow (coming soon!) DSP
Peaceful Season stamps & dies (coming soon!)
Painted Trees embossing folder (coming soon!)
White embossing powder
Silver & white sheer ribbon
White snowflakes
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Botanicals

Incredible

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We’re moving right along here in our tour of the garden this week. And today, we’re keeping things simple with a focal image taken directly from the Nature’s Sweetness designer paper pack by Stampin’ Up! Did you know that SU! will often have at least one pattern in a 12×12 pack of paper that can be divided evenly into 6 card front panels? Several current packs that include a sheet like this are Nature’s Sweetness, Perennial Lavender, and Flowering Zinnias. These types of sheets are what I often refer to as one sheet wonders, where one sheet of paper creates 6 cards. I’m sure other stamps refer to these sheets by other names, but that’s how I like to think of them.

For today’s card, we get started with a base of Moody Mauve cardstock. Our background panel is a sheet of Pretty Peacock cardstock that is cut slightly smaller than our card front and is then machine embossed using the Dotted Circles embossing folder. Our focal image mat is the gold-flecked bookprint sheet from the Nature’s Sweetness paper pack that has been diecut using one of the largest circles from the Spotlight on Nature die set. I then pulled the one sheet wonder pattern sheet from the Nature’s Sweetness designer paper pack and cut one 4-inch strip and then cut the two-image panel in half in order to use one image for our card front. The image is colored using Stampin’ Blends and then cut out using paper snips before being adhered to the diecut circle. Our sentiment from Happy Little Things is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut with the Everyday Details dies using the extension method. The mat is Moody Mauve luster paper diecut with the smallest Deckled Rectangle die, also using the extension method. The sentiment is adhered over a faux bow of gold trim using dimensionals. A few shiny sequins finish things off with a little sparkle.

The beauty of these one sheet wonder patterned paper sheets is how quickly you can make a whole stack of cards without sacrificing a single bit of ooo-la-la. And speaking of ooo-la-la, you must tune in tomorrow to check out the newest installment of Sketchy Fridays.

Products used in today’s card:
Moody Mauve, Pretty Peacock, Basic White cardstock
Nature’s Sweetness, Moody Mauve luster DSP
Happy Little Things stamps
Spotlight on Nature, Deckled Rectangles, Everyday Details dies
Stampin’ Blends
Gold trim
Shiny sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Moody Mauve 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161723]
$11.50
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
2023–2025 In Color™ 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Luster Specialty Paper
[161746]
$11.00
Nature's Sweetness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162616]
$16.50
Dotted Circles 3 D Embossing Folder
[163789]
$12.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies
[159173]
$30.00
Everyday Details Dies
[162864]
$34.00
Happy Little Things Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163706]
$25.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
[101406]
$10.50
Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154903]
$11.00
Pretty In Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack
[163824]
$11.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
[154882]
$11.00
Gold & Silver 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Trim Combo Pack
[161633]
$9.00
Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins
[163484]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Botanicals

You Matter

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As we are wrapping up our final two weeks of summer before the kiddo heads back to school, we’re squeezing in lots of last-minute fun. One of things we enjoy doing every summer is going to our local bowling alley. The USBC hosts a program known as Kids Bowl Free and our local bowling alley participates. For a one-time fee, you can enroll the whole family and get 2 free games every weekday. My son has taken a particular interest in bowling and is actually quite good at it. This summer, he has added the youth bowling league to his list of regular activities and is planning to continue for the fall league. Right now, his team is about midway in the pack as far as standings so he’s working hard to improve his game. As with any sport, this is adding up to new equipment and lessons and time, but we absolutely love how much he loves it! And I can think of far worse things to spend money on!

We’re continuing our series this week called In the Garden. And today, we’re making our way through the cut flowers. One of my absolute favorite summer flowers is the zinnia. They come in so many happy colors and their blooms just keep going and going. I also love that they’re fairly hard to kill. *wink* Stampin’ Up! has a wonderful bundle of products called Flowering Zinnias that includes paper, stamps, dies, and embellishments; and today’s card features a portion of those products.

I recently saw a card by Stamp With Brenda that combined shades of red and light pink and just loved it, so that inspires our card today. We get started with a base of Poppy Parade cardstock. A quarter sheet of embossed Poppy Parade serves as our backdrop. It’s been cut down slightly and then machine embossed using the Zinnia embossing folder. Our focal panel has lots of beautiful layers. We get started by cutting a large square of white cardstock using the largest square from the Nested Essentials die set. Using the Painted Lavender and Simply Zinnia dies, we cut a combination of greenery stems. Our zinnia blooms are cut from Real Red cardstock to give a little contrast and help them pop against the busy backdrop. Our sentiment from the Something Fancy set is stamped in Poppy Parade on Petal Pink cardstock and then diecut using the smallest diamond die from the Nested Essentials set. This is all layered on top of a bit of iridescent striped trim and adhered to our card front with varying layers of dimensionals. A few iridescent discs are scattered on our card front to draw the eye to our focal section.

Tomorrow we’re going to look at several ways to use busy patterned paper to create stunning floral card designs. I hope you’ll drop by.

Products used in today’s card:
Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce, Summer Splash, Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Real Red, Basic White cardstock
Something Fancy stamps
Deckled Rectangles, Painted Lavender, Simply Zinnia dies
Zinnia embossing folder
Iridescent striped trim
Iridescent discs
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119793]
$8.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146981]
$11.50
Summer Splash 8 1/2" X 11 Cardstock
[163797]
$11.50
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133676]
$11.50
Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146985]
$11.50
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[102482]
$11.50
Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English)
[160416]
$23.00
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad
[147050]
$9.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies
[159173]
$30.00
Painted Lavender Dies
[162596]
$32.00
Simply Zinnia Dies
[163479]
$33.00
Zinnia 3 D Embossing Folder
[163337]
$11.00
Iridescent Adhesive Backed Discs
[161954]
$7.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
[163299]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
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Frosted Forest

Towering Thank You

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Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway to the weekend. This week, we’re exploring designs using the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive bundle called Frosted Forest. Like so many other sets, Frosted Forest can be paired with a whole host of products in the current catalog to give you a variety of looks. Today, we’re using Autumn Leaves for a fall-inspired design.

I have seen so many wonderful cards using the Dotted Circles embossing folder and some sort of circular diecut, and I really wanted to give it a try. This card really just fell together. And I certainly can’t say that about very many cards that I make!

We get started with a card base of Cajun Craze cardstock and emboss just the front-facing portion of the card base using the Dotted Circles embossing folder. The tall tree from Frosted Forest is stamped on a quarter panel of white cardstock in black ink and then shaded using the decorative masks and a combination of Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Pretty Peacock, and Shaded Spruce inks to tie with our other leaf elements. Our image panel is two layers — a mat diecut from Country Woods and the image panel, both cut using the Spotlight on Nature dies. I chose the two larger leaf dies from the Autumn Leaves set to complete our focal element. The larger leaf is cut from the Pretty Peacock sheet of Oxidized Copper, while the smaller leaf is cut from the Gold Mercury vellum. The leaf veining is cut from the darkest woodgrain patterned sheet in the Country Woods designer paper pack. The full focal section is adhered to the card front with dimensionals. The sentiment from Frosted Forest is stamped in black on white cardstock and then diecut with the decorative banner die in the Unbounded Love die set. I frayed an entire section of Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon by “unzipping” the gold and then separating the strands of thread. After gathering them together, I tied a small knot in the center and adhered it to the back of the sentiment panel and then adhered the sentiment panel with dimensionals. To help the eye move across the design, copper sequins are placed in opposite corners.

I hope you’ll tune in tomorrow to see how you can use the Frosted Forest bundle to build beautiful scenes. You won’t want to miss it!

Products used in this card:
Cajun Craze, Basic White cardstock
Country Woods, Oxidized Copper DSP
Gold Mercury vellum
Frosted Forest stamps & decorative masks
Spotlight on Nature, Unbounded Love, Autumn Leaves dies
Dotted Circles embossing
Pretty Peacock & Gold metallic ribbon
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119684]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[159276]
$13.00
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[163393]
$12.50
Oxidized Copper 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162190]
$8.00
Gold Mercury Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[164142]
$10.00
Frosted Forest Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[164344]
$21.00
Frosted Forest Decorative Masks
[164350]
$15.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
[101406]
$10.50
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad
[147114]
$9.00
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
[147085]
$9.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
[147088]
$9.00
Spotlight On Nature Dies
[163580]
$35.00
Unbounded Love Dies
[163383]
$36.00
Autumn Leaves Dies
[162185]
$38.00
Dotted Circles 3 D Embossing Folder
[163789]
$12.00
Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8" (1 Cm) Metallic Ribbon
[162588]
$8.50
Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins
[161627]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
[144108]
$4.25
Fine-Tip Glue Pen
[138309]
$7.25
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Saying Hey

Hey, Thinking of You

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It’s hard to believe, but we’re rounding out another week of fabulous crafty fun. This week, we’ve been using the Saying Hey photopolymer stamp set by Stampin’ Up! We’ve mixed it and matched it and everything in between.

Today, we’re combining an embossing folder and paper piecing to make this lovely right here. I was inspired by a card posted by SU! Artisan Verena Shapiro. And honestly, I’ve been wanting to try paper piecing with the Friends for Life dies for quite a while but just haven’t taken the time until now. Wanna know what I think? I should have done it long ago!

We get started on this card with a base of Pool Party cardstock. I embossed a quarter panel of Pool Party using the Cute Crochet embossing folder. I splattered some ink on the corners of the panel using my water brush and ink — Pretty Peacock and white craft reinker, to be exact. And then I cut down the panel so that I had an even border all around and mounted it on the base with dimensionals. I stamped the HEY from the Saying Hey set in Pretty Peacock and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder for a custom embossing color and then cut it out with paper snips. The second portion of the sentiment is from the Friends for Life stamp set and is stamped in Pretty in Pink and then heat embossed. The panel is then diecut using the Unbounded Love frame.

I chose a color combo of Pretty Peacock, Pretty in Pink, Summer Splash, and white for the heart die from the Friends for Life set. I cut the large heart from Pretty Peacock first and then diecut just the pattern center heart out of the other colors. I applied adhesive from my tape runner on my silicone mat and then began assembling the paper pieced heart. I carefully lifted the heart and placed it on white cardstock so that all of the pieces would remain in place and the back would be adhesive-free. It was a quick fussy cutting job to have it ready to adhere to the card front. Both the framed sentiment and heart are adhered with one layer of dimensionals, while the HEY is adhered on two. I added iridescent ribbon behind and jewels and pearls around for some extra eye-catching sparkle.

The paper piecing didn’t take all that long. But if you’re not feeling up to it, there are a number of ways to accomplish a similar look in the white spaces — making a watercolor panel to mount behind, using the baby wipe technique to make a back panel, using a piece of patterned paper from Meandering Meadow or Thoughtful Journey …. I’m sure we could think of many more but you get the idea.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s look at the Saying Hey stamp set. Tune in next week as we dive in to a brand new Online Exclusive bundle. Who’s up for a trip to the forest?

Products used in today’s card:
Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Summer Splash, Pretty in Pink, Basic White cardstock
Saying Hey, Friends for Life stamps
Friends for Life, Unbounded Love dies
Cute Crochet embossing folder
WOW embossing powder
Water painter
Iridescent striped ribbon
Blooming pearls, rhinestone basic jewels
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[122924]
$11.50
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$11.50
Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[163793]
$11.50
Summer Splash 8 1/2" X 11 Cardstock
[163797]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Friends For Life Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163359]
$25.00
Cute Crochet 3 D Embossing Folder
[163792]
$10.00
Friends For Life Dies (English)
[163364]
$34.00
Unbounded Love Dies
[163383]
$36.00
Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad
[150083]
$9.00
Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad
[163807]
$9.00
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill
[101780]
$7.00
Water Painters
[151298]
$13.00
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Basics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165679]
$21.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
[144220]
$6.00
Blooming Pearls
[162238]
$8.00
Iridescent 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Striped Trim
[163299]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Grateful Leaves

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We’re closing out our sneak peek of the upcoming Online Exclusive bundle called Changing Leaves. This bundle, which includes a photopolymer stamp set, coordinating dies, and a hybrid embossing folder, launches in my online store on July 3rd! We’re rounding out this week’s designs with an earth tone color palette and a simple layout.

We get started on today’s card with a base of Cajun Craze cardstock. The background panel is a piece of the Cajun Craze Tartan Foil designer paper. Our focal panel is three layers of neutral goodness with a Deckled Rectangle mat of Early Espresso, a larger straight-edged mat of Very Vanilla, and an embossed layer of Early Espresso using the Changing Leaves embossing folder. I just love the deep impression you get every time with this embossing folder. It shows so much detail in the leave patterns. The sentiment panel is a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock diecut using the Nested Essentials dies, and the sentiment from Something Fancy is heat embossed in copper. I used a twist of Cajun Craze twine (releasing in the fall!) and added some copper sequins around the panel for eye-catching sparkle. A piece of linen thread would also work perfectly behind the sentiment.

This week, I really wanted to highlight how you can use the new Changing Leaves bundle in so many different ways. We’ll run another series closer to fall to showcase how you can pair this beautiful bundle with many other Stampin’ Up! products to stretch the design possibilities even further. But next week, we’re going to say HELLO to the Hollyhocks. I hope you’ll join me!

Products used in today’s card:
Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla cardstock
Tartan Foil DSP
Changing Leaves embossing folder (coming soon)
Something Fancy stamps
Nested Essentials, Deckled Rectangles dies
Cajun Craze linen thread (coming Fall 2024)
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119684]
$11.50
Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[119686]
$11.50
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[101650]
$13.00
Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162332]
$10.00
Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English)
[160416]
$23.00
Nested Essentials Dies
[161597]
$34.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies
[159173]
$30.00
Metallics Embossing Powders
[155555]
$18.00
Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins
[161627]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
Add All to Cart
Changing Leaves · Coming Soon · L2S Group Instahop

Words Fail

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This week we’re taking a sneak peek at the upcoming Online Exclusive by Stampin’ Up! called Changing Leaves. This bundle of products includes a stamp set, dies, and hybrid embossing folder. I love all of the detail included in the images in this set, and I’ve enjoyed thinking outside the box when designing with it. This set, although full of gorgeous fall foliage images, lends itself to all sorts of fun designs that don’t immediately make you think of fall. And today’s card is another example. So let’s get started.

I wanted a light and bright color palette for this thank-you card. I did let Mother Nature do a little of the talking with the choices in leaf color but then I worked to fill in with some fun complimentary colors. Our card begins with a base of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. The background panel is a quarter panel of Petal Pink embossed with the soon-to-release Changing Leaves embossing folder. I cut this panel down a bit to have a nice border of Flirty Flamingo all around. Our focal images are a whole smattering of stamped and diecut leaves from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set. All of the images are stamped tone-on-tone. Two of the larger leaves are stamped on Old Olive and Summer Splash with the two smaller leaves stamped on Lemon Lolly and Peach Pie. I added a few sparkly elements with the Peach Pie and Summer Splash foliage tucked in the mix. The sentiment from Simply Zinnia is stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock and diecut with the Autumn Leaves die set using the extension method. (For more on using the die extension method, check out this quick tutorial.) I tucked a faux bow of Petal Pink diagonal trim behind the sentiment panel and added a few Peach Pie shimmer gems across the card front for added sparkle.

Today’s card is a part of the Luv 2 Stamp Group Instagram Hop, which goes live at 9 AM Pacific Time (PST). Click here to head over to my Instagram feed and check out what the other demos in our L2S Group have created for you today!

Products used in today’s card:
Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink, Very Vanilla, Lemon Lolly, Old Olive, Peach Pie, Summer Splash cardstock
In Color Glimmer paper
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, hybrid embossing folder (coming soon)
Autumn Leaves dies
Simply Zinnia stamps
Diagonal trim
In Color shimmer gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[141416]
$11.50
Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146985]
$11.50
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[101650]
$13.00
Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[161720]
$11.50
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[100702]
$11.50
Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[163799]
$11.50
Summer Splash 8 1/2" X 11 Cardstock
[163797]
$11.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163771]
$11.00
Simply Zinnia Cling Stamp Set (English)
[163472]
$25.00
Autumn Leaves Dies
[162185]
$38.00
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad
[147052]
$9.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad
[147090]
$9.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
[147094]
$9.00
Peach Pie Classic Stampin Pad
[163810]
$9.00
Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad
[163809]
$9.00
Petal Pink & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Diagonal Trim Combo Pack
[163417]
$10.00
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
[163781]
$8.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Couldn’t Have Done It Without You

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It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through this bright and shiny week. I’m having such a good time working with the brand new Online Exclusive from Stampin’ Up! called Changing Leaves, which releases just one week from TODAY! This new bundle includes a photopolymer stamp set, which happens to be my favorite kind of stamps! And it also includes coordinating dies and a hybrid embossing folder. If you’re not familiar with a hybrid embossing folder, check out yesterday’s blog post where I have a video showing you all about it!

But without further adieu, let’s get to today’s card, shall we? I think the fun thing about any stamp set is finding unique ways to use it. When sitting down with a leaf-themed set, my mind naturally walks down the path to fall. But you know what? You don’t HAVE to make a fall card just because your stamp set has images of leaves. And today’s card does a little thinking outside the box to show you how you can use this gorgeous new bundle of leaf images and make something that doesn’t scream fall.

So we get started with a card base of Summer Splash cardstock. I embossed a full quarter panel of Summer Splash using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves embossing folder and adhered it to the card front. (You could simply emboss the card front itself if you want to lighten up the layers and card weight.) On a quarter sheet of white cardstock, I stamped the Hey sentiment from the Saying Hey stamp set in Summer Splash and then cut the strip with my paper trimmer. On the remaining portion of the white cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set and then punched it out with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch and adhered to the sentiment strip. The full sentiment panel is then adhered to the card front. Using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves dies, I diecut a set of leaves from Shaded Spruce and then a twig from Pretty In Pink shimmer paper. These are adhered to the sentiment panel with glue dots. A bow tied with the white diagonal trim is then adhered on top so tha it looks like a tied greenery bunch. A few Pretty in Pink shimmer gems on either side of the sentiment add a bit of sparkle and draw your eye across the card design.

Isn’t this a super fun design? Swap out colors and sentiments and you can have a quick and easy card for just about any occasion! Tune in tomorrow when we get a closer look at our Changing Leaves stamps. You won’t want to miss it!

Products used in today’s card:
Summer Splash, Shaded Spruce, Basic White cardstock
In Color glimmer paper
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, embossing folder (coming soon)
Saying Hey stamps
Diagonal trim
In Color shimmer gems
Glue dots
Adhesives

Product List
Summer Splash 8 1/2" X 11 Cardstock
[163797]
$11.50
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[159229]
$11.25
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146981]
$11.50
2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper
[163771]
$11.00
Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad
[163809]
$9.00
Saying Hey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
[163697]
$17.00
Heartfelt Hexagon Punch
[162888]
$23.00
Petal Pink & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Diagonal Trim Combo Pack
[163417]
$10.00
2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems
[163781]
$8.50
Mini Glue Dots
[103683]
$7.25
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Changing Leaves · Coming Soon

Amazing Leaves

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Welcome to another fabulous day and another sneak peek at the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusive bundle called Changing Leaves. This brand new bundle is set to launch on July 3rd and includes a set of photopolymer stamps, coordinating dies, and a hybrid embossing folder. Today, we’re taking a closer look at that gorgeous hybrid embossing folder and putting it to work.

We get started with a card base of Pretty Peacock cardstock. A strip of the Pretty Peacock Oxidized Copper designer paper serves as a backdrop for our center focal point. The base of our focal point is a sheet of the Early Espresso woodgrain paper from the Country Woods designer paper pack that has been diecut using the Nested Essentials set and then adhered to the card base using dimensionals. The gorgeous leaves are diecut from a sheet of the Copper Clay Tartan Foil specialty paper using the soon-to-release Changing Leaves hybrid embossing folder, which both cuts and embosses at the same time, and then adhered to the focal panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves stamp set is stamped in Versamark on Very Vanilla cardstock and then heat embossed with copper embossing powder. The sentiment is then diecut using the banner die from the soon-to-release Changing Leaves die set. A few copper sequins are scattered across the card front to draw the eye diagonally down the card.

Want to see this beautiful new hybrid embossing folder in action? Check out today’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays and watch this card come together from start to finish:

Need something easy and maybe not so fall-ish? Tune in tomorrow to check out a unique thank-you card. You won’t want to miss it!

Products used in today’s card:
Pretty Peacock, Very Vanilla cardstock
Oxidized Copper, Country Woods, Tartan Foil DSP
Changing Leaves stamps, dies, hybrid embossing folder (coming soon!)
Nested Essentials dies
Copper embossing powder
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Product List
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[150880]
$11.50
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[101650]
$13.00
Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
[163393]
$12.50
Oxidized Copper 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162190]
$8.00
Tartan Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
[162332]
$10.00
Nested Essentials Dies
[161597]
$34.00
Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder
[165678]
$21.00
Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins
[161627]
$7.50
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.25
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