Mystery Stamping – January 2025

I just hosted a card swap, and one of the cards in this swap inspired me. I decided it would be great for this Mystery Stamping event! If you’ve never seen a mystery stamping presentation before, it’s a lot of fun. You create with the supplies in your craft room by following a series of step-by-step clues that are put before you.

So go into your crafting space, play the video below (or click HERE if you do not see the video), and follow my “clues” to try to create something similar to this style card from the swap. Then scroll down to see samples of finished versions of this fun fold card that I made. Thanks for tuning in! Okay…Get ready for some mystery stamping!

I’m assuming if you are scrolling down that you have watched the video. Wasn’t that fun?! I shared five finished card samples in the video. Below are photos of 4 of them – the ones I created.

By the way…the supply list at the end of this post includes some of the main products featured in the cards. These items are linked to where you can find them in my online store. I didn’t list adhesives and tools like I usually do.

Here are the clues I shared in the video.

Clue #1: This will be a landscape style card with the opening at the bottom. Materials to gather…

• Designer/Patterned Paper (from the same pack)
  • A more subtle pattern
    • 2-1/4” high x 5-3/8” wide (6 cm high x 14.5 cm wide)
  • A more dominate pattern
    • 4-1/4” high x 2-1/4” wide (10.5 cm high x 5.7 cm wide)
• Base cardstock (that coordinates with both patterned papers AND blends in well with the subtle one)
  • 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” (14.8 cm x 21 cm)
• Light neutral cardstock
  • 4” x 5-1/4” (9.9 cm x 14.2 cm)
  • 2-7/8” x 4-1/8” (7.2 cm x 11.5 cm)
• Darker cardstock (that coordinates with both patterned papers)
  • 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” (10.2 x 14.5 cm)
  • 3” x 4-1/4” (7.5 cm x 11.8 cm)
  • ½” x 6-1/4” (1.2 cm x 16.2 cm)
• Trimmer w/scoring blade
• Bone Folder
• Snips
• Dimensionals
• Other Adhesives
• Stamps & Ink
• Embellishments

Clue #2: Grab your 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” (14.8 cm x 21 cm) card base piece. Score parallel to the short side at 4-1/4” (10.5 cm). Then fold (use a Bone Folder to help) and rotate this folded base so it’s positioned landscape style with the opening at the bottom.

Clue #3: Measure and mark (with a pencil) the ½-way point on the front right edge. Mark the lower left corner. Open the card base and cut that front from one mark to the other. Pull away that triangular layer. Do not flip it over but rotate it so the once “lower right corner” is now in the lower left corner and the straight edges line up with the left and bottom edges of the folded card once again. This is how this piece will attach eventually, but first we need to add designer/patterned papers and the half-inch strip.

Clue #4: Adhere the more dominant patterned paper to this triangular layer leaving a narrow bit (~1/16”) of cardstock exposed on the left and bottom edges. Trim off the excess patterned paper that isn’t attached to the triangular layer. Adhere the longest edge of this triangular piece atop the ½” wide strip exposing just a narrow bit (1-16” or 1/8”) of the strip all the way along that edge. Be sure this strip extends a bit beyond the triangles corners.

Clue #5: Adhere the more subtle patterned paper to the to the top front of the card base leaving a narrow bit (~1/16”) of cardstock exposed on the left, top and right edges. Trim off the excess patterned paper extending past that initial diagonal cut.

Clue #6: Attach the layered triangular piece into place lining up the corners and the left and bottom edges. Trim off any cardstock & paper extending beyond the 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” (10.5 cm x 14.8 cm) folded card base.

Clue #7: Adhere the darker cardstock pieces into place: the 4-1/8” x 5-3/8” (10.2 x 14.5 cm) to the inside bottom half of the open card base & the 3” x 4-1/4” (7.5 cm x 11.8 cm) centered in the middle (with Dimensionals) on the front of the folded card base. Be careful where you place your Dimensionals.

Clue #8: Stamp your white layers. Add them to the darker cardstock layers. And embellish to finish your card!

And here are four of the finished cards.

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Some of the products used in the samples…

• Handmade Designs Stamp Set (available 1/7/25- 2/28/05 as a free add-on through the purchase of a Starter Kit)
• Twisted In Time Stamp Set (available for purchase starting 1/7/25)
• Terrific Toadstools Bundle (available for purchase starting 1/7/25)
• Terrific Toadstools Stamp Set (available for purchase starting 1/7/25)
• Terrific Toadstools Builder Punch (available for purchase starting 1/7/25)
• Toadstool Gardens 6×6 Designer Paper (available to earn for free 1/7/25- 2/28/05 or while supplies last)

Refreshed Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[166259]

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141416]

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[102584]

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[161696]

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

[147089]

Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

[101406]

Blender Pens

[102845]

Blooming Pearls

[162238]

Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds

[162743]

Timber 3 D Embossing Folder

[163094]

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

Basic Beige 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[164511]

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146988]

Pebbled Path 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161722]

Pebbled Path Classic Stampin' Pad

[161648]

Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls

[160449]

Riverside Irregular Pearls

[164937]

Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146983]

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

THE JAN-APR 2025 MINI CATALOG & SALE-A-BRATION BROCHURE/PROMO BEGIN 1/7/25!
The Jan-Apr 2025 Mini Catalog will be live on January 7th. On that date you can shop the products in my online store. And you’ll be able to view the catalog online. Sale-a-Bration also begins that day!

LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS
There is now a new section called Last Chance Products in the Online Store and it includes all retiring products from any online releases and any catalogs including the outgoing September-December 2024 Mini Catalog. If you don’t see an item from that catalog in that section, it could be that the item is either already sold out OR that the item will continue to be made available and has instead been added to the Online Exclusives products.

DESIGNER PAPER RETURNS WITH FRESH NEW COLORS!
Stampin’ Up! is offering three previously released Designer Series Papers with fresh, new colors – some of our best-selling colors! The products debuted in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store on December 3rd and are available while supplies last. Click here for the downloadable flyer. Click here and scroll down for a bit more detail.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS – MORE NEW ITEMS ARE COMING SOON!
You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. New items were just released November 5th. AND… every 2 months you’ll see even MORE added. In fact, here is a teaser flyer sharing peeks at some of the new products debuting on January 7th. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)

A PEEK AT JANUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Hearts For You: Create heartfelt cards for Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, and beyond! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes
heart-shaped precut pieces and stickers, twine, and heart gem embellishments. Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink, Real Red (Classic Stampin’ Spot). Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the January – March kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Spring Is in the Air Dies (#166237) — made available December 11th and only while supplies last! If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by January 10th for this next kit.

KITS COLLECTION: PERPETUAL BEAUTY CALENDAR & CHERRY BLOSSOM TREAT BOXES KITS ADDED
These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.

ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES
I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our January 2025 Marbled Elegance Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. Click here for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Storybook Moments Suite from the upcoming Jan-April 2025 Mini Catalog (debuting January 7th) and will be available February 1st.