I’m still in holiday/vacation mode. So please forgive me… instead of sharing a creative project, my post today is more of personal/family news post filled with photos from our Christmas 2024.
Overall we had wonderful December. Some virus or bug got us all sick for the first part of the month. But it wasn’t COVID and it was fairly mild for everyone (except me… I had to go on antibiotics eventually, even lost my voice for a few days). But that was the only negative that I can think of.
Early in the month we decorated outside. My husband Tim put up all of our Christmas lights along the roofline of the house and around our bushes and fence. And a few days later, our oldest Nick put up the lawn ornaments on his own for the first time (two reindeer, a snowman, and a few candy canes). We of course decorated on the inside, too. We have a fairly new narrow, pre-lit, artificial tree. Tim assembled it, and I decorated it. I really appreciate this tree since I’m the one that used to always put on the lights (I was picky and didn’t like the cords showing). I do miss the smell of a real tree. We had one one year. And that’s what my family always got when I was a kid. But our living room area in our current home is super small. So narrow artificial trees works best. I took this photo Christmas morning.
I’ve been collecting Dept 56 North Pole Village pieces since before our boys were babies. So that also gets put up every year. Luke our youngest helped me with that this year. I’d love more pieces, but we don’t have much more space as you can see.
Then we decorate a few other areas of our house. We have a fairly large sleigh that we fill with Christmas books, a few snow-themed bath towels, our Christmas gnomes (we got this one in Norway), and a few other must-haves. We don’t get too crazy, but we DO love the holiday and like to add a touch of cheer here and there. I always tell my husband it’s a good thing I work otherwise this house would be filled wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor with Christmas decor.
We recently remodeled our main level of our home. In years past we used to display all of our Christmas cards on our closet doors near the entryway. But tape doesn’t stick to our new doors. So now we tape our cards up on our large cupboard area by the coffee bar. It’s so beautiful to see all of them at once. And of course since I know a lot of paper crafters, you’ll see a LOT of handmade cards up there!
We also like to get creative in the kitchen. Luke had his friend Calli over to build & decorate gingerbread houses this year.
I picked up a couple kits from Target – the beach house and donut shop. But they combined pieces to make two beach huts and had fun getting silly with their designs.
I also took a day to bake. I made Mint Surprises, Peppermint Cake Cookies (below), Fudge (well, I actually thawed some that I froze from last year), and 3 loaves of Banana Bread because we had a bunch of ripe bananas laying around.
We celebrated with my husband’s side of the family down in southern Minnesota on Saturday, the 21st. We played a couple games, opened gifts, and enjoyed food and conversation together. Here is Nick and cousin Lydia playing a speed game of Rock, Paper, Scissors that involved two teams jumping and trying to reach the end of a red and green path. It was fun to watch. I did NOT play. Hahaha!
And here are a couple photos I took during the gift opening.
On Christmas Eve we went to my brother’s house in Minneapolis. They moved into this house fairly recently, so this was only the second time we had been there. It was a nice relaxed evening with LOTS to eat and fun conversations.
And then on the evening of Christmas day, we hosted my side of the family. My sister’s family couldn’t join us the night before. So it was nice to have everyone together this last night. We had even more fabulous food and lots of Christmas cookies since my mom and sister also added to the choices. (I’m full just thinking about it all!) A few ventured downstairs to play darts for part of the evening. And of course we took time to open gifts to each other.
One other highlight was taking photos. My nephew Joe took this one of me, my siblings, and our parents before opening gifts.
And after my brother’s family left (they couldn’t stay as late because they have the younger girls that needed to get to bed), we decided to get a couple family photos. This is my sister’s family.
And then my sister took this photo for us.
I’m feeling very blessed this season. I hope you had a blessed and cheerful December & holiday season as well.
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STAMP-N-STORAGE CABINET BLOWOUT SALE For those of you shopping for organization…Stamp-n-Storage is having a sale!! Click on this link to shop 30% off select cabinet pieces now through December 31st. Cabinet pieces are items that are basically the wooden box-type units (products built from wood), and there ARE a lot of them! This sale is huge!
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 BOXESKITS 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 December 2024 Regal Winter 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 Marbled Elegance Suite from the Online Exclusives products will be available January 1st.
May the spirit of joy, peace, and goodwill shine brightly for you and your loved ones this season.
And may the New Year bring you growth, fulfillment, and moments of positive connections with those around you.
Sending you heartfelt wishes from my family to you and yours!
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Attention scrapbookers & wanna-be scrapbookers! I’ve added in another Online Paper Crafting Class today. And I’d like to invite you to join in. Today I’m sharing three alternate page layouts that I designed using the contents of the Reindeer Memories Scrapbooking Workshop Kit.
I wanted a bit more contrasting color in my layouts than the kit layouts had. So I added in some extra cardstock: White Willow & Real Red (already in the kit, but wanted more) and Early Espresso and I came up with three different page layouts. You can certainly follow the kit directions and recreate the intended pages. But with my designs I’m sharing today, you have other options.
Other than the extra cardstock, all the consumable supplies came from this kit.
Watch my videohere to get measurements, step-by-step directions, and tips for creating these layouts with this kit. Or you can just click on this image below if you are already in my blog post. (If you are catching this post right away, you might even be able to join in on the Live broadcast taking place at 10 AM Central Time.)
I’m planning my next Online Paper Crafting Classes to be:
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11 AMCentral Time
Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11 AM Central Time
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
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 BOXESKITS 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 December 2024 Regal Winter 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 Marbled Elegance Suite from the Online Exclusives products will be available January 1st.
Welcome to our monthly “A Paper Pumpkin Thing” blog hop! It’s time to showcase our November 2024Filled With JoyPaper Pumpkin kit alternate projects! See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas that my Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends shared.
For those of you not familiar with these kits, they get delivered straight to your mailbox in the months of your choice. Inside are all the supplies you need AND the directions for assembling the kit cards/projects designed. Here are the intended projects designed for this November 2024 kit. (Click here for Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
I’ve already shared some other alternate projects using the contents of this kit on November 20th: alternate cards and a few ideas of what to do with the stockings. Today I am sharing: a scrapbook page layout, a simple ornament card, and a poinsettia embellished stocking.
Below are close-up photos of these projects, any important measurements you might need, and tips for recreating what I shared. At the bottom of the post is a list of extra products that I’ve used linked to my online store.
Scrapbook Page Layout
This fun layout features Santa’s boots as he is heading down the chimney! It’s a fairly easy layout to put together.
Measurements:
Night of Navy Cardstock (from the Neutrals 12×12 pack)
(2) 12″ x 12″ for the base pages
(2) 3-7/8″ x 5-7/8″ for the front photo mats (optional as these represent the actual photos)
(4) 2-7/8″ x 3-7/8″ for the front photo mats (optional as these represent the actual photos)
White Willow Cardstock
(2) 3″ x 12″ to tear for the back layers of snow on the roof
(2) 2-1/2″ x 12″ to tear for the front layers of snow on the roof
1-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ for the journalling piece
4″ x 8″ for the base of the chimney
Scrap for stamping and fussy-cutting the “Magical Moments” words
(2) 4″ x 6″ for the middle photo mats
(4) 3″ x 4″ for the middle photo mats
Smoky Slate Cardstock (from the Neutrals 12×12 pack)
(7-9) 1-1/4″ x 3-5/8″
Misty Moonlight Cardstock (from the Neutrals 12×12 pack)
1-7/8″ x 3-5/8″ for the journalling piece
(2) 4-1/8″ x 6-1/8″ for the bottom photo mats
(4) 3-1/8″ x 4-1/8″ for the bottom photo mats
Cherry Cobbler & Gold Ribbon
(2) 14″ as a border to the bottom of the page
7″ or 8″ for tying the bow
Santa’s boots were probably the most challenging for me since I’m not skilled with fabric arts. I tried three different ways…First I tried coloring the fabric with Sharpie® Marker. The ink rubbed off even a day later. Then I tried coloring our Stampin’ Write Markers, but I was worried about how much ink the fabric was soaking up and how my marker tip was getting roughed up. And though the results weren’t as bad as the Sharpie, the dried ink was still coming off a tiny bit when I rubbed the fabric against paper. So I finally dyed the fabric with Rit® Fabric Dye. Don’t ask me the details, though because again…I’m not an expert and probably could’ve gotten better results. My boots turned out sort of a reddish black. You can see the comparison below of a stocking colored with the Basic Black Dark Blends and a stocking colored with Black Rit Dye.
After the “boots” dried, I folded the cuffs as shown and then ironed them as flat as I could.
For the chimney, I embossed the Smoky Slate rectangles with the Painted Texture embossing folder (which is now on the Last Chance List), and used a Blending Brush to rub on Smoky Slate ink to deepen the look of the bricks…make them more weathered and dirty.
Then I added one towards the top right of my White Willow chimney base and built my brick pattern from there trimming off any excess Smoky Slate Cardstock that would go off the edges.
I cut my chimney in half and then arranged all my pieces (including my base photo mats) onto the 12×12 base pages. Then I stamped my snowflakes randomly with VersaMark ink, took all the layers off my pages, added white embossing powder to the snowflakes, and heat embossed.
After all my snowflakes were embossed, I prepared all my other stamped pieces and added the ribbon borders along the bottom of the front snow layers with a bit of Tear & Tape Adhesive (tucking the excess around the back).
Then I added my back layers of snow with Dimensionals, my front layers of snow with Dimensionals, my chimney halves with a couple layers of Dimensionals just on the back middle and with one layer of Dimensionals just under the back bottom, and then my boots with Tear & Tape. The boots will raise the top half of the chimney. This is why you don’t need Dimensionals in that area.
The last steps are just adding the bow, the Iridescent Faceted Gems within the snowflake centers, and adding photos and journalling!
Oh! And if coloring the stockings isn’t your thing either, you could always skip that step and pretend that Santa lost his boots before heading inside.
Simple Ornament Card
This card design was inspired by a card I got from Stampin’ Up! I loved it so much and knew it would work with the elements of this kit. I stamped Basic Beige ink for my sentiments and borders on my Basic Beige card base (which is 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″). Then I attached the ornament top to the ornament with Glue Dots and added it to the card with Dimensionals. I die-cut a couple Shaded Spruce leaf images from the Merry Tags & More Dies and glued them down behind the left side of the ornaments. Then I added a few Blooming Pearls.
(Here is the card I got from Stampin’ Up! Pretty, right?!)
Poinsettia Embellished Stocking
This last idea was inspired by a project shared by Kimberly Wynne Jones in the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club. I didn’t have any actual poinsettia dies, so I used the dies from the Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder set (and embossing folder and die set) to die-cut different size leaves from the Festive Glimmer papers. Then I used Glue Dots and Dimensionals to build the poinsettia. I added a Gold Blooming Pearl in the middle (although I think I should’ve added a few more to make it look more like a poinsettia), and I attached it to my stocking with more Glue Dots. A hot glue gun might have been a more permanent adhesive for this project. But I was in a hurry when I was making it.
If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already own. OR…become an active subscriber and get in on the refill kit. (The refill typically shows up in the online store soon after the 20th.) It doesn’t contain the ink and stamp images. But you will at least gain the main pieces and can hopefully replace most of the stamp images I used with some of your own.
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 December 10th for this next kit.
A PEEK AT DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Notes From The Heart: Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut vellum pieces, sparkling gems, hand-drawn designs, and card bases with scalloped edges. Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 11th and only while supplies last!
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Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
Products…things you might need/want in addition to the November 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit
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 DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Notes From The Heart: Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut vellum pieces, sparkling gems, hand-drawn designs, and card bases with scalloped edges. Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 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 December 10th for this next kit.
KITS COLLECTION: PERPETUAL BEAUTY CALENDAR & CHERRY BLOSSOM TREAT BOXESKITS 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 December 2024 Regal Winter 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 Marbled Elegance Suite from the Online Exclusives products will be available January 1st.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE Stampin’ Up! is striving to make a difference by donating to organizations throughout the world that work to benefit children’s literacy. And you can help. When you purchase the Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper (also shown on pages 4 & 5 of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog), Stampin’ Up! will donate $3. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season.
CTMH BRANDED PRODUCTS CLEARANCE SALE Save 30% all Close To My Heart branded products while supplies last. (Sale excludes any Stampin’ Up! scrapbooking products outside of the CTMH product category in the online store.)
I just put together some eye-catching cards using the popular More Than Autumn stamp set (Jo Golden’s Million Sales Achiever set) and it’s coordinating dies. These cards are perfect sharing the fun and enjoyment of those tasty treats of the autumn season AND feature a variety of coloring techniques.
I just showed live on YouTube and on Facebook about an hour ago step-by-step directions for creating these cards with this bundle, Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Blends & Stampin’ Write Markers, Wink of Stella, patterned papers, embossing folders, and other coordinating Stampin’ Up!® products. And now I’m sharing that video here in my blog post. Be sure to watch the video by clicking here (or you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog post), scroll through the close-up photos that follow, check out the measurements & products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
Measurements …
Basic White Cardstock
4-1/4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
4” x 5-1/4”
Scraps for stamping and die-cutting images
Scraps for stamping and fussy-cutting words
Scrap for die-cutting 3-1/4” diameter circle layer
Crumb Cake Cardstock
Scraps for stamping and fussy-cutting words
Here are photos of the finished cards.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
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Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
STAMP-N-STORAGE HOLIDAY SALE Stamp-n-Storage is having a huge Holiday Sale November 15th-December 2, 2024. Save 15%, enjoy FREE Shipping, plus the white Jar Carousel for IKEA is 30% off! Stamp-n-Storage is also adding Doorbuster Days! Click here and scroll down for more details on the sale. Click here to shop!
THE COUNTRY HIVE’S NOVEMBER SUPER SALE The Country Hive is hosting a month-long Super Sale this November 2024. For 11/21-11/30, Buy 4, Get 1 FREE on all Hex Trays! No code necessary. Please add 5 to your cart to reflect discount. Not valid on previous purchases.
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 DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Notes From The Heart: Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut vellum pieces, sparkling gems, hand-drawn designs, and card bases with scalloped edges. Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 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 December 10th for this next kit.
KITS COLLECTION: ALPINE AIR & A LOOK BACKKITS 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 November 2024 Nests of Winter 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 Regal Winter Suite from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog will be available December 1st.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE Stampin’ Up! is striving to make a difference by donating to organizations throughout the world that work to benefit children’s literacy. And you can help. When you purchase the Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper (also shown on pages 4 & 5 of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog), Stampin’ Up! will donate $3. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season.
CTMH BRANDED PRODUCTS CLEARANCE SALE Save 30% all Close To My Heart branded products while supplies last. (Sale excludes any Stampin’ Up! scrapbooking products outside of the CTMH product category in the online store.)
We have so much creativity that is shared from members of our community – in our team events, in our Facebook group, and in our cards that we swap. Today I am sharing our latest cards that were swapped on November 7th. I hope you still get a ton of inspiration from what arrived. The focus was using current products to show fun ways to use inks other than just straight stamping! Click here to find links to the current catalogs.
Take a look at all the creativity! Those that made each card are mentioned in the watermarks of the photos. By the way, this is a “sharing post” only. These ideas are to inspire creativity not to instruct. Please don’t ask for further details. I don’t have a supply list or measurements for each of these cards. And I don’t want to pressure the creators to provide that. Thanks for understanding. Of course, if you see an idea that you’d like me to share in the future, let me know.
A big thank you to all of the crafters/creators!
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I hope these card ideas I shared today provided some creative inspiration for you!
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THE COUNTRY HIVE’S NOVEMBER SUPER SALE The Country Hive is hosting a month-long Super Sale this November 2024. For 11/21-11/30, Buy 4, Get 1 FREE on all Hex Trays! No code necessary. Please add 5 to your cart to reflect discount. Not valid on previous purchases.
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 DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Notes From The Heart: Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut vellum pieces, sparkling gems, hand-drawn designs, and card bases with scalloped edges. Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 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 December 10th for this next kit.
KITS COLLECTION: ALPINE AIR & A LOOK BACKKITS 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 November 2024 Nests of Winter 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 Regal Winter Suite from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog will be available December 1st.
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