It’s a big week for our family. Our 18 year old son, Luke is moving out to California with his friend Tyler to pursue jobs in the movie industry. I haven’t gotten too emotional yet. But I suppose that’s coming after they take off on Tuesday afternoon. For now we are doing laundry and packing, gathering up some starter groceries, getting in those final appointments (visiting the doctor, getting a haircut, etc.), and checking things off on our lists.
The boys will thankfully be staying with family at their three stops along the way before they get to their apartment. That gives us all peace of mind for sure. But we still welcome any well wishes for their safe travels.
Now I invite you to continue reading today’s post for this week’s creative ideas.
🦋 Wednesday, October 8, 2025
The 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar is a fun and unique product (available for the first time) through Stampin’ Up! I invite you to check out my Live video from October 4th. Shortly after the 44 minute mark is where I introduced and shared the products within each little door of the calendar. Then four days later during my October 8th Online Paper Crafting Class I shared projects that I created with some of these products along with measurements and instructions.
Be sure to watch my instructional video by clicking here* for measurements, tips and directions (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it), scroll through the photos that follow, check out the products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are photos of my projects, and at the bottom of my post is a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet for the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar projects.
Here are photos of what I made.
I didn’t even tap into half the products! There are so many creative possibilities with this collection of products.
🦋 Friday, October 10, 2025
On Friday evening I shared several more alternate project ideas that I created with the contents of the September 2025 Fall for Toile kit including boxes, a scrapbook page layout, and a variation on one of the cards I initially shared on September 20th,
Be sure to watch my video by clicking here* for measurements, tips and directions (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it), scroll through the photos that follow, check out the products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are photos of my projects, and at the bottom of my post is a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
I was asked the other day if I’m still making scrapbook pages with Paper Pumpkin kit. And I am! In fact I’ve made a layout (or at least one page) with 99% of all the Paper Pumpkin kits. Click here or here (my archive) to visit past kit creations I’ve shared.
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 (as of today it’s still available). The refill kit 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up!
🦋 Halloween Treat Container Inspiration
And for my last part of today’s post, I decided to photograph and share a bunch of Halloween treat packaging ideas! The first photo shows super simple ways to use the Spooky Sweet Suite of products (the stamps, dies, paper and bags) and the Fright Night Bundle to “fancy up” Reese’s treats and Hershey bars. I put these together in just a matter of minutes!
The topper for the bag is 2-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ scored at 1-3/8.” The wrap for the candy bar is 5-1/4″ x 6.” At the bottom of my post is a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
The rest of these photos share the talents of fellow demonstrator, Rose Kerry. She gifted ALLLLLL these boxes, pouches and goodies to me! And I’m so excited to show them off to you in photos!! By the way I also shared these at the end of my October 4th video (fast forward to the 1:28:20 minute mark).
I don’t have measurements and a list of supplies for these. I’m simply sharing them to show off Rose’s talents and give you a bit more creative inspiration!
Thanks for checking out what I had to share from this week. I hope I inspired your creativity! 🦋
If you want to take part in my Live classes (and not just watch the recordings afterwards), subscribe to my YouTube channel then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. There is no cost to be a subscriber – these public videos are yours to watch for FREE. You can also anticipate when I’ll go Live by following my Google calendar. (Do you want some extra special perks as a paying member of my channel? Click here if you want to support my channel as an “aRT Fan” or “aRT Supporter.”)
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).
Product List for Advent Calendar kit projects shared on YouTube Wednesday, October 8, 2025…
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! During the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers: $125 worth of products for just $35 or $189 worth of products for just $99! Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! Get the kit, then enjoy discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more! Click here for a few more details.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES ARE COMING! So MANY fantastic new products are coming November 4 in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog. So be sure to visit this link to shop and make your wish list. Then on November 4 come back to see what’s new! OH… ~ If you are getting the Starter Kit this month ⬆️ you can add these upcoming products to that Starter Kit order! ~ Demonstrators are able to preorder these products now during the month of October. I’ll be sharing a few of them on October 4th during my Live on YouTube!
Make This Season Bright with the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (made available 9/23/25), a brand-new calendar full of products you can craft with all year long! Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of our catalogs or in our online store!! Click here for more details.
NEWKITS ADDED OCTOBER 1ST! Two new kits were recently added to the Kits Collection!
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Wrapped in Cheer: Craft festive goody boxes perfect for holding gift cards or small treats! Makes 8 projects: 4 each of 2 tag designs with 8 identical coordinating boxes. The kit also includes pre-cut paper pieces, linen thread, red dot embellishments, and delicate greenery pieces with double-sided printing for a sophisticated touch. Coordinating Colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow (Classic Stampin’ Spot), and Old Olive. 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 Abundant Joy Dies (#167855) — 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our September 2025 Fall for Toile Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Cozy Christmas kit will be available November 1st.)
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our October 2025 Gathering Together Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Lights of Aurora Suite will be available November 1st.)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Every two months retiring products get added to the Last Chance Products List in the Online Store. And depending on inventory, these products may or may not have discounts. I encourage you to shop today to see what is leaving, because once an item from this section is sold out, it is gone for good. New items were just added October 1st!!
PRODUCT CHANGES COMING Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued. The cling stamp line (red rubber stamp line) is being phased out. Stampin’ Up! will soon be transitioning into sleeker, slimmer packaging for stamps and dies. More details about these changes can be found here. And a video where I share tips/ideas for the new stamp & die packaging can be found here.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 MINI CATALOG PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Out latest publication filled with fantastic seasonal products landed September 3rd. Shop these items in the online store! You can access the digital copy of the catalog here on my website. You can also Request your copy of the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog.
Stampin’ Up!® Products Available to Even More Crafters Throughout the World Stampin’ Up! products are now available to “Non-Open Stampin’ Up! Countries.” Effective immediately, and under specific conditions, current Stampin’ Up! products can now be purchased by crafters in most countries where we do not currently conduct business. It’s so exciting that we can now make a positive difference in the lives of even more people around the world through creativity and connection. You can find the full details and conditions here.
Happy October! There is a lot happening in the Stampin’ Up! world this month. If you are not already receiving my monthly newsletters, be sure to subscribe so I can get that information to you in a timely manner. To read the October 2025 Newsletter that I sent out late Thursday evening, click HERE or on the image below.
Now I invite you to continue reading today’s post for creative ideas that I shared this week.
Be sure to watch my instructional video by clicking here* for measurements, tips and directions (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it), scroll through the photos that follow, check out the products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are photos of my cards, and at the bottom of my post is a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet for the Kintsugi Inspirations Tent Fold cards.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet for the Traditions of Christmas cards.
Here are photos of my finished cards. These first three feature the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite of products…
And these cards feature the Traditions of Christmas Suite of products…
So many possibilities, right?
🦋 Saturday, October 4, 2025
Oh wow! What a fun day of sharing during my Live broadcast on YouTube today. I started by leading my viewers in a Mystery Stamping Project. (If you want to play along and haven’t yet, then you don’t want to see the finished card samples yet. So don’t scroll down too far, and be sure to watch the recording first!) After the Mystery Stamping portion, I then shared several new products many of which debut on November 4th. And I ended the broadcast by sharing cards & gifts I’ve received recently (including my mass-load of Happy Birth-o-ween gifts from Rose Kerry) and the September 11th swap cards from those in my Stampers With ART community.
Be sure to watch my video by clicking here* (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it), scroll through the photos of the sample mystery stamping cards, check out the products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below you’ll find my “clues” that I shared in the video, photos of two of my Mystery Stamping sample cards, and at the bottom of my post is a visual list of many of the products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
10/1/25 Mystery Stamping
Materials to gather:
Designer Paper (we will use two coordinating patterns and any possibly some accent images)
Basic White or Very Vanilla Cardstock
Coordinating Cardstock (two colors)
Card base color
Accent color
Stamp images/sentiments
Dies &/or punches (optional)
Embossing folder (optional)
Embellishments and/or ribbon (optional)
Adhesives
Trimmer & other basic tools
Cut and prep initial pieces…
Designer Paper
4″ x 9″ or 10.2 cm x 22.8 cm (pattern should work in portrait)
4″ x 5″ or 9.9 cm x 14 cm (pattern should work in landscape)
Basic White or Very Vanilla Cardstock
2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ or 7 cm x 9.5 cm
Coordinating Colored Cardstock (for card base)
4-1/4″ x 11″ or 10.5 cm x 29.7 cm
Another Coordinating Colored Cardstock
3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ or 8.3 cm x 10.9 cm
(Not needed right away, but to finish your card…accent layers from cardstocks/paper and accent images from paper/stamps/dies)
Clue #1: This will be a landscape style card with the opening in the middle.
Clue #2: Score 4-1/4″ x 11″ or 10.5 cm x 29.7 cm card base cardstock 2-3/4” or 7.4 cm in from each end (scores should be parallel to the short side). Fold in on each score line to form the base of the card. Position horizontally in front of you with the opening in the middle.
Clue #3: Cut the 4″ x 5″ or 9.9 cm x 14 cm piece of designer paper into two 2-1/2” x 4” or two 7 cm x 9.9 cm pieces. Adhere these each to the front panels or “doors” of the card base.
Clue #4: Open the “doors” of your card and adhere the 3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ or 8.3 cm x 10.9 accent color of cardstock horizontally centered in the middle.
Clue #5: Score the 4″ x 9″ or 10.2 cm x 22.8 cm designer paper parallel to the short edge at 3” or 7.6 cm and at 6” or 15.2 cm. Then with your pattern facing you, hold the top of this designer paper strip with one hand while (with the other hand) folding back at the 3” or 7.6 cm score line and then forward at the 6” or 15.2 cm score line. This will create a zig-zag fold (or z-fold). Keep it folded and adhere the back of it to the 3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ or 8.3 cm x 10.9 accent cardstock layer on the inside of your card.
Clue #6: Open this 4″ x 9″ or 10.2 cm x 22.8 cm designer paper once more and adhere the 2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ or 7 cm x 9.5 cm Basic White (or Very Vanilla) cardstock in the lower third.
Clue #7: Close your card. Then take some time to cut, punch, die-cut, stamp, embellish to create a front layer for your card. Attach this only to the left “door.”
Clue #8: Open your card and cut, punch, die-cut, stamp, etc. to decorate the top of the folded designer paper strip. Stamp a sentiment on the 2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ or 7 cm x 9.5 cm Basic White (or Very Vanilla) layer.
A big thank you to fellow demonstrator, Toni Shaw. Her gifted card to me inspired this Mystery Stamping project!
And this is the one featuring the new Brushed With Beauty Suite of products debuting November 4th (which is why you don’t see links for these below)…
If you created along with me, I’d absolutely LOVE it if you shared what you made by posting in my Stamp Your Art Out Group on Facebook! If you are not a part of that group yet, please request to join. And don’t forget to answer the membership questions when requesting to join! I can’t approve you until you do.
🦋 3-Day Kits Collection Sale
Hooray! You can get up to 30% off all kits from the Kits Collection this Monday-Wednesday!! This three-day sale is the perfect opportunity to stock up on your favorites. Our kits come with everything you need for a fun and creative experience. From season’s greetings to birthday wishes to home decor, you can find almost anything to suit your crafting needs in our Kits Collection. And with up to 30% off, now’s the perfect time to grab that kit (or two, or three!) that you’ve been eyeing. Some kits may sell out faster than others, so don’t wait.
Sales Period: October 6–8
Ordering deadline Online: October 8, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (MT)
All kits in the Kits Collection will range from 10–30% off during this three-day sale.
Sale excludes Paper Pumpkin Kits, Scrapbooking Workshop Kits, and Starter Kits.
Wowza! It’s so true what they say…time flies! Our oldest son Nick is now 20 years. His birthday was Wednesday and we celebrated with dinner at his favorite restaurant, Crave in Maple Grove, MN on Thursday evening. Pictured left to right: Tim, Nick, Luke and me.
In my first year of blogging, he was just 7 years old. At that time I was making cakes, decorating the house, and creating and sending hand-crafted invitations for themed parties. I posted this 8 year old baseball-themed birthday party photo of him with his baseball cupcakes (that I made!) on October 5, 2013. Oh how much fun we had with the birthday celebrations back then AND how little he was!
Thanks for checking out what I had to share from this week. I hope I inspired your creativity! 🦋
If you want to take part in my Live classes (and not just watch the recordings afterwards), subscribe to my YouTube channel then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. There is no cost to be a subscriber – these public videos are yours to watch for FREE. You can also anticipate when I’ll go Live by following my Google calendar. (Do you want some extra special perks as a paying member of my channel? Click here if you want to support my channel as an “aRT Fan” or “aRT Supporter.”)
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).
Product List for Tent Fold Cards shared on YouTube Wednesday, October 1, 2025…
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! During the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers: $125 worth of products for just $35 or $189 worth of products for just $99! Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! Get the kit, then enjoy discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more! Click here for a few more details.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES ARE COMING! So MANY fantastic new products are coming November 4 in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog. So be sure to visit this link to shop and make your wish list. Then on November 4 come back to see what’s new! OH… ~ If you are getting the Starter Kit this month ⬆️ you can add these upcoming products to that Starter Kit order! ~ Demonstrators are able to preorder these products now during the month of October. I’ll be sharing a few of them on October 4th during my Live on YouTube!
Make This Season Bright with the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (made available 9/23/25), a brand-new calendar full of products you can craft with all year long! Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of our catalogs or in our online store!! Click here for more details.
NEWKITS ADDED OCTOBER 1ST! Two new kits were recently added to the Kits Collection!
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Wrapped in Cheer: Craft festive goody boxes perfect for holding gift cards or small treats! Makes 8 projects: 4 each of 2 tag designs with 8 identical coordinating boxes. The kit also includes pre-cut paper pieces, linen thread, red dot embellishments, and delicate greenery pieces with double-sided printing for a sophisticated touch. Coordinating Colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow (Classic Stampin’ Spot), and Old Olive. 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 Abundant Joy Dies (#167855) — 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our September 2025 Fall for Toile Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Cozy Christmas kit will be available November 1st.)
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our October 2025 Gathering Together Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Lights of Aurora Suite will be available November 1st.)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Every two months retiring products get added to the Last Chance Products List in the Online Store. And depending on inventory, these products may or may not have discounts. I encourage you to shop today to see what is leaving, because once an item from this section is sold out, it is gone for good. New items were just added October 1st!!
PRODUCT CHANGES COMING Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued. The cling stamp line (red rubber stamp line) is being phased out. Stampin’ Up! will soon be transitioning into sleeker, slimmer packaging for stamps and dies. More details about these changes can be found here. And a video where I share tips/ideas for the new stamp & die packaging can be found here.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 MINI CATALOG PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Out latest publication filled with fantastic seasonal products landed September 3rd. Shop these items in the online store! You can access the digital copy of the catalog here on my website. You can also Request your copy of the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog.
Stampin’ Up!® Products Available to Even More Crafters Throughout the World Stampin’ Up! products are now available to “Non-Open Stampin’ Up! Countries.” Effective immediately, and under specific conditions, current Stampin’ Up! products can now be purchased by crafters in most countries where we do not currently conduct business. It’s so exciting that we can now make a positive difference in the lives of even more people around the world through creativity and connection. You can find the full details and conditions here.
I’m trying something new! Because typing on my computer often leads to pain in my post-surgical hand (and I’ve been to the doctor many times to figure out why, but it’s a mystery), I’m going to try to post less often. But those once-a-week posts will include links to any video classes from that week and photos of any of the weekly projects.
And as far as staying up-to-date on announcements and promotions, I’ll make those announcements as I always do on my Facebook Page, AND I’ll update the promotions/announcements area on my blog. So you can go to the most recent post, scroll to the very bottom, and read about what’s new and current anytime during the week. If there is something urgent, that news will also go out to those in my newsletter list.
So if you are a blog post subscriber, you will get an email about once a week rather than 2-3 times per week. And the content for that week will be in the one email. Thanks for your empathy and understanding. And hey! If this works well, that time that I spent writing up the two other blog posts will be more time for creativity!
🦋 Wednesday, September 24, 2025
I turned five kit cards from the Handmade & Heartfelt Kits Collection kit into eight. So instead of making all 10 cards per the kit instructions, you can get 16 cards from this kit!
Be sure to watch my instructional video by clicking here* for measurements, tips and directions (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it), scroll through the photos that follow, check out the products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
Here are photos of my sample cards, and at the bottom of my post is a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
🦋 Friday, September 26, 2025
I went live for my YouTube Supporter members and I walked them through some card designs I came up with for the Birthday Fancy Kits Collection kit. So instead of making 12, you can make 24 by just adding a bit of extra cardstock! I shared measurements, tips and directions on that Live video.
Here are a couple photos of my sample cards, and at the bottom of my post is a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find and purchase them in my online store).
🦋 Sunday, September 28, 2025
Tonight I go live with my Stampers With ART Community for our fun, creative team event called Connect, Create & Share. I will lead them in two projects: a card that I will demonstrate (those that RSVPed early enough were sent the supplies) and a mystery stamping project. Here are peeks at four sample cards I’m sharing tonight. If you tune into my Live this Wednesday, you can watch me demonstrate these for you.
I thought I’d also share a photo of these gorgeous cards that Lisa Marshall created and mass produced for me to use for my team birthday cards this fall. Aren’t they stunning!? I ended up buying this Sunflower 3D embossing folder. I just couldn’t resist.
🦋 Stampin’ Up! News
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! Do you love Stampin’ Up!® products? Would you benefit from a discount of 20%, 25%, or more? I’m more than thrilled to announce that during the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers!! 🍁 $125 worth of products for just $35! or… 🍁 $189 worth of products for just $99!
Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! That is huge!!…the best offer I’ve seen ever! And you pick the products you want in your kit. The kit also includes FREE business supplies and a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit. Plus it ships to you for FREE! Starting October 1st, click HERE to order your kit.
Purchasing the Starter Kit is always the best way to get lots of products for a great price AND it’s your ticket into “the demonstrator side of things” for discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more!
Stampin’ Up!® is hosting their first ever online/virtual Opportunity Event to share more about what it’s like to be on the demonstrator side of things: the perks and opportunities, the requirements to stay active, etc. Would you like to join me? I’m attending and I can bring a guests! September 29 at 10 AM Mountain Time or September 30 at 6 PM Mountain Time
If you are interested click HERE to RSVP. Choose your date/time so I can forward you the Zoom link connected to the date/time of your choice.
This event is optional and FREE!
You can purchase the Starter Kit without attending this event.
By attending you will gain lots of information and you may even ask questions. This is a great way to hear about the demonstrator opportunity.
Space is limited, but I’m hoping to be able to pass along the invitation link to all those who want to attend.
🦋 A Bit of Personal News
Our son Luke and his friend Tyler are officially moving to North Hollywood, California! They signed their lease agreement yesterday. And they’ve been busy purchasing all their necessities, getting things crossed off their to do list, and researching where they can work when they get there. Please send your well wishes. And hey, if you live near North Hollywood and would be willing to be surrogate family to them out there, let me know. If you work in a movie recording studio out there and know of any entry level jobs for them, please reach out. Sometimes it’s who you know, right? Can’t blame this mom for wanting a large support system for these guys.
And yes…I’m absolutely nervous that my kiddo is officially going off into the world. But I’m also super excited for him and for Tyler!
Thanks for checking out what I had to share from this week. I hope I inspired your creativity! 🦋
If you want to take part in my Live classes (and not just watch the recordings afterwards), subscribe to my YouTube channel then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. There is no cost to be a subscriber – these public videos are yours to watch for FREE. You can also anticipate when I’ll go Live by following my Google calendar. (Do you want some extra special perks as a paying member of my channel? Click here if you want to support my channel as an “aRT Fan” or “aRT Supporter.”)
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).
Product List for Handmade & Heartfelt cards shared on Wednesday, September 24, 2025…
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! During the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers: $125 worth of products for just $35 or $189 worth of products for just $99! Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! Get the kit, then enjoy discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more! Click here for a few more details.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES ARE COMING! So MANY fantastic new products are coming November 4 in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog. So be sure to visit this link to shop and make your wish list. Then on November 4 come back to see what’s new! OH… ~ If you are getting the Starter Kit this month ⬆️ you can add these upcoming products to that Starter Kit order! ~ Demonstrators are able to preorder these products now during the month of October. I’ll be sharing a few of them on October 4th during my Live on YouTube!
Make This Season Bright with the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (made available 9/23/25), a brand-new calendar full of products you can craft with all year long! Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of our catalogs or in our online store!! Click here for more details.
NEWKITS ADDED OCTOBER 1ST! Two new kits were recently added to the Kits Collection!
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Wrapped in Cheer: Craft festive goody boxes perfect for holding gift cards or small treats! Makes 8 projects: 4 each of 2 tag designs with 8 identical coordinating boxes. The kit also includes pre-cut paper pieces, linen thread, red dot embellishments, and delicate greenery pieces with double-sided printing for a sophisticated touch. Coordinating Colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow (Classic Stampin’ Spot), and Old Olive. 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 Abundant Joy Dies (#167855) — 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our September 2025 Fall for Toile Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Cozy Christmas kit will be available November 1st.)
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our October 2025 Gathering Together Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Lights of Aurora Suite will be available November 1st.)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Every two months retiring products get added to the Last Chance Products List in the Online Store. And depending on inventory, these products may or may not have discounts. I encourage you to shop today to see what is leaving, because once an item from this section is sold out, it is gone for good. New items were just added October 1st!!
PRODUCT CHANGES COMING Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued. The cling stamp line (red rubber stamp line) is being phased out. Stampin’ Up! will soon be transitioning into sleeker, slimmer packaging for stamps and dies. More details about these changes can be found here. And a video where I share tips/ideas for the new stamp & die packaging can be found here.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 MINI CATALOG PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Out latest publication filled with fantastic seasonal products landed September 3rd. Shop these items in the online store! You can access the digital copy of the catalog here on my website. You can also Request your copy of the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog.
Stampin’ Up!® Products Available to Even More Crafters Throughout the World Stampin’ Up! products are now available to “Non-Open Stampin’ Up! Countries.” Effective immediately, and under specific conditions, current Stampin’ Up! products can now be purchased by crafters in most countries where we do not currently conduct business. It’s so exciting that we can now make a positive difference in the lives of even more people around the world through creativity and connection. You can find the full details and conditions here.
What a week! I’m starting to catch up again though. In today’s post you will see links to my two last Lives, photos of the cards I created and shared in my “Masking & Silhouette Stamping” Live, AND one more project that I created with the Farmhouse Florals August 2025 Paper Pumpkin kit – a 12×12 scrapbook page layout.
For those of you who follow me on Facebook, in my newsletters, and/or on my YouTube Lives, you know that our youngest Luke just had hernia repair surgery on Thursday. He is doing great and taking it easy as he heals from this before his big move to Los Angeles next month.
I also had a minor medical procedure Wednesday afternoon. So both of us are on the mend. And my mother-in-law is on hospice care. So my husband was out of town Friday through Sunday. Hence the reasons I’ve been behind in my blog postings. Thank you for your patience.
Here is the link to my Live Online Paper Crafting Class from last Wednesday, September 3rd. In that Live I mentioned that fantastic cards can be made with just “stamps, inks and paper.” And I demonstrated silhouette stamping and masking along with ink blending and splattering techniques. (Click here or on the image below to watch that Online Paper Crafting Class from 9/3/25.)
These are photos of the cards I shared during that Live. And at the bottom of my post you will find links to the products I used to make these cards.
Branching Out Stamp Set…Tuxedo Black, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Gorgeous Grape, White Craft, and Wink of Stella inks
Prairie Grass Stamp Set…Tuxedo Black, Timid Tiger, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Wink of Stella inks
Happy Place Stamp Set…Tuxedo Black, Crushed Curry, Pretty In Pink, Coastal Cabana, and Wink of Stella inks
Here is the link to my Live Broadcast from last Friday, September 5th. In that Live I mentioned shared LOTS of gifted cards that I’ve received since my last show & share on 8/6/25. (Click here or on the image below to watch that Live from 9/5/25.)
If you were someone who sent me one of these lovely creations, thank you! It’s so fun to see all the creativity. And I get a lot of inspiration from all of you. If you’d like to send me cards to share in my livestreams, the address is: 14275 Raven Street NW, Andover, MN 55304
And now I present my full two-page 12×12 scrapbook page layout that I created with the Farmhouse Florals August 2025 Paper Pumpkin kit. 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 while it’s available. The refill kit 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. And then…I encourage you to stay subscribed through September 10th so you can be in on the next kit (hints on the next kit can be found below).
The page bases are the light side (left) and dark (right) sides of the 12×12 Lost Lagoon Two-Toned Cardstock layered with 6×12 dark sides of Secret Sea Two-Toned Cardstock.
For the left page I layered sections of kit card bases together…upper right is 5-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, upper left is what was cut off 3″ x 5-1/2″, lower left is full card base, and lower right is 5-1/2″ x 5-1/2″.
After adding these to the base page with a 1/2″ border on the top and sides and overlapping the bottom right to cover up the bottom of the upper right, I used two envelope flaps, another kit card base (2-1/8″ x 5-1/2″) and some Mossy Meadow/Gold Ribbon for the title section.
I connected one envelope flap and the ribbon to the back side of the kit card layer. And then I attached this all with Dimensionals to conceal the bag and just show the flowers.
I cut out my letters from the second envelope flap and glued them (applying the glue with the Silicone Brush and/or the Precision Tip bottle) to the title area.
I stamped some extra flowers with Crushed Curry ink and dotted the centers with a dark brown Blends Marker. Then I embellished with extra kit flowers and some Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies and Birds.
For the right page I layered two envelopes and a couple sections of kit card bases together…a full 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ card with a 3″ x 5-1/2″ piece from other cut base on the left page.
After overlapping and adding these to the base page with a 1/2″ border on the top and sides to form a 10-1/4″ x 11″ rectangle, I cut a half bag/flowers image and two circles from another kit card. Then I placed the half bag/flowers and my photo mats in this way.
I attached the die-cut circles with Dimensionals to conceal the bag and just show the flowers. I stamped some extra flowers with Crushed Curry ink and dotted the centers with a dark brown Blends Marker. Then I embellished with extra kit flowers and some Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies and Birds.
This would be a perfect layout to feature friendship or other close relationship (engagement, prom, wedding, anniversary) photos.
I hope you gained some creative inspiration today. Thanks for visiting! By the way, I shared my first set of alternate project ideas on August 20th. Be sure to visit that page to see my how-to video, photos, and more for all my alternate card ideas.
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to start your subscription (or be sure you have an active account) by September 10th to be in on this next kit…
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Fall for Toile: Design elegant cards with metallic foil and rich autumnal imagery. Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut paper pieces, printed sentiment labels, metallic foil details, and grosgrain ribbon trim. It also coordinates with the Autumn Toile Suite Collection (item 165904) available September 3rd! Cajun Craze (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake, Darling Duckling, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Timid Tiger. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July – September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Circle of Seasons (#167277) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last!
Do you want even more ideas? I now parter with a team of talented Stampin’ Up! demonstrators to create alternate projects each month using the contents of the Paper Pumpkin kits. These exclusive projects are within printable PDF tutorials and include measurements, supply lists, photos and directions. They are shared as a FREE bonus gift to our Paper Pumpkin kit subscribers and team members. And you can purchase them as early as the 1st of each month that follows the release of each kit. So the August 2025 Farmhouse Florals exclusives are now available.
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 for the Silhouette Stamping/Masking Cards…
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! During the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers: $125 worth of products for just $35 or $189 worth of products for just $99! Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! Get the kit, then enjoy discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more! Click here for a few more details.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES ARE COMING! So MANY fantastic new products are coming November 4 in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog. So be sure to visit this link to shop and make your wish list. Then on November 4 come back to see what’s new! OH… ~ If you are getting the Starter Kit this month ⬆️ you can add these upcoming products to that Starter Kit order! ~ Demonstrators are able to preorder these products now during the month of October. I’ll be sharing a few of them on October 4th during my Live on YouTube!
Make This Season Bright with the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (made available 9/23/25), a brand-new calendar full of products you can craft with all year long! Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of our catalogs or in our online store!! Click here for more details.
NEWKITS ADDED OCTOBER 1ST! Two new kits were recently added to the Kits Collection!
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Wrapped in Cheer: Craft festive goody boxes perfect for holding gift cards or small treats! Makes 8 projects: 4 each of 2 tag designs with 8 identical coordinating boxes. The kit also includes pre-cut paper pieces, linen thread, red dot embellishments, and delicate greenery pieces with double-sided printing for a sophisticated touch. Coordinating Colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow (Classic Stampin’ Spot), and Old Olive. 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 Abundant Joy Dies (#167855) — 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our September 2025 Fall for Toile Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Cozy Christmas kit will be available November 1st.)
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our October 2025 Gathering Together Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Lights of Aurora Suite will be available November 1st.)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Every two months retiring products get added to the Last Chance Products List in the Online Store. And depending on inventory, these products may or may not have discounts. I encourage you to shop today to see what is leaving, because once an item from this section is sold out, it is gone for good. New items were just added October 1st!!
PRODUCT CHANGES COMING Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued. The cling stamp line (red rubber stamp line) is being phased out. Stampin’ Up! will soon be transitioning into sleeker, slimmer packaging for stamps and dies. More details about these changes can be found here. And a video where I share tips/ideas for the new stamp & die packaging can be found here.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 MINI CATALOG PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Out latest publication filled with fantastic seasonal products landed September 3rd. Shop these items in the online store! You can access the digital copy of the catalog here on my website. You can also Request your copy of the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog.
Stampin’ Up!® Products Available to Even More Crafters Throughout the World Stampin’ Up! products are now available to “Non-Open Stampin’ Up! Countries.” Effective immediately, and under specific conditions, current Stampin’ Up! products can now be purchased by crafters in most countries where we do not currently conduct business. It’s so exciting that we can now make a positive difference in the lives of even more people around the world through creativity and connection. You can find the full details and conditions here.
On August 13th I shared how to create 36 greeting cards with the contents of the Celebrate Together Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. Click here for that post, the measurements, and more. You can watch my instructional video by clicking here* (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it).
After creating all those cards, I put together a scrapbook page layout (as promised) with the remaining pieces from that kit, two sheets of 12×12 White Willow Cardstock, and the use of my 2-3/8″ Circle Punch to make the sun. ☀️ Ta-da!
I embellished with some Rhinestones (the same embellishments I used for the 36 cards) and also used a bit more White Willow Cardstock for the 4-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ and 3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ photo mats. The Basic Black layers represent where my photos will go.
Other Significant measurements…
Light Fresh Freesia Floral Paper
8-1/4″ x 12″
3/4″ x 10-1/2″ (although you only see 3/8″ x 10-1/2″ since a portion is underneath the other strip)
1-1/2″ x 2-1/4″
Blackberry Bliss Floral Paper
8-1/4″ x 12″
Colorful Floral Paper
3/4″ x 12″
3/4″ x 10-1/2″
1-1/2″ x 2-1/4″
Yellow Striped Paper
3/4″ x 10-1/2″ (although you only see 3/8″ x 10-1/2″ since a portion is underneath the other strip)
1-1/2″ x 2-1/4″
2-3/8″ Circle
1/4″ strips
Fresh Freesia Two-Tone Cardstock
1″ x 12″ (although you only see 1/4″ x 12″ since a portion is underneath the Fresh Freesia Floral Paper)
The Blackberry Bliss sticker strips with the scalloped edges are the pieces I used above and below the Fresh Freesia Floral Paper.
So you can get 36 cards from that kit AND a scrapbook page layout!!
During my instructional video on August 13th, I used a second Celebrate Together kit to demonstrate how to make those 36 cards. I didn’t make each and every card during that Live video of course, but I made a few of them. And I partially assembled a few others.
So… after the video was over I had a good amount of that second kit to still work with. And I really wanted to make some of the suggested page designs. So I followed the cutting and assembly instructions for two of the three layouts.
Well…I SORT OF followed the cutting and assembly instructions for two of those layouts. If you look closely you can see that my layouts are slightly different. But that’s what I really love about these scrapbooking kits. The papers AREN’T pre-cut and scored. So you CAN change them up to make them accommodate your photo amounts and sizes, your specific event that you are documenting, your style, etc.
For this layout, I really liked the suggested main portions of the left page, and kept things very similar. But I replaced the three white journaling strips with a third photo. Then for the right page, I felt like there should be another angled photo and a bit more open space. So I eliminated the 4th photo, changed out the journaling piece, and added my strips a bit differently.
My strips on the right page measure 1-1/4″ x 5-3/4″ (upper floral), 1-1/2″ x 10-3/8″ (lower floral), and 2″ x 11″ (blue striped). All the other measurements I believe are the same as those from the kit directions.
For this layout, I also really liked the main portions of the right page but I flipped it and made it become my left page. I added a taller beverage in the upper left taking away the shorter one in the lower right that would’ve covered up a good portion of one of my photos. My right page (which was the left page in the instructions) holds one more photo, the layout is reversed with the beverages on the right side, it has less beverage images, and it has a bit less greenery (plus an underlying 2-1/8″ x 3-1/4″ blackish rectangle – leftover from the cards I demonstrated) in the journaling area.
This finished layout just has a bit more balanced feel to me with these changes I made.
Here are the cards that I made with the rest of the kit. These include cards I fully or partially assembled during the Live video class…
…and others that I put together afterwards with the remainder of my cut and scored card bases, cut layers, and more.
So I hope I was able to give you even more inspiration with the contents of this kit.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. Click here if you want to become a member of my YouTube channel. I share videos (Lives or pre-recorded) one to two times a week – Wednesdays at 11 AM Central Time and sometimes either Fridays or Saturdays. Click here for my calendar to see the when my next ones are scheduled.
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).
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! During the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers: $125 worth of products for just $35 or $189 worth of products for just $99! Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! Get the kit, then enjoy discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more! Click here for a few more details.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES ARE COMING! So MANY fantastic new products are coming November 4 in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog. So be sure to visit this link to shop and make your wish list. Then on November 4 come back to see what’s new! OH… ~ If you are getting the Starter Kit this month ⬆️ you can add these upcoming products to that Starter Kit order! ~ Demonstrators are able to preorder these products now during the month of October. I’ll be sharing a few of them on October 4th during my Live on YouTube!
Make This Season Bright with the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (made available 9/23/25), a brand-new calendar full of products you can craft with all year long! Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of our catalogs or in our online store!! Click here for more details.
NEWKITS ADDED OCTOBER 1ST! Two new kits were recently added to the Kits Collection!
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Wrapped in Cheer: Craft festive goody boxes perfect for holding gift cards or small treats! Makes 8 projects: 4 each of 2 tag designs with 8 identical coordinating boxes. The kit also includes pre-cut paper pieces, linen thread, red dot embellishments, and delicate greenery pieces with double-sided printing for a sophisticated touch. Coordinating Colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow (Classic Stampin’ Spot), and Old Olive. 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 Abundant Joy Dies (#167855) — 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our September 2025 Fall for Toile Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Cozy Christmas kit will be available November 1st.)
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our October 2025 Gathering Together Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Lights of Aurora Suite will be available November 1st.)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Every two months retiring products get added to the Last Chance Products List in the Online Store. And depending on inventory, these products may or may not have discounts. I encourage you to shop today to see what is leaving, because once an item from this section is sold out, it is gone for good. New items were just added October 1st!!
PRODUCT CHANGES COMING Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued. The cling stamp line (red rubber stamp line) is being phased out. Stampin’ Up! will soon be transitioning into sleeker, slimmer packaging for stamps and dies. More details about these changes can be found here. And a video where I share tips/ideas for the new stamp & die packaging can be found here.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 MINI CATALOG PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Out latest publication filled with fantastic seasonal products landed September 3rd. Shop these items in the online store! You can access the digital copy of the catalog here on my website. You can also Request your copy of the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog.
Stampin’ Up!® Products Available to Even More Crafters Throughout the World Stampin’ Up! products are now available to “Non-Open Stampin’ Up! Countries.” Effective immediately, and under specific conditions, current Stampin’ Up! products can now be purchased by crafters in most countries where we do not currently conduct business. It’s so exciting that we can now make a positive difference in the lives of even more people around the world through creativity and connection. You can find the full details and conditions here.
On Sunday, August 3rd I attended and participated in Creative Connections, a once-a-year event organized and put on by our Stamp Share for Leaders group. Lead Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators in our area put this on as a business and creative event for our team members. It’s well attended and many participate virtually and in person in Medina MN.
I was blessed to be a presenter again this year. And my topic was creating cards with one of our scrapbooking workshop kits. So after taking a peek at all of our many offerings in this line, I decided on the Celebrate Together kit.
It was a great one to work with as most all the ephemera and sticker pieces transferred over well to cards.
I made a TON of cards…36 in fact! And I’m excited to share how I made them with you today.
Be sure to watch my instructional video by clicking here* (or you can just click on this image below if you are already here in my blog post and can view it), check out the measurements & products list below, download the PDF resource to remember these cards by, and then let me know if you have any questions.
*My video goes live at 11 AM Central Time. So if you click the link early, you’ll have to wait. But by releasing my blog post early, it also gives you the chance to join the me during the Live if you are able.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video.
Below are the basic “base” measurements, a link to the helpful PDF resource, and a visual list of products (each linked to where you can find them in my online store). Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so you can get updates when I share and go live.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
BasicMeasurements…
White Willow from kit
(4) 4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
(8) 5-1/2” x 8” scored parallel to the short side at 4”
Fresh Freesia Two-Tone from kit
(2) 4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
(4) 5-1/2” x 8” scored parallel to the short side at 4”
Strawberry Slush Two-Tone from kit
(2) 4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
(4) 5-1/2” x 8” scored parallel to the short side at 4”
Cloud Cover Two-Tone from kit
(4) 4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
(8) 5-1/2” x 8” scored parallel to the short side at 4”
Fresh Freesia floral paper from kit
(8) 3-3/4” x 5-1/4”
Cloud Cover patterned/Pool Party striped paper from kit
(8) 3-3/4” x 5-1/4”
Strawberry Slush dotted/Daffodil Delight striped paper from kit
(8) 3-3/4” x 5-1/4”
Blackberry Bliss patterned/Multicolored floral paper from kit
(8) 3-3/4” x 5-1/4”
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today!
Subscribe to my YouTube channel then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. Click here if you want to become a member of my YouTube channel. I share videos (Lives or pre-recorded) one to two times a week – Wednesdays at 11 AM Central Time and sometimes either Fridays or Saturdays. Click here for my calendar to see the when my next ones are scheduled.
I also thought I’d share that my family had a lovely time up north at my parents’ place this past weekend. We go every year in August so my mom and I can celebrate our birthdays together.
And as many of you know, my son Nick and I are still recovering from our foot surgeries. We couldn’t walk down to the lake, but my dad took us to the boat launch where my husband and other son Luke picked us up in the boat and took us over to the dock. Then my parents joined us and we all enjoyed the lake for a couple hours. Both Nick and I soaked our feet and it felt SOOooo good!
We are hoping that the next time we are up there (end of August or early September) we can walk in our regular shoes, make it down the slightly steep walking path to the lake, and swim.
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).
The Best Starter Kit Offer EVER! During the entire month of October, anyone who purchases the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit will be able to choose between two amazing offers: $125 worth of products for just $35 or $189 worth of products for just $99! Either way you get getting $90 in product of your choosing for FREE! Get the kit, then enjoy discount shopping, early access new products, the chance to attend incredible trainings and crafting events, the opportunity to earn income (if you’d like), and so much more! Click here for a few more details.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES ARE COMING! So MANY fantastic new products are coming November 4 in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store! You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog. So be sure to visit this link to shop and make your wish list. Then on November 4 come back to see what’s new! OH… ~ If you are getting the Starter Kit this month ⬆️ you can add these upcoming products to that Starter Kit order! ~ Demonstrators are able to preorder these products now during the month of October. I’ll be sharing a few of them on October 4th during my Live on YouTube!
Make This Season Bright with the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (made available 9/23/25), a brand-new calendar full of products you can craft with all year long! Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of our catalogs or in our online store!! Click here for more details.
NEWKITS ADDED OCTOBER 1ST! Two new kits were recently added to the Kits Collection!
A PEEK AT NOVEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Wrapped in Cheer: Craft festive goody boxes perfect for holding gift cards or small treats! Makes 8 projects: 4 each of 2 tag designs with 8 identical coordinating boxes. The kit also includes pre-cut paper pieces, linen thread, red dot embellishments, and delicate greenery pieces with double-sided printing for a sophisticated touch. Coordinating Colors: Basic Beige, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow (Classic Stampin’ Spot), and Old Olive. 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 Abundant Joy Dies (#167855) — 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 about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity. CLICK HERE to sign up by November 10th for this next kit.
PAPER PUMPKIN CREATIVES TUTORIAL BUNDLES Our Paper Pumpkin Creatives Design Team is excited to share that our September 2025 Fall for Toile Bundle of Tutorials is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Cozy Christmas kit will be available November 1st.)
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASS BUNDLES Our All Star Design Team is excited to share that our October 2025 Gathering Together Video Class Bundle is now available. Visit HERE for more information. Visit HERE to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to purchase and to see others offered. (The next one featuring the Lights of Aurora Suite will be available November 1st.)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Every two months retiring products get added to the Last Chance Products List in the Online Store. And depending on inventory, these products may or may not have discounts. I encourage you to shop today to see what is leaving, because once an item from this section is sold out, it is gone for good. New items were just added October 1st!!
PRODUCT CHANGES COMING Stampin’ Write Markers are being discontinued. The cling stamp line (red rubber stamp line) is being phased out. Stampin’ Up! will soon be transitioning into sleeker, slimmer packaging for stamps and dies. More details about these changes can be found here. And a video where I share tips/ideas for the new stamp & die packaging can be found here.
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 MINI CATALOG PRODUCTS ARE HERE! Out latest publication filled with fantastic seasonal products landed September 3rd. Shop these items in the online store! You can access the digital copy of the catalog here on my website. You can also Request your copy of the September-December 2025 Mini Catalog.
Stampin’ Up!® Products Available to Even More Crafters Throughout the World Stampin’ Up! products are now available to “Non-Open Stampin’ Up! Countries.” Effective immediately, and under specific conditions, current Stampin’ Up! products can now be purchased by crafters in most countries where we do not currently conduct business. It’s so exciting that we can now make a positive difference in the lives of even more people around the world through creativity and connection. You can find the full details and conditions here.
Stamp Your Art Out! Rachel Tessman Independent Demonstrator 763-502-6813
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