Monday, December 29, 2025

LOVELY & BEAUTIFUL

I hope you all had a lovely & beautiful Christmas!  As we now start looking forward to the New Year, I thought this would be a good week to share a couple of the new products that will become available on January 6, 2026.

Today I am using various products from the new Lovely & Beautiful Suite Collection.  This is a Mega Suite that includes two Stamp & Die bundles, a gorgeous Ephemera Pack with all types of gold elements, pretty Pearlized Faceted gems, White & Gold Ribbon and new Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) with lots of beautiful soft colors.  I used several of the products from the Suite on today's card, but not all.


The large "floral" stamped image is from the Beautifully Celebrated Bundle.  The 3-layer die cut flower was made using dies from the other bundle, Simply Beautiful.  

The card is a Secret Sliding Message Fun fold.  When you open the front left flap, the message on the inside slides to the left.  I tried to make a little video to show you how it moves, but it is difficult to test the video before the blog is actually published, so I hope it works!  It works on my laptop, but that isn't always the best indicator of success on the type of blog I have.  What you should see happen when you open the flap is the message panel on the inside of the card sliding out to the left from the little pocket under the checked DSP.


I first saw this fun fold in a reel by Connie Stewart from Simply Simple Stamping.  She made it look really easy, so I thought I would try it.

Isn't the new Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP pretty?  I love all the soft colors!


There are several sentiments in both of the bundles in the Collection, but they were a little larger than I wanted for this card, so I chose to use alternatives from the Unbounded Love Stamp Set.  The images on the inside are die cuts from the Beautifully Celebrated Bundle.

If you would like to make this fun Secret Sliding Message card download the tutorial at this link.  

Because most of these products will not be available until January 6, I cannot provide links to them in the Stampin' Up! Store.  As an alternative I have listed those products that I used from the Lovely & Beautiful Suite Collection below.
  • Simply Beautiful Dies    Item #: 166964
  • Beautifully Celebrated Bundle    Item #:  166975
  • Pearlized Faceted Circles    Item #: 166978
  • White with Gold 3/8" Ribbon    Item #:  166979
  • Lovely & Beautiful 12" x 12" Specialty Paper    Item # 166957
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Friday, December 26, 2025

INSPIRING IMPERFECTIONS

I have another fun fold card today made with products from the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite.

As I post the last card for this week, I finally figured out what I should have called this week's Theme -- Cards without Stamping!


Once again, the only stamping on today's card is the sentiment!  That was not the plan as I started making the cards for this week, but that's what happened for all three cards!

Today's card is made using products from the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite in the 2025 - 2026 Annual Catalog.  This was one of the very first suites from the catalog that went on my Wish List, and these products have not disappointed.  


In the above photo you can see a little better how this Fun Fold works.  I created this card with a landscape orientation, but you can also make it as a portrait orientation--just rotate it clockwise 90 degrees.

All of the images on the focal point were either die cut from the gorgeous Kintsugi Inspirations Designer Series Paper (DSP) (flowers & flowerpot) or they were die cut from foil with dies from the dies included in the Inspiring Imperfections Bundle.


Since this Standing Box Fun Fold does not have an "inside" where you can sign the card or write a personalized message, I utilized the back of the fun fold.  

If you are wondering if the card fits in a standard A2 envelope for mailing... yes it does.  When you push up on the box section at the bottom of the card is all collapses flat to fit in an envelope.

Want to try to make this Fun Fold?  Use this link to download a tutorial that includes diagrams and step-by-step directions.

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Thursday, December 25, 2025

HAPPY CHRISTMAS WISHES!

Merry Christmas Stampin' Friends!  This week I am posting this a day "late" from my "normal" schedule as I wanted to take a few minutes to wish you all a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS -- on Christmas Day.

I hope you are celebrating with those you love and may the true meaning of Christmas bless you with wonder and gratitude for God's great gift, Jesus.

The layout for today's Christmas Card is based on a sketch challenge our Coffee Club has for our January gathering.  When I received the sketch, I couldn't wait to use it, so I jumped the gun a bit.  Don't worry, I'll make another unique card for my Coffee Club Girls!


Like Monday's card, this card has almost no stamping.  Only the greetings are stamped.  Isn't it fun sometimes to just make things with paper and skip the ink!

This card is made with the Modern Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP).  I added lots of gold foil to make the foil in the DSP really pop.


The pretty layout keeps the card modern with its layered circles.  

The sentiments are from the Jolly Holly Stamp Set.  I purchased the Jolly Holly Bundle mainly for the Hybrid Embossing Folder and die.  I have been pleasantly surprised at how much I have used this stamp set.  The product is now on the Last Chance List and was still available the last time I checked.  The stamp set and the dies and marked down, but it didn't look like the bundle was -- so buying them separately is a better deal.  Be sure to check both options in case the website wasn't updated when I looked.


A little strip of the striped DSP dresses up the inside of the card.

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Monday, December 22, 2025

TURTLE-Y AWESOME DIAGONAL CARD

I had a hard time this week deciding which products I wanted to feature.  I debated about calling it DSP Week or Fun Folds Week, but couldn't choose.  So, I'm just going to call it Hodgepodge Week.  I'm going to use a little bit of everything.

I also thought it was time to revisit some of the fun products from the 2025 - 2026 Annual Catalog.  We tend to get so many new products introduced via the Mini Catalogs and Monthly Online Exclusives that I sometimes forget about the awesome products in the Annual Catalog.

Today's card is made using the Turtle-Y Cute Suite.  A friend recently told me a funny story about someone she knows that had experienced a bit of a fall who had trouble getting back up after she fell.  (Don't worry, everyone is fine!).   But that story, which we chuckled over, made me think of this turtle laying on his back.


All the images on this card were snipped from the Turtle-Y Awesome Designer Series Paper (DSP).  The only stamping on this card was the sentiment from Turtle-Y Awesome stamp set.

This DSP collection includes two sheets that have various scenes that can be used for card fronts.  This particular scene looks like a pretty park. 

I am not sure what the official name of this Fun Fold is, but I call it a Diagonal Fun Fold.  It does require 12" x 12" cardstock.  I used Two-Tone Garden Green.  Can you see that the angle from top left down to the right is a lighter color green than the other border edges?  That's one of the unique features of Two-Tone Cardstock.  One side is the "normal" Garden Green color and the oppositie side is a lighter shade of Garden Green.


The two little red birds and the flowers on the right are also images from the DSP.  The Turtle-Y Awesome dies include dies that will cut out many of the images on the paper.  Those dies made quick and easy work of cutting out the birds.   

If you open up the bottom flap toward the right this is what you see.


And if you open this flap toward the left this is the card fully opened.


To decorate the message layer, I snipped out an additional image of a turtle enjoying some ice cream and another little pot of flowers.

This Fun Fold is simple if you know a little trick on how to cut the angles on the DSP.   Download the tutorial to learn my trick and everything else you need to know to make this card.

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