Thursday, January 1, 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026

 Today I just want to share a quick card and wish you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!


This card is made with Secret Sea Cardstock and Silver Foil.  The HAPPY is from the Happy Place Stamp set.  It was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

The NEW YEAR letters were die cut using the Mini Alphabet Dies.


Silver Foil was first adhered to an Adhesive Foam Sheet and then the letters were die cut.  The remaining adhesive backing was removed and the letters were adhered to the card front.  Super Simple!

I made my favorite simple type of bow which I call a "faux bow".  It is just ribbon folded back and forth a couple of times and then tied tightly in the center with a piece of cord.  In this case I used retired silver cord from Simply Elegant Trim.  When that cording retired, I stocked up, but I am now down to my last rolls of silver and gold.  I hope they come out with a similar replacement before I run out as I love this cording.


For the inside of my Happy New Year Card, I stamped the Happy stamp again, this time with Secret Sea ink.  Then I chose the "life" stamp to stamp below it.   

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  HAPPY LIFE.  That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?


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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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