Turn World Card Making Day Into a 3-Day Christmas Crafting Extravaganza! 🎄✂️

Friends, I don’t know about you, but one day of Christmas crafting has never quite been enough for me. So this year, we’re not just celebrating World Card Making Day — we’re stretching it into a full three-day holiday crafting party!

Let me walk you through it.

October 3: Our Home for Christmas Online Retreat

This is where it all started, and it’s still the heart of the celebration. Grab your favorite mug of something cozy, because on Saturday, October 3 — World Card Making Day — we’re hosting our Timeless Christmas, A Holiday Crafting Retreat Event, better known around here as our Home for Christmas Retreat.

I’ve teamed up with five of my favorite fellow Stamp It demonstrators — Linda Cullen, Lori Mueller, Oksana Semenska, Beth Brach, and Mikki Winebrenner — and together we are bringing you a full day of Christmas creativity. Six of us, six totally different creative styles, one very merry retreat.

What’s in Your Class Pack?

For $92, your Home for Christmas Retreat includes a class pack filled with coordinating products, PLUS the project supplies needed to make all 15 Home for Christmas class projects:

• Timeless Christmas Designer Paper & Stickers
• Home for Christmas Two-Tone Cardstock Pack
• Christmas Berries Pack
• White Textured Ribbon
• Basic White Thick Cardstock
• Basic White Regular Cardstock
• Timeless Metallic Paper
• Class supplies for all 15 Home for Christmas projects

What’s included in the Online Retreat?

• Supplies to make 15 Projects featuring the Home for Christmas Bundle.
• Bonus 10 Projects Tutorial collection featuring the Scalloped Christmas Cheer Bundle.
• 6 video demonstrations with step-by-step instruction, so you can follow along at your own pace
• Replay access, so you can craft whenever works for you
• Giveaways throughout the day
• A special retreat gift, just because
• Full access to our private Facebook Retreat Group

15 supplied class projects + 10 bonus tutorials = 25 Christmas tutorials, total!

Those 15 projects feature the Home for Christmas Bundle and include a festive mix of cards, fun folds, and a Mini Album that’s perfect for holding onto your Christmas photos and keepsakes. 

Because more Christmas inspiration is always a good idea, you’ll also receive 10 BONUS card tutorials featuring the Scalloped Christmas Cheer Bundle — a free gift with your retreat!

Need the Home for Christmas and/or Scalloped Christmas Cheer Bundles for yourself? Add them to your registration  I’ll cover FREE shipping & tax on it.

What other supplies do I need?

Your class pack will arrive with all of the paper and embellishments you will need. In addition you’ll want the basic tools and adhesives: Ink Pads, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Seal Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

We also use the Stylish Shapes Dies in the class. If you don’t have these you can improvise, you will also have the opportunity to add them on with the retreat registration.

 

Important Dates to Know

Let’s talk timing, because I want you to get the most out of this retreat no matter when you jump in!

• September 15 — Registration deadline for Home for Christmas to get the class in time for the event on October 3.
• September 15–20 — Registered between these dates and your class portion will ship September 30.
  • May not arrive in time for the retreat but it’s no problem — you can craft right along with us using supplies you already have on hand, or simply watch the fun and make your class projects once your kit arrives.
• September 20 — Our private Home for Christmas Retreat Facebook Group opens to everyone who’s registered, and that’s the day we’ll post the full schedule of events.
• October 1 — Your complete 25-project PDF tutorial collection is sent — all 15 Home for Christmas class tutorials plus the 10 bonus Scalloped Christmas Cheer tutorials!
• October 1 & 2 — Stampin’ Up!’s Virtual Card Retreat (for anyone who added it on — more on that below!).
• October 3 — Our Home for Christmas Retreat + World Card Making Day — the big day!
• October 10 — Home for Christmas registration closes. Late to the party? You can still register, access everything, and catch the replays.

Can’t be there live? No stress at all — everything happens in our private Facebook Group, and every demonstration is available on replay. Craft along with us in real time, watch later in your pajamas, or a little bit of both. I won’t judge — I’ll probably be doing the same thing.

This isn’t just a card class. It’s six demonstrators, twenty-five tutorials, and a whole community of crafty friends coming together to make the season a little brighter — together.

Ready to Make It a 3-Day Celebration?

Here’s where things get really fun. If one day of crafting has you already dreaming of more, you’re in luck — because you can extend World Card Making Day into an entire 3-day crafting weekend.

October 1 & 2: Stampin’ Up!’s Virtual Card Retreat October 3: Our Home for Christmas Online Retreat

During Stampin’ Up!’s two-day Virtual Card Retreat, you’ll craft alongside Stampin’ Up! staff and create 15 gorgeous, technique-focused cards using the 2026 October Card Retreat Kit — up to seven hours of crafting each day starting at 2:00 p.m. MT, plus its own private Facebook Group, giveaways, and on-demand replay access.

Then on October 3, we pick up right where they left off and dive into everything Christmas with our Home for Christmas Retreat.

The Crafty Math

15 Stampin’ Up! retreat cards + 15 Home for Christmas class projects + 10 bonus tutorials = 40 creative projects/cardsacross three amazing days, plus videos, techniques, giveaways, and two wonderful crafting communities to be part of.

The Sweetest Part

The Stampin’ Up! Virtual Card Retreat add-on is $165. Add it onto your Home for Christmas Retreat registration and you’ll receive FREE shipping and tax on it — my favorite kind of bonus, the kind that doesn’t cost you anything extra.

Prefer to just do the Stampin’ Up! Virtual Card Retreat on its own? Totally an option — it becomes available to purchase separately in my online store starting September 1. But if you ask me, pairing it with Home for Christmas is where the real magic happens.

So… Who’s In?

Whether you’re joining us for one crafty Saturday or turning it into a full three-day holiday celebration, I would love to have you crafting alongside us. This is shaping up to be one of my favorite retreats yet, and I can’t wait to see what we create together.

Mark your calendars, clear off your craft table, and get ready — World Card Making Day is about to get a whole lot merrier.

October 1–3 • 3 Days • 2 Retreats • 40 Creative Projects/Cards Create • Connect • Learn • Celebrate

Happy Stamping, Tami

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Everything is better together! 🎄 The Home for Christmas Online Retreat is designed as one complete crafting experience, so the project supplies, PDF tutorials, video demonstrations, and private Facebook Group access are all included with your retreat registration. These retreat materials and access are not sold separately outside of the retreat.