CARD: Oh Deer from the Ready for Christmas Stamp Set

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"At Christmas and Always" card idea from Stampin Up Ready for Christmas and Carols of Christmas bundles. The snow is created with the Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper. I just adore that deer! Oh deer! I received this card in a swap, and it doesn't have a name on it to credit.

CARD: Christmas Wishes from Across the Miles

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"Christmas Wishes from Across the Miles" card from the Stampin Up Holly Berry Happiness stamp set. The leaves are colored with the ink pad and a blender pen. The greeting banner is created the the Triple Banner punch. Some Berry Burst Woven ribbon complete the beautiful holiday card. Designed by Veronica.

The Stampin Scoop Show – Episode 42 – New Stampin Blends Markers

THE STAMPIN SCOOP SHOW – Episode 42 Stampin Blends Markers 101

October 24, 2017
Welcome to Stampin Blends Markers 101 on the Stampin Scoop today. Everything you need to know to get started with these new artist-quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors. Plus a limited edition Color Me Happy Stamp Set and Kit will be offered while supplies last. All beginning on November 1. On today's video we'll show you the markers and how to use them, including tips and tricks. Did you know you can color on Stampin Pearls, Perfect White Accents, Ribbon, Window Sheets and more with Stampin Blends? True Story.

CARD: Noel from the Christmas Pines Stamps

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Classic and elegant "Noel" Christmas Holiday card idea from the Stampin Up Christmas Pines stamp set and coordinating Perfect Pines dies. The "faux" stitching around the edges can be done with a gel pen, or our chalk marker. The oval is from the Stitched Shapes dies.

BLOG HOP & GIVEAWAY: How to do Multi-Color Embossing Fall Card

MULTI COLOR EMBOSSING & BLOG HOP

Welcome to my Stamp It Demonstrator’s Group Thanksgiving Theme Blog Hop. We’re all really excited to unveil our projects, and announce a new contest give-away (below). To continue on your journey through our projects, simply use the BLOG HOPPERS links below. My blog hop project is this gorgeous "wow" card. On the video I'll show you how to make this card and how to do multi-colored heat embossing using gold, silver and copper. It's a fantastic metallic effect that is just to die for. The background also features the Stampin Up Wood Planks woodgrain impressions folder and the Autumn Harvest bundle. Designed by Christina Miller.

CARD: Mr & Mrs Wedding Card from the Season of Cheer Stamps

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Today we are going "outside the box" with the Stampin Up Cheers to the Year stamp set and Year of Cheer DSP and creating a wedding card. So simple and so classy. The leaves were punched from the Leaf Punch. The ribbon is the Night of Navy crinkled ribbon, which matches the card base. Layered with Gold Foil and a Gold Faceted Gem. You can change the colors on this card to match the wedding colors.

CARD: Joy Card from the Season of Cheer Stamps

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Here's a beautiful non-traditional holiday "Joy" card featuring the Stampin Up Cheers to the Year stamp set. The snowflakes are stamped on the Wood Textures DSP. The background is textured with the Garden Trellis folder.

CARD: Enjoy the Warmth Card from the Hug in a Mug Stamps

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This is a gorgeous card idea from the Stampin Up Hug in a Mug stamp set. "Enjoy the warmth of the season". The snowflakes are from the Seasonal Layers Dies and the background is a watercolor wash on Watercolor Paper. The jazzy metallic polka dots are part of the Foil Frenzy Specialty Paper.

ONLINE CLASS & VIDEO: How to make Sparkly Musical Instrument “Wow” Card for the Holidays

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In today's online class we will be creating this gorgeous, sparkly, "wow" card featuring the Stampin Up Musical Season Bundle: stamps and Musical Instruments dies. We'll be doing several fun techniques, including heat embossing and die cutting. The Snowflake comes from the Winter Wonder impressions folder.

REVEAL: October Paper Pumpkin Kit Reveal and Contest

PINING FOR PLAID KIT

{{SPOILER ALERT}} My October 2017 Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin kit just arrived in the mail, and it awesome!!! It's a shaker card kit, and super fun and quick to put together. In fact, I opened it up live on Facebook an hour ago, and made 2 of the cards in less then 10 minutes. You can catch the reveal video below and enter to win the contest. = I will have my alternate project and video for this kit later in the month. Kit refills should be popping up in my online store any day now.

CARD: December Deliciousness Card from The Little Things Stamps

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Sweet "December Deliciousness" Holiday Card idea from the Stampin Up The Little Things Stamp Set. Love those little gingerbread men. The squares are from the Stitched Shapes and Layering Squares dies. The heart comes from the Corrugated Elements. It's layered over Burlap Ribbon and a banner from the Christmas Around the World DSP. All layered on top of a Delicate Doily.

CARD: Blessed Christmas Wishes from Night in Bethlehem Stamps

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  Beautiful "Blessed Christmas Wishes" card idea from the Stampin Up Night in Bethlehem stamp set and Bethlehem Edgelit dies bundle. There are 2 layers of the edgleits, the 2nd is on a dimensional to pop it up. The Pool Party background is actually the Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper, the Crumb Cake is stamped. The acccents are the Glitter Enamel Dots, but you can also use the Perfect White Accents if you were creating a lot of this card design.

ONLINE CLASS & VIDEO: How to make a stunning sparkly Snowflake Card

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On today's online class, we'll be making this gorgeous card from the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp set and Swirly Snowflakes die set. We featured this stamp set on Tuesday's Stampin Scoop Show (Episode 41) and showed this card as one of the ideas from the set. It received so much love, I decided to do a class on it.

CARD: Beautiful Good Tidings of Great Joy Card

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This beautiful Christmas card idea comes from the Stampin Up Good Tidings Stamp Set. This set is featured in the 2017 Holiday Catalog. The holly berries and leaves are a "2 step" stamp set, and was cut out by hand. The oval was cut from that Stitched Shapes dies, layered over a gold Foil Snowflake. The pretty striped ribbon and paper is the new Quilted Christmas collection.

CARD: Merry Christmas Cheer from the Seasonal Lantern Bundle

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Lovely Merry Christmas Christmas Cheer Card idea from the Seasonal Lantern Stamp Set and die bundle. The background paper is the Merry Music Specialty DSP and Quilted Christmas DSP. Layered on a Delicate White Doily.

The Stampin Scoop Show – Episode 41 – The Snowflake Sentiments Bundle

THE STAMPIN SCOOP SHOW – Episode 41 The Snowflake Sentiments Bundle

October 10, 2017 On today's Stampin' Scoop Show, Linda and I featured the Stampin Up Snowflake Sentiments bundle. This bundle features the Snowflake Sentiments Stamp Set and Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits Die. It's beautiful together. We will be creating a card with the bundle, and sharing over 15 card ideas to get those Christmas / Holiday card inspiration flowing.

CARD: Merry Christmas from the Quilted Christmas Bundle

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A beautiful, bright, colorful Christmas card idea from the Stampin Up Quilted Christmas Suite. The center of the star was stamped, then cut out. Then the background was embossed with the Quilt Top Texture Folder and assembled. Quick, easy and fun.

CARD: Season of Joy from Night in Bethlehem Stamps

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What a beautiful Christmas card this is from the Stampin Up Night in Bethlehem stamp set and dies. The front "wood" is from the Wood Textures DSP, and oval is cut for the center using the Layering Ovals for the window. Inside the oval window the images are stamped on Dapper Denim Card stock and the oval was cut out using the Stitched Shapes dies. The star is cut from Silver Foil card stock.

CARD: Brush Your Fangs Funny from Creep It Real – Card 3 of 3

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How super fun is this Halloween card? I received this from my friend Pamela Alexander and it made me laugh out loud. I just had to share it. She created this card with the Stampin Up Creep It Real Stamp Set, Spooky Cat (candy corn) and the retired Bootiful Occasions. It's colored with the Stampin Write Markers. The background is the Spooky Night DSP.  

CARD: Brush Your Fangs Halloween Card from Creep It Real Part 2 of 3

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Super fun Halloween Boo Card from my series on the Stampin Up Creep It Real Stamp Set. The background squares are from the Spooky Night Designer Paper, and cut out with the Stitched Shapes Dies. The black background is also from the Spooky Night DSP.

ONLINE CLASS & VIDEO: September 2017 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Alternate Card Set & Giveaway

SEPTEMBER PAPER PUMPKIN

On today's live online class we'll be doing the Emboss Resist Technique to create this gorgeous fall card. I had a blast playing with the beautiful Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin kit. The treat boxes and note cards that the kit originally made were just gorgeous. Every month I like to show you an alternate project for "outside the box" Paper Pumpkin fun. You can purchase these refill kits in my online store.

CARD: Trick or Treat Halloween Card from Creep It Real Part 1 of 3

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Trick or Treat fun Halloween Card from the Stampin Up Creep It Real Stamp Set in the Holiday Catalog. The circle is cut from the Stitched Shapes framelits, and the leaves are from the Leaf Punch. There is a strip of the Spooky Night DSP in the background. Stay tuned for more from this fun Halloween set here on my blog this week.

CARD: Thankful for you card from the Painted Harvest Bundle

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Here's another beautiful card from the Stampin Up Painted Harvest Bundle. It's perfect for fall. This card is a "thankful" card, get for Thanksgiving as well. The sentiment can be changed to make it good for any occasion. The background is stamped with the Burlap stamp for texture.

NEWS: Stampin’ Blends are coming – Join October 1-15 and get your set

STAMPIN BLENDS MARKERS

Say hello to a new world of colorful creativity! Meet Stampin’ Blends, artist-quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors. To cover all the blending bases, we’re also offering a limited-time 16-card project kit and stamp set with beautiful line-art images.
  • Demonstrator Early Release Dates: October 1-15 Only
  • Customers: Date not yet set (but soon) We anticipate that our customer launch date will be before the end of the year; however, we will not be providing a release date right away.

How do I get them?

As a demonstrator you can order your set now with your demonstrator discount. If you are not a demonstrator yet, you can purchase these in the demo kit (which is AWESOME deal) and then get a discount on future purchases. No selling necessary.

15% OFF SALE for World Card Making Day – 10 days only ends October 10

World Card Making Day Sale

We didn’t come up with World Card Making Day, but we are thrilled that it’s a thing! It’s a day dedicated to doing what you love most—making handmade cards! It celebrates the creativity and personal connection handmade cards create between loved ones.

FUNDRAISER: 8th Annual Stamp Out Breast Cancer Giveaway & Free Tutorial

  8th Annual Stamp Out Breast Cancer Fundraiser

Join us, OR simply make a donation

One of the many things I love about Stampin Up, is how we can use it to help others. Join me and our team of demonstrators and help us raise money for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer while having some stamping fun.

NEWS: Introducing the Season of Style from Paper Pumpkin – Oct & Nov Kits

The Paper Pumpkin team is always tracking products that make our customers happy and (no surprise!) holiday kits are a huge favorite. Knowing this, we decided to create a simple and fun holiday crafting experience that demonstrators can share with customers as the perfect way to streamline Christmas prep. Welcome to a Season of Style! To give you more of what you love, during October and November we’re offering two straight months of perfectly coordinated Christmas cardmaking and gifting projects. For demonstrators, two matching kits means two months of being able to offer the perfect solution to your customers for their holiday crafting needs. This will help you improve retention and gain new subscribers; it will also give you the perfect opportunity to reach out to cancelled subscribers who won’t want to miss these unique kits. For your customers, two coordinating kits means that 1) they will have everything they need to complete unique holiday cards and gifts, 2) they will have more creative options, and 3) they can get that handmade holiday touch without the fuss. CLICK HERE to see more Paper Pumpkin ideas, get more info and to subscribe.

CARD: Night in Bethlehem Christmas Blessings Card

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Here's another beautiful card from the Stampin Up Night in Bethlehem edglit dies and the Christmas Pines stamp set. A fabulous Christmas Blessings card. the background was created with Glossy Card Stock (the shine is hard to see in the photo) with a sponge brayer and Night of Navy layered over Pool Party ink.

ONLINE CLASS & VIDEO: How to make a Night in Bethlehem Window Card

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On today's online class, I'll show you how to make this stunning Christmas Wishes card from the Stampin Up Night in Bethlehem Stamp Set and Die bundle. It's surprisingly easy to make, super fun too. I love window the oval creates as a focal point of the card.

CARD: Why, Thank You from Gourd Goodness Part 2 of 2

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"Why, Thank you" card from the Stampin Up Gourd goodness stamp set. This fun fall card is part 2 in my 2 part series featuring this stamp set. The oval comes from the Stitched Shapes dies. The half fan accent was created with the Painted Autumn DSP, and the background is the Wood Textures DSP.