IDEAS Blog Hop: That's So Suite of You - Beautiful Gallery

 

Hello crafters!  I'm so excited to share our February IDEAS Blog Hop with you today. We are featuring projects that highlight some of the fabulous Stampin' Up! Suites. The tutorial is full of amazing creative ideas!  I used the Beautiful Gallery Suite from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog.

This graphic is a sneak peek at the some of the projects in our February IDEAS Tutorial Bundle.

My bundle projects are exclusive to the bundle. However, I wanted to share something with you, so here is an alternate project using the same suite.   

And it is even a gift card holder....

Would you like a copy of the tutorials for these projects for your personal use, or even to use in your classes? Contact your member demonstrator or me.  There are three options to acquire our IDEAS tutorial bundle:

1. Place a $35 order on my website, shop here.

2. It is free for all of my team members, join here.

3. Purchase it for $15 USD.

 Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support!

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Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop: Special Delivery

 

Hello friends!! Welcome to another Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop! This month's kit is Special Delivery and has a Valentine's theme. 

Here are the kit cards as designed: 

I made a card using the stamps and ink color. I did stick with the postage theme by using the Perennial Postage dies to cut out some rectangles for my card. I used the sort of new Lovely Stripes 3D Embossing Folder for my background. 

I love the shimmer from the Wink of Stella on the flowers. I stamped the flowers, colored them with Stampin' Blends, and then cut them out. Kind of hard to see the shimmer in the photo, but the flowers are so pretty. 

Hope you are inspired to make your kit up or create some alternate project(s) with it. Check out the other projects by following the list below: 

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

Don't miss out on February's kit! Here are the details for Celebrate Spring. 

Craft whimsical handmade cards that celebrate Easter and sweet spring days.
• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Precut paper pieces and pink baker’s twine
• Iridescent pink and yellow sequins
• Coordinating colors: Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock (Classic Stampin' Spot)

And don't forget the 1st Quarter Add-ons that coordinate with January-February-March Paper Pumpkin kits, item #168666:

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Order the Add-ons here! 

Inspire Create Share Blog Hop: Product of the Month Showcase

 

Happy New Year friends!! Thanks for coming along on this journey as we showcase the Product of the Month. Stampin' Up! started doing a product of the month in December 2025, so we have had 2 so far! What is the Product of the Month, you ask?! Each month Stampin' Up! releases a new Product of the Month (POM) that you can get for $5 with a $75 minimum purchase. You can only purchase one each of the POM's, but you could purchase more in one month, if you missed one and it is still available. Visit Stampinup.com, or call, text or message me for more info.

Anyway, December's POM was this beautiful Designer Series Paper, True Blue Florals 

item #167970:

And this is what I have created using it:

I love that this card design shows off both sides of the DSP. And I didn't forget the inside and used a strip of the DSP there too!  

The January POM is this fun sentiment-based set:

I like the mixed fonts, and would have used it, but I am still waiting on UPS to bring it to me!! 

Which is your favorite the DSP or the Stamp Set? Or are you like me and cannot decide? 

Hop along with me and see which POM everyone used, maybe both. Follow along on the list provided:

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities: Watercolor in Bloom

 

Hello friends!! Happy New Year!!

May this New Year bring you strength and fresh beginnings, with blessings that renew your heart & mind!

This is the final Paper Pumpkin Possibilities for 2025, even though it is now 2026. So much to reflect on and to look forward to!! Do you love Paper Pumpkin like we do? We love the kits as designed but also love to try to do something new & inspiring with the contents.

Here are the cards as designed:

So beautiful, and great sentiments for the new year. I love that they have card front sentiments but also have sentiments for the inside too!! And the color palette is super pretty in the blues & greens with the pop of bronze. 

I love to use the stamps and ink for my alternate projects, cuz once the consumables are gone, that is all you will have left. That is what I have done this month, but I also did a fun fold, and...

 a fun technique; Faux Silk!

Can you see the little wrinkles in the paper to give it texture, like fine silk? I have been going back to my technique books, yes, we used to do technique swaps so we could get ideas before the internet days. I know, I am aging myself. Anyway, Faux Silk was one of the techniques we did back in the day before Embossing Folders and die cutting. 

Hope you like this card and technique. Follow along for more ideas using the December 2025 Paper Pumpkin kit: Watercolor in Bloom.

Click on the list below and leave a comment before you go...

Happy New Year!!

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

IDEAS Blog Hop: Anything but Flowers

 

Hi friends!! We hear so often that Stampin' Up! has so many flower stamps! So, we decided to show you what they have that aren't flowers this month! Hang with us for a bit and see what we found for you! 

This graphic is a sneak peek at the some of the projects you will find in our January IDEAS Tutorial Bundle.

 There are 10 international designers this month. With over 30 pages of instructions to include, but not limited to fun folds, techniques and a 6" x 6" One Sheet Wonder. Instructions have color photos and metric & imperial measurements. 

Because my bundle designs are exclusive to the bundle, I normally show an alternate project, a bonus project, if you will.  This card uses the same stamp set, Along These Lines, and a new Designer Series Paper just released yesterday called Mixed Up Patterns, that are also used in my bundle projects. 

This stamp set has all kinds of non-flower images. 

 Would you like a copy of the tutorials for these projects for your personal use, or even to use in your classes? Contact me to grab yours! There are three options to acquire our IDEAS tutorial bundle:

1. Free with a $35 (pretax & s/h) order placed with me. Shop here. 

2. It is free for all of my team members. Join here.

3. Purchase it for $15 USD. Venmo: @dogrrrl

 Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support!

You can hop along for some more sneak peeks. Just follow the list below!! 

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Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

Inspire Create Share Blog Hop: Sketch Challenge

 

I love a good sketch challenge, do you? The ICS team is doing one for our monthly blog hop. So, if you were looking for it, you are in the right place! I hope you are inspired to create a project using it too!

Here is the sketch we will all be using: 

I have gotten so much use out of the Delicate Pines bundle this season and hope to be able to continue using it into the new year, since it is more winter themed than Christmas. I paired it with the Branching Out Dies and it was perfect for this sketch challenge, don't you think?

And as always, don't forget the inside. It just gives the card a completed look. 

 I cannot wait to hop along and see how everyone else was inspired. I hope you will click the links in the list and join me!! Wishing you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! 

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

IDEAS Blog Hop: We're Cut Out to be Friends

 

Hello friends! This is the final IDEAS Blog Hop of 2025; so glad you chose to join us! 

This month's theme is We're Cut Out to be Friends. It focuses on something we do on most every project we make... cutting! It can be die cutting, or fussy cutting, or punching out items, but everything is cut somehow. 

Here is a sampling of the projects in the December Bundle:

The bundle contains projects from 13 different Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the globe. It has 50 pages of fun, which includes color photos, step by step instructions, and both imperial and metric measurements. There are so many different types of projects, there is definitely something for everyone!

My projects are exclusive to the bundle, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek. I used all the same products on my sample card as I used on the cards in the bundle. So, it is like a bonus project without the instructions:

A Child is Born stamp set, Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper and Hues of Blue embellishments.

And don't forget the inside: 

Are you interested in owning this bundle? Here are 3 ways to obtain it: 

1. Place a $35 order with me, click here

2. It is free for all of my team members, join here.

3. Purchase it for $15 USD. Contact me for payment options. 

 Once you have received the tutorials, feel free to use the projects for personal use or even in your classes. But please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support!

Let's go check out the other blogs to see what they have to share with us! Click on the list below to follow along.

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'!