Monthly Archives: March 2023

Color Refresh

Have you heard, there is a color refresh coming.

New 2023-2025 In-Colors:

Copper Clay
Wild Wheat
Boho Blue
Moody Mauve
Pebble Path

Returning colors include:

Lemon Lime Twist
Berry Burst
Misty Moonlight
Pretty Peacock
Blueberry Bushel
Lost Lagoon
Fresh Freesia (2021-2023 In-Color)

New Colors:

Azure Afternoon
Pecan Pie
Lemon Lolly
Bubble Bath

To make way for these colors the following colors are retiring. Below are direct links to my online store for card stock, ink pads, ink re-fill and Stampin’ Blend Markers if color is available.

Bermuda Bay
Soft Suede
Pear Pizzazz
Mango Melody
Blushing Bride
Mint Macaron
Rich Razzleberry
So Saffron
Pacific Point
Merry Merlot
Sahara Sand

I would highly recommend purchasing card stock, ink pads, re-inkers or blends if any of the retiring colors are favorites, so you don’t run out. I’m sure they will be going fast. Just make sure to save up for the new colors, they are beautiful!

Download a color coach today. 2023 Annual Catalog Color Coach

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope these projects have inspired you to try paper crafting. When you decide to place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I would appreciate your business.

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Last Chance Products – starts April 4th

The January–April 2023 Mini Catalog and the 2022–2023 Annual Catalog will be retiring soon!

It’s bittersweet to say goodbye to a Stampin’ Up! catalog, but we’re looking forward to all the new products on their way—and hope you are, too.

Starting Tuesday, April 4 and ending May 1, 2022 – Last Chance Products!

Stock up on your favorite products before they’re gone for good!

Download PDF or Excel Versions of the lists today. Some products up to 60% discounted.

2022-2023 Annual Catalog Last Chance Products_US

January-April 2023 Mini Catalog Last Chance Products_US

Items to Note:

The Stamparatus and its accessories are part of this Last Chance promotion, only available while supplies last. If there is leftover product at the end of this promotion, the Stamparatus and its accessories will move into the Online Exclusive category.
Not all items on the Last Chance Products List will be discounted.
All products are available while supplies last, including stamp sets and there are no purchase limits.
Discounted items can be added to a Starter Kit and redeemed as a 50% off item or with Stampin’ Rewards.
Some stamp sets and dies will move into the new annual catalog but not at a bundled price.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today. When you decide to place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I would appreciate your business.

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In the Moment

This is a fun week for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators!

Wednesday, March 29th at 1pm MT or 3pm EST for me, I will be able to download a PDF version of the new 2023-2034 Annual Catalog.

What does the new annual catalog mean?

New 2023-2025 In-Colors – wonder what they will be called?
Color Refresh – what colors are staying, leaving or returning?
Retiring Products (lists made a available)

Today I thought I would share a card featuring the “In the Moment Stamp Set” – will it be on the retiring list?

Sentiments from the set are stamped in Soft Suede ink on Soft Suede card stock. Stylish Shapes Dies created the circles from Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper. Image stamped in Memento Black Ink on Basic White, then die cut with largest square from Stylish Shapes Dies. While I used Stampin’ Blend Markers to color the image – you don’t even have to color the image. Rectangle from Rose Gold paper and sentiment finish the card!

Why not think about joining Stampin’ Up! now to see the catalog early, pre-order some select products and receive a discount.

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Daffodil Daydream

It’s hard to believe Easter is just two weeks away, where has the time gone.

Thought I would share a card made using the Daffodil Daydream Stamp set and Daffodil Dies from the annual catalog.

Colors include Daffodil Delight, Petal Pink and Basic White.

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Additional samples

Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend!

I’m looking forward to my nail appointment today, it’s always relaxing to get a manicure and pedicure! What are you looking forward to do this weekend?

Thought I would share a few other cards made using the sketch from “Crafty Al” sheetload of cards on You Tube. Check out my Sunday Stampers post from this past weekend for more information.

First card features Soft Sea Foam, Evening Evergreen and Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper.

Finally, the second card features the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper, along with Night of Navy and Orchid Oasis card stock.

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April 2023 Paper Pumpkin

Good things take time, but you can start creating them now with the All the Little Things Paper Pumpkin kit!

This kit includes nine cards, three each of three designs, with elegant designs and bright colors. The iridescent foil is the shining detail to bring your crafts together. You can make a card for anyone and for any occasion!

And don’t wait, because anyone who subscribes to the April 2023 kit will get a FREE box organizer! This organizer fits perfectly inside your Paper Pumpkin box and is great for keeping your supplies from past kits organized, so you know right where everything is!

About the kit – All the Little Things

This kit includes:

9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs, and 9 coordinating envelopes.
1 photopolymer stamp set with celebratory sentiments.
1 Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Spot.
Precut cherry blossom paper pieces with iridescent foil.
Unique embellishments and twine.
Adhesives to complete the projects.
Final card size: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”
Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce.
FREE box organizer

Subscribe to the April Paper Pumpkin Kit between now and April 10, 2023 by clicking here!

Note: Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

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Refills, Past kits and more . . .

Sweet Songbirds

Last week I participated in a Stamp & Play Online event – here is the card I made during the event – thought I would share with you today!

Card Specifics:

Smoky Slate card stock base
Designer Series Paper 2½” x 5″ cut into 4 pieces 1¼” x 2½” (you can even use card stock – plain, embossed or stamped)
Sweet Songbird Bundle

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Sun Print Triangle Card

Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend.

Today I have what I am calling a Triangle card. Card features the Sun Prints 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper – but any designer paper would work.

As I’m writing the post, I’m thinking you could even use different colored card stock. Cut 2 pieces together so they have the same cut lines.

Card Specifics:

Designer Series Paper – 3¾” x 5″ – cut diagonally corner to corner
Turn over 2 opposite triangle pieces
Mat on card stock cut to – 4″ x 5¼”
Add sentiment and embellishment of your choice

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March Sunday Stampers

appy Sunday, today my Sunday Stampers are meeting, and I thought I would share their cards with you.

Featured Products:

Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper
Playing in the Rain Bundle
Irresistible Blooms Bundle
Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper
Rose Gold Foil Paper
Something Fancy Dies

My first card features the Online Exclusive Irresistible Blooms Bundle & Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper, both of which have been so popular they are currently unavailable, but due back in stock in April.

I’m also featuring Pretty Peacock ink – which we believe will be part of the color refresh in the new annual catalog coming out in May. I just happened to still have ink pad and refill!

For my second card, I’m featuring a card sketch from the February 2023 Sheet load of Cards by Crafty Al on YouTube. I thought this was the perfect sketch to use with the Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper.

Final card for you is a Corner Squash Fun Fold.

Here is what the inside looks like. A couple scores and folds and you have this card, just decorate as desired.

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Download a project sheet: Mar23 Sunday Stampers – CardsandCraftswithKaren

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

The one day of the year most people are Irish!

Hope you enjoy today’s card.

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Rain or Shine – part 2

Happy Thursday, one more day closer to the weekend.

While getting projects ready for my Sunday Stampers, I had a bunch of these little flower images sitting on my desk from the Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper, so I came up with the card below.

Card Specifics:

Die cut flower images using the smallest Stylish Shapes Circle Die
Add circles with Stampin’ Dimensionals
Stitched Rectangle Dies – Basic Black card stock and designer paper
Flirty Flamingo card stock base
Artistically Inked stamp set used for greeting

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By the Bay Cards

Hello, today I thought I would share two cards with you using strips and squares of By the Bay Specialty Designer Series Paper – but any designer paper and stamp set would work nicely.

Specifics for the card below:

Balmy Blue card stock card base and mat
Gold Foil card stock mat 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Balmy Blue card stock embossed with Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder (3¾” x 5″)
3 strips designer paper (¾” x 5″)
Something Fancy Dies for greeting and mat
Mat adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals
Embellishment of your choice (Iridescent Rhinestone Gems)

Specifics for the card below:

Balmy Blue card stock base
Images stamped in Balmy Blue ink on Balmy Blue card stock on mat 4″ x 5¼”
Night of Navy card stock mat 3¾” x 3¾”
Night of Navy Bordered Ribbon
4 squares of designer paper (1¾” x 1¾”)
Stylish Shapes Dies for greeting and mat
Embellishments of your choice (Milky Dots I used are sold out)

If you don’t have these products – what do you have you can use?

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1 3/4″ Circle Punch Cards

Happy Saturday! Don’t forget tonight most of us here in the United States start Daylight Savings time. We will “spring” ahead our clocks by 1 hour. I’m definitely a fan of having more sunlight in the evening!

Today’s cards feature the 1¾” Circle Punch – one of the Online Exclusive Products. If you don’t have this punch, it’s the perfect time to get one or even use one you have.

Specific for the cards:

1 3/4″ Circle Punch
Scraps of paper
Basic White card stock for mat
Thick Basic White card stock for card base
Versamark to stamp greeting
Basic Embossing Powders and Heat Tool
Embellishments for bling

For the first card I’ve used Designer Series or Patterned Paper to punch out a bunch of circles and adhered them to the 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ piece of Basic White card stock, cutting off the excess. Card base for both cards is Thick Basic White card stock.

For the second card, I’ve used scraps of card stock to punch the circles. Die cut is from the Hand-Penned Petals stamp set and colored using Stampin’ Blend Markers.

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Naturally Gilded DSP

Happy Thursday, hope you week is going well.

Today I thought I would share three cards made with one of the Online Exclusive products.

Bring a shiny take on nature with the Naturally Gilded 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. Each sheet has a silhouette of delicate florals or slender trees printed in metallic foil and covered with subtle spatters. Die-cut or punch for accents or use larger pieces for a brilliant background on cards or scrapbook page. It’s a simple way to bring brightness to your crafting!

There are 6 sheets in the package, 2 each of 3 designs. Colors include Copper, gold, silver, Very Vanilla and Basic White.

Sympathy cards are one of the hardest to make, this paper makes it easy. Peaceful Moments stamp set provided the greeting. Which stamp set would you use?

Middle card has a light amount of color added with Blending Brushes using Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue and So Saffron.

Finally, the last card features Merry Merlot and Very Vanilla card stock. Greeting is from the Season of Chic stamp set.

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Playing in the Rain

Later this month when my Sunday Stampers meet one of the cards we will be making uses the Playing in the Rain Bundle along with the coordinating Rain or Shine Specialty Designer Series Paper.

With the Rain or Shine 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper you can add a splash of rain to your projects. This paper has a touch of glossy coating on some designs, giving a realistic rain effect. There are both soft and bright colors, fun patterns as well as flowery and rainy designs that can be used as card backgrounds. This fun paper is full of creative possibilities!

Colors in the paper include Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, and Old Olive.

Die cuts from the designer paper along with card stock help create the scene on the front, along with stamped and die cut clouds and water. I’ve added a thin line of Balmy Blue around the inside of the clouds and water for depth.

Here is the inside view of the card. I’ve added a die cut bridge on the inside as well.

Download a project sheet with measurements:

Playing in the Rain Bundle – CardsandCraftswithKaren

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Have a birthday beer!

Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend.

How about a quick and easy card for a masculine birthday? The layout for the card is turning out to be one of my favorite designs. Any coordinating designer (patterned) paper works great, just add a coordinating card base, die cut or punched image and greeting and your done.

Products used and measurements:

Sahara Sand card stock base
He’s the Man Designer Series Paper
- 2 – 1½” x 3 (these can be the same or different)
- 1 – 3″ x 3″
Brewed for You Bundle
Gray Granite, So Saffron and Early Espresso ink pads
Stylish Shapes Dies
Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots

For the inside I did something different. There are stamped beer glasses on either side and a 3″ x 3″ Very Vanilla square in the middle with the inside greeting and room to sign your name.

Think I’ll take a look at my designer series paper and make a few more of these cards!

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Irresistible Blooms Bundle

Happy Friday, any special weekend plans?

Today I’m featuring two cards using the Irresistible Blooms Bundle and coordinating paper.

The Hello, Irresistible 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper is beautiful. There are dies in the bundle that will die cut out two flowers and the leaves. Colors include Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, and Soft Sea Foam. Did you notice two old colors that just might be returning soon!

I was lucky enough to find my Pretty Peacock ink pad to use for the greetings, I just needed to re-ink the pad. Used by Stamparatus for a nice deep color.

Here is what the paper looks like.

My first card has a Soft Sea Foam base, with a 4″ x 5¼” piece of designer series pattern used with the circle die cut. Flower and solid leaves die cut from the paper and detailed leaves are die cut with Soft Succulent card stock. Loose Frosted Dots adhere easily with a drop of liquid glue and your Take-Your-Pick tool.

For this card, the Picture This Dies provided the die cut for the greeting. I’ve added the designer paper directly to the front of a Thick Basic White card base.

Currently the Loose Frosted Dot Embellishment are not available, hopefully they will be in soon!

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New Online Exclusives

Today Stampin’ Up! launched Online Exclusives!

You won’t find these products in any Stampin’ Up! catalog for these never-before-seen products to spark their creativity and expand their crafting collection (and yours!). All from the convenience of the online store.

Below you will find these products for your review.

There are even 2 circle punches, a 2″ and 1¾”, woo hoo!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today. Should you decide to place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I would appreciate your business.

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