Happy New Year 2026

It's a brand new year - lots of challenges ahead and lots to be thankful for too!  I'm thankful that I still have YOU in my circle of crafting friends and hope you are taking some time to create while you still juggle  life with your busy schedule . . . .  I'm still able to share new catalogues with you and my sidebar is updated with the latest ones for you!

Keep sending those cards that you make - you never know how your happy mail can brighten someone's day!

Cheers until next time and Happy Crafting!

Ginny 

Happy New Year 2025!!

I hope you have a fabulous year ahead, and are able to work in some crafting time for you and your family/friends. While I'm not actively adding posts to my blog, I am updating the catalogues as long as I remain a demo with Stampin' Up! so you can click the links to the right of the page and see what's new and exciting for you to craft with!!  Did you see that we have scrapbooking supplies again?? Yay!!

Keep on crafting and being wonderful - a handmade card is a hug from you to your special person, made and sent with love ❤️🤗

Happy stamping

Ginny

Sunday Share - Happy Easter and a Paper Pumpkin News Update

Happy Easter to each of you from us - we hope you have a weekend of relaxing and  sharing happy moments with family and/or friends.  

This is a quick post to remind you of all the fun kits that are under the Paper Pumpkin banner in Stampin' Up! and coming up in the next three months. The Add-On will be a perfect match for the kits and June's kit will feature new In Colors from the Annual catalogue. . . . . so read on and sign up so you don't miss out!

Paper Pumpkin has changed it's focus for 2024 and will be introducing kits with a quarterly theme and an Add-On you can purchase that will coordinate with all three kits in the quarter - here's the line-up for April, May and June . . . .

April: Delicate Wings

Partial pop-up butterfly elements are the focus of this month's kit, letting you create elegant cards to send words of encouragement and support to those you love. Do you love butterflies as much as I do?? 

Your kit includes everything you need to make 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs), with 9 coordinating envelopes. The kit includes precut paper pieces and butterfly designs, plus champagne foil images, sentiments, and labels. The ink spot colour this month is Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Spot and other coordinating Stampin' Up! colours are Basic Beige (a new colour), Basic Black, Lost Lagoon, and Moody Mauve.

May: The Best There Is

These cards have a more manly feel and will be perfect for Father's Day and beyond. This kit coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper from the NEW 2024-25 Annual Catalogue.

The kits kit includes everything you need to make 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs), with 9 coordinating envelopes. Woodgrain textures and masculine earthy tones are featured in this kit, with precut paper accent pieces and labels. This is going to be a popular kit so don't miss it! A Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Spot is also provided, and other coordinating Stampin' Up! colours are Basic Beige, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pool Party, and Wild Wheat.

June: Life Is Sweet

While we haven't got a look at the In Colors that will be featured on these cards, we do know that it will be a really great kit as the new In Colors are so bright and cheerful. You will be making some textured, artistic cards with this month's kit that will help you celebrate the sweet things in life, featuring the NEW 2024-26 In Color™ Collection.

Your kit includes everything you need to make 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs), with 9 coordinating envelopes. The kit contains iridescent glimmer sentiments and precut paper pieces, plus vellum accents, iridescent pearls, and linen thread. Coordinating Stampin' Up! colours are Lemon Lolly, Pool Party, and Poppy Parade, along with the new In Colors which will be perfect for some fun cheerful cards!

Exclusive Add-On Dies

The Thanks & Beyond Dies add-on will help you take your crafting with your Paper Pumpkin kits even further. Create butterfly partial pop-up elements using both the outline and detailed insert pieces. The hexagon stitched label and "thanks" sentiment dies will also undoubtedly prove themselves useful additions to your craft supplies. These dies coordinate with all three of this quarter's kits. Don't delay ordering as this add-on is offered while supplies last, and is only available to current Paper Pumpkin subscribers.

Pick up a prepaid subscription (1, 3, 6, or 12 months) from my online store, or set up a monthly subscription. The cut-off date to subscribe and receive each month's kit is the 10th of the month, so to receive the April kit, you must subscribe or activate your prepaid code before April 10th.

Thanks so much for being a part of my Stampin' Up! world over the past several years (since early 2011) - while I'm retiring from the business side I will still keep on creating - only now it will be for my personal projects only not for classes or events.  I was honoured that you chose me to share your crafting time and projects with as that kept me motivated to try new techniques and ideas and in turn share them with you. It's truly about the people we meet along our journey and you've been the best!! 

Happy Easter and Happy stamping!

Ginny

Sunday Share - A Sketch For Easter and Retiring Lists!😢😢

If you got my newsletter on Wednesday, then you saw the sketch and card I shared with you - here's a couple more cards I made to send for Easter using the same sketch. I really liked it as it's clean and easy to pull together with any papers, stamps and die cut or punched bits you might have on your desk.

Here's a reminder of the sketch - 

And here is the first card I made using the Easter Bunny Stamp Set and coordinating punch . . .so cute! I did fussy cut the butterfly to perch on the bunny's nose and the bunny and background Designer Series Papers are retired but perfect for the card. I added an eye with the Matte Black Dots. 

The second card used some almost purple background, so perfect for an Easter card . . . . .

Which one is your favourite?? 

Here's my links to the retiring lists for the Annual catalogue and the Spring Mini  - lots on sale starting April 9th so make your list and be ready to shop . . .but if you really want something I'd recommend getting it now as it could sell out by the 9th and then you'd be super sad 😢

2023-24 Annual Catalogue Last Chance List


2024 January-April Mini Catalogue Last Chance List

And a quick add-on to share some of the price increases that will be happening in the next Annual Catalogue . . . stock up before May 1st to get current pricing and send me an email or shop my online store to shop with me before the end of March!  Here's the scoop:

We deal with price increases all the time, and sadly our paper crafting industry isn’t exempt from higher prices in raw materials and shipping.  I’m letting you know of some of the larger increases for the incoming Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue starting May 1^st so you can stock up on some of these basics before the increase happens if your budget allows.  My last group order will be going in on March 30^th, or you can shop online using my Host Code ZKPNDYWE if your order is under $200 to get in on the shared rewards at the end of the month.  Here are the basic product categories that will have more than usual prices increases starting May 1^st:

Inks/Colouring:

Classic Stampin’ Ink Refills - $.50

Stampin’ Blends - $1.25

Stampin’ Spots - $1.75 - $3.00

Memento Ink - $2.00

Memento Refill - $1.50

Watercolour Pencils - $3.00

Blending Brushes - $3.00

Stampin' Spritzers - $2.75

Cardstock:

Basic White cardstock - $3.50

Single Colour cardstock - $2.00

Colour Family cardstock - $2.00

Colour Family 12x12 - $2.00

Very Vanilla 12x12 - $1.25 (Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock and Medium envelopes are both being retired - sad but you can stock up now!!) 

Basic White 12x12 - $1.25

Select Notecards and Envelopes - $2.75

Tools/Storage:

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Large Machine - $2.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Plates - $2.00

Select Storage - $1.25 - $3.00

Adhesives:

Liquid Glue - $.75

Mini Glue Dots - $2.00

Basic White Medium Envelopes - $3.25

The new Annual Catalogue will be totally different from any other, so I urge you to connect with a demo in your area to get on their list for a paper copy.  Meanwhile I will have the digital version on my blog even after I "retire from Stampin' Up!" and close down my online shop mid-April. 

Happy stamping!

Ginny

Sunday Share on Monday - A New Colour Combo Card!

If you read my newsletter last week, you saw the card created with the fun colour combo - Berry Burst, Pool Party and Bubble Bath - who knew Bubble Bath would be a cool colour?? 

I decided to play with some more colour combos for you using retiring In Colors . . . . as well as reversing the ones from the newsletter. So much fun to play with colour, don't you agree?

Here's the card I made using the reverse of the card sample in my newsletter and I think it turned out just as good as the original! It's really easy to line up the words with the Photopolymer Stamps in the Happy Little Things Stamp set (available in the Online Exclusives section of my store) so you can create multiple cards quickly. The greetings used both the banner dies that can be bundled with the stamps. Very easy to create your cards with both sets!! 

This card features three of the retiring In Colors (yes, it's sad when they can't stick around longer!)  and they are Parakeet Party, Tahitian Tide and Starry Night. The other two not used this time are Sweet Sorbet and Orchid Oasis.  If you still want any of these colours, I really urge you to shop soon as the retiring list is out later today and they won't last long!! 

I also used the Crosshatch Embossing Folder that is part of the set of three "Essentials Embossing Folders" available in the Online Exclusives section of my online store . 

You can shop my online store or message/email me to place your orders until the end of March when I am retiring from my Stampin' Up! business. I will keep my store open until mid-April and will be happy to refer you to some amazing demo friends who can help you with your crafting needs going forward. And yes, I'll still be crafting - just taking time to do my own projects!

I hope you try today's variations on last week's card idea. and until next time -

Happy stamping!

Ginny