Six easy card ideas with Autumn Toile paper from Stampin’ Up!®

Trees? Yes please! When I saw the beautiful Autumn Toile Designer Series Paper in the latest Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue, I knew it had my name all over it.

I love autumn colours and tree images, so this gorgeous Designer Paper just had to land in my Stampin’ Up!® shopping basket.

I knew my nature-loving customers would feel the same so held an online craft class for them, so they could enjoy this great product and add to their masculine card stash.

We made six cards in one evening – no mean feat but the designs were very simple, as you can see here.

Nine projects with Peace on Earth from Stampin' Up!®

Are you making Christmas cards yet? Want a change from traditional red and green?

The gorgeous Peace on Earth dies (165924) and coordinating Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper (165917) from Stampin’ Up!® are ideal for making serene cards which will stand out from the crowd.

I used these dies and this lovely Peaceful Garden paper at my recent all-day class here in Derbyshire. I did not use the Peace on Earth stamps because the sentiments don't exactly scream Christmas to me.

We spent a relaxing day crafting, with a buffet lunch (SO many sandwiches!) to fuel our afternoon.

I created a tutorial of nine projects (10 if you include the handmade envelope) for people to choose from. Some cherry-picked their favourites, ignoring the tricky ones. Some only made the tricky ones, working on the theory that I was there to help if needed. And I believe some of them managed to make them all!

Three ways with Party Alphabet Dies - plus TWO ways to get them for less

 

Have you looked at the Party Alphabet Dies from Stamping’ Up!® and wished you could justify ordering them? Read on for some great inspiration – plus TWO ways you could get these fabulous dies for less. 

Get ahead with these very easy Stampin’ Up!® Christmas cards!

 

What kind of Christmas card maker are you? Do you focus on one Stampin’ Up!® stamp set or bundle and make them all the same?

Do you throw all your Stampin’ Up!® supplies at your cards and make lots of different cards?

Have you started already and have a firm plan? Or do you leave it to the last minute?

If you’re like me, the answer will probably be a combination. I relate to all of the above apart from the first one because I don’t like making cards all the same. 

Even though it’s still summer, I have made some cards already... but I know I will still have a last-minute rush to ensure I have enough to send.

Important changes to Stampin’ Up!® products and packaging

 

This is not my normal type of post but I think it’s important to know as soon as possible about some changes coming to Stampin’ Up!® products. There are a lot happening at once so I have created some fact sheets to help you. 

Eight tips for finding your papercrafting and cardmaking mojo

We’ve all experienced this at some point: the utter inertia that comes from losing your crafting mojo. Yes, even Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators experience this from time to time.

It can be so dispiriting. You want to craft – you may even have new Stampin’ Up!® supplies – but nothing happens. You find yourself browsing Pinterest for ideas but never make any of them. You may even get as far as starting stamping but nothing you make looks right to you.

Help is at hand! Here are my tried and tested methods for finding that elusive mojo – and no, “buy new stuff” is NOT one of them!

10 projects using Celebratory Sips Suite

 

In my opinion, one of the best ever Stampin’ Up!® Suites never to appear in the catalogue is Celebratory Sips (165600), featuring the Cheers & Sips bundle (165594) of stamps and dies.

This fabulous suite is a Stampin’ Up!® Online Exclusive, launched in May. It was the theme of an all-day class I held in June and I’ve only just realised I never shared the projects here, so buckle up for 10 very different projects using this lovely Suite.  

The day was a mix of simple and more complicated projects. I like to give people options! All my craft days are relaxed events where people work at their own pace from written tutorials. This means they can skip any projects they aren’t keen on and, if supplies allow, make extras of their favourites.

Four card ideas using the NEW Painterly Pears Suite

There’s a whole new range of Stampin’ Up!® products launching today and I‘m very excited about this gorgeous Painterly Pears Suite.

So settle down for four pretty project ideas using this lovely new suite.

Five cards with the Thankful Garden bundle

How did I overlook the Lovely Garden Suite?

This beautiful product suite from Stampin’ Up!® features big floral stamps, coordinating dies, paper, embellishments and ribbon... plus a set of five Thankful Garden Decorative Masks (AKA stencils) for really easy and effective colouring.

I ordered this Suite as part of the June Stampin’ Up!® promotion. I purchased the Lovely Garden Suite at full price, then a second suite at half price.

Top tip for the June 2025 Suite promotion: ordering two items at similar prices will give you the best deal. If you want four or more items from suites at mixed prices, in many cases it will pay you to place multiple orders.

Today I have five cards using the Thankful Garden bundle from the Lovely Garden Suite from Stampin’ Up!® Some of them use Lovely Garden Designer Series Paper, while others use paper from my stash.

Sneak peek: Fun new Stampin' Up!® set Long Time No See

I have a new stamp set and my mojo is back! The new Long Time No See stamp set is a Stampin’ Up!® Online Exclusive available to customers in July.

As soon as I saw this fun stamp set, my head was teeming with ideas and I’m excited to share some of them with you today.

PLUS I am offering a tutorial for one of the interactive cards for a very modest fee.