Monday, 31 March 2025

Make this wow card using Musical Jamboree and Under the Moon - both retiring soon

Stampin Up UK card ideas Musical Jamboree

Do you combine your Stampin’ Up!® stamp sets? I’m always looking for perfect pairings, as I showed you last week by using Wildflower Designs with Elements of Text. (linkg - https://allthingsstampy.blogspot.com/2025/03/three-amazing-card-ideas-for-wildflower.html)

This time I want to show you how I combined two more Stampin’ Up!® stamp sets; Musical Jamboree (163616) and Under The Moon (163531), two fabulous sets which are both retiring very soon.

I think these sets go together beautifully as that wolf dog is clearly howling at the moon.

Monday, 24 March 2025

Three amazing card ideas for Wildflower Designs and Elements of Text

Stampin Up UK Wildflower Designs Elements of Text card ideas
 

Sometimes you see two Stampin’ Up!® products which are just meant to go together - even if they aren’t advertised as such.

One is a bundle you may have overlooked – Wildflower Designs (163334) – while the other is an Online Exclusive called Elements of Text (164774). 

Stampin Up UK Wildflower Designs Elements of Text card ideas

I used these wonderful Stampin’ Up!® stamp sets in a class last week to make two cards in very different colour themes. Then I came home and pulled both stamp sets out again to make a very special birthday card for an incredible lady.

Let’s take a closer look at these Wildflower Designs and Elements of Text cards.

Monday, 17 March 2025

Four more ideas for Storybook Garden Patch bundle

Stampin up UK storybook garden patch card ideas
 

Storybook Garden Patch is such a lovely Stampin’ Up!® bundle because it can be used for so many different occasions. It’s ideal for gardeners, for masculine cards, and for much more.

At my Spring Craft Day last weekend, we used it with the (now retired) Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper Bloom Impressions as that helped to keep costs down; savings which I could pass on to my guests.

You’ve already seen three of the projects; two of them here and another of them here.

Today I want to show you some of the remaining projects from the day.

Monday, 10 March 2025

Cards and scrapbook inspiration using Heirloom Arrangements

Stampin Up Heirloom arrangements card scrapbook page

When I saw the Heirloom Arrangements kit (165007) from Stampin’ Up!® I knew it had so many possibilities that I had to have it. The cards are gorgeous but I knew I wanted to make a scrapbook page too. So read on to see two cards and a scrapbook page made from this versatile kit – and none of them follow any instructions.

Monday, 3 March 2025

Easy background tip for Storybook Garden Patch card

Storybook Garden Patch Stampin Up easy tip

Storybook Garden Patch is a Stampin’ Up!® stamp set/bundle (164667) which has been on my mind a lot recently as I have a class using these products this weekend.

So it was timely that the fabulous Instagram account Stampin’ Through the Catalog has been focusing on the Storybook Garden Patch stamp set (164663) lately.

I was flattered that they shared two of my previous designs in their Instagram Stories, and was inspired by one of their newest projects to make this card. 

The small print

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