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.

Four techniques – and seven cards – with Peaceful View

As soon as I saw the preview of the Stampin’ Up!® Annual Catalogue, the Peaceful View stamp set spoke to me. Even though it’s only one big background stamp, I knew I could get lots of mileage out of it.

These projects are just the start of my Peaceful View journey, I’m sure. Here I show you four different ways to use this lovely background stamp, plus some tips for getting the best impression.

NEW In Color™ colour combinations and colour tips for your papercraft projects

 

Do you love colour but struggle to put them together for your craft projects? Or may you are simply looking for some new ways to combine your favourite Stampin’ Up!® colours?

Help is at hand! Today I have some great colour ideas for you, including 30 new colour combinations for the five new Stampin’ Up!® In Colors™. 

Sneak peek: three ideas using Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper

When I first saw the Beautiful Gallery Suite from Stampin’ Up!®, my first thought was “Finally some grungy Designer Series Paper in dark, moody colours!”

While I love all the bright and pretty designs in the current (and upcoming) Stampin’ Up!® catalogue, I do sometimes long for something a bit murkier. And Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper fits the bill perfectly, with designs based on old paintings and artistic details. You’ll find full 6"x6" sheets with a self-contained design, as well as old-world patterns and some painterly effects too.

Over the Easter holiday I was short of time and inspiration so turned to THREE tried and tested card designs so I could give them a new spin using Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper. 

Sneak Peek: Blooming Phrases new Stampin’ Up!® stamp set

Do you want another Stampin’ Up!® Sneak Peek?

This versatile new Stampin’ Up!® stamp set is called Blooming Phrases (165523) and it goes live in the Online Exclusives collection on 6th May.

Sneak peek: Cheers & Sips bundle... coming soon from Stampin’ Up!®

There are new Stampin’ Up!® products coming your way in May... and they are NOT all in the new Annual Catalogue!

For this latest Stampin’ Up!® release, many of my favourite products – like this Cheers & Sips bundle – are in the Online Exclusives. And so, for the first time ever, I will be using an Online Exclusives bundle and coordinating Designer Series Paper at my Summer Craft Day here in Derbyshire.

I was crafting with this gorgeous new stamp and die set at the weekend, and made three pretty projects to give you a sneak peek of what’s to come.

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

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.

Three amazing card ideas for Wildflower Designs and Elements of Text

 

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). 

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.

Four more ideas for Storybook Garden Patch bundle

 

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.

Cards and scrapbook inspiration using Heirloom Arrangements

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.