My pick of the Stampin Up!® discount craft kits sale

Are you looking for a Stampin’ Up!® bargain? Some amazing Christmas gifts? Some crafty inspiration? Look no further than the Last Chance sale at my Stampin’ Up!® store.

Last time I checked there were no fewer than 20 discount craft kits in the sale. Most of them are reduced by an amazing 50%. They would make fabulous Christmas presents – easy to wrap, too!

Stampin’ Up!® craft kits are great for:

• Taking on holiday (just add scissors)

• Gifting (see above)

• Beginner crafters

• Busy crafters

• Reawakening your mojo!

• Adding to your card stash quickly and easily

• Turning into EASY scrapbook pages

Take a look at some of the Stampin’ Up!® kits available and be quick because there’s free shipping until 11pm Wednesday when you spend £60 or more.

Here are some of my favourite discount craft kits in the Stampin’ Up!® Last Chance sale...

Make scrapbooking easy with card kits - yes, card kits!

Since Stampin’ Up!® took over the troubled Close to My Heart scrapbooking business earlier this year, I have started scrapbooking again after a break of many years.

Happily, the takeover and launch of a new range of exciting Stampin’ Up!® scrapbooking products coincided with three new babies in the family, giving me LOTS of photos to scrapbook.

Having said that, it's a myth that you need children and small babies to justify scrapbooking; you can scrapbook your holidays, days out, family occasions, and even your day-to-day life.

But I have pledged to create two albums by Christmas, so am sticking with the baby and toddler theme.

How to turn around lots of pages quickly? Kits!

And not just Stampin’ Up!®’s fabulous new scrapbooking kits. I have a few part-finished Stampin’ Up!® card kits so decided to see if I could use these to make quick and easy scrapbook pages.

Short answer: yes you can!

Love, Santa Tag Kit - alternative projects

Have you seen Stampin' Up!®’s new kits? They are perfect for new crafters but also great fun for those who have more experience, too, as the elements can be used for all kinds of projects.

Today I am taking a closer look at the Love, Santa Tag Kit from Stampin' Up!®. I will show you what you can make with the kit, how you can use some of the stamps after you have completed the tag projects within the kit – and how you can modify the projects to make some stunning cards, too...

 

So please read on to find out everything you need to know about the Love, Santa Tag Kit from Stampin’ Up!®.

What does the Love, Santa Tag Kit make?
This kit makes 12 gift tags, three each of four quick and easy festive designs. There’s a Christmas tree, a Santa, a fun yellow car piled with parcels and a white tag with berries and foliage. These are the different tags the kit makes...

You can also purchase a pack of coordinating food-safe bags which I have, but haven’t used yet as I am saving them for some Christmas baking.

What’s in the Love, Santa Tag Kit?
All the tags and elements are pre-cut, you just need to pop them out. You get all the components to complete your tags, including a stamp set, Night of Navy Stampin' Spot, a roll of red and white baker's twine, some small gems and adhesives. 

What skill level is required?
None whatsoever. In fact, I would argue that this kit is a little too simple and doesn’t involve as much stamping as some of the other kits I have tried. For three of the tags, all you have to do is stamp the greetings. Only the foliage one requires a little more, in that you stamp the fir sprigs onto the tag before adding the leaf and greeting on top. 

What’s the Love, Santa Tag Kit stamp set like?
There are 10 stamps, including a large-ish fir sprig, some berries and a small square parcel. The remaining stamps are greetings, including ‘Love, Santa’ in reverse on a circle, ‘Joy’ in reverse on a rectangle, a bold “Merry” and some lovely small script stamps which say “Special delivery”, “To: From:” “Christmas”, “and bright”. 

Is it useful? Yes? Could you make other projects with it? Definitely. I use the stamp sets from kits all the time as they often have versatile greetings. Here are some tags I made using this set, with the addition of Seasonal Labels Dies, some red ribbon and ink pads in Real Red, Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce.

I used some of the leftover Baker’s Twine from the kit and stamped Love, Santa onto a leftover circle.

 

Do you have to make tags with the Love, Santa Kit?
Not at all! As you can see above, you can adapt this kit to make cards or other items using the components. Here I have trimmed off the top of the tag and mounted the images onto cards. This is something you can do whether you’re an experienced crafter or not. 

I was inspired to make this cheerful card by Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Mikaela Titheridge, who created a moody cityscape for her version. I decided to see what I could do using just the stamps in the kit so created a night-time forest background using the sprig stamp and Night of Navy ink (included in the kit) on some Pacific Point cardstock. I mounted it onto a Poppy Parade card base and stamped “Merry and bright” inside. 

I have speckled some white ink across the card but this faded a little, probably because the Night of Navy ink was quite intense and still drying. For my second card...

...I used the Christmas tree tag and created the same forest background using the stamp and ink from the kit. This time I mounted the card onto Pacific Point and added the snow at the end using a Chalk Marker. 

So to make these cards, all you need is a pack of assorted A4 Brights Cardstock and a Chalk Marker.

How much is the Love, Santa Kit?

• The Love, Santa Kit (158375) on its own is £18, which includes everything you need to make the tags. 
• Love, Santa Treat Bags (158381) are £6.50 and are printed to coordinate with the tags.
• The Love, Santa Project Collection (159362) is £24.50 and includes the kit and the tags in one easy purchase.
  

Would I recommend the Love, Santa Kit?
If it’s a stamping experience you’re after, you may prefer to adapt this kit to make alternative projects like I did. If you want to make quick and easy tags, then it’s perfect as it is. I would even go as far as to say I would say the kit is worth purchasing for the stamp set alone.

Want to buy this or any of our other lovely kits? If you are in the UK and would like to order, please visit my store to shop using this link.

Does your wish list come to more than £99? Please get in touch and I will help you get more for your money and unlock discounts all year round.  

 

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May Kit By Mail: Pansy Petals

It's time for another Kit By Mail – and this month I am focusing on Stampin’ Up!'s new Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper. I’ve chosen this one for several reasons, not least because it has some excellent images which are perfect for cutting out, so it can be used on its own, or combined with the Pansy Patch stamp set and/or the Pansy Dies.

It also coordinates with lots of different colours, making it extremely versatile – and I know lots of you love your purples! And, of course, it’s lovely – otherwise why would I have picked it?

As well as some of the brand new Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper, I’ve designed this kit to feature some gorgeous co-ordinating cardstock colours, along with just a hint of shimmer. 

 

The kit contains:

• half a pack of Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper (cut to 6"x12")
• half a pack of Pearlescent Speciality Paper (cut to 6"x12")
• half a pack of Bumblebee Trinkets
• 2m Blackberry Bliss Striped ribbon
• 2m Evening Evergreen Chevron weave ribbon (not shown in pic)
  
• 3 sheets Fresh Freesia A4 cardstock
• 3 sheets Soft Succulent A4 cardstock
• 2 sheets Blackberry Bliss A4 cardstock
• 2 sheets Bumblebee A4 cardstock
• 1 sheet Shimmery White cardstock
• 1 C6 Acetate box

Check out these samples I have made using the kit (although the ribbon hasn’t arrived yet so I haven’t been able to use that). Everyone who purchases the kit will also receive access to a PDF of more project ideas, including cards, at least one 3D project and a scrapbook page – and these WILL use the ribbons.

 

I only had a tiny scrap of this Blackberry Bliss striped ribbon left so cunningly cut it into two pieces to use behind the greeting panel. It goes beautifully with the new Fresh Freesia colour, which is one of our new In Colors for 2021 to 2023. This is the colour of the gorgeous gingham Designer Series Paper – who doesn’t love a bit of gingham?

The card base and the stamped greeting are in another new colour; Soft Succulent, a lovely soft green which is a darker shade of Mint Macaron. On top of this I have used some cut-out pansies and leaves. These are very easy to fussy-cut, although I have to say, after a year of fussy-cutting for remote classes, I’m a little bit scissor-weary!

This card shows off two more of the Designer Series Paper designs. One is a subtle Bumblebee (colour, not insect) pattern, while the other features actual bees, as well as some pretty pansies and foliage. This card design was inspired by one I saw by Cindy Brumbaugh.

The words this time are stamped in Blackberry Bliss, and sentiments for both cards are from Sweet Strawberry.  Don’t you just love that little gold bee? I do; I’ve always loved bee images.

If you’d like to order one of these kits, the price of £20 includes postage to anywhere in the UK. 

 

Please reserve your kit here

I am only taking orders for this Kit until Friday 7th May, so please don't delay if you would like to join in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydrangea Hill Kit By Mail

I really love hydrangeas. I remember seeing them everywhere when we used to visit Brittany in northern France, and we have one outside our front door. What I particularly like is the way they fade so beautifully. They’re beautiful in bloom, but as they dry to a crisp, they remain just as beautiful in my view, and look lovely dried.

The stunning Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper is a celebration of hydrangeas and the star of the show both in these projects and in my Kit of the Month for April.

I am currently offering monthly kits of hand-selected products, which co-ordinate with each other to save you time and money, as you can get part packs instead of investing in full packs which you may not manage to use. My kits are one-time purchases; no subscription required, so you can just hop in and out as the mood takes you.

For April, I couldn’t resist Hydrangea Hill because I know how many people love our gorgeous purples. I have made some projects with the kit to show you what you could do if you simply add Basic White Cardstock and your own greeting stamps.

 

 

This is a simple M-Fold card which looks much harder than it really is. I have a tutorial for this fancy fold here.

For the main image here I have cut out some flowers from the Designer Series Paper; it’s a bit fiddly but if you don’t have the stamps, it works pretty well. If you’d rather stamp, the Hydrangea Haven stamp set coordinates perfectly. Alternatively, you could use the retiring stamp set, Beautiful Friendship, which also features a gorgeous hydrangea stamp. 

 

To show the versatility of the kit, I made a 3D project, too. Each month I try to include something which can be used for gift packaging and this month it will be one of the retiring Mini Pizza Boxes. 

 

I’ve covered the sides with Mercury Glass Acetate Sheets, and the top with the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. It’s a really simple project, but looks effective because all the colours go together so beautifully. 

 

 

These are just two of the projects I’ve made with the kit. Everyone who purchases this kit from me will receive access to an exclusive PDF of more projects to copy or simply use as inspiration. Last month, a group of ladies who purchased my March Kit By Mail got together on Zoom to make their projects and, by all accounts, had a wonderful crafty time!

In the April Kit By Mail you will receive

- Half a pack of Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper, cut down to 6"x12"
- Quarter pack of Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Designer Acetate (one of each design, cut down to 6"x6")
- Half a pack of Pastel Pearls (not shown in pic)- 2 metres of Gorgeous Grape 3/8" (1cm) Sheer Ribbon
- 2 metres of 3/8" (1cm) Fine Art Ribbon
- 3 sheets of Gorgeous Grape A4 cardstock
- 3 sheets of Highland Heather A4 cardstock
- 3 sheets of Old Olive A4 cardstock

- 1 Mini Pizza Box

- Plus some retiring ribbon scraps in co-ordinating colours.

The price is £20 which includes postage to anywhere in the UK. Sadly I cannot ship outside of the UK. If you'd like to order one of these, please click here – registration for this kit ends at 10pm on Wednesday 7th April. If you have any questions...

 

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Feeling fruity? Check out my Simply Citrus projects

When Stampin’ Up!® first launched project kits, I was sceptical. We are crafters and therefore we like to create, right? But of course, as is so often the case, I was entirely wrong and ended up doing a massive U-turn.

Now I’m a huge fan of our kits, for various reasons. They are ideal for:

✂️ Experienced crafters in a hurry (no prep!)

✂️ Taking on holiday, when space is tight

✂️ Relaxed crafting with friends

✂️ Crafting with children

✂️ Introducing crafting to newbies

✂️ Gifts

So when I went on holiday this summer, I made sure to pack a craft kit and I chose this one, the Simply Citrus Card Kit.

This is a great kit to take because absolutely everything is included; even the ink pad and clear block. This makes is the ideal kit to gift to a friend who doesn't have the luxury of craft supplies, as they can get started straight away without any additional purchases. 

You can make the projects up exactly to the kit, or mix and match as I have done here. 

And because you get a stamp set, you can make more projects when you’ve used all your consumables - more on that later in the week.

Share sunshine with this beautiful new craft kit

I’ve become a big fan of the fabulous craft kits from Stampin’ Up!® I took one on holiday with me the other week (projects to come another time) because they’re perfectly compact and self-contained, so they don’t take up much space and know you won‘t have left something behind.

The perfect summer holiday craft kit is the new Share Sunshine Paper Pumpkin kit, which is available today while supplies last. This bright and cheery kit has been specially developed with Sara Douglas, our CEO, to help you share sunshine with friends.

It contains everything to make eight cards with envelopes, including a stamp set and ink spot (you’ll need Clear Block D or larger). While Paper Pumpkin is a subscription service currently only available in North America, this kit has been rolled out globally so everyone gets the opportunity to #sharesunshine.

Please get in touch ASAP if you’d like to order a kit, or you can order yourself from my store here, using August’s host code JKNMFKHY

Whatever the weather, this is a beautiful box of sunshine to share. Weather hot? Share that sunshine! Weather cold and wet? Create your own sunshine.

And, when you’ve made your projects, you will have leftover supplies to decorate the box, fill it with yellow gifts, pop in a card and send some sunshine where it’s needed.

Please let me know if you’d like me to order a kit for you – then, if you wish, we can get together on Zoom to craft and chat while we create.