A look back at the biggest Stampin’ Up!® papercraft and card making trends of 2022

 

As the year comes to a close, I thought I would take a look back at some of 2022’s biggest cardmaking and papercrafting trends in the Stampin’ Up!® world.

Looking back, there were several stand-out themes which appeared time and time again, not just in my own projects but in those created by our fabulous Stampin’ Up!® Artisan Design Team and talented demonstrators worldwide.

Here are the top cardmaking and papercrafting themes which I have identified from the past year. 

How to find – and use – cardmaking and papercraft inspiration effectively

A while ago I asked my Stampin’ Up!® customers and Facebook followers what was holding them back from crafting – and I was shocked that many of them said it was inspiration.

This surprised me because there’s LOADS of inspiration out there. Blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, the Stampin’ Up!® catalogue... and that’s when it struck me:

The problem isn’t a lack of inspiration but information overload.

So, with the Christmas holiday looming and possibly the chance to do some crafting over the break, how do you narrow down all that amazing inspiration into something you can actually MAKE with your Stampin’ Up!® supplies? 

TWO Stampin’ Up!® Christmas projects - with free tutorials

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas... so it’s time to bring out some Christmassy crafts.

Every year I try to create a Christmas decoration from my Stampin’ Up!® supplies and this year is no exception, with this delicate white and gold heart ornament. 

My pick of the last-chance retiring Stampin’ Up!® products in the UK

 

It’s that time of year again – time for another Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue to retire.

This means lots of our favourite products are going away, which can be sad, but it’s also an opportunity to order them before they go – and some of them are available at amazing discounts. 

 

Today I want to showcase some of the products which I know I have overlooked, so you may have too. 

 

In creating this post, I discovered that many Stampin’ Up!® Mini Catalogue products have already sold out, particularly Designer Series Paper and dies, so please do make your shopping list from the online store, not from any retiring list you may have saved. 

 

But at the time of writing (Monday – do you honestly think I get up at 6am to post?), all of these products were still available in the Europe Stampin’ Up!® store. 

 

🇬🇧 Shop this list by clicking here

Traditional Christmas Stampin’ Up!® projects using Christmas Season stamps

 

When it comes to Christmas cards, you cannot beat the traditional Stampin’ Up!® colours of Garden Green and Real Red.

Today I have two Christmas projects which use these fabulously festive colours and the gorgeous Christmas Season stamp set, while showing a couple of fun tips to take your projects to the next level. 

25 card ideas using Stampin’ Up!®’s Ringed With Nature stamp set and Rings of Love DSP

Are you ready for 25 Stampin' Up!® card ideas? They all use the Ringed With Nature stamp set... well most of them do. I do have some cards to show you which used the coordinating Rings of Love Designer Series Paper, which is no longer available as it was a Sale-a-Bration freebie back in the summer, but it seems a shame to miss them out.

16 Stampin' Up!® cards – all featuring discounted stamps, dies and Designer Series Paper

It’s a big day today as our fabulous Stampin’ Up!® Seasonal Sale has started! It actually started at 11pm yesterday here in the UK and it runs until 11pm Friday, offering discounts of up to 20% off Annual Catalogue items.

Today I have 16 different projects to show you, highlighting some of my favourite products from the Seasonal Sale. 

Happy Forest Friends notebook and card Stampin’ Up!® ideas

Foxes and trees and bears, oh my! Could there be a more suitable Stampin’ Up!® product suite for me than the Happy Forest Friends Suite? It’s also perfect for my friend Donna, who shares my love of woodland creatures and all things arboreal.

Fitting Florets Stampin’ Up!® Collection launches in the UK today

Today sees the launch of a brand new Stampin’ Up!® collection of products called Fitting Florets and today I have two projects showing off the gorgeous new Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper.

These are the projects we are making at my Crafty Friday Zoom class this week, but I can’t wait any longer to show you as the paper is just so gorgeous. I’m not a floral person but even I love it!

Four cards in one go with Ringed With Nature Stampin’ Up!® stamp set

 

Today I am sharing a fantastic way to make four cards in one go, using any Stampin’ Up!® stamp set which features a variety of floral and/or leaf images –  I used the Ringed With Nature stamp set.

This technique is ideal for Christmas cardmaking as it’s relaxing, fun and easy – plus, as I said, you get four cards in one go!