I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator! One of the perks is being able to preorder products from new catalogs a month before the catalog goes live. My first purchase from the July-December 2022 Mini Catalog was the Sweet Candy Canes Bundle and the Sweetest Christmas 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper. Find them on pages 8 and 9 of the catalog. Click here to see a PDF of the catalog.
Sweet Candy Canes Samples
For the card above, I paired the Sweet Candy Canes stamp set and coordinating Candy Canes Dies with a SaleABration item: the Silver and Gold 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper. During SaleABraiton months, July and August, earn free, exclusive stamp sets, dies, and Designer Series Paper with minimum purchases of $50 and $100. (See something you like? Make sure to order before it’s gone. Supplies are limited.) Click here to see a PDF of the SaleABration brochure.
I heat embossed the candy canes with gold embossing powder, die cut them, and added them to a Basic White cardstock panel cut with the Deckled Rectangle Dies. Embellish with ribbon and jewels, and you have created an elegant, handmade greeting card.
The card above showcases the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper. I die cut the candy canes directly from the patterned paper and layered them on different panels of the paper. It makes for another quick and easy holiday card.
Here’s another example of a quick, cute, card. Stamp the candy canes with Real Red ink, die cut, and layer on a piece of the festive Designer Series Paper. Hint: Use a Stamparatus so you can restamp the candy canes to achieve deep, red images.
Here, I paired the Sweet Candy Canes stamp set with Stampin’ Up!’s Peekaboo Treat Bags. I love these bags. See another post here. Use the bags to gift everything from candy to gift cards.
Sweet Candy Canes Samples Video
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Stampin’ Up!’s Season of Chic Bundle attracted my attention because it contains images and dies that can be used for all of the seasons. This makes it versatile–something I can use year round. It includes seashells for summer, leaves for fall, snowflakes for winter, and flowers for spring. Find it on pages 98 and 99 of Stampiin’ Up!’s 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.
The bundle includes the Season of Chic stamp set and the Chic Dies. The bundled price includes a 10 percent discount. And, the Texture Chic 12 x 12 Designer Series is a must-have item. I love the gold highlights in the sheets.
I grabbed this bundle from the shelf to create a birthday for a friend who loves the beach. The seashells images work perfectly as does the sentiment. I also added Petal Pink panel embossed with the Seashells 3D Embossing Folder.
With just a little bit of extra time to play, I created the two additional cards below with different elements from the suite.
The card above features a flower image, stamped and die cut.
And, this final card uses the “swoosh” element. It reminds me of a similar image from the Work of Art stamp set. I loved using it for backgrounds and tried it here. The Designer Series Paper above comes from the Design a Daydream 12 x 12 package. (Earn it free as a hostess. Ask me how!)
Season of Chic Samples Video
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Today, I feature a pocket card. During a recent virtual team meeting on Zoom, I gave everyone the measurements for this sample. They gathered their stamp set, ink, and Designer Series Paper, and we created together. This was my finished product.
It’s so cute! And it makes a perfect treat holder and gift card holder!
Sweetest Cherries Pocket Card
Here’s what you need:
Cardstock base measuring 5 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ inches
Coordinating Designer Series Paper measuring 5 1/4″ x 4″
Cardstock that measures 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (use your trimmer to cut this diagonally and use half)
Coordinating Designer Series Paper that measures 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ (use your trimmer to cut this diagonally and use half)
Your choice of stamp set, die cuts, and ribbon t finish it out.
Tear and Tape Adhesive
Click here to see a another card sample using this design and to view a video on how it goes together.
Here are some other blog posts with more ideas for this cute bundle. Click on the links below.
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Isn’t Stampin’ Up!’s Sweetest Cherries just the cutest? The stamp set and punch combo make it an affordable purchase, as well as easy and versatile to use. Purchase them as a bundle and save 10 percent. Find them on page 19 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.
Today, I paired the bundle with Stampin’ Up!’s Peekaboo Treat Bags. Find these on page 140 of Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. You receive 10 treat bags (five craft and five white) for $6.00. There are so many ways to dress these up. I’m just showing you one option. I added pieces of Designer Series Paper (pieces of Old Olive from the Regals 6 x 6 Paper Assortments). But you could stamp on them and add tags and die cuts.
I can see them work for special occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. But they would also work well as gift card holders and most especially sweet treats. I found a variety of fun, cherry flavored candies to put in these after decorating.
Be sure to watch the video to learn a fun technique using clear embossing powder. This technique gives the cherry a lifelike shine.
Sweetest Cherries Peekaboo Bag Video
I’ve used this bundle in a variety of projects this month. Click on the highlighted links below to see the blog posts, photos, and videos.
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Lots of sweet projects with Stampin’ Up!’s Sweetest Cherries stamp set and coordinating Cherry Builder Punch. Find them on page 19 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. Buy them as a bundle and save 10 percent.
Please enjoy this free tutorial for the Sweetest Cherries Thank You card
PAPER – Sweet Sorbet (159268), Parakeet Party (159259), Early Espresso (119686), 2022-2024 In Color 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper Assortments (159253), Vellum Cardstock (101856), Basic White Cardstock (159276)
OTHER – Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder (154317), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers (147158), Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (146924), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
Cutting & Scoring:
Sweet Sorbet – 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼” and folded in half, scrap
Basic White Card Stock – 5 ¼” x 4” (2), 1 ¾” x ¾”
Parakeet Party – 4” x 1 5/8”, scrap
Vellum – 2 ½” x 2 ½”
Early Espresso – scrap
2022-2024 In Color DSP – 4 ½” x 1 ¼” (red dot pattern)
Instructions:
Emboss one piece of the Basic White cardstock with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. Attach to Sweet Sorbet card base with Stampin’ Seal.
Add the Parakeet Party cardstock to the base as shown above. Layer the DSP on top of this.
Die cut a circle with the Stylish Shapes Dies from the Vellum cardstock.
Punch the cherry, stem, and leaf from cardstock scraps. Use Mini Glue Dots to assemble the cherry. Pop up on the Vellum circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Attach Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the Vellum circle
Use an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write marker to color just the “thank you” sentiment. Stamp on the small white piece.
Place the sentiment on the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Add Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels.
Adhere remaining Basic White cardstock to card center.
Click here to see a post with other Sweetest Cherries samples and a video.
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