With all the excitement over the Stampin’ Up! 2022/2023 Annual Catalogue I thought it was time to remind you that the January to June 2022 Mini Catalogue is coming to an end and a lot of those products will be retired. Essentially if a product from the ‘Mini’ is not in the Annual Catalogue you should assume it will appear on the Retiring List on May 25th. Of all those products, the item I will miss most will definitely be the New Horizons 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (DSP). NEW ... VIEW POST
Together Again
My regular readers will know that I hate to waste craft supplies. The scraps I end up with the most tend to be Basic White Card. After all Basic White is, well, basic for so many of my projects (that and Very Vanilla). The other day I had an idea for a project using the Through It Together Stamp Set and grabbed a strip of Basic White Card from my scrap pocket. In the end I decided the strip was too narrow and set it aside, today it was reclaimed. TOGETHER SENTIMENT When I started this ... VIEW POST
Happiness Is A Paper Hug
Today I'm continuing with my quest to revisit older but still available Stampin' Up! products. In the end I used two stamp sets. The first, Hippo Happiness, is very likely to be on the Annual Catalogue retiring list that's revealed next month. The other, Through It Together, is from the January to June 2022 Mini Catalogue. It's a very versatile sentiment only stamp set and hopefully it will make it into the new Annual Catalogue. With stamps, ink and paper close at hand I sat down and began ... VIEW POST
A Paper Pumpkin Thing – Kisses & Hugs
This month's A Paper Pumpkin Thing blog hop is all about the February 2022 kit called Kisses & Hugs. Unfortunately global shipping issues caused kits to arrive late at Stampin' Up! and domestic mailing delays have compounded the problem. So instead of Valentines I thought it would be useful to show this kit's year-round versatility. HUGS FOR A BABY For my first project I thought the hearts and XOXO motif would make a great baby card. In addition, by avoiding the pink parts of ... VIEW POST
New Horizons For Sailing Home
When the Sailing Home Stamp Set and Smooth Sailing Dies first came out they were accompanied by a coordinating paper pack. Sadly, although the stamps and dies carried over, the paper was retired. So I was excited to see the amazing New Horizons 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper (DSP). This pack contains 48 sheets (12 double-sided designs) that have been hand-painted by the talented artists at Stampin' Up! As I'd hoped, there were backgrounds that were suitable for a sailing theme, and I simply ... VIEW POST
Deer Punch And Stamps Make The Cut
There's not much left of November and we're edging closer to the end of the Stampin' Up! July to December 2021 Mini Catalogue. That inevitably means saying goodbye to the majority of those products, but thankfully not all. Some of my favourites, like the Happy Holly-Days and Angels of Peace Stamp Sets are sadly retiring. However others like the Peaceful Deer Stamp Set and the coordinating Deer Builder Punch are staying. So to celebrate I made a quick bookmark with the help of a sentiment ... VIEW POST
