I love a good punch, and the new Tropical Leaf Bundle, complete with stamp set and punch, does not disappoint. I created a card using this fun punch and a beautiful piece of designer series paper from the Fancy Flora set of papers.

The card starts with a card base of Soft Seafoam, measured at 4 1/4″ by 11″, scored at 5 1/2″. I then took a panel of Basic White cardstock and ran it through the stamp and emboss machine with the Subtle 3D embossing folder, and adhered it to the front of the card base. From there, I took my Stylish Shapes dies and cut some circles in various sizes using the Fancy Flora paper.

I adhered the circles onto the card front, some with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I then stamped four leaves from Tropical Leaf stamp set onto a scrap piece of Basic White card stock with Soft Seafoam. Before stamping, I also added some Evening Evergreen ink directly on to the stamp with a blending brush. It was so fun to try this! After stamping, I punched three large leaves out, using the punch, and then fussy cut one smaller leaf.

I arranged them onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Lastly, I stamped the Hello sentiment onto a small rectangle of Basic White cardstock with Granny Apple Green ink, and then cut a diagonal edge on it with my snips. I adhered that onto the card front and added a few embellishments for some bling!

The Tropical Leaf bundle is an Online Exclusive bundle, meaning it cannot be found in any catalog but can be easily purchased online by going right HERE!

I hope you enjoyed my project. All the products from this project can be purchased in my online shop by clicking on them below!

Product List

Tropical Leaf Bundle (English) [161249] $37.75	Tropical Leaf Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161242] $20.00	Tropical Leaf Punch [161248] $22.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00
Fancy Flora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $12.00	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $9.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576] $8.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $10.00
Iridescent Pastel Gems [160429] $8.00

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Mary

The NEW Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog goes live on May 2nd! In every catalog, I marvel at the beautiful Stampin’ Up! designer and specialty papers. So I am offering Designer Paper Share. Shares are simply smaller portions of items offered in the catalog, and they are reasonably priced so that you can experience and play with lots of products without breaking the bank! I order whole packages of designer series paper and divide them up so that you get a wonderful variety for less!

Here are the papers you’ll get in your paper share:

Each piece is 6″ by 6″:

Bright & Beautiful 12
Countryside Inn  6
Delightfully Eclectic  12
Earthen Elegance  6 
Fresh As A Daisy 6
Glorious Gingham  5
Inked Botanicals 12
Let’s Go Fishing 6
Les Shoppes 6
Masterfully Made 6
Stargazing 6
Zoo Crew 6
In Color 2023-25 10
Gold Celebration 3
Vellum Basic 3
Holographic Trio 3
White Center Specialty 5
Gold Foil 1
Rose Gold (3 finishes) 3
2023-2025 In Color Luster Specialty 3
More Dazzle Specialty 2
Soft Shimmer Combo 5
22-24 In Color Specialty 5
23-25 In Color Specialty 5
Distressed Gold 1

You will receive a total 138 pieces of 6 x 6″ papers!

Cost: $49.50 plus shipping, only if you need your papers to be shipped. I can also meet you in the area to deliver your papers. Please let me know via email or Facebook message if you’d like a share! You can Venmo me, or I’ll take a check!

Deadline: May 1, 2023! I will place my order on May 2.

There’s a brand new kit available from Stampin’ Up! called Forever Friends. The Kits Collection by Stampin’ Up! includes paper crafting projects that make creativity fun and stress free — in a box! with kits designed for a variety of occasions, seasons, and styles, you can pick the kit that fits you. Here’s the latest!

This super kit includes:

• Enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs
• 8 coordinating envelopes
• One Forever Friends photopolymer stamp set
• One Night of Navy Ink Spot
• Printed card bases, printed foil envelopes, foil die cuts, adhesive, twine, and a clear block
• Finished card size: 5-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ (13.3 x 10.8 cm)
• Coordinating colors: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Petal Pink

Here’s the cute stamp set, INCLUDED in your kit!

A Kit for Everyone

Visit stampinup.com/kits to choose from our extensive kit range. Our kit selection is based on availability with new kits added regularly.

Check out this fun video:

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Mary

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is Flowers in the Garden. We hope you are inspired by all the wonderful creations the Pals share with you! As you hop from blog to blog, we love reading your comments. Then, you will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

It’s been awhile since I had taken out this beautiful stamp set, Artistically Inked, and the coordinating dies, the Artistic Dies. Honestly, I’d forgotten how beautiful the floral images are in this set! Here is my project:

This fun fold is called a Flying Seagull because of the way the two side flaps looks like wings. The instructions can be found on various websites, but I saw it on Susan Campfield’s site. These are the measurements I used:

• TWO – Basic White card base card bases, each cut at 4 1/4″ by 8 1/4″, scored at 2 1/4″, 4″, and 6 1/4″. TWO of them!
• Basic Gray cardstock for the front panel: 4 1/4″ by 4 1/4″
• Gray Granite cardstock for the front panel: 4 1/8″ by 4 1/8″
• Basic White cardstock panel for the front panel: 4″ by 4″ — this is the panel I stamped on.
• Two outside side panels: TWO panels of Fancy Flora DSP cut at 2″ by 4″, and two panels of Basic Gray at 2 1/8″ by 4 1/8″
• Smaller inside panels: Two Textured Shimmer paper panels at 1 1/2″ by 4 1/8″ (I didn’t use a second layer of cardstock here)

This fun fold is called a Flying Seagull because of the way the two side flaps looks like wings. The instructions can be found on various websites, but I saw it on Susan Campfield’s site.

The steps:

I stamped floral images in Daffodil Delight, and leaves in Gray Granite, most of the images stamped off once, on the 4 x 4″ white panel and added diecut flowers as well, and then ran the panel through the Cut and Emboss Machine with the Subtle embossing folder. I heat embossed the sentiment onto a small rectangle of Basic Gray cardstock, and then arranged the flowers and the sentiment on the square panel, adding a bow of white baker’s twine and Adhesive Flat Pearls.

THEN – the only tricky part is attaching the two card bases together – after that, it’s easy! First, fold both card bases like this:

Then, (above) take the two white pieces, scored, and butt them against each other. Those two folded panels, butted against each other become the base for the front square panel. When they are attached correctly, they will look like this:

• Adhere the front square panel with your floral design using tape adhesive. Adhere the cardstock and DSP panels on each side, like this:

Finish off the card with Adhesive Flat Pearls for embellishments, and White Baker’s Twine, as you desire. This stamp set and coordinating bundle are not like anything in the catalog, and the best news is that they are carrying over into the new Annual Catalog, available on May 2 for your shopping pleasure!

I made another card without dies on the front panel, using Soft Seafoam and Calypso Coral. I love these fun colors!

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I hope you enjoyed these projects, and this awesome fun fold. You HAVE to try one! All the products above can be found below. Just click on one to start shopping with me!

More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team; The Pals are very excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on May 10th, when our theme will be a Tic Tac Toe challenge, where our Design Team will create projects, using elements/supplies that are three in a row, column, or diagonal from the tic tac toe board. Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
3. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
5. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
6. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
7. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
8. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
9. Ann Murray at Murray Stamps Ink
10. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
11. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
12. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
13. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’ <———–YOU ARE HERE!
14. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
15. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
16. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
17. Lori Webb at Clever Copies
18. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts

Product List

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $24.00	Artistic Dies [155371] $35.00	Fancy Flora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $12.00	Textured 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Shimmer Paper [160838] $10.00
Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143706] $10.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $8.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $8.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $8.00
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $8.00	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122925] $9.25	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $9.25	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $9.25
Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $9.25	Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls [160449] $9.00
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $11.00

The Last Chance Products Sale is going on NOW, with discounts up to 60% off! NOW is the time to head over to my shop and see what you need to add to your stash! GO HERE!

Here is the Host Code for April. Please use this host code on an online order. When you do, and if your order is over $50, you will receive an assortment of the brand new IN COLOR 6″ X 6″DESIGNER SERIES PAPERS so you can see for yourself how these new colors look in person!

April Host Code: KGAZBYBJ

Please let me know if you have any questions. And be sure to join my Up North Stampin’ Gang Facebook page. We are having SO much fun over there! We post, we share, and just enjoy life! Here’s the link to request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199783410436824

Mary

Do you remember looking through kaleidoscopes when you were younger? I used to love turning the little dial, watching the colors and patterns change. Stampin’ Up! has some wonderful kits available online right now, and one of them is the Colorful Kaleidoscope kit. This kit includes everything you need to create nine cards, three each of three different designs. Here are the three cards:

Aren’t these cards fun, and SO colorful! It’s difficult to see, but the layers create a 3-D effect, much like a kaleidoscope! Here is what you get inside the kit, as well as a close-up of the stamp set.

Which is your fave?

Kit includes:
* Colorful Kaleidoscope Photopolymer Stamp Set
* 1 Clear Stamp Block
* Gray Granite Stampin’ Spot
* Predesigned projects
* Step-by-step instructions
* Precut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
* Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs
* Folded card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
* 9 preprinted envelopes
* Enough adhesive to complete projects
* Gold Brushed Metallic Dots
* 9 peek-through laser-cuts to create a kaleidoscopic effect
* A 9-7/8″ x 6-1/2″ x 1-3/4″ printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go

Product colors: Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Gray Granite, Night of Navy, and Petal Pink

Shop all the Stampin’ Up kits HERE!

Product List

Colorful Kaleidoscope Kit (English) [161804] $23.00

The Last Chance Products Sale is going on NOW, with discounts up to 60% off! NOW is the time to head over to my shop and see what you need to add to your stash! GO HERE!

Here is the Host Code for April. Please use this host code on an online order. When you do, and if your order is over $50, you will receive an assortment of the brand new IN COLOR 6″ X 6″DESIGNER SERIES PAPERS so you can see for yourself how these new colors look in person!

April Host Code: KGAZBYBJ

Please let me know if you have any questions. And be sure to join my Up North Stampin’ Gang Facebook page. We are having SO much fun over there! We post, we share, and just enjoy life! Here’s the link to request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199783410436824

Mary

I have been making Spring cards this week, in hopes that they might bring warmer weather! Ha! That hasn’t happened yet, but hopefully soon! All three cards from this week can be found at the end of this post. Here is another card I recently made:

These are the measurements I used:

• Basic White card base at 5 1/2 by 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″
• DSP panel: 5 1/4″ by 2 1/4″
• DSP panel: 4 1/2″ by 1 1/2″
• Basic White Cardstock: 4 1/8″ by 3 1/8″, run through the Cut and Emboss machine with Subtle Embossing Folder
• Pale Papaya cardstock for center circle, cut out with Beautiful Shapes dies
• Basic White card stock scrap, 1″ strip, stamped with sentiment from Thanks a Bunch stamp set and punch out with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch
• Basic White card stock, punched out with the Easter Bunny punch, then decorated with a bow of Pale Papaya 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon
• Adhesive Flat Pearls for embellishment

Here are the three cards I created this week. So springy and fun!

All the products above can be found below. Just click on one to start shopping with me!

Product List

Thanks A Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160816] $18.00	Beautiful Shapes Dies [158046] $29.00	Easter Bunny Punch [160331] $19.00
Dandy Designs 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160836] $30.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $10.00
Pale Papaya 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155668] $9.25	Lovely Labels Pick A Punch [152883] $24.00	Flat Adhesive Backed Pearls [160449] $9.00
Pale Papaya 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155672] $7.00

The Last Chance Products Sale is going on NOW, with discounts up to 60% off! NOW is the time to head over to my shop and see what you need to add to your stash! GO HERE!

Here is the Host Code for April. Please use this host code on an online order. When you do, and if your order is over $50, you will receive an assortment of the brand new IN COLOR 6″ X 6″DESIGNER SERIES PAPERS so you can see for yourself how these new colors look in person!

April Host Code: KGAZBYBJ

Please let me know if you have any questions. And be sure to join my Up North Stampin’ Gang Facebook page. We are having SO much fun over there! We post, we share, and just enjoy life! Here’s the link to request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199783410436824

Mary