It’s March, friends — can you believe it? Where does the time go? We continue our journey around the great state of Arizona for a few more days, and then back to the North Country! Here we are in Lake Havasu, hiking in SARA Park! Do I look nervous? Haha!

March brings with it some exciting new developments at Stampin’ Up!. Starting March 1, we will be offering ONLINE EXCLUSIVES, found only our website, and not in any catalog, ever. This will allow us to offer new and exciting products all year long, AND for many of us, provide the shopping experience we are now used to: ONLINE!

Ready to see the beautiful new products? GO HERE and behold!

My favorites? I love the new RHINO bundle!! SO cute! They make me smile every time I look at them.

Here’s a cute sample!

The Hello, Irresistible Suite Collection is a group of lovely products — check out the way these flowers look like the Emboss Resist technique. LOVE!

Here’s a beautiful sample project:

And check out this new Punch Bundle – wouldn’t these make beautiful sympathy cards? Who doesn’t love a good punch??

Such a lovely sample:

Ready to check online yourself? HERE’S THE LINK!

So yes, although there will continue to be catalogs for shopping, we will also enjoy shopping online from now on! And some of those products will ONLY be seen online. We hope you will feel more comfortable shopping online and using the online store as your source of information for new products and current availability. AND more Online Exclusives will be released throughout the year.

With some recent changes within Stampin’ Up!, I created this calendar to show what the Stampin’ Up! year will look like. Notice:

• Two mini catalogs coming out in January and September
• One annual catalog coming out in May
• THREE Online Exclusive Releases in March, July, and November!

If you make an online order of $50 or over with the host code below in March, I will send you a FREE new Stampin’ Pad, your choice of color!

H4HPKDBK is the March Host Code!

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

We are currently traveling in the Southwest for a month, and we’re loving the beautiful colors and plants of the areas. After five days in Tulsa, we spent four days in Sedona. My favorite parts were the hikes into the foothills!

My project for today uses the beautiful Desert Details bundle:

I started with a card base of Gray Granite at 8 1/2″ by 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″. I then added a panel of Cajun Craze cut at 4″ by 5 1/4″. I used the diecuts and a piece of the Delicate Desert DSP to make the next layer. The details in the diecuts are amazing!

I then stamped two desert flowers with Cajun Craze and Soft Succulent ink and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I also stamped one of the beautiful sentiments in Soft Succulent, and then cut out with a die from the Something Fancy dies. I assembled the pieces onto the card front with adhesive tape and Stampin’ Dimensionals. I finished off with a few Pastel Self-Adhesive Sequins and a bow of the Flirty Flamingo Metallic Ribbon.

The Desert Details Bundle is simply gorgeous – add them to the beautiful papers, and you have a winning and warm combination.

I hope you enjoyed my project today. Click HERE to start shopping with me! Or click on any of the products below.

Sale-A-Bration continues through the month of February! Be sure to take advantage of all the free gifts you can receive as your purchase all your faves from both the Mini and the Annual catalog. A few things to remember:

1. Be sure to watch your shopping totals so you do not leave yourself short of earning Sale-A-Bration products. Notice in the Sale-A-Bration brochure that some products are FREE with a $50 purchase, and some are FREE with a $100 purchase.
2. Be sure to use the Host Code below for an addition free bonus from me!
3. This is the ONLY Sale-A-Bration for the year — January and February. There will no longer be an additional Sale-A-Bration later in the summer.
4. Remember, any products you see online or in either catalog count toward your Sale-A-Bration totals, as long as they are all in the same order: annual catalog, mini catalog & clearance rack!

1. Please consider joining my team. One of these BEAUTIFUL BOHO BLUE Mini Cut & Emboss Machines can be YOURS!! Here are all the details on a FANTASTIC Starter Kit — no pressure and no selling needed! Just a discount and a lot of fun! Go HERE!
2. Read on about a brand new DARLING kit you can add to your order!

If you make an online order of $50 or over with the host code below in February, I will send you a free embellishment sample from the new mini catalog!

C333PUZN is the February Host Code!

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

Product List

Desert Details Bundle (English) [160532] $52.00	Delicate Desert 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160521] $12.00	Something Fancy Dies [160424] $28.00
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $8.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $8.00	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $9.25
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins [160387] $8.00
Flirty Flamingo 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic Ribbon [155610] $8.00

I love the new Ginkgo Branch Bundle from the Stampin’ Up! mini catalog. With the dies and two of the beautiful sentiments, I created these two notecards:

I started with a Basic White notecard and a piece of Fancy Flora 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper, cut to the notecard’s dimensions of 5″ by 3 1/2″, adhered to the front of the card. Notice I made one vertical and one horizontal in design.

I then cut two ginkgo diecuts in two different colors of the gorgeous Fine Shimmer paper. From there, I stamped two of the pretty sentiments from the stamp set onto scraps of Basic White cardstock. I cut them using the diecut.

I adhered the ginkgo diecuts, and then popped up the sentiment panels with Stampin’ Dimensionals. From the leftover DSP, I put adhesive on two envelope flaps, and then adhered the two DSP scraps onto the flaps. I trimmed the DSP to fit the flaps, adding an extra bit of beauty to the cards.

I hope you enjoyed my project today. Click HERE to start shopping with me! Or click on any of the products below.

Sale-A-Bration continues through the month of February! Be sure to take advantage of all the free gifts you can receive as your purchase all your faves from both the Mini and the Annual catalog. A few things to remember:

1. Be sure to watch your shopping totals so you do not leave yourself short of earning Sale-A-Bration products. Notice in the Sale-A-Bration brochure that some products are FREE with a $50 purchase, and some are FREE with a $100 purchase.
2. Be sure to use the Host Code below for an addition free bonus from me!
3. This is the ONLY Sale-A-Bration for the year — January and February. There will no longer be an additional Sale-A-Bration later in the summer.
4. Remember, any products you see online or in either catalog count toward your Sale-A-Bration totals, as long as they are all in the same order: annual catalog, mini catalog & clearance rack!

1. Please consider joining my team. One of these BEAUTIFUL BOHO BLUE Mini Cut & Emboss Machines can be YOURS!! Here are all the details on a FANTASTIC Starter Kit — no pressure and no selling needed! Just a discount and a lot of fun! Go HERE!
2. Read on about a brand new DARLING kit you can add to your order!

If you make an online order of $50 or over with the host code below in February, I will send you a free embellishment sample from the new mini catalog!

C333PUZN is the February Host Code!

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

Product List

Ginkgo Branch Bundle (English) [160469] $53.00	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] $7.00	Fancy Flora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $12.00
Fine Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Paper Pack [160428] $10.00	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $8.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $8.00
Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $6.00	Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins [160387] $8.00

I am wishing each and every one of you a Happy Valentines Day, full of love and laughter! Today I’m sending you three cards that comprised the January Key to my Heart Paper Pumpkin Kit. The kit includes nine unique cards—three each of three designs—and nine coordinating envelopes that you can fill with love! The kit represents the tradition of locking a padlock on a bridge to symbolize unbreakable love. So, no matter who your dance partner or dinner date is on Valentine’s Day, these cards are for you! Here are the three cards I made from the kit:

I really enjoyed getting the Valentines out in the mail to my friends and loved ones! If you haven’t heard already, Paper Pumpkin is our monthly One-Stop Box™ that offers a wide variety of unique papercrafting projects for subscribers of any skill level! These themed, all-inclusive craft kits encourage you to explore your creativity, try new techniques, and discover your potential in papercrafting.

There’s still time to get signed up for the March Paper Pumpkin Kit. It’s Paper Pumpkin’s 10-year anniversary and we want to celebrate how much we’ve grown! This month’s kit is all about happy greetings, organic and botanical designs digitally painted by our in-house artists, along with all-occasion sentiments to celebrate the happy moments in life and recognize the people around you who help you grow! 

And as part of our anniversary celebration, the March Paper Pumpkin Kit includes a FREE GIFT featuring a plant and pot builder to make all your projects plant-astic!

This kit includes:

• All the supplies you need to create 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs; and coordinating envelopes.
• An all-occasion stamp set to recognize the people in your life who help you grow with greetings and beautiful botanical images.
• 1 Polished Pink Classic Stampin’ Spot
• Paper pieces and embellishments with digitally-painted designs and images.
• Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• 1 FREE additional stamp set, which includes a plant and pot builder to make plant-astic projects!

Completed card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Shaded Spruce, Garden Green, Coastal Cabana, Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink, Crumb Cake

Just give Paper Pumpkin a try for one month by clicking HERE!! Or, of course you can subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, which is what I do. I can suspend, skip a month, cancel any time! AND a subscription gets you FREE SHIPPING!

But wait! Sale-A-Bration is the BEST time to purchase a Pre-Paid Subscription because of the free gifts you can receive. Take a look!

Either go HERE to shop for a 1-, 3-, or 6-month Paper Pumpkin, OR go HERE to subscribe and start receiving a monthly kit with free shipping. This is what I do, AND you save on SHIPPING! I LOVE mine!

If you make an online order of $50 or over with the host code below in February, I will send you a free embellishment sample from the new mini catalog!

C333PUZN is the February Host Code!

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

Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, our blog hop theme made projects to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week, which is February 14-20! We hope you will be inspired by all the beautiful creations the Pals made for you! As you hop from blog to blog, we would love for you to leave a comment. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.

Today I am sharing two projects that could be used for someone special as a Random Act of Kindness next week or any week! I made one card, and a coordinating treat box:

Our Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog is chock full of great card designs, and my project today is a great example of taking a card from the catalog and making it your own. I was inspired by the layout of this card on page 81. I especially liked the different-sized panels created from the Deckled Rectangles dies.

For the card, I started with a card base of Basic White measured at 8 1/2″ by 11″, scored at 4 1/4″, followed by a layer of Highland Heather of 5 1/2″ by 4 1/4″, embossed with the Cane Weave 3D embossing folder. I adhered that embossed panel to the card base. I then used different sized Deckled Rectangle Dies to cut out panels using these papers (L to R): Orchid Oasis, Fine Shimmer Paper in Fresh Freesia, Fancy Flora DSP, and then Fine Shimmer DSP again. You can make the panels whatever size you’d like. I tried to emulate the panels in the same layout as the card in the catalog.

Next I cut a panel of Basic White Cardstock from the Deckled Rectangle Dies, and stamped the sentiment with Orchid Oasis. I also stamped one of the smaller flowers in Orchid Oasis, and one bunch of the cute tiny flowers in Balmy Blue. On a scrap of Basic White, I stamped a large flower in Fresh Freesia, and used the Two-Tone Flora dies to cut out the large flower, arranging it on the sentiment panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added three Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins to the little flowers, and I was done!

There are so many beautiful elements to this card, I can’t even! To start with, the Fine Shimmer Paper is GORGE! And the Fancy Flora DSP is probably my favorite patterned paper in the Mini Catalog.

For the Sweet Little Box, (in the CLEARANCE RACK at time of publication!) I first assembled the box and closed it. I cut a 6 X 6″ piece of Fancy Flora Designer Series Papers in half to create two 3″ by 6″ panels. I used Tear and Tape to attach the two pieces end to end to make one long piece. From there, I cut the entire piece at 7 1/4″, cutting from each end so I could make the seam somewhere in the middle, then wrapped the panel around the Sweet Box, creasing around each corner as I wrapped.

I then decorated the box using some additional flowers from the bundle, as well as a sentiment panel from the new Thanks a Bunch SAB stamp set that I cut into a banner, and some Orchid Oasis 1/8″ Woven Metallic Ribbon. Now I can either give the card and box as a set, or I could give two separate surprises to two different people as Random Acts of Kindness!

I hope you enjoyed my projects. All the products I used can be found at the bottom of this post — just click on one to start shopping! Don’t forget about using the Stampin’ Up! catalogs for design inspiration.

More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on March 8th, when our theme will be Party Time, showcasing cards/projects that celebrate our family and friends. Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
3. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
4. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
5. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
6. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
7. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
8. Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
9. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
10. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
11. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’…………….You are here!
12. Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
13. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
14. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
15. Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
16. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
17. Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
18. Jill Loveland at Simple Stamping
19. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

It’s Sale-A-Bration Time– that one time a year when we can earn free gifts with purchases from our annual and mini catalog. A few things to remember:

1. Be sure to watch your shopping totals so you do not leave yourself short of earning Sale-A-Bration products. Notice in the Sale-A-Bration brochure that some products are FREE with a $50 purchase, and some are FREE with a $100 purchase.
2. Be sure to use the Host Code below for an addition free bonus from me!
3. Remember, any products you see online or in either catalog count toward your Sale-A-Bration totals, as long as they are all in the same order: annual catalog, mini catalog & clearance rack!

Please consider joining my team. One of these BEAUTIFUL BOHO BLUE Mini Cut & Emboss Machines can be YOURS! Here are all the details on a FANTASTIC Starter Kit — no pressure and no selling needed! Just a discount and a lot of fun! Go HERE.

If you make an online order of $50 or over with the host code below in January, not only will you receive a free gift(s) through Sale-A-Bration, but I will send you a free embellishment sample from the new mini catalog!

Click HERE to start shopping with me! Or click on any of the products below. Let me know if you need free catalogs of your own!

C333PUZN is the February Host Code!

I’d love to see what you create. Post your beautiful creations over on our Up North Stampin’ Gang Facebook page. Here’s the link to request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199783410436824

Mary

Product List

Two Tone Flora Bundle (English) [160414] $55.75	Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English) [160416] $23.00	Thanks A Bunch Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160816] $18.00
Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $30.00	Cane Weave 3 D Embossing Folder [160580] $10.00	Sweet Little Boxes [157628] $10.00
Fancy Flora 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [160413] $12.00	Fine Shimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Paper Pack [160428] $10.00	Orchid Oasis 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159267] $9.25
Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $8.00
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611] $8.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $8.00	Orchid Oasis 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Woven Metallic Ribbon [159199] $9.00
Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins [160387] $8.00