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IT’S FRIDAY & TIME FOR SOME FEATURES AND A FUN FOLD CARD

This week has been all about MORE THAN AUTUMN.

The More than Autumn Bundle includes the More than Autumn Stamp Set and the More than Autumn Dies.

The More than Autumn Bundle has fun stamps and dies for creating autumn-themed and winter-themed accents for cards, scrapbooks, and more.

The stamp set comprises 36 photopolymer stamps, including 13 images and 23 words/phrases. It also has 23 dies, including 15 shapes (12 of which coordinate with the image stamps) and 7 words/phrases. The largest diemeasures 1 5/8″ x 1 3/8″.

REMEMBER: When you buy a current bundle, you save 10%!

My fun fold card today is a Circle Cut Out Card.

It has been quite a while since I used any of the Moody Mauve products, so I decided to use it for this project. I thought Moody Mauve coloured icing on the doughnuts would be perfect.

I started with the Moody Mauve card base and used one of the Spotlight on Nature Dies to cut the centre section out of the card front. Then I took a slightly smaller panel of Lost Lagoon DSP from the Subtles 6″x 6″ DSP, and placed it under the card front and traced the circle cut out. Then I was able to position the same die accurately. When the circle was cut, I was able to adhere the DSP panel on the card front.

For the white interior of the card I cut a piece of Basic White card, measuring 5 5/8″ x 4″. I scored and folded it at 4 3/8″ and then at 2 3/16″. I used my Bone Folder to create crisp folds in the card.

I adhered the white insert insode the card.

Then, after closing the card, I was able to position the Moody Mauve die cut circle inside the corresponding space on the card front. From there, I was able to adhere half the circle to the folded white insert.

I cut a second Moody Mauve circle and two, smaller white circles.

After looping some Moody Mauve Jute behind one of the white circles, I added Stampin’ Dimensionals and popped on the front Moody Mauve circle.

I alyered and adhered the other two circles and added them to the inside of the card.

Then I stamped, coloured and die cut four doughnuts and added them to the card. I also stamped and coloured another doughnut on the back of the envelope.

For the front of the card, I stamped the greeting and cut the banner using one of t he Stylish Shapes Dies. It was popped up on the card with dimensionals.

The final step was to add some Moody Mauve bling from the 2023-2025 In Colour Dots pack.

See you Monday with some new Stampin’ Up! products and projects to share.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Bone Folder
[102300]
$14.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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THURSDAY MEANS THAT IT IS TIME FOR A 3D PROJECT

My 3D project today uses the Pocket Thoughts Dies to create a simple pocket that holds two hot chocolate sachets perfectly.

I started by cutting two Early Espresso pocket pieces using the largest of the dies.

After folding along the score lines, I added Tear & Tape on one of the panels. This panel was then adhered to the second, creating a little pocket sachet.

Before adding some decorative circles to the sachet, I wrapped a length of Crumb Cake twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack and tied it in a bow.

To decorate the front of the pocket sachet, I cut two circles using the Spotlight on Nature Dies. The paper was from the Neutrals 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper Bundle.

The striped circle was adhered directly on the front of the sachet. Then, the ‘spotted’ circle was added using Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop it up off the striped circle below.

To decorate these circles, I stampedand die cut a takeaway hot drink cup. Before positioning this on the circle, using dimensionals, I stamped and cut the marshmallows and adhered them to the top of the cup.

I added Adhesive Sheet to the back of some Crumb Cake and Early Espresso card scraps. Then I was able to die cut the ‘Hot Cocoa’ words to add to the cup.

For ‘Hot’ I cut the word in both colours and overlapped them to create a shadow effect.

To finish the sacher I added two hot chocolate sleeves and a wooden spoon.

Tomorrow is Friday and I have a Fun Fold Card to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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WELL, WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEDNESDAY?

Well, this Wednesday I have a lot to share with you!

Many of you may be aware that former Close To My Heart Makers have been able to transition into becoming demonstrators with Stampin’ Up!. With this, many CTMH products were incorporated into the product range managed by SU. At first, these were only available to former Makers, but now these products are more widely available, while stocks last.

There is a current CTMH product offer, while stocks last.

Let me show you the product release catalogues, since May this year. Click on each image to open the catalogue PDF.

I hope that you find some great products for your future crafting projects.

In other news, I wanted to share information about Stampin’ Up!s product release calendar. This may help you with your future planning and saving to order new products. As a Demonstrator, I know that I use this information to plan my purchases.

There are several product releases each year.

There are three CATALOGUES released each year – in January there is the first Mini Catalogue that runs until the end of May; the Annual Catalogue that runs from May to April of the following year; and, the September to end of December Mini Catalogue.

In 2025, a new Annual Scrapbooking Brochure will also be released.

Then, we have ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. These products are released online quite frequently – January, March, May, July, September and November. It is really worthwhile checking out the Online Store regularly.

PHEW – that was quite a lot to process. I will try to keep you up to speed each week so that you don’t miss anything.

TODAY

I have a super, easy card to share with you.

For this card I used the gorgeous little gingerbread man image and integrated it with the HUMBLE HOME BUNDLE and the MINI ALPHABET DIES.

I started with a Crumb Cake cardbase and an Early Espresso layer.

Then I stamped, cut and coloured lots of lttle gingerbread men.

After adding some Adhesive Sheet to a piece of Crumb Cake card, I used the Mini Alphabet Dies to cut all the letters needed for this card.

Then, I stamped and punched out three gingerbread houses.

The card was assembled, as you can see in the image above.

The card insert and envelope both had some little gingerbread men added to them.

This was such a quick and easy card to make.

Tomorrow, I have a 3D project to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00