Good Morning! Last weekend the Inkin’ Krew had a Quarterly Team meeting and after finishing the Stampin’ Up! Business portion, we made some Christmas cards with the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees bundle! Mary Deatherage, Karen Ksenzakovic and Rosie Kean designed cards and taught us how to make them. Here are the cards I made based on their designs. Since I have barely cracked open my A Walk in the Forest designer series paper, I adapted their designs to using these papers. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

The first card is the one Mary designed – so fun to use the negative die cut space! I cut several strips of A Walk in the Forest DSP and adhered them to a Garden Green mat. I used the largest tree die from the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees dies to cut a Basic White panel and emboss the panel with the Snowflake Sky 3D embossing folder. Use lots of dimensionals to adhere the embossed layer to the mat and adhere it to the front of a Cherry Cobbler card base with dimensionals. Cut the star and adhere it to the tree top and stamp the sentiment in Garden Green, trim the end and adhere it to the front.

Update: Mary posted her card today and you can see it here.

For the inside stamp the sentiment in Garden Green and the star in Daffodil Delight on a Basic White panel. Trim the bottom with a strip of DSP before adhering it to a Garden Green mat and to the inside of the card.

For my version of Karen’s design, I cut two large Pretty Peacock trees from the A Walk in the Forest DSP and cut them the way Karen did. Karen used the dies, and I had to fussy cut since the DSP tree boughs didn’t line up with the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees dies. But I built the tree like she instructed and adhered them to a panel of holiday greenery DSP matted on Cherry Cobbler. I adhered the panel to a Pretty Peacock card base and made a bow for the top using white iridescent ribbon. Check out Karen’s card HERE because her embossed tree is just gorgeous!

Here’s the inside. The sentiment is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Basic White and matted on Cherry Cobbler. I love how Karen designed it with the DSP on both sides of the inside panel!

My last card is based on the card that Rosie Kean made during our meeting. Her design used the large tree, but I ran out of large trees that would go with the DSP and she showed an alternative using a die cut shape, so I decided to follow that example. I love the design using both sides of the pretty DSP! my card base is a single Pretty Peacock panel and I used the largest circle die from the Stylish Shapes dies to cut a Balmy Blue circle for the front and Basic White circles for the inside. I cut a Pretty Peacock tree with the middle tree die in the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees dies, adhered it with dimensionals and decorated it with a silver bow and Lost Lagoon Festive Pearls.

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock on one of the Basic White circles and stamped some Balmy Blue snowflakes on the second circle (this is where you can sign the card).

I’m so glad that the Stampin’ Up! Merriest Trees stamp set and dies are NOT retiring because they’re so versatile. And thank you Mary, Karen and Rosie for inspiring us with these pretty designs! I enjoyed playing with the A Walk in the Forest designer series paper so much that I was inspired to use it in making a rustic Christmas Tree ornament! I love that the bear can be cut with the Beary Cute punch!

Thanks to these pretty card designs, my Christmas cards are almost done! And thank goodness because the Demonstrator pre-order for the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog starts today and I’ll be getting my customer catalogs ready to mail out early next week along with my Christmas cards!

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Last Chance Products Discounts Going on Now!

The September–December 2023 Mini Catalog is retiring soon! It’s bittersweet to say goodbye to a Stampin’ Up! catalog, but we’re looking forward to all the new products on their way—and we hope you are, too!

The lists of retiring and carryover products has been announcedFrom November 21, 2023 –January 3, 2024, you can stock up on your favorite seasonal products from the September – December 2023 Mini Catalog and save up to 60%! So, what are you waiting for? After all, Last Chance Products will only be available while supplies last.

Click HERE to download a PDF with the list of retiring items from the Sept-Dec 2023 Mini Catalog and the discounts that start Nov 21.

Click HERE to download a PDF with the list of items from the Sept-Dec 2023 Mini Catalog that will be carrying over.

Note that for some Last Chance bundles, the individual items may be carried over, but the items will no longer be bundled with the 10% savings. These items are marked with three asterisks in the Last Chance PDF.

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Clearance Rack Has Been Refreshed!

Stampin’ Up! has added new items to the Clearance Rack in the Online store! Shop and save up to 60% off selected products. These items are only available while supplies last, so check it out HERE.

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New January-April 2024 Mini and Sale-A-Bration

The Stampin’ Up! January – April 2024 Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration 2024 will begin on January 4, 2024! The Demonstrator pre-order period begins today and I will be ordering catalogs for customers who have ordered from me within the last year and sending them out. If you would like a copy, just place an order in my Online Store and I will be happy to send a new catalog to you too!

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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

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Cardstock Cuts for this project:

• DSP Strip Tree Card
  • Cherry Cobbler – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base scored at 4-1/4″
  • Garden Green – two 4″ x 5-1/4″ panels (front and inside panel mats)
  • Daffodil Delight – 1″ x 2″ (die cut stars)
  • Basic White – two 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ panels (front background and inside panel), 5/8″ x 2-7/8″ (label)
  • A Walk in the Forest DSP – nine 1/2″ x 3-1/2″ strips (front tree), 1/2″ x 3-7/8″ (inside trim)
• Layered Large Tree Card
  • Pretty Peacock – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base scored at 4-1/4″
  • Cherry Cobbler – two 4″ x 5-1/4″ panels (front and inside panel mats)
  • Basic White – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ (inside panel)
  • A Walk in the Forest DSP – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ (front background), two 1/2″ x 5-1/8″ strips (inside trim), two large tree die cuts
• Snowflake Fun Fold Tree Card
  • Pretty Peacock – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ card base
  • Balmy Blue – 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ (die cut circle)
  • Basic White – two 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ panels (inside die cut circles)
  • A Walk in the Forest DSP – 6″ x 5-1/4″ mini card base scored at 2″, die cut medium tree

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

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