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Merriest Trees Fun Fold I recently received the Merriest Trees bundle and am having such fun creating with it. There are 16 stamps and 26 dies with this bundle, and the bonus is that it also cuts out some of the trees in the A Walk in the Forest Designer Series Paper on page 5 of the September-December Mini Catalog. I love it when our Stampin' Up! dies cut out our DSP! Take a look on page 12 of the catalog to see the whole set and then go on a hunt through the rest of the catalog as the trees appear on some other pages too. Here is the card unfolded: Materials: 1.   Poppy Parade cardstock-- card base 8 ½” by 5 ½” scored on the long side at 2 1/8” and 4 ¼” and folded accordion style, 1 5/8” by 3 ¼” piece (for cutting the swag) 2.  Merry Bold & Bright DSP—the front piece 1 7/8” by 5 ¼” and the inside piece 4” by 5 ¼” 3.     3.  Basic White cardstock—2 pieces cut with the second to largest Scalloped Contours rectangle, ½” scrap for the front sentiment and an...

  Traditions of St. Nick Fancy Fold Today I decided to use the On-Line Exclusive Traditions of St. Nick Designer Series Paper to make a really cute new fancy fold. If you count the envelope, I used 5 out of 6 of the papers for this card. If you haven't checked out the many On-Line Exclusives items it is time to go to stampinup.com and go through them all. There are stamp sets, bundles, lots of DSP and kits. My inspiration was this paper as well as a card I received in a leader's swap a couple of months ago with this fancy fold. See below for how it looks unfolded. It is kind of a modified joy fold card.  Let's make this card! Gather your supplies: 1. Pebbled Path cardstock --Card base 4 1/4" by 11" scored on the long side at  2 3/4 and 5 1/2" and folded along the score lines as below. Second piece 8 1/2" by 3" scored at 4 1/4" 2. Real Red cardstock--one piece 4" by 5 1/4", 3 pieces each  2 1/2" by 4" 3. Basic White cardstock...

Garden Meadow Sneak Peek Let me introduce you to the upcoming Garden Meadow bundle and Meandering Meadows Designer Series Paper. The stamp set includes all sorts of garden imagery and cute sentiments. And the dies cut those all out plus includes some separate greenery elements and this great window die you see on the above left card. And don't get me started on the DSP--it is 6" by 6" of absolute gorgeous garden scenes. They are so beautiful it is hard to cut in to them, which is why some of the cards I made use almost the whole paper! If you want to see the set and the paper in its entirety, please watch my Facebook Live below or watch me on YouTube (both are Stamp with Dr Robin). I will have more cards to show you with this DSP in upcoming blog posts. This bundle and DSP are available now for demonstrators and starting 11/7 for customers. But if you join now you can get all of these new products in your starter kit. T o celebrate their 35th year as a business, Stampin...

Fruitful Blessings Gate-fold Card I am still in the autumn card-making mood and the Fruitful Blessings stamp set fit the bill today! Also, the All About Autumn Designer Series Paper is back in stock, so if you love this paper as much as I do, order it ASAP before they run out again. By the way, many other papers that have been out of stock for a while are back, so go check them out! As you can see above, I kind of went crazy making gate-fold cards. I'm going to show you in this blog and my video below how to make the off-center gate-fold card as seen on the top. The bottom Copper Clay one is a more traditional centered gate fold. Here's a closer view of the card we will be making today: Let's make this card! Gather your supplies: 1. Pumpkin Pie cardstock --Card base 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" scored on the long side at   2 3/4" and 7" and folded inward along the score lines. Another piece 1" by 9 3/4" for the belly band 2. Crumb Cake cardstock--a scrap a...

Celebrate the Miracle Chanukah is a Jewish holiday celebrated end of November or December (it is on a lunar catalog so it moves dates) that commemorates   the rededication of the second Temple in in Jerusalem in 165 BC by the Maccabees after its desecration  by the Syrians.  It is said the small amount of oil that was left in the oil lamps should have lasted only 1 day and it lasted 8 days until someone could get some back to the temple--that is the Chanukah miracle. We celebrate by lighting a candelabra  (we call it a menorah) with 8 candles to remember those 8 days, plus one to light the others.  I am so excited to announce that for the first time in the 7 years I have been a demonstrator, Stampin' Up! has a dedicated Chanukah stamp set and here it is. It has wonderful sentiments and imagery. I've only had it for 2 days and am having such fun with it. The above card is my first attempt at a card for the holiday that starts the evening of December 7th this year...