Amy Rich, Stampin' Nut

Have you been waiting like I have for a 12 Projects of Christmas fun fold card? This is it, and it's a fun one! I designed this card around Rachel Tessman's Standing Tiered Accordion Fold card, and the North Pole Delivery Specialty Designer Series Paper is absolutely perfect for it. It's a specialty paper because it includes two sheets of die cuts that coordinate with the rest of the paper. And this one is soooo cute! North Pole Specialty Designer Series Paper pack The two sh

Oh, the weather outside is frightful! Well, maybe not yet, but it's coming eventually here in southern Minnesota...and Project #3 of this year's 12 Projects of Christmas is preparing us for this year's winter weather. We've got snowflakes. We've got glitz. We've got glimmer. And we've got a project you're going to want to make! Was I right? This is gorgeous. What makes the glimmer so...glimmery? It's the Peaceful Garden 12" x 12" Glimmer Paper. The colors listed on the packag

One Sheet Wonders. They're fantastic for several things: Using up sheets of Designer Series Paper :) Great for any type of paper crafter, from the novice to the seasoned You can put a bunch together in a flash! When I was planning these 12 projects of Christmas earlier in the Fall, it was an easy decision to include a One Sheet Wonder because of all of the gorgeous Designer Series Paper currently in Stampin' Up!®'s online store and in our catalogs. I chose to use the Traditio

"Discount on top of discount" is a favorite term of mine to refer to one of the best perks of being a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. Why? Because when Stampin' Up! has a sale, demonstrators get the sale price PLUS our demonstrator discount. WHAT??? Yep - this is a huge perk for joining the Stampin' Up! family. So why do I choose now to bring this up? It's because a sale is coming,and with a previous sale already upon us, let me tell you how you can combine discounts during the u

It's that time of year again, and I couldn't be happier to share the first official Christmas project of The 12 Projects of Christmas 2025! I have lots of fun in store for you this year, and I hope you're excited to come along for the ride! Project #1 is a product of the stunning Modern Christmas Suite Collection from the September 2025 release of the Online Exclusives. My eyes were immediately drawn to the Suite because of the black and white in the Designer Series Paper. Wh

Leave it to a pretty Fall card to distract me from what I should be doing right now - getting my ducks in a row before leaving for our...

I'm looking forward to sharing all of the new goodies in the new catalog and the September release of the Online Exclusives! If you...

Several years ago now, I started Buy & Try classes. The premise is that if you pay for the class, you are buying some products from my...

Yep, I know...it's nearly the end of July. Why bother? Well, because I LOVE CHRISTMAS PROJECTS, and sharing Christmas projects in July...

First of all, Happy Fourth of July to my American friends! As we celebrate the birthday of the United States of America, I've decided to...

Mom and Dad on their 55th wedding anniversary (with one of my great nieces) in 2017 It has been over two months since I last blogged. I'm...

It turns out it's a big BIG week in my Stampin' Up!® world, and I'm so excited to share it with you! So here it is: All the things. FREE...

I feel like there is always a reason to need a gift bag, and this time of year is no different. As I write this on Easter Sunday evening,...

The new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog release is coming in about a month, and you should be receiving your catalog soon! If you do not receive...

It's been a few weeks since the first time I laid eyes on the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog. It's so pretty!!! Typically when we get to...

Please remember that shopping the BOGO sale means you must shop my Stampin' Up!® online store after choosing your retired items. Here's...

Let's face it. We all have Stampin' Up!® wish lists a mile long. Don't try to deny it. And with just a few days left of Sale-a-bration...

So what's the BIG DEAL? The big deal is that the Sale-a-bration join promotion only has three weeks remaining, and it is a WHOPPER of a...

Tone on tone is a term that is used when we paper crafters use a layer that is the same color as the layer on which it is mounted. It can...

One of my favorite cards of this latest new release of products was the one I shared in a blog post last week. This zig zag fold card is...