Amy Rich, Stampin' Nut

Paper Pumpkin kits are all the rage, and have you heard the news? A Pre-paid Paper Pumpkin sale is coming on December 1! For nine days, you can order the pre-paid subscriptions will be discounted as follows: 3-month prepaid: $61.00 (regular price $81.00) 6-month prepaid: $122.00 (regular price $162.00) 12-month prepaid: $244.00 (regular price $324.00) Those are some pretty significant savings, and I encourage when December 1 - Cyber Monday - comes along, you take advantage of

If you watched Project #5, you know that sometimes I share fun folds that are a little crazy. Fun, no doubt, but crazy. Lots of pieces of paper, lots of steps. And I love it! BUT, sometimes it's ok to tone it down, and this Project #6 is the perfect example. Sooooo cute! The focus of this sweet little card are some stockings made with the A Little Cheer Bundle. This bundle became available in July's Online Exclusives release. I had to have it because I just love those punches

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

A new product release has arrived, and with it so many opportunities! Today was launch day for 5 different lines of products, and I'm in...

First of all, it must be said that this project doesn't HAVE to be a gift card holder. But since it uses the amazing Scalloped GIFT CARD...

A serious obsession with gift card holders has produced the second of those in this year's Christmas series, and I love it! At the end of...

Because sometimes you need a quick and easy Christmas card idea, I have created Project #8! I had always loved this card from the...

Fun fold cards are my thing, so inevitably I'd have some fun ones for you during The 12 Projects of Christmas. The one I'm sharing today...