What's New June 2025

Hello! I hope the weather is feeling more like late Spring where you are than is it feeling here in New York. A cat was abandoned nearby and has adopted me. When I have been outside to feed him lately, I have had to wear a winter jacket and I could see my breath. I do not know if this will happen to you, but we are supposed to be in the mid 80s next Wednesday with humidity. I am not sure which extreme is worse. I guess I will be installing the AC sooner rather than later.

Despite the ups and downs of our weather, Stampin' Up! has a wonderful June 2025 planned, starting with Suites for Sale.

Suites for Sale

Beginning on June 3, through June 30 (while supplies last), all available suites and suite products from the 2025–2026 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives are buy one, get one 50% off. Here are a few details to keep in mind:

• When you shop the sale, the 50% off discount will apply to the lower-priced item (for example, if you buy a suite collection and a stamp set from a suite, the suite would be full price, and the stamp set would be 50% off).
• Suite collections are available if all items are in stock; if all items are not in stock, you can still shop the available suite products.
• You don’t have to buy a suite and suite products all from the same suite collection for the discount to apply. You can buy any suite products from any suite.
• The discount will appear in your cart once you’ve added two items within the sale parameters to your cart.
• Products are available only while supplies last.
• See and shop all qualifying suites in the online store.

Stampin' Up! is having a Virtual Album Retreat in July 2025.

Virtual Album Retreat July 2025

The Virtual Album Retreat kits became available for purchase a few days ago and are only available while supplies last.

The Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 (167338) kit includes exclusive stamp sets, designed precut sheets, cardstock, embellishments, and more. Purchase of the kit is your all-access pass to an immersive three-day, virtual retreat. Full details are with the product description; please note this kit does not include an album. There is a list of additional crafting supplies needed (inks, adhesives, blocks, etc.), but it is likely you may have most or all of them in your craft area. Please see the product page or my May 28 post for a list.

Day of Service Shipping Delays

This year the Stampin’ Up! Day of Service is Wednesday, June 11. It’s when employees will pause all usual work to embark on a “service adventure" and choose to give back in a variety of ways around the community

With the company-wide participation in Day of Service, orders will not ship on June 11, and all expedited orders placed after 11:00 a.m. (MT) on June 10 will not be processed until June 12. Thank you for your patience and support SU! works to help the community at this year’s Day of Service celebration!

With the summer soon upon us and all of the activity summer celebrations bring, I hope you will still be able to find some time to be creative. Take care!

Stampin' Up! Virtual Album Retreat July 2025

Join Stampin' Up! for their first ever Virtual Album Retreat July 16–18, 2025 from 2:00–10:30 p.m. (MDT).

Virtual Album Retreat July 2025

The Virtual Album Retreat kits became available to order today and are only available while supplies last. Be sure to order ASAP to ensure the kits do not sell out and to make sure you get your products in time for the event!

The Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 (167338) kit includes exclusive stamp sets, designed precut sheets, cardstock, embellishments, and more. Purchase of the kit is your all-access pass to an immersive three-day, virtual retreat. Full details are with the product description; please note this kit does not include an album. There is a list of additional crafting supplies needed (inks, adhesives, blocks, etc.), but it is likely you may have most or all of them in your craft area:

Virtual Album Retreat July 2025 Additional Supplies

The list of additional supplies is also with the product description.

By purchasing the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 (167338) kit you can earn up to $25.00 in Stampin’ Rewards.

If you enjoy scrapbooking, this is a great way to scrap with members of the Stampin' Up! team and like-minded people from around the world.

Happy paper crafting!

2x Rewards from SU! - Two Days Only

Hello! If you have not opted in to Stampin’ Rewards yet, I have a great reason for you to opt in this weekend...2X Rewards!

2x Rewards

Stampin' Up! is excited to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with the crafting community around the world. For 2 days only (May 2–3) SU! is offering 2x rewards on all purchases!

It gets better. This offer applies to ALL products, not just scrapbooking items! (Some exclusions apply, see more below.)

The ordering deadline by phone is May 2, 2025, at 6:59 p.m. (MT), but when you shop online, the ordering deadline is May 3, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. (MT).

To earn rewards be sure to sign in to your Stampin' Up! account and opt in to Stampin' Rewards if you have not already. If you are unsure if you opted in, even if you have not earned rewards yet, you can go here then choose the "View My Rewards" button near the middle of the page to see your earned rewards and/or confirm you are opted in.

After opting in, when you shop as usual, you will earn rewards that can be spent on future orders, and you will earn double rewards (2x rewards) for two days only, from May 2–3!

This offer applies to ALL products excluding existing Paper Pumpkin subscriptions, however any new subscription or prepaid subscription ordered during the offer will earn double rewards. All orders qualify once the rewards threshold of $20 is reached. All the ins and outs of rewards are listed here.

In addition, I wish I had seen this event sooner so I would have had the chance to share the details earlier. Stampin' Up! is having a National Scrapbooking Event on Facebook on Friday, May 2 at 3 p.m. EDT. You will find the event here. 

I hope you have a fabulous crafty weekend.

Changing Leaves Sympathy Card

Sometimes it seems like the bulk of the cardmaking I do is to create sympathy cards. We had a stretch of time where we learned of a passing, we would get home from calling hours and the same day, learn of another passing. Unfortunately this happened for a month.

This is one of the cards I created during this time. 

Changing Leaves Sympathy Card

The card was created with the Leaf Collection Cling Stamp Set (163610) and the Changing Leaves Hybrid Embossing Folder (sold out). I am still using up CTMH cardstock and on this card I used CTMH Pine cardstock and stamp pad. A good substitute for Pine is Stampin' Up!'s Shaded Spruce. I also used CTMH White Daisy which is now available from Stampin' Up! as White Willow (166703). I am sorry, but I do not remember which stamp set the sentiment is from. If I remember, I will update this post.

One thing I would change about this card would be to ink the embossing on the white leaves. The texture from the embossing folder would look terrific inked.

I hope a long time passes before I need another sympathy card. I also hope the cardmaking you have been doing lately has been for joyous events.

Have a great and crafty weekend.

Free Shipping from SU! - Three Days Only

Stampin' Up! has a great offer for us right on the heels of updating Stampin' Rewards: For Three Days Only they are offering Free Shipping!

From April 23 to 25, when you spend $75 or more, you will get FREE SHIPPING!

To receive free shipping, orders must be opened during the Free Shipping window, so please do not start adding items to your cart until April 23 (Mountain time); orders must be finalized by 11:59pm MDT April 25. If you are ordering by telephone, your order must be placed by 6:59 pm Mountain on April 25, 2025 (be certain you opted into Stampin' Rewards before placing your order).

Free shipping automatically applies to your cart after the qualifying amount for $75 (before tax) has been met. The additional cost for expedited shipping is not covered by this promotion.

Prepaid 3-, 6-, or 12-month Paper Pumpkin subscriptions and month-to-month subscriptions do not qualify for free shipping, but Paper Pumpkin subscribers can purchase refills, past kits and add-ons that do qualify toward free shipping.

While browsing the Stampin' Up! website, I encourage you to check out the Last Chance Products. I believe I've mentioned this before, but once products appear in Last Chance, they are available while supplies last. I saw a few deals that made me wish I had more storage space and a checkbook balance that auto replenished more often than my employer makes deposits. [insert grin]

Happy Crafting!

New Stampin’ Rewards Program

In case you missed the orange banner on the Stampin' Up! website, Stampin' Up! updated the rewards program.

Sara Douglass, CEO of Stampin' Up!, reviews the New Stampin' Rewards Program in a video you can view on this page.

Host Codes are no longer needed. Also, for every online order you place that is $20 (after discounts, coupons and used rewards and before shipping and tax), you'll earn 10% of your order in Stampin' Rewards! that you can save for a future purchase. Please keep in mind that earned Rewards will expire twelve months after your purchase date at the end of that month. Once you start earning rewards, there is a Rewards dashboard that will display your balance, expiring dates and history.

Before you can start to earn rewards, you will need to sign into your account on the Stampin' Up! website and opt in. The FAQ and Get Started button are on this page of the Stampin' Up! website.

If you have any questions that are not answered in the video or the FAQ, please let me know (there is a contact form to the right) and I will do my best to get you a quick answer.

P.S. Stay tuned for news about Free Shipping later this week.

Stampin' Up! Website Maintenance on April 15, 2025

The Stampin’ Up! website will be unavailable starting from April 15 at 8:00 am MT (that's 10am for us on the East Coast) for approximately six hours for website maintenance.

Some of the website work is for "behind the scenes" and will mainly be seen by Demonstrators (this is known as the implementation of the Digital Platform Unification (DPU) project).

But the best news: the maintenance also is to put the structure in place for the new Stampin’ Rewards program.

Stay tuned for additional details!

What's New January 2025 and Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope the start of 2025 has treated you well. As usual it is busy here (and cold), but life is going well. Dottie, my cat, is feeling much better, but I am not looking forward to her fasting blood work appointment next week.

It's Time for Sale-A-Bration

Sale-A-Bration

From January 7 to February 28, 2025 it is Sale-A-Bration time at Stampin' Up! During Sale-A-Bration you can earn free items when you shop. With every $60 or $120 spent (before tax and shipping) on Stampin' Up! products, you can choose a free Sale-A-Bration item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

If Sale-A-Bration wasn't enough, there is a January–April 2025 Mini Catalog and January 2025 Scrapbooking Brochure. Links to the Sale-A-Bration brochure, January–April 2025 Mini Catalog and January 2025 Scrapbooking Brochure can be found here.

There is also a January 2025 Online Exclusives Flyer.

January 2025 Online Exclusives Flyer - page 1

January 2025 Online Exclusives Flyer - page 2

I just love the flowers in the Mixed Florals Bundle. That is definitely on my wish list.

Stampin' Up! also has two new Kits Collection products. I thought I saw photos of the new kits, but unfortunately I am not finding any images as I write this. When it becomes January 7 in the Mountain Time Zone you will find the new Kit Collection items here.

 

Paper Pumpkin

Hearts For You - January 2025 Paper Pumpkin

There are only a few more days to subscribed to the January 2025 Paper Pumpkin; you have until January 10. The kit includes precut paper hearts, champagne foil, heart-shaped gem embellishments, and three different card base designs.

Available to Paper Pumpkin subscribers is this coordinating die set:

Spring Is In The Air Dies

The Spring Is In The Air dies (166237) are available on the Stampin' Up! website now if you would like to place an order and have the dies when your Paper Pumpkin kit arrives. The die set includes a heart frame, flowering chive, honeycomb, and tiny bumblebee. These additional dies are designed to work with THREE Paper Pumpkin Kits of 2025: the Hearts for You Paper Pumpkin Kit, the Spring Is in the Air Paper Pumpkin Kit, and the Daisy Daydream Paper Pumpkin Kit.

When shopping, do not forget to check out the Last Chance Products and the CTMH™ Products for 30% Off. Both are while supplies last.

When you place an order (unless you are stocking up/ordering with a friend and your total will be $150 or more), please use January 2025 Host Code: 6423HYW7 (you will also find it in the right sidebar). I documented how to use a host code (for orders less than $150) and how to add rewards (for orders of $150 or more) in past blog posts.

That is a lot of information and to be honest I am having a difficult time keeping all of it straight. If you have questions about any of the Stampin' Up! promotions or products, please use the Contact Form to the right and I will do my best to find the information you are looking for.

Once again, Happy New Year!  

Updates mid-December 2024

Hello! Can you believe we are one week away from Christmas and Hanukkah 2024?! On top of all of the holiday preparations, we have had the additional challenge of our cat, Dottie, feeling ill. We also needed a part replaced on our boiler (of course the boiler decided to act up on one of the coldest nights so far). Fortunately we have a pellet stove in the basement that helped us keep warm and the pipes from freezing. It is too bad the pellet stove is not configured to also act as our hot water heater. Fingers crossed for some quieter days ahead.

The subscription period for the January 2025 Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up! is open.

Hearts For You - January 2025 Paper Pumpkin

You may subscribe to receive this kit until January 10. The kit includes precut paper hearts, champagne foil, heart-shaped gem embellishments, and three different card base designs.

Available to Paper Pumpkin subscribers is this coordinating die set:

Spring Is In The Air Dies

The Spring Is In The Air dies (166237) are available on the Stampin' Up! website now if you would like to place an order and have the dies when your Paper Pumpkin kit arrives. The die set includes a heart frame, flowering chive, honeycomb, and tiny bumblebee. These additional dies are designed to work with THREE Paper Pumpkin Kits of 2025: the Hearts for You Paper Pumpkin Kit, the Spring Is in the Air Paper Pumpkin Kit, and the Daisy Daydream Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Check out the February and March 2025 Paper Pumpkin kits:

Hello Spring - February 2025 Paper Pumpkin

Daisy Daydream - March 2025 Paper Pumpkin

CTMH™ Products

There are still some CTMH™ Products available for 30% off. Of course this is while supplies last. I sure wish I had not had some unexpected expenses or I would pick up some cardstock.

Last Chance Products

While shopping on the Stampin' Up! website, be sure to check out the Last Chance Products. Some of the items in the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog are already shown on the Last Chance Products page and some are already discounted a bit.

Designer Series Paper Special Release

DSP Special Release

As I mentioned earlier this month, Stampin' Up! has refreshed three previously released paper collections with newer colors. The papers can be found under the Online Exclusives area of the website. This flyer summarizes the DSP Special Release: 

DSP Special Release Flyer

The papers are available while supplies last.

Stampin' Up! Holiday Hours on Christmas Eve

Christmas is coming next week, which means holiday hours will be in effect at Stampin’ Up! Please keep in mind that Christmas Eve (December 24) will be a short day. Expedited orders placed after 11 a.m. (MT) on December 23 may not leave until operations are back up on December 30. Other orders placed between December 23 and December 30 may take an extra day or two before they are shipped.

When you place an order (unless you are stocking up/ordering with a friend and your total will be $150 or more), please use December 2024 Host Code: 3YK9QQNN (you will also find it in the right sidebar). I documented how to use a host code (for orders less than $150) and how to add rewards (for orders of $150 or more) in past blog posts.

If you have questions about any of the Stampin' Up! promotions or products, please use the Contact Form to the right and I will do my best to find the information you are looking for.

Happy Holidays!  

Free Shipping from SU! - Three Days Only

The winter celebration season is upon us! I turned on the radio the other day and thought why am I hearing Christmas music and then I noticed the date. I feel like this ride of life keeps speeding up. How is it possible that there are less than 30 days left in 2024?!

Stampin' Up! has a great offer for us this week: For Three Days Only they are offering Free Shipping!

Three Days Only - Free Shipping

You will get FREE SHIPPING from December 9–11 when you spend $75 or more. 

Please keep in mind that due to the high volume of orders and the Christmas season, the distribution center may fall behind our typical shipping timeframes. SU! will do all that they can to return to regular service levels as quickly as possible. Unfortunately any orders placed during this promotion are not guaranteed to arrive before or by December 25. If you need an order by Christmas, order as early as possible and/or consider expedited shipping. Thank you for understanding.

Last Chance Products

Last Chance Products

Stampin' Up! created a Last Chance Products area of the website so it will be easier to find products that are retiring. SU! will be adding items to this category every other month. Once products appear in Last Chance, they are available while supplies last.

Designer Series Paper Special Release

DSP Special Release

Stampin' Up! has refreshed three previously released paper collections with newer colors. The papers can be found under the Online Exclusives area of the website. The papers are available while supplies last.

DSP Special Release Flyer

If you have questions about any of the Stampin' Up! promotions or products, please use the Contact Form to the right and I will do my best to find the information you are looking for.

When you place an order (unless you are stocking up/ordering with a friend and your total will be $150 or more), please use December 2024 Host Code: 3YK9QQNN (you will also find it in the right sidebar). I documented how to use a host code (for orders less than $150) and how to add rewards (for orders of $150 or more) in past blog posts.

Enjoy preparing for your upcoming holiday celebrations and happy crafting!