Check Out This Beautiful Hummingbird Card!

There's only a few days left to subscribe to the March Paper Pumpkin Kit with beautiful hummingbirds...and a BONUS stamp set!  Visit www.stampinup.com to subscribe!

March...New Month...New Opportunities!

Welcome!  March is here and there is a lot going on in the Stampin' Up! world!

New Product of the Month: Notes of Spring stamp set

Lots of new products in the Online Exclusive shop!

New Paper Pumpkin coming soon...Hummingbirds! Subscribe before March 10th!

March Creative Challenge: Visually Clean and Simple Projects

March’s SU! Creative Challenge focuses on clean and simple designs (though not necessarily easy to create).

Use these three principles to help you achieve this look:

1) Embrace negative space—a neutral palette and white-on-white layers leave plenty of breathing room.

2) Add subtle texture—“clean” doesn’t mean “technique-free”; tap a Stampin’ Blend against a Bone Folder or rough up the edges of a layer for light distressing.

3) Cluster elements to the power of three—group a trio of elements to create a single, clear focal point (e.g. background stamping + images + sentiment).

I hope you will participate in this fun challenge and post your creation here and on Instagram. Use the Instagram hashtag #CreativeChallengeSU

Here is a sample created by SU! artists to help kick start your creativity!

Sneak Peek at the SU! March Product of the Month!

Stampin' Up! has decided to give us a sneak peek at the upcoming March Product of the Month which will be available on Tuesday, March 3rd.  

It is a two step photo polymer stamp set that will be great for making spring cards, baby cards and scrapbook pages and lots more!  You may be able to even create a Christmas card with the deer in the set!

Below is a picture of the set along with all the details on how you can get it If you have any questions, just message me!

Only a Few Days Left to Take Advantage of the February Product of the Month

Have you seen the beautiful Stampin' Up! Product of the Month for February? It is a patterned paper called Painted Illusions.  It can be purchased for $5 with a qualifying order of $75 this month only.  

This paper is great for card making and scrapbooking!  See below for samples of each sheet.

Another Alternative Using the January Paper Pumpkin Kit

I decided to go with more traditional colors for this valentine's card.  I used Real Red ink with Basic Beige and Real Red card stock.

I also used the negative piece from a postal die for the front layer panel.  

Two Alternative Cards from the January Paper Pumpkin Kit

Have you started working with your January Paper Pumpkin Kit?  There are so many pretty elements to work with and the cards are great as well.

Here are my first two cards using the kit elements and some Real Red ink.  The kit comes with Poppy Parade ink and that is a great color as well.  I chose the red because it is a little bolder and brighter.

I cut the kit cards in half and used white card stock as my card base to extend my kit supplies.  

This is such a fun kit!  Enjoy creating with it.  

January Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

Are you ready to extend your Stampin' Up! January Paper Pumpkin kit? Here are two cards for avid stampers that can be recreated and shared with loved ones! The recipe for the cards is below the photo.