Hi Stampers!
I’m back from Stampin’ Up! Onstage in beautiful Long Beach, California and I’ve got a lot of great news to share with you!
There are a few new changes coming to Stampin’ Up! That I’m really excited about. The first being new ink pads! I don’t know about any of you, but I and many of my customers often struggle with opening our current ink pads. Our new ones will now be magnetic and they are awesome. The tops lift off easily and are easily replaced. They are starting small and only switching to the new pads with the 2026-2028 In Colors so the transition will be a gradual one.
Another new change is Stampin’ Up! Will no longer offer a larger annual catalog, but they will offer 3 smaller catalogs through out the year along with their online exclusives. The catalogs will run from January to April, May through August, and September through December. The first of these three catalogs will be available in May of this year.
New In Colors will be available in May as well; Barely Blush, Crisp Cantelope, Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue, and Peaceful Pine. Oh, be still my heart! Peaceful pine looks like black in this photo. Rest assured it is a beautiful pine colored green.
Along with these changes are some others relating to products and joining as a demonstrator that I am not now at liberty to share. Just know there are some really good changes coming.
I also want to share my latest project with you. But first, here’s how I came up with the idea. I was searching through my “recipe book” which consists of a gallon size zip lock bag stuffed with recipe cards and sheets of paper looking for a cookie recipe my mom gave me. As I was searching I said to myself for the millionth time that I need to get my recipes organized. Actually, who doesn’t? I found the recipe I wanted, made the cookies, and they were delicious. Even if I do say so myself.
Later that day I was looking through the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog when I noticed the flip flaps they offer for scrap booking. That’s when the idea hit me. They have more than one purpose. Not only are they great on a scrap book page to add multiple photos, but some of them are the same size as a 4” x 6” recipe card. Then the creative wheels started turning and I thought I would make a recipe book to hold my recipes! I am making one for each child as well with copies of family recipes to pass on to them. How cute would something like this be as a bridal shower gift! Unfortunately, Stampin’ Up! Doesn’t have a cooking stamp set other than the retired one I found on Ebay called Perfect Mix. I did find a few others on Amazon, along with 4 x 6 recipe cards. I thought the fruit design on the recipe card would go well with the retired Mediterranean Blooms DSP. Another DSP that would make a great recipe book cover is retired Berry Delightful DSP or retired To Market DSP. I’ll be using Berry Delightful in my tiutorial video. There is also be a printable tutorial available.
The retired products I used in this project were Mediterranean Blooms and Berry Delightful Designer Series Papers and Perfect Mix and Citrus Blooms stamp sets. Enjoy!
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