No stamps required! The perfect kits on the go!

My next kit together night is on the books!  For this gathering, I'm offering your choice of 4 all inclusive kits that are super fun and easy to put together.  There's no stamping so they are perfect for all levels of experience.  Each kit is unique and you get to choose the one you want for this evening.  Kindly RSVP by purchasing your kit here no later than June 2nd.  You can also order directly from my Stampin Up! shopping website and have your items shipped directly to you.

 

Kit Together Evening

Thursday, June 12, 2025 
6:30 to 8:30 PM
Only $18 per kit

My home in Everett, WA

 Every kit includes

-Step-by-step instructions
-Precut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
-Enough adhesive to complete projects
-Sentiments printed in Dutch, English, French, and German

-Cards and envelopes for 8 or 9 cards.

Share A Smile - Makes 8 cards: 1 each of 8 designs

Want to make a difference in someone’s day? Have an uplifting card ready to go at a moment’s notice with the Share a Smile Kit! 

Messages:
You Matter
You Make Me Smile
Hang in there

Have a great day!

- Folded card size: 3-1/2" x 5" (8.9 cm x 12.7 cm)
- 8 printed note card bases
- 8 printed envelopes
- 1 printed notecard box
- Precut paper pieces
- Includes printed and UV-coated designs

Painted Wishes – Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs

If you're looking for a way to spread love and kindness around you then the Painted Wishes Kit is what you need! 

Messages:
Thank you for your kindness
Wishing the happiest birthday to you
I feel so blessed to have a wonderful, kind amazing friend like you

-Folded card size: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
-9 preprinted envelopes
-Gold & Pretty Peacock foiled labels
-Pretty Peacock sequins
-Gold cord 

So Much To Celebrate - Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs

Whether it’s for a graduation, a wedding, or welcoming a new baby, nothing says congratulations quite like a handmade card. With the all-inclusive So Much to Celebrate Kit featuring gold foil details, precut flowers, and puffy stickers, you can make beautiful cards to celebrate any occasion.

Messages:
Best Wishes
Congratulations

 

-2 folded card sizes:  4-1/4" x 5-1/2": 6 cards & 6" x 3": 3 cards
-9 printed envelopes
-Puffy stickers
-Gold foil
 
 

Loveliest Wishes - Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs

Elevate your birthday cards with the Loveliest Wishes Kit! Craft cards that speak volumes through sophisticated simplicity. These are White Embossed cards with soft pastels, vellum and gold foil.  Very stunning in person!  

 
Messages: 
Happy Birthday
Birthday Wishes
Cheers!

 

- Folded card sizes: 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" and 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
- 9 printed envelopes
- Embellishments
- Precut paper pieces and vellum
- Textured paper
- Specialty gold foil
 

To register go here

Last chance items!

 

It's not April Fools.  The Stampin' Up Annual Catalog is in its last month and that means some items are being discounted and marked as Last Chance.  Head on over to my website to see the Last Chance Items

Here's some of the most amazing deals...

Don't buy the bundles.  The individual items are discounted heavily!  

The Secret Garden Scrapbooking kit.... released by Stampin' Up! but designed by CTMH is half off!  

 

This Timber 3D embossing folder is BIG!  Approx 6x6 so you can orient your paper in either direction.  It creates amazing texture!  

That's all I have for now.  Happy Shopping & Happy creating!

More about kits!

I'm hosting a kit night on May 1st!  Last month, we were able to look over the Welcoming Garden kit and it is so wonderful!   

Each kit makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs

Welcoming Garden is a beautiful kit of flowers, fences and gates.  Create your own charming, garden-themed cards with the Welcoming Garden Kit. Featuring precut, colorful flowers and unique garden gates, this all-inclusive kit is perfect for crafting a heartfelt thank-you card or a note to say a friendly hello.

Brightest Birthday is fun for everyone.  Celebrate every birthday with cards made from the Brightest Birthday Kit. As you craft the perfect birthday card, stamp out a happy sentiment using the included stamp set and add some shine with holographic gold foil elements. With coordinating envelopes and bright embellishments, these cards are sure to brighten up any birthday celebration.

Here's the details for the Kit workshop night

May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM

At my home in Everett, WA

Cost per kit $30 

Please pay for your kit by April 20th using this link.  

Hello Heirloom Arrangement Card Kit and Workshop

Hey friends!  It's February and we had a couple new items drop this month and I want to tell you that I'm very excited about the Heirloom Arrangement card kit.  

Usually I don't get excited about kits because I don't want to make multiples of the same card.  And for the first time in knowledge, Stampin' Up is releasing this kit where each card will be unique.  

You'll get EVERYTHING including the adhesive and the foam Dimensionals to make these 8 cards.  You may need a pair of scissors, but I can't guarantee it.  

I'm so excited about this kit, I'm doing a workshop in Everett on Thursday, March 13th at 6:30 pm.  

This is going to be a fun night where everyone gets their own supplies and enjoys a treat and time with friends!  

If you cannot attend, you can still order a kit from me or visit my website and order it there. 

Click here to order a kit from me.  This is a PayPal link but you can register without needing a PayPal account.  

When you register for this workshop or to pick up a kit by February 25, 2025 I'll include Brass Butterfly Embellishments with your kit!  They are one of the free items from the Sale-A-Bration and I think they're perfect for these cards.  

What is Sale-A-Bration?  Think of it as the annual Stamp of the Month program from Stampin' Up!  When you spend $60 you get something for free!  In the case of Stampin' Up, it's not just 1 stamp set. There's 22 other items besides the Brass Butterflies. 

One of my favorite items from the Sale-A-Bration is the Happy Seagulls.  Here's a couple of the cards I have created.  

4 Card Wonder Stamping Tutorial

Hello, crafty friends!

This month, I've been absolutely delighted to dive into the world of flowers instead of holiday images! With the launch of the Online Exclusives, I've become completely smitten with the Happy Hibiscus bundle. I've lost track of how many cards I've made with this set, and I know I'll keep creating more.

A fun technique I've been using is the 4-card wonder. It's a fantastic way to maximize your stamping time and create multiple cards with minimal effort. I've already made four sets using this technique!

Recently, I documented the process of creating a 4-card wonder set with the Flowers of Beauty bundle. It was a delightful experience, even though my cardstock pieces seemed to shrink with each rendition of the 4 card wonder! This just goes to show how versatile this technique is—you can adjust the size to your liking.

First, I cut my base piece of cardstock and scored it in the middle vertically & horizontally so I have 4 panels of equal size.  This piece is 5" by 7.5" and will be for all 4 cards.  I edited this phot to show where I created the score lines for your reference.  

I stamped the largest flower first.  Some of the flowers dominated one quadrant more than the other so I alternated where they would be dominant.  I added the small flowers and the bitty greenery.  When done, I cut it apart.

Once cut apart, each piece was 3.75" wide and 2.5" tall.  I added sentiments from Unbounded Love Stamp set in Berry Burst and matted them with Berry Burst Cardstock.  I embossed  4.25x 5.5" pieces of cardstock with Layered Flowers 3D embossing folder.  

I chose to not use the colors from the Unbounded Beauty paper pack.  I don't own all of the ink colors quite yet.  Instead, I based my colors on the new Color Coach that Stampin' Up released this month.  Berry Burst, Crushed Curry, and Lost Lagoon. These colors are triadic, or form a perfect triangle across from each other on the color wheel.  This Color Coach ™ is available to everyone on the Stampin'Up! website.  

Here's my finished cards.  My favorite embellishments, the Brush Brass Butterflies, are used on these cards.  They're shiny, unique and flat so my mail carrier won't ask for extra postage.  

Now back to the Happy Hibiscus!  I used the 4 card wonder method on a full sheet of cardstock 8.5x11" and stamped Happy Hibiscus in Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry.  I trimmed a 1/4" from the panels to expose a little bit of the Crumb Cake cardstock used as the card base.   

I also recreated them using purples when a friend asked me about some hibiscus that weren't yellow.   I used the "puddle pad" technique to stamp the solid part of the flowers.  This puddle pad is created by using foam or in my case, a baby wipe and puddling ink refill onto it.  For this set of cards, I used 2 shades of purple & two shades of pink.  These bottles of ink are Re-inkers from Close to My Heart.  They're great for all sorts of projects in addition to refilling an ink pad.  The colors I used were Royal, Pansy, Raspberry and Pixie.  I demonstrated how to create the puddle pad on a FB Live when I created the next set of cards.  That video is here.  

I also embellished my cards with flowers I stamped & diecut from the same set of stamps.  There's tons of texture and dimension on these cards.  I mounted them on Royal purple card fronts and accented with the Gold Woven Leaves, Adhesive Backed Gold Heart Sequins and Brass Butterflies.

For my 4th set of cards, I used the Marbled Elegance collection. It's also an online exclusive that launched this November.  This piece of cardstock that I stamped on is smaller than the ones from the Happy Hibiscus sets. It's not going to cover the card front.  I did this so more of the background paper on the card front would show.  This was also puddle pad stamping and I used Ink Refills in Scarlet, Candy Apple and Flamingo from Close to My Heart. I did this on a Facebook live on my FB page here.  

I followed up my first Facebook live with a peek at the finished cards.  It's quick and less than 4 minutes.  You can see it here.  

The 4 card wonder is a great way to make a set of cards that are cohesive, work well as a set but yet are still unique.  If you like stamping, this is a fun activity.