Tools & Techniques – Flowerbugs Inkspot

Beautiful Autumn themed card swaps by my Team.

November 4, 2026

Today I’m sharing two card swaps by my talented team members. Our theme was Autumn or Halloween.

First is a stunning card made by Tracey. She used the new Stampin’ Hot Foil system here:

I was absolutely blown away by this card! She used the Lustrous Leaves hot foil dies seen here. It includes a set of masks that allow you to add gorgeous colors using Blending Brushes.

Here’s a photo of the bundle:

Her colors include Lost Lagoon with Crisp Cantaloupe. The silver hot foil details really makes the leaves stand out!

The greeting is stamped on a Spotlight on Nature die-cut. See those here.

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Next is a sweet fall card made by Candy.

She used the Simple Leaves bundle seen here.

Her colors include Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Berry Burst and Old Olive. The neat embossing folder is called Textured Tree Ring and can be found here. It’s on the Last Chance list and available while supplies last. It’s reduced in price too!

I’ll share another Team swap card tomorrow; stay tuned!

November Specials:

The November Online Exclusive products are now available! See them all here.

The newest product of the month is the Branched Out Messages stamp set; it’s just $75 with a $75 minimum order.

Get a free card kit from me with any order of $50 or more!

The Mosaic Garden suite is gorgeous! Get this PDF tutorial free with ANY online order!

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Add color to the Sunflower 3D embossing folder. Wow!

September 1, 2025

You’ve likely seen lots of cards made with the new Sunflower 3D embossing folder but have you seen any like this?!

We made this card at my August card clubs and it was a big hit! Turquoise might not be a traditional color but it sure is pretty! This technique will work beautifully with yellows & oranges too.

We started by embossing a white layer of card stock with the embossing folder. Then using the debossed side, added Coastal Cabana ink to the petals with a sponge dauber.

Next we did the ‘direct to paper’ technique – rubbing our ink pad directly onto the embossed card stock – with Pecan Pie ink. After that we did the same with Early Espresso ink. This picked up the fine details in the embossing. Gorgeous!!

This Sunflower 3D embossing folder has been out of stock twice already and it’s in low inventory again! You can see it here. Get it while it’s available! Online Exclusive products are while supplies last…..

Get the free project sheet for this pretty card here. Click on the following link to print or download it. Download Multicolored Sunflower card

Below is the video I made showing this technique. I hope you watch it. Don’t forget to follow me on YouTube here or Facebook here.

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September Specials

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September Specials

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To see all of the new Online items click here.  Or download & save the Download Online Exclusives flyer

Get a free project tutorial with any online order in September!

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Changes are coming!

August 28, 2025

Stampin’ Up! announced a few upcoming changes last week. I mentioned and explained them in this video.

1. First up is the change in the type of stamps they’ll be offering. Currently we have both red rubber/cling and clear photopolymer. Starting in November all new stamps will be clear photopolymer.

Why? They are having difficulty sourcing the product needed to produce cling or red rubber stamps. In addition they are not selling as well as photopolymer do. It seems most people like the clear stamps; my customers have mentioned this to me too.

So for stamp sets from the current Annual and Holiday catalog here’s how it works going forward. Once they run out of stock of the cling stamps they’ll switch over to clear photopolymer.

2. Next is the packaging. Because most stamps will be in photopolymer after November they will be in new packaging – clear sleeves. These will be approximately 5″ X 9″ in size. They are phasing out the DVD cases. However they will continue to offer them in 4 packs like they currently do. See them here. They will also offer bulk packs of the new thin sleeves as well.

3. The die-cut sleeves will change too and will be the same as the stamp set sleeves. They’ll now have photos of the dies on the cover like you see below.

4. Lastly they are discontinuing our Stampin’ Write markers. The Blends markers are outselling these by far. And because they were originally intended to be used to color directly on red rubber stamps (as well as coloring) they won’t be needed for this.

In my opinion I love coloring with the Blends so much I would never use these for coloring. They leave lines on larger images where the Blends do not. They color so smoothly!

All of our Stampin’ Write markers are now on the Last Chance list and will be available while supplies last. If you love them I’d grab some while you can. See them here.

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August Specials

Lots of In Color products are discounted in August!!

Go here to see them all.

Get a free card class with any online order over $55 during August!

Order online hereThe last chance list has new products! See them here.

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Reserve your NEW Holiday designer paper & embellishment shares!

August 27, 2025

Do you love to get shares of new products without purchasing full packages? I can help you with that!

This is your chance to enjoy all the new Designer Series and Specialty Papers before deciding which full packs you’ll want to order. It’s the best way to get a sampling of each paper at a fraction of the price. There’s nothing like seeing and feeling the gorgeous new patterned papers in person—the catalog simply doesn’t do them justice.

This designer paper share includes every NEW designer and specialty paper in the upcoming 2025 Holiday Catalog and the newest Online Exclusives. It’s 57 sheets of 6″ X 6″ designer papers for just $32 which includes shipping to you in the US only.

*If you’d like a double share (most at 6″ X 12″) let me know. It’s $54 for that. (If you add on the embellishment share to the DSP share there is no added shipping costs).

Click here to reserve your paper share.

But wait! I’m also offering an embellishment share too!

This share includes gems from 8 different packages for a total of 288 new embellishments from the 2025 Holiday catalog and the newest Online Exclusives.

It’s $16 for the embellishment share which includes shipping to you (US only).

Click here to reserve yours.

Wait! Do you want both shares for just $45.50?

Click here to get both the paper and embellishment share.

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