More Specialty Paper Team swaps with measurements!

March 5, 2026

Here are a few more team swaps featuring Stampin’ Up!’s specialty papers:

First up today is Tracey’s card who used the fractured technique.

This technique starts with a large piece of designer paper. Then add the diagonal square layer. Next you simply start adding the thin strips of DSP around the edges of the square piece; trimming off the excess on the outer edges. So easy!

She chose the Lovely & Beautiful DSP for the main piece and the strips are the Season of Elegance specialty DSP found in the Annual Catalog.
The greeting is from Blessed Beginnings stamp set. I love the thin layer of gold on the outer edge!

Measurements:

Olive card base 5 1/2″ X 8 1/2″ score at 4 1/4″
Gold layer 5 1/8″ X 3 7/8″
DSP is 3 3/4″ X 5″, inside DSP 5 1/4″ X 4″
thin DSP strips are 1/4″ thick.
White square is1 7/8″, inside is 5″ X 3 3/4″

The inside greeting is from Prayers & Promises, the flower and leaves are from the Simply Beautiful stamp set.

Next is a pretty card made by Marla who also used the Season of Elegance DSP.

The main circle dies are from the brand new Springtime Scenes bundle which is currently out of stock. The greeting circle is from the Spotlight on Nature dies.
Her colors are Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry & Basic Beige.

Card base is 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″. DSP is 4″ X 5 1/4″

More swaps are coming tomorrow!

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Sneak Peek’s of upcoming products plus swaps!

May 20, 2025

Today I'm sharing swaps from the 2025 Stampin' Up! incentive trip to Orlando, FL. And, are you ready for some sneak peeks of upcoming products?

Here are the display boards for our card swaps. We had the choice to participate or not and if we did we could make cards or 3d items. Cards were 26 count. I'll share mine soon.

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Next is an upcoming kit you'll see in June from our Kit collection. Guess what!? It's a scrapbook kit!! I've been begging for this for years!

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The photo above shows both cards and scrapbook pages made with this upcoming kit. It will be available on June 3rd.

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Next is a new set of products we'll see in the Holiday catalog in September. Designer paper, coordinating cards & envelopes and a set of greetings ephemera in gold foil. These items will definitely be the featured product in one of my kits to go this fall.

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And look a this pretty designer paper and stamp & die bundle! It will also be featured in the upcoming Holiday catalog in September.

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I'm excited about this bundle because my friend Susie and I are sharing our products so we can both make samples.

Next you'll see the Perfectly Pears suite on a display board. These pretty products will be one of our new Online Exclusives seen in July.

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Demonstrators will be able to pre-order it in June so you'll likely see projects shared with it very soon!

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We had to stop in the M & M store in Disney Springs.

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I could not resist taking a photo of all of these colors of M & M's!! Color is my jam! I could have stared at them for a long time!

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Disclaimer: Less than 1% of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators earn the incentive trip.

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Back from Disney World – the 2024 Stampin’ Up! incentive trip

May 19, 2025

We had a wonderful time on the Stampin' Up! annual incentive trip to Disney World. We got home late last night and even though we hoped to have a restful trip we were quite exhausted. These North Dakotans were not ready for 96 degree heat!

I'll share a few of our favorite photos today and more of Stampin' Up! products tomorrow.

This is what we saw on the TV screen when we arrived to our room:

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Below is the view from our room in the Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World:

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This basket was found in our room at the end of the first night there. A super neat felt basket (that folded flat) filled with some of our favorite snacks & beverages (a survey was sent to us last fall).

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The beautiful nightly fireworks we could see from our resort. We spent many evenings at the outdoor cafe visiting with our friends and enjoying them.

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I had to get a picture with Sara (SU CEO) with the paper chain background!

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Our friends, Dan & Lori Heiling, Susie & Deke Wood and us at Hollywood Studios.

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We at at the 50's Primetime Cafe in Hollywood Studios.

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I'll share more photos tomorrow!

Disclaimer: Less than 1% of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators earn the incentive trip.

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Fantastic Team swaps with Botanical Textures suite

May 16, 2025

Today I have three fantastic swaps made by my Flowerbug's Team; all featuring the Botanical Textures suite from our online store. Did you know we have a huge selection of items that are not seen in any printed catalog? They're called Online Exclusives and you can see them all here.

This first card was made by Kim for her Card Club swap. I had to share it with you because I thought it was so neat. She used Black, White and Lemon Lime Twist.

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Her stamped images are from the Textured Notes stamp set. The cute hexagon gems are new and seen in our 2025-26 Annual Catalog.

Next is a fabulous fancy fold card made by Rita. She also used this same Botanical Textures DSP along with Petunia Pop card stock.

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She used the Bright Borders stamp set and the To the Point punch. This punch has been out of stock for months! I hope it comes back soon. It is expected around June 2nd.

Here's the view when it's open:

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The card base is 11" X 5 1/2". It's scored at 1 3/4", 3 1/2", 5 1/4" & 7". Then it's trimmed horizontally at 1" from the upper and lower edges but only from the 1 3/4" and 5 1/4" score lines.

The DSP is 6 3/4" X 5 1/4".

It looks like she adhered the DSP and then cut the slits open with a paper trimmer. So cool! No difficulty measuring your layers when you do it this way.

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Lastly today is Ginny's card made with the Woven Textures DSP and the Textured Notes bundle. I love these products; one of my favorites from the online store!

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Her colors include Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. She used five different dies from the Textured Notes dies! I especially like the frame in the center, highlighting that pretty DSP.

Below is the inside view stamped with textural images from the Textured Notes stamp set.

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