2026 - January - March

I am fortunate to work in the automotive industry where we shut down from Christmas through New Years!  Lots of card making took place during that time.  One goal was to finish using up partially used Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin Kits.  I started with November 2023 Warn Wishes that were meant to be boxes but I used alternative ideas I got off YouTube, primarily from Stamp Your Art Out (Rachel Tessman), she has great alternative ideas.  I got 27 cards out of what I had left of the kit that I hadn't used previously.  I love how they all turned out and I have my 2026 Christmas cards already done for the year.

The stamp set I used for the inside of these is from Clear Designs. The Holly Stamp is from Stampendous.

I used stickles to add sparkle/glitter to these cards and few have embellishments too!  The twine is from Stampin Up.

The inside sentiments on these cards are from Stampendous.

These cards were created with Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin - May 2025 alternate projects again with inspiration from Stamp Your Art Out (Rachel Tessman). A couple I also included stamps from My Creative Time with Emma and other Paper Pumpkin Kits (Stampin' Up! April 2023 Paper Pumpkin - All The Little Things and February 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit - Bouquet of Hope. I'm thankful to have full stock of cards I can use for males.

I found inspiration for this card on the internet for a great-great nephew turning 7.  I used Cricut Design Space to cut out the '7" and the Happy Birthday and the print then cut feature for the sentiment inside.

This card is called a Theater Fold Card that I learned to make by watching videos by Dawn Griffith on her Dawn's Stamping Thoughts Blog and her YouTube channel.  I made it for my hubby for Valentine's Day.  The Stampin Up Bee Mine designer series paper I had won from Chic-N-Scratch.  The bees I did print then cut in Design Space along with the sentiment (print then cut) on the back. The first photo is the card closed.

This is the card open.

This is the back of the card.

I created these two cards (one for our great-niece and an extra one for my stash) using Stamin Up Share a Milk Shake stamps and dies. (A goal of mine is to make two similar cards when I create one so that I keep my box stocked.)

The inside sentiment I used AI to create using print then cut.

I found inspiration on Pinterest for this card for our Grandson who is turning 13 in February.  It doesn't show in the photo but the phone screen is glossy as I put packaging tape on it.  Everything was done in Cricut Design Space either a cut out and/or print then cut.

In keeping with making two similar cards when making one, we have a great-great niece turning "7" so duplicated what I did for great-great-nephew, I changed the paper and colors, and added small gems to the center of each flower after the photo was taken.