Challenges – Page 7 – Stampin' With Candice

Day 1 – Creative Christmas Cards with Paper Pumpkin Kits

For Day 1 of my Christmas card challenges, I decided to reach for my Paper Pumpkin kit! I love how quick and easy these kits make it to get crafty — especially when time is short and creativity is flowing.

Three crafted Christmas cards featuring traditional holiday designs, including an ornament with 'Deck the Halls,' a card stating 'Merry Christmas,' and one proclaiming 'Joy to the World,' adorned with festive decorations in red and green.

This month’s kit was the perfect way to jump into the holiday spirit with some traditional red and green cheer. I wanted to see if I could stretch the kit a little further, so I challenged myself to create one card that worked for both of my Christmas card challenges — plus fit the #GDP520 challenge, too!

To round it out I couldn’t resist adding in a fun scrapbook layout using some of the leftover pieces, too!

A festive scrapbook layout celebrating Christmas with photos of a family, decorated with a 'JOY TO THE WORLD' title and seasonal embellishments in red, green, and gold.

A scrapbook layout featuring festive holiday elements, including photos of a child with a Christmas tree, decorative accents in red and green, and a 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' message.

Here’s what I took on today:
✨ #ACardADayInNovember – Day 1: Traditional Red & Green Cheer
🎅 #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge – Day 1: Merry and Bright Beginning
💚 #GDP520 – CASE the Designer: Sue Mohr

It’s amazing how versatile these Paper Pumpkin kits are — you can create cards, tags, gift packaging, or even add them into your memory-keeping projects. My scrapbook page features the same theme as my card — bright pops of red and green, festive accents, and a cozy, cheerful vibe.

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Promotional image for Paper Pumpkin kit featuring festive crafting supplies, including tags, treat boxes, and a Christmas stamp, all set against a green background.

If you haven’t opened your kit yet, this is your reminder: pull it out, play along, and see how far your creativity can go! ✂️✨

If you’d like to join in the fun and play along check out my Facebook group for links to both groups.
And Remember to share your own creations — I’d love to see how you use your Paper Pumpkin this season! 💌

This week’s project is my little tribute to a retiring favorite — the Beside Me stamp set. I used the #GDP490 layout as inspiration to create a heartfelt farewell card. Swipe to see how it turned out! #lastchancelist #stampinup #handmadecards

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November 1, 2025November 9, 2025

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Spooky Fun with Global Design Project #GDP511

This week’s Global Design Project challenge was all about using letters or numbers in our creations, and I couldn’t resist having a little spooky fun! 👻

I decided to make a playful Halloween card with a hidden surprise inside. On the front, I kept it creepy-cute with a mummy-style design, complete with googly eyes peeking out and bold letters spelling “BOO.” The little spiders and ribbon detail added just the right finishing touches.

But the real magic happens when you open the card! Inside, a bright and cheerful monster pops up, showing off big eyes, sharp (but friendly) teeth, and a touch of candy corn for good measure. It’s such a fun way to combine the challenge theme with a seasonal project.

That’s what I love about these challenges—they push me to think outside the box and come up with designs I might not have tried otherwise.

Here’s a closer look at the details:

Front of the card: spooky letters + mummy bandages + spiders
- #166191 Spooky Sweet 12 x12 Specialty Designer Series Paper
- #166106 Fright Night Dies
- #166103 Fright Night Stamp Set
- #166203 Petunia Pop Iridescent Ribbon
- #166202 Shimmer Star Foam Stickers
Inside: colorful monster made with die cuts and stamped background
- #164629 Everyday Arches dies (face)
- #166115 Tractor & Co Dies (hair)
- #166191 Spooky Sweet 12 x12 Specialty Designer Series Paper (cutouts for nose and mouth)
- #166106 Fright Night Dies (spider)
- #159183 Stylish Shapes Dies (eye – inside)
- #163580 Spotlight on Nature (eye – outside)
- #162722 Trusty Tools (eye – center)
- #166793 Sweet Halloween Stamp set (coming Sept 20205)
Theme tie-in: letters used both in the “BOO” and background sentiment
- Colors used:
  - Basic black
  - Daffodil Delight
  - Granny Apple Green
  - Petunia Pop
  - Pumpkin Pie
  - Early Espresso
  - Pecan Pie
  - Crumb Cake
  - Very Vanilla

👉 Want to make your own spooky creations? You can order the products I used at www.candiceanderson.stampinup.net.

I had so much fun with this one, and I hope it inspires you to try a Halloween-themed card of your own! 🎃🕷️

If you’d like to join in on this week’s challenge, head over to the Global Design Project and play along with #GDP511.

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August 28, 2025

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Nothing’s Better Than Stamp Set

I fell in love with this stamp set from the first moment I saw it, but in the time that I’ve had it I’ve struggled to actually create with it. This week the Global Design Project has a color challenge #GDP389 which included the colors Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie & Tahitian Tide. When deciding what retiring stamp set to use I thought that the cocktails in this set would make for a perfect. Honestly, I love how it turned out. I know that there are stamps in the set that you can use to fill in the element of the cocktail glass however I decided to used my markers instead. This allowed me to have different levels of liquid in the glass. To add a bit of sparkle I finished them off by coloring them with the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush. Which just so happens to be one of my favorite ways to add a bit of sparkle to a project. This set has so many great words that I just had to use multiple on the card. I also could resist stamping on the inside of the card as well.

When I’m creating I often struggle with coming up with a layout. I’ve turned to creating my own challenge which is to choose a design layout from my collection in my Pinterest board. I also have a board for color combos that I will use when needed. I turned to this board when trying to decided on a layout for this design. I love Pinterest for ideas. It’s a great place to get inspiration. I also use the catalogs, follow other stampers on Facebook and blogs, and sometimes search the internet or just look around me. What do you use for inspirations when you are feeling stuck?

After making my first card I decided to challenge myself to make more cards using this stamp set and the same color combo. The hard part was in my mind this color combo didn’t really work with the other words and images in the stamp set. This meant I needed to think a bit out of the box to create these cards. I also challenged myself to continue to use layouts from my Pinterest board. Can you figure out which layouts I used? The last challenged I used was to incorporate more retiring product including, dies, embossing folders, colors and embellishments. I’d love to hear which design is your favorite. If you take a moment you’ll see I tried to use almost every stamp and every die to create these cards. Again I stamped the inside of each card and I used multiple of the different sayings.

All Cards

152507 – Nothing’s Better Than Stamp Set (R)
152698 – Love you More than Dies (R)
Colors – Daffodil Delight (C), Pumpkin Pie (C), Tahitian Tide (C), Basic White (C)

Cocktails Card

152709 – Rectangular Postage Stamp (R)
154284 – Matte Black Dots (R)
160597 – Three Twine Combo Pack, Pumpkin Pie (R) (M)
141897 – Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush (C)
Additional Colors – Basic Black (C)

Cookies Card

155560 – Scalloped Contours Dies (C)
160508 – Hand-Drawn Dots (R) (M)
160597 – Three Twine Combo Pack, Pumpkin Pie (R) (M)
Additional Colors – Early Espresso (C), Soft Suede (R), Crumb Cake (C)

Coffee Card

158046 – Beautiful Shapes Dies (R)
161595 – Radiating Stiches Dies (O)
157955 – Hive 3D Embossing Folder (R)
155475 – Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack, Black (C)
160412 – Opaque Adhesive-backed Gems (R) (M)
Colors – Early Espresso (C), Soft Suede (R), Crumb Cake (C)

Chocolate Card

158046 – Beautiful Shapes Dies (R)
159183 – Stylish Shapes Dies (C)
157980 – Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folder (C)
152472 – Early Espresso 1/4″ Faux Suede Trim (R)
Additional Colors – Early Espresso (C), Soft Suede (R)

(R) Retiring, (C) Carrying Over, (O) Online Exclusives, (M) Found in the current Mini Catalog

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April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

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#TGIFC415 Color Challenge

Did you know that there is a fun blog called TGIF Challenges? Each week they present a new challenge idea that anyone can participate in. I love challenges because they are often the push I need to be a little different than my norm or to just get me stamping. As I have been working to get through all of my retiring stamp set to create projects to share I thought that this challenge would be an excellent way to see what I could create using a retiring stamp set as well as the challenge. This week the challenge was for a color combo – Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay. You can check out their samples here #TGIFC415 Color Challenge.

I also wanted to try something a little different with this card. I have always enjoyed the paper piecing technique and decided rather than doing it as the front of the card I would use it to create the card base and do a little something different for the card opening. I’ve created this quick video for you to show how easy it is to create this background and card.

157900 – Let’s Set Sail Stamp Set (R)
157905 – Sailboat Builder Punch (C)
151770 – Layering Circles Dies (R)
155475 – Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack, white (C)
Colors – Real Red (C), Daffodil Delight (C), Bermuda Bay (R), Early Espresso (C), Basic White (C)

(R) Retiring, (C) Carrying Over

I actually created this card using the hello beautiful stamp set for the challenge first, but I liked the sailboat card better so I featured it first in the blog. The inspiration for my card was from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog – pg 50 where the stamp set was highlighted. I keep all my old catalogs as they are a great source of inspiration for color combos, layouts or just to spark the imagination. Do you keep your catalogs? Did you know a new catalog will be coming out in May? Be sure to contact me if you would like to receive your own catalog.