🌟 Day 4 – A Creative Challenge: Nativity Night Meets Stocking Surprise

Today’s Christmas Card Challenge really pushed me to get creative! I wanted to see if I could combine two completely different themes into one cohesive design β€” and I love how it turned out.

✨ #ACardADayInNovember2025 – Nativity Night – peaceful starry sky, manger scene, or β€œO Holy Night”
🧦 #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge – Stocking SurpriseHanging stockings or hidden treats.

I’ve been wanting to create a window card using the Arch Dies, and this felt like the perfect opportunity. My goal was to design a card that tells a story β€” looking out the window, you see a peaceful nativity scene, while inside there’s a warm, cozy holiday setting complete with stockings hung and ready for Christmas morning.

This project reminded me how much I love finding ways to blend techniques and themes. Sometimes the best ideas come when you push yourself just a little outside your comfort zone. πŸ’–

✨ Supplies & Details

This card took a little extra creativity β€” and a lot of wonderful products! I loved mixing and matching textures, colors, and dies to bring this cozy Christmas window scene to life. Here are the main supplies I used:

πŸͺž Dies & Embellishments:

πŸ–ŒοΈ Tools & Coloring:

🎨 Ink Colors:

  • Balmy Blue
  • Early Espresso
  • Old Olive
  • Mossy Meadow

I loved how these products worked together to create depth, warmth, and sparkle β€” from the soft shimmer of the glimmer paper and ribbon to the textured brick background and peaceful glow behind the window.

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A beautifully crafted Christmas card featuring a window scene that displays a peaceful nativity setting on one side, while the inside is adorned with cozy holiday elements like hanging stockings and warm colors.

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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 β€” 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 β€” 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!

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

It’s amazing how versatile these Paper Pumpkin kits are β€” 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 β€” 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! βœ‚οΈβœ¨

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 β€” I’d love to see how you use your Paper Pumpkin this season! πŸ’Œ

This week’s project is my little tribute to a retiring favorite β€” 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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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! πŸ‘»

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 β€œBOO.” 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 challengesβ€”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 β€œBOO” and background sentiment
    • Colors used:
      • Basic black
      • Daffodil Delight
      • Granny Apple Green
      • Petunia Pop
      • Pumpkin Pie
      • Early Espresso
      • Pecan Pie
      • Crumb Cake
      • Very Vanilla

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I had so much fun with this one, and I hope it inspires you to try a Halloween-themed card of your own! πŸŽƒπŸ•·οΈ

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

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

This week’s project is my little tribute to a retiring favorite β€” 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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Birthday Card with Pop

Looking for a card that has a little pop? πŸŽ‰ Check out this easy-to-create Pop-Up Birthday Card featuring the “Terrific Toadstools” stamp set! This whimsical card adds a fun surprise inside, making it the perfect handmade touch for any birthday celebration.

✨ Materials & Colors Used

Cardstock & Ink: Peach Pie, Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Black and White

Stamp Set and other tools:

Terrific Toadstools Bundle (English) [164790]
So Swirly Embossing Folder [163791]
Textured Notes Dies [165555]
Itty Bitty Bokeh Mix [164618]
Peach Pie 3/8″ (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163783]

Other Supplies: Scissors, adhesive, scoring tool, Dimensionals

πŸ“ For Card Size & Dimensions and Instructions click on the link below

Terrific Toadstool Pop Up Birthday Card | TheseAreMyStamps

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This card is sure to bring smiles with its interactive pop-up surprise! Have you ever tried making a pop-up card? Let me know in the comments! 😊


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Fun Fold Graduation Card

If you are like me you’ll notice that it’s that time of year again and while I don’t have one of my own children graduating this year I have plenty of family and friends celebrating this awesome achievement. I wanted to create a unique card for them and loved how it turned out so much that I wanted to share it with you. I had actually seen this technique before and went searching for it. However; what I found wasn’t quite what I was looking for so I took what I found and tweaked it a bit to make it work for me.

You’ll notice that I have two different styles for you. The first set are the second ones that I made when I wanted to make ones that were more generic and to create a video for you. The first ones I made for my nephew and good friend who were graduating from Utah State University who just happen to have the colors of blue. I will say that the tassel was easier to make out of bakers twine than it was out of the gold cord. As I mention in the video the adhesive strips make this project a lot easier to apply the double layers of letters.

These are the measurements that I used when creating this card. I will mention that when I put the card in a regular size envelope it did end up just a tiny bit larger that the 5 1/2″ of a standard card, so you may want to trim it down to 9″ with the card section that opens to 5″. It did fit fine in a clear envelope though.

One of the cards I was giving away was for one of my employees and I wanted to have more room for people to sign the card for her. This was easily solved by attaching it to a regular card front. I stamped the front of the card before attaching the graduation card since you would be able to see the top corners. You could also use this technique and instead of having the section on the card open you can design something flat and then attach to a standard size card.

I hope you enjoy the video and please share it with your friends. If you have any questions or need additional information please feel free to contact me. Remember you can purchase any of the items you’ve seen by going to my website at www.candiceanderson.stampinup.net.


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Quick and Easy Treat Holders

Can you believe the month is already over? That means tomorrow May 1st is the last day to order retiring products. This is my last post featuring retiring products. I’ve also received my pre-order items so I thought I would share a variety of quick and easy treat holders that feature retiring product, new product and online exclusives.

I created these cute gift holders around Valentine’s for my open house. I also wanted to create a project that I could send to people that weren’t able to attend in person. Since it’s hard to send them stamps I decided to go with a project that was made with dies and punches. You’ll notice that both are similar; however, the punched one I punched the images directly from the designer series paper.

  • 160390 – Country Floral Lane Suite Collection (R) (M)
  • 160383 – Country BouQuet Bundle (R) (M)
  • 160377 – Country Bouquet Stamp Set (C) (M)
  • 160382 – Country Bouquet Punch (C) (M)
  • 160386 – Real Red & Burlap Ribbon Combo Pack (C) (M)
  • 160387 – Pastel Adhesive- Backed Sequins (C) (M)
  • 160388 – Country Gingham 6×6 DSP (R) (M)
  • 160375 – Country Floral Lane 12×12 DSP (R) (M)
  • 158885 – Best Label Punch (C)
  • 104199 – Linen Thread (C)
  • 152698 – Love you More Than Dies (R)
  • Colors – Sweet Sorbet (C), Mint Macaron (R), Balmy Blue (C), Garden Green (C), Blushing Bride (R), Real Red (C), Basic White (C)

(R) Retiring, (C) Carrying Over, (M) Found in the Mini Catalog

Here’s a quick picture of the measurements so you can make your own treat holder.

First I need to give a quick shout out to Craft with Jayne as she shared the triangle treat holder and I just had to give it a try. These two projects feature the retiring country gingham DSP that I love along with the Flowers of Friendship stamp set and dies.

  • 155358 – Flowers of Friendship Stamp Set (R)
  • 155373 – Flowers & Leaves Punch (R)
  • 160388 – Country Gingham 6×6 DSP (R) (M)
  • 159183 – Stylish Shapes Dies (C)
  • 152525 – Lovely You Stamp Set (R)
  • 154289 – Opal Rounds (R)
  • 155475 – Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (C)
  • 159200 – Sweet Sorbet 1/8″ Metallic Woven Ribbon (C)
  • 158133 – Soft Succulent 1/2″ Satin Shimmer Ribbon (R)
  • 154893 – Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (C)
  • 155521 – Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (C)
  • Colors – Petal Pink (C), Soft Succulent (R), Sweet Sorbet (C), Basic White (C), Basic Black (C)

(R) Retiring, (C) Carrying Over

Here are the measurements to create these easy gift holders. Remember that you are scoring not cutting to make this project. The measurement listed here are for the smaller treat box. If you watch my video below you can see the difference is size between the larger Rhino box and smaller Monkey box.

Now for a little bit of fun. I wanted to make a quick video so I could show you how easy these are to make, but I wanted to make it using new product so I had a little bit of fun with my pre-order. I will admit I did use one retiring product on these projects and that is the DSP for the Rhino project since I thought it worked so well with image. The Rhino’s are part of the online exclusive Rhino Ready Stamp Set and the large leaves are as well. The rest you will find in the new catalog and will be available to purchase on May 2, 2023.

Check out my video to see how fast and easy these projects are to make.


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