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Paper Crafting Blog Hop – August, Get Well/Thinking of you!

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Welcome to our August Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world featuring Get Well and Thinking of You cards. Here is a sneak peek of my card. Below my full card picture is a list of links to all of this month’s participating bloggers. Please leave a comment and tell us what you think of our projects!

Isn’t the scenic Designer Series Paper (DSP) so lovely to work with? The Splendid Autumn DSP (#164173) is one of my favorites and as I start to think of Fall projects, this is perfect!! I started with a card base of Cajun Craze with an extra 1″ strip embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder (#164049). The DSP is cut at 3″ to make 2 cards. The tall grass from Prairie Grass stamp set (#166168) was stamped in Early Espresso directly on the DSP. I live on the prairie of Illinois and I think these stamps are gorgeous!

After adhering these 2 pieces to the card base, I used a scrap piece of Basic White to stamp Thinking of You from the Right Words stamp set (#165316) in Cajun Craze and punched the ends with the Happy Labels Pick a Punch (#160683) then added a bow from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (#155475). The final embellishment are Pressed Flower Motifs (#165215).

Thanks for hopping with us this month. Next go to –> Julia’s blog to see what she has created.

All demonstrators in this month’s hop:

1. Annette McMillan – Australia
2. Tracy Held – Australia
3. Terri Stewart – USA
4. Sue Boerner – USA
5. Julia Quinn (Australia)

I hope you found some inspiration for your next paper crafting project for when you want to send a Get Well or Thinking of You card. Enjoy hopping through the blogs, looking at all of our projects! Please leave comments to let us know you stopped by!

My Events calendar has been updated with my online Mystery Stamping and in-person Stamping Buffets. Mystery Stamping is on Monday twice a month. All supplies used to make my card above can be ordered through my online store.

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Changes to Stamps and Dies

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  • Cling Stamps (Red Rubber) discontinued due to key raw materials becoming increasingly difficult to source, with some no longer being manufactured at all. Stampin’ Up! will continue to offer a wide range of photopolymer stamps to support various artistic styles and techniques.
  • Stampin’ Write Markers also discontinued due to growing popularity of Stampin’ Blend. There has been a steady decline in sales of Stampin’ Write Markers. One of the primary techniques unique to Stampin’ Write Markers is coloring directly on cling stamps—a technique that will become less relevant as we transition away from cling. On the Clearance Rack August 20th.
  • New and Improved Stamp and Die Packaging Because photopolymer stamps are thinner, the packaging will be sleeker, slimmer packaging that saves space. Both stamps and dies will now come in the same size and style of packaging, making it easier than ever to store bundles and coordinating products together. The new packaging is similar to our current die packaging—durable, clear plastic envelopes—but with an exciting improvement: Die packaging will now feature printed artwork for quick and easy identification! Stamp packaging will continue to display artwork as well.

Tuesday Tip

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Tuesday Tip – The longer you hold an inked stamp on the cardstock, the more ink that transfers. This applies to first generation stamping and also second generation or stamping off, like the cupcake in these samples.

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Tuesday Tip

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Tuesday Tip – Score your cardstock base, the score line is indented

Fold the base so the indented side is the “mountain” and the score line that extends goes to the inside of the card

this makes a really nice folded edge!

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In Color Sale Aug 5-31

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  • Sale includes select inks, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, embellishments, and other products that include these new In Colors. Only products featured on the 2025–2027 In Colors page are included in this promotion.
  • Some products are excluded from the sale, including the Month by Month Album Retreat 2025 kit (167338).
  • Products are available only while supplies last.

Stampin’ Up! is saying goodbye to Sale-A-Bration!  Instead – there will a new Product of the Month promotion – starting later this year.   Be on the lookout for more details coming in the early December timeframe!

With Sale-a-bration ending, it only feels right to send it out in style with one last party . . . a Sale-A-Bration Retirement Party!  For the month of August only, Stampin’ Up! is doing something that’s never been done before—they’re offering some of the 2025 Sale-A-Bration items (products officially discontinued at the end of February 2025) as Last Chance Products!  The party starts today, 5 August with this Last Chance Products refresh!