One guaranteed way to see the Northern Lights? Make a Northern Lights Card using Stampin’ Up! Canada products!
I have been fortunate to see the Northern Lights, but they weren’t extremely strong where I was, so it’s still on my bucket list….Stampin’ Up! Canada’s September-December 2025 Mini Catalogue features the Lights of Aurora Suite, and I used that to create a Northern Lights card for a recent Demonstrator card swap! Make your own and be guaranteed to have a great view of this beautiful phenomenon!
I’ve always enjoyed participating in card swaps, because they’re a great way to get ideas for products that I own – or have yet to purchase! They’re inspiration as well for my future card designs – by taking the basic design and then using what supplies I have on hand, I can come up with a new look without too much effort (or frustration!). My nothern lights card design had two different versions, as I used two different sheets of Designer Series Paper. The Lights of Aurora Designer Series Paper is a 6×6 package, with 8 sheets of 6 different double sided designs. By using two different papers, I had enough for 16 cards which was enough for what I needed for the swap. I can’t decide which was my favourite version!
I used a fairly simple layout for this card because I really wanted the paper to be shown off – it is a northern lights card, after all! Honestly, the most finicky thing about this card was making sure I got all the little bits out of the die cut trees! Thankfully, I had my Take Your Pick tool with the die brush tip, so I just ran that over the die cuts a few times, an easy task to do while binge watching shows. The streaming shows of choice during the card swap making sessions – Wednesday, and Only Murders in the Building. I typically watch foreign language shows, but I can’t do that when I’m multitasking because I can’t read subtitles at the same time! I do have subtitles on all the time, but at least with English language shows I can listen and follow along for the most part…
Anyway! If you want to get the full supply list (with links) for this northern lights card, I shared this card as part of the YamStamps Sunday Swap Series Page – yamstamps.com/sunday-swaps. If you’re a Stampin’ Up! Canada Demonstrator and are interested in participating in our next Demonstrator only swap, message me! If you’re not yet a Stampin’ Up! Canada Demonstrator and want to find out more about being one (and maybe participating in a card swap, too), message me! Happy Sunday! Hope the upcoming week treats you kindly.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…..for many of us, it reminds us of the hilarious Back to School shopping commercials, but it also means Christmas!
There are lots of seasonal paper crafting products plus lots of products that can be used at any time of year! I participated in a Canadian Demonstrator card swap so Sunday Swap Shares on the YamStamps Facebook Page and on the YamStamps.com Sunday Swaps Page will feature September – December Mini Catalogue products!
On top of the new catalogue, there’s also new Online Exclusive Products (that aren’t featured in a print catalogue) and two new kits. So many options! I’ll tell you about a funny story with the online exclusives in a later post…
Other news: Water Painters are BACK! They were unavailable to order for quite a while, but Stampin’ Up! has found a new manufacturer so they are available once again. One of my favourite “hacks” with water painters – use them to seal your mailing envelopes closed! No licking envelope flaps and risking paper cuts!
Also…
Stampin’ Up! is going to stop selling red rubber stamps?!!
Now before you go running for the hills, I will clarify!! Stampin’ Up! will stop selling red rubber cling mount stamps – but WILL continue to offer photopolymer (clear) stamps. Have no fear! We will live to stamp another day! In all seriousness, the company was having increasing difficulties sourcing quality raw materials to make the red rubber cling stamps, so made the decision to switch production to only photopolymer stamps. The September-December Mini Catalogue will be the last Mini to feature red rubber stamps, and those sets from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue that are in red rubber cling mount will be available while supplies last, but will definitely retire at the end of the sales period.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
Well, if you see a stamp set that is cling mount, you’ll probably want to be sure to purchase it – because it will NOT carry over.
New streamlined packaging is being introduced. The DVD type containers will be phased out, and replaced with new photopolymer envelopes (similar to the ones that the dies currently come in). Both the stamps and the dies will transition to the new size photopolymer envelopes – and they will all be the same size! I’m looking forward to being able to store more product in a smaller space!!!
ALSO RETIRING…
Stampin’ Write Markers. With the switch to all photopolymer stamps, and with the success of the alcohol based Stampin’ Blends markers, Stampin’ Up! has decided to stop production of the water/dye-ink based markers. You’ll find them in the Last Chance category in the online store, and available while supplies last. I am sad to see them go! I love using them for direct to (rubber) stamp techniques, and I like writing with them, and love the colour coordination with SU colours. I will be hanging on to my collection to continue to use with the red rubber stamps in my collection – plus I like to use them in my journal!
So September is being true to itself – introducing some changes but bringing excitement for all that is to come! If you want to keep up to date with the latest Stampin’ Up! news and get tutorials right to your inbox, plus get access to an exclusive tutorial when you sign up, be sure to subscribe to the YamStamps Newsletter! Next edition is out on Tuesday!
Happy New Stampin’ Up! Catalogue 2025 to all my crafty friends!
It’s finally official – Happy New Stampin’ Up! Catalogue 2025, my crafty friends! It’s a super bonanza this time around – there’s the January – April 2025 Mini Catalogue, the Scrapbooking Brochure (online only) and last, but definitely not least – Sale-a-Bration!
For each $75CAD product ordered in a single order (before taxes/shipping, after any coupon/discounts), you earn a Level 1 Sale-a-Bration item; at $150CAD you can choose between two Level 1 items OR one Level 2 items…and so on, and so on… no limit to the number of times you can earn Sale-a-Bration rewards!
JOIN Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator and receive the usual great deal of $165CAD product for $135CAD, plus catalogues, and a Paper Pumpkin kit, pay no shipping and no blended tax (HST/GST); PLUS January 7 – February 28, you’ll get TWO sets of Stampin’ Write Markers and the Handmade Designs Stamp Set! A $294CAD Value – for just $135CAD!! Check out my Frequently Asked Question Page here – we’d love to have you as part of the “Eh” Team – my group of Stampin’ Up! Canada Demonstrators!
The shortcut to shop all these products in Canada is YamStamps.com/shop – delivery straight to your door! Please message me if you have any questions, would like to pay by etransfer, or need assistance placing an order or signing up as a demonstrator with my group!
There are some items that will “carry over” – some items will be available to order until the beginning of May, but won’t appear in any catalogue. There are some items that will return in a future publication.
You can grab retired product at a discount – including some of those limited time coordinating dies like the Birthday Piggies! Check out the Clearance items here. Again, these items are available while supplies last.
As always, if you would like assistance placing your order or want to pay by etransfer, you can contact me with your list! If you are local to Burlington ON and have a smaller order, you can also take advantage of any group orders I have going in – I’ll add your order to ones I have from other people. It saves you a bit on the shipping costs, but you do run the risk of items selling out before we hit the threshold for the 11% shipping rate, so depends on how much of a gambler you are! If you have any questions, just let me know.
In the meantime, happy December! Stay warm! I’m off to a few Santa Claus parades this weekend, so you know I’ll be bundling up and looking for my hot chocolate afterwards!
