CSL: September 2025

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Share it Sunday! Free tutorial - Perfectly Pears

Happy Sunday - hoping your weekend is going great. Time to share another great project and free tutorial! Just cannot stop playing with this beautiful Pears suite of products - they just mail me smile. I hope you like this card as much as I do!

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Perfectly Pears

Supplies:

· Stamp Sets: Perfectly Pears Bundle (166154)

· Card Stock and Paper: Secret Sea (165624); Basic White (166780); Painterly Pears Designer Series Paper (DSP) (166146)

· Stamp Pads: Secret Sea (165285); Garden Green (147089); Petal Pink (147108)

· Tools: Traditional Labels Dies (165864); Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)

· Miscellaneous: Stampin’ Blends in Pecan Pie (161674), Granny Apple Green (154885), and Pretty Peacock (161676); Charming Shimmer Dots (164139); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Stampin’ SEAL (152813)

Measurements:

· Secret Sea: 5 ½” x 8 ½” card base

· Basic White: 2 ½” x 3 ½” for label, 2” x 2 ¼” for pears

· Painterly Pears DSP: 4” x 6”

Instructions:

1. Score Secret Sea card base on the long side at 4 ¼” and fold.

2. Take your piece of DSP and tear it on the long side about 1/3” of the way down. Then, flip the top over to the other print and adhere to the top half of the card front. Take the other half of the DSP layer and adhere it to the bottom of the card front. The two pieces of DSP will overlap in the middle.

3. Die cut one of the Traditional Labels dies for your sentiment using 2 ½” x 3 ½” Basic White cardstock.

4. Stamp the sentiment on your label using Secret Sea ink. Then, stamp the splatter image and flower image on the label using Petal Pink ink.

5. Stamp the pears on the other piece of Basic White cardstock and color using the Stampin’ Blends listed.

6. Die cut the pear image using the coordinating die.

7. Attach the pear image to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

8. Lastly, add a few Charming Shimmer Dots to finish the card.

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If you don't currently have a demonstrator and would like a catalog; are interested in joining my team of Crazy Stamping Ladies; or would like to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

*Note: Any costs shown are in the U.S. Market for September 2025 – Price will vary in other Stampin’ Up! markets. Product pricing varies by market. Check with your local demonstrator if you are not in the U.S. to find out your cost.

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Always Stamping, Maureen - the Crazy Stamping Lady!

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities - Fall for Toile - September 2025

Welcome to our Paper Pumpkin Possibilities blog hop! I am so excited to be a part of this team of hoppers sharing alternative designs for each month's Paper Pumpkin kit. This month's kit is all about the September 2025 "Fall for Toile" kit!! Hopefully what we show will inspire you. Be sure to hop all the way through to see what this amazing team has come up with!

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September 2025: Fall for Toile

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Here are the alternatives I came up with this month. I hope you like them.

My first card uses elements of the kit and some acetate to make a beautiful shaker card. The shaker beads are Loose Frosted dots, and go wonderfully with the fall elements.

My second alternative is another simple fun-fold - one of my favorites. For this card I cut on each side of the front of the cardbase 1" in from each side and up to the center score line - then glued each of these sections down leaving a front flap. After that I cut pieces from one of the other card bases to create a layer for each section. I also attached the "corn" image layer to the center flap and stamped and added elements from the kit as well as three of the Loose Frosted Dots.

Front

Inside
But then - anyone who knows me - know my love of coloring - so out my blends came, and here is a second version of that one - just colored.

I'm really happy with how they all turned out. What do you think?

Abundant Joy Dies Add-On #167855 —available to Paper Pumpkin subscribers, only while supplies last! Coordinates with the October, November and December 2025 kits.

I hope you've enjoyed these alternative ideas. Now be sure to hop through the rest to get some more great inspiration. Don't forget to leave a comment.

If you don't currently have a demonstrator and would like a catalog; are interested in joining my team of Crazy Stamping Ladies; or would like to learn more about paper-crafting, Stampin' Up! and/or our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

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Always Stamping, Maureen - the Crazy Stamping Lady!

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Share it Sunday! Free tutorial - Fluffy Squirrel

Happy Sunday - hoping your weekend is going great. Time to share another great project and free tutorial! Couldn't resist sharing another adorable card with this little squirrel. I hope you like this card as much as I do!

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Click HERE to find and print your tutorial sheet.

Fluffy Squirrel Card

Supplies:

· Stamp Set: Fluffy Squirrel Bundle (165819), Gathering Moments (165970)

· Card Stock and Paper: Basic Beige (164511), Basic White (159276), Early Espresso (119686), Gathering Together DSP (165969)

· Ink: Early Espresso (147114), Pecan Pie (161665), Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends (161674)

· Tools: Bone Folder (102300), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579)

· Miscellaneous: Cajun Craze & Gold Dots (165984), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal Adhesive (152813)

Measurements:

· Basic Beige Cardstock: 5 ½” x 8 ½”

· Gathering Together DSP: 4” x 5 ¼”; cut into 3 strips – 1”, 1 ½”, and 1 ½”, also 3 leaves and a ½” x 4” strip for inside the card.

· Early Espresso Cardstock: 1 ¾” x 5 ¼”

· Basic White Cardstock: ¾” x 2 ¼”, 1 ¼” x 3”, 2 ¾” x 2 ¾”, and 4” x 5 ¼”

Instructions:

1. Cut each piece listed in the measurements above.

2. Score Basic Beige Cardstock at 4 ¼”; fold in half to form the card base.

3. Adhere the Gathering Together DSP to the card front; place the 1” piece on the left, and one of the 1 ½” pieces on the right.

4. Adhere the Early Espresso Cardstock strip to the card front between the two strip of DSP.

5. Adhere the third piece of Gathering Together DSP to the top of the Early Espresso Cardstock.

6. Stamp the sentiment onto the small Basic White Cardstock piece using Early Espresso ink then adhere to the top left corner of the card.

7. Stamp the larger sentiment onto the medium Basic White Cardstock piece using Early Espresso ink then adhere it to the bottom left corner of the card.

8. Stamp the outline of the squirrel image onto Basic White Cardstock square using Early Espresso ink then punch out the image using the Squirrel Punch.

9. Stamp the body of the squirrel onto the punched out image using Pecan Pie ink.

10. Adhere the Squirrel to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

11. Stamp the acorn onto the punched out piece using Early Espresso ink then color the image using Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends; adhere to the card front with a Stampin’ Dimensional.

12. Fussy cut three leaves from a scrap piece of Gathering Together DSP and adhere them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

13. Embellish the card front with three Cajun Craze & Gold Dots.

14. Adhere the small strip of Gathering Together DSP to the bottom of the large Basic White Cardstock panel; adhere the panel to the inside of the card.

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Always Stamping, Maureen - the Crazy Stamping Lady!

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Share it Sunday! Free tutorial - Amber Autumn

Happy Sunday - hoping your weekend is going great. Time to share another great project and free tutorial! This card is simply beautiful - I love the colors of fall -and am so looking forward to days that are cool and crisp and filled with these colors. I hope you like this card as much as I do!

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Click HERE to find and print your tutorial sheet.

Amber Autumn

Supplies:

· Stamp Sets: Amber Autumn(165883)

· Card Stock and Paper: Basic Beige Card Stock or (CS) (164511); Early Espresso Card Stock (119686); Cajun Craze Card Stock (119684); Basic White Card Stock (166780); Gold Foil Sheets (132622); Gathering Together Designer Series Paper (DSP) (165969)

· Stamp Pads: Early Espresso Ink (161665);

· Tools: Amber Autumn Dies (165892); Stylish Shapes Dies (159183); 2” Circle Punch (133782)

· Miscellaneous: Cajun Craze & Gold Dots (165984); Linen Thread (104199); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Stampin’ Seal Adhesive (152813); Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Measurements:

· Basic Beige Card Stock: 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”

· Early Espresso Card Stock: Scraps for leaf

· Cajun Craze Card Stock: Scraps for leaf

· Basic White Card Stock: Scrap for Greeting

· Gold Foil: 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”

· DSP: 5 1/2” x 2”, 1/4” x 5 1/2”

· Linen Thread: 16”

Instructions:

1. Score & burnish card base @ 4 1/4”

2. Adhere 2” strip of DSP to center of card base

3. Adhere 1/4” DSP strips along both sides of 2” DSP strip