Paper Crafting Blog Hop March 2025 - January-April 2025 Catalog!

 

Welcome to our Paper Crafting Blog Hop for March 2025 - featuring talented Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from all over the globe including the USA, United Kingdom and Australia. We have a wide array of projects and design styles to share with you this month - and every one of them is spotlighting projects using products from our January-April 2025 Catalog!

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Less than one month left of this amazing catalog - so I am so happy we are showcasing some of the great products it contains.  This project features two of my favorite products - 

#164747 With You In Mind $20.00*

#164678 Timeless Plaid 6x6" DSP $12.50*

I really needed some masculine birthday cards and this all came together perfectly - 

I struggle with masculine cards - but I love this one - here is a list of the rest of the products used for this card - 

Basic White Card base, Crumb Cake CS layer, DSP layer, Basic White tag, DSP tag layer, Basic Beige Bordered Ribbon, Earth Tone Shimmer Gems, Boho Blue and Old Olive Markers.

Hope you liked it!

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Now, please click on through to the rest of those hopping with me this month to see all of their wonderful creations and inspirations! ~Maureen

Blog Hop Index

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You can check in the SHOP NOW tab at the top of this page to find my current hostess code at any time.

To order any of Stampin' Up's products you can go directly to my online store - www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net  and click on SHOP NOW.  Please use the Hostess Code CZJ2992F through March 31, 2025 to get full benefits from me- 

*NOTE: If your personal order is not part of a current party and you are ordering over $150 in merchandise - please do not use this code; as your order without the code will qualify you to earn a minimum of 10% in hostess benefits. 

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 Any costs shown are in the U.S. Market for March 2025 – Price will vary in other Stampin’ Up! markets.

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If you don't currently have a demonstrator and would like a catalog; or would like to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

*Note: 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!

 

ICS Blog Hop - March 2025 - Online Exclusives!

 

Welcome to our Inspire - Create - Share Blog Hop for March 2025!  So glad you are here! Did you know that Stampin' Up! has tons and tons of great products that are now featured in any of our catalogs!?!  It's true - and you don't want to miss out of these - you can find them under the menu tab - then click on the Online Exclusives Icon -

So for these hop we will be featuring just a few of them.  Be sure to hop on through all the great blogs below for even more Online Exlcusives inspiration!

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This month I am featuring the amazing Lovely Garden DSP (which is part of the Lovely Garden Suite of products) that was just released in the Online Exclusives.  This DSP is so beautiful and shouts SPRING is here!!  So I created some lovely cards with it.

#165524 Lovely Garden DSP $12.50

So - full disclosure here - I LOVE to fussy cut!  So that is just what I did - fussy cutting all the flowers out of one sheet of DSP - and I have been playing with them since then.  So here are a couple I made - 

Other products needed to make these cards -

Basic White A2 Card Bases

Basic Black 4" x 5 1/4" layers and circles

Lovely Garden DSP 3 3/4" x 5" layers

Gold Foil Sheets die cut with 

Spotlight on Nature Dies

Beautiful Butterflies set - sentiment

Fussy cut flowers from Lovely Garden DSP

Basic White sentiment layers 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Iridescent Striped Trim tied in bows

Adhesives of Choice

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 Hope you liked these fun ideas!

Now, be sure to follow the hop through and see what other creative ideas this team came up with.   

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You can check in the SHOP NOW tab at the top of this page to find my current hostess code at any time.

To order any of Stampin' Up's products you can go directly to my online store - www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net  and click on SHOP NOW.  Please use the Hostess Code CZJ2992F through March 31, 2025 to get full benefits from me- 

*NOTE: If your personal order is not part of a current party and you are ordering over $150 in merchandise - please do not use this code; as your order without the code will qualify you to earn a minimum of 10% in hostess benefits. 

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 Any costs shown are in the U.S. Market for March 2025 – Price will vary in other Stampin’ Up! markets.

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If you don't currently have a demonstrator and would like a catalog; or would like to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

*Note: 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!

Share it Sunday! Free tutorial - Sketched Butterflies

 

It's Sunday - and time to share another great project and free tutorial!  I just love everything about this card - what more is there to say.  I hope you like it as much as I do!

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Click HERE to find and print your tutorial sheet.

Sketched Butterflies

All images © 1990-2025 Stampin’ Up! ^®

 Supplies:

·       Stamp Sets: Sketched Butterflies Stamp Set (163490);  Sketched Butterflies Bundle (163492); So Sincere Stamp Set (162283)

·       Card Stock and Paper: Calypso Coral (122925); Basic Black (121045); Basic White (159276); Mixed Media Florals 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (Online Exclusive) (164638)

·       Stamp Pads: Calypso Coral (147101); Tuxedo Black Memento (132708)

·       Miscellaneous: Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots (162758); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755); Mini Glue Dots (103683)

 Measurements:

 ·       Calypso Coral:  8 ½” x 5 ½”

·       Basic Black: 4” x 3”; 5 ¼” x 4” (inside)

·       Basic White: 2 ¾” x 2 ½”; 5” x 3 ¾” (inside)

·       Mixed Media Florals DSP: 1 ¼” x 2 ¾”

 Instructions:

 1.    Score and fold the Calypso Coral cardstock for the card base.

2.    Stamp the small butterflies using Calypso Coral ink in the top left corner and lower right corner.

3.    Stamp the large butterfly using Calypso Coral ink on the Basic White for the front.  Be careful to watch the direction of the paper before stamping.

4.    Stamp greeting of your choice on the front below the butterfly using the Memento Black ink.

5.    Adhere the stamped white piece and the designer series paper to the Basic Black and adhere this to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

6.    Add three Rainbow Dots.

7.    Stamp a butterfly on the Basic White for the inside and on your envelope to match. 

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You can check in the SHOP NOW tab at the top of this page to find my current hostess code at any time.

To order any of Stampin' Up's products you can go directly to my online store - www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net  and click on SHOP NOW.  Please use the Hostess Code CZJ2992F through March 31, 2025 to get full benefits from me- 

*NOTE: If your personal order is not part of a current party and you are ordering over $150 in merchandise - please do not use this code; as your order without the code will qualify you to earn a minimum of 10% in hostess benefits. 

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 Any costs shown are in the U.S. Market for March 2025 – Price will vary in other Stampin’ Up! markets.

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If you don't currently have a demonstrator and would like a catalog; or would like to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

*Note: 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!

Share it Sunday! Free tutorial - Linked Together

 

It's Sunday - and time to share another great project and free tutorial!  This card is so great and uses the Hearts of Elegance Dies in a non-Valentine's way - which I love.  I hope you like it as much as I do!

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Click HERE to find and print your tutorial sheet.

Linked Together

All images © 1990-2025 Stampin’ Up!^®

Supplies:

 ·       Stamp Sets: Linked Together (164806)

·       Card Stock and Paper: Basic White (159276)

Lost Lagoon (133679), Gray Granite (146983), Pretty Peacock (150880), Everyday Happiness DSP (166632)

·       Stamp Pads: :Lost Lagoon (161678), Pretty Peacock (150083), Craft White (147277)

·       Tools: Hearts of Elegance dies (164915), Water Painter (151298), Tear & Tape (154031)

·       Miscellaneous: Pretty Peacock ribbon (162588), Pretty Peacock/Petal Pink Foiled Gems (162587)

 Measurements:

 ·       Lost Lagoon: 5 ½” x 8 ½”

·       Basic White: 3 ¾” x 5”

·       Gray Granite: 3” x 3”

·       Pretty Peacock: 1” x 3”

·       DSP: (7) ½” strips      

·       Trim: 5”

 Instructions:

 1.     Cut a 5 ½” x 8 ½” Lost Lagoon card base. Fold in half.

2.     Cut a 3 ¾” x 5” Basic White panel.

3.     Squeeze the lid of the Lost Lagoon ink.

4.     Using a water painter, add water to the ink to dilute.

5.     Tap the diluted ink onto the Basic White panel to add speckles over the entire panel. Let dry completely.

6.     Adhere the panel to the card front.

7.     Cut (7) designer paper strips – (2) @ ½” x 2”, (3) @ ½” x 2 ¼” and (2) @ 2 ¾”

8.     Adhere the strips randomly across the center of the panel.

9.     Adhere a strip of Tear & Tape across the center of the designer paper strips.

10.  Cut a 5” piece of Pretty Peacock ribbon and adhere to the tape – pinching to create pleats.

11.  Cut a 2 3/8” Gray Granite heart.

12.  Stamp the sentiment onto the bottom of the heart using Pretty Peacock ribbon.

13.  Adhere the heart to the center of the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

14.  Stamp the sentiment onto the Pretty Peacock cardstock using Craft White ink. Let dry completely. Cut apart.

15.  Adhere the sentiment to the heart.

16.  Adhere (3) Pretty Peacock gems randomly to the card front.

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You can check in the SHOP NOW tab at the top of this page to find my current hostess code at any time.

To order any of Stampin' Up's products you can go directly to my online store - www.stampingwithmaureen.stampinup.net  and click on SHOP NOW.  Please use the Hostess Code CZJ2992F through March 31, 2025 to get full benefits from me- 

*NOTE: If your personal order is not part of a current party and you are ordering over $150 in merchandise - please do not use this code; as your order without the code will qualify you to earn a minimum of 10% in hostess benefits. 

 ~*~*~*~*~

 Any costs shown are in the U.S. Market for March 2025 – Price will vary in other Stampin’ Up! markets.

   ~*~*~*~*~

If you don't currently have a demonstrator and would like a catalog; or would like to learn more about Stampin' Up! and our products, please email me at crazystampinglady@gmail.com

*Note: Product pricing varies by market.  Check with your local demonstrator if you are not in the U.S. to find out your cost.

_________________________________________

Always Stamping, Maureen - the Crazy Stamping Lady!