Category: LOVE & COURAGE

Let me start this post with some news from Stampin’ Up!.

With Christmas fast approaching, Stampin’ Up! has released an amzing new Crafting Advent Calendar.

Introducing the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar, a brand-new calendar full of products you and your friends can craft with all year long!

Every day of this calendar contains never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and even more items you won’t find in any of Stampin’ Up!’s catalogues or in the online store, so make sure to buy one before they’re all gone.

And did I mention that these make the perfect gifts for that friend in your life who loves to craft? After all, there’s nothing better than giving the gift of crafting!

There are only a limited number of calendars in store, so don’t wait too long.

There is a sneek peak of some of the stamps you will find in the calendar.

What else is new?

Crafting is even more fun with community, and there’s never been a better time to grow become a demonstrator and invite your friends and fellow crafters to join you.

As a demonstrator you will enjoy all the perks that come with that, like a 20–25% product discount, exclusive early access to the latest releases and catalogues, the opportunity to earn a modest supplemental income, the chance to attend incredible training and crafting events, and so much more!

These offers are available during the month of October. If you want to know more reach out and let’s chat.

There are two options available!

Or, if you want even more …

Now it’s time to share another project featuring the Love & Courage Stamp Set.

For this card I stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut three of the flower and words of encouragement images.

In fact, before I made any of the projects I am sharing this week, this is what I did first – stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut this image.

One of the reasons I love this image is that it so closely lends itself to the Sunflowers 3D Embossing Folder.

I think the beauty of a stand alone stamp set is that you can take some time to look around your craft space to discover other products that you have that will work with it.

So, for this card – as a quick snapshot – the card has white heat embossed and fussy cut sunflowers, a panel of Basic White Sunflower 3D embossed card, a length of Strawberry Slush Faux Linen Ribbon, a sentiment from the Thankful Garden Stamp Set using a Stylish Shapes banner die, a triple white baker’s twine bow and some 2025-2027 In Colour Flat Pearls.

The third fussy cut sunflower was added to the card insert.

I love the way this card evolved!

I have shared three cards so far – which is your favourite?

Tomorrow I have a 3D project to share with you,

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Love & Courage Cling Stamp Set (English) [165935] $44.00	Sunflower 3 D Embossing Folder [166145] $21.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Strawberry Slush 3/8" (1 Cm) Faux Linen Ribbon [165274] $14.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165299] $21.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Strawberry Slush A4 Cardstock [165297] $25.00	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [165286] $15.75	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $47.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50
Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $49.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25

Welcome back and thank you for joining me as I share the Love & Courage projects I recently shared on a 10 minute video for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.

This stamp set is the September – December 2025 Mini Catalogue Make a Difference set. For every one of this stamp set sold, STampin’ Up! will be donating a percentage of the purchase price to Breast Cancer Organisations in the quest for prevention.

My second project features the sunflower and words of support stamp.

This time I am using Bubble Bath ink to represent breast cancer awareness in general.

I started by taking Block E so that I could use it to help guide me with some two-step stamping.

I placed the block over a piece of Basic White card and traced an outline of the block.

After attaching the stamp to this block, I inked it up with Bubble Bath and aligned the block to the pencil marks and stamped.

Then I cleaned the stamp and used one of my small blending brushes to add some Strawberry Slush ink to the sunflower.

Then I repeated the stamping process using the pencil marks as a guide.

After this I trimmed the stamped image down to a 3 1/2″x 3 1/2″ square and added it to my card.

The card base is made up of Bubble Bath with a Basic White panel and a slightly smaller panel of Bubble Bath paper from the 2024-2026 In Colour Designer Series Paper pack.

The card insert was stamped and had a strip of the DSP added. The back of the envelope also had paper adhered to the back flap.

The final task was to add some of the Bubble Bath Rainbow Dots to the front.

Tomorrow I have another card to share with you.

Until then, hapy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Love & Courage Cling Stamp Set (English) [165935] $44.00	2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165299] $21.75	Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots [162758] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00	Bubble Bath A4 Cardstock [161727] $25.00
Bubble Bath Classic Stampin' Pad [161664] $15.75	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [165286] $15.75	Small Blending Brushes [160518] $25.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50
Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $49.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25